City and Colour - A Pill for Loneliness Album Lyrics

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Living in Lightning

I'd rather walk alone
Than stand in a row
I'd line up everything I own
Decide what should stay and should go

This life was mine to choose
Yearning to wander through and through
At times I've been battered and bruised
But I'm still breathing in my youth

Can't you see I'm sorry that I
Wasn't better at being
Who you wanted me to be
I've been living in lightning
For what seems like eternity

You wear these brooding ghosts
Tighter and tighter round your throat
They're weighing you down like a stone
They might never let you go

Can't you see I'm sorry that I
Wasn't better at being
Who you wanted me to be
I've been living in lightning
For what seems like eternity

I've been living in lightning
For what seems like eternity

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Astronaut

Give me one more year
Then I'll be around
From now until then
I'll just write my thoughts down
I'm feeling lucky to be lost
Wondering what's coming next
Scratching and crawling
Whiskey soaked, been stealing time from death

Like an astronaut
Above the curvature of the earth
Just a wanderer
Under the motion of the moon
All wayfaring hearts
They take to the road
There's poison, there's silver
That's home

Have I done well?
Did I give you enough?
Was I walking free?
Or just pressing my luck?
A voice lay at my side
It was calling me away
It's left my body tired
But my heart is wide awake

Like an astronaut
Above the curvature of the earth
Just a wanderer
Under the motion of the moon
All wayfaring hearts
They take to the road
There's poison, there's silver
That's home

Like an astronaut
Above the curvature of the earth
Just a wanderer
Under the motion of the moon
All wayfaring hearts
They take to the road
There's poison, there's silver
That's home
There's poison, there's silver
That's home

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Imagination

Imagine I was good again, but you still see me the same
And baby, why can't you pretend that nothing here has changed?
Let's rewind, we'll be fine!
You'll forgive me, believe that I'm sorry!
'Cause your eyes will be fine,
Come back inside, there's no need to worry!

I need you to use use use use use use your imagination
I need you to use use use use use use your imagination
No no no don't tell me that you're leaving
I need you to use use use use use use your imagination

Imagine you remember me, let yourself believe a word I say
See everybody makes mistakes, and if you may believe we'll go away
Let's rewind, we'll be fine,
You'll forgive me, believe that I'm sorry
'Cause your eyes will be fine,
Come back inside, there's no need to worry!

I need you to use use use use use use your imagination
I need you to use use use use use use your imagination
No no no don't tell me that you're leaving
I need you to use use use use use use your imagination

Come, close to me, tell me what you want me to do!
What you're imagining, but you let me softly to change your mind
Change your mind!
No holding, babe, I've been waiting so patiently,
No need to say, come with me before our time runs out
Our time runs out!

I need you to use use use use use use your imagination
I need you to use use use use use use your imagination
No no no don't tell me that you're leaving
I need you to use use use use use use your imagination

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Difficult Love

What if I
What if I have nothing left
To heal you with?
I must stay calm
Keep my head
Then start again
Work until the bitter end
Slowly let the light shine in
I'm wide awake and I can see

This mess I have made
Will not fade away
But I wouldn't change it
For the world
No matter how far I go
I will find my way back
Through this difficult love

Days gone by
When we were so young and fearless
We'd pay no mind
To the richness of our time
We were running wild
Diamonds shining in our eyes
Not a hardship in sight
Maybe when I stop dreaming
I'll see

This mess I have made
Will not fade away
But I wouldn't change it
For the world
No matter how far I go
I will find my way back
Through this difficult love

I will find my way
Through this difficult love

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Me and the moonlight

Not everything you say
Should be heard
Some things should stay
Buried in the dirt
And when there is no target
For your anger
Could it be that you're
The one who is hurt?

So many f*cking pointless conversations
About who's right or wrong, you or me
Every mirror it hides a different reflection
We've all got faces that we don't like to see

But I'll take shelter
In the quiet beauty
Of a silent night
When the sun has had
Some time to set
And the worry has left my mind

It's just me and the pale moonlight

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Mountain of Madness

Ain't no mystery
About the way we feel
But you get so alone at times
When all you're trying to do is heal
What is this great misunderstanding?
Where do we go from here?
The future is in the sky above us
What if we let it just disappear?

