I felt your sickness brush against my arm as I walked by youHeard your voice but couldn't tell that it was youAnd slowly watched your sickness slip awayInto a place that I'd once fearedBut I was not afraid this timeSo I gave chase and found it finallySlowly feeding from your headAnd from my friends and from my familySo I grabbed it by the neckFor every lover you have ruinedI dug my nails into its fleshAnd every life that you have takenSlammed it's head against the brickIt's blood poured out onto the pavementI stirred it in with dirt and spitI will take a part of youI made mortar from the mixTore every organ from its bodyBroke it's bone and fashioned bricksI laid the mortar in betweenI made a throne for hope to sitToo long you've torn us into piecesFirmly held onto our wristsToday I buried you in meI swallowed every inch of itI'll hold you as you have held meYou've held me in your heartWe'll be, we'll be set free fromWe'll be set free from fearWe'll be set freeWe've felt our failuresWe've watched our passions leaveBut we're still breathing onWe're still breathing onI'll hold you as you have held meYou've held me in your heartAnd I will hold you in my heartBut I still see him dead in the parking lotAt the gas station just down the streetAnd I still hear my friend sayYou know, you wouldn't believe the things I saw when I was stationed overseasBut he somehow keeps smiling in spite of all of thatWhile I keep finding ways to push the good out for the badOh, how selfish of myselfTo always say that it was more than I could takeLike it was pain I couldn't shakeLike it could break me with its fingersThrow my body in the lake and I would slowly sink awayBut the truth is it was sorrow that I made and wouldn't faceSee, I keep falling for the future after tripping on the pastAnd I am always tearing sutures out to make the anguish lastLike it defines me or reminds meI've found comfort in my sufferingAnd uncertainty in happiness and deathBecause what's next is such a mystery to meAnd I am terrified of all the things I feel but cannot seeFriends and familyPut your hand into my hand and lay your head into my chestYou are all that I have left hereWe are all that we have leftWe are the loversWe are the last of our kindSo link your arms and keep your chin upAnd I swear that we'll be fineWe are the loversWe are the last of our kindThough we are not sure who we areWe keep our heads upThough we are not sure where we're fromWe keep our hearts upThough we are not sure when we'll leaveWe keep our heads upThough we are not sure where we'll goWe keep our hopes upThough we're not sure who we areWe keep our heads upThough we're not sure where we're fromWe keep our hearts upThough we're not sure when we'll leaveWe keep our heads upThough we're not sure where we'll goWe keep our hopes upKeep your head upWe're fineJust keep your head upI swear we'll be alrightKeep your head upMy friends, my friendsKeep your head up, I swearI swear we'll never dieI swear we'll get home safe and soundI swearI swear we'll never dieI swear we'll live on undergroundI swearI will give your heart a place to restWhen everything you had has turned and leftI'll weave your names into my ribcageLock your hearts inside my chestRegain the passion I once carriedDo away with all the restI tore the sickness from your bodiesSmashed its head against the bricksI made a castle from its bonesThat you may always dwell in itSo sing for every buried momentThat you thought would never endAnd sing your fears about the futureAnd a dirge for faded friendsFor all the love that you had held toWhy it somehow failed to keepAnd sing for each minute you've been frightenedEvery hour you've lost sleepAnd sing for all your friends and familySing for those who didn't surviveBut sing not for their final outcomeSing a song of how they triedWe live amidst a silent stormLeaves us unsatisfied at bestSo fill your heart with what's importantAnd be done with all the restWe are what's left of what we once wereWe are falling far behindThere's so much stacking up against usAnd we're running out of timeWe are but hopeful childrenAnd we're the last of our kindBut if we let our hearts move outwardI know we will neverWe are but friends and familyWe are the last of our kindSo hold my hand, I'll lift your head upAnd I promise we'll be fineWe are but hopeful loversAnd we are running out of timeThere's so much stacking up against usAnd we're falling far behindWe are but hopeful loversWe are the last of our kindBut if we let our hearts move outwardI know we will neverWe are but loversWe are the last of our kindAnd if we let our hearts move outwardI know we will neverWe are but loversWe are the last of our kindAnd if we let our hearts move outwardWe will never die
