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Circa Survive
Circa Survive


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre(s) Experimental
Progressive Rock
Indie Rock
Ambient
Emo
Years active 2004—present
Label(s) Atlantic Records
Equal Vision Records
Associated acts The Sound of Animals Fighting
Saosin
This Day Forward
Taken
Website Website
Members
Anthony Green
Colin Frangicetto
Brendan Ekstrom
Nick Beard
Steve Clifford



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Circa Survive Album


On Letting Go (05/29/2007)
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It starts out like a season in reverse
A way to set your mind above and over words
(Like) attached means (your) identity
Erases things so how can we record?
Distress call code-word is I wanna live
He makes it up as it goes and it goes away
To places he can only hide in other peoples minds
He makes it up as it goes
Your rational mind's insane
Taste the sound you make
When the light from the sun (Or the story that never gets sold)
Is your mother
With an effortless smile you pervade to be
Always in-between aisles (They said you must stare to see)
An optimistic
Daring me would you trade your soul for gold?

. . .


Infinite silence
Rolling, riding with the dawn
This is wrong, this is wrong
And I cannot sleep without the radio on

And how could anyone
You are in my dreams
Half human, half machine
You are someone else that I have felt and seen
I cannot rest on my consciousness contest
Looking right through the lens
From winter brings the spring again

Infinite silence
Rolling, riding with the dawn
This is wrong, this is wrong
And I cannot sleep without the radio on

And we fall asleep again with testament
So please let the cleaning begin
Evolution

Hold my breath 'til communication leaves
Only just a test
Hold my breath 'til communication leaves
Only just a test
Hold my breath 'til communication leaves
Only just a test

You are in my dreams
Half human, half machine
Looking right through the lens
From winter brings the spring again

Infinite silence
Rolling, riding with the dawn
This is wrong, this is wrong
And I cannot sleep without the radio on

Infinite silence
Rolling, riding with the dawn
This is wrong, this is wrong
And I cannot sleep without the radio

. . .


This building smelled so familiar
Well I had thought this sense was lost
And in a daydream I imagine my house
When all my father's sense of strength was lost

It's all we have
It's all we have
So find me a place to begin

If I could get this feeling to end
Trembling idle hands holding me there
We laugh in the face of love
Cause nobody's really there
Nobody's real

Desire, I would try it either way
We believe in something invisible
This sense of smell that you used all your life
Well now you know your father lied

It's all we have
So find me a place to begin

If I could get this feeling to end
With trembling idle hands holding me there
We laugh in the face of love
Cause nobody's really there
Nobody's real

And I could never find my way without
But you're already there
And we, we've come a long long way without
Without maps in our hands

It's all we have
So find me a place to begin

If I could get this feeling to end
Trembling idle hands holding me there
We laugh in the face of love
Cause nobody's really there
Nobody's real

. . .


Move one inch at a time.
Don't make shit rhyme.
Would it be easy to repeat the first line?
My mind's not a well;
It won't run dry.
Just keep drinking water and you'll be alright.
This is paralysis with no time at all to let go.

Well don't call me by my full name,
And all this is temporary.
It feels much better to know that you won't feel a thing.
Well don't talk about it;
Write it down but don't ask for help.
I can't be honest with even myself.
Did you ever wish you were somebody else?

Accomplishments are transient.
They pulled me in unremittingly.
Just lasting this long,
I feel relieved to let repetition save me.

Well don't call me by my full name,
And all this is temporary.
It feels much better to know that you won't feel a thing.
Well don't talk about it;
Write it down but don't ask for help.
I can't be honest with even myself.
Did you ever wish you were somebody else?

Move one inch at a time.
You'll be just fine.
Move one inch at a time.
You'll find...
They pulled me in but accomplishments are transient.
They pulled me in but accomplishments are transient.

Well don't call me by my full name,
And all this is temporary.
It feels much better to know that you won't feel a thing.
Well don't talk about it;
Write it down but don't ask for help.
I can't be honest with even myself.
Did you ever wish you were...
Did you ever wish you were...
Did you ever wish you were somebody else?

. . .


Dance with me for I’ll be leaving soon
The afterbirth on the keypads overwhelm
“Did he who make the lamb make thee”?
Help me find its origin in a cartoon house, in a cartoon car
There are cities buried underneath our cities
“Let the people be free” it’s all around us
Let the people see we so obviously had another hand and so separated
How can I feel or act like I’ve made this
when I so obviously had another hand.

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It came across like you were mad
Holding in your breath with everything you had Until you face began to turn red
“This is why I turn and walk away from everything”, I need to feel it closer now
…and I never thought it would be like this
“Between the seal a church is revealed and I would rather be lonely along the way”.
Something set us off into the wrong direction but within this particular space,
time Goes to waste.
And time starts to slow down and all of these patterns never change
So slow down, because nobody looks at life the same
And no one was like this ‘Til you came along And reset our dials wrong.

