Dismantle. Repair.
In light of the things I’ve been working on, I think today’s song will have to be Dismantle. Repair. by Anberlin. If the first book of Shades is to have a theme song, this is probably it. Raphel has a definite propensity to cut Saeli to ribbons, turn around, and put her back together again. It’s even a play on words, in a sense: Dis-Mantle.
one last glance from a taxi cab
images scar my mind
for weeks have felt like years
since your full attention was all mine
the night was young and so were we
talked about life, God, death, and your family
didn’t want any promises,
just my undivided honesty, and you said
things are gonna change now for the better
things are gonna change, oh, they’re gonna change
I am the patron saint of lost causes
a fraction of who I once believed
only a matter of time
opinions I would try and rewrite
if life had background music playing your song
I’ve got to be honest, I tried to escape you
but the orchestra plays on, and they sang
things are gonna change now for the better
things are gonna change
hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you
lines and phrases, like knives, your words can cut me through
dismantle me down
repair
you dismantle me
you dismantle me
give me time to prove
prove I want the rest of yours
call this a prelude to a lifetime of you
it’s not that I hang on every word
I hang myself on what you repeat
it’s not that I keep hanging on
I’m never letting go
hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you
lines and phrases, like knives, your words can cut me through
dismantle me down
repair
you dismantle me
you dismantle me
save me from myself
save me from myself
help me save me from myself
save me from myself
things are gonna change now for the better
things are gonna change
hands, like secrets, are the hardest thing to keep from you
lines and phrases, like knives, your words can cut me through
dismantle me down
repair
you dismantle me
you dismantle me