The worst part

every hour of every day

can you hear them

there's no escape

but the truth is

there's a line that we all cross

I've been crossed out

we all get crossed out


All the same sad lives

all the love that disappears

we are aching bones

and wasted years


We have few regrets

save it for every night alone

in the sinking ship and haunted home


Out of the blue out into the loneliest place that you'll ever know.

I carried the world just as far as I could but the damage had taken it's tole.


You used to call my name every hour of every day

how I live to hear that sound

but every sound gets washed away

we wash away


We are not as strong

we have almost disappeared

all the love we shared

was destroyed years ago


All the days and nights

days of having lots of lies

as the clockwork creeps on useless lives


Out of the blue out into the loneliest place that you'll ever know.

I carried the world just as far as I could but the damage had taken its tole


You used to call my name every hour of every day

how I live to hear that sound

but every sound gets washed away


And the years have been unkind

we no longer have control

and we used to make a smile

Pursue the sound and lock the door

We are no more


I wrote a letter, a letter to write from the start

I married the madness who left me alone in the dark

wrote down her a letter "I'll shiver without you tonight"

I did everything right

I did everything I thought was right


I did everything right

I did everything I thought was right


I did everything right

I did everything I thought was right


You used to call my name

every hour of every day

how I live to hear that sound

but every sound gets washed away

we wash away



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    Wow, I can't wait for this CD to come out. It has so many great bands on it, but I'm definitly looking forward to this song the most.

    acdcxxon June 05, 2006   Link

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