The Terrible Secret

<p>[Verse 1]<br/>Pave these streets with open arms<br/>It&#x27;s always you we have waited on<br/>The skin, the taste, the drug, the need<br/>I am asking, telling you, don&#x27;t leave<br/>Erase the lines that we have drawn<br/>It&#x27;s always you we have waited on and waited on and on and on<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>These are our words that fill these mouths<br/>But all the letters of the alphabet could never spell it out<br/>These palms and frames that we tear through<br/>To cling to something that is bigger than the failed attempts at you<br/><br/>[Post-Chorus]<br/>Wait, wait, wait<br/>I don&#x27;t want to see<br/>Wait, wait, wait<br/>I am not the person anyone would want to be<br/>[Verse 2]<br/>The perfect shoes with the matching clothes<br/>It is the lie we are always told<br/>But nothing masks the shallow touch<br/>Like saying words that cost so much<br/>While you are an addict to the need<br/>To find yourself a way to breathe<br/>The sex, the purge, the vein, the look<br/>To replace the feelings that we have took<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>These are our words that fill these mouths<br/>But all the letters of the alphabet could never spell it out<br/>These palms and frames that we tear through<br/>To cling to something that is bigger than the failed attempts at you<br/><br/>[Bridge]<br/>Perfection<br/>It&#x27;s perfection<br/>But never quite enough and never could disguise<br/>The drugs to make it stay<br/>The wanting in your eyes<br/>The money that you spent<br/>But you are still an accident<br/><br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>We are more than words that fill our mouths<br/>Drink with eyes that tell us the answers that we need<br/>[Chorus]<br/>These are our words that fill these mouths<br/>But all the letters of the alphabet could never spell it out<br/>These palms and frames that we tear through<br/>To cling to something that is bigger than the failed attempts at you<br/><br/>[Outro]<br/>Wait, wait, wait<br/>I don&#x27;t want to see<br/>Wait, wait, wait<br/>I am not the person anyone would want to be<br/>Waiting here &#x27;til you leave