Times Like These
I hear the engine whine
I watch the needle move in time and
My nonchalance is fading fast
You press your face against the windowpane
You listen to the sound of the pouring rain and
You watch the world as it moves past
I wonder when you fell from grace
Watch the heartbreak dance across your face and
I wonder if it's ever meant to last
But my heart beats faster
As the world grows colder
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So hush my darling
And don't make a sound
Cuz words are useless
In times like these
It's the little heartaches
That make the world go round
When disappointment brings us to our knees
On a night like this
We watch the shadows form and twist and
We watch the clock as it unwinds
I hear the angels sing
I hear the demons screaming in between and
The sound sends shivers down my spine
I know that when you've come undone
It seems like your hearts can beat as one but
I know that we are only wasting time
But my heart beats faster
As the world grows colder
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Disillusion
I've watched you from a distance
All your secrets locked away for none to know
And your beauty hasn't faded
Though the day that we first met was long ago
Have the years been kind
Or did you let all your beliefs
Fall by the wayside
And did you keep your faith and pride
Or did you cast it all away
When the light died
I've watched winter melt around you
But the chill clings to the air when the wind blows
And the spring time brings no solace
As the hours slip beneath the undertow
And did you hide your face and cry
When all your dreams were buried in the landslide
Or did you hold your head up high
As your hopes were torn asunder from the inside
And when fear and doubt
Are dragging you down
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Where do you run to when the light dies
And your dreams have washed away
Where do you go to when the rain falls
At the break of day
I'll give you shelter from the deluge
With the hope I've found
I'll lift you up and keep you safe
On higher ground
So let your tears flow
And when sorrow seeks to drown you
And your grief threatens to drag you below
I'll catch you if you slide
And take you to a place where we can both hide
Where at least we'll say we tried
And we suffered through the terrors
On the outside
And when fear and doubt
Are dragging you down
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Absolution
I've been sitting here in silence
For what seems like a million years
I can barely see the window
Through my tears
I've been staring out the window
At a crystal winter's night
Watching as the world is blanketed white
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And as the snow falls down
My heart is breaking over you
And as the snow falls down
Though I'm dying inside
I'm finding absolution
Locked in isolation
And choking on stifled air
Wracked with desperation and despair
I've been left to my own devices
Afraid of the things I've done
Stricken with disgust at what I've become
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Well it's a hope beyond salvation
And it's a dream beyond desire
A leap of faith, a baptism by fire
So I've put aside my anger
And I've cast away my pain
I've lost it all, I'll learn to live again
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After Burn
There's a sickly kind of silence
That permeates the air
Haunted by the ghosts of lovers entwined
But things change, seasons come and go
And we're all caught in the game I know
And though the past is cold, the future is blind
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And there's a fire in our eyes
That burns down the wall between us
And there's a fire in our hearts
That just won't die
Well it's a complicated problem
To bury your despair
To put aside your guilt and swallow your pride
We cry hard, suffer through the blows
It's a long way to the top from below
But we'll never reach the summit until we've tried
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Pulse
The lights go out
I find myself thinking
About a time
When the whole world was sinking
I was confused
Stumbling around blindly
Lost in a world
Where light couldn't find me
And I never noticed
How much I cared for you
Until the day I found
I wasn't so scared of you
Thought I was drowning
I couldn't see
Until you opened my eyes
And you taught me to breath
And now
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You're my faith
You're my hope
You're my religion
You got your finger
On the pulse of my soul
You cast aside all my
Doubt and my indecision
Lift me up
Take me high
Yeah you make me feel whole
My lips were dry
I was choked up and strangled
Caught in a web
I was wrapped and entangled
And I'd fallen victim
To my own transgression
Locked in my fortress
Of doubt and depression
But you came around
And cared in spite of me
Being far from the person I've tried to be
Now I'm a man
On the brink of surrender
Basking beneath
The light of your splendor
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Home
So this is the beginning
So this is where it starts
A place that we can turn to
To mend our broken hearts
And I'll treasure every moment
From this night til the end
And break the bonds that bind me
To a place I can't defend
Never once reminded
Of love or pleasures lost
And striving for an answer
That we'll get at any cost
There is purity and wisdom
In what life has in store
For those who can discover
The prize they've waited for
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And here I am a haunted soul
About to surrender all control
Forgetting all the truth I know
I just want to be whole
And after all the pain I known
There's no need to be alone
And my resolve is set in stone
And I've come to take you home
Grasping for a future
That seems just out of reach
And driven by the promise
That our lives will be complete
We are laying the foundation
Of something that will last
Of something that will linger
Long after this moment's passed
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Basking in transcendence
And blinded by your light
I'll surrender to this decadence
And reach out and embrace the night
I am drowning in your ocean
Caught in the undertow
I'll say farewell to heartache
And sink beneath the flow
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Your Arms
I catch my breath as you walk in
Your presence drives away
The shadows that surround me
And the sinking feeling pulling me down
Your fingers dance across my skin
Your eyes drive deep
Into a place that I've left unprotected
Vulnerable, bare and unbound
I kinda like the way you move
I kinda like the way
Your words wreak havoc on my heart
And lay waste to the walls I hide behind
I've never wanted more than this
I've never set my sights
So high you couldn't reach them
Or so low you couldn't cast them aside
It's something like a chain reaction
Leading to this fatal attraction
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My heart skips a beat
You pull me in close
I'm fighting to breathe
And I'm dying in your arms
I'm dying in your arms
I close my eyes as you draw near
You touch my face and it seems
The world crumbles beneath me
And nothing stands between you and I
And space and time don't matter here
It's the kind of solace that you find in absolution
The solution to the riddles of life
And all my paths are now made clear
