Shane Koyczan, The Short Story Long - Insider lyrics
[Shane Koyczan, The Short Story Long - Insider lyrics]
The most dangerous criminal I've ever known
Has grown up sentenced to
Life serving time inside a
Maximum security prison that I
Call my rib cage
From age nothing until now he has somehow
Managed to escape a total number of time
And time again
Which if I took the time to add up
Would equal every instance between
Now and then this is what happens when
Heart turns escape artist
When heart refuses to let missed moments
Multiply themselves into a monumental
Waste until all that remains of
The fraction of a life
This is heart as Harry Houdini gently
Reminding me that as a
Child I planted bricks into the
Ground and grew walls
I once upon a time loved to chase
Rainbows so learned how to cry waterfalls
From behind these bars I've heard the
Lovers issuing recalls on all the
"I love you" 's they ever
Said but never meant
And if you ever promised me forever I'm
Still here wondering where the time went
You've had me put away, locked up
Locked down, living underground
Prison bound
And I never made a sound 'til now
You won't keep me here for long
You won't keep me here for long
Your glare keeps holdin' me down
I will soon be found, i will soon be found
Your glare keeps holdin' me down
I will soon be found, i will soon be found
These memories and others like
Them stem from giving
Away my today and having no tomorrows
My yesterday's wear halos because
They died when I
Was sentenced to life for killing time
It once seemed sane that I once wished
I was born with out a
Rib cage so that my heart would
Be free to love you completely
On the inside I am collecting the
Sharp looks you shot to me
Through bars and bulletproof glass, through
Mass media and misinformation
I am enrolling my lips
In the higher education
Needed to speak your name with the
Same urgency we heard the night when we
Set off fire alarms and Richter scales
In both prisons and jails I have
Sat in my cell passing the
Time of a life sentence by
Casting shadow puppets of doubt
I have collected the sharp looks
You shot to me
They're what I've using to tunnel out
Like a line from a B-Grade actor, my
Cage has got a secret fracture
Any minute I'll escape my capture
You won't keep me here for long
Your glare keeps holdin' me down
I will soon be found (keep me here for long)
I will soon be found
Has grown up sentenced to
Life serving time inside a
Maximum security prison that I
Call my rib cage
From age nothing until now he has somehow
Managed to escape a total number of time
And time again
Which if I took the time to add up
Would equal every instance between
Now and then this is what happens when
Heart turns escape artist
When heart refuses to let missed moments
Multiply themselves into a monumental
Waste until all that remains of
The fraction of a life
This is heart as Harry Houdini gently
Reminding me that as a
Child I planted bricks into the
Ground and grew walls
I once upon a time loved to chase
Rainbows so learned how to cry waterfalls
From behind these bars I've heard the
Lovers issuing recalls on all the
"I love you" 's they ever
Said but never meant
And if you ever promised me forever I'm
Still here wondering where the time went
You've had me put away, locked up
Locked down, living underground
Prison bound
And I never made a sound 'til now
You won't keep me here for long
You won't keep me here for long
Your glare keeps holdin' me down
I will soon be found, i will soon be found
Your glare keeps holdin' me down
I will soon be found, i will soon be found
These memories and others like
Them stem from giving
Away my today and having no tomorrows
My yesterday's wear halos because
They died when I
Was sentenced to life for killing time
It once seemed sane that I once wished
I was born with out a
Rib cage so that my heart would
Be free to love you completely
On the inside I am collecting the
Sharp looks you shot to me
Through bars and bulletproof glass, through
Mass media and misinformation
I am enrolling my lips
In the higher education
Needed to speak your name with the
Same urgency we heard the night when we
Set off fire alarms and Richter scales
In both prisons and jails I have
Sat in my cell passing the
Time of a life sentence by
Casting shadow puppets of doubt
I have collected the sharp looks
You shot to me
They're what I've using to tunnel out
Like a line from a B-Grade actor, my
Cage has got a secret fracture
Any minute I'll escape my capture
You won't keep me here for long
Your glare keeps holdin' me down
I will soon be found (keep me here for long)
I will soon be found