Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Switchfoot
Canonical path: /switchfoot/splinter
Related lyric paths: 6
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Splinter
Read Splinter lyrics by Switchfoot on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Splinter
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It's only illusions
It's only an ebb and flow
It's only a re-run
It's only a so and so
It's only a glimpse now
It's only a glancing blow
It's only a mind game
It's only rock and roll
It's only allegiance
It's only heart and soul
Just tell me a lie now
Just tell me you can't let go
It's only illusions
It's only illusions
My mind is at war
I lie awake in bed
Like a splinter in my hand
Like a splinter in my head
The promises we swore
And every word you've said
Like a splinter in my hand
Like a splinter in my head
Don't worry, Pedro
Don't tell me, I think I know
'Cause I'm on the payroll
The cursed kaleidoscope
Am I the pollution?
Am I the foregone conclusion?
It's only illusions
It's only illusions
My mind is at war
I lie awake in bed
Like a splinter in my hand
Like a splinter in my head
The promises we swore
And every word you've said
Like a splinter in my hand
Like a splinter in my head
It's only illusions
It's only illusions
It's only illusions
It's only de-evolution
Who can take these broken splinters from my head?
My mind is at war
I lie awake in bed
Like a splinter in my hand
Like a splinter in my head
The promises we swore
And every word you've said
Like a splinter in my hand
Like a splinter in my head
It's only illusion
It's only illusion
In all this confusion
I start to forget what I'm doing
It's only a splinter in my head
It's only a splinter in my head
It's only illusion
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