Silverstein

The blood is rushing to my head
This room is spinning round the bed
A flashing image perforates
Tarnishes memories of grace
A bursting fiery fortune to misshape

And if my body makes it out
Unscathed and safe from broken vows
A promise spoken leaves me holding on
I just can't get ahold of
Why we always hurt the ones we love
Keep burning hearts to keep us strong

A crack has formed in the foundation
The floor is falling out from under me
A pleading loser makes his case
A liar shakes his hand and breaks
A life of honor turns into his shame

And if my body makes it out
Unscathed and safe from broken vows
A promise spoken leaves me holding on
I just can't get ahold of
Why we always hurt the ones we love
Keep burning hearts to keep us strong

It's all my fault (It's all my fault)
This eagle's flying down below where shadows fall
Now it's sinking in (Now it's sinking in)
That I'm sinking into this place I never thought I'd view

You can't trust me, I'm not worthy
You won't ever feel this way

The storm is moving overhead
The wind is blowing back, we've been disliked

And if my body makes it out
Unscathed and safe from broken vows
A promise spoken leaves me holding on
I just can't get ahold of
Why we always hurt the ones we love
Keep burning hearts to keep us strong

I'm the setting sun behind the trees,
The saddest one you've seen.
I've been burning holes and breaking dreams,
And I regret it.
I'm fixing things I've broken,
It's not as easy, as it used to be.
I'm throwing temper tantrums,
I used to settle but now I make a scene,
You can't believe.
I said I'd never walk away,
But I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place,
But I can't stay here.
To watch you fade, and watch you change in,
To someone I can't face.
I can't replace I, can't replace you.
You're the swirling wind above the sea,
The maddest storm they've seen.
Now your breaking waves and smashing dreams,
And you can't help it.
You're drowning streets and stranding a million people,
You're starting out with me.
You're crashing down from anger,
You stop and settle, and now you're sound asleep.
And so serene.
I said I'd never walk away,
But I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place,
But I can't stay here.
To watch you fade, and watch you change in,
To someone I can't face.
I can't replace I, can't replace you.
And when the sun is down,
And when the skies are calm you'll see, calm we'll be.
Wait for the cycle,
We'll repeat our same mistakes (same mistakes)
The same mistakes we've always made.
I said I'd never walk away,
But I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place,
But I can't stay here.
To watch you fade, and watch you change in,
To someone I can't face.
I can't replace I, can't replace you. (replace you)
I said I'd never walk away,
But I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place,
But I can't stay here.
To watch you fade, and watch you change in,
To someone I can't face.
I can't replace I, can't replace you.
I said I'd never walk away...

GO!

Stop pretending that you're better, you're as guilty as all the rest.
You're planning shelter from this division, a ruined cities aftermath.
Some people call it tragedy, I call it moving on.
I never asked for you to care, I never wanted the things you've got.

And now you're praying for your rapture,
As your ego begins to crave the attention of cowards.
You will be there, dancing on my grave.

It's so pathetic you care so much, about what other people think.
Practice all your lies in the mirror, for every possible line you face.
So when you push me down the well, will you even call for help?
You'll tell everyone you know, you tried to rescue me yourself.

And now you're praying for your rapture,
As your ego begins to crave the attention of cowards.
You will be there, dancing on my grave.

You disgust yourself, you believe in nothing.
You'll deny yourself, every happy ending.

It's in your head you'll discover. You're not as consequential as the rest.
In your hand you'll recover, a notice of the truth.
You! Failed! You failed me.

And now you're praying for your rapture,
As your ego begins to crave the attention of cowards.
You will be there, dancing on my grave.

And now you're praying for your rapture,
As your ego begins to crave the attention of cowards.
You will be there, dancing on my grave.

Forgive all my sins
I know I come with them
I know what will happen
When I saw race for loss of control

A call to arms
With ? and scars
With healthy minds when you are asked for war

When you see the cast upon the light you know
There will be an angel weeping tears of blood that stain the earth below
You'll lose yourself (you'll find help)
You'll lose yourself
Is there where you belong?

