Eyes Like Gallows
As I watched you move much further
than my arms ever should
And I watched you move much faster
than my words ever could
Like the moon told the oceans
to keep pulling you back to soon
And as if the devil himself came
to put me in this cold, dark room
PRE-CHORUS:
Then the moment I fell
when my knees hit the ground
These walls I couldn’t move
came crumbling down
CHORUS:
‘Cause it’s the same old story
written with the same old pen
If I can’t make you love me now
how was I supposed to do it then?
And how should I deal with moving on
when all I feel is so misled
And my heart is burnt like the pages
of a story yet unsaid
And I’m left with the ashes
And if my heart was the only victim
then your eyes were like the gallows
Just as deep as the deepest ocean
and you left me in the shallows
Or like your voice was as a siren’s
and you left me to die alone
‘Cause at first you seemed like a lighthouse
guiding my lost heart back to home
PRE-CHORUS:
But I know these hands
will never find the right words to say
Nor will a million melodies ever have the chords
to make you stay
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
This is me when the heart in my chest
isn’t mine anymore
I guess this is me
when my tongue starts burning
to say what I want
What I feel
What I need
But I won’t
This is me not giving up
This is me letting go
CHORUS
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