The Carousel

Lord forgive me
I left that bottle empty
It fits right in beside the other ones
It's the last one, I can promise that
I swear I'll find a game that's just as fun

Lord forgive me
If heaven only sent me
A stronger mind, I'd make it out alive
I'm a master of the carousel 
But every couple rounds I'm left behind 


And I don't know if I can go back   
To the hidden smile in that  photograph
That my mother took I swear she looked at me and said  
I I I I just pray you stay 
I I I I just pray you stay just like this 

Lord forgive me 
For making her a memory 
But asking her to dance inside my dreams
She's the last one, I can promise that
I swear I'll let her go like we agreed

Lord forgive me
I never saw you in me
And even now, my voice dies in the walls 
Well it's hard to keep a vow
When I'm aware that you're not listening at all 

And I don't know if I can go back   
To the pretty girl in that photograph
That I took myself when she looked at me and said
I I I I just pray you stay 
I I I I just pray you stay 
I I I I just pray you stay just like this 



And I've been working on the perfect silhouette
Can you see me in the shaken northern lights? 
And I've been searching for that half-red cigarette 
But I wont make a sound
When I see you around