We’re tiny vessels in this big machine
Moving product and paper disguised as dreams
Fueled by fear and cheap champagne
Smuggling anesthetics to forget the pain
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We walk these roads of self-deceit
A mix of rain and oil swirled beneath our feet
Glowing bright to distract our eyes
From our bodies crumbling into inevitable demise
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Brick by Brick these walls grow higher
Wall after wall we simply grow tired
Of breaking down these barriers
It’s a disease and we’re all carriers
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We’d rather slowly rot from inside
Escape behind our walls to hide
Than stare love in the face
And break down these divides with grace
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We’d rather slowly rot from inside
Escape behind our walls to hide
Than admit that we care
And lay our chests bare
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So I’ll keep you at an arm’s length
Manipulate the definition of strength
So that it fits my present tense
So that it fits this perpetual state of loneliness
And I know you will do the same
It’s all the same baggage with a different name
We’ll lie naked like lovers
But we could not be any more covered