On top of this mountain of madness
It's a long way down to hard ground
Please forgive me for asking
But there must be a better way around
The streets are on fire
The roses are dead and gone
On top of this mountain of madness
It's a long way down, so long

Ain't no victory
Worth paying such a cost
That once the final bell has rung
You've earned less than what you've lost
So many different people
Different faces and different names
But underneath our blood runs red
That's what makes us all the same

On top of this mountain of madness
It's a long way down to hard ground
Please forgive me for asking
But there must be a better way around
The streets are on fire
The roses are dead and gone
On top of this mountain of madness
It's a long way down, so long
So long
So long

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Song of Unrest

Have I lost my touch?
I want to feel less fear
Where is the stirring of hope
Once I held so near?
This mournful wail
Has worn away so thin
Life is long if you're living it
But dread will blow in like the wind

How can I explain
So that you will understand
How foolish it must be
To opine so openly?
Such a delicate life
So full of tragedy
Why do we continue to treat
Each other so savagely?

Pills don't seem to work
We're lost at the bottom of the sea
Our bones are searching for something else
Tired of the flesh that they see
I never thought that I'd grow up to be
Another face in the crowd
On the wrong side of history

How can I explain
So that you will understand
How foolish it must be
To opine so openly?
Such a delicate life
So full of tragedy
Why do we continue to treat
Each other so savagely?

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Strangers

Don't wake me when this is over
Just let me drift amidst my dreams
I need to regain composure
And right now my heart is still and asleep

I refuse to believe
That we've become so obsolete
Don't wake me when this is over
'Cause I need to find the time lost in between

If we get back (get back)
To lovin' each other (lovin' each other)
Can we get back (get back)
To learnin' how to live?
We are strangers in this land
With so much left to discover
Can we get back
To learnin' how to live?

We look to the heavens above for advice on our lives
Searching for God at the bottoms of bottles and in strangers' eyes
We're living in desperation, drowning in medication
Lost in the folly of our age

If we get back (get back)
To lovin' each other (lovin' each other)
Can we get back (get back)
To learnin' how to live?
We are strangers in this land
With so much left to discover
Can we get back
To learnin' how to live?

We are strangers in this land
We are strangers in this land

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The War Years

And so sudden worlds collide
Left the scent of the sweetness behind us
A vision burned into my mind
The streets they appeared so alive then
Feels like we might suffocate
Under the dirt and the hatred
Can we push it all away?
Or will we remain chained to

The war years

A falcon is circling the sky
Awaking in view of the mountain
The mountain between you and I
Surrounded by rivers of poison
Everything is everywhere
Under the darkness and thunder
Can we push it all away?
Will we be able to escape

The war years

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Young Lovers

Where did we go wrong?
Will there be a future to look back from?
Feels like God is long gone
From the creatures who created him
We could give it all away
This machinery of violence
Still we gather for a feast of praise
To the devouring mouth of war

This is a fire
This is a revelation
Don't let it burn out
Don't let it fade away
Let's run all the red lights
Make no promises
Live like young lovers
Who've never known heartache

Between the dark and dawn
Kings are killing people in the streets
Their ghosts are left to walk on
Through the nightmares of these bitter men
Golden towers climb towards the sky
A sparkling palace of sin
And still we act so surprised
That we are so hollow

This is a fire
This is a revelation
Don't let it burn out
Don't let it fade away
Let's run all the red lights
Make no promises
Live like young lovers
Who've never known heartache

Standing on your own
While you struggle to survive
Left you standing all alone
While you struggle to survive

This is a fire
This is a revelation
Don't let it burn out
Don't let it fade away

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Lay me down

We are lost
Shaped by the rivers
The sky it burns
Hellfire red
These maddening, no-telling winds
They echo soft
Quietly whispering

Come lay me down
I've had enough
Lay me down
I've been hurt enough
How time runs on and on and
Lay me down
I've had enough

Distracting from
More meaningful things
The sooner done
The sooner I'll be free
Beyond the cries of seers and fools
A paradise, built on forgotten truths

So lay me down
I've had enough
Lay me down
I've been hurt enough
How time runs on and on and
Lay me down
I've had enough

Lay me down
I've had enough
Lay me down
I've been hurt enough