The Black Market

A currency of heartache and sorrow

The air we breathe is stale with mold

To shadows we are slaves digging deeper everyday

But emptiness is growing so old

Headlamps light the tunnels we wander

They shimmer and they dance on the walls

We're lost inside these caves as the chances of escape

Grow slimmer till there's no chance at all

This ink it travels from the page

Up my hands into my veins

Choking on the stories I've told

If there are words here left to say

I just wanna let you know

I'm fallin' on my knees right now

I'm covered in the mess I made

These colors used to wash right out

But now they are a part of me

I've been searchin' for a remedy

When all along it's been in front of me

I need you here I need you now

Right now

We traffic in the blackest of markets

Trade misery like diamonds and gold

The angst that we exchange for applause or petty praise

Is finally now taking its toll

But there's a world above the ground

A life that we can lead

We're washing off the dirt from our clothes

I don't wanna live without, I just wanna let you know

I'm fallin' on my knees right now

I'm covered in the mess I made

These colors used to wash right out

But now they are a part of me

I've been searchin' for a remedy

When all along it's been in front of me

I need you here I need you now

Right now

Right now

Black stains they mark me like a letter

Don't fade (Cracking under the pressure)

Black stains

Nothing stays gold

There's a world above the ground

A life that we can lead

But we're lost deep down in these holes

And I have seen the way out

Now I just wanna let you know

I'm fallin' on my knees right now (Black stains)

I'm covered in the mess I made (Won't fade)

These colors used to wash right out (Black stains)

But now they are a part of me

I've been searching for a remedy

When all along it's been in front of me

Your voice it washed the stains away

It washed the stains away (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, ooh-woah)

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh, ooh-woah (It washed the stains away)

Oh-oh, oh, oh, ooh-woah

Woah-oh, oh