Distraction

Album: We Don't Need To Whisper (2006)
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  • I'll be your distraction
    I'll be your distraction

    There's a field nearby
    With words written in stone
    My love will not die
    Please let be known

    This place is dead
    It echoes through town
    There isn't one voice
    I haven't heard a sound

    The planes flew in
    Their bombs did too
    The city fell flat
    The fires they grew

    When the smoke comes in
    It'll color this town
    But I'll still have you
    So I'll say it aloud

    I'll be your distraction
    I'll be your distraction

    The friendship we made
    Is a waste of our time
    There's no one left here
    To show future that's kind

    It's a world of hate
    Gone incredibly wrong
    We cared to late
    We just followed along

    And the boys went down
    With their gun in their hand
    Their weapon of choice
    Their knees in the sand

    If that field nearby
    Was still there to be used
    Would you ever have known?
    Those words were for you

    I'll be your distraction
    I'll be your distraction

    I'll be your distraction
    I'll be your distraction
    I'll be your distraction
    I'll be your distraction

    I'll be, I'll be yours
    I'll be, I'll be yours
    I'll be, I'll be yours
    I'll be, I'll be yours
    The war

    The ocean, is on fire
    The sky turned dark again
    As the boats came in
    And the beaches
    Stretched out with soldiers
    With their arms and guns
    It has just begun

    Believe, you want this
    Believe, I want this too

    Why won't you tell me that
    It's almost over
    Why must this?
    Tear my head
    Inside out

    And the houses
    Laid out like targets
    With the defining sound
    We watched them all go down
    And the families
    Now useless bodies
    They lay still black and blue
    A gift from us to you

    Believe, you want this
    Believe, I want this too

    Why won't you tell me that
    It's almost over
    Why must this?
    Tear my head
    Inside out

    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh (believe)
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh (believe, you want this too)
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh

    Why won't you tell me that
    It's almost over
    Why must this?
    Tear my head
    Inside out

    Why won't you tell me that
    It's almost over
    Why must this?
    Tear my head
    Inside out

    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
    Oh oh oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh, oh oh Writer/s: Thomas DeLonge
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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