This Is How the Wind Shifts
Silverstein
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1
Stand Amid the Roar
03 : 04
2
On Brave Mountains We Conquer
02 : 36
3
Massachusetts
02 : 57
4
This Is How
01 : 23
5
A Better Place
03 : 08
6
Hide Your Secrets
03 : 57
7
Arrivals
01 : 16
8
In a Place of Solace
03 : 11
9
In Silent Seas We Drown
03 : 30
10
California
03 : 46
11
The Wind Shifts
01 : 20
12
To Live and to Lose
03 : 58
13
With Second Chances
03 : 43
14
Departures
02 : 27
15
Massachusetts (acoustic)
03 : 35
16
One Last Dance (acoustic)
01 : 37
17
Departures (acoustic)
02 : 22
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Track Lyrics
A Better Place Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She said she'd never believed in the idea of fate
No love at first sight stories, I wasn't her soul mate
When she collapsed, I thought she was joking
But she didn't get up again, she didn't get up again
[Pre-Chorus]
A thousand flowers, a hundred cards to say...
She's in a better place, she's in a better place
[Chorus]
Just face it, just face it, you can't let go
(I can't be spoken for anymore)
Just face it, just face it, you're on your own
(I gave up everything I know)
It carries on, it never stops
(How could I go on without?
How could I go on without?)
Just face it, just face it, you can't let go
You can't let go
[Verse 2]
She always said I was way too safe
And I never could have fun
I had to make some mistakes
And get into trouble while I'm young
So we broke into the old train station
And danced away the night until the cops chased us away
[Pre-Chorus]
It breaks my heart to think she's in a better place
[Chorus]
Just face it, just face it, you can't let go
(I can't be spoken for anymore)
Just face it, just face it, you're on your own
(I gave up everything I know)
It carries on, it never stops
(How could I go on without?
How could I go on without?)
Just face it, just face it, you can't let go
You can't let go
[Hook]
You can't let go
Just face it
Just face it
[Bridge]
One day, I took off my ring to see
If the memory would start to fade
The time I spent away I wasted all those days
She's in a better place, she's in a better place
[Chorus]
Just face it, just face it, you can't let go
(I can't be spoken for anymore)
Just face it, just face it, you're on your own
(I gave up everything I know)
It carries on, it never stops
(How could I go on without?
How could I go on without?)
Just face it, just face it, you can't let go
You can't let go
[Hook]
You can't let... go
Just face it
Just face it
[Outro]
If I could, I'd trade with you
If I could, I would
Arrivals Lyrics
[Paul Marc Rousseau]
You're killing me, kid
But I know you're not trying to
It's just that I've crossed out
More than I wrote down for you
And now I'm trying to play it off
Like, "Oh, I wasn't trying that hard"
But what I'm trying to say
Is I was trying to say that you should come home
I know it seems crazy
But the weather changed as soon as you left
And even wearing a coat now
I think it's too cold to sit in front of Holy Oak
But I guess you'll be here soon
So you can see for yourself
I just thought that you should know
If this is what happens when you go
Maybe next time don't...
In Silent Seas We Drown Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm running just like the wind, a moving current
Feel it pushing faster, it's pushing faster
I'm hiding you like a sin, a lonely liar
See you taking after, you're taking after
[Chorus]
I've come so far against these odds
Been on my back for way too long
But now I realize it's not one problem
There's countless ways I won't try to solve them
[Verse 2]
I’m caving in like a mine, I'm under pressure
Feel it taking over, it's taking over
I'm living life like a lie, I'm losing judgement
Shoulders growing colder, I'm growing colder
[Chorus]
And I've broken down so many walls
I never thought I'd have to climb them now
It used to be so fun, I used to dream in light
But now I work in dark, I feel so worn and trite
[Post-Chorus]
I'm telling all my friends I love the highs and lows
But the truth is that I'd rather stay home alone
I'm making sure there's a path to make it harder for me
And make it harder to quit, make it impossible
[Breakdown]
You won't believe what I'm capable of
Buried bodies, this labor of my love
[Bridge]
I silenced everyone
I silenced everyone
I've silenced all my critics
Silenced them all except myself
I silenced everyone, silenced them all except myself
I silenced everyone, silenced them all except myself
I silenced everyone, silenced them all but myself
Myself...
