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Judging a Bullet

she’ll say that it’s over but we still beat as one in my head
she’ll say that it’s over
i can’t be held responsible for me

on the 7th sign she sent me
she wanted dreams to hold her up
on the 17th i loved her
yet i wanted chains to drag her down

but it’s not my place to tell her how to fly

she’ll say that it’s over but we still beat as one in my head
she’ll say that it’s over
i can’t be held responsible for me
i fell into the same damn trap
and it might be a while before i get her back

in the waiting room are memories
i wanted to never meet again
in the patience i resent me
i have no time for you

but it’s not my place to tell her how to fly
just breathe and release
i’m pulling strings she can not see

did you not blame me?
(did you not blame me?)
did you not hate me?
(did you not hate me?)

she’ll say that it’s over but we still beat as one in mine
she’ll say that it’s over but we still beat as one in my head
she’ll say that it’s over
i can’t be held responsible for me
i fell into the same damn trap
(might be awhile before i get her)
and it might be a while before i get her back

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i show no scars from where i’ve been
just two jaded eyes, i guess you win
this cage you locked to hold me in
its bars of trust wore paper thin

now that it’s on i don’t know where to begin
follow me down (follow me down)
now that you’re on you don’t know how to defend
you are your own end
what did you expect?
to get all you compromised back?

call to arms if nothing’s gonna change in me
it’s not that easy when you’re guilty but you have to be
just let it alone

don’t make me find the simple things that we used to be
don’t try to turn this rotten apple into a seed

call to arms if nothing’s gonna change in me
it’s not that easy when you’re guilty but you have to be
just let it alone
let it alone
just let it alone

call to arms if nothing’s gonna change in me
(call to arms if nothing’s gonna change in me)
it’s not that easy when you’re guilty but you have to be
(call to arms if nothing’s gonna change in me)
just let it alone

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it’s over now
could you please remind me of how it starts?
all boarded up
unkept and all wasted and it’s all mine

i’d say you were my judas
i’d say you were my pet
i’d say it was over-rated
but i’d have to say
it’s about time, it’s about time.

i’m falling out of this railway reality
who i’m supposed to be
well ain’t who i am
so murder me for my constant lack of consistency
who i’m supposed to be ain’t who i am

i folded out, i took the short cut
and it got me nothing
dry in the mouth, unsure of my whole life
with the shutters closed

i’d say that we could make believe
i’d say that i could visit
i’d say it all has happened
through some fleeting intervention
it’s about time, well it’s about time

i’m falling out of this railway reality
who i’m supposed to be
well ain’t who i am
so murder me for my constant lack of consistency
who i’m supposed to be well ain’t who i am

it’s about time to see you crawl
it’s about time to see you fall
it’s about time for you to care
it’s about time for you to care
it’s about time for you to care

well i’m falling out of this railway reality
who i’m supposed to be
well ain’t who i am (who i am)
so murder me for my constant lack of consistency
who i’m supposed to be well ain’t who i am
it’s not who i am
it’s not who i am

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she cares a lot at least that’s what she wants us all to think
life to her is how we see her, not what she should be
she cried today at a funeral for someone she hardly knew
she can hold her breath long enough to just pass through

such a sweet radiation, i love the burn she leaves on me
yes, i got the invitation, but the time and place I do not see
leave it all behind (it’s not for you to see)
keep it all inside (i’ll find a way to set you free)

i see her everyday, she says the pain is just a phase
she can not find the words to say to break her pretty cage
i’ll ride my horse on outta here with middle fingers raised
she pushed the point to keep it known that we would never be

such a sweet radiation, i love the burn she leaves on me
yes, i got the invitation, the time and place I do not see
leave it all behind (it’s not for you to see)
keep it all inside (i’ll find a way to set you free)

i will watch you but i’ll try not to see
reinforce the barriers
wishing not to carry her
well, it’s all part, it’s all part of the game

i gave my message today
it’s been a long time coming, a long time coming
i judge a bullet on its weight
you shot me with the heaviest
you shot me with the lovelessness

i will watch you but i’ll try not to see (such a sweet radiation, i love the burn she leaves on me)
reinforce the barriers
wishing not to carry her
well, it’s all part, it’s all part of the game

leave it all behind (it’s not for you to see)
feel this just one time (missed opportunity)
keep it all inside (i’ll find a way to set you free)

such a sweet radiation, i love the burn she leaves on me

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where we be, we’ve come so far
where did i go astray from you?

when they put me in the ground, i want you to be there waiting
with your hands just as cold as mine, we could rest for a while
would you follow me to heaven? would you follow me to hell?
would you leave this world for me and a wooden coat?

where we be, we’ve come so far
where did i go astray from you?
where we be, we’ve come so far
i think i’ll just hold my breath ‘til i’m blue

when there’s no one else around, we could be together
with my hands in your pockets i’m reading your diary.
we won’t make a sound as long as they won’t let us
maybe the truth illuminates the way to be, the way to be.

when i know, when i know,
when i know something’s gone wrong
i look to the crowd and i see faces
faces were guiding me back home
faces, telling me where to go

where we be, we’ve come so far
where did i go astray from you?
where we be, we’ve come so far
i think i’ll just hold my breath ‘til i’m blue

