I Threw the Match | Velvet Halos

writer: Mioki Uzuki performer: Velvet Halos [intro] upon a time in a darkened valley behind rust and vines, unseen where distant cries stay unheard count the marks, and open the third could this be real, my mind is a whirlwind i had to go back, i had to save my friend [verse] the deep wood's nature becoming so loud they moved like shadows in the shroud my feet arriving just in time to see them drop into the grime I had to come back and had to see I threw the match and became free . [verse] it moved so quickly and i did too all i told them, they saw that it's true dealt justice cold under the new moon's dark ears ringing as the echoes paint judgment stark I had to come back and had to see I threw the match and became free . [verse] shaking as i hear a momentary scuffle then a small gasp from a familiar rustle in the lightning flash of a side arm firing I catch Thor's eyes and I start smiling [bridge] we have to leave, go now run, you cannot stay we are ok, it's fine, go outside and play my letter, my bear, i want nothing more six legs reunited, we make for the door [verse] sudden footsteps and a firm hand makes me freeze first feeling terror, then a voice offers ease door opening to fresh air again in quiet calm only frogs daring to sound off, in funeral psalm the car is near, follow us how can I, what do i trust i follow ten paces, but hesitate only one way i can cleanse their hate . [breakdown] my nails dug into skin as I turned around went back towards the pain without a sound with lantern i saw what sin had brought and poured out the oil, no second thought BURN! I had to come back and had to see I threw the match and became free [verse] no lecture given, no what have you done we stood and watched it glow like a rising sun the pain fell to numbness, eyes a glassy stare I let the shame scatter, like the smoke in the air [outro] I had to come back and had to see I threw the match and became free I had to come back and had to see I threw the match and became a new me