I Hope That Patience Fills The Seams

"Our heart burns broken at the ends, they fail us, keep building

my lungs are wax inside my ribs, you're burning, well I'm breathing
this back breaks walked on from carrying friends, can't stop now, still working
your life's like rain drops on my tongue, I believe you, keep raining
and it's alright, it's alright, we are not right now complete

and I'm alright, you're gonna be alright, we might never be complete 

we're gonna leave these shores right now, be everything we've never been
but you gotta swear to promise that we'll never go back again, ever again
and we're not just islands lying beside each others shorelines
we're all bound with veins and hopes, we are not each others ghosts 

I'm trying not to confuse: being used, with giving all I am
by: being used, and giving everything I have, all I am
so I'll build a bridge with hollow bones filled with hollow teeth
inside a hollow heart, with the insides carved
and let the blood in these veins freeze
let the water in these veins freeze and break and flood the dam
we are all we have, this is all we need, hold on it may never end
and I might have to drink my teeth again if I wash up on the coast
so I'll build a bridge with all that's left, and not make any more new ghosts
show me your life, wide and bright, I hope that patience fills the seams
keep what's inside, dry and right, you arch the frame I'll span the beams
our lives are a bridge for us to give, I want to build a better bridge
from every wrong we've done to each other, if I forgive will you forgive?
cause one day we're gonna close our eyes for death or rest
and abandon ourself, this weak mind and breath
and the columns we made, and roots we grew down deep
will be pulled and gathered in to firewood, and burnt for heat
but when the tension shifts, and these braces turn
I'll try and build a better bridge
and when all our piers burn, and the hinges miss
I'm gonna build a better bridge
our hearts are abridged, let's build bridges to each other
so we don't take ourselves under"

"keep trying to help me forget my name, and I keep trying to leave them 
our ghosts fill up these hollow walls, empty hands filled with silence 
we are still alive from what I’ve seen, heads hanging in the balance 
I’ll keep on in this sleep, I’m never gonna find that perfect cure 
I’ll hold on to my name, because it’s the only thing I still know for sure 
look at the sound of all these people on fire. 
I want to be on fire, do you want to be on fire? 
but we don’t love ourselves enough, we pack our hearts with medicine 
choke our lungs with broke down tries of lesser men 
I’d rather give you my name instead of just forget it 
because I carry it, but I don’t want to carry it 
and so I’ll follow you vision 
and listen with my eyes every maze and twist and bend 
try to go where you point, step where you recommend 
oh lead what I should see great specter 
you say: give up, give up, don’t give up 
then I won’t give up, because I know I’m not alone 
I know that all roads lead to home in some way 
and I’m on my way, are you on your way? 

show me your life, living, speaking in the night above us 
we all survived, in this one place forever with our eyes closed 
you are alive, you said it would never be this way, you promised 
I am alive, and I said I would never go away, to believe me 
but I’m awake now, and I still see you...do you see me. 

I am alive............though I might be dead or sleeping 
I have survived.........trying to find my way out of leaving 
and I’m having trouble leaving........I keep breaking all these oars 
I can’t mold what’s not mine.......that ship won’t sail anymore 
the journey is the thing................and I’m barely following 
like this mirage from inside the back of my head, from just outside my reach 
you are survived, you are not alone, don’t give up 

you are survived, even though we’re still here sorting it all out 
we all survived, and are amongst the living and the dead 
this name is no longer mine, I can see who I am without it 
but I can’t just go around dreaming about luck like that 
but we all still bleed, we still need help to breathe 
and that’s all mine to carry, help me remember when I wake up 
I know that all roads lead to home in some way 
and I’m on my way, are you on your way?"

"MY MIND IS OPEN LIKE A BURNT DOWN HOUSE"