You try to avoid it
You try to abstain
But relentless we take it's control
You must obey
You'll cower now
Is the pressure

When you see the cast upon the light you know
There will be an angel weeping tears of blood that stain the earth below
You'll lose yourself (but you'll find embrace, you'll find help)
You'll lose yourself

Is there where you...
You are not the one who's trapped inside
You can make a difference
Look in to your...
Mind your memories, are what defines (who you really are)
That's what makes you special (special), beautiful (beautiful)
You can still be loved
You are held to such a high regard
Your blood is contagious
Someone in desperation
Your mind is the blur
??
You need to wipe it now
You must fight, you must stand
You must believe in yourself

When you see the cast upon the light you know
There will be an angel weeping tears of blood that stain the earth below
You'll lose yourself (but you'll find embrace, you'll find help)
You'll lose yourself
Is this where you belong?

Save the Value from itself!
(another empty bottle)
Probably one to accept yourself!
(and now you cannot swallow)
all your pride
you fall asleep alone tonight
one day less until you die!
(Until you Die!)
One More Time
You can follow our suspicions
While you close your eyes and lie
You and I (eee aye eee aye)
Will continue to discover that
were wasting so much time
Sell for Despair save yourself!
(We know your keeping secrets)
We know you will come around!
(Too many, Just a regret)
Deep inside
You'll fall asleep with it tonight
Penetrating in your mind!
(Not Just Tonight!)
One More Time
You can follow our suspicions
While you close your eyes and lie
You and I (eee aye eee aye)
Will continue to discover that
were wasting so much time
(Wasting So Much Time)
Looking back
All the stupid drama
That painted my world black
Holding hands was a gateway drug
That led to the mess I'm in
But I won't give up
I won't lie down
as you take away my friends
Don't try to change me now
Don't start to judge me now
There's been a hundred lows
But there's been a million highs
And now we're wasting so much time.

Fighting tears, trembling voice straight to my ear
A moment I'll never forget
Someone I love, telling me someone I love
Had just been called to his reward
24, a leader a father adored.
We'll never be with him again

Take me down to the garden behind the old house
Sail away with me

Words can be the most beautiful or the most cold
I didn't know what to say
To a father who suddenly loses his son
I still think about that every day

Take me down to the garden behind the old house
Sail away with me

Break it down
Trace the steps moving to the gold town
Lost your past from me

Made the plans and backed out
Stayed at home and did nothing
But now I'm taking the 400 up north
The last time I'll ever see your face

I don't want to believe that this is it
I want to believe in something more
Growing up wasn't easy for this boy
Who only wanted to live and do what's right

I can't feel (I can't feel)
I can't feel my heart when I am myself
I can't feel (I can't feel)
I can't feel the pain when I hear my thoughts
I can't feel (I can't feel)
But it's taking you further, and further, away

Take me down to the garden behind the old house
Sail away with me

Break it down
Trace the steps moving to the gold town
Lost your past from me
From me (From me)

Take me down to the garden behind the old house
Sail away with me

I'm the setting sun behind the trees,
The saddest one you've seen.
I've been burning holes and breaking dreams,
And I regret it.
I'm fixing things I've broken,
It's not as easy, as it used to be.
I'm throwing temper tantrums,
I used to settle but now I make a scene,
You can't believe.
I said I'd never walk away,
But I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place,
But I can't stay here.
To watch you fade, and watch you change in,
To someone I can't face.
I can't replace I, can't replace you.
You're the swirling wind above the sea,
The maddest storm they've seen.
Now your breaking waves and smashing dreams,
And you can't help it.
You're drowning streets and stranding a million people,
You're starting out with me.
You're crashing down from anger,
You stop and settle, and now you're sound asleep.
And so serene.
I said I'd never walk away,
But I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place,
But I can't stay here.
To watch you fade, and watch you change in,
To someone I can't face.
I can't replace I, can't replace you.
And when the sun is down,
And when the skies are calm you'll see, calm we'll be.
Wait for the cycle,
We'll repeat our same mistakes (same mistakes)
The same mistakes we've always made.
I said I'd never walk away,
But I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place,
But I can't stay here.
To watch you fade, and watch you change in,
To someone I can't face.
I can't replace I, can't replace you. (replace you)
I said I'd never walk away,
But I'm not able to stay.
I said I'd never leave this place,
But I can't stay here.
To watch you fade, and watch you change in,
To someone I can't face.
I can't replace I, can't replace you.
I said I'd never walk away...

