To the Attrition (Of Our Vices)

from Among The Ruins, Rejoice by Love And Squalor

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Stop making so many lists.
Don't let the cold convince you
that this isn't the night to live.

There is a poetry in briskness,
something that connects us
to a life we wish we had.

We never really had it all that bad.

One more year gone.
One more to come.
How many times before we say
that we're never going back there this time?
One more day gone.
How many times before we say, "We'll get it better this time."?

So many idle promises made without intention
like, "I'll talk less" and "I will get more done."

We're building monuments.
We're laying ground.
We're getting too old to tear things down.

But we tear things down.

One more year gone.
One more to come.
How many times before we say
that we're never going back there this time?
One more day gone.
How many times before we say, "We'll get it better this time."?

All good intentions and best laid plans
resolved to reside in remand.
We'll raise the glass we've sworn off of about a dozen times by now.
Aren't you so proud?

"To the attrition of our vices!
Here's to the weakness of our flaws!
Here's to the hope that we can learn to live in spite of them all!"

One more year gone.
One more to come.
How many times before we say
that we're never going back there this time?
One more day gone.
Wasted.
How many times before we say, "We'll get it better this time."?

We'll get it better this time.

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from Among The Ruins, Rejoice, released September 22, 2013

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