We were safe
Now we're paralyzed
Suspended in time
At this speed it makes no difference
We're all starting just to end
Suspened in emergency arm

We could be dead
Complete the equation
Corners are exitting
We have no value in these calculations

Faced by the dead
Point us straight down
Traveling at...
Five hundred feet per second
Five thousand feet from the ground

How long will it take us to hit?
How fast will we start the disintegration?

Don't stop, no
Just keep moving
Don't stop, no
Just keep moving

How long will it take us to hit?
How fast will we start the disintegration?

We could be safe
We're forever floating in the clean blue air
Between the sun that gives us light
And the brand that burns it out

An enemy in the aisles
Press our hands together
And close our eyes
Speak these words so softly
To the blackhawks and the doves


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    according to thursday's website, this song must be "At This Velocity", about a "plane crash on the other side of the world" The only one of the recently leaked demos which is actually close to the final version.

    it's not an ep as nolight said, just demos that leaked. still, they're pretty cool. this one's definitely a good one.

    sinnedohon October 01, 2005   Link

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