you pay for a life you're reluctant to live
refusing to take so you wont have to give
you're keeping control but you're losing it all
and you won't let it go so you don't get to fall
so here they shall guide you along the high roads
you're singing and swinging, you do what you're told
but only the silence will lead you to light
your demons are winning without having to fight
you're fearing the future, analyzing the past
you're certain that love alone cannot last
you swallow the truth and project all the lies
and with every step comes a new compromise
so let the current run against you, let the bandits have their way
and she'll watch you from the shoreline as you spill, what a pitiful decay
you're stuck by the prospect of living alone
ignoring the ways you have traveled and grown
you're drowned in a river of treacherous pain
at least when you're shallow you still have the rain
you call out their names while you're swimming in wine
and you don't believe but you pray for a sign
you know with the seasons their memories will fade
each day you continue your sad masquerade
so let the current run against you, let the bandits have their way
and she'll watch you from the shoreline as you spill, what a pitiful decay
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