(we’ve come so far, we’ve come so far)
(we’ve come so far, we’ve come so far)

‘til i’m blue
(we’ve come so far, we’ve come so far)
until i’m blue
(we’ve come so far, we’ve come so far)
(we’ve come so far, we’ve come so far)

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did you finally break into her?
and would you mind me if i were
as free as a bird now?
cause i will be with you tonight…

cause i’m your passenger tonight
roll down your windows and come out despite
well, i’m your passenger tonight
throw down the throttle and come out tonight

well, silence always will keep me, me
and not yet will we see today
well as free as a bird now

cause i will be with you tonight
cause i’m your passenger tonight
roll down your windows and come out despite
well i’m your passenger tonight
throw down the throttle and come out tonight

stumbling over all this pain
just to find a common place
you and i? i’ll lock the door

well, i’m your passenger tonight
roll down your windows and come out despite
well i’m your passenger tonight
throw down the throttle and come out tonight

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well i thought you
were what’s best for me
but now all i see of you
is inside of me
when ever you turn away
i want you even more
you’ll never know this piece of me
when my heart is sore

well i know what fate denied me of
and i know you were only remnants of…

roses and cyanide
well, i’ll turn my head away
just to see you cry
roses and cyanide
these feelings we hold inside are all we have now

well face it all, face the whole world
to see what we have burned to nothing
to see what we have won

keep away, keep away from me
you’re the one i live for and i don’t wanna breathe

roses and cyanide
i’ll turn my head away
just to see you cry
roses and cyanide
these feelings we hold inside are all we have now

relieve, relieve and cry
relieve, relieve and cry

roses and cyanide
i turn my head away
just to see you cry
roses and cyanide
these feelings we hold inside are all
these feelings we hold inside are all
these feelings we hold inside are all we have now.

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sometimes the hate just flows right through me
sometimes the hate gets built up inside
sometimes the hate is slow colliding
reminds me of how well you lied

this will all come back to you
this will all come back to you
this will all come back to you
this will all come back
8 ways to decay

sometimes the hate is seething in me
sometimes the hate it burns me alive
sometimes the hate is slow colliding
forsaking, breath taking, mine

this will all come back to you
this will all come back to you
this will all come back to you
this will all come back

all poor and all welcome, all try to last the night
try to make it through without another fight
a fight

this will all come back to you
this will all come back to you
this will all come back to you
this will all come back

this will all come back to you
this will all come back to you
this will all come back to you
this will all come back to you

8 ways to decay
(to you)
8 ways to decay
(to you)
8 ways to decay
(to you)

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i want you back and i need to reflect
i know i’m sold

there’s something inside of me that won’t let you go
don’t let them finally take control
there’s something inside of me that i don’t care to show
let the cold die for me

well i need to fly
when we all breathe to die, my questions always end in why
well i need you to fly, let your drones fly, fly

something inside of me that won’t let you go
don’t let them finally take control
there’s something inside of me that i don’t care to show
let the cold die for me

new time for disease, one last time please
and you’ll always be in me

well i need to breathe
well i can’t even believe that all you came to do is leave
well i need you to breathe

let your drones fly, fly

something inside of me that won’t let you go
don’t let them finally take control
there’s something inside of me that i don’t care to show
let the cold die for me

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time trying to kill me off again today it seems
my own memory has faded since your name
was all that ever came out of my mouth
but now it certainly is coming around

let go no time and don’t take mine

well meeting this way just by accident,
reality tames my mind.
feeling the same just by accident.
words can’t display what i see with my eyes and then
you build me a makeshift heart for you to break.
until the water fills the sink
wash my hands of this accident
yeah

it’s fine by me. leaving clues to help me on my way,
finally remembering things forgotten casually
now it reappears breaking tens to fours
it certainly is coming around.

it’s coming around
it boils down to in my head
that you and me
that you and me were never really we winter in a dream
i fail to be a wreck for you, i fail to be a wreck for me

well meeting this way just by accident,
reality tames my mind.
well feeling the same just by accident.
words can’t display what i see with my eyes and then
i build me a makeshift heart for you to break.
until my water fills the sink
wash my hands of this accident
yeah

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i watched it tumble away
and i felt the gravity take
and i know i spilled across the floor
and i watched you tumble out the door

steam rising, steam rising, steam rising

the splinter in my hand is always there to remind me
to show how the past can tear me down
the splinter in my hand is always there to rewind me
to show how the past can tear me

i watched the night turn to day
and i had to throw it all away
and i know i spoke a thousand dreams
and i had to hide them all, it seems

steam rising, steam rising, steam rising

the splinter in my hand is always there to remind me
to show how the past can tear me down
the splinter in my hand is always there to rewind me
to show how the past can tear me

the splinter in my hand is always there to remind me
to show how the past can tear me down
the shadows shining in my heart are sometimes all but blinding
in the dark, they help me see
the shadows in my heart are sometimes all but blinding
in the dark, they help me

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ladies and gentlemen, the dr.

Judging a Bullet