Tailored sheets to fix this dirty bed
For once this dirt won't come all off
It can't be pushed aside
The wind is blowing through closed doors with shadows
Dancing in the hall
Now hit the floor
Crawl to the side
We've all made better moves
Despite the slowing of our feet

For once lets leave the dreaming
To someone else

Our time has slipped away
We're sinking faster, faster, no more play
Get ready for the catch
I'm at the next step
Waiting for a year

All at once
It leaves you breathless
With next to nothing but open hands
Reach out, hold on tight
I know it hurts but keep trying
And with your luck this won't be over quick
Out of the blue it strikes you
What's left to catch but the fear of letting go?
(The fear of letting go)

I'm biting down
The stress gets harder now
The mood is let down
Let it play for the last time
Take this last second

For once don't be so weak
Back up the feelings that you claim now
Fall deeper into a world
That you can't explain

For once don't be so weak
I see the mistake and it's you
Don't try another line
I know the truth
And let it save you when
Nothing else will
I will let it save you when
Nothing else will

(Let It Save You)

The mood is let down,
Let it play for the last time
Take this last second to know

We know who does it best
Wind is blowing through closed doors with shadows
Dancing in the hall
Now hit the floor,
Crawl to the side,
We've all made better moves
Despite the slowing of our feet

Let hate save you
When nothing else will

I know the truth
It won't save you


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The Past Should Stay Dead Lyrics as written by Ernest White Brian Mcternan

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    this song is about my shitty relationship.

    littleplumplingon April 28, 2010   Link

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