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Mending Broken Bridges

by Chris Quirarte

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Mending Broken Bridges Behind the veil of every lie There's a simple truth A piece integral to us dies For every reason we design Perpetuating deceptions Costs a little of our soul So here's to you You're gone And I'm left mending broken bridges now You're gone Tending wounds from our decisions Behind the burdens that we shape And confusion that we make Lies the reasons at our core And every step that we take Draws us farther and farther away From the ideal we could become So here's to you You're gone And I'm left mending broken bridges now You're gone Tending wounds from our decisions And the space keeps growing Building walls we'll never break down And the lines are drawn now Words concealed like daggers in the night And the miles divide us Breaking mended bridges in our lives And when I see your stormy eyes I look and see a stranger So here's to you You're gone And I'm left mending broken bridges now You're gone Tending wounds from our decisions now You're gone So give me time to open up again You're gone And I can learn to put my trust in you
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Disintegration Just another heart in need Waiting for the world to save you Just another casualty Waiting for some sign to show you the way Just another manic morning Building up your walls of distance Clouding what you see Searching for ideals inside your dreams We cross the line Closing heart and mind Searching out our time Knowing love is blind Do you think and do you feel? Sometimes I can't tell And could a timid smile ever melt away The coldness in your stare I'm begging and I'm pleading So tell me what I'm feeling Is not our end I'm clawing and I'm fighting So tell me this love's not dying No reply at all
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Out of Time 11:06
Out of Time How did we end up here in this place By design or mistake I check the replay but I hesitate On whose at fault and whose to blame I see your picture but it's not the same The smile's the same but it's out of place I hear your laughter and it cuts me to the bone Are we bound in pain or am I all alone Time is precious Time is cruel Time's a trickster Time makes fools And time's enough to fill your dreams With gifts of hope and promise Time is fleeting Time is short Time's a punchline And we're the joke The master of all we survey While time is killing us each day I remember laughter in the days I remember walks out in the sun I remember sleepless nights I remember the lies behind your eyes Our two paths collide In a glory blaze Two minds united The fire suffocates Just another stranger in the crowd A bag of regrets and a mouth of apologies I tried to be your friend but I guess it wasn't good enough for you You shut me out as if my feelings didn't matter to you I will never go back there I will never hurt again I will never be this open In the dead of night With the thoughts in my head I can hear my heart beating Time and time again We can both point the finger Try to turn away the blame Doesn't really help the chaos Think I've lost myself again And I don't know if we can come back from this When memories decay We'll be left with the bitterness Cause life is lived in seconds And everything else is a memory Will we say it was worth it When we are out of time
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Breathless 04:38
Breathless A view I've never seen A moment pulled out from a dream It leaves me breathless The beauty hits my eye And suddenly I'm mesmerized It leaves me breathless Suddenly the noise subsides Its all so clear in an instant That you and I had lived our lives Just waiting for this moment A world becomes unbound I felt lost but now I'm found It leaves me breathless I've come back to life I am yours and you are mine It leaves me breathless Suddenly the noise subsides Its all so clear in an instant That you and I had lived our lives Just waiting for this moment Lost in a world of our design We held the world deep inside Lost in a world of our design We held the world deep inside Open our hearts and our minds Linked liked two diamonds in the sky
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Dark in the Light There's a spot in light of the brightest soul Where the dark still resides, deep inside Often overlooked, the fragile shell is pushed Expels the demons in our mind Hell on earth, in our lives from our own designs We hold the key, but we're too weak to clear our eyes Our fallen tears give way to fear and hopelessness It paralyzes, mesmerizes, and we're locked in place Why must we wear our hate, a shield around ourselves Why must we push away the ones that we love Why do we criticize and say we are alone Why must we always feed the enemy inside Make it clear, we tread the path That we choose to go And if its choice, it is our voice on how we choose to live We wipe our tears and close our ears to things we think we know Word from the wise, our wrongs are right....right? I'm at a loss for words Cause the dark in the light is seeping out of me I'm at a loss for words Cause the victim in you is rubbing off on me I'm at a loss for words Cause the things your saying make no sense to me I'm at a loss for words But a river of feelings is flowing out of me I'm at a loss for words But as time goes by I ball up the pain I'm at a loss for words When the life I lived will see the light of day I'm at a loss for words But it feels like I have so many things to say I'm at a loss for words But my tongue keeps tingling, anticipating
