"Leave A Trace" lyrics

"Leave A Trace"

I gave up on time
Just like you said you would
There are tiny cracks of light underneath me
And you say I got it wrong
But I tried hard to uncover them

I have somehow got
Away with everything
Anything you ever did was strictly by design
But you got it wrong
And I'll go anywhere but there

And you had best believe
That you cannot build what I don't need
And I know I need to feel relief
And I know you'll never fold
But I believe nothing that I'm told
And I know I need to feel relief

I know I need to feel released
Take care to tell it just as it was
Take care to tell on me for the cause
I know I need to feel released
Take care to bury all that you can
Take care to leave a trace of a man

I will show restraint
Just like we said we should
You think I'll apologize for things I left behind
But you got it wrong
And I'm as sane as I ever was

You talk far too much
For someone so unkind
I will wipe the salt off of my skin
And I'll admit that I got it wrong
And there is grey between the lines

And you had best believe
That you cannot build what I don't need
And I know I need to feel relief
And I know you'll never fold
But I believe nothing that I'm told
And I know I need to feel relief

I know I need to feel released
Take care to tell it just as it was
Take care to tell on me for the cause
I know I need to feel released
Take care to bury all that you can
Take care to leave a trace of a man

I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know

I know I need to feel released
Take care to tell it just as it was
Take care to tell on me for the cause
I know I need to feel released
Take care to bury all that you can
Take care to leave a trace of a man

I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know


Writer(s): Iain Andrew Cook, Martin Clifford Doherty, Lauren Eve Mayberry
album: "Every Open Eye" (2015)
CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye album cover
Get Away
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Follow You
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Bow Down
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Up In Arms
(Target Bonus Track)
You May Also Like
HAIM - "Falling" I give a little Into the moment like I'm standing at the edge (I know) That no one's gonna turn me 'round Just one more step, I could let go Oh and in the middle, I hear the voices and they're...
MisterWives - "Reflections" You didn't close the door Left a crack open I couldn't ignore the faint possibility Of having hope in this insanity That we still could be But we're stuck floating in between Put me on the shelf;...
The Ting Tings - "Wrong Club" If you can’t move your feet You wanna stand with a woman You wanna stand with me If you don’t seem to fit in You wanna take some cover You wanna leave with me Did I ever tell you about the way I...
MUNA - "Loudspeaker" What you want from me Is all of my time wasted on you Trying to teach me a lesson Well baby I learned one thing from you You can try to be my hell, to be my beating But every time I love myself, it...
Great Good Fine OK - "By My Side" Every night when your fate will call Find a way and you take it all What you got to do to make it In the times when you feel naked And you take it all It's the drive you need to have it If you're...