We march so gracefully

a delicate symphony

oblivious happily

oh this dance is perilous thing

Would you hold your breath for me

and swim just underneath

I’m dying to make you see

there are layers here

there are layers here

To turn the key

and lock away everything

for a lifetime of suffering

I can make no sense of this

When we were foolish youth

the truth was peering through

the gaps and empty rooms

a preface stalling

to the older you calling

the jaded and fallen

there’s a message in all of this

it’s the message is useless

Technology, it’s a funny thing ain’t it?

Sell ourselves for the price

of nothing forward and nothing meaningful

if we are paired to the device

you’ll see there’s a version of me

and he is cast out to the sea to be released

and if I go let me decompose

you can keep my heart as your vice

It’s a gridlock, tightrope act and it brings us…

Further away from, further away from,

further away from us

When we were young we were

in the outside air

present, being there

and now we hide away

filter, frame, display

we are all that we share

you’ll see there’s a fraction of me

and now I charge to my retreat to be set free

and when I go let me decompose

you can keep my heart as your price

It’s a gridlock, tightrope act and it brings us…

Further away from, further away from,

further away from us

Well I suspect you need a rest

go wash your face with cloth

go wash the layers off

Well you’ve been staring at the sun

I thought they taught you better man

and now you’re watching you float away

with nothing to say

have you got nothing to say?

Go slow,

don’t pick apart your bones

because they will start to show

when your skin begins to sag

to the quickening of life

just say your goodbyes

hold them so tight

when the river swallows whole

you’ll be letting them go

oooh

There’s a few room left to paint

to be changed

the be… not the same

and then you can fade away

with nothing to say

you’ll need nothing to say

Go slow,

don’t pick apart your bones

because they will start to show

when your skin begins to sag

to the quickening of life

just say your goodbyes

hold them so tight

when the river swallows whole

you’ll be letting them go

Turn it off

there’s no sign of life left in this place

enough’s enough

you lead the way, our great escape

oooh

You and me is everything we could need

to stop the bleeding

there’s no better reason

left to leave

oooh

We’re terrified to leave behind

the dark of night

it’s cold outside but it’ll be alright

and I’m by your side

And I suppose the way we go

is the way of ghosts

but we’ll take it slow

the way we go is the way of ghosts

the way of ghosts

So we lean towards it

and it’s surrounding you

and we feel the weight shift

to a million pieces that once were two

oooh

We’re terrified to leave behind

the dark of night

it’s cold outside but it’ll be alright

we will leave tonight

And I suppose the way we go

is the way of ghosts

and we’ll take it slow

the way we go is the way of ghosts

the way of ghosts

6:00 News shit

headlines and panic

the end times are coming

and we can’t get out of it

denying us entry

leaving us empty

scattered and buried along the road

if all this was good enough

what does that make of us

defined by deafening throes

Let’s go out dancing

Let’s go out spinning

lets not go wide eyed, terrified and numb

Let’s go out laughing

Let’s go out wanting less than

everything we’ve been made to need

Sense of deception

the guilt of the plenty

it’s got to be captured on tv

suicide selfies

newspaper kindling

We’re finally on the outside of all of this looking in

if all this was good enough (why are we)

finding it hard to breathe, maybe

we just need something else

that we can’t see

Let’s go out dancing

Let’s go out spinning

lets not go wide eyed, terrified and numb

Let’s go out laughing

Let’s go out wanting less than

everything we believe we need