Kuroi Ledge - Lyrics - A Lot Like Birds

[00:01.95]The cool air takes me back, [00:08.08]Just for a moment, and I spend it all without realization. [00:21.39]I have to go back. I have to go back. [00:30.51]It's not fair. [00:32.42]I wish that time would stop for me, [00:35.92]Just this once, but it never will, so run it off. [00:44.43]I'm still here. [00:46.63]I know you're waiting for me past the doorway [00:53.36]and if it's you that's haunting me, say something. [00:57.76]If it's you that's haunting me, just speak. [01:05.18] [01:25.64]I've come this far with a different map in each of my hands. [01:29.19]They're drawn completely from memory. [01:31.51]One takes me home, one takes me nowhere in particular. [01:35.47]I always seem to pick the path with all the shortcuts open and the lines and the circles more steadily drawn. [01:42.37](I guess there's only one more way to go.) [01:46.89]I always seem to say the things that I had promised I would leave unspoken [01:51.64]And act surprised when they come tumbling out into the air and sounding wrong. [01:56.22](We've all been way too far away from home.) [02:01.05]I never thought of what would happen if I ever found the gate closed, [02:05.60]Tethered in rusted thread and iced over blue and grey from the cold. [02:10.32](It's time to break off all those chains of old.) [02:15.72]But the gate holds, allowing entrance to the wind and smaller leaves and I am stuck now, homebound. [02:24.78](I guess there's only one more way to go.) [02:29.94] [02:31.57]Can I turn back? [02:33.10]Is it too late? [02:34.79]Is there some place I belong? [02:39.09]Is there any place to call a home? [02:45.80]I guess there's only one real way to know. [03:12.55]Is this the only way? [03:27.90]As shallow as the water is, it swallows me. [03:30.90]And I can't stop looking at the world around me solemnly. [03:35.20]As we stand here in the fallen leaves, [03:37.80]Will you promise me, [03:39.55]Just promise me [03:41.52]That no matter what the weather's like, you'll follow me? [03:45.43]And no matter what I say, you'll take it honestly to heart? [03:49.51]I've got a long way to go and if I do it alone I won't make it. [03:57.24] [04:35.00]The call of the void is coming from the balcony. [04:42.45]"L'appel du vide." [04:43.45] [04:44.39]So now I let my fate take over [04:47.56]And as I sink into the consequence below, [04:52.07]This is how far we go. [05:13.27]Face forward falling straight for the pavement, [05:16.58]Mouth open catching death just to taste it. [05:20.07]Twist my body to align with the stars, [05:23.93]This is my favorite part. [05:27.12]This is my favorite part: [05:30.57]Suspended close to earth but very far. [05:34.38]This is my favorite part. [05:37.60]Once we touch the ground we forget who we are. [05:41.69]I guess I finally had the courage to go away. [05:45.30]The promises we made were made hollowly. [05:49.07]Sometimes you'd reassure me we'd be okay. [05:52.17]But you'd always leave.