The Sands of Dusk - Andy Leech

Time took away That glow in your eyes Slew from your tears Joy turned to pain Love to hate Oh, love to hate بعيد علي غالي سنين كل مـــا الشمس تغيب تحرقلي قلبي تزيد فنيت أيــــام شبابك فــــــدا دارك وصغارك كل يوم تزيد تذوق الويل Time swept away Passion and heat Out of your heart Pain grows in mine Hate and madness Scars it hard بعيد علي غالي سنين كل مـــا الشمس تغيب تحرقلي قلبي تزيد فنيت أيــــام شبابك فــــــدا دارك وصغارك كل يوم تزيد تذوق الويل بعيد علي غالي سنين كل مـــا الشمس تغيب تحرقلي قلبي تزيد فنيت أيــــام شبابك فــــــدا دارك وصغارك كل يوم تزيد تذوق الويل

George A. was at the movies in December '41 They announced in the lobby what had just gone on He drove up from Birmingham, back to the family's farm Thought he'd get him a deferment, there's was much work to be done He was a family man, even in those days But Uncle Sam decided he was needed anyway In the South Pacific, over half a world away He believed in God and Country, things was just that way Just that way When I was just a kid, I spent every weekend On the farm he grew up on, so I guess so did I And we'd stay up watching movies on the black and white TV We watched "The Sands of Iwo Jima", starring John Wayne Every year in June George A. goes to a reunion Of the men that he served with, and their wives and kids and grandkids My great uncle used to take me and I'd watch them recollect About some things that I couldn't comprehend And I thought about that movie, asked if it was that way He just shook his head and smiled at me in such a loving way As he thought about some friends he will never see again He said, "I never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima" Most of those men are gone now, but he goes still every year And George A's still doing fine, especially for his years He's still living on that homestead, in the house that he was born in And I sure wish I could go see him today He never drove a new car though he could easily afford it He'd just buy one for the family, take whatever no one wanted He said a shiny car didn't mean much after all the things he'd seen George A. never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima George A. never saw John Wayne on the sands of Iwo Jima

You suck the life right out of me I was so blind I could not see It sucks 'cause you give me butterflies But when I'm alone I cry seas from my eyes You are a human leech Oh, no You are a human leech Oh, no But you're so good to me You suck the life right out of me And I willingly give you everything It sucks cause I know that it's wrong Making me weak while you get strong You are a human leech Oh, no You are a human leech No, yeah But you're so good to me You can't control me I'm not obsessed with the idea of love, I am love You cannot hold me My big old bunny is just enough You are a human leech But you're so good to me

You're a fucking coward No pity for the weak Sever the ties You suck the life out of me My eyes are dry tonight When I put you in your place, it almost doesn't feel right Then I remember all the shit that you put me through It almost feels like a burden just to fucking know you I can feel my body weakening beneath the weight Because you take all I have inside and you leave me insane I can feel the hollowing continuing inside I like to tell my that this is all a waste of time But I know I'll learn, I'll grow As I'm sifting through the pieces of the rubble I have always known forgiveness I have always had a heart But you pushed me into dark Now watch it all fall apart Sometimes I feel like I can't fucking breath You hold me down for your own bettering I feel your fangs sinking deep Leeching off of what I reap Pain you cause me Emotions they taunt me Carving me of everything If I was your fucking puppet I'd choke you with the strings How far will you bend me before I fucking break? I'm engulfed Engulfed by the flames My tired eyes are weak and in pain Resolutions follow through as your walls of hate fall on you Crippled and writhing bathe in your shame You live so carelessly taking no blame The sentiments we made will fade I won't miss the memory so just fade away Oh, may you forget me This never-ending cycle A vicious spiral, eating me alive It's all about give and take But I have given all that I am I don't owe you fucking shit Every time you take from me, do you feel justified? Every time you belittle me, do you feel satisfied? Every time you close your mind everyone's an enemy Every time we say goodbye you're always crawling back to me Pain you cause me Emotions they taunt me Carving me of everything If I was your fucking puppet I'd choke you with the strings How far will you bend me before I fucking break? I'm engulfed Engulfed in the flames May my afflictions bring me shame For all the karma I bestow You now can drown in the undertow In which you forged upon yourself And now I yearn to be without Parasitic company I wish to live in harmony And no one Said it's fair But nor were You to me And no one Said it's fair But nor were You to me