Devotion and Desire

Album: Bayside (2005)
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  • I'm trying to create something that's not there
    A spark I saw. A bomb is really just a means to an end
    I was just so happy to be out of my shell again,
    don't think that I really cared for who or what
    I'll just have to keep myself shut

    If you're not ready, you're not ready
    Please stop acting like you are

    How could I know
    that everything you say are lies about devotion and desire?
    I know the spark inside your eyes
    was just the match I used to set myself on fire

    My mouth's shooting blanks
    This situation's unbearable,
    I've gotten vulnerable
    Now anyone is free to waltz right in
    My temple's been invaded
    and there's nobody guarding it
    All over this lonely life,
    but what's so wrong with being all alone?
    Alone's the only way I've ever known

    If you're not ready, you're not ready
    Please stop acting like you are

    How could I know
    that everything you say are lies about devotion and desire?
    I know the spark inside your eyes
    was just the match I used to set myself on fire

    I'm pleading cause this kills and it's still bleeding
    My darling I'm taking my life back to start healing

    How could I know
    that everything you say are lies about devotion and desire?
    I know the spark inside your eyes
    was just the match I used to set myself on fire Writer/s: Anthony S Raneri, Jack A O'Shea, John Holohan, Nick Ghanbarian
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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