This lyric is: #353

SANCTUARY
copyright 2002,Kevin Matthews


v1

Your name came up today in conversation
Have I seen you lately and how have you been
I choked on the words in desperation
I said you were fine -it was all I could say
and I whispered it again
I whispered it again


v2

8:17 Saturday morning
My stomach felt so empty, like I didn't eat for days
I drew my knees to my chest and without warning
I dropped like a stone through a current so strong
that I drifted away
So far away


pre1

Haunted silence
is broken by a voice inside
I can't quite recognize
as my own


chorus

When souls collide
and choose the same direction
In tandem they fly
in love or intrigue -I could
Never sacrifice
enough to change the imperfections
Now the very things you loved
drive you away from me
and decorate this sanctuary


v3

Some stray morning light crept from my window
found its way through my fingers and reflected off my tears
I'd squeeze my eyes tighter in those useless shadows
But permanence in such asylum is
not welcome there


pre2

Silence haunted
By the moments I relive
Only weaves a thousand tales
of fiction


chorus

When souls collide
and choose the same direction
In tandem they fly
in love or intrigue -I could
Never sacrifice
enough to change the imperfections
Now the very things you loved
drive you away from me
and decorate this sanctuary


break

Everyone
looks so familiar -all of a sudden
Everything
seems to hold some memory -that used to be nothing
Fading photos now hallow your name
while serving their sentence in second hand picture frames
And quietly echo the songs of our lifetime


buildup

Now the air is too thick too breathe
Saturated by contempt that I hold for myself
Lost in another delusive search for false redemption
-for being human


pre3

Chained by silence
trying so hard to believe
I'm at least a pleasant memory
that still haunts you...


chorus

When souls collide
and choose the same direction
In tandem they fly
in love or intrigue -I could
Never sacrifice
enough to change the imperfections
Now the very things you loved
drive you away from me
and decorate this sanctuary


...your name came up today in conversation

[This message has been edited by phenometron (edited 08-28-2002).]

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