"If I Should Go Before You" (2015)

Woman lyrics - City and Colour

Woman
My love is never ending
Like a sea without a shore
Woman
I'm a fool guilty of old crimes
But you are the one I adore
Woman
When the world has emptied
and the planet is covered in dust
I will stand beneath the silver moon rising
Waiting to resurrect our love

Woman
My love is never ending
Like a sea without a shore
Woman
I'm a fool guilty of old crimes
But you are the one I adore
Woman
When the world has emptied
and the planet is covered in dust
I will stand
Stand beneath the silver moon rising
Waiting to resurrect our love

Woman
My love is never ending
Like a sea without a shore
Woman
I'm a fool guilty of old crimes
You are the one I adore
Woman
When the world has emptied
and the planet is covered in dust
I will stand
Stand beneath the silver moon rising
Waiting to resurrect our love

Northern Blues lyrics - City and Colour

I've got too much in front of me
And not enough left behind
I've got too much in front of me
I didn't leave enough behind

I can hear the devil whisper
Payin' no heed to what he says
I can hear the devil whisper
Staking no weight to his claim

And I'm all torn down
With these northern blues
Got my soul in want of
Some post-mortem truth
I keep rollin' on howling at the moon
But I'm all torn down
With these northern blues

I have no understanding
For standing outside of time
Three hundred thousand hours
Still I remain hungry for the light

The world is disappearing
Little by little
Day by day
Three hundred thousand hours
Still the weather it has not changed

And I'm all torn down
With these northern blues
Got my soul in want
Of some post-mortem truth
I keep rollin' on howling at the moon
But I'm all torn down
With these northern blues

I'm all torn down
With these northern blues
I'm all torn down

I keep rollin' on howling at the moon
But I'm all torn down
With these northern blues

Northern blues

Mizzy C lyrics - City and Colour

I keep recycling stories from my youth
That I've told before
Conversations with myself
Have become such a bore
Struggling to find the rhythm
In these blues of mine
I've been living out of focus
Bearing of life and lie

If I try to change direction
I might not find what I'm looking for
But this bitter disposition
Well now must surely run its course
Ooh

Now I've been given the gift of persistence
But it's become a curse
Unraveling backward
In the distance I heard a dirge
I can see a man
On his face there's no trace of time
There's a strange and mad idea I must find

If I try to change direction
I might not find what I'm looking for
But this bitter disposition
Well now must surely run its course
Ooh

I wanna change direction

If I try to change direction
I might not find what I'm looking for
But this bitter disposition
Well now must surely run its course

So if I try to change direction
I might not find what I'm looking for
But this bitter disposition
Well now must surely run its course

Ooh

If I Should Go Before You lyrics - City and Colour

If I should go
before you
When that long night comes
We'll meet in the ever after
Please don't follow me
into the sun

If you should cross
the white light
and find yourself
in the black
I'll be right there
behind you
You will have no need
to look back

And when the night
cries itself awake
Dying in the light of day
Our endless love
will remain
Until we meet again...

If I should go
before you
Into the great
unknown
I'll leave my ghost right
beside you
You won't have to wait
alone

And when the night
cries itself awake
Dying in the light of day
Our endless love
will remain
Until we meet...
Crying ourselves awake
Dying in the light of day
Our endless love
will remain
Until we meet again.

Killing Time lyrics - City and Colour

What if you're here when I'm not ready?
What if I'm not willing to listen?
I hope these devils never leave me
'Cos I keep taking what they're giving

Right now it feels like killing time
I'm running from the shadow of my former shadow's life
Sometimes I wonder if I was ever really there?
Right now it feels like killing time

Lately I've been thinking about
Just who I'm supposed to be
There are lines forming on my hands and face
Before today I have never seen

But right now it feels like killing time
I'm running from the shadow of my former shadow's life
Sometimes I wonder if I was ever really there?
Right now it feels like killing time

Killing time, oh
Killing time, oh
Oh

Right now it feels like killing time
I'm running from the shadow of my former shadow's life
Sometimes I think that I was never really there
Right now it feels like killing time

Wasted Love lyrics - City and Colour

Careless love
Quit pouring honey in my ears
You're speaking diamonds crystal clear
So far away I want you near

Crying out for more
Just a little more
Tied down on the floor
Like a prisoner of war
Oh, I've been down so long
Day is nearly gone
I must carry on
With this wasted love

Careless love
There's more to say than should be said
Can't get these words straight in my head
You make me feel so powerless

I'm crying out for more
Just a little more
Tied down on the floor
Like a prisoner of war
Oh, I've been down so long
Day is nearly gone
I must carry on
With this wasted love

Wasted love
Wasted love

Crying out for more
Just a little more
Tied down on the floor
Like a prisoner of war
Oh, I've been down so long
Day is nearly gone
I must carry on
With this wasted love

Wasted love
Wasted love

Runaway lyrics - City and Colour

I know I have earned it
But most days I don't feel like I deserve this
To the victim go the spoils, through this mortal coil
Oh how the years have been so kind to me

I found the permanent place
Where the skies are gold not grey
I can taste the salt on your skin
And feel the sunshine on my face
We're gonna run, gonna run, gonna runaway
From the day
We're gonna run, gonna run, gonna runaway
From the day

Finally free from the past
How long could a feeling like this last?
The road away from here
Is long and steep my dear
Oh how the years have been so kind to me

I found the permanent place
Where the skies are gold not grey
Where I can taste the salt on your skin
And feel the sunshine on my face
We're gonna run, we're gonna run, gonna runaway
From the day
We're gonna run, gonna run, gonna runaway
From the day

We're gonna run

I found the permanent plance
Where the skies are gold not grey

We're gonna run
We're gonna run

Ooh [x8]

Lover Come Back lyrics - City and Colour

Bound for trouble from the start
I've been walking through this old world in the dark
All along right by my side
There you were shining, my ray of light

I sing lover come back, lover come back to me
Won't you ever come back, ever come back to me
How could I have been so foolish to let you leave
Lover come back, lover come back to me

I'll never be as good as I'd like to be
Eternally restless refusing to believe
But I think that we missed our connection
I wanted to feel your affection
Until my final days

I sing lover come back, lover come back to me
Won't you ever come back, ever come back to me
How could I have been so foolish to let you leave
Lover come back, lover come back to me

I am warm enough yet I still shiver
I am fed but still I starve
You know me I am the great misgiver
Always waiting on the clouds to part

I sing lover come back, lover come back to me
Won't you ever come back, ever come back to me
How could I have been so foolish to let you leave
So lover come back, lover come back to me

Lover come back, lover come back to me
Won't you ever come back, ever come back to me
How could I have been so foolish to let you leave
So lover come back, lover come back to me

Map Of The World lyrics - City and Colour

There is a map of the world
That lies upon my weary face
Each line representing a mile
I have traveled from place to place
The colours are fading
The edges are tattered
It's grown a little worn with age
There is a map of the world
That lies upon my weary face

That I cannot erase
I cannot erase
Ooh
I cannot erase

The current of life pulled me under
I was swept away
Expanding the distance between us
Every second to every day
I thought I had given
All I could offer
While trying to keep the dogs at bay
But the current of life pulled me under
I was swept away

Beneath the tidal wave
Beneath the tidal wave
Ooh
Beneath the tidal wave
Beneath the tidal wave
I will be erased

