Torches

• Rise Against
• Revolutions Per Minute

On clearer days I can see the lights from my bedroom door

On windy nights I can smell the lake as it drifts to me from the shore

The traffic lights silently change a thousand times a day

But I’m still waiting

Yeah, I’m still waiting

And if my hand could block the sun

Would we ever wake up?

And if I turned back all these clocks

Would that be time enough?

I can’t remember exactly when this longing began

But I know it wasn’t before the day you touched my hand

Laugh and shout in blissful daze and numbers are exchanged

But, I’m still waiting

Yeah, I’m still waiting

And if my hands could block the sun

Would we ever wake up?

And if I turned back all these clocks

Would that be time enough?

So put your hands where I can see them

And shut your mouth

I know who you are

In a world void of feeling or heart

I know that we are the torches in the dark

Let’s break this down

Let’s make this count

Let’s leave this one-horse town

No better time than now

The angels dance, like feathers float

They’re here to see and to be seen

The clock strikes two, the music slows

And each one slowly dons their wings

Once outside they all pair off

And hand in hand they leave

But I’m still waiting

Yeah, I’m still waiting

Would we ever wake up?