Never Hollowed By The Stare

I know the way he makes you hide
Even when the dose is fight or flight
And the orbits wait for a perfect name
Clean out the webs he left behind
And if you want, I can bury him out
By the salt of sea, in an empty grave
The past has a way of comin’ clean

If I didn’t know any better
I could have sworn you said
“There will come a day for his reckoning”

It’s the want of the weight, when it crushed
All the centrifugal ways our lives fall in and out of place

One day, you’re gonna see
That everybody who claimed that you were loved have left
Because one by one, they would disappear
Claimin’ all your wolves were symptoms of deceit

“Don’t let your tongue slit your throat”
That’s what they always said
This one last chance that you’ve gotta take

It’s the want of the weight when it crushed
All the centrifugal ways our lives fall in and out of place
No-oh, it’s the want and the weight when it crushed
All the centrifugal ways our lives fall in and out of place

Underneath your doubt laid a serpent’s egg
Hissing his way out
You were told (you were told)
Severed tongues (severed tongues)
Can’t fall onto their swords, because
You’re the only voice that calls

It’s the want and the weight when it crushed
All the centrifugal ways our lives fall in and out of place
Oh-oh, it’s the want and the weight when it crushed
All the centrifugal ways our lives fall in and out of place

I’ll be with you
Say you will, say you will, say you will
I’ll be with you, I’ll be with you
Say you will, say you will

Give me your heart and I’ll show you how to feel
Send me your soul and you’ll know what it is to be free
We all need a deeper purpose
One that’s true and bold
The only thing that could hurt us
Is the curse of the fold

I once knew a man who had fire in his eyes
Bloody right hand, he had taken his enemies’ lives
The past was his torture
The future held his hope
Until he chose his fortune
As the curse of the fold

Although you may feel like giving up
It’s not the only road
The path less often traveled
Holds the highest, the highest of hopes

Some used to say that I’d never scale this mountain
Now that I’m close they shut their eyes and draw their curtains
Those who don’t believe
Will always encourage defeat
They’ll scream and shout and scold
For the curse of the fold

Although I felt like giving up
It’s not the road I chose
The path less often traveled
Held the highest, the highest of hopes
Held the highest, the highest of hopes