There is a map of the world
That lies upon my weary face
There is a map of the world
That lies upon my weary face

Friends lyrics - City and Colour

Here I am again
Trading in a group of friends
To hopefully make amends
With everything I've done wrong
A last ditch effort
To find something better
And leave well enough alone

I will wait for all the words of happiness
I will wait for all the words of jubilation
I will hope for just an ounce of confidence
To offer myself some sort of congratulations

There is a light I'm trying to find
Between the water and the open sky
I know that's where the wild winds blow
Through times of trouble
Or just a simple stumble
I can go and make some real good noise

Still I wait for all the words of happiness
Still I wait for all the words of jubilation
I will hope for just an ounce of confidence
To offer myself some sort of congratulations

I wanna live where the wild winds blow
I know
I wanna live where the wild winds blow
I know

Blood lyrics - City and Colour

I'd like to take my time
There's a good reason I must find
I want to put a few miles down
I'd like to feel my two feet on the ground

Another year's hard work done
I've paid for it with all of my blood
I've given you more than I'm worth
I want to dig my fingers into the earth

Because I know there's beauty buried beneath
The surface of what we seek
All hopes left unfound
They lie between the wish and the well

The sun is just rising up
Mother birds feeding their young
The light of a brand new day
I think we've finally found a home in this place

Now I know there's beauty buried beneath
The surface of what we seek
All hopes left unfound
They lie between the wish and the well

I know there's beauty buried beneath
There's beauty buried beneath
I know there's beauty buried beneath
There's beauty buried beneath
I know there's beauty buried beneath
(There's beauty buried beneath)

Now I know there's beauty buried beneath
The surface of what we seek
All hopes left unfound
They lie between the wish and the well

"The Hurry And The Harm" (2013)

The Hurry And The Harm lyrics - City and Colour

Everyone wants everything no matter the cost, we're longing to live in a dream.
But we can't let go to all that we think we know, this great escape until we give up the ghost.

But why are we so worried more about the hurry and less about the harm?
Always trying to conquer that which does not offer anything more than a broken heart.
Oh what a cost for love.

Only want oh simple things, mourning the loss and what could have been.
When did I let go to all that I use to know this grave mistake has left an absence of hope.

But why are we so worried more about the hurry and less about the harm?
Always trying to conquer that which does not offer anything more than a broken heart.

Oh what a cost for love [x4]

I'm going back to the start.

Harder Than Stone lyrics - City and Colour

Someday I will walk away
When time ain't drawing on me like a blade
Back turned to the setting sun
Leaving behind Toronto's incessant hum

‘Cause I was born and raised
To live beyond
The heft and weight
Of a world undone

But I don’t mean to be a bother
I don’t need you to take my burden away
And I ain’t afraid of dying
Cold and alone

Traipsing though the utter dark
Walking underneath the dead moonlight
Without any great concern
For what I’ve missed or how many bridges have burned

Like a bird who flies
Away from the North
My heart will roam
In search of warmth

But I don’t mean to be a bother
I don’t need you to take my burden away
And I ain’t afraid of dying
Cold and alone

When my time comes
When I was young
I didn’t know too much
I thought that I could rule the world

Then I grew up
And found out life was hard
Harder than stone

Of Space And Time lyrics - City and Colour

There's a murder of crows,
Flying high over head,
On this desolate road,
Well I tend to forget,
About you and I,
And I'll fight to survive
Through this thunderous life.
When we're not side by side.

I’m roaming through the hills,
All alone,
I’m trying to find my direction home,
A question of space,
A matter of time,
I follow the stars until the first light.

I don’t know what drugs to take,
To successfully alter the state,
That my mind has been in as of late,
Something is eating away at my brain,
There’s an elephant in the back of the room,
And it’s standing in plain view,
Everyone can see,
That it looks just like me.

I’m roaming through the hills.
All alone,
I’m trying to find my direction home,
A question of space,
A matter of time,
I follow the stars until the first light.

I will not call this road home,
Though it is all I know,
I will not call this road home,
Though it is all I know.

I’m roaming through the hills.
All alone,
I’m trying to find my direction home,
A question of space,
A matter of time,
I follow the stars until the first light.

The Lonely Life lyrics - City and Colour

What if I did not love you?
Where would that leave me
Would I wander through the avenues
Under a pall of misery

Would I be face down in the gutter
With cheap whiskey on my breath
The lonely life of a writer
Whose words could not pay his debts

Singin' please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I've been blinded completely
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy

What if we became strangers?
Would you notice my face in a crowd?
And you could you hear the sorrow in my voice?
Helplessly crying your name out loud

Would I be searching for a savior?
Burned and burning with regret
The lonely life of a writer
Only if one last desperate request

Singin' please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I've been blinded completely
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy

I've been on the lam
Being hunted, somethin' fierce
They say time and tide, it waits for no man
But I was just hopin'
These storm filled skies would clear

Please don't, please don't pass me by
Please don't, please don't pass me by
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy

Paradise lyrics - City and Colour

I’m looking for a way out
For a place that no one knows
Please take me away now
Somewhere it don’t feel so cold

Troubles on my mind
Troubles on my mind
For the rest of the days I’ve cried
For the rest of the days I’ve cried

I’m searching for a paradise
That I just can’t seem to find
I’m searching for a paradise
For the time of my life

I’m searching for a paradise
That I just can’t seem to find
I’m searching for a paradise
Gonna go where the spirit guides

All alone

My silhouette is fading
Past the point of safe return
Now my body’s aching
As both ends of the candle burn

My heart is beating slow
My heart is beating slow
It’s worn me to the bone
It’s worn me to the bone

I’m searching for a paradise
That I just can’t seem to find
I’m searching for a paradise
For the time of my life

I’m searching for a paradise
That I just can’t seem to find
I’m searching for a paradise
Gonna go where the spirit guides

All alone
All alone
All alone
All alone

I’m searching for a paradise
That I just can’t seem to find
I’m searching for a paradise
For the time of my life

Commentators lyrics - City and Colour

I don’t wanna be revolutionary
No, I'm just looking for the sweetest melody
If I overstayed my welcome
I would take my things and leave
‘Cause I’m not trying to be revolutionary

What gave you the impression
That your opinion means anything to anyone?
What gave you the right
To bear arms against me… against us?

You’re nothing but a bunch of amateur commentators
Who live your lives hiding behind a wall of insecurities

I don’t wanna be revolutionary
No, I'm just looking for the sweetest melody
If I overstayed my welcome
I would take my things and leave
‘Cause I’m not trying to be revolutionary

Imagine it’s already broken
As you hold it in your hand
Think of all the work you’re doing
As work that you can only understand

Suppose it’s already faded
As it drapes across your back
Believing all you have is wonderful
Instead of everything that you lack

[2x]
I don’t wanna be revolutionary
No, I'm just looking for the sweetest melody
If I overstayed my welcome
I would take my things and leave
‘Cause I’m not trying to be revolutionary

Thirst lyrics - City and Colour

When I think of
Fates worse than death
All I can think of
Is something you said
You said we were golden
Bright like the sun
And now I am stranded
Knowing I'm not the one

An ocean of anger
Flowing through me
Blood-stained and broken
From what I failed to see
And just like a snake charmer
You led me astray
Living in distress
Hoping help was on the way

In the midst of a storm searching for shelter
I came upon one single feather
A half-hearted wish for something better
Gracefully cursed
I thirst

Attached to the soil
I'm dyed in the wool
There's iron in my blood
Yet so vulnerable
But after I'm gone
Once I finally leave
You will be left alone
To the wolves and the thieves.

