Take This Life

In Flames

It's not so much the pain
It's more the actual knife
Pretending the picture is perfect
I cut myself to sleep
I close my eyes for a second
And curse my fragile soul
I scream to hide that I'm lonely
The echo calls my name

If I ever
If I never
Make me understand the thought whatever
Make me see
Make me be
Make me understand you're there for me

Take this life
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in

Take this life
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in

The rain drops just beg to hit me
What now hasn't rained for days
No time to play hide-and-seek
I call on you to take me on
Break me down to pieces
Put me back, do it right this time
Struggling to fill this empty shell
Burn all my efforts
In the end it means nothing

If I ever
If I never
Make me understand the thought whatever
Make me see
Make me be
Make me understand you're there for me

Take this life
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in

Take this life
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in

These thoughts burn a hole in my heart
These thoughts will keep me feeling

These thoughts burn a hole in my heart
These thoughts will keep me feeling

If I ever
If I never
Make me understand the thought whatever
Make me see
Make me be
Make me understand you're there for me

Take this life
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in

Take this life
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in


Lyrics submitted by Akraz, edited by Metalhead88, SLFAl, Lethean8, CFVirus, Parham6, MITLM8896

Take This Life Lyrics as written by Bjoern Ingvar Gelotte Anders Par Friden

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    From a chat with Anders Fridén and Björn Gelotte at a swedish newspapers homepage:

    Swallow the Sun säger: Tjenare. Jag gillar er nya video m/ Men vad är det ni vill säga med den? Något ang. självmord? In Flames säger: snarare tvärtom - ta vara på det du har innan det är försent

    Translated it would mean something like: Swallow the Sun says: Hi. I like your new video, but what do you want to say with it? Something about suicide? In Flames says: Rather the oposite, take care of what you have before its too late

    Jurreon January 16, 2006   Link

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