The Last Lost Continent
I felt your sickness brush against my arm as
I walked by you —
Heard your voice but couldnt tell that it was you.
And, slowly, watched your sickness slip away into a place
That Id once feared but
I was not afraid this time
So I gave chase and found it, finally, slowly feeding from your head,
And from my friends, and from my family, so
I grabbed it by the neck. 'For every lover you have ruined...'
I dug my nails into its flesh. '... and every life that you have taken...'
Slammed its head against the brick.
Its blood poured out onto the pavement,
I stirred it in with dirt and spit, 'I will take a part of you.'
I made mortar from the mix.
Tore every organ from its body,
Broke its bone and fashioned bricks,
I laid the mortar in between,
I made a throne for hope to sit. 'Too long youve torn us into pieces, Firmly held onto our wrists. Today I bury you in me.'
I swallowed every inch of it.
Ill hold you, as you have held me -
Youve held me in your heart, well be set free from fear .
Weve felt our failures.
Weve watched our passions leave, but were still breathing on.
Ill hold you, as you have held me,
Youve held me in your heart. (And I will hold you in my heart)
But I still see him dead in the parking lot at the gas station just down the street.
And I still hear my friend say, 'You know, you wouldnt believe the things I saw when I was stationed overseas.'
But he somehow keeps smiling in spite all of that,
While I keep finding ways to push the good out for the bad
Oh, how selfish of myself to always say that it was more than
I could take,
Like it was pain
I could not shake,
Like it could break me with its fingers, throw my body in the lake,
And I would slowly sink away
But the Truth is it was sorrow that
I made and would not face.
See, I keep falling for the future after tripping on the past.
And I am always tearing sutures out to make the anguish last like it defines me.
Or reminds me
Ive found comfort in my suffering
And uncertainty in happiness and death,
Because whats next is such a mystery to me.
I am terrified of all the things
I feel but cannot see.
Friends and family, put your hand into my hand and lay your head into my chest.
You are all that
I have left here
We are all that we have left.
We are the lovers,
We are the last of our kind.
Link your arms and keep your chin up
And I swear that well be fine.
We are the lovers ,
We are the last of our kind.
Though were not sure who we are, though were not sure where were from,
Though were not sure when well leave, though were not sure where well go,
We keep our heads up
We keep our hearts up
We keep our hopes up
Keep your head up. were fine.
Just keep your head up.
I swear well be alright.
Keep your head up.
Oh, my friends, keep your head up. and
I swear well never die.
I swear well get home safe and sound, well live on underground
I will give your heart a place to rest when everything you had has turned and left.
Ill weave your names into my ribcage ; lock your hearts inside my chest.
Regain the passion
I once carried; do away with all the rest.
I tore the sickness from your bodies; smashed its head against the bricks.
I made a castle from its bones that you may always dwell in it.
So sing for every buried moment that youd thought would never end.
And sing your fears about the future; and a dirge for faded friends.
For all the love that you had held to, why it somehow failed to keep.
And sing each minute youve been frightened; every hour that youve lost sleep
And sing for all your friends and family; sing for those who didnt survive.
But sing not for their final outcome; sing a song of how they tried.
We live amidst a violent storm; leaves us unsatisfied at best,
So fill your heart with whats important, and be done with all the rest.
We are whats left of what we once were
We are falling far behind.
Theres so much stacking up against us and were running out of time.
We are but hopeful children, and were the last of our kind.
But if we let our hearts move outward,
I know we will never-
We are but friends and family, we are the last of our kind.
So hold my hand,
Ill lift your head up, and
I promise well be fine.
We are but hopeful lovers, and we are running out of time.
Theres so much stacking up against us, and were falling far behind.
We are but hopeful lovers, we are the last of our kind,
But if we let our hearts move outward,
I know we will never-
We are but lovers, we are the last of our kind.
And if we let our hearts move outward,
I know we will never -
We are but lovers, we are the last of our kind.
And if we let our hearts move outward, we will never die.