We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more

Shut the door
You're letting the darkness out
It's just about the time to watch you die
Close the blinds
We're hiding our skin from sun
Where you become yesterday's headlines

I never said that I was sorry

We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more

It will be beautiful
When I'm catching in the life I stole
With the perfect sound at the perfect time
All the single words I forged to line
It is safe to say to forget your name
When the song I wrote's on the stereo
I don't have to justify
Paying your dues is a waste of precious time

What would you leave when you could follow?

We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more

More than we deserve
Realize our potential
Maximize our return
We'll conserve
A portrait of everything perfect
And aim every house has heard

I'd take it all and leave you nothing

We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more
We live to kill each other
We are the wealthy and the poor
We shout but we don't listen
All we want is more
All we want is more
All we want is more

In a lighthouse by the sea, at the 33rd degree,
You make me feel so special and free.
But there's something in the air turning stutters into stares,
I look into your blue eyes and say...

(Darling) Don't throw it all away.
(Darling) I'm here to make you stay with me.

In the sun I look so pale, northern skin so thin and frail,
But I try to close my eyes, when everything starts fading.
When I wake up from this dream shivering under cold sheets,
Ten thousand miles away, I wish I was on King street.

(Darling) Don't throw it all away.
(Darling) I'm here to make you stay with me.

Newly risen how brightly you shine.
Something seems to give inside my heart when you're nearby.
All I've given to you is faking eyes.
I don't understand, I can't figure it out. I can't figure it.

On a park bench by the street, at the 43rd degree.
I'll sit and watch the snow fall and think...

If these walls could tell the tale and excuse to no avail,
Would you ever begin to forgive me again, to forgive me now?

(Darling) Don't throw it all away.
(Darling) I'm here to make you stay with me.
Stay with me.

(Darling) Don't throw it all away.
I don't understand, I don't understand
(Darling) I'm here to make you stay.
I can't figure it out. I can't figure it.

The blood is rushing to my head
This room is spinning round the bed
A flashing image perforates
Tarnishes memories of grace
A bursting fiery fortune to misshape

And if my body makes it out
Unscathed and safe from broken vows
A promise spoken leaves me holding on
I just can't get ahold of
Why we always hurt the ones we love
Keep burning hearts to keep us strong

A crack has formed in the foundation
The floor is falling out from under me
A pleading loser makes his case
A liar shakes his hand and breaks
A life of honor turns into his shame

And if my body makes it out
Unscathed and safe from broken vows
A promise spoken leaves me holding on
I just can't get ahold of
Why we always hurt the ones we love
Keep burning hearts to keep us strong

It's all my fault (It's all my fault)
This eagle's flying down below where shadows fall
Now it's sinking in (Now it's sinking in)
That I'm sinking into this place I never thought I'd view

You can't trust me, I'm not worthy
You won't ever feel this way

The storm is moving overhead
The wind is blowing back, we've been disliked

And if my body makes it out
Unscathed and safe from broken vows
A promise spoken leaves me holding on
I just can't get ahold of
Why we always hurt the ones we love
Keep burning hearts to keep us strong

(You! You! )

The artist's palette falls,
The paint is spilled with blood.
Someone shot him down,
Left him without a soul.
His body's laid to rest and underground he'll stay,
With hopes to resurrect and live again another day.
Now they decide who lives and dies.
Now!

His peers won't come around,
They're too disgraced to face.
Another soldier down,
His life work's a waste.
And now these walls are bare,
No one pretends to care.
A distant memory,
His masterpiece
In disrepair.
Now they decide who lives and dies.
Now they will hold you back.
They will hold you back.
They will hold you...

We stand tall and illuminate.
We fight through and prevail.
We don't stop where you'd be giving up.
We won't ever fail.


