Lyrics

???\\©2009 Mxali

hopes are high; they can't be saved
the sound of sweet atonement
an acrid lullaby
i'd steal the siren's harp
and so i would defy
but what is truly sacred?
crosses were hanging by
duct tape and some kind of tattered old yarn

and if i danced a jig to summon a deluge
and if it worked and i drowned everyone but you
and if i told you that i did it just for you?
you'd shake your head
you'd walk away
but you'd realize

home was a dying fad
i'm used to inconsistent
but still, i'd drive on by
a light was on upstairs.
and so i would defy
but what is truly sacred?
words were suspended by
well i guess words are weightless.

and if i danced a jig to summon a deluge
and if it worked and i drowned everyone but you
and if i told you that i did it just for you?
you'd shake your head
you'd walk away
but you'd realize
and if i beat my drum til lightning filled the sky
and in a startling flash i set the world ablaze
and if when the smoke cleared i revealed the shocking truth?
you'd shake your head
you'd walk away
you'd realize
and if i played a song that ripped the world apart
and every city fell into the gaping rifts
and if in the ruins you should find my broken heart?
you'd shake your head
you'd walk away
so i've realized.




Notes:


1.) This is kind of a "Sketch," just kind of to show you what the song sounds like,
2.) The rhythm I have in the melody here doesn't 100% line up with the melody of the lyrics
3.) The drums are really sketchy, I barely did anything...there just there to provide percussion til I actually write a percussion part for it.