Faith,
Is not something that I grasp
Its something that I fake,
As I'm slipping, as I'm falling through the cracks,
Faith
Without actions is a mask,
For making the same mistakes
As I'm slipping as I'm falling through the cracks.

Somehow I find beauty in our failings,
Somehow I find meaning in these lies
Somehow I'm made perfect in this fracture,
Your back is begging sweetly for my knives,

I'm spilling blood,
Glancing down to hide my face,
I walk with eyes closed tight through monuments of grace,

Somehow I find beauty in our failings,
Somehow I find meaning in these lies
Somehow I'm made perfect in this fracture,
Your back is begging sweetly for my knives!

My faith is a front, I'm spilling blood,
Glancing down to hide my face, I walk with eyes closed
Through monuments of grace, I'm spilling blood
Glancing down to hide my face I walk with eyes closed
Through monuments of grace

Isn't it sweet how,
Trusted with angels,
And how so quickly
I break my promises?
Isn't it sweet, isn't it sweet, isn't it sweet, isn't it sweet?


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Betrayal Is a Symptom Lyrics as written by Edward Carrington Breckenridge Dustin Michael Kensrue

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    OK listen to me i am only gonna say this once...THIRCE ISNT A CHRISTIAN BAND - TRUE...BUT 50 % of the Illusion Of Safety has christian ties. Deadbolt, is all christian...a christian band is a band that sings about the beliefs of the religion of chritianity...ie Creed...now stop argueing about thirce being a christian band...they arent...dustin is a christian ...thats obvious

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