Everybody is someone else's secret
I'll do my best to hide it
If you can promise to keep it
Young lady looked in a cracked mirror
You look the same
But you must be somebody else
We look at shame like a game
The ground is coming fast before us now
We'll hold our breaths until we figure out
A story we can spin to keep on counting sins
And never let our lovers hold us down
She said she knows a traitor
Before he even knows himself
A love filled with bad actors
Were just assorted versions of ourselves
Young lady looked in a cracked mirror
But you must be somebody else
We look at shame like a game
The ground is coming fast before us now
We'll hold our breaths until we figure out
A story we can spin to keep on counting sins
And never let our lovers hold us down
Now without the spark of hope
Would you ever let her tell you
Love is nothing but a hoax?
You can set it up and watch her fall
All your friends, they will tell you
She's the devil with a soul
The ground is coming fast before us now
We'll hold our breaths until we figure out
A story we can spin to keep on counting sins
And never let our lovers hold us down
Now without the spark of hope


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    i think its actually:

    "a love filled with bad actors we're just distorted versions of ourselves"

    "love" could possibly be "life"

    and i think the chorus is:

    "The ground is coming faster for us now We'll hold our breaths until we figure out A story we can spin to keep on counting sins And never let our lovers hold us down"

    i think "ground" might possibly be "bride"

    and i'm pretty sure it's "she's the devil at the soul"

    TheHeartNeverLies-xon April 27, 2009   Link

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