M.sheppard Lyrics - Singles - Thursday

The stage is set to rip the wings from a butterfly 

The stage is set, the stage is set 

Don't forget to breathe between the lines 

If the whole world dies then it's safe, to take the stage 

These graves will stretch like landing strips 

Hospitals, all the dead museums 

We won't have to be afraid anymore 

The crowd is growing silent 

With the gathering storm 

When the curtain falls and you're caught on the other side 

Just trying to keep up the act 

We'll lie in the back of black cars with the windows rolled up 

Joining the procession of emptiness 

If we say these words it will be too late to take them back 

So we hold our breathe and fold our hands 

Like paper planes and we're going to crash 

We don't have to be alone ever again 

There's a riot in the theater 

Someone's standing in the aisle 

Yelling that the murderers are everywhere 

And they're lining up, carving the 'M' in your side 

[Incomprehensible] 

When the curtain falls and you're caught on the other side 

Just trying to keep up the act 

We'll lie in the back of black cars with the windows rolled up 

Joining the procession of emptiness 

The stage is set to rip the wings from a butterfly 

Pull the curtain back, kill all the house lights 

Pin the dress with lotus flowers 

The silk is spinning round and around with the ceiling fan 

I'm disappearing into the spotlight, I'm on display 

With the butterfly and the scare crow 

With smiles like picket fences 

You tie us all up and leave us outside 

That voice is silent now 

And the boat has sunk, we're on our own 

But we're not going to run