Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
I wonder if I'll ever look beyond the flesh
To see the soul inside
I wonder if our rights and wrongs can match
In the fire of us tonight
Hollywood make me a machine,
So my gears will only turn for a dollar
Movie units, feeding bullshit
It pays better when you make the girls holler
All we are, are architects
Taught to design the dead
Among that we consent to live with
The beauty and the filth
And the logic on a tilt.
We must have measured wrong
Look at this wreck we've built.
Creativity gets lost
In the shuffle of this so called "business"
One wrong move and your once loyal friends
Will disown you with a twisting quickness
All we are, are architects
Taught to design the dead
Among that we consent to live with
The beauty and the filth
And the logic on a tilt.
We must have measured wrong
Look at this wreck we've built.
All we are, are architects
Taught to design the dead
Among that we consent to live with
The beauty and the filth
And the logic on a tilt.
We must have measured wrong
Look at this wreck we've built.
All we are, are architects
(Taught to design the dead.)
All we are, are architects
(The beauty and the filth.)
All we are, are architects
(Taught to design the dead.)
All we are, are architects
(The beauty and the filth.)
To see the soul inside
I wonder if our rights and wrongs can match
In the fire of us tonight
Hollywood make me a machine,
So my gears will only turn for a dollar
Movie units, feeding bullshit
It pays better when you make the girls holler
All we are, are architects
Taught to design the dead
Among that we consent to live with
The beauty and the filth
And the logic on a tilt.
We must have measured wrong
Look at this wreck we've built.
Creativity gets lost
In the shuffle of this so called "business"
One wrong move and your once loyal friends
Will disown you with a twisting quickness
All we are, are architects
Taught to design the dead
Among that we consent to live with
The beauty and the filth
And the logic on a tilt.
We must have measured wrong
Look at this wreck we've built.
All we are, are architects
Taught to design the dead
Among that we consent to live with
The beauty and the filth
And the logic on a tilt.
We must have measured wrong
Look at this wreck we've built.
All we are, are architects
(Taught to design the dead.)
All we are, are architects
(The beauty and the filth.)
All we are, are architects
(Taught to design the dead.)
All we are, are architects
(The beauty and the filth.)
Lyrics submitted by ellie117
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