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Artist: Brand New
Canonical path: /brand-new/sic-transit-gloriaglory-fades
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Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades
Read Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades lyrics by Brand New on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades
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Keep the noise low
She doesn't wanna blow it
Shaking head to toe
While your left hand does the Show Me Around
Quickens your heartbeat
It beats me straight into the ground
You don't recover from a night like this
A victim, still lying in bed, completely motionless
A hand moves in the dark to a zipper
Hear a boy bracing tight against sheets
Barely whisper, This is so messed up
Upon arrival the guests had all stared
Dripping wet and clearly depressed
He'd headed straight for the stairs
No longer cool, but a boy in a stitch
Unprepared for a life full of lies and failing relationships
(Up the stairs: The station where
The act becomes the art of growing up)
He keeps his hands low
He doesn't wanna blow it
He's wet from head to toe and
His eyes give her the up and the down
His stomach turns and he thinks of throwing up
But the body on the bed beckons forward
And he starts growing up
The fever, the focus
The reasons that I had to believe you weren't too hard to sell
Die young and save yourself
The tickle, the taste of
It used to be the reason I breathed, but now its choking me up
Die young and save yourself
She hits the lights
This doesn't seem quite fair
Despite everything he learned from his friends
He doesn't feel so prepared
She's breathing quiet and smooth
He's gasping for air
This is the first and last time, he says
She fakes a smile and presses her hips into his
He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides
He's holding back from telling her
Exactly what it really feels like
He is the lamb, she is the slaughter
She's moving way too fast and all he wanted was to hold her
Nothing that tells her is really having an effect
He whispers that he loves her
But she's probably only looking for
(Up the stairs: The station where
The act becomes the art of growing up)
So much more than he could ever give
A life free of lies and a meaningful relationship
He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides
He waits for it to end
And for the aching in his guts to subside
The fever, the focus
The reasons that I had to believe you weren't too hard to sell
Die young and save yourself
The tickle, the taste of
It used to be the reason I breathed, but now its choking me up
Die young and save yourself
Up the stairs: The station where
The act becomes the art of growing up
The fever, the focus
The reasons that I had to believe you weren't too hard to sell
Die young and save yourself
The tickle, the taste of
It used to be the reason I breathed, but now its choking me up
Die young and save yourself
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