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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
It’s unmistakable,
The feeling when I see you sitting there in comp-sci
And is this real? That’s debatable
Kind of took me from the blindside
[Chorus]
I neglected to see the signs of the
Burning bridges in the night of blue
And come daylight the sun rose to shine on the
Golden bridges you built with someone new
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
“Give it just three weeks or so,” they said
“Just take some time to go and flirt with more open girls”
And yet I find that’s impossible
When all that’s on my mind is you, it’s true
And reality is just what if’s, what if
I found this ship in time to sail?
Or am I just far too frail?
If I had spent less time in the clouds, if
I had seen them crashing down, what if?
What if? It is a movie script
In my head
[Chorus]
But I neglected to see the signs of the
Burning bridges in my night of doom (in the night of doom)
And come daylight the sun rose to shine on the
Gleaming bridges you built with someone new (with someone new)
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
I try to scream
But no one is listening
‘Cause my cry isn’t for help
It’s for you and me and all I see,
A different world that could’ve come to be
That might’ve come to be
[Chorus]
But I neglected to see the signs of the
Burning bridges as the dusk withdrew
And come to dawn the sun rose to shine on the
Strongest bridges you built with someone new
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
In another perfect life
We’d find our homes, we’d find our light x4
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[Verse 1]
Open up, you’re waiting for a
Call you know will never come
It’s all quiet on your front, you’ve
Waited for a light to come
Someone who knows and wants to know
You’re waiting for a light you know won’t show
And add the color to your life
Develop all your reeling plight inside
All the monochrome belief
Still haunts the way you see
The color in your life is
Daydreaming by your open side, so
Let the light shine down on you and
See the shadow that you know is
[Chorus]
True, you’ve found someone like you and
Now you haven’t any clue what to do
The color you’ve beckoned for is
Waiting for you by the door so
Open up, you’re waiting for a call
That won’t come
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
Nearly four months, a hundred days
You’ve waited for a light to come, to stay
In your heart, you’ve come
All this way just to go back to the start
Everything you used to know
Now has nothing left to show, the
Color in your life is
Gone, run away, run ‘till it’s out of sight
So let the ashes fall and
Build back up until you know it’s
[Chorus]
True and you’ve found someone like you
And then you won’t have any clue what to do
The color you’ve beckoned for
Is it waiting for you by the door
So open up, you’re waiting for a call
That won’t come
[Outro with saxophone solo]
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3. |
Window Panes
04:28
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Is it butterflies or pain?
Sometimes it’s hard to tell
Bridges I thought were made
Burn just as well
Was there hope and should it fade?
Steady as it fell
Wishfully I pay
My change to the well
[Chorus]
‘Cause we were the lights to shine from windows
Deep into the night
On the faces of the buildings
That paint the midnight sky
So while our passerbys see beauty
In the city glowing bright
These windows that are shining
Are distant every time
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
Was it just to salt the wound?
Or maybe to get me back
For some forgotten move
I didn’t know was bad
Maybe there’s something to prove
That I just can’t exact
Or maybe you haven’t much good
As I thought you had
Ooh, still I hold onto you
[Chorus]
‘Cause we were the lights to shine from windows
Deep into the night
On the faces of the buildings
That paint the midnight sky
So while our passerbys see beauty
In the city glowing bright
These windows that are shining
Are distant every time
[Outro]
Ooh, don’t let go
Holding onto hope
Through every hurtful note
Ooh, holding onto hope
Have to let you go
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No New Messages
04:53
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[Verse 1]
Looking down, then look away
For the sun isn’t what’s shining on my face
Same old story that I know
It’s the one that doesn’t pass by without note
As the light strikes light brown streaks and the
Magenta polyester, it gives me a touch of hope
Until I read the story’s note
Feel the heavy ocean air upon my face
Waves crash and disappear without a trace
Giving way to the sea, a constant change
As the tenants of my mind shift their gaze
Searching for another way
[Chorus]
And someday, somehow, these walls within which I’m enclosed
Will raze themselves down, you suppose
And someday, but not now, this sight of all that I’ve been shown will
Hold my path, but my light is static today
[Verse 2]
While the bottoms of my heels begin to ache
As I feign to comprehend another’s take
As we walk, these damned words bring back
Memories of all the things that I tried to ignore and forget
But these words in silence are what’s needed to allow for something more
Before falling into regret
[Chorus]
And someday, somehow, these walls within which I’m enclosed
Will raze themselves down, you suppose
And someday, somehow, but not now, the time’s out
Just hold it back, ‘cause it’s all just static
And some way it grinds down, ‘till all of this small talk’s exposed
So let the film burn as it shows
As skin meets skin, regrets grow thin, the thoughts are thought, no care for sin
So don’t hold back, there’s no holding back anymore
[Guitar solo and outro]
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