Parachute lyrics

He smiled to the world
But his heart fell below his pain
He wanted only arms
But he lied to himself again
Closing doors and locking locks
He looked inside himself
Only to find
Seeping from his soul
Let me fall in two
Wide as a river and spread as thin
What it could start and no one would finish
Bottled up frowning treaties or what they would
Knowing not nothing he was the only son

If in the morning you look up
Fake a smile and you sigh
Don’t fear the future
In the years to come you’ll learn
I used to sit and watch the pouring rain
I used to wish to be back home again
I hadn’t the strength then
I hadn’t the chance to reveal it
But it’s all in your hands
When do we begin
Although you’re so sad
Discover things never had
It makes you wonder

I know there is a place
A place where I belong
Not mistreated or undone
And if I find that place
I’ll keep my mouth shut
Cause I won’t be there alone
And if you’re standing there with me
I’ll swear it’s a lie and I’ll still believe it
Cause I came
And I spoke
And you ran
Didn’t even wait to hear the words
Or see the look in my eyes
Cause I bled
And you watched

A gaping wound tells the story of it all
A man lost only to find
What was left of his mind
With no hope of a scar at all
You say, “Go slow”
But something’s right behind me
I can run away for only so long
It will not stop
I will come down
Oh no
Let me find my way
I’ll take you to the edge
Go across that window
And I’ll carry you there
Oh when nothing goes right

All I want is the world
And everything for me
You can rattle off your talk
All that matters is what I see
If you break me down
Selfish desire is all you blame
Cause desperate times
Call for desperate measures
And I am not ashamed
Oh it took me a long time to come to this
And I have chosen my path
I am only for me
All my dreams are so closed
If I open them to you

Can you remember
What the future held
A little candy ring
And a mystic oceans shell
But they were all anesthetized
And slowly washed away
Left all the poison in the sands in which I played
I don’t mind falling down and scraping up my knees
Scars and Stitches always fade and only strengthen me
But with my eyes as wide as pearls
My only centerpiece

My, my how things have changed since I have been away
It’s the first time but it’s different, I’m afraid
Where’s the boy so happy to be near it all
He’s lost in the travels
A little part of me so small
Cry for me
Cry for him
Cry for the answer
Cry because it’s done
Cry for the feeling
Cry for the youth
All for the prize
Through different eyes

And it’s true he was so young
But you are here
And the moment clouds your brain
You could’ve even saved him
That means nothing
You could’ve even been there
That’s a lie
How can you blame him for your life
It’s a mental suicide
And it carries you away
Dissolve your fear into one
Dissolve will find a way
Then it’s true we aren’t immune
But there’s a way

Just one more time he said as he crawls into his own
I’m doing fine he said as the tears fall down alone
Why must you question me
Do you want your future blown
Look at the sight of him
What can he do to show you
Living life for others
Shuffle through the day
Everyone is out to get him
What do they have to say
Pull yourself up out of this rut
Make it all come clean

Not much of this makes sense to me
The river leaves run cold and dry
But it keeps me from swinging tree to tree
And sometimes I’m too scared to even try
Hashing through the possibilities
They seem as endless as the sky
You seek the truth and the quiet breeze
But the air is too thin to reply
Well I know that’s where I’ll never be
Because I can see the summer’s done

There we stand about to fly,
peeking down over land,
parachute behind.
What was that moment for
which we live
without a parachute
about to dive?

Find myself convincing.
Blindly falling faster.
How easy.
Oh, know the place I'm leaving,
and the rest is just gone.

Oh, the adoration,
but how much strength does it take
for exploration,
for split decision?
Or are you stronger to remain?