A Raven's Curse-Counterpunch

[ti:A Raven's Curse] [ar:Counterpunch] [al:Dying To Exonerate The World] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Raven's Curse - Counterpunch [00:08.39]So we stare at the sun [00:10.82]While we flap our clipped wings [00:13.03]Never understanding the burn we received [00:16.74]From what we believed was right [00:19.37]Add to this if they had known [00:21.38]Who knew [00:22.09]It'd be taken away [00:23.64]The truth lies just beneath this [00:27.50] [00:28.09]A piston popping with no release valve now [00:32.75]The outward-bound cast to dwell in this downward spiral [00:37.24]Our backs are broken from the weight of the fall [00:41.06] [00:41.85]Star-ward gazing while we stand up and we stand tall [00:46.58]'Cause we both know that we might get our shot tonight [00:51.19]To be something more than this [00:55.35]Our blessed curse sealed with a deadly kiss [01:00.07]Full speed ahead on these half drawn sails [01:03.96]Our breath won't fail us now [01:06.67] [01:09.88]You can save the world a million times but get credit for the fall [01:14.09]Even though you had nothing to do with it [01:16.83]Nothing to do at all [01:18.83]We kept this dream alive straight-laced with suicide [01:23.76] [01:34.65]Don't slouch down boy [01:35.98]You'll only orchestrate your fall [01:37.48]Fifty miles above this all [01:41.77]You can hear the complacent complying [01:43.97]And the ignorant few multiplying [01:46.60]All while trying to wake up [01:48.91]All while trying to wake up the already dead [01:53.18]You can save the world a million times but get credit for the fall [01:57.54]Even though you had nothing to do with it [02:00.36]Nothing to do at all [02:02.20]We kept this dream alive straight-laced with suicide [02:09.25]Straight-laced with suicide [02:14.56] [02:15.86]This is not what we believe [02:19.37]A candy-coated lie filled with broken dreams [02:24.56]That's tearing apart at the seams [02:27.92]But this time [02:29.62]I will never turn my back on you [02:33.30]No matter what's been said or everything I had to do [02:37.98] [02:38.92]And when it's time I hope I'm not the only one [02:43.68]With guns out blazing [02:45.40]But will you be awestruck staring [02:47.98]Without raising a fist or raising your voice [02:50.49]Scoffed at the thought of a choice [02:52.73]We wait for the eye of the storm to pass by [02:57.43]Punch-drunk in pursuit of an abstract ideal [03:00.76]When I'm just trying to feel out something real [03:06.40]We kept this dream alive straight-laced with suicide [03:11.98]Devoid of foolish pride [03:15.44]And all we have's forsaken [03:19.54]The heartless have just taken it for themselves [03:24.18] [03:25.14]Just walk away [03:26.88]Don't shoulder the weight of the world [03:29.13]Don't shoulder the weight [03:30.82] [03:31.47]Don't shoulder the weight of the world [03:33.79]Don't shoulder the weight [03:36.00]Don't shoulder the weight