In the midst of a storm searching for shelter
I came upon one single feather
A half-hearted wish for something better
Gracefully cursed
I thirst

Gracefully cursed
I thirst

Gracefully cursed
I thirst

I thirst

Two Coins lyrics - City and Colour

Northwest is where I'm heading,
Underneath the golden sky
I'm searching for a wisdom
That every man seeks to find
I've got wicked thoughts a brewin'
Many even deeds I've done
I'm looking for a reason
For a reason not to run

[Chorus 2x]
I've always been dark
With light somewhere in the distance

I've got no destination
No place to call my own
I'll explore the constellations
'Til I find the course I mean to hold
But come fever or come famine
Come the biting winter cold
Just put two coins upon my eyelids
So I can pay the boatman's toll

[Chorus 2x]
I've always been dark
With light somewhere in the distance

[Bridge]
I've been so unforgiving
Stranded in old traditions

[Chorus 2x]
I've always been dark
With light somewhere in the distance

Take Care lyrics - City and Colour

Take better care
Of yourself, my friend
For, you never know
When it will all
Come to an end

Cause only time will tell
When death shall ring his bell
So take better care
Of yourself, my friend

Cause you are a single grain
A mere molecule
Mistaken for a king
You're only a simple fool

I will provide you
With a reason to believe
I will not desert you
In your time of need

And so sudden the winds change
And so sudden you lose your faith
I will provide you
With a reason to believe

Cause you are a single grain
A mere molecule
Mistaken for a king
You're only a simple fool

So take, better care
Of yourself, my friend
Take better care
Of yourself, my friend

Ladies And Gentlemen lyrics - City and Colour

It's the poison running
Through your blood
It's the broken levee
That brought the flood
It's the loaded barrel of a gun

There is darkness roaming
Through everything
Evil urges awakening
But, the bitter souls
Who will never rest
Good luck,
Ladies and Gentlemen

It's all the days when
You're lacking love
And you hear the cry from
The morning dove
Then you feel the breath
Leave your lungs

There is darkness roaming
Through everything
Evil urges awakening
The bitter souls
Who will never rest
Good luck,
Ladies and Gentlemen

The Golden State lyrics - City and Colour

Why's everyone still singing about California?
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
I guess if you like sandy beaches and blue ocean water
There's something about it, to which I cannot relate
I need to see the leaves change and the snowflakes falling
I need to hear the colder wind whistling through the winter pines

Why's everyone still singing about California?
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
People still follow their dreams to sweet California
And from time to time I'll pass on by, but I will never stay

Sure there are beautiful people, in the city of lost angels
They're living like they're kings and queens, from some royal age
But fortune and fame won't save you, when California
Is wiped out by the ring of fire or a great earthquake

Why's everyone still singing about California?
Haven't we heard enough about the Golden State?
People still follow their dreams to sweet California
And from time to time I'll pass on by, but I will never stay
No, I will never stay

Never stay
Never stay

Death's Song lyrics - City and Colour

What becomes of me
When you stop listening?
Do I disappear into the silence?
Or return from the void with brand new life?

Will I find a resting place?
Somewhere to wash my hands and face
Gathering the harvest for all I need
Collapsing into this place of ease

I’m singing my death song
Singing my death song
Singing my death song
This is my death song

Singing my death song
Singing my death song
Singing my death song
Singing my death song

Singing my death song
Singing my death song
Singing my death song
This is my death song

The Way It Used To Be lyrics - City and Colour

This is the story of a man
Who took for granted everything he had
And how he let it all just slip away
Never to return again

Now twenty years have come and gone
And still he wonders what he did so wrong
And how that he can win back her heart
And finally step outside of the dark

He buys fresh roses everyday
Her favourite flower so she used to say
And now the memories all that he has left
And I'm afraid he'll drink himself to death

This is the story of a man
Who took for granted everything he had
And how he let it all just slip away
Never to return again

It's clear she's moved on long ago
But he still clings on to a distant hope
That she'll come back and make a happy home
For now it's him and the bottle all alone

Sometimes you'll see him in the yard
A wounded man with a desperate heart
He keeps the hedges trimmed nice and neat
To keep them the way that they used to be

This is the story of a man
Who took for granted everything he had
And how he let it all just slip away
Never to return again

A single dress hangs on it's own
The scent of perfume all he has to hold
A wasted life waiting on a dream
Hoping for things the way they used to be

This is the story of a man (this is the story of a man)
Who took for granted everything he had (everything he had)
And how he let it all just slip away (he let it slip away)
Never to return again (to return again)

"Little Hell" (2011)

We Found Each Other In The Dark lyrics - City and Colour

I heard the church bells from afar,
But we found each other in the dark.
And when the smoke does finally pass
We will rise above all the ash.

Cause we're gonna live, we're gonna live, we're gonna live
We're gonna live, we're gonna live, we're gonna live
We're gonna live, we're gonna live, we're gonna live
At last.

So bright, the flames burned in our hearts,
That we found each other in the dark.
Like beasts out in the wilderness
We are fighting to survive and convalesce.

But we're gonna live, we're gonna live, we're gonna live
We're gonna live, we're gonna live, we're gonna live
We're gonna live, we're gonna live, we're gonna live
Like the rest.

Through the black starless water,
And the cold lonely air.
On the rock restless seas,
The vessel in deep disrepair.
And I swore they started singing,
But then oh, rejoice!
I can still hear your voice.

Then I heard the church bells from afar
But we found each other in the dark

Natural Disaster lyrics - City and Colour

Can you imagine all the homes abandoned and all alone?
With no one left to care for their wilting bones
The paint is peeling off the walls
The corners are filled up with dust
Cigarette smoke hangs in the air
And the grass ain't growin' like it did long ago

Whether a natural disaster ripped it from its foundation
Or an economic tragedy tore apart its family
They're all empty

The pipes have long since seized
The windows are all boarded up
There's no electricity flowing through these lifeless veins
Cracks are running down the walls
Where picture frames used to hang
A hint of heartbreak still lingers in the air
And weeds have choked the breath out of it long ago

Whether a natural disaster ripped it from its foundation
Or and economic tragedy tore apart it's family
They're all empty
They're all empty

The Grand Optimist lyrics - City and Colour

I fear I'm dying from complications, complications due to things that I've left undone
That all my debts will be left unpaid, feel like a cripple without a cane
I'm like a jack of all trades who's a master of none

Then there's my father he's always looking on the bright side
Saying things like “Son, life just ain't that hard”
He is the grand optimist, I am the world's poor pessimist
You give him burdensome times and he will escape unscarred

I guess I take after my mother, I guess I take after my mother

But I used to be quite resilient, gain no strength from counting the beads on a rosary
And now the wound has begun to turn, another lesson that has gone unlearned
But this is not a cry for pity or for sympathy

I guess I take after my mother, I guess I take after my mother
I guess I take after my mother, I guess I take after my mother

Little Hell lyrics - City and Colour

What if I can't be all that you need me to be
We've got a good thing going, we have some promises to keep
But my addiction it can be such a detriment
Please believe in this my dear, I am more than penitent

