Hope dangles on a string Like slow spinning redemption Winding in and winding out The shine of it has caught my eye And roped me in So mesmerizing So hypnotizing I am captivated, I am Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong I am right, I swear I'm right Swear I knew it all along And I am flawed But I am cleaning up so well I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself So clear like the diamond in your ring Cut to mirror your intention Oversized and overwhelmed The shine of which has caught my eye And rendered me So isolated So motivated I am certain now that I am Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong I am right, I swear I'm right Swear I knew it all along And I am flawed But I am cleaning up so well I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself So turn up the corners of your lips Part them and feel my fingertips Trace the moment fall forever Defense is paper thin Just one touch and I'll be in Too deep now to ever swim against the current So let me slip away, so let me slip away So let me slip away, so let me slip against the current So let me slip away, so let me slip away So let me slip away, so let me slip away Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong I am right, I swear I'm right Swear I knew it all along And I am flawed But I am cleaning up so well I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself Slight hope dangles on a string Like slow spinning redemption

We watch the season pull up its own stakes And catch the last weekend of the last week Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced Another sun-soaked season fades away You have stolen my heart You have stolen my heart Invitation's only grand farewells Crash the best one of the best ones Clear liquor and cloudy eyed, too early to say goodnight You have stolen my heart You have stolen my heart And from the ballroom floor we are in celebration One good stretch before our hibernation Our dreams assured and we all will sleep well, sleep well Sleep well Sleep well Sleep well You have stolen (my) You have stolen (my) You have stolen my heart I watch you spin around in your highest heels You are the best one of the best ones We all look like we feel You have stolen my You have stolen my You have stolen my heart

The sky glows I see it shining when my eyes close I hear your warnings but we both know I'm gonna look at it again Don't wait, don't wait Road is now a sudden sea And suddenly, you're deep enough To lay your armor down To lay your armor down To lay your armor down Well you get one look I'll show you something that the knife took A bit too early for my own good Now let's not speak of it again Don't wait, don't wait Road is now a sudden sea And suddenly, you're deep enough To lay your armor down To lay your armor down To lay your armor down Don't wait, don't wait The lights will flash and fade away The days will pass you by Don't wait To lay your armor down To lay your armor down To lay your armor down To lay your armor down To lay your armor down

She fixes her lips they always look perfect Never a smudged line, never too much I try on my blue shirt She told me she liked it, once She wonders what I'll wear? She knows just what she'll wear She always wears blue So, sneakers or flip flops? I'm starting to panic Remember she asked you? Remember to breathe And everything will be okay Okay, alright, alright, alright Alright, alright, alright, alright Okay

Would it kill you to breathe easy? Only seventeen miles lay Between you and me I could make it if I had to I don't break easily You've got my counsel, thick as theives If there's a crime, we'll keep it secret For there's only trace amounts left in your blood You may be a sinner, but you may be justified Just keep your mouth shut Keep your guard up I swear I'll make it right Will it kill me to breathe? Not as easy as you think it is. Between you and me I can fake it if I have to I don't break easily I need your counsel, thick as thieves I have no crime to keep a secret It was hers, it was not mine Well I may be a sinner, but it wasn't me this time Just keep your mouth shut Keep your guard up I swear I'll make it right Well listen to yourself There is a hemorrhage in your mouth It won't stop bleeding Well you may be the trigger I will hold the smoking gun You'll get away clean I'll keep your secrets 'til the grave has swallowed me And I will never tell a tortured soul they're burning by my side That I am a sinner I am a savior I am a lie. So keep your mouth shut Keep your guard up I swear I'll make it right

