Verse: Should I learn to sink before I learn to float Suffering is hope and none of us can cope Contentment is stuffing little rocks inside of my throat With no signs of revolt I broke down the walls Burned down the drawbridge Jumped over the moat While the serfs all applauded Fought ice ‘ Fought snow Until April’s rain unthawed ‘em both And left me insane and broke To nap on a peaceful coast
Chorus: Can’t take what we don’t show ya Can’t kill what we love most Put bruises on our shoulders Bloody up that pretty nose now No telling how dangerous it is Til you put that poison on your lips Each touch as simple as a kiss Each kiss will bring us all closer
To the fact that obstacles and cracks Litter every path ‘ ain’t no turning back I can’t work my mask ‘ loosen up these straps I never chose to be this close to my mishaps You don’t understand ‘ I don’t want your plan ‘ I just wanna build the muscle memory that’s necessary to devise a way to break the chain on the gate of the cemetery Days chasing me in waves I won’t let ‘em win Never let ‘em catch me coming out my skin Sitting in the sand ‘ Blowing in the wind Feeling every step from heel to toe The twin sets of my footprints Never did exist Swear I saw ‘em is there something that I missed Something I insisted on becoming before the running became a substitute for bliss
Bridge: Wishing wells seem to say They want the easy way out But they need to pay back what they didn’t win Filthy has never been So close to cleanliness
Chorus: Can’t take what we don’t show ya Can’t kill what we love most Put bruises on our shoulders Bloody up that pretty nose now No telling how dangerous it is Til you put that poison on your lips Each touch as simple as a kiss Each kiss will bring us all closer
Verse: Oars on the surface of the water ‘ My arms are soar I’m cold ‘ I’m a monster ‘ So I’m told Could you make me warm? It’s wet ‘ under feet Try to run ‘ but I sink It’s a dream right? That’s what it seems like Couldn’t be right ‘ I don’t mean no alarm Hidden in the soft creases of my palm Lines are deciding where they will begin After every end something starts to stir Strange as this has been ‘ Everything’s a blur Wishing wells seem to say they want the easy way But what they mean to say is things fall apart ‘ Leave ‘em be Thieves’ll come to steal the seasons ‘ Rob the lucid from the dream Just beneath the broken pieces are the sequences between They can keep ‘em ‘ I don’t need ‘em There not mine ‘ I’ll be fine Left behind to find my way the only way I’ll ever find it Love the ocean ‘ Be an island Be the sea ‘ I’ll be Japan Come with me ‘ Let’s leave this place and take some secrets to replant Build a bridge ‘ Burn it down Learn to swim ‘ Flirt with drowning Break the crooked road in half and take the path we just found out about
Chorus: Can’t take what we don’t show ya Can’t kill what we love most Put bruises on our shoulders Bloody up that pretty nose now No telling how dangerous it is Til you put that poison on your lips Each touch as simple as a kiss Each kiss will bring us all closer