This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
I stand on the edge of destruction emotionally ruined
By the warmth I most desire I will not fall prey to love of a human kind
For love is weakness Love is the fall of every man
Take this heart you've claimed and as it numbs your hands
Know the flame is dead and will no longer burn
This body will never pain again
This mind knows no wound
Though I am of flesh this flesh will not consume me
As it has destroyed so many before
This body will never pain again
This mind knows no wound
The flame is dead left only with ashes of memories
That renew faith in hate and my faith in myself
Nothing can break me This heart remains free from the burden of love
Yet this heart will be sustained
No hope No compassion I fill my heart with strength
By the warmth I most desire I will not fall prey to love of a human kind
For love is weakness Love is the fall of every man
Take this heart you've claimed and as it numbs your hands
Know the flame is dead and will no longer burn
This body will never pain again
This mind knows no wound
Though I am of flesh this flesh will not consume me
As it has destroyed so many before
This body will never pain again
This mind knows no wound
The flame is dead left only with ashes of memories
That renew faith in hate and my faith in myself
Nothing can break me This heart remains free from the burden of love
Yet this heart will be sustained
No hope No compassion I fill my heart with strength
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Love Is the Fall of Every Man Lyrics as written by Matthew Fox Chad Gilbert
Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
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So fucking true
fucking yeah, fuck.
word em up...
this song rocks!
the lyrics are really true.
yeah, fucking true!! Love really is the fall of every man but it's a feeling we can't resist...at least I can't!!
when you listen to shai hulid..................i men REALLY liten and take everything in..........the lyrics the riffs........ ..........it is like you are getting a littel glimpse of what life is all about, it takes you to another place, where you can be mad and hate the world..............it is entrancing to say the least, if ever there has been a band that conveyed the messages or life and love..............it would inevitably be shai hulud! -angelique-
this song is fucking incredible....on my ap lit test there was an essay on love and these two poems. i completely robbed shai hulud from this song in my arguments. but i'm sure they wouldn't mind. god damn. gotta love it
god damn fuck.
the real
This is a great song.
It makes me think a lot more, when I'm about to do something in a relationship.