Ivoryline : There Came a Lion

Hard Rock / USA
(2008 - Tooth And Nail Records)
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Lyrics

1. DAYS END

Our complacency won't last much longer.
An urgency will sweep, sweep, sweep
Or sleep, sleep, sleeping hearts.
Our complacency won't last much longer.
An urgency will sweep.

We should scream "thank you"
With every waking breath.
And cry "mercy! Mercy" at every day's end.
Yet we remain quiet and comfortable in our A to B lives.
We're so quiet and comfortable in our A to B lives.

Our complacency won't last much longer.
An urgency will sweep, sweep, sweep
Or sleep, sleep, sleeping hearts.
Our complacency won't last much longer.
An urgency will sweep.

It is then when we will cry for forgiveness,
Yet not understand the weight of our words
Nor the depth of His love.
But he will deliver. Failure is beneath him.
Yes, he will deliver. Failure's not an option.

Our complacency won't last much longer.
An urgency will sweep, sweep, sweep
Or sleep, sleep, sleeping hearts.
Our complacency won't last much longer.
An urgency will sweep.

Wake, wake the complacent.
Hey you, yeah you.
And will the weak of mind to warn the wicked.
Wake! Wake the complacent.
Hey you, yeah you,
And will the weak of mind
To warn the wicked, so wicked.

Wake the complacent and will the weak,
And let's not forget to warn the...

Our complacency won't last much longer.
An urgency will sweep.
Until that day I will laugh dance and sing,
For I know that, that day is soon to be seen


2. WE BOTH KNOW

We both know you can't plan
Something as real as this
It takes more than plans to feel like this
If only we could know what we were getting into
And just what we would both mean to the other
I don't think i'll get much sleep tonight

I am everything you're not
And it's exactly what you wanted

We both know you can't plan
Something as real as this
It takes more than plans to feel like this
It takes us
And I hope that you find everything
You thought you would
Everything you thought you would tonight
So I can get some sleep tonight

Just go with your gut for one more night

We both know, you can't plan
Something as real as this


3. PARADE

This is my melody
This is my sympathy for your coming out
This is your coming out parade

You've been here for several years
And your life's been quite alright till now.
He says "you've done something wrong"
You've scored, but he says you've done something wrong
Reaching out for him to hold you,
Or just to call you, holding off for something
Just to sing along.

This is my melody
This is my sympathy for your coming out
This is your coming out parade
This is my melody for your coming out

Kindness is dead in this town
And drama has been crowned
The acceptable medium of living.
Kindness is dead in this town
And drama holds the crown.
All alone here, dying slowing here.
Screaming loud dear, that you
You need more from me.

You know, you know
It's gleaming out your eyes
And you know, you know
It's sneaking through your precious lips


4. ALL YOU EVER HEAR

This town is dirty Honey, even for a girl like you.
Where the game is lets play fake.
And the players, all the religious and the scoundrels -
One in the same. Oh what a shame.
What an absolutely terrible shame.

There are liars outside your window
Singing syncopated rhythms drowning in your ear
And they're all you ever, all you ever, ever hear.
Your apathy says blame for this. Uh huh yeah.
Apathy says blame me for this.

Oh, day two is quite the same
In fact just the name -lets change face.
And the players, all the religious and the scoundrels
Meet in the shady place today.
What a terrible shame.

You're home now curled up with your chin to your knee.
Does it hurt to breathe? Just don't go to sleep.
Loose lips, wide hips, you don't have to beg.
Each night a different man in your bed.
But heres the question, does that man need you?
Loose lips, wide hips, you don't have to beg,
Each night a different man in your bed.
And he knows it. He knows he doesn't need you.

Singing syncopated rhythms drowning in your ear
And they're all you ever, all you ever, ever hear.
Your apathy cant blame me for this. No.
Apathy cant blame me for this.


5. BE STILL AND BREATHE

Did you hear me call your name?
Did you hear me call
Or were your thoughts just too loud,
Or were your thoughts just loud enough
For you to miss it?
I thought you'd be listening
A little more intently for me.
But i'll be here when you're ready.
Until then, just be still and breathe.

But I was screaming.
I was screaming.

Everything they said about you
Everything they've known was wrong.
The outside doesn't feel
What the inside knows is real.

Did you see me walking back
Through the same door that I left?
The same door that I left.
Why didn't you stop me if you could, stop me?
There was something that I missed.
Probably cause I didn't want to find it.
I didn't want to find it.
Then came the arguments, now there is silence.
Just be still and breath. Be still and breath.

