How shame paints your face
At the mention of a name
Pale, porcelain skin break
You can’t have what I can’t take
I’ll draw you out
Of that wicked shell
That you’ve made a home
For such brittle bones
We were younger then
With souls too tired
Still I bear these incisions
Each curve a wayward smile
I’ll draw you out
Of that wicked shell
That you’ve made a home
For such brittle bones
But you’ll feel again
This world and all
Its grotesque pleasures
Spreading like snakes
credits
from Vagrant Beat EP,
released August 22, 2011
Ryan James (vocals, guitar), Taylor Kreemer (drums), Aaron Smith (bass, vocals), Josh Stanley (guitar, vocals)
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