What if everything's just the way that it will be
Could it be that I am meant to cause you all this grief
My war ships are lying off the coast of your delicate heart
And my aim is steady and true as it's been right from the start

There's a degree of difficulty in dealing with me
From my haunted past comes a daunting task of living through memories
If we could just hang a mirror on the bedroom wall, stare into the past and forget it all

So when we leave it'll be a quick midnight escape
We'll disconnect ourselves from all of yesterday
I'll dig for water and fashion our very own wishing well
Then we'll throw our coins down hoping to rid us of this little hell

There's a degree of difficulty in dealing with me
From my haunted past comes a daunting task of living through memories.
If we could just hang a mirror on the bedroom wall, stare into the past and forget it all

Will we get out of this little hell
Will we get out of this little hell
Will we get out of this little hell
Will we get out of this little hell

Fragile Bird lyrics - City and Colour

When she sleeps
There is a fever dream, yeah
It brings a night terror
To harm this fragile bird

She speaks in tongues
Her words they come undone, yeah
And with a wayward mind
She struggles through the night

All that I can do
Is hope she makes it through
Through the night
Through the night

These cold nightmares
They make her worse for wear
Lost in the dark
She's got a heavy heart

And when she wakes
In her fragile state
Well, she calls my name
Hoping that I keep her safe

All that I can do
Is hope she makes it through
All that I can do
Is hope she makes it through

Through the night
Through the night
Through the night
Through the night

All that I can do
Is hope she makes it through
All that I can do
Is hope she makes it through
Through the night

Northern Wind lyrics - City and Colour

You're the Northern Wind
Sending shivers down my spine
You're like fallen leaves
In an autumn night

You're the lullaby
That's singing me to sleep
You are the other half
You're like a missing piece

Oh my love
Oh my love
Oh my love
You don't know
What you do to me

You are all four seasons
Rolled into one
You're like the cold December snow
In the warm July sun

I'm the jet black sky
That's just before the rain
Like the mighty current
Pullin' you under the waves

Oh my love
Oh my love
Oh my love
You don't know
What you do to me

I'm the darkest hour
Just before the dawn
And I'm slowly sinking
Into the slough of despond

Like an old guitar
Worn out and left behind
I have stories still to tell
They're of the healing kind

Oh my love
Oh my love
Oh my love
If I could just
Find you tonight
If I could just find you tonight
Oh my love

Do do do [x5]

O' Sister lyrics - City and Colour

Oh sister
What's wrong with your mind?
You used to be so strong and stable
My sister
What made you fall from grace?
I'm sorry that I was not there to catch you

What have the demons done?
What have the demons done?
With the luminous light that once shined from your eyes
What makes you feel so alone
Is it the whispering ghosts
That you feared the most
But the blackness in your heart
Won't last forever
I know it's tearing you apart
But it's a storm you can weather

Oh sister
Those lines etched in your hands
They're hardened and rough like a road map of sorrow
My sister
There is a sadness on your face
You're like a motherless child who's longing for comfort
What's running through your veins
That's causing you such pain?
Does it have something to do with the pills they gave to you?
What is eating at your soul?
Was it the whispering ghosts that left you out in the cold?

But the blackness in your heart
Won't last forever
I know it's tearing you apart
But it's a storm you can weather

Oh sister
My sister
Oh sister
My sister

Weightless lyrics - City and Colour

Come close
Lay next to me

Come close
Lay next to me

I need to tell you something important
So stay close
Remain next to me
I need to feel important

It's your eyes that I don't believe
And my heart you will
You will mislead
Do you know the consequence
That comes with having such confidence?

Holding all the weight in my life
Then you turn and you walk away from me

So what is this now
You ask of me
What makes your pain such an urgency?
Now I'm worn out
So plain to see
Once again my dear a brand new tragedy

Holding all the weight in my life
Then you turn and you walk away from me

Holding all the weight in my life
Then you turn and you walk away from me

Bleeding all the strength from my life
Then you turn and you run away from me

You're bleeding all the strength from my life
Then you turn and you run away from me

Sorrowing Man lyrics - City and Colour

Sorrowing man, look how worn you've become,
You once were Lord of the barren sea
There's blood on our hands, in this perfect madness,
You're living on borrowed time

Oh how you have lost your way
Oh how you have lost your way

There's no sympathy for we don't know the cure,
Cause what you've got, well it runs too pure
But you've lived and breathed more than any man I know
But you're not done, oh, at least, I hope

Oh how you have lost your way
Oh how you have lost your way
In this life that we have made together
Oh how you have lost your way

Oh how you have lost your way
Oh how you have lost your way

Silver And Gold lyrics - City and Colour

Last night I dreamt that they dropped a bomb
Oh the seas ran dry and the winds had calmed
The skyscrapers fell, and crumbled to dust,
And their skeletons of steel were covered in rust

And everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared

Colours were drained straight from the sky
And nothing living had survived
Mountains were merely removed from the earth
And silver and gold had lost all its worth

And everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared
Oh everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared

I woke from the dream in a cold, cold sweat
I was full of doubt and deep regret,
For suddenly it was all so clear to me;
There was nothing left in which to believe

And everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared
Oh everything I loved and feared had all at once disappeared

[Note: Dallas has stated that he hasn't titled this song yet,
He said that for the people who were going to upload it to Youtube
To name it "New Song" but we like "Silver and Gold" better]

Hope For Now lyrics - City and Colour

This highway's dark and empty.
Just miles and miles of endless road.
I've got a sickness pounding in my head.
I'm at the mercy of the ghost.

What will it take to live as if I would not another day?
To live without despair, and to be without disdain.
How can I instill such hope, but be left with none of my own?
What if I could sing just one song and it might save somebody's life?

I sought after, after reasons to stay.
I was lost, I was lost.
Then the sky turned black,
And the rains poured down.
I was waiting, waiting to be found. oh, no.

How can I instill such hope, but be left with none of my own?
What if I could sing just one song and it might save somebody's life?

Then I would sing all that I could sing
Cause that is when, when I feel that I'm not just counting time.
Oh when I sing all that I can sing
Maybe just for a moment things would seem all right.
Oh when I sing, oh when I sing
Oh when I sing, oh when I sing

"Bring Me Your Love" (2008)

Forgive Me lyrics - City and Colour

I'll cross my heart and hope to die
Before I have the chance to lie
To you, my dear, who I wish no harm
But I know in the end this will turn out wrong

See I've been known to fall in love
But sometimes love just is not enough
And my heart will stray before too long
So please forgive me for when I sing this song

[Note: The Demo Version of this song has slightly different lyrics at the end:
"So please JUST LISTEN TO when I sing this song, I sing this song"]

Confessions lyrics - City and Colour

I've been up for days,
Trying to find a way to write this confession down
Seems every line I write's a miss,
At least this I'll admit
For what I've done, I am not proud
But there's no need to pretend, no need for innocence
I've got to be honest now

My verdict has come in,
It says I'm guilty for my sins this time.
I thought I could escape,
But then I finally felt the weight,
Of my crimes.
It's passion, it's not love,
Infatuation never ends up right.
At least I won't be alone tonight.

'Cuz I don't want to be alone tonight.

