New Ruins Lyrics

it was the worst of this war

all the politics and metaphors

an empty page the battle field

turn it 'cause i fight in secret

cross it out and i'll just sleep it off



it had never been so quiet

i could hear the house working

so i thought about some things



everything thats died

how your tongue will never come untied

the shivers down their spines

and what the city would look like if you set it all on fire



this is the day when youre in the ambulance again

and this is the pain that is so infantile and ancient



so i wrote it down fell asleep woke up

and looked around

from a dream so alive

i was born inside a body bag

too scared to shut my eyes, i just thought



the history they severed

how i cant find the right words

why i should never say never

and what it feels like to remember