The Afterword from The Royals by People Like Us

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6.	The Afterword	6:28

Lyrics

This is where we began with a concept so pristine
Blacked all the windows, covered all the seams
Candles burned into the night, this is where we sat to dream
And conceive ideas that brought us to the brink
Wrote it down on paper, read through it and agreed
We'll meet back here again tonight, this is what you promised me

I've been standing abandoned for so long
And my foundation is breaking under the weight of it all
I could have swept the floor a million times and will a thousand more
Just waiting for you to come back home

We're ghosts left in machines, it's all we've ever been
Can't you tell by the cobwebs draped like banners form the ceiling?
We're ghosts left in machines, it's all we've ever been
Can't you tell by the dust that clouds the window's pane?
And the image it creates

Looking out from within upon a world I can't believe
We burned down all the bridges, we blocked up all the streams
Everything we've feared for has become reality
And it seems like we are never going to see smiles on their faces, glisten in the teeth
Laughter heard into the night, we could have written history

I've been standing abandoned, it's so wrong
And my foundation is breaking under the weight of it all
I could have swept the floor a million times and will a thousand more
Just waiting for you to come back home

Inside we fade, but never to forget
As this landscape takes its toll on me
I am led to believe that what we had was just a flash in the pan

We used to sit and stare at the world that's right out our door step
Now I'm sitting alone
We all had so much to live for, so much to plan for now it's come and it's gone
When did day dreaming die?
Now we don't even try
Did anyone say goodbye?

We're ghosts left in machines, it's all we've ever been
And the sad thing is we don't know how to change
We're ghosts in machines, it's all we've been

Credits

from The Royals, released May 11, 2013

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