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Bride & Groom Lyrics
This city is haunted by the ghost of failure
I am one and you are one
We've spent this whole time on the run
From a lie that I told
That you closed your eyes and you chose to believe
So now you ask me for honesty
Just to take a second, breathe
I'm not good enough for you
You were never good enough to me
No one's ever good enough to be
or have something so naïve
When I broke my hand on your car
when you told me you were leavin'
And I begged for your forgiveness
My broken fingers bleedin'
My heavy heart repeatin', afraid
Just stay here with me
Then you took your clothes off instead
And you danced around my room
Don't worry you said
'Cause the end is coming soon
And we'll meet again someday
And we'll toss these stunning ruins
For the bride I'll never be
And the groom
Now I picture you like snowflakes
Like desperate pouring rain
Like the beating of the drums
in the parade of the insane
You are the whisper in my ear
When I wake and no one's here
There's just the echo
of your name
So now you ask me for honesty
I close my eyes, breathe
I'm the one who always is
So ready to leave
To be a distant memory
To be a ship disappearing in the sea
And I crashed upon your rocks
When I heard your voice singing
And I begged for your love
With my busted ears ringing
My hopeful heart repeating
You are more than the promise of the sea
Then you took your clothes off instead
And you danced around my room
Don't worry you said
'Cause the end is coming soon
And we'll meet again someday
And we'll toss the cursed ruins
of the bride I'll never be
And the groom
I am one and you are one
We've spent this whole time on the run
From a lie that I told
That you closed your eyes and you chose to believe
Just to take a second, breathe
I'm not good enough for you
You were never good enough to me
No one's ever good enough to be
or have something so naïve
when you told me you were leavin'
And I begged for your forgiveness
My broken fingers bleedin'
My heavy heart repeatin', afraid
Just stay here with me
And you danced around my room
Don't worry you said
'Cause the end is coming soon
And we'll toss these stunning ruins
For the bride I'll never be
And the groom
Like desperate pouring rain
Like the beating of the drums
in the parade of the insane
When I wake and no one's here
There's just the echo
of your name
I close my eyes, breathe
I'm the one who always is
So ready to leave
To be a distant memory
To be a ship disappearing in the sea
When I heard your voice singing
And I begged for your love
With my busted ears ringing
My hopeful heart repeating
You are more than the promise of the sea
And you danced around my room
Don't worry you said
'Cause the end is coming soon
And we'll toss the cursed ruins
of the bride I'll never be
And the groom
Song Info
Submitted by
hisjanedoe On Apr 25, 2013
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This one is one is my favorite off the album. Mikel's using a siren metaphor as a stand in for the past relationship he had with his ex. Siren's are mythical beautiful creatures of the sea that lulled sailors into rocky coasts to their deaths. The relationship was dangerous and destructive but it still holds a kind of power over him that he can't quite shake. It was beautiful and something that he mourns.