eternitity is pressed against my eyelids
by brittle fists that i cannot avoid
and though each fingers grip has been relentless
the moments they just keep on slipping by
and i am now aware that i haven't always had been at this moment
sat me there sitting by the fire and blue waiting for you
and though ive been expected
i've never quite accepted that the fire had suddenly gone out

the hands will fall away, the pain appeal
the trees will say its okay
cause i'm scared that theres no answer
cause i'm scared theres no dreamers
in this life of mine there is only time
the illusion of which is gone

all my words are spread across the canvas
no one's seemed to see the things i say
and those these eyes were once those of an artist failure has relieved me of a face
and i am now aware that i am only the brushstrokes on the headstone of a man that never lived
and this oh this, is this, a life that i have failed and i hoped to be forgiven

the fire had suddenly gone out
the hands will fall away, the pain appeal
the trees will say its okay
cause i'm scared that theres no answer
cause i'm scared theres no dreamers
in this life of mine there is only time
the illusion of which is gone

so what is left
waiting to be a man
i hanged myself to the guilt to the end
with your eyes open you stand standing still
we got a lot to say, got a lot to do
boys are in the street
they just want to do what they want
we dont care how



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    I find it odd that so every lyric website I have found has this song totally wrong. This might have a few mistakes but it is closer to what anybody else has posted( makes more sense too).

    Eternity is pressed against my eyelids
    A brittle fist that I cannot avoid
    And though each finger's grip has been relentless
    The moments, they just keep on slipping by
    
    And I am now aware that I
    am and always have been at this moment
    sadly sitting by the fire and blue, waiting for you
    And though I've been expecting,
    I have never quite accepted
    
    That the fire will suddenly go out
    The hands will fall away
    The pain will peel
    The trees will stay this way 
    'Cause I'm scared that there's no answer
    'Cause I'm scared that there’s no truth
    In this life of mine, there is only time,
    The illusion of which is gone
    
    All my words are spread across the canvas
    No one seems to see the things I say
    And though these eyes were once those of an artist,
    Failure has relieved me of a face
    And I am now aware that I am only the brush strokes
    On the headstone of a man that never lived
    And this, oh this, is his, life that I have failed in
    And I hope to be forgiven when
    
    The fire will suddenly go out
    The hands will fall away
    The pain will peel
    The trees will stay this way
    'Cause I'm scared that there's no answer
    'Cause I'm scared that there’s no truth
    In this life of mine, there is only time,
    The illusion of which is gone
    
    So what is left waiting to be the man
    I can’t get myself to be
    And just sadly sit with your eyes half-closed
    (Can't make out this line either)
    
    We got a lot to say
    Oh, we got a lot to do
    The boys are in the street
    They just want to do what they want
    And we don't care
    Oh, no, we don't care at all

    It might be "sadly sway" instead of "stay this way", but I think i'm right. Its very hard to tell the way he sings it, but I hear an "is" as in "this" right before the stay or sway, not the "ly" that would be there with "sadly." I wish I could verify this with legitimate lyrics from the actual band though......

    colton April 11, 2009   Link

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