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Floating Through a Dream I don't remember sleep I just remember you and me just being And all the words just flowed We both wore our hearts on our sleeves We spoke of nothing and of everything No agenda masked behind our words And all the past transgressions Not evident in a spotless mind Is this what it means? Floating through a dream Innate thoughts breaking the surface Wishing on the things in the way we would like them to be but never have them realized If we can hold on to the feeling Make it stay when the day breaks But then I awoke........ I face the day now I face the day now with an emptiness How can I reclaim this feeling? How can I reclaim my past? How can I reclaim my ignorance? Why must all things come to pass? So take these moments Take your laughter and your tears Take you smiles and your insults Take your happiness and pain Withdrawn and rejected Refused and infected With memories of better times In vain I'll guide you But to you I'll bind you In words you'll call a cage So tonight I'll cut you out Repress all fear and doubt And hope you come out in the end I'm only human I make mistakes You're only human And you'll do the same I'm only human I'm only human I'm only human I'm only human I'm lonely So take this life Take these moments Take all you can And don't waste a minute Remember what your worth And every day is precious And love is all that matters To love and being loved And I will mend these bridges And break down the walls That I have built around me And open up the path And I will clear the emptiness And make room for you To fill the spaces That were cut out of view I have missed you I have always missed you But you drove our lives apart I have missed you I have always missed you But you ripped my heart apart Living life in the ideal Floating through a dream Life's awakened moments Floating through a dream We can drag the dream to existence Make the dream turn real Given time and distance We can make the dream turn real Floating through a dream I don't remember sleep I just remember you and me Floating through a dream
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Half Life 16:54
Half Life All we have are visions Of times we held in our minds What we had just lingers In a half-life shell we once shared Straining love from the pulp of life Dancing on the puppet's wire Lost in the role but you don't know why It goes on and on and on All my defenses drop away I found home but was left astray Living a nightmare that came from a dream Brewing my hate and its bursting I'm alone today Trapped in these four walls with demons you can't see I'm alone today Waiting for words from your lips that you won't say Gone are the days Of my youth in the sun Lost all my feelings And my senses have been numbed Try to see the bright side and salvage what once was A long road behind me And a road ahead unknown All my defenses drop away I found home but was left astray Living a nightmare that came from a dream Brewing my hate and its bursting I'm alone today Trapped in these four walls with demons you can't see I'm alone today Waiting for words from your lips that you won't say I'm alone today Stuck in a rut by a promise that never came I'm alone today Holding my tongue while my world just stays the same Some sort of sign, dividing line That staked a claim between you and I Is it too late to let go of hate When I look into your eyes Turn the blue into black Make a stone of your heart Let the feelings just subside Take me to the undertow Once upon a time a love Once upon a time a life Once upon a time a future When did we give up the fight? I can't take the pain living in this half-life I can't make it go away living in this half-life Can we ever find our way living in this half-life? Or maybe we'll forever stay living in this half-life All the years we had erased In it's place this madness All the joys that we have shared In it's place resentment What's the point of even trying We're resigned to our fate So we sit in silent comfort Sowing the seeds of hate Once upon a time a love Once upon a time a life Once upon a time a future When did we give up the fight? I can't take the pain of living in this half-life I can't make it go away living in this half-life Can we ever find our way living in this half-life? Or maybe we'll forever stay living in this half-life I don't want to burst your bubble I don't want to steal your thunder But our lives our hinged on these four words Now it finally come right down to me Sum up all my courage Fueled by my rage Play out every ending With all the right words to say Looking into your eyes Like a soul who's lost there way Losing all forward momentum And bravado falls away All my defenses drop away I found home but was left astray Living a nightmare that came from a dream Brewing my hate and its bursting I'm in a prison locked away I found the key but I'm too afraid Thinking a lifetimes not long to wait Love won't get better so I'll just stay I'm alone today Trapped in these four walls with demons you can't see I'm alone today Waiting for words from your lips that you won't say I'm alone today Stuck in a rut by a promise that never came I'm alone today Holding my tongue while my world just stays the same
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When is it Time When is it time to clear the emptiness When is it time to say goodbye When is it time to for pride to die When is it time to to let your walls fall When is it time to learn to feel again When is it time to see with open eyes When is it time to just be free again When is it time to clear the past away When is it time to see your not alone It's right now When is it time to start to live again When is it time to just forgive When is it time to shed those bitter tears When is it time to make the pain feel less When is it time to see the world around When is it time to want to give again When is it time to reach for the stars When is it time to know you've mourned enough When is it time to chase the bliss of life When is it time to get things started When is it time to want to smile again When is it time to want some happiness It's right now When is it time to dream another dream When is it time to hold the ones you love When is it time to wipe the dust away It's right now Maybe she'll refuse to see Or maybe it's always just been me I built this wall inside my head To keep away the things you said And even though your words were lies I kept a part of you inside But now drowning in your choices A milliion voices Don't think I never cared In your time of need, I'll be there You and I can make a change

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released February 16, 2016

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