A Matter Of Time

Album: Battle Born (2012)
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  • You're looking for a way out
    I can feel it
    Come on, show me where it hurts
    Maybe I can heal it

    Your feelings are your own
    Now you keep 'em under lock and key
    You got me drivin' through the streets
    For an answer to the mystery

    The world's still weak on Charleston Avenue
    Outside that vacant Starlight Motel I see you
    Laughing with your girlfriends
    Not a care in the world, not a burden on your mind

    It was a matter of time

    There's a panic in this house and it's bound to surface
    Just walkin' through the front door makes me nervous
    It's creepin' up the floorboards, got me wondering where I stand
    I cannot put out the fire, I got a book of matches in my hand

    When we first met, headstrong and filled with doubt
    Made just enough hustling tables that summer to take you out
    I was fallin' back on forever when you told me about your heart
    You laid it on the line

    Laughing with your girlfriends
    Not a care in the world, not a burden on your mind
    (You laid it on the line)

    It was just a matter, It was a matter of time

    We found ourselves
    We belong in it forever
    Ain't that what it's all about?
    Make the promise and keep it
    Come hell or high water
    We'd figure it out

    It was the night, it was the moon
    It was the green grass in the garden
    The victory and the sin

    I know you're weary, look at me
    Flailin' in the corner
    Here's the towel
    Go on, throw it in

    It was a matter of time
    Can't you see that it's tearing me up inside?
    Look what's laying at our feet
    That's the wreckage of broken dreams
    And burned out hales
    And it's here on our street Writer/s: Brandon Flowers, Dave Brent Keuning, Mark August Stoermer, Ronnie Jr. Vannucci
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Omega from Salt LakeThe green grass in the garden and the victory over sin :)
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