[Chorus]
Because I've come this far, I won't back down
I've struck a chord inside myself and found
That there's no one else who can solve my problems
I can't admit to you that I regret them
[Post-Chorus]
And when I'm heading home, I wonder where to go
'Cause I'm honestly afraid I might die alone
I'm making sure there's a path to make it harder for me
[Outro]
You won't believe what I'm capable of
California Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Feel it, the calm after the storm
As still as I can be
I'm finally all alone
Until I fall asleep
Did I escape or am I captured?
Trapped in a cage of rear view mirror eyes
Triangles that look like faces
This is what I get
For my revenge, a hidden microphone
An amber alert implanted
Under my skin
It's just in my head but
It takes me over
It makes me forget why I'm on my way
These four years feel like a hundred
[Chorus]
West-bound
Driving all alone to make sure that you know
I've been running scared without you
I drove all night to tell you
In dreams I've seen your face with
Another in my place
I know it was another life but I never could forget you
I never could forget you
[Verse 2]
We set it up (we set it up)
Like a house of cards in a hurricane
We didn't think it would ever make sense
He set us up (he set us up)
He knew just where to plant it
It knocked me over
It made me forget how I fell in love
How much I really cared
[Chorus]
West-bound
Driving all alone to make sure that you know
I've been running scared without you
I drove all night to tell you
In dreams I've seen your face with
Another in my place
I know it was another life but I never could forget you
I never could forget you
[Bridge]
You'll see me there like a familiar stranger standing on the street
I'll say a prayer, I'll introduce myself like it's the first time we'd ever meet
In California, I'd learn that sometimes you have to run away
In California, I'd find myself again
[Chorus]
West-bound
Driving all alone to make sure that you know
I've been running scared without you
I drove all night to tell you
In dreams I've seen your face with
Another in my place
I know it was another life but I never could forget you
To Live and to Lose Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Followed painted lines along the way back to see you
Fighting sleep and drifting in the rain, I couldn't get through
[Chorus]
I was thrown from my mind
With no one there to catch me, to lead me back to life
Had to leave it behind
And send my other on her way
[Verse 2]
Will you break when you realize I'm gone
Counting days until the season you move on
I'm having doubts if you can still feel me at all
I'm here looking on while you're falling in love
[Chorus]
I was thrown from my mind
And you're not here to catch me, to make it all feel right
I've been trying to find
A way to get back to you, and say I'm sorry
[Bridge]
When I found a way to come down
A disguise of yourself without me
Your heart was so strong, I thought you'd moved on
But you can't carry on without me
[Chorus]
I was thrown from my mind
And now I'm here to beg you, to move on with your life
You can leave me behind
I am the voice in your head , that tells you it's alright
I was thrown from my mind
With no one there to catch me, to lead me back to life
Had to leave it behind
And I have to accept it
[Outro]
The way it all has to be, has to be, has to be now
The way it all has to be, has to be, has to be
The way it all has to be!
With Second Chances Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I tried to throw it away
I tried to burn it like a photograph
But when I close my eyes, I see it in my mind
Like it's happening
I got so good at the game
No one could tell that I was faking sick (faking sick)
I guess I still survived, but this cross was mine
I couldn't bear to watch it shine
[Pre-Chorus]
Did it clear your conscience?
Did it clear your mind?
If you don't feel when you cheat and lie and steal
Is that still dishonesty?
