River Below - Billy Talent

Imposter Where are the seams in your crooked mask? Duplicate Why do you drape yourself in familiar skin? Automaton You merely imitate who I once loved You cannot be You cannot be You cannot be The echo maker took you from me Through eventide I wander blind Twilight eyes, seeking sight Amber designs Melt raptured skies Obscured lies, your glowing mind Nature has a cunning way To find our weakest spots Oh Delphic replica You shift me back to Ithaka Where we once fell in endless blue A hue no longer found in you In tongues, you emit memory In tongues, you emulate But your once earthly kiss, now alien Persuades me that you imitate You imitate You imitate I disassociate Beneath a golden temple of delusion I drain the honey Each Drip Falling from the tree of sight Each Drip A sun in my eyes And In That final drip I recognise you Through eventide (through eventide) I wander blind (I wander blind) Twilight eyes, seeking sight Amber designs (amber designs) Melt raptured skies Obscured lies, my glowing mind The fruit of my tree are sick and few Infection seething through and through I dance deluded in a chemical downpour Hoping that i'll see you once more To feel that vibrant love in agape Devoid of all chicanery To see the mask removed To see the colours of truth Melt, melt the amber To see the crystal blue Melt the amber To see the crystal blue Melt Melt the amber

Lucid, at the edge of the sky The blood moon calls to me As the sun burns out its light Numina: hold my hands, whilst I dance with entropy I can't bear to feel your sultry grip slip away from me Please don't let go, don't let me fall Into the darkness Into the angst and woe The angst and woe Into the angst and woe "Breathe," she says "Breath in the night..." The cold air will open your eyes To the other side, the other side of the divine "Bliss will not escort you through this forlorn abyss But wisdom and perception will greet you at the rift" "Heed these words, for once you flourish they will not last There's only so much sand in an hourglass" "Once you make the fall, all light will disappear This darkness will entomb you You'll find love with achlyss" This darkness will entomb you You'll find love Spiraling Endlessly Is this what it takes for ourselves to be free? If I give in to everything Will I be one with the mantra within? To kiss the lips of melancholy To hold hands with the mist of grief The echoes of the ancient ones, bid me to dance with death Everything, everything I loved was merely the shadow of youth My soul's voice calls out to Shiva Present to me your eternal mantra

I met this real cool dude today Looking like Jack Palance He said I wanna get through to you And help you find your talent He said that if I had a certain style Then stuff would start to happen He said that soon he was going away 'Cause he's a major talent Talent - fighting on the Eastside Talent - taking on the Westside Talent - fucking up the Northside He's a major talent Talent - fighting on the Eastside Talent - taking on the Westside Talent - fucking up the Northside He's a major talent I don't know I said that he was getting through to me And I would take his challenge And maybe soon I'd be going away 'Cause I had certain talents Talent - fighting on the Eastside Talent - taking on the Westside Talent - fucking up the Northside I'm a major talent Talent - fighting on the Eastside Talent - taking on the Westside Talent - fucking up the Northside I met this dude today Down in the sewers of Paris Was hiding from the sun What a waste of talent

They found an empty bottle on her windowsill The day her mother lost her sleeping pills She was sick and tired of being invisible Hard to see in colour when you're miserable Veronika, Saint Veronika You can't leave this world behind So be strong enough, to hold onto us We're still right here by your side No one ever thought that she was capable And the damage done is irreversible Now she clings to life inside a hospital Like she's trapped inside a frozen waterfall Always said her life was never meant to be Stuck here living someone else's dream Well beyond your window there is so much more Even every prison has an open door Veronika, Saint Veronika You can't leave this world behind So be strong enough, to hold onto us It's just not your time to die And while the angels sleep all of the devils are awake Waiting to steal your love right outside of Heaven's gate And all the sacred hearts can't numb the feeling from the pain 'Cause when the drugs don't work you're gonna curse His holy name Damn God! Yeah! God! Yeah! Damn God! Yeah! God! Yeah! Veronika, Saint Veronika You can't leave this world behind Oh Veronika, Saint Veronika We're still right here by your side So be strong enough, to hold onto us You can't leave this world behind Oh Veronika, Saint Veronika It's just not your time to die