The journey's end is close
And I've severed my connections
And my tethers are now left untied
And I forget all doubt and fear
And lose myself beneath the current of infection
An affection that was passing me by
It's something like a chain reaction
Leading to this fatal attraction
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Doubt and Circumstance
I've fallen further than before
Broken, left and bleeding from every pore
Haunted by what could have been
And drowning in the things I'd seen
I was helpless, tired and sickened to the core
And never knowing just what I'd find
While solitarily bound and confined
But with a look you left my heart impaled
My train of thought had been derailed
And I'd forgiven and forgotten
All I'd left behind
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So let my lonely heart's love flow
And kill me gently, kill me slow
Beyond all doubt and circumstance
My heart and soul are in your hands
So if this is not forever
Let me go
Choking on apprehension and surprise
Enraptured by the sparkle in your eyes
Because I thought I saw hope glimmer there
My heart was lifted from despair
And I surrendered to affection that never dies
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Judgment Day
I woke up in the moonlight
From a dream I can't recall
And listened to the voices echo in the hall
I looked out of the window
Just as the rain began to fall
I wondered if you even knew at all
I ventured out the doorway
Passing strangers in the night
Walking beneath the glow of the city light
Sometimes I think I see you
But then you flicker out of sight
And I know it's just my yearning burning bright
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And all I want is to be with you
And guide you on your way
Yeah I want to stand beside you
From now till judgment day
Well I've see the moonlight sparkle
On the crust of the driven snow
Whispered promises in the afterglow
Washed on the edge of silence
As the tears began to flow
I've stood alone and listened to the cold wind blow
But still it feels
My heart won't beat without you
And it's a cross I bear without shame
With nothing to hide
No one left but me to blame
And I'm still longing for you
And my soul burns like a flame
As the wind outside
Seems to cry your name
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No Revelation
Would you hold me when I'm scared sometimes
When this world's left me cold and alone
And give me shelter when I need to hide
When this silence chills me to the bone
There are places that I never wanted to go
And there are things that I never wanted to know
There is a place behind your eyes
Darker than the world where the shadows go
And in the silence beneath your smile
Lie the secrets that I'll never know
I'm not afraid of the things might find
I'm only frightened of the darkness that waits behind
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So gimme shelter when I'm left with
No longing
No pride
No revelation
In my heart there's only you
So hold me, give me comfort
Nobody cares for you like I do
I don't know how long I'll beg you to stay
I can't describe my fear when you turn away
Would you hold me when I'm scared sometimes
When this world's left me cold and alone
Give me shelter when I need to hide
When this silence chills me to the bone
And take me places that I never wanted to go
And show me things that I never wanted to know
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Point of No Return
Slow dive, once bitten
Shot down and unforgiven
I'm swimming in a sea of original sin
Broken hearts, whispered vows
It makes no difference now
What or where or why or who we've been
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So c'mon little sister finish what you started
Cuz there ain't no rest for the broken hearted
We've come too far to turn ourselves around
We've reached the point of no return
Blood boils, hands shaking
You don't know but my will is breaking
And you've got the touch that gives me chills
I recoil, but you're not faking
We don't know about the choice we're making
But we both know that desire is the fire that kills
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Stealing Your Breath
Isn't it funny how time has run out now
Just remember that it's stealing your breath
Isn't it funny how colors seem brighter now
That every step brings us closer to death
I find myself laughing at the older we get how
The days and nights don't seem like they last so long
And I find myself laughing
At how apparent it is now
That men not god dictate
Between right and wrong
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And she says
Isn't it funny how it feels
Now that your eyes are open
And isn't it funny to be real
The light is fading and darkness comes in now
The curtain closes on another long day
I sit beside her and we're watching the rain fall
Thunder crashes somewhere far away
And she says
It's not my fault that I was born to be cynical
And it's not your problem if I refuse to smile
I know sometimes I'm a little too overcritical
But it's good to be unhappy every once in a while
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Isn't it funny how time has run out now
Just remember that it's stealing your breath
A Trick of the Light
Hello again
I've been dying since you've been gone
I never knew that the night could be so long
Since we began, I've been dying to belong
I never knew that desire could be so strong
So wrap your arms around me
Destroy me with your smile
Let your love enshroud me
And hold me for a while
I've been awake at way past midnight
Watching seconds dropping dead
And pouring over pages that I've already read
And I've been crying out to the angels
To relieve my tired soul
And praying to god in heaven
To fill this empty hole
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So give me empty promises
That you'll never keep
Make me feel like I'm the only
Take me, shake me, break me down again
Wake me from my sleep
Make me feel I'm not so lonely
I been alone before but its never been like this
I wake up screaming in the night
I think I see you beside me
And I'm dying for your kiss
And then I turn to you to find there is nothing there
It's only a trick of the light
I've seen the early sunrise
When I've been too tired to sleep
And I've been dying over secrets that I know I have to keep
Cuz when your evidence is circumstantial
In the trials of the heart
Then life seems less substantial
Than speaking sign language in the dark
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Oblivion
Only you could make me quiver
But you couldn't watch me weep
Crashing into oblivion and dying in my sleep
Only you can bring me sunshine
Only you can bring me gold
And leave me here in this wasteland
Shivering in the cold
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Another time another season we could have worked it out
Pushing it to the line of treason but caring without
a doubt
But you've got me dangling by a thread
And I'm so tired of livin' on the edge of oblivion
I'm so tired of livin' on the edge with you
All I ever wanted
Was forever in your arms
And with a burning desire like liquid fire
How could anything come to harm
Believing in the plight of angels
Forgetting all deceit and lies
And blinded by the ray of hope
I saw reflected in your eyes
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