I’m supposed to be doing music right now

Well I heard You’ve been telling lies now it’s My turn Colour me surprised did that fall hurt? You bet I’d do it again

Guess I learned Not to play it fair With the bridge burned, And the secret’s aired Did you play it safe? Did you win the game? Were you scared?

We can try and try and then try again Dig it deeper, and paint the roses red We can climb and climb and not reach the end But it’s not the worst we’ve got

I heard that villains never win (You got, you got, you got the wrong subplot) I heard that stories never end (You got, you got, you got the wrong subplot) I heard that nothing’s ever over ’til it is And I learned To never trust a friend

Interlude (instrumental)

Then I’ll burn Fizzle out before the Tides turn Go on, sound the horn

I’m not standing on the edge, Waiting for the game to end Waiting ’til the rest are dead Waiting ’til we all turn RED

We can try and try and then try again Dig it deeper, and paint the roses red We can climb and climb and not reach the end But it’s not the worst we’ve got

I heard that villains never win (You got, you got, you got the wrong subplot) I heard that stories never end (You got, you got, you got the wrong subplot) I heard that nothing’s ever over ’til it is And I learned

Go ahead and pay the price Go ahead, I’ll be nice, Take a chance and roll the dice Go ahead and try Go ahead and try

Go ahead and win the game Go ahead and fan the flame When you get there, say my name Go ahead and try, go ahead and try Go ahead and D-

LYRICS

Is it cold tonight to you? Must be something with the moon Something scarlet, something cruel Something we forgot to do?

A weary widow bows his head He stands his vigil to the end By his side, still soaked in red A wanderer, a curse, a threat.

The widow and the wanderer They played a lonely dirge The widow said “the game will end, and with it ends the curse” The wanderer responded, “thats where you and i diverge the widow mourns, the widow weeps, the wanderer moves on.”

I remember long ago, In a circle lined with stones. They bore their fists, exchanging blows Still, he’d never let him go

The Widow and the Wanderer, They laughed, they sang and cried The wanderer raised up her glass: “a toast to times gone by” The widow stood to meet her, to look her in the eyes The widow mourns, the widow weeps, When all his friends are gone

She knows she sent her off to die. She knows she never said goodbye. She knows that hes the reason why. She knows… She knows…

She knows she can’t turn back the time, She knows the burning won’t subside, She screams her rage into the sky. She knows… she knows…

The widow and the wanderer, They walked the red-stained fort The widow’s hand an hourglass, the wanderer’s a sword The wanderer, her eyes ablaze, she joined the bloody war The widow mourns, the widow weeps, The widow carries on

LYRICS

I left you in the desert, left the rivers, left the sea Where the desert wind would tear the sand, like swords against the breeze Where the ghosts of who we left behind, would howl a rhapsody When I left you in the desert, I thought that you’d leave me

I left you in the desert, like the sun would leave the sky Left the bridges that we built and burned, the ones we left to die Left the hungry, left the needy, left the ever-watching eyes When I left you in the desert, you left your soul behind As you stayed there in the desert, the sun began to rise

And the desert showed you mercy And the desert held your hand And the desert killed you slowly ’Til your heart returned to sand

I left you in the darkness, where the sun can never reach Where the all-consuming silence hears the words you’d never speak Where the whispers lead to madness at the heart’s incessant beat All alone there in the darkness, where no-one heard the screams When I died down in the darkness, you died along with me

And the darkness bid you pity And the darkness set you free And the darkness killed you quickly When it dragged you down with me

I left you in the desert (in the desert) I left you in the desert (in the desert) I left you in the desert (in the desert) I left you in the desert (in the desert)

Did they ever show you mercy? Did they ever hold your hand? Did they kill you so damn slowly? That you didn’t understand? Did they look to you with pity? Did they laugh when you weren’t there? Did they think that you weren’t listening? Did they think you wouldn’t care?

Last night I dreamed, Dreamed of a world much like our own A world besieged, A world on fire, a world aglow And as I watched, I saw two figures, rise from the ashes Astounded, I watched as they rounded on each other I watched as one turned on the other, To save another, I watched as she died I watched the fire fade from her eyes And when I woke, I woke and saw you through the dark A world reborn, A world where we are worlds apart

Over the mountains, Over the rivers Riding beside you, Follow the whispers Over the midnights, Over the moon Are you still listening? Are they still watc hing you?

Oh when we were together, we were ride and die We were stormy weather, We were dynamite We were stuff of legends Back when we were friends But you said we can’t talk until your blood bleeds red

Do you still hate me? Will you forgive me? Do you still need me? Do you still want me? Please say you want me Say the game will never end, The score can be reset, Your heart’s still in your chest, Pull another from the deck

Ain’t no bleeding, Ain’t no fighting, Ain’t no crying, Ain’t no dying Say, until this whole thing ends, please ust say we were friends

Over the hunger, Over the pain, Riding beside you, Like nothing’s changed. Over the bridges, Over the trees, Are they still following? Can you hear me?

Oh when we were together, we were ride and die We were stormy weather, We were dynamite We were stuff of legends But stories have to end And we were reunited ’til your blood bled red

You were found in

Fields of flowers, soft and golden

You were sheltered

Safe and warm inside the mountain

You were bathed in

praise and showered at the altar

Then you left and

Made your way into the coalmine

Oooooh Oooooh

Oooooh Oooooh

So sing for me, canary,

Tell me of the woes are yet to come.

Sing for me, canary,

Tell me when the gruesome deed is done.

Sing for me, canary,

Sing until the world can hear your song

Sing, for me canary,

Haven’t you been singing all along?

You were ripped from

Ache and bled upon the pyre

You lost faith and,

you were buried with the miners.

Oooooh Oooooh

Oooooh Oooooh

Scream for me, canary,

Scream, although it falls upon deaf ears.

Scream for me, canary

Scream it until everybody hears

Scream for me, canary

Scream until the world can feel your pain.

Scream for me canary,

Share the sting of agony again.

Oh don’t just stand there,

don’t just stand there,

don’t just stand there,

don’t just stand there,

don’t you see?

Can you breathe?

Oh don’t just stand there,

don’t just stand there,

don’t just stand there,

don’t just stand there,

can’t you see?

we’ve lost our canary.

So fall for me, canary

Fall, and know the worst is yet to come

Fall for me canary,

LYRICS:

Not long ago, when I was cold,

my parents gave to me

A flower made of tin and grown

of love and family

A visage of such beauty

with petals hard as stone

open up to what you see

and see what bonds may grow

Tin flower, something made of hope

A tin flower brought us here so long ago

Tin flower, rough around the edge

Tin flower, made with all my friends

Into the forest full of darkness

We wandered all alone

With horrors of our nightmares

And so very far from home

We stood before our terrors

We conquered what we could

We left behind our fears

And fought for all that’s right and good

Tin flower, something made of hope

A tin flower brought us here so long ago

Tin flower, rough around the edge

Tin flower, made with all my friends

And there’s a satellite out there somewhere

It goes from me to you

And if I have to build by myself

That’s something I can do

And in the hours of our nightmares

We can only turn to home

And so I’ll build my way out of this mess,

and think of two familiar gnomes

Tin flower, something made of hope

A tin flower brought us here so long ago

Tin flower, rough around the edge