The King
from If We Ever Come Back Down by Vague Advice
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lyrics
I found the town we were looking for in the backseat
And the waves crashed against our wounded knees
We drove around for hours as the sounds moved past me
And your name became the cavalry, sent to take the city back from thieves
You stopped the car and told me that you were
Afraid to live a life you hadn't seen in the films
So call your folks,
Tell them that you’re staying for awhile
And I’ll create a selfish state for you to live in peace
You cost the kingdom all its men
When you tried to save the world
You wrote me with an ink-less pen
Now you’re writing out your dreams
You flew a thousand miles
To take what you’d already buried in
The sand, this home’s no longer yours
Then the ambulance came to take me
And the sirens sounded like the song
You used to sing to me while I would sleep
They traded stares and spoke of my body
And one man told me stories
While I lay in the mercy of my faith
He said, “I once met a man whose scars looked much like Babel,
He had the eyes of Job and the wisdom of the sky.
When I met him he was fighting fire
And fell beneath the sea.
Sometimes, the hands that save us
Work to wither down our spines.
You cost the kingdom all its men
When you tried to save the world
You never did write me back
Now you’re tearing out your hair
You walked across the earth
Your bloody hands were broken by the fall
In my dreams, at least you have the sense
The sense to wash them off
I’m writing you again to let you know that I’m alive
And there is nothing you can do
I’m not angry, I’m not scared
No the water here is nice
And it’s okay that I’m alone
Cause like a man that I have
Met inside my dreams
I've seen scars that are worse
And I’m learning to survive
I’m learning to live again.
And the waves crashed against our wounded knees
We drove around for hours as the sounds moved past me
And your name became the cavalry, sent to take the city back from thieves
You stopped the car and told me that you were
Afraid to live a life you hadn't seen in the films
So call your folks,
Tell them that you’re staying for awhile
And I’ll create a selfish state for you to live in peace
You cost the kingdom all its men
When you tried to save the world
You wrote me with an ink-less pen
Now you’re writing out your dreams
You flew a thousand miles
To take what you’d already buried in
The sand, this home’s no longer yours
Then the ambulance came to take me
And the sirens sounded like the song
You used to sing to me while I would sleep
They traded stares and spoke of my body
And one man told me stories
While I lay in the mercy of my faith
He said, “I once met a man whose scars looked much like Babel,
He had the eyes of Job and the wisdom of the sky.
When I met him he was fighting fire
And fell beneath the sea.
Sometimes, the hands that save us
Work to wither down our spines.
You cost the kingdom all its men
When you tried to save the world
You never did write me back
Now you’re tearing out your hair
You walked across the earth
Your bloody hands were broken by the fall
In my dreams, at least you have the sense
The sense to wash them off
I’m writing you again to let you know that I’m alive
And there is nothing you can do
I’m not angry, I’m not scared
No the water here is nice
And it’s okay that I’m alone
Cause like a man that I have
Met inside my dreams
I've seen scars that are worse
And I’m learning to survive
I’m learning to live again.
credits
from If We Ever Come Back Down,
released November 5, 2014
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Vague Advice Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania
We just wanna create the music that we would like to hear.
discography
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Apr 2017 -
Nov 2014
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