Mechanism

[intro] Run run run RUN (run) RUN (run) RUN (Run) [verse 1] Speed away Miles ahead Memories are frayed So many things left unsaid Fear abounds (flee or attack) The alarm sounds (I can never go back) [chorus] Actions in Defense A blank letter between us I'll never know if (you'll never know if) Silent farewells encased in This Granite Pretense [verse 2] Irrational intention bred by hateful voices not my own I'm so much less than You're so much more than You'll ever know I couldn't fathom letting the warmth into my soul now what we had then took its vicious toll I would have given you the heart rent from my very chest but I couldn't reach through the claws of the past around my neck [instrumental] [bridge] You deserve the world and all the stars that bathe the midnight sky A thousand paintings in the color of your light I was made a broken painter one to see the world in the off-colored hue to admire the beauty of the living never meant to pass this world hand to hand with you [chorus] Actions in Defense A blank letter between us I'll never know if (you'll never know if) Silent farewells encased in This Granite Pretense [chorus] Actions in Defense A blank letter between us I'll never know if (you'll never know if) Silent farewells encased in This Granite Pretense [outro] I can never tell you the cowardice steeped in my chilled bones but fate has pushed through and I pray she gives you a peaceful home