The prosecution rests,
With convincing evidence.
It seems I've been deceived.
So now I stand alone and wait for the first stone,
To be cast upon me.

My verdict has come in,
It says I'm guilty for my sins this time.
I thought I could escape,
But then I finally felt the weight
Of my crimes.
It's passion, it's not love,
Infatuation never ends up right.
At least I won't be alone tonight.

At least I won't be alone tonight.
'Cuz I don't want to be alone tonight.

The Death Of Me lyrics - City and Colour

Do I have nothing good left to say?
Do I need whiskey to start fueling my complaints?
People love to drink their troubles away.
Sometimes I feel that I'd be better off that way.

'Cause maybe then I could sleep at night.
I wouldn't lie awake until the morning light.
This is something that I'll never control.
My nerves will be the death of me, I know.
I know, I know.

So here's to living life miserable.
And here's to all the lonely stories that I've told.
Maybe drinking wine will validate my sorrow.
Every man needs a muse and mine could be the bottle.

Maybe then I could sleep at night.
I wouldn't lie awake until the morning light.
This is something that I'll never control.
My nerves will be the death of me, I know.

Finally, I could hope for a better day.
No longer holding on to all the things that cloud my mind.
Maybe then the weight of the world wouldn't seem so heavy.
But then again I'll probably always feel this way.

At least I know I'll never sleep at night. (Sleep at night)
I'll always lie awake until the morning light. (Til the morning light)
This is something that I'll never control.
My nerves will be the death of me.
My nerves will be the death of me.

My nerves will be the death of me, I know.

Body In A Box lyrics - City and Colour

There's a funeral procession on the highway,
Traffic screeches to a halt.
There's people searching for a better way,
To live their lives.
Johnny lived a good life, you'll hear them say
As tears of sadness soak the ground.
The reaper crept in, took his breath away,
In the middle of the night.

[Chorus:]
We celebrate the lives of the dead,
It's like a man's best party, only happens when he dies.
We gather 'round to pay our respects,
While their souls are still searching for the light,
Searching for the light.

So please don't come to me on my dying day,
Just let me go in peace.
With all the things that I forgot to say,
Racing through my mind.
And don't you bury me six feet under ground,
Just burn my body in a box.
And let my ashes blow with the wind,
Out into the night sky.

[Chorus]

Sleeping Sickness lyrics - City and Colour (feat. Gordon Downie from The Tragically Hip)

I awoke
Only to find my lungs empty
And through the night
So it seems I'm not breathing
And now my dreams are nothing like they were meant to be
And I'm breaking down, I think I'm breaking down

And I'm afraid
To sleep because of what haunts me
Such as living with the uncertainty
That I'll never find the words to say
Which would completely explain
Just how I'm breaking down

[Chorus]
Someone come and, someone come and save my life
Maybe I'll sleep when I am dead
But now it's like the night is taking sides
With all the worries that occupy the back of my mind
Could it be this misery will suffice?

[Gordon Downie]
I've become
A simple souvenir of someone's kill
And like the sea
I'm constantly changing from calm to ill
Madness fills my heart and soul as if the great divide could swallow me whole
oh, how I'm breaking down

[Chorus]
oooohhh my life

Someone come and, someone come and save my life (save my life)
Someone come and, someone come and save my life (save my life)
Someone come and, someone come and save my life
Could it be this misery will suffice?

What Makes A Man? lyrics - City and Colour

I can hear my train comin'
It's a lonesome and distant cry
I can hear my train comin'
Now I'm runnin' for my life
What makes a man walk away from his mind?
I think I know
I think I might know

I can feel the wind blowin'
It's sending shivers down my spine
I can feel the wind blowin'
It shakes the trees and the power lines
What makes a man spend his whole life in disguise?
I think I know
I think I might know

I think I might know
I think I might know, oh oh

I can see the sun settin'
It's casting shadows on the sea
I can see the sun, it's setting
It's getting colder, starting to freeze
What makes a man want to break a heart with ease?
I think I know
I think I might know

I think I might know
I think I might know, oh oh

Well I can hear my train comin'
Looks like time is not on my side
Well I can hear my train comin'
I'm still runnin' for my life
What makes a man pray, when he's about to die?
I think I know
I think I might know

I think I might know
I think I might know, oh oh, oh oh

I think I might know
I think I might know, woah oh

Waiting... lyrics - City and Colour

A coma might feel better than this,
attempting to discover where to begin.
You're weighed down, you're full of something.
Of sickness, and desertion.
You're weighed down, you're full of something,
you're underneath it all.

So say goodbye to love,
and hold your head up high.
There's no need to rush
we're all just waiting, waiting to die.

Hoping a better place is all I need,
with moments of innocence and mystery.
Oh, it's the little things you miss.
Like waking up all alone.
Oh, it's the little things you miss,
when you're underneath it all.

So say goodbye to love,
and hold your head up high.
There's no need to rush
we're all just waiting, waiting to die.

All your friends seem like enemies
when you're broken down and empty.
All your friends seem like enemies
when you're broken down and empty.

So say goodbye to love,
and hold your head up high.
There's no need to rush
we're all just waiting, waiting to die.

Constant Knot lyrics - City and Colour

How much would you bet
That if I tried hard enough
I would spontaneously combust
I wish I could disappear
and run away from all of my fears
I think I'm coming undone

So stay the night
I promise that I won't bite
'Cause without you there
I don't think I could close my eyes

How do I end up this way
A constant knot in my gut
Tied with uncertainty and with lust
A classic case I suppose
A haunted man who can't out run his ghosts
They're in my skin and my bones

So stay the night
I promise that I won't bite
'Cause without you there
I don't think I could close my eyes

And now I sing...

Against The Grain lyrics - City and Colour

You need not to climb mountaintops,
You need not to cross the sea,
You need not to find a cure for everything that makes you weak.
You need not to reach for the stars when life becomes so dark,
And when the wind does blow against the grain,
You must follow your heart,
You must follow your heart.

When all your friends have come and gone,
And the sun no longer shines,
And the happiness for which you long is washed away like an ocean's tide,
When all the hard times outweigh the good,
And all your words are misunderstood,
When the day seems lost from the start
You must follow your heart,
You must follow your heart.

If you feel you've paid the price,
And your wounds should cease to heal
And everything you love in life spins like a winding wheel.
If you should wake to find you're abandoned,
And the road you've traveled leads to a dead-end
When death creeps in to play it's part,
You must follow your heart,
You must follow your heart.

The Girl lyrics - City and Colour

I wish I could do better by you,
'cause that's what you deserve
You sacrifice so much of your life
In order for this to work.

While I'm off chasing my own dreams
Sailing around the world
Please know that I'm yours to keep
My beautiful girl

When you cry a piece of my heart dies
Knowing that I may have been the cause
If you were to leave
Fulfill someone else's dreams
I think I might totally be lost
You don't ask for no diamond rings no delicate string of pearls
That's why I wrote this song to sing
My beautiful girl

ooooo ooo ohhh ohh oh oh

One, two, one two three four
I wish I could do better by you
'cause it's what you deserve
You sacrifice so much of your life
in order for this to work

While I'm off chasing my own dreams (my own dreams)
sailing around the world ('round the world)
Please know that I'm yours to keep
My beautiful girl

And when you cry a piece of my heart dies
Knowing that I may have been the cause
If you were to leave and fulfill someone else's dreams
I think I might totally be lost

But you don't ask for no diamond rings (Diamond rings)
No delicate string of pearls (String of pearls)
That's why I wrote this song to sing
My beautiful girl

ooooo ooo ohhh ohh oh oh
ooooo ooo ohhh ohh oh oh
ooooo ooo ohhh ohh oh oh
ooooo ooo ohhh ohh oh oh

But you don't ask for no diamond rings (Diamond rings)
No delicate string of pearls (String of Pearls)
That's why I wrote this song to sing
My beautiful girl.

