9-29-045 — Green Carnation

Part I - My Greater Cause

as I ran down the street all the faces appeared to me one by one by the fifth I took a sudden turn the melting snow revealed the bodies buried long ago all the violence a man can take the broken bones, and broken homes beneath my feet

on the dark side we'll meet again and cook it up for one more dance it's who we are

but I swear it'll be my last and if I go, I go alone

in the eyes of the elephant nothing's too big and no one proves you wrong but the kind they had to offer didn't do me good it barely cracked the softer shell

on the dark side we'll meet again and cook it up for one more dance it's who we are

but I swear it'll be my last and if I go, I go alone yes I failed and I can't go back I'm wasted beyond my years and I breath just to let it go

all that I wanted was to slip away for a little while 'cause I felt alone and I couldn't keep up with the world

Part II - Home Coming

Instrumental

Part III - House of Cards

where am I? they're all gone all is black and white I think I have passed on

all so warm all so calm all these worries shutting down something's wrong something's wrong

is it really you?

a moment of and they're all gone if I could close my eyes I'm sure I'd disappear

here they come pulling me up from the mud I've failed yet I'm holding on here they come I'm hiding in vain my shadow and I in our house of cards

never did I question myself for the truth there never was a greater cause never did I open my eyes for you but there it was my greater cause

here they come pulling me up from the mud I've failed yet I'm holding on here they come I'm hiding in vain my shadow and I in our house of cards