You wanna go for a ride? The mirror came alive right before my eyes And now I'm standing at the same crossroads I've been one thousand times before. It's funny how they say some things will never change So they must have seen this coming. Just another angel wishing for halos Waiting on a miracle. I gave up on romance, some time ago And by now I know she's not coming back. She's not coming back. Passion is not purifying but it passes the time. My mind is like a broken clock in need of repair So I can finally be released from this moment. Just another angel wishing for halos, Waiting on a miracle.
Give me five more minutes to sleep this night off. I've been talking to my ghost that haunts my bedroom. My heart is like a brick! I don't feel so well after dining with demons And waking up with a corpse It's hard to find your way home When you don't know how you got there. So give me anything except rolling eyes. You will be the last face I see before I die. Give it time, my headache will subside. Give it time! Believe me when I say, "they've got nothing on you!"
I feel a west wind blowing in...telling me to start heading home But I swallow hard and light another cigarette Because I'm married to the road. The hours move so fast when you try To make a memory that will last I'm writing this song by the glow of street lights Everyone is passed out. I'm waiting for the sky to catch fire, so I can keep moving. Only two weeks left to make it right, So I just keep moving. Only two weeks left to make it right, So you better still be waiting. You better still be waiting. I'm waiting for the sky to catch fire, So I can keep moving.
Put me to sleep and let me wake up without a memory. I cannot stand the eyes of judgment staring through me. It's like lead on my chest, concrete around my feet, a sword down my throat, and poison on my tongue. Burn it off, the taste. For too long my teeth kept secrets from escaping my tongue. So bring your scalpels and cut away. I cannot settle for mediocrity; it is a leech. Burn it off. I have no lover, I've buried them all. I sleep on a blood soaked mattress, luke-warm. Stripped away and cast into the fire was my innocence. My reflection such a pale complexion that I hate. I have no lover.
My mama said to me, "Darling, you've got your daddy's temper. So you better watch your mouth, cause it'll lead you to the fire." I never did learn how to listen and I can't hold my tongue. Now all the smoke is clearing from the shots ringing out. And the water from the rivers will flow into the ocean, Like my heart pumps the blood to the tips of my fingers. Here's to the night...to my coma and my brand new set of eyes. A corpse for a bride is dead in my hospital bed. I don't need to write it down. I don't need to spell it out. Thank God these walls can't talk cause they could go on for days. You don't know where I've been. You don't know what I've seen.
I'm saturated with your venom. I'm covered in your poison. This was a ride bound for destruction, My driver with sweet seduction. Your mouth turned into a machine gun And your tongue twisted like the serpents. Fingers like razorblades caressed my face. The skin of a snake against my chest. I drank your lies like a cheap wine, And I took you in like an orphan off the street. How could I have been the one you're looking for I turned around and saw the devil at my door.
I've hidden in every corner of the country But somehow trouble always seems to find me. I've got an awful feeling in my stomach that history will repeat. Every time I tried to let go, my hands would always shake. I never learned to walk away. So walk away. I read that love was not an emotion, but it begs for action. There has to be more binding us than words. I'll make the call and you're coming back. Every time I tried to let go, my hands would always shake. Learn or burn...Lord, I need your mercy tonight!
I need your silhouette to come into focus The closer I get the more I feel so hopeless I'll hold this mental image and freeze it in my mind I'll stretch out every second and walk on broken glass Like salt to the sea, you're now a part of me, And I'm going to see this through. This doesn't feel at all like breathing, this is something new Everyone's saying, "It's the road you're gonna want to take." But I just can't help myself. I sleep alone. This place is pale and empty. With every breath I take, I throw it all away. I've thrown it all away. I've buried names and faces for twenty years. My mouth has worked harder than my heart. Over and over again I pretend, This will be different in the end.
Who are you paragon? How can I trust those ribbons if I cannot trust a carpenters hands? Aged hands, calloused hands, those hands that I punctured. If faith was a battle then I surely lost the war. Now we walk and march, on and on. I never thought that this journey would take me so long. I thought that I would be home by now. The reigning of the wicked must back down.
I can't hold the line forever. I don't have the patience anymore. Black turns to grey, and all my demons say, "She's the salt of my flesh, and blood of my bones." I'm on my knees again and you've got me, Right where you want me. But I refuse to beg. You'll never know how close I came. With a mouthful of blood, I'll spit out every word I never said. My skin is transparent...my bones are brittle. Your eyes still burn like salt in open wounds, Living inside my nightmares, begging me not to sleep. Blonde turns to black...Black turns to grey. I closed my eyes and took one last breath. I closed my eyes and said my goodbyes. They made me bleed and tore me apart. They took advantage and broke my heart. Where are the angels? Where are the priests to take the darkness out of me?
Oh what a mouth you have. It's such a sharp tongue. It twists itself around lies, and tastes like alcohol. You haven't moved in years, Stuck in a coma state. Well you better shake the dust off, Cos tonight we're gonna dance. You were always shy of the bright lights, You looked much better painted in black and white. But you got some red, on your party dress Did I sleep with your clone while you watched from the back door? Trembling as I hit the back door...trembling as I. We used to clean up so well, We used to sparkle like diamonds. We used to shimmer like gold, We used to burn brighter than super novas. Been searching for years in hopes To find a key but like a needle in a haystack, I get lost in big cities. My shoulders have grown weary from carrying both our weights So let me kneel by the water to regain my strength. I thought that I was an ocean but you've drained me to a stream. So if I can't save you, and life runs its course... Just know that you will be such a beautiful corpse.
