Blacktop Angels Lyrics

Mama told me never trust someone who cries pretty little tears

She said "they'll break you and your pretty little heart, you hear?"

Are you willing to bury a friend beneath the hill that you'll die on?

Don't you know the devil needs idle hands to rely on?

We all want the ugly truth out of a pretty mouth

So sing me your secrets, fill me up with doubt

"Oh, this world will eat pretty boys like you alive"

"Welcome to the world where nothing pure survives"

Branches grow upward like hands reaching to heaven

Waiting for the sun to return

I'd be right out there with them, cause when winter comes

What daylight is left to burn?

I stand at the shore, looking out at horizon

But all I could see was the tide

Wait for it to swallow me whole, you should know

Forever isn't nearly as long as I hoped it'd be

Bleeding hearts and bleeding gums

Where do you fit in a world of "someone"s?

If you dig yourself a grave, leave a little room for me

It's a poor man's eternity

Branches grow upward like hands reaching to heaven

Waiting for the sun to return

I'd be right out there with them, cause when winter comes

What daylight is left to burn?

I stand at the shore, looking out at horizon

But all I could see was the tide

Wait for it to swallow me whole, you should know

Forever isn't nearly as long as I hoped it'd be

Forever isn't nearly as long as I hoped it'd be

Every day's just another sorry attempt

To convince ourselves that we're living our best

Scrape the bottom of the barrel to find another reason to get out of bed

These blacktop angels are like you and I

Staring at the sky knowing we'll never fly

So we gaze at the stars and we dream

Of being alive, of being alive

Forever isn't nearly as long as I hoped it'd be