On the Curve - Parabelle

The music blaired with a calming frequency The speakers gently seeped the sound Of ambient keyboards and light percussion Creating a seductive soundtrack to our midnight drive Through curtains of blackness The windows were cold to the touch Reflecting the icy conditions in our immediate extremity Salt stains and fingerprints littered the glass And streaks of melting snow cascaded down its length The music pulsed louder, but gentle Like the far away squeal of a pot of boiling water The skyline was glowing faintly With vague hints of an impending dawn The car raced along a painfully straight stretch of road And she hadn't so much as turned the steering wheel Two degrees in the last twenty minutes Nor had we spoken As we were, so perfect, so happy They'll remember only our smiles 'Cause that's all they'd seen Long since dried, when we are found Are the tears in which we had drowned As we were, so perfect, so happy "Why are you doing this?" She spoke as if not expecting a response Her voice penetrated the still air of our speechless drive So suddenly that my heart had jumped "I'm not doing anything", I said But I didn't even believe that myself "This is what's best, for me, for you, for us" Or maybe just for me I thought, As a tear formed in the pit of her eye The music poured through the speakers And we were losing ourselves in the cadence She looked down momentarily and closed her eyes For a bit longer than a standard blink Then she was crying, then she was shouting Then I was shouting, now pouring confessions Having no answers or solutions We barely even knew the questions As we were so perfect, so happy They'll remember, only our smiles 'Cause that's all they'd seen Long since dried, when we are found Are the tears in which we had drowned As we were so perfect, so happy Don't put me underground I was meant for a life somewhere else Please, love, give me the wheel Before both of our hearts you, Will steal tonight (Will steal tonight) As we were so perfect, so happy They'll remember, only our smiles 'Cause that's all they'd seen Long since dried, when we are found Are the tears in which we had drowned As we were so perfect, so happy Our cracking voices became part of the music The car pressed on faster through the night As our voices lowered, the cadence again overtook the air Up ahead there was a curve approaching She made no indications of slowing

Ilé ayé Tin guidi guidi guidi tingui tingui Zo yéli yéli Tin guidi guidi guidi tingui tingui Zo yéli yéli Zo yéli yéli Zo yéli yéli Tin guidi guidi guidi tingui tingui Zo yéli yéli She is moving by remote control Hands that move her are invisible Sometimes the world has a load of questions Seems like the world knows nothing at all The world is near but it's out of reach Some people touch it but they can't hold on She is moving to describe the world She has messages for everyone She is moving by remote control (Night must fall! Darker! Darker!) Hands that move her are invisible (Night must fall! Darker! Darker!) Tin guidi guidi guidi tingui tingui Zo yéli yéli Tin guidi guidi guidi tingui tingui Zo yéli yéli Zo yéli yéli Zo yéli yéli Tin guidi guidi guidi tingui tingui Zo yéli yéli The world has a way of looking at people Sometimes it seems that the world is wrong She loves the world and all the people in it She shakes 'em up when she starts to walk She is only partly human being She defines the possibilities Holding on for an eternity (So say so, so say so) Gone, ending without finishing (So say so, so say so) Tin guidi guidi guidi tingui tingui Zo yéli yéli Tin guidi guidi guidi tingui tingui Zo yéli yéli Zo yéli yéli Zo yéli yéli Tin guidi guidi guidi tingui tingui Zo yéli yéli The world moves on a woman's hips The world moves and it swivels and bops The world moves on a woman's hips The world moves and it bounces and hops A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up She's gonna hold it, move it, hold it, move it Hold it, move it, hold it and move it A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up She is moving to describe the world (Night must fall! Darker! Darker!) She has messages for everyone (Night must fall! Darker! Darker!) She is moving by remote control (Night must fall! Darker! Darker!) Hands that move her are invisible (Night must fall! Darker! Darker!) A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up She's gonna hold it, move it, hold it, move it Hold it, move it, hold it and move it A world of light, she's gonna open our eyes up

It's difficult to see the end When you're walking with your worldly wisdom There's a shape in your eye, it's a cold dead violet We suffer the same but we suffer in silence So it's difficult to see the end You've arrived so bold And you started such a commotion I'd never say this but I hope you find Another place to call your own 'Cause I had a choice It ended in your debt I made myself invincible By making you invisible This old brittle world Can't take more, this means that You had a choice that you blissfully ignored You'll never break free from the walls that you built for me Never break free, it's just the faults of what you're living for And you beg me to stop, then beg for more And you are never gonna find yourself again Till you're on your own You stumble into the light Your silhouette on a brighter sky You stumble into the light It's gonna take many words to apologize Your fake graceful stare Empty thoughts 'cause there's nothing there Your rage won't compare You lost the plot and now no one cares You had a choice that you blissfully ignored You'll never break free from the walls that you built for me Never break free, it's just the faults of what you're living for And you beg me to stop, then beg for more And you are never gonna find yourself again Till you're on your own Till you're on your own You had a choice You had a choice You had a choice You had a choice You had a choice that you blissfully ignored You'll never break free from the walls that you built for me Never break free, it's just the faults of what you're living for And you beg me to stop, then beg for more And you are never gonna find yourself again Till you're on your own

She buries the clocks Times wide-open like her thoughts But you still make sense And I feel the weakness in your touch I am in repair, so much that no one cares Release the charm While I hold my hand over your mouth I would follow you down if you're still here I can't feel like I'm calling out your name We'll shake away the memories I know I feel the way you sin Just scream, "I won't surrender" This feels like plastic But on my own accord One day it makes you perfect A kind of treason that you live for But, my god, what have we done? I can't feel like I'm calling out your name We'll shake away the memories I know I feel the way you sin Just scream, "I won't surrender" Cross my heart My lips defend your tongue My face demands your touch We fake, but not enough You're gonna burn someday I'm calling out your name (we're gonna live forever) We'll shake away the memories I know I feel the way you sin (we're gonna live forever) Just scream, "I won't surrender"

Did you notice the violence With my hands inside your hair? The black, the white, the coldest night The conversation's over and you could bet it all And you shrug it off all the way south And you shrug it all off and leave it alone And my surrender keeps you from harm And saves you for a life that's better than mine So many miles rushed down your throat And she sees through colored eyes all covered up with smoke And all the fairytales, it's the blinding light It's your shut eyes all covered and choked And my surrender keeps you from harm And saves you for a life that's better than mine And your forever severs the storm The one that joined your eyes so steadily to mine And my luck's on the way But you came here and stole it all away But what state are you in? I think you're holding it all in And what shape are we in? What makes you draw your sin (what shape are we in?) And what makes it colored in Is what makes your fragile heart And what makes it fall apart (are we holding it all in?) And what makes you draw your sin (so many miles) And what makes it colored in (rushed down your throat) Is what makes your fragile heart (rushed down your throat) And what makes it fall apart (you shrug it off) What makes your draw your sin And what makes it colored in (all the way south) Is what makes your fragile heart And what makes it fall apart What shape are we in? Oh And my surrender keeps you from harm And saves you for a life that's better than mine And your forever severs the storm The one that joined your eyes so steadily to mine And my luck's on the way But you came here and stole it all away What state are you in?