Throwing Knives

from After The Bomb EP by Ciaran Smyth

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You wish you could go back,
When you were young and life strayed off the track,
But you grow, now all you favourite songs are sad and slow,
That's how it goes, your prime was just a year ago
I'm sorry it didn't work out, I'm sorry it didn't work out

What the hell just happened?
Youth dissipated like a shitty weekend and nobody noticed it,
There are those who would cling to it,
But I could not go through it,
We were wasteful and young, now we're old and making the most of it

I realize we can't spend our whole lives throwing knives, and hope the ones that we love survive,
I've seen the future before my eyes,
Note to self: Stop throwing knives

We don't have to wither and decay

There was a time when we felt at home among hypocrites and fakes,
But you know that things are different when you look for girls who'll embrace you with their arms,
and not just with their legs

I realize we can't spend our whole lives throwing knives, and hope the ones that we love survive,
I've seen the future before my eyes,
Note to self: Stop throwing knives

We don't have to wither and decay,
Let's flare like star fire, gently fade away,
We can play better though the result is not in doubt

I'm not sorry, I'm not sorry
We can't spend our whole lives throwing knives, and hope the ones that we love survive,
I've seen the future before my eyes,
Note to self: Stop throwing knives

whole lives throwing knives, and hope the ones that we love survive,
I've seen the future before my eyes,
Note to self: Stop throwing knives

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from After The Bomb EP, released October 10, 2010
Written by Ciaran Smyth
Producer: Neal Calderwood

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