Blindfolds

I saw the ghost of Christmas past He said four to five Of the memories that we go through won't be bad But stay fortified from the mental grief When the fifth one takes you back Don't ignore the line That your mind made up we glossed over that night Don't look past the reflected shine Falsehoods feel nice But there's more to life when you don't obsess With an outcome you despise And there's more inside your fucked up head than Than a past that's been contrived Somewhat glorified, embellished, every blemish cast aside But you're dead if you don't try I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed So if you can't bear it, fine, wear a blindfold Every accident or vice will come back to haunt you twice You can't sacrifice your life if you die slow Idols fall down I looked in Jacob Marley's eyes He said five or six of the knives You stick in your face will scar you blind You're inviolate but you mind was tricked by a painted scarlet sky False environment's got your eyes convinced There's a vacant heart inside Don't put faith in a harmless lie Deathbeds feel nice But there's more to see Than the morbid scene that you conjured up last night Dark abhorrent things In a horrid dream that you had can't write your life Every chorus screams a message with a deafening reply Stop those terrors in the night I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed So if you can't bear it, fine, wear a blindfold Every accident or vice will come back to haunt you twice You can't sacrifice your life if you die slow Idols fall down I can't commit (I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed) (Get back, look out from underneath your blindfold) (Step back, walk through the fire on this tightrope) (Steadfast, pull out the knife and seek reprisal) (False idols die slow) I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed So if you can't bear it, fine, wear a blindfold Every accident or vice will come back to haunt you twice You can't sacrifice your life if you die slow I can't commit the perfect crime with my eyes closed So if you can't bear it, fine, wear a blindfold Every accident or vice will come back to haunt you twice You can't sacrifice your life if you die slow Idols fall down