I felt your sickness brush against my arm as I walked by you
Heard your voice but couldn′t tell that it was you
And slowly watched your sickness slip away into a place that I'd once feared butI was not afraid this time
So I gave chase and found it, finally, slowly feeding from your head
And from my friends, and from my family, so
I grabbed it by the neck
"For every lover you have ruined..."
I dug my nails into its flesh
"...and every life that you have taken..."
Slammed its head against the brick
Its blood poured out onto the pavement
I stirred it in with dirt and spit
"I will take a part of you"
I made mortar from the mix
Tore every organ from its body
Broke its bone and fashioned bricks
I laid the mortar in between
I made a throne for hope to sit
"Too long you′ve torn us into pieces
Firmly held onto our wrists
Today I bury you in me"
I swallowed every inch of it
I'll hold you, as you have held me, you've held me in your heart
We′ll be, we′ll be set free from, we'll be set free from fear, we will be be set free
We′ve felt our failures
We've watched our passions leave, but
We′re still breathing on
But we're still beating on
I′ll hold you
As you have held me
You've held me in your heart
And I will hold you in my heart
But I still see him dead in the parking lot at the gas station just down the street
And I still hear my friend say
"You know, you wouldn't believe the things I saw when I was stationed overseas"
But he somehow keeps smiling in spite all of that, while
I keep finding ways to push the good out for the bad
Oh, how selfish of myself to always say that it was more than I could take,
Like it was pain I could not shake, like
It could break me with its fingers, throw my body in the lake, and
I would slowly sink away but
The Truth is it was sorrow that I made and would not face
See, I keep falling for the future after tripping on the past
And I am always tearing sutures out to make the anguish last
Like it defines me
Or reminds me I′ve found comfort in my suffering
And uncertainty in happiness and death, because
What′s next is such a mystery to me
And I am terrified of all the things I feel but cannot see
Friends and family, put your hand into my hand and
Lay your head into my chest
You are all that I have left here
We are all that we have left
We are the lovers
We are the last of our kind
Link your arms and keep your chin up, and
I swear that we'll be fine
We are the lovers
We are the last of our kind
Though we′re not sure who we are, we keep our heads up
Though we're not sure where we′re from, we keep our hearts up
Though we're not sure when we′ll leave, we keep our heads up
Though we're not sure where we'll go, we keep our hopes up
Though we′re not sure who we are, we keep our heads up
Though we′re not sure where we're from, we keep our hearts up
Though we′re not sure when we'll leave, we keep our heads up
Though we′re not sure where we'll go, we keep our hopes up
Keep your head up, we′re fine, just
Keep your head up, I swear, we'll be alright
Keep your head up, oh, my friends, my friends
Keep your head up, and
I swear, we'll never die
I swear, we′ll get home safe and sound
I swear, we′ll never die
I swear, we'll live on underground
I swear
I will give your heart a place to rest when everything you had has turned and left.
I′ll weave your names into my ribcage; lock your hearts inside my chest
Regain the passion I once carried; do away with all the rest
I tore the sickness from your bodies; smashed its head against the bricks
I made a castle from its bones that you may always dwell in it
So sing for every buried moment that you'd thought would never end
And sing your fears about the future; and a dirge for faded friends
For all the love that you had held to, why it somehow failed to keep
And sing each minute you′ve been frightened; every hour that you've lost sleep.
And sing for all your friends and family; sing for those who didn′t survive
But sing not for their final outcome; sing a song of how they tried
We live amidst a violent storm; leaves us unsatisfied at best
So fill your heart with what's important, and be done with all the rest
We are what's left of what we once were
We are falling far behind
There′s so much stacking up against us
And we′re running out of time
We are but hopeful children
And we're the last of our kind
But if we let our hearts move outward
I know we will never
We are but friends and family
We are the last of our kind
So hold my hand, I′ll lift your head up, and
I promise we'll be fine
We are but hopeful lovers
And we are running out of time
There′s so much stacking up against us
And we're falling far behind
We are but hopeful lovers
We are the last of our kind
But if we let our hearts move outward
I know we will never
We are but lovers
We are the last of our kind
And if we let our hearts move outward
I know we will never
We are but lovers
We are the last of our kind
And if we let our hearts move outward
We will never die
