The Artist-Silverstein

[ti:The Artist] [ar:Silverstein] [al:Rescue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:03.96]The artist's palette falls [00:05.21]The paint is spilled with blood [00:06.71]Someone shot him down [00:08.46]Left him without a soul [00:10.14]His body's laid to rest and underground he'll stay [00:13.65]With hopes to resurrect and live again another day [00:18.33] [00:19.71]Now they decide who lives and dies [00:28.27]Now [00:30.27] [00:31.21]His peers won't come around [00:32.90]They're too disgraced to face [00:34.52]Another soldier down [00:36.09]His life's work a waste [00:38.03]And now these walls are bare [00:39.71]No one pretends to care [00:41.40]A distant memory [00:43.09]His masterpiece [00:43.53]In disrepair [00:48.24]Now they decide who lives and dies [00:54.38]Now they will hold you back [01:01.83] [01:05.60]They will hold you back [01:11.72]They will hold you [01:12.16] [01:14.14]We stand tall and illumine [01:17.26]We fight through and prevail We will prevail [01:20.69]We don't stop where you'd be giving up [01:24.41]We won't ever fail [01:26.79]A martyr takes his hand [01:28.41]To make him live again [01:30.26]With savage sleight of hand [01:32.08]He'll force his legs to stand [01:33.70]A sick and gutless joke [01:35.45]A serenading hoax [01:37.14]Interrupted peace [01:38.79]A waste of time [01:41.17]A pathetic excuse for hope [01:44.10]The sleepless nights have no compassion [01:47.60]And the dreams that come aren't true [01:52.69]A charade of lies unconscious [01:56.25]And so much left to be proved [01:59.87]But the sun will rise and fall again [02:04.62]And the nights will start to shorten [02:07.93]The memories will fade into darkness [02:12.62]You can't let it go [02:21.56]But your world is turned upside down [02:25.94]It's a panic you can't release [02:29.37]Once you have it you just can't [02:33.19]Ever ignore it [02:37.19]That's when you realize your best [02:40.00]Days are behind you [02:42.81]And all you ever live for [02:43.69]Is regret [02:47.37]You can't take it away You [02:48.37]You can't take it away You