Only Way Out

I captured you, stole your soul in a photograph To frame a moment that couldn't last To hold it right here in my hands I carry you but time is cruel and you only fade Your corners curl and your edges fray Your soul is still here in my hands Endlessly, you're endlessly doomed to be incomplete You say "come undone, run aground, this is the only way out" Silently, you silently plead with me for release You say "tear it up, tear us down, this is the only way out" Your call to arms smokes me out of my hiding place Burns my fingers to bare your face I'm losing my grip and my pride No false alarm could ever carry such certainty Would ring on out so insistently I loosen my grip on your light Endlessly, we're endlessly doomed to be incomplete You say "come undone, run aground, this is the only way out" Silently, you silently plead with me for release You say "tear it up, tear us down, this is the only way out" As your features fall to pieces 3, 2, 1 you're gone, you are gone Endlessly, we're endlessly doomed to be incomplete So I come undone, run aground, this is the only way out Silently, you silently plead with me for release So I tear it up, tear us down, this is the only way out