On Loss and Having Songtext
von Flobots

It must have been a dream but it felt so real
Saw the wounds, heard the screams, thought about your last meal
How we ate like kings, how you led us all in grace
How nobody had foreseen what would soon take place

And when everything went down
The silence you left was the strangest sound
Dangerous town but we all felt safe
′Cause we knew that you slept with the angels now
Rumors keep coming in, a few thousand missing you just like me

People keep running into you, I've
Got a feeling that you might be alive

You might be alive

This is not fair, this is not pure, this is not right
Trust me when it′s all over, you will see the light
Live by the sword, die by the sword, but Jesus Christ
We shot that motherfucker right between the eyes


I offer these thoughts on loss and having
You're here but you're not, you′re near but you′re not
I offer these thoughts on loss and having
You're here but you′re not, you're near but you′re not

Staring at the safety sleeve
These tingling feelings just won't leave
I can′t sleep, anxiety dreams
I need a reprieve, I'll be caffeine

Set the stage, my mise en scene
My missing piece, I'll be zombie
Walking the streets, haunted by beasts
Who follow my lead by the loss that I bleed
Scream at the dark but it′s off key

Foul breaks in this palpable breeze
I hold my breath that the owls would freeze
Today′s sorrow bed others tomorrows may bring

Squandered our time, didn't know you would leave
And a part of me was lost to the sea
And the cost of this loss is I found it amiss
In the place where my friends and my limbs used to be


This is not fair, this is not pure, this is not right
Trust me when it′s all over, you will see the light
Live by the sword, die by the sword, but Jesus Christ
We shot that motherfucker right between the eyes

I offer these thoughts on loss and having
You're here but you′re not, you're near but you′re not
I offer these thoughts on loss and having
You're here but you're not, you′re near but you′re not
I offer these thoughts on loss and having
You're here but you′re not, you're near but you′re not
I offer these thoughts on loss and having
You're here but you′re not, you're near but you're not