Vedera Album

who is this darkness
who is this illusive dreamer
why do I love the way this distance feels
it's coiled up independence
I want so much to run
carry me over all this distance my dear
trade this fear
carry me over all
what part of my heart enters into your secrets
where is the key to cherish you
I want to repay all the debt
insecurities ran up
my peaceful surrender I do not own
was I dreaming when I called you the loveliest
was I only hoping my pride would quiet itself
and it gets so quiet
call the guards call the authorities
and lock this tension up
call the guards before my heart, it runs away again

does she linger in the air
that follows you home each day
do you ever stop and stare at yourself
for traces of her
can a picture bring some comfort
where a song melody leaves off
is she silently rocking you to sleep
'cause i hope and i pray
i'll see a bit of that light
in my world today
it would be an injustice not to see
that kind of love live on
what kept your eyes up
kept your world from falling
darkness chokes, but you found a way out
may i say your words are insight
something unique
hold on my friend she's rocking you out of here

should we even wonder why our hearts are torn
why our image is based on this broken city
should we ask ourselves why our lungs breathe in sickness
innocence is seen as weakness
laughted at us naive
and it's these things that hold you down
when they're supposed to keep you safe and sound
and it's these things you claim to believe.
don't let them be the ones you forever tried to please
it's this scene that leaves you cold
but why choose anything else and lose your place in line
may I ask one thing, how do you think this will work out
you are no more well-liked than those who have been betrayed
look at you now

where'd you go
the leaves they move too fast
i was lost looking for your face
did you go to catch the lovers lie
or to move the stars and put them in place
is there ever a dream of mine you haven't heard
i'll keep running ahead of the race
to hope i put a sparkle in your eye
did you know when you move i breathe
i'd take blind destiny over empty space
as my friends slowly fade into ghosts
i hold on tighter, and struggle for demands
i'll keep running ahead of the race
until i put a sparkle in your eye

it's all the same
sex in the air
your promises all the same
you'll be the one who will always care
but how can you promise the world
how can you promise your heart when it's always searching
but i'm just like you
i don't want to deny my heart its chance to feel
i don't want to deny my soul something real
is there anything else in this world that can satisfy me
do you really love him they'll say
your second chances are scribbled in the rules
but i think the consequence is just
something more feels so exciting
and this black romance is so enticing
this desire is worth the fighting
but is it worth deciding that i am just like you
and it keeps repeating
and we keep believing
disrupt the part of me that needs some space
repeat that look i see in your face
remid me of truth, remind me of the reason of existence

do you see my eyes losing interest, wandering about
someone always seems to take your place
can lighting strike the same place twice in my heart
as it does when you speak
i need that fire to burn in me
tell me, will it be
disguising plans i've made before
learning what i was made for
desire is trampled by my faults
but somehow, in the quiet you make sense
will you fall on me
like you did before
oh, you've watched me in my youth
when i thought you didn't need to
you knew best

if you lay me down in this mess will i remember your name
when you come back calling for me like you said you would
do i trust your breath will sustain you in all your long hours
do i love your weakness enough to see it as my strength
do you come back to me
when everyone else has failed you
i am no more flattered by your wandering eyes
than i am by your softly broken lies
oh, the air is thick with betrayal
we search for devotion and wind up settling for emotion
you don't make me want to dance with you
you make me wanna, you make me wanna
make me wanna run and find something true
something true, someone like you

they're building hate today
I see it in the eyes of every passing gaze
they're calling your name today, you've won
congratulations
say what you want to say
be safe, make everyone feel comfortable
call me out and let me breathe again
call me out and let me see again
breathe into me the air you swear you're not polluting
and flatter me, tell me I am beautiful
that i'm the only one you care for
make me believe that all your good intentions
will offset all the wrong you've done
still i'll be screaming
you don't know all the wrong you've done
but we're still standing
we will cast our votes and not be afraid
we will not fall
won't you call us out, giving us freedom again

my eyes they never sleep
my eyes they torture me
my heart it falls so fast, but it looks back
my knees are getting weaker each passing day
with each word of disapproval my backbone falters
could this be my ticket out of here
could this be the one i'm dreaming of
could this be redemption soon
i need redemption soon
believe me when i say
i'm trying to make it just like you
could you show some grace
fall back into my spell
into my hell
you don't even know where i come from anymore
it used to be so easy
your provision doesn't even fall on my land anymore
conversation weakens in your eyes

when i'm lost without a word to say
when i'm not the most intriguing, will you stay
when i've called just to hear you say hi
will you find me too needy and walk away
and I know these are silly questions to ask you
'cause you've proven to love me far beyond my faults
and I'll hold on to every conversation if it could be our last
when you're not breathing I beg for one more breath with you
when you're silent, I hang on to every word
and there are no regrets with this love
rewind to any moment you like
sit back remember, I will always sit back with you
oh how cool you wished to be, we were both so nervous
but at peace at the same time knowing this was right
the time I moved in closely for what you weren't expecting
think on this, but don't miss
don't long for the past, long for what comes next
come away with life, come away with love
with something better

your eyes are nothing i've looked deep knowing i was safe
and this memory will never be erased
you put me in my place no more
i would have liked a call
outside of you calling out my faults
i would have liked to settle this once and for all
would you have me crawl
and this memory, it will never fade
you can cry in this bed alone
i won't cry with you anymore
you can lay in this grave you made
i won't lie with you anymore

dreamers stop here
in hopes they'll get a chance of a lifetime ago
but i will not wait there
drifters stop here and think
the way they lived life with no plans
my decision is drawing near
please lover find me
though the seasons break us up
please lover remind me
that at the hand of the sea
it's you and me again
branches break here in denial
of what they once held up
the crisp air cuts my heart
breathe it in they say, live the life
but as the snow falls you no longer see
the light of who you could be
all the flowers slowly fade
all the leaves that long to change
even in december i'll still be calling out

where'd you go
the leaves they move too fast
i was lost looking for your face
did you go to catch the lovers lie
or to move the stars and put them in place
is there ever a dream of mine you haven't heard
i'll keep running ahead of the race
to hope i put a sparkle in your eye
did you know when you move i breathe
i'd take blind destiny over empty space
as my friends slowly fade into ghosts
i hold on tighter, and struggle for demands
i'll keep running ahead of the race
until i put a sparkle in your eye