Coheed And Cambria - The Color Before The Sun Album Lyrics

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Island

Get off the Island

I'm just a big dud, foolish from the start
I make a wrong move, and the world just falls apart
And there's no cure for this disease, I'm making up
So it's a farce

I live inside this, head and I'm at war
Hero and villain, same time keeping score
And I'm not sure what I'm to do, inside these walls
Not anymore

With my own life

Get off the island and swim back to shore
Girl, I don't think I could even last one second longer
Cause in these waters I'm done for

Now give me one good reason to stay here at all
When the fee is too big, our apartment's too small
Where's my life-saver when I'm screaming danger

I'm screaming danger

Get off the Island and swim back to shore

I'm just a victim, of unfortunate circumstance
And this was my choice, oh shit, well I'll be damned
And I got to stop dwelling on what I could have had
Oh the times I could have, oh I just want to

Get of the island and swim back to shore
Girl, I don't think I could last even one second longer
Cause in these waters I'm done for

Now give me one good reason to stay here at all
When the fee is too big, our apartment's too small
Where's my life-saver when I'm screaming danger

I just can't stay here any longer, help
I just can't stay here any longer, help
I just can't

Get off the Island

And maybe, one day
From your sand I'll float away
And never see you again
Island

Get off the, get off the island and swim back to shore
Girl, I don't think I could last even one second longer
Cause in these waters I'm done for

Now give me one good reason to stay here at all
When the fee is too big, our apartment's too small
Where's my life-saver when I'm screaming danger
Where's my life-saver when I'm screaming danger
Where's my life-saver when I'm screaming danger

I'm screaming danger
Screaming danger
Screaming danger

Get off the island

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Eraser

I'm just a toy waiting for you to play me
I wanna make, just make you happy
There's no future I see with you in it
I just don't fit, not the right plastic

Oh, I'm not mad, lean on me, man
Oh, I'm not mad, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not

How many times I got to listen to your mouth go
How many times, how many times, how many times?

Turn the clocks back to the way things were
I never wanted this to be me
Erase, eraser
Show me back then the kid before the man
I don't think this me is who I am

Oh Middle age come bring me a crisis
What am I worth, does the truth hurt?
Identity rides the tails of disaster
Ease on the clutch, who gives a f*ck?

Oh, I'm not mad, lean on me, man
Oh, I'm not mad, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not

Turn the clocks back to the way things were
I never wanted this to be me
Erase, eraser
Show me back then the kid before the man
I don't think this me is who I am
Turn the clocks back to the way things were
I never wanted this to be me
Erase, eraser
Show me back then the kid before the man
I don't think this me is who I am

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Colors

I walk so tired, so opaque
His words, too many I can
Share our cultures casualty
Can't see the forest from the trees

We laugh at a time that came and went
Colors boast from the east sky, resting
Over nostalgia, we retract
And now is ours but the then we can't get back

And when the world comes crashing down
Don't make a move, don't make a sound
Just watch it fall, watch it come down
Feel it as it goes, does it feel good to let go

I lost myself along the way
Restless nights mixed with purposeless days
Counting forward, taking steps
To a better man, the one you can live with

And when the world comes crashing down
Don't make a move, don't make a sound
Just watch it fall, watch it come down
Feel it as it goes, does it feel good to let go

Full of color, all she's made of
Melancholy ways to count her scars
Her scars

Full of color, all she's made of
Melancholy ways to count her scars
To count her scars

And when the world comes crashing down
Don't make a move, don't make a sound
Just watch it fall, watch it come down
Feel it as it goes, does it feel good to let go

And when the world comes crashing down
Don't make a move, don't make a sound
Just watch it fall, watch it come down
Feel it as it goes, does it feel good to let go

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Here To Mars

Hey, stranger
Been a long while since I've loved you or anything
How the times have changed
Distorted, a figure set in trend, emotionless
And the words lose all their means
(Goodbye, lost and long forgotten)
Discouraged might be the term you choose when you look
Looking for an excuse
My company has gone mute
Since listening isn't my strongest suit
I'm leaving you with this here, okay?
Over and out there

Honey, it's in the stars
And you're my everything from here to Mars
And every word I say I truly mean
Dear darling, I hope I'm being clear
Cause there's no one like you on Earth
That can be my universe

Understood, give me a second chance
I know I could be your better half

It's in the stars
And you're my everything from here to Mars
And every word I say I truly mean
Dear darling, I hope I'm being clear
Cause there's no one like you on Earth
That can be my universe

