Cold by Crossfade - Album Lyrics & Tracks

[Verse 1: Ed Sloan]

If only you could watch me fall

I cannot feel it anymore

The soul you cut the soul you adore

Cannot feel you anymore

'Cause you've run through me with destructive force

I think somehow I gotta get it straight

I gotta get you out of me

But I cannot get through you

 

[Pre-Chorus 1: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Mitch James]

See me I'm down and I get deeper with every breath

See me I'm over the edge farther with every step

See me I'm down and I get deeper with every breath

Standing over the edge I'm taking my last breath

 

[Chorus 1: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Tony Byroads]

How I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to fade now

And how I feel like I'm starless

I'm hopeless and grayed out

Somehow I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to fade now

And now I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to burn out

 

 

[Verse 2: Ed Sloan]

I can transcend you and mentally bend you

But I can't handle the shit that I'm into

I have been blinded I'm always reminded

Of the things I've wanted but I never could find

I am apart of a world that I hate

I wish the end would come faster my world's a disaster

Well can't you see that I'm down and I'm drowning

And I can't keep my head above my wake

 

[Pre-Chorus 2: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Mitch James]

See me I'm down and I get deeper with every breath

See me I'm over the edge farther with every step

See me I'm down and I get deeper with every breath

Standing over the edge I'm taking my last breath

 

[Chorus 2: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Tony Byroads]

How I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to fade now

And how I feel like I'm starless

I'm hopeless and grayed out

Somehow I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to fade now

And now I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to burn out

 

 

[Bridge: Ed Sloan & Mitch James, Tony Byroads]

I gotta get you out of my veins

I gotta get you out of my blood

I gotta get you out of my scene

I gotta get you out of me

 

[Verse 3: Ed Sloan]

What I'm really trying hard to get down to words

Is the way I fit into this world

Things I survived pushed me to the darker side

'Cause of life as it was

The life that was yours should've been mine

But I never could take anymore of this

'Cause I'm always gonna get

Gonna get down to the floor

It's a cold gun that I kiss

'Cause I cannot break anymore

 

[Chorus 3: All, Ed Sloan & Mitch James, Tony Byroads]

Somehow I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to fade now

That's how I feel when I'm starless

I'm hopeless and grayed out

Somehow I feel like I'm starless

I'm ready to burn out

Oh now I'm starless

[Verse 1: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Tony Byroads]

Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right

I never stopped to think of you

I'm always wrapped up in things I cannot win

You are the antidote that gets me by

Something strong like a drug that gets me high

 

[Chorus 1: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Tony Byroads, Tony Byroads]

What I really meant to say

Is I'm sorry for the way I am

I never meant to be so cold

Never meant to be so cold

What I really meant to say

Is I'm sorry for the way I am

I never meant to be so cold

Never meant to be so

 

[Verse 2: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Tony Byroads]

Cold to you I'm sorry 'bout all the lies

Maybe in a different light

You could see me stand on my own again

Cause now I can see

You were the antidote that got me by

Something strong like a drug that got me high

 

[Chorus 2: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Tony Byroads, Tony Byroads]

What I really meant to say

Is I'm sorry for the way I am

I never meant to be so cold

Never meant to be so cold

What I really meant to say

Is I'm sorry for the way I am

I never meant to be so cold

Never meant to be so cold

 

 

[Post-Chorus: Tony Byroads]

I never meant to be so cold

 

(Gtr Solo)

 

[Bridge: Ed Sloan & Tony Byroads, Tony Byroads]

I never really wanted you to see

The screwed up side of me that I keep

Locked inside of me so deep

It always seems to get to me

I never really wanted you to go

So many things you should have known

I guess for me there's just no hope

I never meant to be so cold

 

[Chorus 3: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Tony Byroads, Tony Byroads]

What I really meant to say (Say)

Is I'm sorry for the way I am (Is I'm sorry for the way)

I never meant to be so cold (I am)

Never meant to be so cold

What I really meant to say (Say)

Is I'm sorry for the way I am (Is I'm sorry for the way)

I never meant to be so cold (I am)

Never meant to be so cold

[Verse 1: Ed Sloan, Mitch James]

Can you feel it crush you? Does it seem to bring the worst in you out?

There's no runnin' away from these things that hold you down

Do they complicate you, because they make you feel like this?

Of all the colors that you've shined, this is surely not your best

But you should know these colors that you're shinin' are...

 

[Chorus: Ed Sloan & Mitch James]

Surely not the best

Colors that you shine

Surely not the best

Colors that you shine

 

[Verse 2: Ed Sloan, Mitch James]

I know you feel alone, yeah

And no one else can figure you out

But don't you ever turn away from the ones that help you down

Well, they'd love to save you

Don't you know they love to see you smile?

