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Atreyu - Suicide Notes And Butterfly Kisses lyrics



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01. A Song For The Optimists

Blow the last candle out
Let the wax harden
I wish I could stop crying
And I wish that someone still loved me

Just breathe and focus
How can I, when the air is so cold and empty
That my lungs froze right in my chest?

I'll be honest, the silver linings
Are getting harder and harder to manufacture
And the smiles are so difficult to fake

What do I have to do, or who do I have to kill
To get what I want, what I need

Happiness is an emotion
I was born to this world without, nothing pleases me
And I can never be satiated

Through this toil I will breed my own distress
And destroy my best hopes
Fuck up the only things that I love

I watched my aspirations crashing to the ground
On the backs of the angels that I've slain
But I meant so well, I tried so hard
Gave every bit in my soul, to what end, to what end

Desolation, desire, exhale, pass away

02. Dilated

Yesterday I forgot to breathe for like the 6th time this week
Maybe it was the pink cloud strafed sky that changed my mind
And brought me back, seems like every day it's kill or be killed...

With all this anger there is no time to inhale and progress
And catch the smell of something that you once knew
Cause everyday it's bear the load or break
When will it be too much?

Have you ever stopped
Raised your face up to the sun and screamed
Let it out exhale the pain that strangulates your soul
When will I be free?

My lungs take in the fragrance of remorse
What is the cost? Am I living?
If you let your lungs fill up with pain
Then you will drown in your own regret.

Stop, look around, the stuff you see rebuild, renown
Everything's so beautiful if we just take the time

My arms feel so numb my heart palpitates missing a beat
The blood freezing in my veins
The taste of rust in my mouth
So today I just threw it all away

Though the light burns my eyes I will not be blind
If you blink you could miss so much, please don't ever close your eyes

03. Ain't Love Grand

It's so hard to see when your eyes are rolling
In the back of your head
It's even harder to speak when everything you say
Just comes out wrong

Gutted like a pig, all you want is the world to bleed
Someone somewhere stole your desire
The pain akin to, being punched in the throat
And stabbed in the chest

You would rather bleed than be without her
Gone are the tender whispers dancing in your ears
Replaced with lackluster memories you cry
Your screams play in your empty room

It's so hard to see when your eyes are rolling
In the back of your head
It's even harder to speak when everything you say
Just comes out wrong

Your bed swallows you whole as the days bleed together
Torment on the lips of a loved one
And if you try hard enough, you can almost taste her
Feel her pass and scream, "Oh God why me"

You would rather bleed than be without her
Gone are the tender whispers dancing in your ears
Replaced with lackluster memories you cry
Your screams play in your empty room

It's so hard to see when your eyes are rolling
In the back of your head
It's even harder to speak when everything you say
Just comes out wrong

04. Living Each Day Like You're Already Dead

Raise up the ghosts of the dead
I won't die like them
Push past the point of raw emotion
I will breathe

Exist with a broken spirit
I will die complete
Ignore what the angels say
Enjoy that special place where the demons speak to me

I won't pick out the lining of my coffin yet
Unless I am sure that color satin is me
Better yet go with crushed velvet
That way I'll be damn sure to enjoy eternity

My daily life writes the eulogy
Engraved on tombstone diaries
Laid to rest with the passing of time
Seems to me that even love can die

And the rituals that fade away
And the roses that cease to be laid
And to me it clearly appears
That we're already one foot in a very shallow grave

I will love with passion
You live like you're dead

As each day dies
Are we living on to the next or passing on in the twilight?
As each day dies
Are we living on to the next or passing on in the twilight?

05. Deanne The Arsonist

Coward, the next time you want to fuck me over, stab me in the front
Can I still see my future in your eyes?
I cannot picture myself, stone dead in your embrace
And your cruel, crimson smile, kills me quietly

No one can have their moments free from your withering touch
Fuck off, like your the only one who has ever cried or been broken by love
Spare me your pity party, drunk off your own misfortunes
Wallowing in your blissful melancholy

Can you taste my blood? You knew that this would kill me
But you carried on and on with your selfish shit
Everyone cared about you, why couldn't you,
Instead your greed, compelled you to steal other silver linings?

Burnt down my world, you killed my hope
Spread out the ash and walked away
How could you just, close off your eyes?
Turn tail and run, you are the greatest coward

Come on, damn right, I am still pissed
Next time I see your face we'll see who has the upper hand
Kiss my fist, taste the floor
Tired of your games, fuck off, goodbye

06. Someone's Standing On My Chest

Starving, searching this barren wasteland
Trying to grasp, being this alone
Pleading for a breath of fresh air
Someone's standing on my chest
Dying, I'm asphyxiating myself

Breaking myself
Break myself, slave to my weakness
Choke on my words
Oh I'm drowning and I feel so alone
Break myself, slave to my weakness
Choke on my words
The lights are on and I wish I was home

My lips are screaming pretty nothings
My ears are bleeding for want of words
Fuck words, I need actions
Hope has left me fucking shattered
Someone's standing on my chest
Alone would be a pleasant change from here

How do you gauge loneliness?
Have you ever felt so alone?

