So our open wounds will bleed
Until our veins run dry
Now we have to take this thorn
And tear it from our side
Agitated at the fault line
Still agreed to disagree
Your connected to the heart
But tonight we'll set you free

So swallow the knife
Carve the way for your pride
Now our hands are tied
The problems lie within
So we pray for night
To start over again

Even now as i write this down
All pretensions disappear
Now our impulses will bite
At the ankles of our fear

So swallow the knife
Carve the way for your pride
Now our hands are tied
The problems lie within
So we pray for night
To start over again

Now our hands are tied
The problems lie within
So we pray for night
To start over again

Words are spoken
Words are broken down

So lets make this night be our best mistake
So lets take the time to wipe the blood away
Now our hands are tied
And our world is caving in

Now our hands are tied
The problems lie within
So we pray for night
To start over again

Now our hands are tied
And the problems lie within
Words are spoken
Words are broken
Broken Down


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Swallow the Knife Lyrics as written by Dan Marsala Adam Russell

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    This song sounds like a problem due to an addiction. "now our hands are tied. the problems lie within." They can't do anything about what problems they have inside their heads or bodies or w/e. "so lets make this night be our best mistake. so lets take the time to wipe the blood away. " My interpretation: Let's have fun tonight but let it be our last time. wiping the blood away=fixing the drug problem?

    Drewsredwingson October 10, 2004   Link

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