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Leave out the meaning this time
Let tensions evolve
Intimate groove confused
In childish tantrums (we do a childish dance)
Your feelings were sacrificed For a greater cause,
and if you forget what you saw, you’ll be forgiven
But there isn’t a chance,
That I could do this on my own.
Now our perceptions have grown
branches and petals of paper and metal,
amber tinfoil forrest confines us
And we disconnect like this is the end
For everybody else’s sake
Set your mental alarm

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In case it gets away from us
Don’t pull it close,
the damage revealed the cost
And it wasn’t worth it, but they’ll never know
To keep in mind the line that separates idols
If the world is a dream and nothing is worth it
Unless you have a god. (We’re all going to hell)
But we wont be saved we’ll live as slaves to love
What god takes away, let’s refill all your holes with mud
“Purchase your tickets; I’m kicking your crosses down”
And all the voices sound just like you
I’ll be there-
Breathe in-
It’s been so long (I’ve felt so wrong again)
I fixed myself up nice but you never came
The words rolled off our backs and sound the same
I’ll be waiting-
I hope that it’s worth it but I’ll never know

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For your futures sake,
I’ve got advice
I’d advise you to take
Don’t keep betting,
“well, its gotta light me up sometime”
You lost your turn

"All I wanted to be was one of your children
All I wanted to be was one up yours"

See how clean the water is where you are,
wash off your handcuffs
And know the hidden messages you hear,
they aren’t real.
You tricked your mind to feel.

“All I wanted to be was one of your children
All I wanted to be was one up yours”

Are we even now? We are unrelated

If blood is thicker than water
Then you’ll drown quicker than we intended,
And you’ll know where you can find us in the end
So we can begin again...

. . .


This is not a riddle but it’s meant to entertain.
I’ll be your loyal Apostle,
just send me in to take the blame.
Well what would you expect to say?
It never mattered anyway
There’ll be a site (sight)
and an invisible light shown down on them and took them in
There’ll be a time when, Maybe tonight temptations win And I give in.
This is not a puzzle or mainframe
But it’s meant to strengthen your faith
And each time the night falls upon us
We always end up the same,
Were we not born into original sin?
What you ask for is what you get
and what you were given
So fold your hands and get down on your knees

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If you pass away in the wing fortress
There's a time divider and a technical team will be
At your services for what that matters
When the mirror shatters it's harder for me to see

If there are any answers here we haven't searched for
Just type in your code and say a prayer
How could it be, we were so secure?
Cause nothing you've ever planned on
Ever turned out the way you planned

What I tried to say this couldn't feel more wrong
I can't believe its happening or lasting this long
If we know each other then why should it be so hard?
Why should it be so hard to make it stop?

If there are any answers here we haven't searched for
Just type in your code and say a prayer
How could it be, we were so secure?
Cause nothing you've ever planned on
Ever turned out the way you planned

What I tried to say this isn't real
And I feel ashamed that I don't think that I can heal

It's a shame that I would pretend
Before making amends
It's a shame that I can't
But nothing you've ever planned on
Ever turned out
But nothing you've ever planned on
Ever turned out the way you planned
You're still disappointing them
You're still disappointing
You're still disappointing them

If there are any answers here we haven't searched for
Just type in your code and say a prayer
How could it be, we were so secure?
Nothing you've ever planned on
Ever turned out the way you planned

. . .


(All your friends are gone)

It climbs in slowly behind
If you trust your neighbors
They'd never suspect what you're like
Welcome them into your life
No one has to know
Playback, delete, and rewind

It's getting closer than you thought it'd get
Just get inside
It's moving faster than you'd ever planned
You'll be relieved when

When you open up
You let yourself seem vulnerable
And the morning sun
Will make our bodies comfortable
In taking off your clothes
Everything hidden is suddenly exposed

Nobody wants to hear another
Story about how you couldn't write right
It climbs in slowly behind
No one has to know
Playback, delete, and rewind

Each one is louder than the one before
And the people you care for
At ten times the expense
of all that you spent
You'll be relieved when

When you open up
You let yourself seem vulnerable
And the morning sun
Will make our bodies comfortable
In taking off your clothes
Everything hidden is suddenly exposed

You'll keep it on the inside
'Cause that's the safest place
'Cause that's the safest place to hide

All of your friends are gone
And you were barely holding on
We were wrong and they fooled us once again
We are the loneliest of men, we're the loneliest

And all your friends are gone
Nobody hears you
And all your friends were wrong
Nobody cares
And all your friends are gone
Nobody is here with you
And all your friends were wrong
Nobody cares

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