Stakes

Vancouver Sleep Clinic

From the lake
Where I lost it all
Stacked on the stakes
Yet you blessed the fall

I guess that I knew I was warned
I left my words in the cold
The things that I built for myself
Castles are tumbling down
Surrender the heir, savour the crown
Here lies where I drown

The first time that I sought for grace
But not the last lung I'd put to waste

I'm burning down the stakes
Wash away, wash away (2x)

Tumbling through this jaded book
The hearts I stole, the air I took
What love is this
And now the photograph is all that's left
To feed the wolves and empty chests
To break the best

The first time that I sought for grace
But not the last lung I'd put to waste

I'm burning down the stakes
Wash away, wash away (4x)

I never bled for a thousand lies
Just to stem the flow
I never wept over a thousand lives
Just to let this go (2x)

Wash away, wash away, wash away, wash away