No Past To Return To

No past No past No home No home No little light behind me No little light behind me Just smoke Just smoke

They say I'm cold They say I'm cold Like I was born without a flame Like I was born without a flame They say my heart They say my heart Forgot the sound of my own name Forgot the sound of my own name But they don't know But they don't know What it's like to grow in smoke What it's like to grow in smoke To call a ruin home To call a ruin home And learn to laugh before you choke And learn to laugh before you choke

I didn't lose my innocence I didn't lose my innocence It never had a room It never had a room No golden days behind me No golden days behind me No flowers ever bloomed No flowers ever bloomed

Maybe I'm bad bad bad Maybe I'm bad bad bad Maybe they're right about me Maybe they're right about me I've got no past to run back to I've got no past to run back to No softer place that found me No softer place that found me Maybe I'm cruel cruel cruel Maybe I'm cruel cruel cruel But tell me what was I to do But tell me what was I to do When there's no heaven in yesterday When there's no heaven in yesterday You become the hell they made of you You become the hell they made of you

Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh No past to return to No past to return to Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh No child left to run to No child left to run to

I don't look back I don't look back There's nothing there that says my name There's nothing there that says my name No childhood light No childhood light No open door no gentle rain No open door no gentle rain Just broken glass Just broken glass And echoes dressed like lullabies And echoes dressed like lullabies I learned to bare my teeth I learned to bare my teeth Before I ever learned to cry Before I ever learned to cry

I didn't fall from grace I didn't fall from grace I crawled from underneath I crawled from underneath No angels came to save me No angels came to save me So I became my teeth So I became my teeth

Maybe I'm bad bad bad Maybe I'm bad bad bad Maybe they're right about me Maybe they're right about me I've got no past to run back to I've got no past to run back to No softer place that found me No softer place that found me Maybe I'm cruel cruel cruel Maybe I'm cruel cruel cruel But tell me what was I to do But tell me what was I to do When there's no heaven in yesterday When there's no heaven in yesterday You become the hell they made of you You become the hell they made of you

Back Back Ha Ha Back where Back where There's no little girl waiting There's no little girl waiting No porch light No porch light No bedroom wall No bedroom wall No before all this No before all this Just smoke under the door Just smoke under the door Just teeth in the dark Just teeth in the dark Just me Just me I was raised by the wound I was raised by the wound

Raised by the wound Raised by the wound Raised by the wound Raised by the wound Raised by the wound Raised by the wound

Don't ask me where I came from Don't ask me where I came from There's ashes in the answer There's ashes in the answer Don't tell me to remember Don't tell me to remember Memory was never shelter Memory was never shelter I was not a fallen angel I was not a fallen angel I was never touched by light I was never touched by light So if I burn the world around me So if I burn the world around me It's just to feel warm for a night It's just to feel warm for a night

Maybe I'm bad bad bad Maybe I'm bad bad bad But I was built from what betrayed me But I was built from what betrayed me No past no home no Holy Ghost No past no home no Holy Ghost No younger self to save me No younger self to save me Maybe I'm cruel cruel cruel Maybe I'm cruel cruel cruel But every scar became my truth But every scar became my truth When there's no heaven in yesterday When there's no heaven in yesterday You become the hell they made of you You become the hell they made of you

Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh No past to return to No past to return to Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh No child left to run to No child left to run to Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh No softer place behind me No softer place behind me Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh No memory to find me No memory to find me

Maybe I'm bad Maybe I'm bad Maybe it's true Maybe it's true But I never had a past But I never had a past To return to To return to

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