Dead state I can feel the weight
Light streaming in through the open grate
Two thread score tearing up the floor
Out in the alley with the trigger draw

Numb hands I can see the strand
Hold it together with a severed band
Three lost years I've been crying here
I'm over, I'm over, I'm over, I'm broken

Strung out on the wings of the dawn
Hole in the black, soul in the storm
Torn down through the cracks in the dark
We're miles adrift, we're inches apart

I'm hit I can feel the grit
Sat in the asher on the beaten brick
Two thread main running through the vein
Out in the centre with a mirrored cane

Numb feet I can hear you speak
Hold it together with a severed streak
Three full years I've been crying here
I'm over, I'm over, I'm over, I'm broken

Strung out on the wings of the dawn
Hole in the black, soul in the storm
Torn down through the cracks in the dark
We're miles adrift, we're inches apart

Stood up on the side of the earth
Thrown back to the track to the dirt
Two thread, lose an hour a day
We're miles adrift, we're inches away...

Strung out on the wings of the dawn
Hole in the back, soul in the storm
Torn down through the cracks in the dark
We're miles adrift, we're inches apart

Stood up on the side of the earth
Thrown back to the track to the dirt
Two thread, lose an hour a day
We're miles adrift, we're inches away...

We're miles adrift, we're inches away
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
We're miles adrift, we're inches away
We're miles adrift, we're inches away

Hold it together, with a severed band
Can't feel the blood


Lyrics submitted by primordialflem, edited by bravinski

Broken (feat. Gavin Clark) song meanings
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    I actually interpreted it as a combination of the dying relationship thing and the heroin thing, oddly enough, so it was interesting to see both of these theories here.

    Regardless, I love how delightfully concrete-and-yet-vague these lyrics are. Haunting.

    kunibobon April 10, 2011   Link

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