As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse (2003)

94 hours of regret for me to realize what I held
unfading beauty, not just a face
I held its innocence within my heart
Go!
Now I won't let go
I won't let go
I won't let go
Now I
I won't let go
Now I
I won't let go
The torment of your eyes has awakened my soul.
The torment of your eyes has awakened my soul.
The pain of a moment's time will forever beg your forgiveness
Forgiveness
94 hours for me to realize
I held unfading beauty
I held your innocence Открыть страницу с текстом

We climbed a thousand steps without a single imprint
This drowning regret will die

Forgotten like my past
Forgotten like my past

Moving bodies lie in rest
Carried by each other Открыть страницу с текстом

I wanted to bring you all that is in my heart
I wanted to give you my everything
but I've failed you
I've failed you so many times
how can I stand here
how can I stand here before you

how can I stand here before you
when I begin to steal
what only belongs to you
what only belongs to you

I am able to bring you
Nothing that isn't already yours

I am so ashamed, I'm so ashamed
Of what I ever called my own
Take what I have, take these broken remains
What can I give to you that you don't already deserve

You laid down your life when I refused to give mine Открыть страницу с текстом

Can you understand my meaning hidden in the roses around my eyes
I want you to know how much it means to have you in my life
Your love brings me close again in this instance this single moment
when our worlds collide
The wire of eternity twists around us
I can feel this river rising, moving up my back
Some things never change
Some things never go away
Some things never change
Some things never go away

I could never forget you
I will never be the same
I can never forget you
I will never be the same

Go!

Some things never change
Some things never go away
Some things never change
Some things never go away

I can never forget you
I will never be the same Открыть страницу с текстом

The contingencies of another day unravel my senses
And now your distance is darkness
And now your distance is darkness
My hope has been beset by your absence
I decay from inside
From inside
Pain!
There is love, there is love, there is love
Love!
Love, there is love, there is love
Underneath there is love Открыть страницу с текстом

[to Stephanie for undying friendship]

Did you ever see me or could you even see at all
I looked at your cold white face, so still, so empty
Yet I knew you were at,
Knew you were at rest
much more comforted than I
What else could I find to replace who you were
It was the carefree
unrestricted love that
You never meant to give
You never had the choice
You never had the guilt
You never had the choice

It was your innocence
It was part of who you were
It was the comfort of a friend

You never meant to give
you never had the choice

It was your innocence
It was part of who you were
It was your innocence
It was the comfort of a friend

It was your innocence
It was part of who you were
It was your innocence
It was the comfort of a friend Открыть страницу с текстом

The sound of silent voices surveying my thoughts
regularity defining perfection
Neither sorrow nor contentment
Whispering emptiness
Whispering emptiness
Frail words collapse

My weight only stirs the ground
How long can I hold your hand as you walk over graves
You search for tears of compassion
Yet find the comfort of winter
You find the comfort
Reassurance dead like the falling leaves
Losing hope in your unchanging ways
all of my strength cannot save you
If you are unwilling to help yourself Открыть страницу с текстом

Forever your eyes will hold the memory
I saw your heart as it overtook me
we tried so hard to understand and reason
but in that one moment
I gave my heart away
I gave my heart away
in that moment
I gave my heart away
in that moment
I gave my heart away (I gave my heart away)

What perfect breath where my mind lay beside me
and all I knew was what had overtaken me
with no reason I am comforted by the inability to understand

Forever your eyes will hold the memory
I saw your heart as it overtook me
we tried so hard to understand and reason
but in that one moment
I gave my heart away
I gave my heart away
in that moment
I gave my heart away
in that moment
I gave my heart away (I gave my heart away)

Forever your eyes will hold the memory
Forever your eyes will hold the memory
Forever your eyes will hold the memory

When I wake from this dream
Will your smile still open my heart and leave me transparent
When I wake from this dream
Will your smile still open my heart Открыть страницу с текстом

[Whispering]

One night opens wounds and words utter pain
You've hid hearts and songs as long as you recall

One night opens wounds and words utter pain
The truth cannot breathe a one in your soul
You've hid hearts and songs as long as you recall
His kind words just fall near your feet
With their last air, all they want done is to be heard in your sweet ears just once Открыть страницу с текстом

From here to eternity we begin understanding
From here to eternity

I see who you are and who else can compare
I meant what I said, I promised to stand by your side

Until the end, that's where we begin
Until the end, that's where we begin

From here to eternity we begin understanding

It is our hearts that define what has meaning in life
Some will ask how can this be
But it was you who made me feel

From here to eternity we begin understanding

Until the end, that's where we begin
Until the end, that's where we begin

Until the end, that's where we begin
Until the end, that's where we begin Открыть страницу с текстом

How can I bear this any longer
Take me away
Arms stretched out only to hold separation
Take me away
Take me away
Take me away
Take me away

I'm dying inside, emptied before you
Take me into your arms

I will fight until the day when I will see you
Sight given to these blind eyes

When will I
be taken from this life
take what is yours
You deserve more than my life
You deserve more than my life

Take me away! Открыть страницу с текстом

What is this world, what is it we've created
In the burdens of this life I cannot rest
this world means nothing

Everything we hold will pass away
with a void of completion comfort will ever fade
I long for this wind to cease

Everything we hold will pass away
Everything we hold will pass away
I long for this wind to cease

We once held undying devotion
now dead to our thoughts, undefined like our love

Everything we hold will pass away
Everything we hold will pass away Открыть страницу с текстом