A martyr takes his hand,
To make him live again.
With savage sleight of hand,
He'll force his legs to stand.
A sick and gutless joke,
A serenading hoax.
Interrupted peace.
A waste of time.
A pathetic excuse for hope.

The sleepless nights have no compassion
And the dreams that come aren't true.
A charade of lies unconscious
And so much left to be proved.
But the sun will rise and fall again
And the nights will start to shorten.
The memories will fade into darkness.
You can't let it go.

Bur your world is turned upside down.
It's a panic you can't release.
Once you have it, you just can't
Ever ignore it.
That's when you realize your best
Days are behind you.
And all you ever live for
Is regret.
You can't take it away. (You! )
You can't take it away. (You! )

Save the Value from itself!
(another empty bottle)
Probably one to accept yourself!
(and now you cannot swallow)
all your pride
you fall asleep alone tonight
one day less until you die!
(Until you Die!)
One More Time
You can follow our suspicions
While you close your eyes and lie
You and I (eee aye eee aye)
Will continue to discover that
were wasting so much time
Sell for Despair save yourself!
(We know your keeping secrets)
We know you will come around!
(Too many, Just a regret)
Deep inside
You'll fall asleep with it tonight
Penetrating in your mind!
(Not Just Tonight!)
One More Time
You can follow our suspicions
While you close your eyes and lie
You and I (eee aye eee aye)
Will continue to discover that
were wasting so much time
(Wasting So Much Time)
Looking back
All the stupid drama
That painted my world black
Holding hands was a gateway drug
That led to the mess I'm in
But I won't give up
I won't lie down
as you take away my friends
Don't try to change me now
Don't start to judge me now
There's been a hundred lows
But there's been a million highs
And now we're wasting so much time.

I've looked you right in the face
And I have told the worst lies
I've put my arms around you
And felt nothing at all
I've stolen tasteless bread
I've salted hundreds of cities, paint them red
I've taken a thousand miles and
I'll take a thousand more until you say

You can't bully me
You can't make me stay
You won't change

I hear your whispers calling me
I will turn away (turn away)
Just like a hunter you will prey
Prey on me

And the world will let you hang
I just made a pact with them
To always drop you where you land
I'll fight from my way and
I'll say that I've changed and
I'll try to convince you you should stay
Whatever your goal, I'll be here
Making sure you fail

You can't bully me
You can't make me stay
You won't change

I hear your whispers calling me
I will turn away (turn away)
Just like a hunter you will prey
Prey on me (prey on me, prey on me, prey)

These seven years have opened my eyes
But I don't want to live it all again (all again)

You!

You can't bully me
You can't make me stay
You'll never change

I hear your whispers calling me
I will turn away (I will turn away, turn away)
Just like a hunter you will prey
Prey on me

Unfaithful, I have been
Loyalty, I have none
No respect, no passion
I'm out to find it

Forgive all my sins
I know I come with them
I know what will happen
When I saw race for loss of control

A call to arms
With ? and scars
With healthy minds when you are asked for war

When you see the cast upon the light you know
There will be an angel weeping tears of blood that stain the earth below
You'll lose yourself (you'll find help)
You'll lose yourself
Is there where you belong?

You try to avoid it
You try to abstain
But relentless we take it's control
You must obey
You'll cower now
Is the pressure

When you see the cast upon the light you know
There will be an angel weeping tears of blood that stain the earth below
You'll lose yourself (but you'll find embrace, you'll find help)
You'll lose yourself

Is there where you...
You are not the one who's trapped inside
You can make a difference
Look in to your...
Mind your memories, are what defines (who you really are)
That's what makes you special (special), beautiful (beautiful)
You can still be loved
You are held to such a high regard
Your blood is contagious
Someone in desperation
Your mind is the blur
??
You need to wipe it now
You must fight, you must stand
You must believe in yourself

When you see the cast upon the light you know
There will be an angel weeping tears of blood that stain the earth below
You'll lose yourself (but you'll find embrace, you'll find help)
You'll lose yourself
Is this where you belong?