Another crowded dance floor
Another empty glass
Another failed hello
It’s your alibi
Another splendid lie
It’s the bruises that you can’t show

It’s another lonely sunset
Another starless sky
The nervousness inside
It’s the final kiss from a lover’s fist
It’s the reason why you can’t cry

It's a violent reaction
The mixtape in your heart
The answer you should know
How we complicate, a simple mistake
It’s the face you make when I go

And we tried to change
The city noise made us strange
So we plugged our ears and learned to fight
We set the stage but we could not engage so we cut all ties by candlelight
Change, change, change


Another deep depression
The calm before the storm
The shaking in your head
How you sacrificed – How you paid the price
All the words you wish you had said

It’s the rawest of emotions
Drinking to forget- names written in the snow
It’s the anxious feel- purging your last meal
It’s the secret that you can’t know


And we tried to change
The city noise made us strange
So we plugged our ears and learned to fight
We set the stage but we could not engage so we cut all ties by candlelight
Change, Change, Change


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    I may be wrong on this, but I THINK it's about the break up of jack of jill (the end)..in Jessicka's eyes... and Scarling (the beginning)..the birth of something new. In my opinion 'City Noise' is the problems/chaos that they may have experienced and even created on their own while touring as a band.

    'And we tried to change The city noise made us strange So we plugged our ears and learned to fight We set the stage but we could not engage so we cut all ties by candlelight Change, Change, Change'

    Translation...

    They tried to 'Change'. Possibly their sound..possibly attitude...music..whatever. Maybe personallity. After a bit they found out that the change just wasn't working for them as a band...it created 'city noise'. Despite issues they tried to stay together, they set the stage..they could not engage, so they cut all ties by candle light ;).

    Change change change = the beggining of Scarling.

    roachofdiscordon November 08, 2005   Link

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