Lyrics This Time Imperfect - AFI
We
held
hands
on
the
last
night
on
earth,
our
mouths
filled
with
dust
We
kissed
in
the
fields
and
under
trees,
screaming
like
dogs,
bleeding
dark
into
the
leaves
It
was
empty
on
the
edge
of
town,
but
we
knew
everyone
floated
along
the
bottom
of
the
river
So
we
walked
through
the
waste,
where
the
road
curved
into
the
sea
and
the
shattered
seasons
lay,
and
the
bitter
smell
of
burning
was
on
you
like
a
disease
In
our
cancer
of
passion
you
said,
"Death
is
a
midnight
runner"
The
sky
had
come
crashing
down
like
the
news
of
an
intimate
suicide
We
picked
up
the
shards
and
formed
them
into
shapes
of
stars
that
wore
like
an
antique
wedding
dress
The
echoes
of
the
past
broke
the
hearts
of
the
unborn
as
the
ferris
wheel
silently
slowed
to
a
stop
The
few
insects
skittered
away
in
hopes
of
a
better
pastime
I
kissed
you
at
the
apex
of
the
maelstrom,
and
asked
if
you
would
accompany
me
in
a
quick
fall,
But
you
made
me
realize
that
my
ticket
wasn't
good
for
two
I
rode
alone
You
said,
"The
cinders
are
falling
like
snow"
There
is
poetry
in
despair,
and
we
sang
with
unrivaled
beauty,
bitter
elegies
of
savagery
and
eloquence
of
blue
and
grey
Strange,
we
ran
down
desperate
streets
and
carved
our
names
in
the
flesh
of
the
city
The
sun
has
stagnated
somewhere
beyond
the
rim
of
the
horizon,
and
darkness
is
a
mystery
of
curves
and
lines
But
still,
we
lay
under
the
emptiness
and
drifted
slowly
outward
And
somewhere
in
the
wilderness,
we
found
salvation
scratched
into
the
earth
like
a
message
I
cannot
leave
here,
I
cannot
stay
Forever
haunted,
more
than
afraid
Asphyxiate
on
words
I
would
say
I'm
drawn
to
a
blackened
sky
as
I
turn
blue
There
are
no
flowers,
no,
not
this
time
There'll
be
no
angels
gracing
the
lines
Just
these
stark
words
I
find
I'd
show
a
smile
but
I'm
too
weak
I'd
share
with
you,
could
I
only
speak
Just
how
much
this
hurts
me
I
cannot
stay
here,
I
cannot
leave
Just
like
all
I
loved,
I'm
make
believe
Imagined
heart,
I
disappear
Seems
no
one
will
appear
here
and
make
me
real
There
are
no
flowers,
no,
not
this
time
There'll
be
no
angels
gracing
the
lines
Just
these
stark
words
I
find
I'd
show
a
smile
but
I'm
too
weak
I'd
share
with
you,
could
I
only
speak
Just
how
much
this
hurts
me
I'd
tell
you
how
it
haunts
me
I'd
tell
you
how
it
haunts
me
(Cuts
through
my
day
and
sinks
into
my
dreams)
I'd
tell
you
how
it
haunts
me
(Cuts
through
my
day
and
sinks
into
my
dreams)
You
don't
care
that
it
haunts
me
There
are
no
flowers,
no,
not
this
time
There'll
be
no
angels
gracing
the
lines
Just
these
stark
words
I
find
I'd
show
a
smile
but
I'm
too
weak
I'd
share
with
you,
could
I
only
speak
Just
how
much
this
hurts
me
Just
how
much
this
hurts
me
Just
how
much
you...
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