Fading

Hold the past over my head
Misquote me on purpose
Lead with uneven steps
Bodies broken and shoddy
I couldn’t blame you
For fading from view
A house divided, insurrection on the desk
Told the family things like this will always pass
Pointing fingers from across an empty room
Then the feeling starts to wreck you
Hold the past over my head
Misquote me on purpose
Lead with uneven steps
Bodies broken and shoddy
I couldn’t blame you
For fading from view
Lost your way, they like to think they lead you back
Convinced yourself that this is where you’ve always been
Before I left we tried to fake it to our best
Found a place to hang your heavy head
Hold the past over my head
Misquote me on purpose
Lead with uneven steps
Bodies broken and shoddy
I couldn’t blame you
For fading from view
No one hears you now
Turn it back around
Water fills your lungs
Pull you out again
When you’re lowered down
Desperate for a hand out
Hope will know to go
Have we always known?
You’ve always known
Hold the past over my head
Misquote me on purpose
Lead with uneven steps
Bodies broken and shoddy
I couldn’t blame you
For fading from view