Vermilion

I felt it faintly
The full length of my unshakeable anxiety
Pretending not to notice
I laughed to avoid getting hurt
Just hold my breath a little longer
Without showing weakness to anyone
The dream won’t last much longer, you know
Yeah
The die has been cast again

Those days painted with hot lies
A world that’s broken and can’t be saved
I still love it even now
I feel like I could change someday
Overlaying it with my weak self
The sky of a too-blue tomorrow

Continuing to look away
The sun that’s too close
If it tears through the heat
It’s me who’ll get burned
Yeah

I knew this future would come
That far away, I’d be crying
I knew it, but
I can’t just kill my ego that easily

Those days painted with hot lies
A world that’s broken and can’t be saved
I still love it even now
I feel like I could change someday
Overlaying it with my weak self
The sky of a too-blue tomorrow

The boring city stained red
As the cold wind slaps my cheek
Denying the 'now'
When I realize, going around and around, there’s
A darkness where even shining stars can’t be seen
Eternal night

Those days painted with hot lies
A world that’s broken and can’t be saved
I still love it even now
Crumbling as if to cling on, I screamed
I was laughing, lamenting, 'how pathetic'

The wind and the sun