chasing kites

Reposting because I actually hadn’t shared this here. Thank you sengokukiyosumi for posting this up when I didn’t have the guts to initially XDDD

HERE BE MONSTERS

the news said
we’d get clear skies
but the red dawn’s a warning
like blood on white tiles

then you said
“don’t be afraid”
its no less scary together
but its better than nothing

(piano break, use chorus)

Fear hunts true
it goes by Doubt some of the time
its the grays that cling like ashes
to all the good that’s yours and mine

but when dark comes
we stand our ground
its about as easy as hell can be
but the other options are out

and fine, the difference between
all the want and all that need
are worlds apart
or so they’d have us believe

but it’s the want that can kill you
it’s the want that carves you out
from inside

and sure, the bridges in between
your burned hopes and broken dreams
aren’t very different
that’s what they want us to think

so tell me lies to sustain the fight in me
and i’ll tell you lies to maintain your sanity

hold your breath, baby 
and kick out as hard as you can
stretch those fingers to the light
at the very, very end
of your tunneling vision

hold your breath, baby 
will your body up towards that sky
yeah everyone on the earth does die
but not tonight,
no, not tonight

yeah, i saw Red Riding Hood
smile at the Big Bad Wolf
who said: “what bright,
clever eyes you have,”
hey, there’s a war
in the world we live in
but i’ll go fight
if you’re just as willing

and when we’re weak
and strangers preach
on how it’s better to bend
than go and break out of stubbornness
feign that laugh and i’ll believe
i got your back
honey, hang onto me

hold your breath, baby 
and kick out as hard as you can
stretch those fingers to the light
at the very, very end
of your tunneling vision

hold your breath, baby 
will your body up towards that sky
yeah everyone on the earth does die
but not tonight,
no, not tonight

so hold your breath, hold your breath
and kick as hard as you can
stretch those fingers of yours
to the light at the end
cause when your eyes grow dark
we’ll be fine
it’s in the dark when the moon
shines brighter

and yes, its memories that burn
like the worst kind of brand
they warn us “Here There Be Monsters”
go get out while you can

but i refuse to be cowed by the threat
i run with wolves, don’t you get that yet

(soaring / juxtaposed with chorus)
and when i am drowning fast
from the weight of quiet guilt
and ghosts of all these accusations
that just don’t know when to quit
i will hang on tight
because it’s got to be better than this
and i will kick out hard
i won’t ever quit

(quieter, vocals/piano with faint strings)
hold your breath, baby
hold your breath
we’re not dead yet

(via frogmage)