Goodbye

from Lines Divide by The Breaktone

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lyrics

Life is like
Going blindfold face first down a water slide
And it just so happens our slides all collide
So we can get together and slide side by side
But love is war
And continuing along my little metaphor
Sometimes our lines divide and then we slide no more
The clasp was cracked and then we’re cast to distant shores
What did you want to say?

Hand in hand
As blind as lovers building up a house of sand
The tide, it comes and washes away all we planned
We’re left with what it was and I’m a muddy man
We lose our grip
Helplessly we watch as all our fingers slip
And up ahead tunnel forms a new divide
We find ourselves positioned right on either side

And just before you pulled away
You told me there was something that you always really needed to say
Then you pulled away

Now I’ll never know what you wanted to say
And it’s gonna drive me wicked!

Why’s it so hard
To hold on when you’re holding somebody
And then when they’re gone
You can’t let go anymore

All the parts of you that they helped build
Are burning like the sword at Eden’s gate
The hardest part of a blind and backwards water slide
Is something as ridiculous as saying goodbye

And just before you pulled away
You told me there was something that you always really needed to say
Then you pulled away

credits

from Lines Divide, released June 10, 2009
Julian Corbin: vocals, acoustic guitar
Robert Hoffman: electric guitar
Ryan Jarvis: drums
Geoff St. John: keyboards
Peter Ver Brugge: bass

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Julian Corbin
Robert Hoffman
Ryan Jarvis
Geoffrey St. John
Peter Ver Brugge

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