let's try to shake things up just to see what would happen 
as if the stakes weren't high enough, 
an insurgency of words and i'm drawing blanks 
give me health, give me strength and i'll steal the rest 
you can't hold on to what's not in your hands 
rely on my wits, luck's been merciless 
you can't hold on to what's not in your hands 
is that the best you've got, is this the absolute most you can muster? 
i think it's worth another shot because when this ends it ends in disaster 
i don't mean to cause alarm but can anybody land this thing? 
before we hit the storm beneath the calm 
it's strange but for a change i'm not the one who is panicking 
wrap your skeleton around me, shape the way the shadow's cast
and put our bones aside 
it was worth it for the memories, don't pretend you didn't laugh 
put our bones aside 
stay awake for the astounding so you remember where we stand
put our bones aside 
it was worth it for the memory, wrap your skeleton around me 
and put our bones aside

01 Bones

if you draw the maps, i'll make the climb 
if you make mistakes i'll chart the differences 
but you lay the traps and i trip the lines 
when conflict breaks i drop my defenses 
(contact, no contact) 
you shoot your mouth at a gunfight until you're out of ammunition 
and i still don't know what you're talking about re-assert your position 
argue for hours to clarify, ending in further confusion 
and i'll take my time until you decide to reach a resolution 
you're so far away 
halves of a whole that can't separate 
but you're still so far away 
looking for something outside of the fold 
take it apart and start again 
if you're trying to tame the world 
you'll destroy yourself in the process 
are you trying to change the world?

02 Ho! Criminal Face

allow some time for your eyes to adjust to the light, 
i know it's been a while but will you give me a sign when you're starting to feel alive? 
i can see how we got here but that's a different story altogether and looking back is getting us nowhere but denial isn't any better. 
you pass yourself on the way back trying to keep up but the circles you've been running in have become a clusterfuck. 
you say you're looking for an exit but until then you'll continue to conceal yourself in layers of armour like every day is a battlefield. 
why so serious? suspend your disbelief, 
you owe it to yourself to have a little faith in me. 
this is an intervention, in memory, 
a monument to all those that contest convention and reject it with due respect. 
we hold out hope for a better hand and make the most of what we have and in the meantime, to get by, we create an escape to occupy us 
let's waste some time and have some fun if it kills us 
and if it breaks our hearts at least there was love in the process 
and in the time it takes to make a mistake you get a feeling that you can't shake 
break our hearts at least there was love in the process 
one of these days we might be saved on the strength of a promise we never even made on a clumsy catapult that was only good for a warning shot 
that hurled through the heavens to ground our doubt 
bound to the momentum we're bound to find out 
but i can't shake the feeling the cracks you're concealing would heal if you'd only allow them 
with no general direction you stick to one spot 
restrict your volition in case you get caught wishing decisions were written, 
instructions from loved ones who have your best interests at heart 
one of these days we might be saved on the strength of a promise we never even made on a clumsy catapult that was only good for a warning shot 
in the time it takes to forgive a mistake you get a feeling there's a feeling that you can't shake

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