CIRCA SURVIVE-THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEDICINE AND POISON IS IN THE DOSE
Move one inch at a time.
Don't make shit rhyme.
Would it be easy to repeat the first line?
My mind's not a well;
It won't run dry.
Just keep drinking water and you'll be alright.
This is paralysis.... with no time at all to let go.
Well don't call me by my full name,
And all this is temporary.
It feels much better to know that you won't feel a thing.
Well don't talk about it;
Write it down but don't ask for help.
I can't be honest with even myself.
Did you ever wish you were somebody else?
Accomplishments are transient.
They pulled me in unremittingly.
Just lasting this long,
I feel relieved to let repetition save me.
Well don't call me by my full name,
And all this is temporary.
It feels much better to know that you won't feel a thing.
Well don't talk about it;
Write it down but don't ask for help.
I can't be honest with even myself.
Did you ever wish you were somebody else?
Move one inch at a time.
You'll be just fine.
Move one inch at a time.
You'll find...
They pulled me in but accomplishments are transient.
They pulled me in but accomplishments are transient.
Well don't call me by my full name,
And all this is temporary.
It feels much better to know that you won't feel a thing.
Well don't talk about it;
Write it down but don't ask for help.
I can't be honest with even myself.
Did you ever wish you were...
Did you ever wish you were...
Did you ever wish you were somebody else?
CIRCA SURVIVE-WE'RE ALL THIEVES
ost in a haunting thought
spinning me around once more
I wake, just to feel the way
as the daylight comes around I turn
with my eyes on the back door
your face is light and cocaine white
one message beating through
smokes filled the air
and I'm struggling to breathe
let them be calm so I finally can sleep
everything you intended to say
don’t go back on your words
you always said you'd tell me first
verse after endless verse
I can't escape the echoed words
I long, long to find a cure for the feeling
I find in these chords
I smile as it burns
your face is light and cocaine white
one message beating through
I've been erased
I've been erased from the picture
excuse, oh no anything goes
excuses, you know it doesn’t work
excuse, oh no anything goes
excuses don’t work.
excuse me this will calls out desperate
excuse me this will calls out desperate
smokes filled the air
and I'm struggling to breathe
let them be calm so I finally can sleep
everything you intended to say
don’t go back on your words
you always said you'd tell me first
smokes filled the air
and I'm struggling to breathe
let them be calm so I finally can sleep.
CIRCA SURVIVE-ACT APPALLED
well, you walk straight
but not like them
to fool them in
make it seem like you're in trouble
make a sound
fake it enough
what made you so scared?
maybe you're mistaken for someone who cares
if you remember (remember)
I've been trying to get back to the center
but I'm sure
it's not like it was before
to make them drink
tell 'em that it's only water
no one leaves til we figure this out
what made you so scared?
maybe you're mistaken for someone who cares
if you remember (remember)
I've been trying to get back to the center
I'm sure
it's not like it was before
patience, both we and our words are over produced by influence
I'm only asking
if you remember (remember)
I've been trying to get back to the center
but I'm sure
it's not like it was