La Dispute - New Storms For Older Lovers lyrics

rate me

"I've come here as a man in shambles—worn out from begging on my knees.<br />

Please, I'm just trying to keep my family together.<br />

Now, when you saw you're lover wore a ring around her finger, why didn't you stop?<br />

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I have half a mind to make you hurt, to make you bleed, to make you suffer.<br />

I swear, if you've touched her—oh, heaven, <br />

Forgive what I would do to you, you monster.<br />

And think about your children?<br />

They'll never believe what you've done.<br />

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Listen, I'm begging you, back off.<br />

Let me rebuild all the things that you shattered.<br />

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She meant it, I swear that she meant it, she whispered so often, <br />

'Husband, I'll always be here with you.'<br />

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But always is always and always is valueless.<br />

I wish I'd never heard her speak a word.<br />

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And I hope you see us—your wife and your children<br />

And I— buried in the wreckage of your crime, <br />

While you're laying down your sins, <br />

Softly leaning in to kiss your guilt goodnight."<br />

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She is mine. You stole her, somehow tricked her but<br />

We'll survive. We will. She loves me dearly—you'll see.<br />

You are blind. She loves me dearly.<br />

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Breathe in.<br />

<br />

He finally paused to take a breath<br />

Then looked down—it felt like staring into hell.<br />

The man was seated in a chair before him, silent, <br />

A statue framed in pain and flesh. He thought, <br />

"Oh, what more can I say to sway him? To make this statue speak?<br />

I swear he's made of stone and I am barely stirring up a breeze."<br />

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And after waiting in the silence, <br />

Finally turned around to leave.<br />

Broken and barely through the doorway, <br />

Breathing slowly, beating hard, he heard him speak:<br />

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"I guess love's a funny thing—the way it fades away without a warning.<br />

It doesn't ask to be excused.<br />

And when it's gone—oh, it's gone—and it ain't ever comin' back.<br />

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There is nothing you can do to save it, <br />

To make it breathe the way it did when you were sliding on the ring.<br />

Trust me: It's gone for good.<br />

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Now there is nothing you can do to stop me.<br />

She is happy when she is with me and I am finally alive. I'm sorry."