Sensible Heart lyrics - City and Colour

I get so distracted
By some peoples reactions
That I don't see my own faults
For what they are
For what they are

At times so self destructive
With no intent or motive
But behind this emotion,
There lies a sensible heart
A sensible heart

See I'm no king
I wear no crown
But desperate times
Seem over now
But still I weaken somehow
It tears me apart
It tears me apart

I hope to learn as time goes by
That I should trust what's deep inside
Burning bright, oh burning bright
My sensible heart
My sensible heart
My sensible heart
My sensible heart

As Much As I Ever Could lyrics - City and Colour

Oh.

Love of mine,
Won't you lay by my side,
And rest your weary eyes,
Before we're out of time,
Give me one last kiss,
For soon, such distance,
Will stretch between our lips,
Now the day's losing light.

Oh.

Bring me your love, tonight.
Bring me your love, tonight.

Lost at sea,
My heart beat is growing weak,
Hoping you'd hear my plea,
And come save my life,
As the storm grew fierce,
And danger was certainly near,
I knew there was nothing to fear.

Bring me your love, tonight.
Bring me your love, tonight.
No I am not where I belong,
Bring me your love, tonight.

No I am not where I belong,
So shine a light and guide me home.
No I am not where I belong,
So shine a light, guide me back home.

Oh

Faithless lyrics - City and Colour

Please believe in what I say
Cause I’m running out of ways to convey
This lack of faith in myself
That's becoming my own personal hell

Vicious cold now settles in
My bones feel like their breaking through my skin
Well god damn you you're feeding on my loneliness
What an awful way to live, what a way to live

Get me out of this place
Cause I'm stuck in a rut and I can't stomach the taste
My lungs are filling up with dust
I feel bruised and broken with no one left to trust

Vicious cold now settles in
My bones feel like their breaking through my skin
God damn you you're feeding on my loneliness
But I will not let you in, I won't let you in

I Don't Need To Know lyrics - City and Colour

I don't need to know
why the oceans blue or how the flowers grow
I don't need to love
waiting on someone to forgive me for my sins

Like my father before me
I'm a working man a working man

But I don't need to believe in something that won't save my sanity

No I don't need I don't need to know no I don't need to know
I don't need to know I don't need to know

I don't want to live in a world where faces change from day to day
I don't want my life to be
so full of doubt and misery

The years now past without a trace
it's something that I'm learning to embrace
how most black nights are spent awake
think about how I don't want to live that way

No I don't want to live
I don't want to live

I don't know but I've been told
if you don't believe the devil owns your soul
if this is the truth then to hell I go
cause I don't need to know

"Sometimes" (2005)

...Off By Heart lyrics - City and Colour

The stars are aligned, but they don't align for us
Excuse me for I am the ocean, and I will starve for you
Will you know how to stay brave?
Such fragile moments we share
You are my everything
Even with nothing to say

Like Knives lyrics - City and Colour

Your words are like knives
They peel my skin and pierce my soul...
Your body will burn tonight...
Though your heart may still remain cold

And I will blame myself
And I will blame myself
For holding on to what I hoped would keep you by my side
I will blame myself

The Sheets are stained with...
Memories of your soft kiss
Now this is all I have
Paper and pen to remember you with

And I will blame myself
And I will blame myself
For holding on to what I hoped would keep you by my side
I will blame myself
Can I have you... [x4]

Hello, I'm In Delaware lyrics - City and Colour

So there goes my life
Passing by with every exit sign
It's been so long
Sometimes I wonder how I will stay strong
No sleep tonight
I'll keep on driving these dark highway lines
And as the moon fades
One more night gone, only twenty more days

But I will see you again
I will see you again a long time from now

And there goes my life
Passing by with every departing flight
And its been so hard
So much time so far apart
And she walks the night
How many hearts will die tonight
And will things have changed
I guess I'll find out in seventeen days

But I will see you again
I will see you again a long time from now

My body aches,
and it hurts to sing,
and no one is moving
And I wish that I weren't here tonight,
but this is my life

And I will see you again
I will see you again a long time from now

And I will see you again
I will see you again a long time from now

Save Your Scissors lyrics - City and Colour

So go on
And I will refrain
And I'll keep on running this neverending race
maybe next time will be the right time
and maybe next time will be your time

So save your scissors
For someone else's skin
My surface is so tough
I don't think the blade will dig in
Save your strength
Save your wasted time
There's no way that I want you to be left behind
Go on save your scissors
Save your scissors

So why does it always seem
That every time I turn around
Somebody falls in love with me?
This has never been my sole intention
And I have never claimed to have patents on such inventions

Just save your scissors
For someone else's skin
My surface is so tough
I don't think the blade will dig in
Save your strength
Save your wasted time
There's no way that I want you to be left behind
Go on save your scissors
Save your scissors

There is something that I must confess to you tonight
To you tonight
And that is I expect nothing less from you tonight
From you tonight

Go on save your scissors
Save your scissors
Save your scissors

In The Water, I Am Beautiful lyrics - City and Colour

And I know its not to get away from me,
You just need a change of scenery
So strange how everything went wrong so fast
And I hope that this confusion does not last, 'cause

These words might be, too little too late,
And I'm afraid that I have already lost you
Now three months equals eternity and this will be so hard
And I will long to hold you in my arms

And when you ask do you love me
I should reply with yes most certainly
I always hesitate there's something lingering
I will try harder to be all that I can be

These words might be, too little too late,
And I'm afraid that I have already lost you
Now three months equals eternity and this will be so hard
And I will long to hold you in my arms

Day Old Hate lyrics - City and Colour

So let's face it this was never what you wanted
But I know it's fun to pretend
Now blank stares and empty threats
Are all I have, they're all I have.

So drown me and if you can
Or we could just have conversation.
And I fall, I fall, I falter
But I'll find you before I drift away

Now you still speak of day old hate
Though your whole world has gone up into flames
And isn't it great to find that you're really worth nothing
And how safe it is to feel safe.

So drown me and if you can
Or we could just have conversation.
And I fall, I fall, I falter
But I'll find you before I drift away

The things we do just to stay alive
The things we do just to stay alive
The things we do just to stay alive
The things we do just to keep ourselves alive.

Sam Malone lyrics - City and Colour

And you can try to fight this all you want,
but I won't be there, I won't be there when you're all alone.
This new season, it brings with it signs of hope, hope.
Now you can't leave me, you can't leave me waiting all alone, all alone.

And I know, there is
Some place I can go
Where no one knows my name.

And I can still remember, you know I can still hear your voice, your voice.
Although your silence, your silence still rings so clear.
And do you think, and do you think I would call
just to hear you breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe?
You always knew, you always knew that just one word would dry up all my tears.

