Without a second look I was thrown outside the door
With a message reigning forge your own shelter
Seconds climbed up my years
Temples burning without reason
Counting down my next fifty years

And common lines are always said
To stretch along the same distance
And I am calm, I am calm
In my resurrection of choice
Do you leave it all?

And I’m calling on the face of modern genius
To give itself away to make me just one more million moments
To sell to the highest paying day
And I’m calling on the wave of new convenience
To give it’s life away to kill me just one more million
Steps along the way to just believing

And there is no volume for this messy time
When such collapsing blends beneath the skin of every tower standing
Like the ending has passed them through like wind
And if it’s all the same to you
If it's all the same to you
If it's all the same to you
I’d like to see it through the bend
Call me what you will

And I’m calling on the face of modern genius
To give itself away to make me just one more million moments
And I’m calling on the wave of new convenience
To give its life away to kill me just one more million
Steps along the way to just believing

And common lines are always said
To stretch along the same distance
And I am calm, I am calm
In my resurrection of choice
Do you leave it all?

And I’m calling on the face of modern genius
To give itself away to make me just one more million
Moments to sell to the highest paying day
And I’m calling on the wave of new convenience
To give it’s life away to kill me just one more million
Steps along the way to just believing


Lyrics submitted by danatasker

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