Pardon me, I think I'm going
Out of my head and into the worst
A world without your verse
A world without you hurts
Please, I'm sorry
I will never let you go
I will never let you go
I will never let you go

It's in the stars
And you're my everything from here to Mars
And every word I say I truly mean
Dear darling, I hope I'm being clear
Cause there's no one like you on Earth
That can be my burning star
And you're my everything from here to Mars
And every word I, and every word I mean
Dear darling, I hope I'm being clear
Cause there's no one like you on Earth
That can be my universe

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Ghost

At first I fight my curiosity
With welcomed hums and frightened fingers twitched anxiety
Here it comes a clean slate, picture perfect, no mistakes
How am I to keep from blemishing this masterpiece
How am I to know
How am I to know

As a boy, I watched the world through broken eyes
Given to me by a man, his wife, and all they had disguised
Uncertainty now keeps me asking how I lead the most
As they became or will I teach the examples of their ghosts

Free me from this body
I just wanna, wanna be on the outside looking in
Free me from this body
I just wanna, wanna be on the outside looking in

Free me
Free me

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Atlas

We carried on, unnoticed, thinking that all dreams were ours for the taking.
And now, dear love, we've found ourselves back at the start of it all. So starting incomplete.

Only now I've come to this moment in my life, bits and pieces to a puzzle, with no regrets.
But if I had just one chance left, I'd hold onto her close with what little confidence I have.
And make no mistake, as your life's surely about to change for the better.
Now on your mark, get set, clock starts to count. Cuz boy everything's about to go down.

[Chorus:]
So sleep tight, little Atlas
Cuz when your daddy goes off, just you know.
That you're the weight of his anchor.
The love that is guiding him home.
The love that's guiding him home. (oh oh oh's)

I've had my share of leaving this retreat, but never did it once feel anything like you, you see.
And if there's one good thing that comes from my away, it's that you won't be anything like me.
Oh, and so, better for it you will be.

[Chorus]

So sleep tight, little Atlas.
Cuz when your daddy goes off, just you know
that you're the weight of his anchor.
The love that is guiding him home.
The love that's guiding him home [x4] (oh oh oh's)
I'll be home.

So sleep tight, little Atlas.
Cuz when your daddy goes off, just you know
that you're the weight of his anchor.
The love that is guiding him home.

So sleep tight, little Atlas.
Cuz when your daddy goes off [x2]
you'll be the weight of his anchor.
The love that is guiding him home

There's no running away from whats been done here.
Will you sink with this ship or will you burn it down?
Now give us the man that you've been hiding?
Cuz this is your, this is your life, this is your life now.

There's no running away, there's no running away.
Will you sink with this ship or, will, will you burn it down?
Where's the man that you've been hiding?
Cuz this is your, this this is, this is your life now.

Oh, Oh your life now. This is your life. HUH, it's dad! [?]
This is, this this this, this is your life now.

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Young Love

4 AM blank TV screen
Inside voice, the need to scream
The boards they creek
The wood it moans
If these walls could share the things they know
Oh, I had to let you go
Leave you alone, this broken home

You gave us so much
You believed in us
And we broke your trust
We made for the coast
And in the wrong hands
You were bruised, disposed...
Oh, please try and understand
It was Young Love
Learning its place, running away

Goodnight moon, goodnight Earth
This picture screams a thousand words
This portrait shows an unhappy man
Who did all he could, all he can

You gave us so much
You believed in us
And we broke your trust
We made for the coast
And in the wrong hands
You were bruised, disposed
Oh, please try and understand
It was Young Love
Learning its place, running away

Away
Running away
Away
Running away
Away
Running away

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You Got Spirit, Kid

You, you keeping on screaming from the top of
Your lungs, Mr. Who Gives A Shit, just shut up
Oh, the podium is all yours, go right ahead
The plastic king of castle polyethylene
Go on, time to be a good little pig
You're worth it, oh you're so, so

'Cause when the rug gets pulled out from underneath
Just embrace the fall
Oh you got spirit, kid
You're number one
Go on living that farce
Cause nobody gives a f*ck who you are

You, I'll never have the chance that you got
No, oh, I won't dwell, I'll just accept I'll be forgot... forgotten

'Cause when the rug gets pulled out from underneath
Just embrace the fall
Oh you got spirit, kid
You're number one
Go on living that farce
Cause nobody gives a f*ck who you are

So why are you crying?
So why are you crying?
When you've got the world
When you've got the world
To command

'Cause when the rug gets pulled out from underneath
Just embrace the fall
Oh you got spirit, kid
You're number one
Go on living that farce
Cause nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, no-o-o
Nobody gives a f*ck
Nobody gives
Nobody gives a f*ck
Cause nobody gives a f*ck who you are