And I know there is
Some place I can go
Where no one knows my name, my name
Where no one knows my name
Where no one knows my name

Comin' Home lyrics - City and Colour

Well I've been down to Georgia
I've seen the streets in the West
I've driven down the 90, hell I've seen America's best
I've been through the Rockies, I've seen Saskatoon
I've driven down the highway 1 just hopin' that I'd see you soon

Cause I'm comin' home, I'm comin' home

I've never been to Alaska, but I can tell you this,
I've been to Lincoln, Nebraska and hell you know it ain't worth shit
I've been through Nova Scotia, Sydney to Halifax
I'll never take any pictures cause I know I'll just be right back

Cause I'm comin' home, I'm comin' home

I've seen a palace in London, I've seen a castle in Wales
but I'd rather wake up beside you and breathe that ol' familiar smell
I never thought you could leave me, I figured I was the one
but I understand your sadness so I guess I should just hold my tongue

But I'm comin' home, I'm comin' home

I know that we're takin' chances, you told me life was a risk
but I just have one last question...
will it be my heart or will it be his?

I'm comin' home

Casey's Song lyrics - City and Colour

With you on my mind
And my heart held in your hands
Screaming
Break me
Break me
Oooh, oh

With you on my mind
And my heart held in your hands
Screaming
Break me
Break me
Oooh, oh

Sometimes (I Wish) lyrics - City and Colour

If I was a simple man,
Would we still walk hand in hand?
And if I suddenly went blind,
Would you still look in my eyes?
What happens when I grow old?
And all my stories have been told?
Will your heart still race for me?
Or will it march to a new beat?
If I was a simple man

If I was a simple man,
I'd own no home, I'd own no land
Would you still stand by my side?
And would our flame still burn so bright?

Sometimes I wonder why,
I'm so full of these endless rhymes
About the way I feel inside
I wish I could just get it right

If I was a simple man
And I could make you understand
There'd be no reason to think twice
You'd be my sun; you'd be my light
If I was a simple man...
If I was a simple man...

Sometimes I wonder why
I'm so full of these endless rhymes
About the way I feel inside
I wish...
Sometimes... [x12]

City and Colour other songs:

At The Bird's Foot lyrics - City and Colour

There is a fire, burning in the ocean
With death black smoke and devil red flames
You can see it, burning from the valley,
Oh you can see it from the high planes

Well they went drillin'
Searching for black gold
To add more dollars to their names
Then one evening so suddenly and violent,
There was an explosion they can’t explain

Now the deep water horizon
Descends down to deaths door
And at the bird’s foot
They’ve lost all hope
Cause oil is a driftin'
For miles and miles
Poisoning the Gulf of Mexico

But what of the eleven
Men at the bottom,
Who sank to
An underwater grave?
And while they were sinking
And their lungs filled with oil,
They must have been screaming,
Screaming to be saved

But what of the eleven
Men at the bottom,
Who sank to
An underwater grave?
And while they were sinking
And their lungs filled with oil,
They must have been screaming,
Screaming to be saved.

Boiled Frogs lyrics - City and Colour

(originally by Alexisonfire)

Old man sits at his desk
One year from retirement
And he's up for review
He's not quite sure what to do

Each passing year
The workload grows

I'm always wishing
I'm always wishing too late
For things to come my way
It always ends up the same

And I must be missing
I must be missing the point
Your signal fades away
And all I'm left with is noise

So wait up
I'm not sleeping alone again tonight
There's so much to dream about
There must be more to my life

Poor little tin man
Still swinging his axe
Even though, even though
His joints are clogged with rust

My youth is slipping
My youth is slipping away
Safe in monotony
Day after day

My youth is slipping
My youth is slipping away
Cold wind blows off the lake
And I know for sure that it's too late

So wait up
I'm not sleeping alone again tonight
There's so much to dream about
There must be more to my life

Wait up
I'm not sleeping alone again tonight
Between the light and shallow waves
Is where I'm going to die

So won't you wait up for me?
Won't you wait up for me?
Won't you wait up for me?
Oh, wait up for me

Captured lyrics - City and Colour

(originally by Big Runga)

I want you when you are close to me
I want you never to be far
I know you have laid a trap for me
Yes I know you but not as who you are

Black on the ground
I am still as a stone
Wont ever change my love to despair
Light through the clouds
Trapped the scent of a soul
In a moment my love
I am captured
Captured oh

I want you when you are close to me
I want you never to be far
I know you have laid a trap for me
Yes I know you but not as who you are

Black on the ground
I am still as a stone
Wont ever change my love to despair
Light through the clouds
Trapped the scent of a soul
In a moment my love
I am captured
Captured ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Whatever changes love to despair
Whatever changes love to despair
Whatever changes love, whatever changes love

Confessions lyrics - City and Colour

(Live Version)

I've been up for days,
Trying to find a way to write my confession down.
Seems every line I writes amiss,
At least this I'll admit.
I never hear that perfect sound.
But then the judge walks and says:
"Boy you cant pretend, You've got to be honest now."

My verdict has come in,
It says I'm guilty for my sins this time.
I thought I could escape,
But then I finally felt the weight,
Of my crimes.
This is passion, it's not love,
Infatuation never ends up right.
At least I won't be alone tonight.
'Cuz I don't want to be alone tonight.

The prosecution rests,
They had convincing evidence.
It seems I've been deceived.
So now I stand alone and wait for the first stone,
To be cast upon me.

My verdict has come in,
It says I'm guilty for my sins this time.
I thought I could escape,
But then I finally felt the weight of my crimes.
This is passion, it's not love,
Infatuation never ends up right.
At least I won't be alone tonight.
'Cuz I don't want to be alone tonight.
If convicted, I will surely do my time.

At least I won't be alone tonight.
'Cuz I don't want to be alone tonight.

Cowgirl In The Sand lyrics - City and Colour

(originally by Neil Young)

Hello cowgirl in the sand
Is this place
at your command
Can I stay here
for a while
Can I see your
sweet sweet smile
Old enough now
to change your name
When so many love you
is it the same?
It's the woman in you
that makes you want
to play this game.
Hello ruby in the dust
Has your band
begun to rust
After all
the sin we've had
I was hopin' that
we'd turn back
Old enough now
to change your name
When so many love you
is it the same
It's the woman in you
that makes you want
to play this game.
Hello woman of my dreams
This is not
the way it seems
Purple words
on a grey background
To be a woman
and to be turned down
Old enough now
to change your name
When so many love you
is it the same
It's the woman in you
that makes you want
to play this game.

Happiness By The Kilowatt lyrics - City and Colour

(originally by Alexisonfire)

So this is continuous happiness
You know, I always
Imagined it something more
With the paint, the right shades
The right frames, this could really work
What a great day to spend indoors

So wake, wake up
Just wake, wake up

So where has all the day gone?
And why are my lungs aching when I breathe?
Is there something wrong with the heat?
Why am I so cold?
My heart feels sick
And it hurts when I speak

So wake, wake up
Just wake, wake up

Was this what we hoped for?

Was this what we hoped for?

