The Black Market - Rise Against

A currency of heartache and sorrow

The air we breathe is stale with mold

To shadows we are slaves

Digging deeper every day

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 til there’s no chance at all

This ink it travels from the page

Up my hand and to my veins

Choking on those stories I’ve told

If there are words here left to say

I just wanna let you know

I’m falling 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 searching 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 want to live without

I just wanna let you know

I’m falling 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 searching for a remedy

When all along it’s been in front of me

I need you here

I need you 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 falling 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 searching for a remedy

When all along it’s been in front of me

Your voice it washed the stains away