Open Hearts and Bloody Grins - The Flatliners

A devious grin spreads ear to ear across the face of adversity

These bones are rattled dry

And sweat pours covering these ivory keys

And from across the room, distant eyes watch the whole scene explode

Like fireworks we all explode

We’re running out of alcohol to fuel this fire

And down the hall, the only door out of this place is locked

What’s left of the billowing smoke has caught up and my lungs are dissipating

But there’s no need to dry your eyes

Because after all

We are the ones here to blame

Not saying anything, not playing this game

Just now remember to forget, forget everything

This room is filling up with blood I never learned to swim

These walls fall to the ground

The sky opens up, looking like the end for you, you motherfucker

This twisted head of mine will keep me here

These jaded eyes see far and wide and crystal clear

Right now I’m willing to make a mistake

If it means that everything will change

Because I don’t breathe anymore

And my escape is fucking off

So tell me, how exactly did things come to this?

I feel sick

My hands are burning up

Can you feel that heat?

We are the ones here to blame

Not saying anything, not playing this game

Just now remember to forget, forget everything

We are the ones here to blame

Red faces and the promise of a tragedy

These ashes blacken hands of regret, you see

And so we’ve learned to watch our backs

And you’re watching our swollen lungs collapse

It’s the death of something so strong

And we’ve made amends amidst this mess

And shaken the hands of which we protest

I think I’m blacking out

We’ll walk this line until the day we die

And wipe the sweat that for years has been stinging our eyes

And for the first time I’ve come to realize