2004-03-12 - 1:01 a.m.
Hindsight
First, go here. Listen. Isn't that pretty? No, I didn't write it. JDavyd did, because he's cool like that. He asked me to write some lyrics, and this is what I managed to come up with. I'm sleep-depped at the moment, so we'll see what I think about them in the morning. Regardless, this is the first "completed" compilation between my brother and myself in quite sometime. . . When the dawn first broke
and the rays filled up our eyes
we'd built ourselves a paradise
of endless scope and size
Yet the untamed beast of freedom
ravaged as much as our chains
and opinions became prison cells
before we caught the reigns Clustering our madness in one common place to hide
we should've known we'd force our different worlds
to violently collide
We should've known to face a simple fact
before doors swung open
We didn't know ourselves enough to let
anybody else in Keeping one's mouth closed
when there's nothing left to say
can often be the one path
from which most of us will stray
And the wall we've built is almost
as destructive as our pride
for no one finds much protection
when we're all on the same side Clustering our madness in one common place to hide
we should've known we'd force our different worlds
to violently collide
We should've known to face a simple fact
before doors swung open
We didn't know ourselves enough to let
anybody else in We didn't know
We should've known Once we flew our flags
Wars declared against
the predefined
Yet now the old constraints
get spewed right back in kind
Hide behind the lies
Claim that we have all
been redesigned
with one grand purpose
What common goal do you find
uniting all the factions
still trying hard to boast
they're intertwined
yet whispering in corners
of how the rest are blind?
Drop your oral torches
meant to sweep through and destroy
the unaligned
You might just choke to death
our one last open mind With fresh-made mistakes coloring ideas portrayed
I should've known I'd get too relaxed
in the role you wanted played
You should've known when to give up on life
as a game you could win
We should've known so much more of ourselves before we said "Come in" Still we let it begin Clustering our madness in one common place to hide
we should've known we'd force our different worlds
to violently collide
We should've known to face a simple fact
before doors swung open
We didn't know ourselves enough to let
anybody else in We didn't know
We should've known
We didn't know
We should've known
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