Who are you?
It feels like the light will never reach me here
I am choking back my longing for shed tears
So strangulated by my lonesome fears
Please don't worry too much
It only hurts when I breathe

When someone walked out with it
When I breathe
This only hurts every time I breathe

07. At Least I Know I'm A Sinner

Lift up a stone and you will find him
Cherish the beauty in the world around us
Not in buildings or crosses made by man

Judge me, fuck you, stop playing god
Your forked tongue prophecies
Carelessly caressing the wounds of the weak
People like you should be crucified
Then maybe just maybe you would have an idea
Of what you are talking about

My only solace is that one day
Judgment will come for the wicked, then we will see who burns
My only solace is that one day
Judgment will come for the wicked, then we will see who burns

Raise up your head, unclasp your hands
Your weakness makes me tremble, true strength comes from within
And we were given this life to live
Not exist under standards, set by some bullshit rule book

What prayers of yours, were ever answered, by degrading others
Spare me your biblical back peddling nonsense
For the people that you've hurt, and the being your dishonor,
Your fall from grace, will finally justify my means

Judge me and now you are me and what's worse
You are now a traitor to your God
Tell me Judas, how does it feel to be looked down upon
Sinners like you, should be stung up from the highest tree

My only solace is that one day
Judgment will come for the wicked, then we will see who burns
My only solace is that one day
Judgment will come for the wicked, then we will see who burns

Raise up your head, unclasp your hands
Your weakness makes me tremble, true strength comes from within
And we were given this life to live
Not exist under standards, set by some bullshit rule book

You judged me and now you are me
Stop playing God
You judged me and now you are me
Stop playing God

08. Tulips Are Better

Crystal clear I see the rose is frail
The thorns hide easily in its beauty
As I go to grasp it in my hand
My heart is torn beating from my chest

Let me be captivated by your beauty
Then let me fall from your grace unto my broken knees
Close my eyes so tightly, the tears are welling up
You aren't worth the waste of the salt or the water

Watch the sun play in your hair
And I couldn't really care
Care any less about you
Watch the sun play in your hair
I couldn't really care
Care any less about you

Fuck all your false beauty
It was transparent just like your smile
Liar
Your thorns caress my flesh
Crimson drops on a snowy field
Liar

I have watched you retrogress
I have watched what you've become
Liar
Please take your eyes off of me
It's funny how fast blue eyes fade gray
Liar

Let me be captivated by your beauty
Then let me fall from your grace unto my broken knees
Close my eyes so tightly, the tears are welling up
You aren't worth the waste of the salt or the fucking water

And you are deceit

Just wither away real beauty is forever
Just wither away real beauty is forever
Just wither away real beauty is forever
Just wither away real beauty is forever

09. A Vampire's Lament

I am the walking dead, heartbreaker, my apologies
I'm happy you'll never understand what
It's like to be trapped under six feet of solid glass
I can see out, but no one gets in

Screaming at this prison, I've locked myself into
I'm sorry that I'm still breathing and that I'll kill again
But the loneliness is too much for me to handle
But the taste for fresh blood pushes me on

The strength of not forgiving
I told myself the constant pain
Could ease the tension burning inside
But the nights were cold
And the days dragged to weeks
I will die here alone, I will die

The fear of romance
The pain of living
The joy of sorrow
The strength of not forgiving

God help me, I'm so tired
But in my dreams the wolves eat out my soul
God help me, I'm so frightened
But in my dreams the wolves tear out my heart

I used to be golden, a saint in a time of sorrow
But then the turning came and I kissed the sun goodbye
Don't you get it, it's always darker in my eyes
The screams of my brothers begging me on

10. Lip Gloss And Black

If I gave you pretty enough words
Could you paint a picture of us that works
An emphasis on function rather than design

Aren't you tired cause I will carry you
On a broken back and blown out knees
I have been where you are for a while

Aren't you tired of being weak?
Such rage that you could scream
All the stars right out of the sky
And destroy the prettiest starry night
Every evening that I die

I am exhumed just a little less human
And a lot more bitter and cold

After all these images of pain
Have cut right through you,
I will kiss every scar and weep
You are not alone

Then I'll show you that place
In my chest where my heart
Still tries to beat
It sets us apart

Aren't you tired of being weak?
Such rage that you could scream
All the stars right out of the sky
And destroy the prettiest starry night
Every evening that I die

Live, love, burn, die