SILHOUETTES

You're all caught up in memory Stuck on the way things used to be And you're pressed but unimpressed With all your sad attempts to cope Refusing to elaborate Your empathy is second rate As the furnace begins to singe the air Right off your callous tongue None of this is what it's meant to be Down on the floor you feel the center of your gravity No matter how patiently you wait to breathe You hold on recklessly relentlessly A warning shoots straight through the grey Your memories won't fade away The turning of the seasons brought you Right down to your knees Yelling 'til you've lost your voice Screaming like you had a choice You're struggling to mute the words You've seared inside your head None of this is what it's meant to be Down on the floor you feel the center of your gravity No matter how patiently you wait to breathe You hold on recklessly relentlessly Silhouettes in my head Warning you of a feeling left unsaid Paranoia as I start to burn the ink into my flesh Silhouettes Warning you of a feeling left unsaid Paranoia as I start to burn None of this is what it's meant to be Down on the floor you feel the center of your gravity No matter how patiently you wait to breathe You hold on recklessly relentlessly