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The Audience

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm the lie you use
Surrounded by snakes and talking sharks
Be mindful the words you choose

Their eyes reflecting with purpose, calling
"Welcome to the feast"
Will you follow their actions and play games
And as they step will you repeat formalities

Thieves of our time
Watch as they rape your integrity
March as the beat suggests
Time ticks forward, towards the bottom of undoing all that I
Once loved come take your piece of me, blood or bone
No matter, I'll still be here when you're

Don't cross the story you were always a maybe
Here they'll know absolutes
Oh used and abused now left for show
They lie from their perch to let you know
There's no letting go

Thieves of our time
Watch as they rape your integrity
March as the beat suggests
Time ticks forward, towards the bottom of undoing all that I
Once loved come take your piece of me, blood or bone
No matter, I'll still be here when you're
Done

Be here when you're
Done
Be here when you're
Done

This is my audience
Forever one together
Burning Stars
Cut from the same disease
Ever longing, what and who we are

This is the story of a boy who lost his way and found the

Unstruck, his courage lost
Damaged goods, a trust now long pre-

This is my audience
Forever one together
Burning Stars
Cut from the same disease
Ever longing, what and who we are

Take all matters into your own hands
Let them play with the coward who can command
Now you're just a memory
Of humanity

(The audience, I will show all of myself)

This is my audience
Forever one together
Burning Stars
Cut from the same disease
Ever longing, what and who we are

This is my audience
Forever one together
Burning Stars
Cut from the same disease
Ever longing, what and who we are

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Peace To The Mountain

I learned to keep quiet,
How to keep my distance.
Afraid to let strangers in,
How to keep my secrets.

Did I ever have,
An idea of what this should have been?
An unhappy accident,
Longing for an origin.

So let me go where no-one can follow,
Lost with my conscience, please bury me honest.
The song drones, I drink myself hollow,
Regrets grow regardless, please bury me honest.

I promise I'll go in peace,
No.
I promise I'll go in peace,
When I'm free.

Rejected to the brink,
Only so much I can change, an artist I wish I could have made.
Am I irrelevant?
Or will I get a chance to change, change the colours permanent.

So let me go where no-one can follow,
Lost with my conscience, please bury me honest.
The song drones, I drink myself hollow,
Regrets grow regardless, please, please baby bury me.

I promise I'll go in peace,
No.
I promise I'll go in peace,
When I'm free.

Peace to the mountain, girl I'm gonna go go.
Peace to the mountain, girl I'm gonna go go.
Peace to the mountain, girl I'm gonna go go.
Peace to the mountain, girl I'm gonna go go.

So let me go, where no-one can follow,
Lost with my conscience, please bury me honest.
The song drones, I drink myself hollow,
Regrets grow regardless, please bury me honest.

I promise I'll go in peace,
No.
I promise I'll go in peace,
When I'm free.

Peace to the mountain, girl I'm gonna go go.
Peace to the mountain, girl I'm gonna go go.
Peace to the mountain, girl I'm gonna go go.
Peace to the mountain, girl I'm gonna go go.

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Bridge And Tunnel

(Best Buy Bonus Track)

Oh... Oh...

Come Saturday
And wash the mundane off from the weekday, my dear
This time, love's not the same

I see her face
Oh, and every space, this room monopolized
When she crowds, I can't get enough

So I wait here defeated by the west side highway
To hand over my heart

[Chorus:]
Bridge and tunnel girl
Come back to me
Come back to me
Bridge and tunnel girl
She's over on the other side
My heart lost in the Hudson

Oh... Oh...
Oh... Oh...

It's four A.M.
The city sleeps as I phone the cold air dial tone
Desperate to hear her speak

Oh as I wait hear pleading by the west side highway
A creep in the dark

[Chorus]

Come back to me
Come back to me
Bridge and tunnel
Bridge and tunnel girl
She's over on the other side
My heart lost in the Hudson

Oh... Oh...
Please don't leave me, no...

Well I know you don't give a damn about me
I know, I know I'm just another freak
But the idea of you, you is all I need
To keep me here, me here

So I wait here defeated by the west side highway
And I'll cut out my heart

[Chorus]

Come back to me
Come back to me
Bridge and tunnel
Bridge and tunnel girl
She's over on the other side
My heart lost in the Hudson

Oh... Oh...
My heart lost in the Hudson
Oh... Oh...
My heart lost in the Hudson
Oh... Oh...
Oh... Oh...