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Orchids Wilting In The Ice
Keeping time over this callous heart of mine
This clock in my heart has never felt so alive
My heart is still beating warm even when I feel so cold
This clock in my heart, was everything just a lie?
I never looked past the mirror to the other side
So focused on being the dream I was scared to be myself
Orchids silently wept while their tears were frozen by the frost
I focused so much on what I had to gain, it hurt to remember what I've lost
[Bridge] I was just ticking away hours of my life
Hoping you'd come back someday, rain or sun or ice
[Chorus] The wilting has begun, when the bluebirds have sung
Your words echo quietly, but in my head these bells have rung (x2)
The child and elder likewise in a dream, youth and death never mattered to me
The flowers we planted grew so cold, but we burned them at the root of life
Warm my heart while this clock keeps ticking away night after night
My clock can't keep track of time when it's surrounded in ice
Bridge] I was just ticking away hours of my life
Hoping you'd come back someday, rain or sun or ice
[Chorus] The wilting has begun, when the bluebirds have sungYour words echo quietly, but in my head these bells have rung (x2)
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