We're both breathing.

Just walk away and save everything you can.
Just walk away and save anything you can, anything.

Everything they said about you
Everything they've know was wrong.
There's a place that they don't know
And that's where I call my home


6. REMIND ME I'M ALIVE

Did you think you were made for all the things
That felt like a waste
Or has everything led you to be
What you have never foreseen

Everything I see reminds me
Of just how beautiful you can be
I'm waiting for a feeling
That would make love open my eyes
Remind me I'm alive

This Seattle life, it has changed me from the inside
Changed me from the inside
It has magnified all my cries
For something more than fine

Now we see that everything we have
And everything we lack
Is exactly what we need
Every single day
Everything we've made
Has put us in this place in just this way


7. LEFT US FALLING

I'm falling just as fast as you

When all that's left is blame
There is nothing to do but escape
The light burned out on us a few weeks back
The light burned out on us a few weeks ago
Lucky for us, lucky for us

Hopelessness has left us falling
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as fast as you

I wish I could help you honey
I really do, but just what am I to do
If we really are one in the same
And we have forced each other
Into all of these mistakes
We're gonna need somebody else to do our saving

Hopelessness has left us falling
With nothing to cling to
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as fast
Hopelessness has left us falling
Don't look to me, I'm falling just as fast as you

The vultures are set on my flesh
They're tearing at the faith in my chest


8. AND THE TRUTH

I'm sorry to be so pointed
But I thought I'd save us both some time
And get myself disconnected
Then work on getting you back in line
I can't believe you'd be so naive
How can anyone be so naive

I hope that all of the pride that you've felt
Will melt away with this pre-chorus

This song's in a format so I know
That you can wrap your head found it
I know you'll find before you go
That you have faked
Where are all your friends now that you've done this?
I bet you feel fine since you have yourself

Just because you cry when confronted
That does not mean that you are right
I'd rather be completely blunt
And get everything out into the light
I suggest you get your facts straight
I suggest you get your self straight

I hope that all of the pride that you've felt
Will melt away with this. This moment

I bet you feel just perfectly fine
I won't stop til I turn your insides out

This song's in a format so I know that you
I know you'll find before
You go that you have faked it
This song's in a format so I know
That you can wrap your head round this


9. BRAVERY

We've been here far too long
And everything's gone wrong

Shake it off, shake it off
We can talk this through
Just wait it out, wait it out
Let in something new
Had you been waiting long
To tell us you were gone
You'll be gone for so long

We've been here far too long
And everything's gone wrong
Just say goodbye and show some bravery
Just say goodbye, try not to make a scene

Just speak your mind
Speak your mind to cut this tension through
Let it out, let it out
Let's hear what's best for you
Had you been waiting long
To tell us you were gone for so long

We know, nothing ever stays the same
We know how to deal with change
We know all about it


10. HEARTS AND MINDS

My mind isn't quite sure
What is has bargained for.
But my heart is in time with
With the consistent beat.

This dream is sneaking up on me
No matter how collected I seem to be.
Is anybody ever truly complete?
Or are the better ones just better at believing?

So i'll go and say you're with me.
I know it's just the beginning.

At times I feel cold and exposed under a microscope
But it has never much better to live.
It doesn't matter if all my friends latch on to this.
There's only one acceptance that's not later dismissed.

Just go and say you're with me.
I know it's just the beginning.

My mind isn't quite sure
What is has bargained for.
But my heart is in time with
With the consistent beat of yours.

I'm not looking to music to complete me.
I'm not looking for a new philosophy.
I'm not waiting for somebody to swoon me.
I'm just searching for a better way into your love.

Can you feel the only eyes that see inside?
Can you feel anything anymore?


11. THE LAST WORD

Are we, are we just selfish?
Wanting to keep you where we are
Just where you left us
You're seeing all the things I'd die to see
Everybody finds it necessary
To say how much you loved me
As if I didn't know so deeply

Can you see evidence of perfection
Look past the circumstance and find some meaning, find some meaning

If only this song could capture
The peace you are seeing
If only this song could capture
The hope we are seeking
Everybody finds it necessary
To say how much you loved me
As if I didn't know so deeply

Can you see evidence of perfection
Look past the circumstance and find some meaning, find some meaning

Just love me, and let me sleep

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