Let freedom ring with a shotgun blast Blind man ask me forgiveness I won't deny myself Disrespect you have given Your suffering's my wealth I feed off pain, force fed to love it And now I swallow whole I'll never live in the past Burn my fist to the

Come on baby, make me speechless 'Cause you make me speechless When you make me speechless Quit talking too much, I'm ready Stop moving your lips and kiss me Keep taking my breath away You quiet my demons Swallow me whole tonight and just kill me

Everything I love is on the table Everything I love is out to sea I'm not alone I'll never be Into the bone I'll never grieve When they ask what do I see I see a bright white beautiful heaven hangin' over me And if you want, (too seriously)

I know not your sorrow, but I know mine, I have traveled in darkness, for what seems like days, So say you'll stay and dance with me tonight. I, come from the same house, collapsed under this wing. Breathe deep and easy, swallow this pride. Stare at my

As I'm pulled under the tides of this fast paced world I refuse to see Time will always be the thing that kills me truly Open these eyes waking from a dream feigning Absolution at the sight of your demise I know what I must do Swallow every blasphemy

I was following the I was following the pack All swallowed in their coats With scarves of red tied 'round their throats To keep their little heads From falling in the snow And I turned 'round and there you go And Michael, you would fall And turn the

Into me, you'll see You got me wide open, now I'm ready You broke me wide open, open sesame Is this intimacy? I built a wall so high, no one could reach A life of locks, I swallowed up the keys I was petrified, only knew how to hide They can't hurt me if

Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine So this is me swallowing my pride And I go back to December all the time I go back to December

Tell your friends not to think aloud Until they swallow Whisper things into my brain Your voice sounds so hollow I am not a leader of men Since I prefer to follow Do you think I could have a drink Since it's so hard to swallow So hard to swallow

A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'til tonight do us part I sing the blues and swallow them too So hum hallelujah, just off the key of reason I thought I loved you, it was just how you looked in the light I could write it better than you ever felt it It's