Well I know it's waiting to carry us over and I see you smile
Bridging the chasm that rages below with the ease of a child
I stood there waiting for news
Dragging this terrible weight to cut loose
While you choose to
Break the spell to
Bid farewell to
This illusion
I know it's waiting to drag us alone down the great divide
Thrashing and eager to swallow us whole like an angry tide
I saw you waiting for news
Frozen in stasis
My feet couldn't move when I need to
Stand beside you
Over the rainbow, the fires and terminal lights
I'm on a mission
Bound to the heart while the body is on borrowed time
I saw a vision
Recalled back to life
Will I see you there on the other side?
I know the artifice waits
Crashing down on me like a powerful wave when its time
When its time
I'm staring back through the gates
The body is willing but the mind hesitates to arrive
To arrive
We are a vanishing breed
A rusted cog in a dying machine
But I choose to
Stand beside you
Over the rainbow, the fires and terminal lights
I'm on a mission
Bound to the heart while the body is on borrowed time
I saw a vision
Recalled back to life
Waiting patiently on the...
Will you wait for me on...
Standing naked there on the other side
credits
from Borrowed Time,
released September 17, 2013
Written, produced, and mastered by Steven James Bayless.
Drums by Phillip Ferrier, recorded at Behind the Curtain Studios.
Published by Strangeletter Music (BMI).
Graphic design by Steven James Bayless.
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