The Slow Decay

Lyrics

[Intro] Where do we go now? [Verse 1] I'm still trying to find the words A quarter lifetime on As if a pen and paper could restore The greatest loss I've known Every outline of you lingers in the door Every cigarette a silhouette in ash Drawn upon the floor Remember how they told me "You're too young to understand You will shift just like the weather As you grow into a man" This I know [Chorus] My life has flashed before my eyes And the days all seemed to pass me by All the pain I earned and the love I lost Was the only truth This all will someday soon return to dust [Post-Chorus] Return to dust [Verse 2] And if we all go to hell I'll find some peace where I dwell I never thought there was more to this than met the eye When I have no more to give Surrender my right to live We're only killing time 'til time kills us and we [Bridge] Decay together We're not built to live forever [Breakdown] Content to shed my blissful ignorance No fire, no light, an insignificant mistake [Verse 2] And if we all go to hell I'll find some peace where I dwell I never thought there was more to this than met the eye When I have no more to give Surrender my right to live We're only killing time 'til time kills us [Chorus] My life has flashed before my eyes And the days all seemed to pass me by All the pain I earned and the love I lost Was the only truth This all will someday soon return to dust