On Loss And Having - Flobots

It must have been a dream but it felt so real

Saw the wounds, heard the screams, thought about your last meal

How we ate like kings, how you led us all in grace

How nobody had forseen what would soon take place

And when everything went down

The silence you left was the strangest sound

Dangerous town but we all felt safe

Cause we knew that you slept with the angels now

Rumors keep coming in

A few thousand missing you just like me

People keep running into you

I’ve got a feeling that you might be alive

(Rat-a-tat-tat, bum bum bum bum

It’s the sound of a gat and the sound of a drum

But whatever you attach to is what you become

One plus one, double horizontal line one)

You might be alive

(Rata tat tat, bum bum bum bum

It’s the sound of a gat and the sound of a drum

But whatever you attach to is what you become

One plus one, double horizontal line one)

This is not fair, this is not pure, this is not right

Trust me, when it’s all over, you will see the light

Live by the sword, die by the sword, but Jesus Christ

We shot that motherfucker right between the eyes

I offer these thoughts on loss and having

You’re here but you’re not, you’re near but you’re not

I offer these thoughts on loss and having

You’re here but you’re not, you’re near but you’re not

Standing at the safety sleeve

These tingling feelings just won’t leave

I can’t sleep, anxiety dreams

I need a reprieve, I need caffeine

Set the stage, my mise-en-scene

My missing piece, I’ll be zombie

Walking the streets, haunted by beats

Who follow my lead by the loss that I bleed

Scream at the dark, but it’s off key

Bough breaks in this powerful breeze

I hold my breath that the hours would freeze

'Til they tomorrows may bring

Squandered our time, didn’t know you would leave

And a part of me was lost in the sea

And the cost of this loss is: I found it in me

It’s in the place where my friends and my neighbors used to be

This is not fair, this is not pure, this is not right

Trust me, when it’s all over, you will see the light

Live by the sword, die by the sword, but Jesus Christ

We shot that motherfucker right between the eyes

I offer these thoughts on loss and having

You’re here but you’re not, you’re near but you’re not

I offer these thoughts on loss and having

You’re here but you’re not, you’re near but you’re not