Blindfolds

I saw the ghost of Christmas past
He said four to five
Of the memories that we go through won't be bad
But stay fortified from the mental grief
When the fifth one takes you back
Don't ignore the line
That your mind made up we glossed over that night
Don't look past the reflected shine

Falsehoods feel nice
But there's more to life when you don't obsess
With an outcome you despise
And there's more inside your fucked up head than
Than a past that's been contrived
Somewhat glorified, embellished, every blemish cast aside
But you're dead if you don't try

I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed
So if you can't bear it, fine, wear a blindfold
Every accident or vice will come back to haunt you twice
You can't sacrifice your life if you die slow
Idols fall down

I looked in Jacob Marley's eyes
He said five or six of the knives
You stick in your face will scar you blind
You're inviolate but you mind was tricked by a painted scarlet sky
False environment's got your eyes convinced
There's a vacant heart inside
Don't put faith in a harmless lie

Deathbeds feel nice
But there's more to see
Than the morbid scene that you conjured up last night
Dark abhorrent things
In a horrid dream that you had can't write your life
Every chorus screams a message with a deafening reply
Stop those terrors in the night

I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed
So if you can't bear it, fine, wear a blindfold
Every accident or vice will come back to haunt you twice
You can't sacrifice your life if you die slow
Idols fall down

I can't commit
(I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed)
(Get back, look out from underneath your blindfold)
(Step back, walk through the fire on this tightrope)
(Steadfast, pull out the knife and seek reprisal)
(False idols die slow)

I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed
So if you can't bear it, fine, wear a blindfold
Every accident or vice will come back to haunt you twice
You can't sacrifice your life if you die slow

I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed
So if you can't bear it, fine, wear a blindfold
Every accident or vice will come back to haunt you twice
You can't sacrifice your life if you die slow
Idols fall down