Pattern doesn't match Pictures fall from their base Pulling out of the race Put up the red flag Matters close at hand Cross over the land You get so diffused You wanna kiss the ground Leave no sound Take it up next year Chalk it up to remember Wasted lonely fever The way we've tried Left a slide into harm's way Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade Let it rest on past ages and signs Pull the stops out Let it unwind It's reaching And finding nothing Weighted down one dale below the hill Minefield's the word from the start Watching out for the worst Never clear 'til it hurts Call it off make amends This life burns down From both ends The way we've tried Left a slide into harm's way Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade Let it rest on past ages and signs Pull the stops out Let it unwind It's reaching And finding nothing Weighted down one dale below the hill Enough concern to ride it out It's no surprise that it's a long slow fade