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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
AFI
AFI
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jade Puget
Jade Puget
Composer
Davey Havok
Davey Havok
Composer
Hunter Burgan
Hunter Burgan
Composer
Adam Carson
Adam Carson
Composer
David Marchand
David Marchand
Writer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gil Norton
Gil Norton
Producer
Dan Austin
Dan Austin
Engineer
Andrew Scheps
Andrew Scheps
Mixing Engineer
Justin Hergett
Justin Hergett
Assistant Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Watching it crumble
Might have eased the hurt
Feeling it disappear
Only made it worse
[Verse 2]
Pulling it piece by piece
Slashing up ribbons could dismiss
To slowly disintegrate
Could have been the perfect gift
[Verse 3]
May you feel this while you sleep
Push the poisonous thorns in you
May you feel this while you wake
Bear your poisonous thorns
[Verse 4]
Walk into traffic
Running with open knives
Searching for mercy here
That I'm too weak to find
[Verse 5]
To take my deepest breath
I walk into the raging sea
To drown out this emptiness
It's all you have left for me
[Verse 6]
May you feel this while you sleep
Push the poisonous thorns in you
May you feel this while you wake
Bear your poisonous thorns
May you feel this while you wake
Bear your poisonous thorns
[Verse 7]
I hope you feel this
I hope that you can feel this
As it's fading
The darkness shifts
(The darkness shifts)
This may be
The perfect gift
[Verse 8]
May you feel this while you sleep
Push the poisonous thorns in you
May you feel this while you wake
Bear your poisonous thorns
[Verse 9]
May you feel this
May you feel this while you wake
May you feel this
May you feel this
May you feel this while you wake
Written by: Adam Carson, Davey Havok, David Marchand, Hunter Burgan, Jade Puget

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