Hey, stop on a dime
Take both your hands
Reach them above, one at a time
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly

I tried not to breathe
Tried not to speak
Clamping my tongue between my teeth
Are you alone in here?
I heard the voice so clearly say

Well, there are fine lines I've seen
We are stuck in between
With separate eyes to use and throw aside
How we die, nobody wants to know
Who decides where everybody goes?
Where everybody goes

Well, no, this can't be it
I start to sweat
Haunted by all the things I'd miss
This can't be right
I realized right then that
It's me or him, yeah

There are fine lines I've seen
We are stuck in between
With separate eyes to use and throw aside
How we die, nobody has to know
Who decides where everybody goes?
What if I don't?

Oh, no, I can't believe this
I don't know why
This had to happen
I had no choice
Well, it was me or him (x2)

There's a fine line
Between what is justified or just obscene
Fragile eyes to use and throw aside
How we die, nobody wants to know
Who decides where everybody goes?
Where everybody goes

How we died, no one will ever know
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?
Who decides where everybody goes?


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    in the first and second choruses, i'm not sure but instead of obscene isn't it unseen? that's what i always heard it as... william likes to mix around lyrics a lot with words that sound similar though so i might be mistaken hahah. anyway, this is one of my favorite academy is... songs. it's just so easy to sing along with/dance to/relate to even if you don't quite get it. i think it means he's been living life like okay i have to do this and this and this... and OH SNAP! i hope it's not too late to start doing what i've been wanting to do all along, instead of what to do just to get by in life... if that makes any sense at all? XD

    elenafayeon June 19, 2008   Link

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