[Verse 1: Kadeem France & Erik Bickerstaffe]

Take a step back

Knowing all that's real

Breathe out

Alone again

Drowning in the noise

The slow learner

[Pre-Chorus: Kadeem France]

Distance in fire that surrounds us

There are pyres all around you

Can't you see?

Do you see them?

[Chorus: Kadeem France & Erik Bickerstaffe]

Distance, leaving

Like the first time, I did screaming

(Like the first time)

Doesn't always have to be so black and white

Pull the wool over my eyes one last time

One last time

[Verse 2: Kadeem France & Erik Bickerstaffe]

Take a step back

Letting go of the fear

Tonight I am alone again

All I hear is noise, deafening

Hopelessly, I have no voice

But I'm screaming

Living in tragedy, in tragedy

And now nothing is how it once seemed

[Chorus: Kadeem France & Erik Bickerstaffe]

Distance, leaving

Like the first time, I did screaming

(Like the first time)

Doesn't always have to be so black and white

Pull the wool over my eyes one last time

One last time

[Bridge]

I will write to you

Through the stars and the clouds

With threads in the air

Trade your dreams with mine

[Chorus]

Distance, leaving

Like the first time, I did screaming

Doesn't always have to be so black and white

Pull the wool over my eyes one last time

One last time

One last time