The Rags, The Rust Lyrics

We are learning to breathe in your absence

They still listen in to the silence

There's nothing left that you could take

That I would miss

Oh, all alone

I am feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders like Atlas

Oh, oh the woe

This ever growing apathy's no substitute for therapy these days

You were content to pretend

That we would still greet you as friend

Moved too fast as we came to the bend

And we'd break

We are learning to breathe in your absence

They still listen in to the silence

There's nothing left that you could take

That I would miss

And I am a headstone in the making

If I get time I'll start taking

Apart the heart inside my chest

To hold out hope I get to rest

This world that tried to overcome me has won

Oh, I went home alone

The silence is deafening

The TV can't do anything to help

Oh, I wait on my own

Leave the light on in the hall in hopes

Your shadow blocks the beam beneath the door

My singular hatred of you

Well I took it and used it as fuel

I am harnessing it as a tool

To tear you in two

We are learning to breathe in your absence

They still listen in to the silence

And there's nothing left that you could take

That I would miss

We are learning to bend without breaking

On our good days we are making

The best of what you left for us

The mountaintop the rags, the rust

The gold at the core of our bones

Always just out of reach