How Come Your Arms Are Not Around Me lyrics - City and Colour

(originally by Kristofer Astrom)

You could have the sun
You could have the water
This I'd give to you
You could be the moon
You could be the harbour
I arrive to
You could come over uninvited
You said I'm the one
The one to hold you
Does that go for others too

It's no surprise
It's no surprise
It's no surprise
It's no surprise

Yesterday around 4 AM
I thought about you
For a second or two
I know it's no good
I feel so lonely
Sleeping without you
How come your arms are not around me
I said I'm the one
The one to hold you
But I guess he said that too

It's no surprise
It's no surprise
It's no surprise
It's no surprise

Love Don't Live Here Anymore lyrics - City and Colour

(originally by Rose Royce)

You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore

When you lived inside of me
There was nothing I could conceive
That you wouldn't do for me
Trouble seemed so far away
You changed that right away, baby

You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore

Love don't live here anymore
Just emptiness and memories
Of what we had before
You went away
Found another place to stay, another home

You abandoned me
Love don't live here anymore
Just a vacancy
Love don't live here anymore

Make Believe lyrics - City and Colour

I was raised in catholic school,
taught to obey that one golden rule
That is, He who sits in the Heavens above
deserves all your praise, devotion and your love
Because he had a son who had died for our sins
And with that sacrifice came a sense of contrition
That we all seem to feel when we’re down on our knees
looking up to die hoping he’ll answer all our needs

But I tend to believe that it’s all for not
and when the sun does set, all our souls will rot
along with our flesh and our bones and our blood
will seep into the earth reconnecting with the mud
And I think to myself, what a beautiful lie
to waste being devote to what could all turn out to be a lie
To be a lie

Now I do not know, but I have been told
If you don’t believe in Him, well then the devil owns your soul
But let us just examine what’s below this land
It’s the story of a man with a pitchfork in his hand
Could you honestly believe in such a tall, tall tale
Something that sounds so make believe just like the sailor and the whale

Well I guess that this song has sealed my own fate
Lucifer won’t take me, ain’t crossing through no pearly gates

But if either one exists well that’s fine by me
I will gladly spend the afterlife waiting in purgatory, purgatory

Missing (Serravalle) lyrics - City and Colour

So, now you're not there
But your ghost still burns in the air
Finally above us the waves have come
To take you away

And with this song, I'll say goodbye
And thank you for what you've done to my life
And Finally I'll say it with love
I hope you're at rest in the stars above

And I don't understand what you died for
We still could have given so much more
And I know you are something I could never be
But I know you're still there watching over me

now [x4]

Nowhere, Texas lyrics - City and Colour

Down in Nowhere, Texas
Along the highway forty-five
There's ghostly stretch of road
Where it's hard to stay alive

South, towards Galveston
Young girl stayed disappeared
Where the desert sands turn into the wasteland
The air is thick with the scent of fear

Hunting in the killing fields
Small-town country boys do their worst
No one knows how far it goes
It seems that the bayou has become a world of hurt

Collete's body was discovered
In November of nineteen seventy-one
Then one after another
Victims were found beneath the desert sun

Still no convictions
Handed down for these violent crimes
Will this highway's history remain a mystery?
Or will the truth arrive over time?

Hunting in the killing fields
Small-town country boys do their worst
No one knows how far it goes
It seems that the bayou has become a world of hurt

And the devil was there, the devil was there
The devil was there, the devil was there

Settle Down lyrics - City and Colour

(originally by Kimbra)

I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
Won't you settle down with me?
Settle down

We can settle at a table
A table for two
Won't you wine and dine with me?
Settle down

I wanna raise a child
I wanna raise a child
Won't you raise a child with me?
Raise a child

We'll call her Nebraska
Nebraska Jones
She'll have your nose
Just so you know

I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
Won't you settle down with me?
Settle down

Run from Angela Vickers
I saw her with you
Monday morning small talking on the avenue
She's got a fancy car
She wants to take you far
From the city lights and sounds deep into the dark

Star so light and star so bright
First star I see tonight!
Star so light and star so bright
Keep him by side!

I wanna settle down
I wanna settle down
Baby there's no need to run
I'll love you well
I wanna settle down
It's time to bring you down
On just one knee for now
Let's make our vows

Star so light and star so bright
First star I see tonight!
Star so light and star so bright
Keep him by side!

So Low lyrics - City and Colour

Ten thousand times I will scream
over and over until you notice me
until my voice breaks
and all this heartache

Ten thousand times I will scream
over and over until you notice me
until my voice breaks
and all this heartache
gently fades away

So where are the pictures, of you and me
put them aside for no one else to see
afraid of what they might say
not if my heart breaks
at least I have your yesterday

Is there something going on?
Isn’t something going on?
you said you want it to be the way it was before
now something’s going on
isn’t something going on
no it’s not gonna be the way it was before

The Grace lyrics - City and Colour

(written by Daniel Victor)

In better days I've been known to listen
I go to waste all my time is missing

I'm mapping out my ending,
it's never gonna happen now
These things are condescending
with everybody backing down

You pray to stars that can help you get by
And all at once you forget to try

I'd go there if you let me,
they're never gonna find me now
My life is always empty
and in and out of doubt

Your not coming back for me, these things they will never be
I'm so used to being wrong, so put me where I belong

I'll get back to you,
God knows I try,
but I still lose
And I get back to you,
these days run by,
but I still lose

Angels say they can make you suffer
They give and take like a vicious lover

When all this loses meaning,
You'll never want it back somehow
Awake but still I'm dreaming
And never waking up

Your not coming back for me, these things they will never be
I'm so used to being wrong, so put me where I belong

I'll get back to you,
God knows I try,
but I still lose
And I get back to you,
these days run by,
but I still lose

Alone...Where I'm not alone
Alone...Where I'm not alone
Alone...Where I'm not alone
Alone, alone

The Urgency lyrics - City and Colour

Wait,
I have to tell
You something
Important
Stay
Remain close to me
So I can feel important
Cause it’s your eyes, I don’t believe
And my heart you will mislead
Do you know the consequences, my love?
That comes with such confidence

Holding all the weight in my life
Now you turn and walk away from me
Holding all the weight in my life
Now you turn and walk away from me

So what is this now, you ask of me
What makes your pain such an urgency?
Now I want out so plain to see
Once again my dear, a new tragedy

Holding all the weight in my life
Now you turn and walk away from me
Holding all the weight in my life
Now you turn and walk away from me

Needing all the strength in my life
Now you turn and run away from me
Needing all the strength in my life
Now you turn and run away from me

This Sudden Injury lyrics - City and Colour

Stay the night, and I promise I won’t die
Without you there and I can’t and I can’t close my eyes
But I can’t leave myself tonight
And I was still lost inside

And now waiting for everything
To fall into place
Waiting for everything
To fall

Most nights I cry myself awake
And she waits, my love, my love falls away
Well I sit alone, again today
Wonder why everything went this way

And now waiting for everything
To fall into place
Waiting for everything
To fall into place
Waiting for everything
To fall
And I cry myself awake
And I cry myself awake

Wastin' Time lyrics - City and Colour (feat. Ron Sexsmith, originally by Ron Sexsmith)

The day is long
Too many hours to kill
It's alright to let a few minutes spill
Where's the crime in wasting time with you

No need to run when the pistols fire
It's alright just let the meter expire
Where's the crime in wasting time with you

People love to talk about the big things they're gonna do
But we've been through it all
We can just remove ourselves
We don't have to prove ourselves
Worthy of their approval

You're only young once
That's one point of view
It's alright with nothing better to do

Where's the crime in wasting time
Where's the crime in wasting time
Where's the crime in wasting time with you