But these colors that you've shined, are surely not your style

 

[Pre-Chorus]

But you should know these colors that you're shinin' are...

 

[Chorus: Ed Sloan & Mitch James]

Surely not the best

Colors that you shine

Surely not the best

Colors that you shine

 

 

[Bridge: Mitch James]

I know you're feelin' like you're lost

But you should know these colors that you're shining are...

I know you're feeling like you're lost

You feel you've drifted way too far

Did you know these colors that you're shinin' are...

 

[Chorus: Ed Sloan & Mitch James]

Surely not the best

Colors that you shine

Surely not the best

Colors that you shine

 

[Outro: Mitch James, Ed Sloan & Mitch James]

Surely not the best

I know you're feeling like you're lost

Colors that you shine

But you should know these colors that you're shining are...

Surely not the best

I know you're feelin' like you're lost

You feel you've drifted way too far

Did you know these colors that you're shining are...

[Verse 1]

So I'm the king of all these things

Of this mess I have made

Such a waste, what a shame

My whole life is a fake

Well I'm a bore, and I'm sure

I'm a thorn inside of you

That has torn at you for years

The alcohol, the Demerol

These things never could replace

What a minute with you could do

To put a smile on my face

I'm a bore, and I'm sure

I'm a thorn inside of you

That has torn at me for years

 

[Chorus]

I can't get out of this dead skin

I can't shed my skin

I'm not sure where to begin

Why can't I begin again?

I can't get under my dead skin

I can't shed my skin

Can I sleep 'till then?

 

[Verse 2]

Phenobarbital and alcohol

These two surely will do

To knock me out, keep me down

At least a day or two

When I'm awake, I can taste

How bitter I've become

And it's more than I can bear

Some days, I pray

Someone will blow me away

Make it quick, but let it burn

So I can feel my life fade

Well I'm a waste, and I can taste

How bitter I've become

And it's more than I can bear

 

 

[Chorus]

I can't get out of this dead skin

I can't shed my skin

I'm not sure where to begin

Why can't I begin again?

I can't get under my dead skin

I can't shed my skin

Can I sleep 'till then?

I can't shed my skin

I can't shed my skin

 

[Chorus]

I can't get out of this dead skin

I can't shed my skin

I'm not sure where to begin

Why can't I begin again?

I can't get under my dead skin

I can't shed my skin

Can I sleep 'till then?

[Verse 1: Ed Sloan]

Yeah it's what I've become that I fear the most

I never thought it could get so wrong

I believe there's a part of me that I cannot beat

A part of me that I can't defeat

The side of me that just doesn't belong

 

[Pre-Chorus 1: Ed Sloan]

Judgin' by the weight of my fucked up world

I think maybe I should take a step back from this

I need to quit pushing, just let it roll

 

[Chorus 1: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Mitch James]

The waves that you made push me, push me

The things that you say push me, push me

The waves that you made push me, push me

So I'll play God now

Blow you, blow you away

 

[Verse 2: Ed Sloan]

Yeah it's what you've become that I took today

You never thought I could be so strong

You can see there's a part of me that you cannot beat

And part of you will always remember me

When you look around and you are so alone

 

 

[Pre-Chorus 2: Ed Sloan]

Judgin' by the weight of my fucked up world

I think maybe I should take a step back from this

But you had to keep pushin' so I let it go

 

[Chorus 2: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Mitch James]

The waves that you made push me, push me

The things that you say push me, push me

The waves that you made push me, push me

So I'll play God now

 

[Bridge: Ed Sloan]

Now that you pushed me

I bet you wish we

Could have made things better

And now you see that I could be

Another would be

Another death trend setta

And now you see that you pushed me

I bet you wish we

Could have made things better

And now you see that I could be

Another would be

Another death trend setta

 

[Breakdown: Ed Sloan]

Push me, push me (Push me, push me)

Blow you, blow you away (Blow you, blow you away)

Push me, push me (Push me, push me)

Blow you, blow you away

 

 

[Chorus 3: Ed Sloan, Ed Sloan & Mitch James]

The waves that you made push me, push me

The things that you say push me, push me

The waves that you made push me, push me

So I'll play God now

Blow you, blow you away

 

[Outro: Ed Sloan]

Now that you pushed me

I bet you wish we

Could have made things better

And now you see that I could be

Another would be

Another death trend setta

And now you see that you pushed me

I bet you wish we

Could have made things better

And now you see that I'll play God now