Lyrics to "Close Friends with Sharp Knives", by Kill the Drama

Track 1 - Close Friends w/ Sharp Knives

the world is such a quiet place today
our plans underway and we'll give our all
till they give in unleash the choir screaming
don't shelter my insecurities
so send a box full of insults
when a knife in the back just won't do
the world leaves such a bitter taste in me
wash my pallet clean and I'll hold on to what we have while honesty consumes me
don't shelter my insecurities
Send a box full of insults
when a knife in the back just won't do
but when I break the surface again
I'll take nothing from you

Track 2 - Shudder

petulant by nature oh I
will find my way but for now I need:
your eyes to calm me
your aura to lift me
your warmth to circulate
my heart to penetrate
hands together with bullets in our backs
they’ll shudder but we'll laugh last
rain down, rain down
yes it feels like I am alive
no chance to drown
when you’re standing by my side
walking with my fist clinched oh I'll try
to find a way but for now I need
your eyes to calm me
your aura to lift me
your warmth to circulate
your lips resuscitate
hands together with bullets in our backs
they’ll shudder but we'll laugh last
rain down, rain down
yes it feels like I am alive
no chance to drown
when you’re standing by my side
wounds I thought would never heal
have now become soft elastic skin

Track 3 - Sunshine

you can't control me. you won't consume me.
liquify, simplify, take away my sunshine.
what went wrong? why should I care.
when will we grow?
I cant begin to digest the irony of it all.
salty tears soak through the fabric
lamenting my broken self.
innocence is long gone; a state of delirium.
what went wrong? why should I care.
when will we grow?
I cant begin to digest the irony of it all.
surrendering my thoughts and dreams.
what went wrong? why should I care.
when will we grow?
I cant begin to digest the irony of it all.

Track 4 - Seraph with Severed Wings

breathing in - we'll all make it in the end
this infection could be catastrophic to our well being. our very existence is but a vapor, dissipating.
a stranger walking down the street dressed in black calls to me, and a widow sings a tonedeaf melody. looking thru this stained glass window i can't see the other side. my eyes are blind from the light.
A stranger walking down the street dressed in black calls to me. An angel
bearing severed wings screams come back follow me. And a widow sings a tone deaf melody.
....this injection through my mold...
....tears my life back into the fold...
....release my soul...
the outcome dares, my heart skips a beat,
we'll all make it in the end
a stranger walking down the street dressed in black calls to me.
an angel bearing severed wings screams come back follow me.
And a widow sings a brand new melody.

Track 5 - Collapse                           

hold me back hold tight the lines
hold me back but keep my feet untied
for you I'll run till I collapse a lung
pull me down I'm still too high
pull me down and put me to the side
I'll run, for you I'll run
till I collapse a lung, I'll run
this strangle hold is choking the life out of me
now I lay my head on this bed of stone
every time that i try
a big piece of me dies
it leaves me wondering
as I'm here struggling
still in search of eternal bliss

Track 6 - Cut the Black Away

I remember the plastic in my hands
this device would never do
broken dreams and numbing maladies
and all the things that I'd gone through
I remember you walking in the room
the fear that drew your face
I heard a voice it put my mind at ease
but would my pulse keep up the pace
it was the start of a beautiful thing
a brand new day a brand new dream
my heart it raced I was in an unfamiliar place
but it felt so much like home
I remember the next day
when all my problems seemed to fade away
I heard your voice it put my mind at ease
cut the wire set me free
I never thought I'd feel this way a steady hands my remedy
Now this knife relieves the pain as I cut the black away.

Track 7 - Eyes Pried Open

tears fall from your eyes like summer rain in mid July. breathe in the air and smell the life and reminisce of a time when we felt so alive.
seconds till I say goodbye. I wake to dream I'm waking up eyes pried wide open what’s wrong with me seconds till I say goodbye. it's piercing me deep down inside eyes pried wide open what’s wrong with me?
could this be the end? how does it feel? is it sinking in? breathe in the air and smell the life and reminisce of that time when we felt so alive.
seconds till I say goodbye. I wake to dream I'm waking up eyes pried wide open what’s wrong with me seconds till I say goodbye. it's piercing me deep down inside eyes pried wide open what’s wrong with me
everyday i ask myself the same old thing
deep down i know I'll never change

Track 8 - Your Spine Quivers

the orb of chaos a desolate circle of hate marred by tragedy 
you will find a sense of elation if you try just open up your eyes.
take me by the hand and I'll be your guide, I'll be your guide
ambition is decayed descending into a stream of blue desperate for
deliverance
you will find a sense of elation if you try just open up your eyes.
take me by the hand and I'll be your guide, I'll be your guide
i'd like to show you - a place where you can't - tell dream from
reality. a temporary escape from this hell
come and explore the other side with me and I'll show you the way
to another place that's more beautiful
your golden bridge that we cross today will lead us to a different realm.
you will find a sense of elation if you try just open up your eyes.
take me by the hand and I'll be your guide, I'll be your guide

Track 9 - Turn 

once i was a lost soul, now i think I'm found. i was on a downward spiral to the ground. just when i was about to hit, i opened my eyes. the burning that i felt from within came as no surprise. I ever could quite control myself
another turn in the road  another detour that took me to a place i never wanted to know 
i found myself behind me, and i was freezing cold. the trees they grew around me vivacious and tall. time is running out on our little game. I've got to finish quickly or I'm the one to blame. I never could quite control myself
another turn in the road another detour that took me to a place i never wanted to know never imagined I'd go ll i can say is that i took the wrong way too many times i was so
blind, and all i can say is that i took the wrong way but i can't live in the past so I'll live for today

Track 10 - Live before it kills you 

the smell of sweat and fear oozes from your selfish pores
failure is our only hope
reach out, caress its cold embrace
take a chance and make it happen
and together we'll erase the mistakes
forget all that ails you
forgive those who have failed you
forsee a future without egocentric barriers
and in that moment we'll connect again
release this pressure, the sorry format we live
finger on the point my will is
just about to fail. jump for joy!
celebrate, now nothing stands in our way
forget all that ails you
forgive those who failed you
forsee a future without egocentric barriers
and in that moment we'll connect again
release me from what holds me back
take a chance and make it happen
and together we'll erase the mess that you made
forget all that ails you
forgive those who failed you
forsee a future without egocentric barriers
and in that moment we'll connect again

Track 11 - Death of an Arrogant Rockstar
it's a dead decaying carcass, an empty shell stained with flesh
it will cut you open and leave you to die then salivate over the scent.
once could be trusted but now has turned it's ugly back on us.
driving, thrusting with all of your might on the open sore as you ride on the back of the horse. the horse gets stronger but you'll slowly die inside.
so let the truth be told, you must confess to cleanse your soul.
you took a part of me and raped your brothers dignity.
it's gone on way too long now. eat the fruit from the forbidden tree.
a poisoned soul infects integrity.
so let the truth be told, you must confess to cleanse your soul.
you took a part of me and raped your brothers dignity.
at this point it's much too late, you've already sealed your fate.
you've cut his throat with no remorse, now let those actions take their
course.
I'd die before I'd eat the fruit from the forbidden tree.