A lost sense of direction
Nobody knows my name
Confidence, correction
I don't know how to play that game
A straight line is quicker
A straight line would make me fast
I've burned my nose enough to know
That straight lines never last

Swallow your soul, drink from this life
As you choke on your pride
We all look elsewhere
We all look elsewhere

It's safer inside doors
Nobody has to flee
A broken vessel passed the rocks and out to sea
Waiting, wanting, mad with purpose
Now we come to talk to one
Who has the answers to how

Swallow your soul, drink from this life
As you choke on your pride
Don't waste your time if you've got it
The tides are turning now
You are not alone
They gave you their worst and you bought it
The lie has been exposed
You are not alone
Like winter that comes quick
In early September
The rain clouds that washed me
Are what I remember
The stones that I threw piled high like a mountain
Which I had to climb before I reach the fountain
If life a riddle then riddle me this
The blood tasted sweet as it passed by my lips

Don't, don't waste your time
Don't, don't waste your time
Don't waste your time
Don't waste your time if you've got it
The tides are turning now
You're not alone
Liar, liar
They gave you their worst and you bought it
The lie has been exposed
You are not alone


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    Well this song is clearly about drugs. most of you guys are looking too hard at it.

    A straight line is quicker A straight line would make me fast I've burned my nose enough to know That straight lines never last

    cocaine is quicker, cocaine makes him feel fast, but it burns enough to know the fun never last. this cant be a reference to the Holy path God has set before us because it says "That straight lines never last." Gods path for us is always there.

    Kionabreeze is basicaly right.

    "The blood tasted sweet as it passed by my lips"

    i think this part has to do with nose bleeding after cocaine use.

    just think about it. the meaning of the lyrics will pop out at you.

    iknowbob94on July 25, 2007   Link

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