To the Floor and Out of Reach

You cast long shadows
but you’re so beautiful I gladly stumble under them
And I’ve stayed awake for days
Just waiting for the light to glow brighter
waiting for the words from your lips to spill out on the screen
Just like an open ocean
promises of fame and fortune
Now my minds a blur with words

But you take for granted all the lives you tear apart in your wake
So cast these chains around me
Lead me by the leash to your hearts desire
And I’ll find a way to break through the bindings
Lead a life that’s all my own
I will not listen anymore

Now every time I turn back to you
A little piece of me dies
And I start to wonder why I’ve been living this way
Now I think I’m waking up.
The veil that hides my eyes is
thinning to a point where it cant hold me to the floor

Hold me to the floor
But you’ll kick and scream until you get your way so you

Cast these chains around me
Lead me by the leash to your hearts desire
And I’ll find a way to break through the bindings
Lead a life that’s all my own
I will not listen anymore

So drain me dry
that’s all you ever kept me around for anyway
I realize my spirit stands alone
And you see you can’t do this on your own

I’m never gonna let you
Cast these chains around me
Lead me by the leash to your hearts desire
And I’ve found a way to break through the bindings
Lead a life that’s all my own
I will not listen anymore

Patience and Madness

So much more exotic than
we’ve ever seen this ever before
testing our patience and breaking in
break the hinges off the door
this may seem real now
but it’s all
a dream to me
the curtain falls
and lights go down on the scene

She says she’s gonna be fine
wont get caught up but she’s a liar
she never had a choice
so she bends and breaks
but in the end
she’s lost control

The wave that washes over you
the pressure filling up your lungs
We’re both so stubborn that we
test the lines to see which way they tear
And torn apart
we watch it fall to peaces now
but it’s all
a dream to me
the curtain falls
and lights go down on the scene

She says she’s gonna be fine
wont get caught up but she’s a liar
she doesn’t have a choice
and she bends and breaks
but in the end
she’s lost control

Ignore the signs
and just keep singing to yourself
I refuse to let this go
I’m the one in control.
And all the while
fate is tearing at your soul,
telling you
sleep now child
this will be over in a little while

She’s gonna be fine

So she bends and breaks
but in the end
she’s lost control
and she’s learning letting go

Bite Down and Wait to Die

Tell me how does it end
Do you count it a victory
If you lose yourself along the way?
And if you should fail
Are we all supposed to move on?
Tread the dust that we’ve won?

Stand with the sunrise
Let the light posess your very soul
Have we lost sight of all of it?
And ask yourself
Do you have the resolve
The Metal inside to become

Hold to front line
Do you count it a victory
If you lose yourself along the way
Take heart we’ll only live until dawn
(We’ll see another sun)

As as you trapse along
The pitted ground that marks the road ahead
Remember what we taught you before you left
The training to help you hold true
To the oaths that you swore
The promise you made to the people you fight for

Gather close, let me pass around the cyanide
Hide the capsule in between your teeth
Bite down and wait to die
Use this tactic if you’re caught
If the enemy surprise
Catches you when you aren’t aware
Ties your hands and feet and blinds your eyes

Alone on the frontline
Did you count it a victory
That they lost themselves along the way
Sweetheart they’re never coming back home
(They’ll never see the sun)