Steps Ascending

Steps ascend to a loaded gun

The scent of matches hangs in the air

A lit one flickers out in a heart beat

We don't want to see this flash of light that's letting go

Of an empty bullet case

By the time it hits the ground, he's out of reach

(Let go, let go)

Out of reach

(Let go, let go)

Out of reach

(Let go, let go)

Out of reach

(Let go, let go)

Out of reach

Out of reach

The walls are closing in

There's no room left to make amends

But do you remember when we'd fly that kite so high?

All the time we've wasted

Spent fighting

It burned full of our regret

All the time we've wasted

Spent fighting

It's blood and it's running down the stairs

Freeze the frame

'Tween the gun shot and the hole it makes

A spinning bullet hangs in the middle

There's no way to stop it

It will surely hit the mark

You can try to understand, but I'm giving up

Giving up

Giving up

The synapse fires, it's right on time, I'm giving up (Giving up)

Giving up (Giving up)

Giving up

This should always stay out of reach

(Let go, let go)

Out of reach

(Let go, let go)

Out of reach

(Let go, let go)

Out of reach

(Let go, let go)

The walls are closing in

There's no room left to make amends

But do you remember when we'd fly that kite so high?

All the time we've wasted

Spent fighting

It burned full of our regret

All the time we've wasted

Spent fighting

It's blood, it's running down the stairs

I ran down the stairs and into the garden

(Out of reach, out of reach)

Put both my hands into the soil

In the spring you will bloom

(Out of reach, out of reach)

Like her heart through the blouse in the back of the ambulance

As it turned and it turned down the streets

(Out of reach, out of reach)

One more turn, won't you come back to me?

(Out of reach, out of reach)

As it turned on its red lights

You were turning into red roses

Red roses

Red roses

Red roses

I'm not giving up