Hoping for the pin to drop
'Cause i kept holding on
Trying to correct the wrongs
Say when, say when
Better luck now that you're on your own
So don't just lie there
Hoping for the pin to drop
Say when, say when

Bridge:

Keep counting all the
Fresh starts we had
I'll raise another
White flag so that
We keep counting all the
Fresh starts we had
I'll fly another
White flag over us

chorus:

No time to bow down
No time to kill
No justifying
Staying down in silence
No time to bow down
No time to kill
We stay between the
White lines

x2

Hoping for a stroke of luck
But one you're counting on
Trying to deflect away
Say when, say when

What do you have and what do you want?
Are you still stuck here
Hoping for a stroke of luck?
Say when, say when

[Bridge]

[Chorus x2]

(focus
stay in silence
changing focus
stay in silence)

[Chorus x 2]


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    Chorus ×3 at the end, followed by "between the white lines" ×2 and then "white lines" again.

    notexactlyon October 17, 2015   Link

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