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Disaster Disaster (Klaude)

from Fourth Strike Song Jam 2021 by Fourth Strike Records

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lyrics

[verse i]
when the first winds came to summon the storm
i begged, candle in the breeze
won’t you bring me close here and warm
so i don’t ever freeze

[verse ii]
you thought, how noble, to give oneself up
to bring a little light
so you kept yourself burning, burned out
until you couldn’t fight

[prechorus i]
the world isn’t safe for things like you and me
we never know
how to tell when a wind is just too strong
to handle ‘til it blows

[chorus i]
you may have broken my heart
and you may have torn me asunder
but i watched as you tore yourself apart
so i just can’t help but to wonder
disaster, disaster, what a mess we are
oh, my disaster, how do we go back to the start?

[verse iii]
i realized too late to be worth it
you were shaped all wrong
so i begged, oh, candle, please quit
and stay with me a little longer

[verse iv]
you told me the flame gave you purpose
and you’d have nothing left
but a wick that was cold, empty, worthless
a life much worse than death

[prechorus ii]
the world isn’t safe for things like you and me
we never know
how to make something good out of darkness
without paying the toll

[chorus ii]
you may have broken my heart
and you may have torn me asunder
but i watched as you tore yourself apart
so i just can’t help but to wonder
disaster, disaster, what a mess we are
oh, my disaster, how do we go back to the start?

[verse v]
i was young, pitifully dumb
to believe it was just tough
when our parts were more than our sum
i could never be enough

[verse vi]
in the end, though we saved each other
we couldn’t save ourselves
you’ve gone dark; dark, cold, and smothered
and now i’m lost as well

[chorus iv]
you may have broken my heart
i’d still rather keep you here with me
they say something better waits after dark
when the sun rises, we’ll finally be

[chorus v]
free
my disaster, we won’t have to be more than you and me
don’t burn for your light, just look up
and let yourself be

[chorus vi]
don’t burn for your light, just look up
and let yourself be

credits

from Fourth Strike Song Jam 2021, released November 5, 2021
Written and performed by Klaude (@seraphoniic)

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