Turn Away

Intro

(Ohhh...)

Slow breath in the cold...

(Yeah...)

Verse

Corner of the avenue, cardboard sign in the rain

Eyes down, steps quick, like he's not even there

"Got a dollar for hunger?" Nah, we're all too late

Chasin' our own shadows, sealin' up the gate

Pre-chorus

How noble we stride, past the forgotten ones

Pretendin' it's not our fight, under the settin' sun

Chorus

We turn away, turn away, from the broken and the stray

From the lover's empty bed, words we never say

Turn away, turn away, from the hands that reach and plead

Build our walls so high, plant our selfish seed

(Ohhh, turn away...)

Turn away...

Verse

She whispers "stay tonight," but the door's already shut

Packed bags and cold goodbyes, leavin' dust in the rut

He gave his every beat, you gave him nothin' but night

Now you're free in the mirror, everything feels right

Pre-chorus

Oh, what a hero's tale, walkin' out so clean

Leavin' cracks in the silence, wonderin' what it means

Chorus

We turn away, turn away, from the broken and the stray

From the lover's empty bed, words we never say

Turn away, turn away, from the hands that reach and plead

Build our walls so high, plant our selfish seed

(Ohhh, turn away...)

Turn away... turn away...

Bridge

Look at us, saviors of our own little worlds

Clappin' for the winners, flags forever furled

Spare a glance? Too busy crownin' kings of nothin'

While the real ones freeze outside, hearts slowly bluffin'

(Yeah... how grand)

Chorus

We turn away, turn away, from the broken and the stray

From the lover's empty bed, words we never say

Turn away, turn away, from the hands that reach and plead

Build our walls so high, plant our selfish seed

(Ohhh, turn away...)

Turn away...

Outro

Turn away... (slow fade)

(Ohhh...)

From everyone...