This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Helpless she lies across the stairs
Haunting your days, consuming your breath
There will be healing but don't force this girl to stand
As she's counting the ceilings with pale voice and trembling hands
You told me life was long but now that it's gone
You find yourself on top as the leader of a flock
Called to be wrong for those below
Whispered notes from the piano in the corner of the room
Hold your throat is that healing that your hearing in her tune
Wanting change but loving her just as she lies
Is the burden of the man who's built his life on love
You told me life was long but now that it's gone
You find yourself on top as the leader of a flock
Called to be wrong for those below
I'll be locked up in store
In the lavender ward
'Cause my mind is just like her's
Just as broken, just as crippled, just as burned
And then I find myself on top as the leader of a flock
Called to be wrong for those below
Haunting your days, consuming your breath
There will be healing but don't force this girl to stand
As she's counting the ceilings with pale voice and trembling hands
You told me life was long but now that it's gone
You find yourself on top as the leader of a flock
Called to be wrong for those below
Whispered notes from the piano in the corner of the room
Hold your throat is that healing that your hearing in her tune
Wanting change but loving her just as she lies
Is the burden of the man who's built his life on love
You told me life was long but now that it's gone
You find yourself on top as the leader of a flock
Called to be wrong for those below
I'll be locked up in store
In the lavender ward
'Cause my mind is just like her's
Just as broken, just as crippled, just as burned
And then I find myself on top as the leader of a flock
Called to be wrong for those below
Lyrics submitted by mike, edited by oofus, xSheafayce, mrswinnie, Mellow_Harsher, ashtell, kcostell
For Those Below Lyrics as written by Edward James Milton Dwane Benjamin Walter David Lovett
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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