Rise Against ☆ The Black Market

A currency of heartache and sorrow
The air we breathe is stale with mold
To shadows we are slaves digging deeper every day
But emptiness is growing so old
Headlamps light the tunnels we wander
They shimmer and they dance on the walls
We’re lost inside these caves as the chances of escape
Grow slimmer ’til there’s no chance at all
This ink, it travels from the page
Up my hand and to my veins
Choking on those stories I’ve told
If there are words here left to say
I just want to let you know
I’m falling on my knees right now
I’m covered in the mess I made
These colors used to wash right out
But now they are a part of me
And I’ve been searching for a remedy
When all along it’s been in front of me
I need you here, I need you now
Right now
We traffic in the blackest of markets
Trade misery like diamonds and gold
The angst that we exchange for applause or petty praise
Is finally now taking its toll
But there’s a world above the ground
A life that we can lead
We’re washing off the dirt from our clothes
I don’t want to live without
I just wanna let you know
I’m falling on my knees right now
I’m covered in the mess I made
These colors used to wash right out
But now they are a part of me
And I’ve been searching for a remedy
When all along it’s been in front of me
I need you here, I need you now
Right now
Right now
Black stains they mark me like a letter
Won’t fade cracking under the pressure
Black stains nothing stays gold
There’s a world above the ground
A life that we can lead
But we’re lost deep down in these holes
And I’ve seen the way out
Now I just want to let you know
I’m falling on my knees right now black stains
I’m covered in the mess I made won’t fade
These colors used to wash right out black stains
But now they are a part of me
And I’ve been searching for a remedy
When all along it’s been in front of me
Your voice it washes the stains away
Wash the stains away
Woo oh oh oh
Wash the stains away