[Refrain]
For every positive, there is a negative
[Chorus ]
I used up my honesty
I'll tell you honestly
I could only give you so much
And from what you've said to me
Now you're dead to me
You're dead to me
[Verse 2]
I'm sleeping miles away
I'm hiding out in this shrine I made
And if it keeps me safe while I fall from grace
Then I'll take this space
My skinny fingers are bare
I've taken everything off my back (off my back)
And if her skin's the sin I'm desiring
This is where we'll both begin
[Pre-Chorus]
Did it clear your conscience?
Did it clear your mind?
If you still feel when you cheat and lie and steal
Is that still integrity?
[Chorus]
I used up my honesty
I'll tell you honestly
I could only give you so much
And from what you've said to me
Now you're dead to me
'Cause you've used me as your crutch
[Post-Chorus]
It's everywhere that I've seen
Everywhere that I've been
I can't help that it's become a part of me
I used up my honesty
Now you're dead to me
You're dead to me
[Bridge]
You lost your dignity
And my conformity
Made me throw this fight
One moment of losing yourself
Put me through hell
It cost me my whole life
Second chances are weapons
A loaded gun underneath the bed
Second chances are weapons
It's turned on you in the end
[Chorus]
I used up my honesty
I'll tell you honestly
I could only give you so much
And from what you've said to me
Now you're dead to me
'Cause you've used me as your crutch
[Post-Chorus]
It's spinning me like the wind
Every decision I'm in
Drifts my direction like I'm drowning in your sin
I used up my honesty
Now you're dead to me
You're dead to me
[Outro: background voice]
This was my second chance
This was my second chance
This was my second chance
To make it right again
This was my second chance
To take a stand
This was my second chance
To never look back
This was my second chance
To live again
Massachusetts (acoustic) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She's cutting out the bruises
Forgetting her excuses
For being here again
With a suitcase packed and waiting by the door
In her head
Convinced herself she hasn't lost enough to quit
But tonight she lays here thinking
[Pre-Chorus]
"What if I just left
In the middle of the night
Back to California
And never looked back?"
[Chorus]
She'll fantasize about it
Every single day
But she can't find it
In her heart to run away
And no one's listening
With Northern Massachusetts
On his knees to stay
He's begging
"Please, oh, baby, please, I can explain
It won't happen again"
[Verse 2]
He's putting out the fires
And he's making her believe
He's really changed this time
But it's obvious it's just another line
Lapse and relapse
And again she lays beside him thinking
[Pre-Chorus]
"I'll pretend
In the middle of the night
My eyes are closed, I'm sleeping
But I won't come back"
[Chorus]
She'll fantasize about it
Every single day
But she can't find it
In her heart to run away
And no one's listening
With Northern Massachusetts
On his knees to stay
He's begging
"Please, oh, baby, please, I can explain
It won't happen again"
[Bridge/Breakdown]
It won't happen again
How long can this last?
The final straw was the hospital
At least she told herself that
But she just can't find the strength to end it
[Pre-Chorus]
I just left
In the middle of the night
Back to California
I'll never look back
[Chorus]
She'll fantasize about it
Every single day
But she can't find it
In her heart to run away (to run away)
And no one's listening
With Northern Massachusetts
On his knees to stay
He's begging
"Please, oh, baby, please, I can explain
It won't happen again"
[Outro]
It won't happen again
One Last Dance (acoustic) Lyrics
[Intro]
I shot this glance at you
In a minute I’ll be gone
But not because I didn’t want to
[Verse]
No one wants to dance
So I’m standing on my feet
Nobody takes the chance
To break the law to start the beat
[Pre-Chorus]
So I’m sitting this one out
I’m planning on my own
I’m staying put for now
But not forever
[Chorus]
I’ll save this dance for you
In the morning I’ll be gone
But not because I didn’t want to
I tried so hard to stay
Stay in love with you and me
I’m moving on because I have to
[Outro]
You say it’s too late, I was wrong, you can’t wait
I’ll try now, if you stay, stay with me
I’ll still fight for what’s right, I still dream every night
I still want to believe
You’re saving one last dance for me