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It Won't Be You
05:31
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Down, down
burn it all down like you always do
and maybe the demons will burn too.
The ghosts they won't have a home
they don't live here anymore
and their remnants might as well be ash,
but they're all I can hold onto.
And I know that I'll never see you again.
Yes I know that I'll never see you again.
Even if I see you
I know that it won't be you.
You're not the girl that I used to know.
You're just a stranger across the road.
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2. |
I Was Looking Forward
04:24
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Don't want to look into your eyes.
I'm afraid there's no one that I've ever known.
Better just to remember and brilliant disguise
then to find out that there's seven other demons at home.
Chorus
You know where you belong
you write the writing on the wall,
but you'll have to forgive my love of the light eventually
cuz' I can't lay at the liar side again tonight.
You said it was my demons that were haunting you.
So I helped you beat 'em for a second time.
For some reason they just weren't done with you.
Did you just invite them back inside?
Chorus
I was looking forward to
seeing where I was headed in a life with you
I hope that you find somewhere else to belong
other than in the heart of this storm.
And you'll have to forgive my love of the light eventually
even if you can't make this place your home anymore.
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3. |
Fight For Your Sanity
02:57
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Hey royal, hey royal child
you don't want no, don't want no knight
No hero, don't want no hero to fight
while on the dragon, on the snake she rides,
but you know better for her, don't you?
Hey valiant, hey valiant knight
you thought the maiden wanted saving, but she ain't in her right mind
And you're gonna do what you have to do
not to lose your mind, not to give up the fight for your own sanity
when you find lying in her bed, it's behind enemy lines.
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So this is where we detach and burn all of our ties.
Burn the bridges that you built with all your lies.
And you smile as your take a shot,
light a match and convince me it's all my fault.
They say that time heals all
then why are there so many skeletons looking out from inside these walls?
I hear them scratching around outside while you pretend to sleep,
that way you never have to face or admit to what's been haunting me.
And it all struck me as I was driving through the rain that day,
that it's always these clothes and these storms that make me feel this way.
Now I look at love, even the ones that use to fill me with greed,
and now relief has replaced my envy. I'm glad it's not me.
Chorus:
I always thought that love meant you could stay together.
I always thought that love meant we'd never part
and now were apart.
Two storms act as bookends while I pretend I'm fine,
still every move I make is meant to justify
that I'm the one filled with more life
and I won't look your way, no not even once,
but every day I hope that your look in mine.
Chorus
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5. |
After Ever
05:10
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They built a fire, little did he know
that his house would fill smoke.
After that you think he'd have learned,
but instead he returns to be burned.
At first it didn't feel like flames.
Still out of instinct he prayed for rain.
Then came down the flood,
but instead of water it rained blood.
Chorus:
She's not coming home after ever is over.
She's not coming home. After all forever is just a joke.
Alone in the possession of a memory.
The only way to grow is to pretend to be happy
until one day it becomes a reality.
Chorus
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You used to watch me as I'd sleep
watch me breath and my heart beat.
Now I wonder if you still do.
It's been ages since I've seen you,
but the memory of your eyes can still burn right through.
I turn over in bed afraid to open my eyes
wish I was blind,
but even then I could still feel your eyes.
I picture you in the future looking through those Christmas lights
almost a mother to the family that you left behind.
The woman that's taken your place fills you with hate
and you don't even know her name.
You were the reason why I'd rush home at night.
Now your just the reason why I rush inside.
Do you ever find yourself driving home only to realize half way there
you going where you're welcome anymore?
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7. |
Start to Survive
05:52
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I tried to be a savior, but I was never no saint.
I've given out mixed signals becoming easy to hate.
When I was a child I stole before I learned to steal a heart,
but I tried to give my love back to the poor
until my own love fell apart.
I met a woman in the forrest dancing on the devils grave
and I justified my sins and my faults at the time
while all the while teaching her how to pray.
But I've never been failure until today.
Even thought I tried my best
I can't stay.
I've broken a vow. At least I meant it at the time
Now I redefined and renegotiated my life choosing to the leave the fire behind.
Spent enough time being a pyro sleeping with fire just to feel alive.
Now I need to learn to stop playing in the flames if I'm gonna start to survive and realize...
I've never been failure and I'm still not today.
Even thought I tried my best I just can't stay.
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8. |
When My Time Comes
03:06
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I put my faith in women but I still believe in God
and neither one has been able to give me what I want.
You might say I’m selfish,but still that’s not it.
I'm just looking for someone who isn't so illusive
Chorus:
So when my time comes
will I see a picture of your face
and realize you're the one?
My mother and my father they are strangers to this world
and while they put their faith in Godin each other they at least feel secure.
It feels like a luxury to have some one agree
but who out there among you is willing to agree with me?
Chorus
So when my time comes
will I walk up to the pearly gates
and realize you're the one?
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9. |
Not Even Embers
03:19
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I may not understand why,
but I know all I need to know for now.
Daisy demons were breathing dreams like air
starting fires, selling you back despair.
I never even knew what I meant to say
until the words left my mouth.
You can call it salvation.
I just don't see any other path.
Chorus:
So glad you were so temporary
when you tried to burn my shit down.
So sad to be so temporary.
Bet you never thought you'd be here now.
I've been to Hell.
It's good to be back.
I guess the charm wore off.
There isn't even an ember left
only ashes in my mouth.
Chorus
Why did you force me to be
the one to leave.
Push me about hard and as far as you can
so the guilt isn't on your head,
but it is.
I may not understand why,
but I know all I need to know for now.
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10. |
The Sun Also Rises
03:24
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When your sunset lacks any color
other than gray that fades to black
even sins can make sense during the night
just remember that you will awake and this too shall have passed
Oh
So let yourself down slow
this aficionado
has had enough of his mid-youth crisis.
Be the proof that the sun also rises.
My beloved beautiful parasite
so content to just keep feeding off my light without
giving any joy of your own
well it's time to say goodbye.
I wrote a letter, sent it off as proof
but sad to say that my heart was still in love with you.
Disbelief mixed with passion mixed with memories of sex
begot addiction to you, but this addict is ready for the next
Oh
So let yourself down slow
this illuminado
cheated out of his mid-life crisis.
Be the proof that the sun also rises.
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