I count the lines cut on the wall of blame
And I see it’s been years since I’ve seen light
Tell me all the reasons for when you called
My name
Just to say, “Wish you well”
As you took flight to start again
I just wanna wake and not pretend
Amen. Amen.
Away
To the days of a darker mind
To the weeks of a harder climb
And all the years that you had let me waste
All my heart away
I had a dream with a version of you
That would die just to keep all this alive
I woke up to know none of this could be true
Because you hop-scotched right through
My chalk outline and on you went
I don’t even know where to begin
Again. Again.
Away
To the days of a darker mind
To the weeks of a harder climb
And all the years that you had let it
Take all my words away
If you were something I could refuse
And if bullets could only give a bruise
Or if I could say there’s nothing to lose
But I can't
Because I lost you
I can see you laughing from a moment that passed
But I’m too far away to make out why
You’re dancing to the music about those who don’t last
As you whisper in ears that should be mine.
credits
from Part II: The Counterfeit,
released February 25, 2015
Written and produced by Taebot.
Mixed by Bob Horn at Echo Bar Studios, North Hollywood, CA.
Mastered by Alex Deyoung at DeYoung Masters.
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