CARCER CITY LYRICS

1. The Escapist

I walk the path laid out before me,
Desperate hand fail to hold onto all the moments of the past.
Its a fate that comes to us all,
Blindfolded we walk to our demise.

So I'll take my chances in this life,
No second thoughts,
No turning back.
Blindfolded I walk the path laid out before me.
Desperate hands fail to hold onto every day and every night spent.
Every moment I keep locked inside me.

I will not forget you, but I must carry on in this ocean.
With every breath bringing me closer,
I'll let the waves take me where they will.
I will live this day like its my last,
Because one day I will not escape the rising tide.

I'll take my chances in this life.
I am not afraid to lose it all.

2. Staring Into The Sun

And so when I returned I came to find,
The words I had once inscribed had now faded.
Barely readable now, were the numbers.
Sixteen, Three, Zero, Eight.
Then with the key in hand, I carved a new line.

The setting sun hits home the truth and all these images,
Burnt into my mind, won't let me sleep tonight.
So I wait for the sunrise, one more time.
All these images...
Two bodies and a yellow cross strewn inside a black circle.
The pale skin on a garden cavas.
Staring into the sun, I thought we'd stay the same.

Then I turned, and walked.
Keyed the ignition,
And as I drove my numb mind recalled...
All the wrong reasons, in all the right places.
And how this could have gone either way.
I can't say I was never wrong, but this is down to both of us.
And this silence has gone on for too long.

So look at me, into my eyes and tell me I am heartless.
You know I am not that person.
And I know that we can change all of this,
So I'll wait until sunrise, one more time.
I'll wait, I'll wait for you...

3. The Life We Have Chosen Part 1

Through glass eyes I watched the world pass us by,
Gathering miles, chasing headlights.
Into the maw, into the fray to make our name.
Until our bodies are wasted.

I want something more, I want something more than this.
With eyes close I trace the familiar contours of your face,
And I cannot stand this distance between us.
I want something more than this circular life.

Tonight, under this foreign sky, I will fight for you.
To break the cycle, to be alive.
I have never felt so alive, right now.
Into the fray to make our name.
Into the maw.

4. The Life We Have Chosen Part 2

Through glass eyes I watched the world pass us by,
And in time, these roads became our home.
I watched how the cities grew from the horizon.
Then slowly died away as quickly as they had come.

Together we drew a portrait, untouchable.
Waking up to grey static, looking at you,
Through porcelain, laced in dirt.
I am growing weak, but through all this...
I have found the deepest of gratifications.

A portrait untouchable,
This is the life we have chosen,
And I'd chose this for the rest of my life if I could.
I'd chose this over everything.

5. The Walls That Divide

The lock of our bodies,
Holding close through the seasons to become legendary.
The clock wore us away,
Left to a life of misery with these ghosts upon my back,
That whisper your name in the dark.
And it pierces right through me tonight.

Straight through the heart.
Eyes locked to the ceiling.
I play the same motions in my mind,
I cannot tear myself away from these hauntings.
Behind the locking doors, I am writing my escape.

Picking up the pieces this has reduced me to.
Now the line is crossed, sick of living between you and the world,
I need the close (I need to know)is this how you want this?
Are these fingertips outstretched for nothing?
I need the close, I need you.
Or the chance to start anew.

Speak to me,
Bring down the walls that have divided us,
If you believe this is worth saving like I do.
Just a few words to instill the way things used to be.
Like strangers meeting under lanterns,
Like you never knew my face.
If only I could bring you back to me.
If only I could sever the strings.
Bring down the walls that divide forever.

6. Closed Eyes

Closed eyes for the last time,
And I was sure I was ready for this.
I was so ready for this, but I was wrong.

Closed eyes for the last time.
And I've seen the best of you
And I've seen the worst of you,
Yet when I wake to find blood in your eyes it brings me to my knees.
When I wake to find blood in your eyes it brings me to my knees (to my knees).

And I was sure I was ready for this;
I was so ready for this.
Frail hands upon white sheets, closed eyes, eternal sleep.
All life lost to the bottle (only a matter of time).
But you were dead long before you died.

Closed eyes for the last time.
You were dead long before you died.
As a child your eyes brought me solace;
Now a man I find the mother I knew has faded.
The mother I knew has faded.
And when she left us it changed us all (this place has lost all colour)
This place has lost all colour.

Upon my shoulders I carried you home.
And when I wake to find blood in your eyes
I brings me to my knees.
This brought me to my knees.

7. Signals

And so on goes the battle - down on the rails;
Hading south to find my way out.
This is how I wanted this - no one involved;
This time its me against the world.
Now I'm not searching for answers, I'm not running away.
I'm just taking my time to let the dust settle.
To find my self - to start again.

And now I run the signals chasing for the new horizon I see in the distance.
10:45 at Euston and I feel you draining out of me.
This is mine for the taking.

8. Patience Won't Heal The Broken

Framed inside the reflection of the mirror,
I saw a perfect picture.
The hands won't wait for you to save this,
And I cannot go on pretending you feel the same.

I am done tracing circles, repeating the past.
This is the only way out.
Trust me, this is the only way out.
I have seen it all before and I can't make the same mistakes.
I have seen this before, I should have seen it fucking coming.
Its the same road with different scenery.

But I couldn't see the forest from the wolves.
This time I am not selling myself short again.
If we're in this, then we're in this together.
So what will it be?
Framed inside reflections of the mirror I saw perfect picture...
And I wanted this, the long nights on the floor,
The long days underneath the red sky.

And all I have said all I needed to say.
Made myself clear,
So I'll wait for the call, so what shall it be?
Return to embrace or destroy?
I'll wait for the call.
The hands won't wait for you to save this.

9. Silence

Its hard to sleep with skeletons under your bed.
This was by my hands, the dagger in your back.
This feeling of regret.
These words so hard to speak,
These words I should have said a long time ago.

Every day I wish I had done this differently,
(I'd take it back given the chance)
Given the chance I'd take it back.
You were loyalty, I was a fucking snake.
A callow minded fool, this is my only regret.

Looking back my only regret is the mistake I made with you,
Losing the chance to make amends,
Looking back, this is my only regret.
I'd take it back, given the chance.

10. A Prisoner To The Years

Touching pen to paper, each time I feel a little closer to the end.
Between the lines a thousand grains of sand lost to the hourglass.
Inside every page, a time I wish I could relive.
Oh how I wish I could relive this all again! (Come back to me!)

See the look that you gave me,
Feel the pain inside my lungs.
Walk the city that never sleeps, erase these fears in me.
The weight of living now holds me down.
Each day it gets harder to put one foot in front of the other.
The struggle of the years has made these cracks in me.

But its a truth I cannot fight,
The sun will set tonight, and I'll not be able to hold on...
Its a truth I cannot fight.
So I let go of the past, and bare with the weight of living now.

Take this one chance to live,
(And) Know that it is to die for.
This is to die for!







CARCER CITY LYRICS