Lyrics

[Verse 1] I'm slipping away, drive-by gun in my mouth Cerebral bleeding, can't focus on my breathing The hands are spinning backwards on a faceless clock Dismembered by the child who was scared of the dark And I ran so hard, and I ran so fast I ran until the sun exploded in my chest I stand before the tragedy, pre-meditated plot No alternate ending, so much love that I just fucking forgot [Pre-Chorus] Can you feel how I do, fly so high, I came unglued No surprise that I smile when I cry, I'm fucking abused! [Chorus] It's not quite what you expected To see me down and so dejected It's not who I really am, a passing phase, valium days Don't count me out, I don't want to stop now I need someone to convince me that there's something to live for! [Post-Chorus] I don't want this sickness I don't want this sickness in me Drain out [Verse 2] Ah, I'm wasted again, I'm wasting away I'm wasting my life, I'm wasting the day I try so hard to kick, but get kicked instead I forgot who I am, forgot what I said Jacob's ladder got me chained down to a bed And I can't stop the nightmare rolling full steam ahead And I have to get high to escape from fear The devil's got the shackles on my wheel, I can't steer [Pre-Chorus] Can you feel how I do, fly so high and came unglued No surprise that I smile when I cry, I'm fucking abused! [Chorus] It's not quite what you expected To see me down and so dejected It's not who I really am, a passing phase, valium days Don't count me out, I don't want to stop now I need someone to convince me that there's something to live for! [Post-Chorus] I don't want this sickness I don't want this sickness in me Drain out I don't want this sickness I don't want this sickness in me Drain out [Instrumental break] [Verse 3] The life's blood is spilled, and killed every dream Decayed by the pestilence and frayed by the screams Seems like she wanted us all in this place To bear witness to miracles of desperate grace Alight on the island, this place is no tomb We spill forth frothing tears to sew seed in the womb That surrounds us like a mother's flesh, the amniotic air protects Our hearts to explode from the clay to rebirth [Verse 4] And we pray for you, and give all our love to you, have faith in you And we know that you see us from another place, with another face I hope you're happy this time, release the beauty trapped inside Carried high by the ravens and fireflies up to heaven, our selflessness aside You won't remember the pain, the suffering, just the love Warmth that surrounds you will always be there Waiting eternal, forever remains [Verse 5] The mud-bloody earth, how sanguinely runs To embrace the ash, the corporeal return to penetrate stone The firebirds rise, take wing through the mantle like seraphim flying Destroy the horizon, the firmament prick Escape through the pinhole, the spherical grip And nothing you did now will cause any pain The infinite embraces like petals catch rain Damn you God, damn you God for taking another life so young Deserved more, I know, I know it's your will The balance of the universe will be restored, will be restored [Verse 6] As the rain drags the light from the quay We've said all we've said, maybe more And the boat frees the rope from the shore And the ferry slips away