We are the emergency

You can almost see them walking Here alongside hand in hand The lovers' feet entwining {entwining} Left soft impressions in the sand You know they were happy here not long ago You know they were happy...

False words and heartfelt promises a lead balloon weighing down this basket I'll crash it through your roof and not explain my actions after So I'm waiting for the other foot to drop And I'm waiting...

Did we ever find a ladder That went straight up to the moon? Did we ever find that painting Of a man who climbed too soon? A man is made A town is born A city grows and burns its home A drop falls A...

Drop all these words, they fall on deaf ears Drop all these words All the times you've felt the ground decay And wished the earth would take you too To keep a world inside your head Know that there's...

If I stop...wishing Putting hope in far off stars If I could follow Dreams more close to home Be happy where things are When left alone in anxious silence {I'm staring at these pages, their words are...

The redness of his face permits The truth his words won't dare admit His sunken eyes are hid behind a darkened lens Broken doors and thoughtless words The tyre tracks on her dead lawn Feeble threats...

Let's go back to the start To the warmth of the summer Where it could melt your heart Which we could put back together It takes just days to remember Exactly how good your light felt Or is this the...

All these words, they fall And form a noose around my neck And I know just how to break them All these words, they fall And form a noose around my neck But I keep choking, choking on regret Someone do...