Sharp

Originally Performed By: Voices in Your Head

Seasons Performed: 2011-2012, 2010-2011

Music By: Chris Rishel

Lyrics By: Zachary Madden

Arranger: Chris Rishel

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Solo: Chris Rishel


Sharp (Full Track)
Solo: Chris Rishel

Lyrics:

Cold inside
The winter kissed the fireplace
And they together died
And ashes rose to a higher place
She tells me we can drive away
Make it through the bumps and crashes
Looks at me and I think she knows
We stirred the fire
We left the ashes

She took my hand
When I opened the door and let you out
Somewhere in the heartland
The New Year's wind swept you about
Into the arms of winter coats
I walked past faceless lips on the subway
Singing the blues
And all our notes were

Sharp, and I look at her
But she's just a passenger
Hiding in the rear-view mirror

Sharp, and I wish you were
Here and familiar
So the fire would reappear

Shades of white
She is snow in distant lands
Strange and bright
She's lonely, and I'm made to take her hands
There's ice on her breath and it's hard to see
I tell her that we're going somewhere
She nods her head but I thinks she knows
It won't be home
You used to live there

Sharp, when I look at her,
Glad to be my passenger,
Hiding in the rear-view mirror

Sharp, how I wish you were
Here and familiar
So the fire would reappear

All our years were swallowed by the moon above.
I had no fears, but pictures of a girl in love
Take my vision, steal my breath
Wrap my heart in the ice and there is
Nothing left, the car careens,
The fire is out, and the winter air is

Sharp, and it's cold like her
New and unfamiliar
Frost in the rear-view mirror

Sharp, and I wish you were
Back as my passenger

So the wind would fly
Away from our throats
And I'd take you away
From the winter coats

And the fire
Would reappear