I love how we talk over each other And how we're the quirkiest of lovers Can't remember how you get on my nerves Maybe I'm way too busy watching those curves on you Can't front like I don't want this sex with you But still I'm impressed with all the rest of you And until those vows, I'm willing to wait And if you're with it girl, I'm willing to stay with you I don't need perfection to win me over I need your attention, I wanna be closer I know you've had your questions too babe I just want you to be you baby You may not show your intentions the way that I do Still you are impressive, that's why I like you Know you are a blessing too babe I just want you to be you baby Exactly how God made you lately I just want you to be you I'm saying I just want you to be you, babe I love how you look wearing my sweater A little off of your shoulder's even better Really I don't expect most to understand The love I feel from you when holding your hand babe See I got a love that's waited patiently Seventeen years to hear you're safe with me I'm the dreamer, you're the practical one Then we switch sides, it's just a balance that comes with you I don't need perfection to win me over I need your attention, I wanna be closer I know you've had your questions too babe I just want you to be you baby You may not show your intentions the way that I do Still you are impressive, that's why I like you Know you are a blessing too babe I just want you to be you baby Exactly how God made you lately I just want you to be you I'm saying I just want you to be you, babe You to be you, babe You to be you, babe Really I don't expect most to understand, yeah The love I feel from you when holding your hand babe, right Can't remember how you get on my nerves, mmm Maybe I'm way too busy watching those curves on you Yeah, confession ain't over I just want you to be you, babe I just want you to be you, babe I probably loved you when you were 17 and I was 22 I chalked it up to infatuation though Cause I didn't know things about you I'm sure many knew And still you were a landmark in Jason's soul You were sheltered, I felt it Yet I melted every time I was around you, couldn't help it Wasn't selfish when you joined the military, I'd accept it And when I found you out you were married, I'd expect it When I saw you in 09, looking so fine Tackled by love I still had for you this whole time Army of affection with it's navy crossing seas And skies like the air force with the corps of the Marines Taken off 'active duty', placed on reserve Respecting your marriage truly, my faith was deterred But even then I had this feeling you belonged to me But was my dreaming just deceiving, what was wrong with me After a decade though, this feeling's too prolonged to be Just infatuation so when you weren't taken I had you in my sights, here's my shot, I had to pull it With patience of a sniper and focus of an assassin's bullet Fired off, but I missed because you wasn't ready And by the time you were ready, I was going steady Already thinking "You and I" was just a pipe dream But now we're single again, crazy as that might seem I'm not losing you again, that's my word Two ships passing in the night? That's absurd So on that platform, you were game for my kissing I was being radical trying to change your thinking So I watch sci-fi with you over a glass of wine Saying "I love you" is the perfect way to pass the time I love that you insist we be a team I love that you insist you be with me Yeah, and you're the finest thing I ever seen You exist in real time instead of all my dreams I just want you to be you, babe And nowadays I don't have to dream You went rogue for my heart, now you are the queen I just want you to be you, babe Yeah, and you're the finest thing I ever seen You exist in real time instead of all my dreams I just want you to be you, babe And nowadays I don't have to dream You went rogue for my heart, now you are the queen I just want you to be you, babe

The accusations and the blame True or false, they seem the same Filthy fingers rise in rows And out of shit a flower grows I'm amazed How damn low people can go only by being themselves Those with hearts of ever-frost Will always know we never lost Flames rose high Not enough to melt the ice Tiny minds and virtuous whores A bunch of morons with a cause Jesus saves? We will piss upon your graves Three wise men came to the north On their donkeys they rode forth Whining I'd committed sins Moaning I'm too everything Still amazed How a whole trio of men can have only two brain cells Those with hearts of ever-frost Will always know we never lost Acid rain: Urine on your flames (Urine on your flames) (Urine on your flames) Those with hearts of ever-frost Will always know we never lost Flames rose high Not enough to melt the ice Tiny minds and virtuous whores A bunch of morons with a cause Jesus saves? We will piss upon your graves Placid rain: Urine on your graves

These walls around me start to bend And I'm with her again Intoxication, this is intoxication I'm swervin' down this road, my friend Tell me, where does it end? Intoxication, this is intoxication I been feelin' low And I got to know Can you pick me up? 'Cause it's oh, so hard (I'm shakin' from the) withdrawal, baby (I gotta know if) you're gonna save me (I'm shakin' from the) withdrawal, baby And It's oh, so hard (I'm waiting on your phonecall baby) (I gotta know if) you're gonna save me (I'm shakin' from the) withdrawal, baby And It's oh, so hard The smoke is flowing like her hair Breathe it in if you dare Intoxication, is it intoxication? I'm going down just like a pill And I'm getting my fill Because I hate to waste 'em Intoxication I been feelin' low And I got to know Can you pick me up? 'Cause it's oh, so hard (I'm shakin' from the) withdrawal, baby (I gotta know if) you're gonna save me (I'm shakin' from the) withdrawal, baby And It's oh, so hard (I'm waiting on your phonecall baby) (I gotta know if) you're gonna save me (I'm shakin' from the) withdrawal, baby And It's oh, so hard Shake, shake, sh-shakin' You got me Shake, shake, sh-shakin', yeah Shake, shake, sh-shakin' You got me Shake, shake, sh-shakin' (I'm shakin' from the) withdrawal, baby (I gotta know if) you're gonna save me (I'm shakin' from the) withdrawal, baby And It's oh, so hard (I'm waiting on your phonecall baby) (I gotta know if) you're gonna save me (I'm shakin' from the) withdrawal, baby And It's oh, so hard