The Classic Crime

It's like I never had time to look away.
My body's stuck between death and decay.
I'm plastic and set upon display.
And the rising ones, they are looking my way

Each ligament exposed, each muscle connected.
And every organ that I proudly neglected.
I've been arranged for all the common collected.
Stomaching the sight of human flesh resurrected.

It seems we're fearfully made and designed.
But it's a shame we can be so blind.

We're all the same,
made of hair and bones and water and blood cells.
We're all to blame,
for spending way too much time on ourselves.

I have been blessed and now I'm blind.
A veil's been pulled over my eyes.
Now every bad season that kept me believing seems so contrite.

There's more glory to be seen
and savored through suffering
than ever was through self-serving escape.

Ashes to ashes
And dust to dust

I've been sitting in the suicide lane on highway 99,
Looking for a sign in the headlights.
Well I've been to war with my mind,
But things will be different this time,
I won't be putting up a fight.

Give me your poison pills cause I'm
Digging my star-crossed grave tonight.
No longer living a lie, no longer living.
No longer living a lie, no longer living.

I've been sitting by the train tracks
Near the back door of my mind,
Waiting for the planets to align.
Well I've got every good reason
To make this open season
I'll hang my head above your mantle piece tonight.

Give me your poison pills cause I'm
Digging my star-crossed grave tonight.
No longer living a lie, no longer living.
No longer living a lie, no longer living.

Grave digging, grave digging, grave digging
We're digging our own grave!

Give me your poison pills cause I'm
Digging my star-crossed grave tonight.
No longer living a lie, no longer living.
No longer living a lie, no longer living.

My real estate
My life is dull
And dried up like the sound
A voice makes when the heart grows cold
And its going that way

I think i'll move out of state
Somewhere far from Seattle city lights
They burn my eyes
California sounds nice but California's a lie
Maybe I'm out of luck or maybe I'm just blind
Oh, this time

Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that i know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be along ago

My life is like a rolling river
So muddy and absurd
And although i might be mistaken
I know that i'll be heard
And i find the second i try to pull away
I'm thrown back in line
Not this time

Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that i know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be along ago

Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that i know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be along ago

And we are looking for the same thing. the same thing
Seattle is calling me back home, back home

Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that i know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be along ago

Rain on my hopes
Rain on my soul
Rain on everything that i know
It feels so ludicrous
The pursuit of this dream
We thought we'd be along ago

Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa

Would you go to war for me, baby?
Would you cry for the weak
And die for the peace of men?
Oh how can we know?
You and I both don't
So lets make this boatload of excuses burn and sink

One day it all comes down to this
You can sink or swim
You can hit or miss
One day it all comes down
One day we all come down

I'll take my heart back and set the people free
I'll leave the dead to die and take who's coming with me

Step back for all the world to see
Your life means all the world to me
I'll take all pain and suffering
But I'm such a sucker sometimes
Sometimes we don't know
So plug up those bullet holes
Oh you feel so close don't let go until I say,
"One day we'll drink to this and say,
"Remember when we died... We went out in flames!'"
One day we'll drink to this and say,
'Remember when we died, we went out....'"

I'll take my heart back and set the people free
I'll leave the dead to die and take who's coming with me
I'll take my heart back and set the people free
I'll leave the dead to die... there will be blood in the streets.

I'll take my heart back and set the people free
I'll leave the dead to die and take who's coming....and take who's coming with me!

A couple of years and I'm a silhouette
My halo is broken now and I'm all that's left
I hate to disappoint but it's the way things went
I was blind to the things I did
And after what was said
Tie up these loose ends
These voices are calling me out
I've got the solution
You can feed me to something
That is leaving this doubt

[Chorus:]
Whoa, I'm losing hope
There's a hole in my heart
That's been cut out of stone
Whoa, cold comes cold goes
Could you fill this hole?
'Cause I can't do it alone

A couple of tears and I'm a broken mess
The sadness has taken me far too deep in regret
So sing me a song about something good
My heart's on the thrashing floor
And I've done every single thing I could
I used to believe in
Some kind of feeling
That could change everything I thought I knew
But that door is closed and
My heart feels like it's frozen
If you hear me I can't feel you

[Chorus]

[Bridge 4x]
The coldest heart can be brought to life
When it's thrown into the fire of goodbyes

[Chorus 2x]

I've got the coldest heart [4x]
('Cause I can't do it alone)