The Artist-Silverstein

[ti:The Artist] [ar:Silverstein] [al:Support Your Local Record Stor] [by:] [offset:0] [00:03.34]The artist's palette falls [00:05.02]The paint is spilled with blood [00:06.84]Someone shot him down [00:08.46]Left him without a soul [00:10.27]His body's laid to rest and underground he'll stay [00:13.65]With hopes to resurrect and live again another day [00:18.84] [00:19.52]Now they decide who lives and dies [00:28.09]Now [00:31.03]His peers won't come around [00:32.84]They're too disgraced to face [00:34.49]Another soldier down [00:36.36]His life's work a waste [00:38.11]And now these walls are bare [00:39.74]No one pretends to care [00:41.43]A distant memory [00:42.92]His masterpiece [00:44.67]In disrepair [00:47.29]Now they decide who lives and dies [00:55.80]Now they will hold you back [01:01.85] [01:04.55]They will hold you back [01:07.86] [01:11.49]They will hold you [01:13.43]We stand tall and illumine [01:16.75]We fight through and prevail.(We will prevail) [01:20.38]We don't stop where you'd be giving up [01:23.44]We won't ever fail [01:26.69]A martyr takes his hand [01:28.38]To make him live again [01:29.94]With savage sleight of hand [01:31.56]He'll force his legs to stand [01:33.31]A sick and gutless joke [01:35.12]A serenading hoax [01:37.06]Interrupted peace [01:38.69]A waste of time [01:40.63]A pathetic excuse for hope [01:44.13]The sleepless nights have no compassion [01:48.19]And the dreams that come aren't true [01:51.88]A charade of lies unconscious [01:56.57]And so much left to be proved [01:59.81]But the sun will rise and fall again [02:03.13]And the nights will start to shorten [02:07.69]The memories will fade into darkness [02:12.31]You can't let it go [02:20.94]But your world is turned upside down [02:25.57]It's a panic you can't release [02:28.94]Once you have it you just can't [02:32.25]Ever ignore it [02:37.57]That's when you realize your best [02:39.44]Days are behind you [02:41.44]And all you ever live for [02:44.07]Is regret [02:47.07]You can't take it away (You ) [02:53.88]You can't take it away (You )