Damocles

Well, I've been waking up under blades, blue blossom days If only Damocles would hit me back No alabaster carvings or faces on a farthing Would prevent my head from fading to black And it feels like falling into the sea From outer space in seconds to me And I play discordant days on repeat Until they look like harmony When the river runs dry and the curtain is called How will I know if I can't see the bottom? Come up for air and choke on it all No one else knows that I've got a problem What if I can't get up and stand tall? What if the diamond days are all gone, and Who will I be when the empire falls? Wake up alone, and I'll be forgotten Well, I know I should be touring, I know these chords are boring But I can't always be killing the game No golden grand pianos or voices from the shadows Will do anything but feel the same And it feels like falling into the deep From somewhere way up over the peaks And I play discordant days on repeat Until the tape runs out on me When the river runs dry and the curtain is called How will I know if I can't see the bottom? Come up for air and choke on it all No one else knows that I've got a problem What if I can't get up and stand tall? What if the diamond days are all gone, and Who will I be when the empire falls? Wake up alone, and I'll be forgotten And nobody told me I'd be begging for relief When what is silent to you feels like it's screaming to me Well, nobody told me I'd get tired of myself When it all looks like heaven, but it feels like hell When the river runs dry and the curtain is called How will I know if I can't see the bottom? Come up for air and choke on it all No one else knows that I've got a problem What if I can't get up and stand tall? What if the diamond days are all gone, and Who will I be when the empire falls? Wake up alone, and I'll be forgotten