All this concern over these cards overturned The cold light shows too much Bruise-colored blood who's getting to rush Smoke made it clear Holding in the worst Gives shape to the fear As they sang along, the chorus and verse The shake of the shame But it hangs around your name For the first time you're afraid And you take what they left Choke on their success But you're nothing anyway The way I mistook How an overbite might look Like a smile on the face of a girl And the way she's hating the world Strength in the arms Pulling empty hall alarms But nobody heard In a room where they wait and rehearse The shake of the shame But it hangs around your name For the first time you're afraid And you take what they left Choke on their success But you're nothing anyway It's getting too much The bruise-colored blood was beginning to rush The shake of the shame But it hangs around your name For the first time you're afraid And you take what they left Choke on their success But you're nothing anyway