PHANTOMS (Marianas Trench) Sentence starters
lines from the album phantoms by marianas trench for use in rp. feel free to change pronouns/edit if necessary.
it grows so quiet on widow’s peak.
silence shares my madness
i’d rather hurt here than be happy somewhere else
nobody scars me like you like you do
but no one will ever be compared to you
but i know, a love like this will end in tragedy
burns us both to love this close
i know we won’t get out alive
but only the lonely survive
you never know to stay or go
i’ve never given into madness
but i’m better now than before
but that’s not who i am anymore
you still haunt the corner of my eye
echoes of you repeating from the beating of your tell-tale heart
i just wanna make it vanish
but the notes of an old mistake still ring louder every day
a relentless refrain is the only thing that remains
i guess it’s true how time can fly
i know i said that i would call
but i never think of you at all
it’s not like i/you miss your/my laughter
it’s not like i/you miss your/my face
it’s not like i/you can’t get past it
it’s not like i/you miss your/my taste
i’m just a drink away from honesty, so who knows what’s true
but i’m wondering if maybe you don’t miss me too
i don’t remember why we stayed
some people try to live instead
mirror mirror on the wall, who’s fairer
can you save me from today’s night terror
i can’t shake this ache i carry
try not to fall, but there ain’t no stopping it
i just wish that you were here
i just wondering what do i do now
what’s a little bit of hopeless hoping?
who we are in the end what matters
i’ll say it loud, i wish you were here
just can’t help but see your face
you never seem to manage just to disappear
but the ghost of you is always near
i could leave this place forever but i know i’d never sever from your ghost
my haunted heart is uneasy
it’s like every time you vanish, you’re still here
saw you in black and white, bathed in the city light
can we forgive and forget?
you can burn too bright to see
it’s funny what you find when you go without
i can see a glimmer of us
but tell me what does it mean if we could never leave it
you’ve changed but it’s not enough
i’ve been somewhere like this before
and it was easier back then
i’ve been loving you too long to just suddenly move on from this
you said forever’s not enough
i thought time was supposed to heal it
don’t do shit but keep you feeling older
i’m sure you’re wondering
is this a new beginning or the start of another end?
we awoke surprised to remember
the ghost of me will keep us far apart
no, you don’t deserve this
before you go, i just wanted you to know
i would love you if i could
my unsteady heart’s not ready
it’s gonna be the death of me
i would give you anything if i had anything to give left
but the truth is her ghost, it haunts me still
i don’t know how to work this
i’ve forgotten how it feels to have my head over my heels
it’s not fair to let you stay
the deep stares back, speaks to me
i know my love can be the killing kind
what if i was wrong ‘bout never moving on?
can’t get out from under it
my love is the killing kind
don’t love the bottle, but the bottle loves me
one for the memory, two for the pain
if madness overtakes us both, then nobody would be alone
the ghost of us can linger here
together bound in madness
why don’t we just savor it?