LYRICS
THE SUCCESS OF THINGS THAT FAIL
I’m giving you my wrists,
Cut them if you please.
But open up your eyes
To the things that no one sees.
I’m giving you my throat,
There’s no silencing these words.
You can’t quiet all the noise
Made by singing birds.
You can slice me… you can kill me,
But the truth… it shall prevail.
Someday you’ll understand
The success of things that fail.
This is not the end of you,
This is not the end of me.
This is just the end…
The end of us collectively.
Now you fill your cup,
And lift it to your lips.
The blood spilled from my wrist,
As you took a sip.
You can slice me… you can kill me,
But the truth… it shall prevail.
Someday you’ll understand
The success of things that fail.
All the words I’ve wasted,
The times I said, ‘I love you.’
You turned to spit in my face,
And said, ‘I love you, too.’
Lay me down to crucify
On your slab of stone.
I gave you all I had,
And still you beg for more.
You can slice me… you can kill me,
But the truth… it shall prevail.
Someday you’ll understand
The success of things that fail.
Cut them if you please.
But open up your eyes
To the things that no one sees.
I’m giving you my throat,
There’s no silencing these words.
You can’t quiet all the noise
Made by singing birds.
You can slice me… you can kill me,
But the truth… it shall prevail.
Someday you’ll understand
The success of things that fail.
This is not the end of you,
This is not the end of me.
This is just the end…
The end of us collectively.
Now you fill your cup,
And lift it to your lips.
The blood spilled from my wrist,
As you took a sip.
You can slice me… you can kill me,
But the truth… it shall prevail.
Someday you’ll understand
The success of things that fail.
All the words I’ve wasted,
The times I said, ‘I love you.’
You turned to spit in my face,
And said, ‘I love you, too.’
Lay me down to crucify
On your slab of stone.
I gave you all I had,
And still you beg for more.
You can slice me… you can kill me,
But the truth… it shall prevail.
Someday you’ll understand
The success of things that fail.