An Ode to Frerard

We are the kids from yesterday
Struck down before our prime
Dead flies in the summertime
I never thought it’d be this way

Maybe we’ll just shut up and play
Keep your soul like a secret in your throat
Drain all the blood and give the kids a show
Please understand it has to be this way

We’ll say goodbye the hundredth time
Leave a dream where the fallout lies
And then tomorrow we’ll do it again
I’ll meet you down at the metro station

Heartbreak, heartbeat, got the eyes on you
I can’t control myself because I don’t know how
Like cheap whisky, you’re always there
Give me a shot to remember
I want to show you you’re the only one
But I really need to go
We’ll have to make it on our own
Face all the pain and take it on

Die with your mask on, we’re all full of lies
I know how much you hate this
Manipulation, just to form an alibi
Hold your heart into this darkness

The hardest part is letting go of your dreams
We spark and fade, they die by threes
What have we learned, other than people burn in purifying flame?
The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead

We never wanted it to be this way
But things are better if I stay
So, hold on tight and don’t look back
I’ll find you when the sun goes black