Pages in Our Story

Another page in our story...

VERSE 1

The faucet's runnin' hot again
Burnin' through the wire
You swear it's just a drippin' sound
But you're playin' with fire (burn baby burn)
I state a fact, you raise a wall
The room begins to spin
Suddenly I'm a tyrant
In the kingdom you live in

CHORUS

Oh, you lock the door and paint yourself in gray
The bleedin' heart
The martyr of the day
You need the bad blood flowing
You need the bitter cup
If the air is cleared
You'd have to grow on up
Yeah, you wrap yourself in verses to cover up the blame
But love don't scream over me just to win a game

VERSE 2

The old dog lies across the floor
Defiant at your feet
You let him rule the hallway
A quiet, slow retreat
But if I step into the light
Or speak a word of truth
The guns come out, the shoutin' fight
Under this heavy roof

CHORUS

Oh, you lock the door and paint yourself in gray
The bleedin' heart
The martyr of the day
You need the bad blood flowing
You need the bitter cup
If the air is cleared
You'd have to grow on up
Yeah, you wrap yourself in verses to cover up the blame
But love don't scream over me just to win a game

VERSE 3

Plug my ears and step outside
Watchin' from the door
A stranger to the madness
Bouncin' off the floor
Wavin' arms and hollow words
Shoutin' out a mocking "sorry"
But an empty phrase don't rewrite
The pages of our story

VERSE 4

Now you drop the heavy titles
Pullin' rank across the room
Spellin' out obedience
Like a sentence or a doom
Well, I raised a whole world gently
Without a heavy hand
So your spiels of power and money
Fall like water in the sand

BRIDGE

Go ahead and leave it running
Let the meter spin around
I'm steppin' off the battlefield
And standin' on my ground

CHORUS

Oh, you lock the door and paint yourself in gray
The bleedin' heart
The martyr of the day
You need the bad blood flowing
You need the bitter cup
If the air is cleared
You'd have to grow on up
Yeah, you wrap yourself in verses to cover up the blame
But love don't scream over me just to win a game

OUTRO

So keep the door closed tight tonight
Sit alone in your preferred light
I'm turnin' down the volume
I'm letting go the line
The runnin' water's yours to pay
But the peace tonight is mine
Yeah, the peace tonight
It's mine