A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar lyrics

Sharp disaster in a fresh new coma
Was it worth it when it was over
Proving yourself right
You'd make the biggest noise
I'd lock my hands behind my head
I'd cover my heart and hit the deck
I'd brace myself for the impact if I were you

(It's a long wait) Is there anything
(For an answer) Worth looking for
(Is there any news) Worth loving for
(Is there any word) Worth lieing for

She said, "I've gotta be honest
You're wasting your time if you're fishing round here"
And I said, "You must be mistaken
Cause I'm not fooling, this feeling is real"
She said, "You gotta be crazy
What do you take me for, some kind of easy mark?"
"No, you've got wits, you've got looks
You've got passion, but I swear that you've got me all wrong"

All wrong
All wrong
But you got me

I catalog these steps now
Decisive and intentioned
Precise and patterned specifically to yours
I'm talented at breathing
Especially exhaling
So that my chest will rise and fall with yours

I'm careful not to wake you
Fearing conversation
It's better just to hold you
And keep you pacified
I'm talented with reason
I cover all the angles
I can fail before I ever try

VERSE 1:
Carry this picture for luck,
kept in a locket,
tucked in your collar,
close to your chest.
Make it a secret;
shown to the closest friends.
Meet me at quarter to 7,
the sun will still shine then at this time of year.
We'll head to the inlet,
and we'll share a bottle there.

CHORUS:
And color the coast with your smile;
it's the most genuine thing I've ever seen.
I was so lost,

Carve your heart out yourself
Hopelessness is your cell
Since you've drawn out these lines
Are you protected from trying times?

Man, it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has
Lord, it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamt at all
Oh look now, there you go with hope again
Oh, you're so sure I'll be leaving in the end

Dig your ditch deep enough

I guess its luck, but its the same
Hard luck, youve been trying to tame
Maybe its love, but its like you said
Love is like a role that we play.

But, I believe in you so much
I could die for the words that you say
But, I believe in you so much
I could die from the words that you say

But, youre chasin the ghost of a good thing
Haunting yourself as the real thing

Breathe in for luck, breathe in so deep.
This air is blessed, you share with me.
This night is wild, so calm and dull.
These hearts, they race from self-control.
Your legs are smooth as they graze mine.
We're doing fine, we're doing nothing at all.

My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me,
So won't you kill me, so I die happy?
My heart is yours, to fill or burst,

Hey girl, youve got a smart way about you
That makes me wish that I was smart enough for you
Hey girl, youve got a fine laugh
And I think that I can get used to that
And youre already used to laughing at me

So what if your friends think Im crazy
Well, I wasnt trying to impress those girls anyway
Theyre all theory, no action
Where Im from, we live like its the latest attraction

What you found sure upset you,
never saw it coming did you?
Its easy to be surprised
with both your eyes sewn closed.

Handled with great precision,
another faultless execution,
youre the subject of this exhibition,
a willing cadaver, a willing cadaver.

Scalped, sutured, made whole again.

These cuts are leaving creases.
Trace the scars, to fit the pieces,

Morning calls for pain relief
A line above the step beneath
The worst that you could do
And the best that you could hope for
Is hardly the best

Tepid water chase the pills
With turpentine and chamomile
And don't get cheap with the wine
You need to be up all of the time

Shield your eyes, conceal your lies.

Don't blink, everyone's watching.
They'll think you're up to something.

You called to say you wanted out.
Well, I can't say I blame you now.
Sometimes you've got to fold,
Before you're found out.
Well thanks for waiting this long,
To show yourself.

Cause now that I can see you,
I don't think you're worth a second glance.

So much for all the promises you made,
They served you well.
Now you're gone and they're wasted on me.

Pacific sun
You should have warned us it gets so cold here
And the night can freeze before you set a fire
And our flares go unnoticed, diminished
Faded just as soon as they are fired.

We are, we are, intriqued
We are, we are, invisible

Oh, how we shouted, how we screamed
Take notice, take interest, take me with you
When all our fears fall on deaf ears tonight

I heard that you were home again
But you don't look like you're back to me
With your focuses changing
Your gaze is transfixed
A point that I can't often see

You've got your new ties
I've got my old knots
You've got your inside lines
But you're never happy with what you've got

Careful now
You're so beautiful
When you've convinced yourself
That no one else is quite as beautiful

I was away for a while
But I'm hoping someday you'll forgive me
But I don't deserve it

I'll cherish it well if you give me
One of your new starts
Just one more last chance
I swear that I'll earn it
If you front me for now

I'm good for it I swear
I'm better now I swear

In earlier days
They'd persecute people
They'd carry them off
And hobble their legs
For lesser offences

Well I've been bleeding well from this old wound,
Cleaning it with salt so it will still feel new.
Sometimes eyes turn black,
And sometimes scars are tracks.
But everytime you're gone i wish that you'd come back.

And everyone watched me waste myself,
Everyone cheered at last.
All of them found it comforting,
It's better it's me..than them.

I think Im doing well from what they say,