Ender

Which of us will tell the story?
Nobody better
Which of us will tell the story?
Nobody better
Which of us will tell the story?
Each time each time it's getting better
Come on in along for a ride
Come and take a peak inside
Of a mind so far gone

And it's been
Five years, nine months, and maybe ten or so days
Since the voyage entered the haze

Oh when the swell turned in to cacophony
Oh when the Greek chorus moved into the peanut gallery I'll tell ya

Let the fire rain down
Let 'em burn in the blaze
Show 'em all it was more than a phase

Oh leave a trail as far as the eye can see
Oh doc I think we've got an emergency on our hands

All the blessings, all the love, and all the secret visions
The nirvana from the primal gifts that we've been given
Cross my heart and close my eyes to find sleep if you please
Shallow breathing 'til I can't feel the extremities and

Tired of holding hands and learning how to love each other
Give me black and white and wrap it up in technicolor
Peace and patience making way for when the choirs sing and
When I die please give me comfort over everything and

On hold on call at attention for days
Nervous energy turn in to rage nah nah now

(Rest your head and we'll be here waiting on your shoulder
Whispering those sweet nothings to your dreamscape on and on)

When you can't look back but you can't turn away
Wait for twilight to turn in to day I feel it!

(Rinse, repeat, and redefine insanity and
Losing faith in sight and sound and memory oh noooo)

(No) You'll never be the same
(No) You'll never be the same
(No) A heavy gloss of shame and loss coated on everything

(Where's the teenage fire burning effigies and)
What's the grown man's substitute for anarchy please)

And won't you listen to (I keep on poppin' pills)
These words my friend (poppin' pills baby)
The same mistakes (I keep on poppin' pills)
Will rise again (poppin' pills baby)

(Single file line up for the big occasion
Gone the carefree days all full of machinations)

Alright, alright I hear ya!
Livin' loose on borrowed time and pay to play provisions
History defined by half baked thoughts and keen revisions
Bowl 'em over baby show 'em you can stand the fray
Plant your flag and let 'em know that you are here to stay and

Where oh where do all the days go staring down the barrel?
Wear oh wear me down until my neural home is sterile
Rich mosaic bleached by sun and fun and apathy
All archaic teachings leading to epiphanies and

Time by speed by distance (and I can see no way out)
Path of least resistance (no there's no other way out)
Stare straight at the sun the light is blinding
While we're teasing and we're tugging
And we're tearing at the binding break it

Love and loss and leaving (and I can see no way out)
Living with no feeling (no there's no other way out)
But there's a little voice screaming inside
Let's go!
On and on and on
Oh ye-yeah!

Little voice inside is screaming
It's getting louder
Little voice inside is screaming
Let's go!

The charisma of a sympathetic psycho killer
A knowing wink and nod to drag you in against your will-uh
Bells and chimes echo and rhyme reverberate and ring
Through a mind that's being tethered by a single string and

Pull in closer hold it in here comes the big haymaker
Chiclets on the floor and greetings from the undertaker
It's too late for umpteenth chances and apologies but
Learn to stand again every time you're brought to your knees and

Time by speed by distance (and I can see no way out)
Path of least resistance (no there's no other way out)
Stare straight at the sun the light is blinding
While we're teasing and we're tugging
And we're tearing at the binding break it

Love and loss and leaving (and I can see no way out)
Living with no feeling (no there's no other way out)
But there's a little voice screaming inside
Let's go!
On and on and on
Oh ye-yeah!

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