Lirieke: Thursday. War All the Time. Steps Ascending.

Steps ascend to a loaded gun
The scent of matches hangs in the air
A lit one flickers out in a heart beat
We don't want to see this
A flash of light that's letting go of an empty bullet case
By the time it hits the ground, he's out of reach
(Let go, let go)

Out reach
(Let go, let go)
Out reach
(Let go, let go)
Out reach
(Let go, let go)
Out reach
(Let go, let go)
The wolves are closin' in
There's no room left to make amends but
Do you remember when we'd fly that kite so high?

All the time we've wasted
Spent fighting
It'll burn in the fire of our regret
All the time we've wasted
Spent fighting
It's blood and it's runnin' down the stairs

Freeze the frame
Between the gunshot and the hole it makes
A spinnin' bullet hangs in the middle
There's no way to stop it
It will surely hit the mark
You can try to understand but I'm givin' up
Givin' up
Givin' up
They synapse fires, it's right on time, givin' up
(Givin' up)
Givin' up
Givin' up
This should always stay out of reach
(Let go, let go)

Out reach
(Let go, let go)
Out reach
(Let go, let go)
Out reach
(Let go, let go)
Out reach
(Let go let go)
The wolves are closin' in
There's no room left to make amends but
Do you remember when we'd fly that kite so high?

All the time we've wasted
Spent fighting
It'll burn in the fire of our regret
All the time we've wasted
Spent fighting
It's blood and it's runnin' down the stairs

I ran down the stairs into the garden
Put both my hands into the soil
In the spring you will bloom
Like her heart through the blouse in the back of the ambulance
As it turned and turned in the streets
(Out of reach, out of reach)

One more turn, won't you come back to me?
(Out of reach, out of reach)
As it turned on it's red lights
(Out of reach, out of reach)
You were turnin' into red roses
Red roses
Red roses
Red roses
I'm not givin' up