Louder Than Words - Lyrics - Ballast
Ballast is material that is used to provide stability to a vehicle or structure. Ballast, other than cargo, may be placed in a vehicle, often a ship or the gondola of a balloon or airship, to provide stability. A compartment within a boat, ship, submarine, or other floating structure that holds water is called a ballast tank. In a vessel that travels on the water, the ballast will remain below the water level, to counteract the effects of weight above the water level. The ballast may be redistributed in the vessel or disposed of altogether to change its effects on the movement of the vessel.
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Can you hear it/it whispers treason/in cold apartments sweating with secrets/we could never tell/it's a foundation well laid and a debt still unpaid/destroy what destroys you/then suck out the poison/burned out, bled dry, and still on our knees/I'll take back my life from those who stole it/we have all we need to cure our disease/we just don't know how to control it/a potential untold, an unrequited love/an ending we still need to write/in a nightmare of endless destruction/i dream in an endless night/i saw the fires all go out/one by one by one by one and i could see when all hope died/reflected in your tired eyes/we all lose, have lost, never had/can you hear it/it's the dead/what is the sound of one hand clapping/a pencil scratching what is the point of my voice cracking, straining a protest song/i wont sleep until you stop dreaming/frustration chipping away at hopelessness/fighting back with a muscle the size of my fist because i need a reason to resist/like i need a heartbeat in my chest
