Quicksilver Lyrics - Singles - Roper

On Friday night I came awake like an alarm clock 

Some shaking junkie's begging out on the sidewalk 

And I could not allow my eyes 

to meet his deep fear that my soul may still betray me 

As if my will had always kept me steady 

as if I hadn't caved in already 

[Chorus:] 

Quicksilver, quicksilver 

Shadows dodge and fade 

something less than why we're made 

This vacant emptiness, 

this hollow is eating 

stabs through my side like thorns, so defeating 

The glint of gold, sparks of silver, shining 

the slightest breath of why we're pining 

We take the crumbs like our hearts are at peace 

We are far too easily pleased 

I need this burning inside me 

this brilliant aura, this electricity 

I'm being haunted by spectres of what might be 

of imperfections, of nearness to beauty 

As life butchers, so sweet yet so sickening 

we have betrayed, for each tiny flickering