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Exit wounds sizzle with the regret
Unnoticed martyr
The taste of deceit's so faint

I'm stressed out, unfocused
Everything's hopeless
I'm all up in arms about these things
But it's not up to me
No, it's not that hard to erase
What you can't let go

Exit wound sizzle with the regret
Unnoticed martyr
The taste of deceit's so faint

The coast is clear
The coast is...

And if we gave it up tonight
Would you still stand by your pride?
And if we gave it up tonight
Tonight

Now

Line them all up
Teach us how to pry
Line them all up
Teach us how to lie
Line them all up
Teach us how to die
Teach us how to lie

And I cannot wait to get away
Tears bring the dawning of the same
And we've waited on our names
And it's not up to me
It's not up to me

Exit wound sizzle with the regret
Unnoticed martyr
The taste of deceit's so faint

The coast is clear
The coast is...

And if we gave it up tonight
Would you still stand by your pride?
And if we gave it up tonight
Tonight

And once our smiles are out of sight
Then that greed's too large to fight
And once our smiles are out of sight
Of sight...
Of sight

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vegalyrah On Jan 03, 2009

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Exit wounds sizzle with the regret
Unnoticed martyr
The taste of deceit's so faint

I'm stressed out, unfocused
Everything's hopeless
I'm all up in arms about these things
But it's not up to me
No, it's not that hard to erase
What you can't let go

Exit wound sizzle with the regret
Unnoticed martyr
The taste of deceit's so faint

The coast is clear
The coast is...

And if we gave it up tonight
Would you still stand by your pride?
And if we gave it up tonight
Tonight

Now

Line them all up
Teach us how to pry
Line them all up
Teach us how to lie
Line them all up
Teach us how to die
Teach us how to lie

And I cannot wait to get away
Tears bring the dawning of the same
And we've waited on our names
And it's not up to me
It's not up to me

Exit wound sizzle with the regret
Unnoticed martyr
The taste of deceit's so faint

The coast is clear
The coast is...

And if we gave it up tonight
Would you still stand by your pride?
And if we gave it up tonight
Tonight

And once our smiles are out of sight
Then that greed's too large to fight
And once our smiles are out of sight
Of sight...
Of sight

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2009-01-03 07:46:05

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by VegaLyrah

14y ago

To me, this is about mistakes made in a relationship and overcoming what was ingrained in person from the beginning about how they should approach and conduct themselves in relationships.

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