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Plastic Bones

from Temper Temper by Caroline & The Lights

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lyrics

A dream in a mind full of sin
People walk in plastic bones
and cellophane skin
People walk as if they're alone.

Blow eachother's brains out
Because they forgot how to be nice
Camoflage their soldiers with a noble cause
Forget they are lions, not mice.

have you ever stopped and looked
at the dead men walking round
The schools standing on crumbled ground
The children never learnt how to make a sound

They walk because they can
They talk because they can
They fall because they can
They fight because they can

Smoke their flithy cigarettes
Because they don't care about their insides
Forget their childhood memories
Get lost in the goodbyes

Ignore their ability to speak
Because behind thick walls
Shouting is just pointless
Noone can hear their calls

Have you ever stopped and looked
At the prisons holding lies
The families saying their goodbyes
The church full of beehives

They walk because they can
They talk because they can
They fall because they can
They fight because they can

Lay in bed at night
Because they can't sleep anymore
Search inside their brains
They forgot what they stand for.

Work for a living
So they can afford to die
Dream of a life worth living
Not just to see what happens over time
Dream of living a lie

Have you ever stopped and looked
At the broken, dusty guitars
The electric songs playing in bars
The lack of flying cars

They walk because they can
They talk because they can
They fall because they can
They fight because they can

Hate eachother so much
Because they don't understand
Discriminate those who don't
Hold the right genders hand

Carry on the same facade
Because they still talk about it
Blacks against whites
Forget it's all meaningless.

Have you ever stopped and looked?
At the empty, broken town
The unhappy corrupted clown
The young who'd happily drown

They walk because they can
They talk because they can
They fall because they can
They fight because they can

We shout because they can't hear us
We forget because remembering hurts
We ignore because we weren't taught to listen
We dream because reality can burn.

We'll march because we can
We'll speak because we can
We'll rise because we can
They fight because we can

People walk in plastic bones
And celophane skin
People walk as if they're alone.
Because they think they cannot win.

In plastic bones and cellophane skin
They think they cannot win.
In solid bones and impervious skin
They think they cannot win.

They don't know what they're trying to win.

Have you ever stopped and looked
At their brave but lonely smiles
The concrete stretching for miles
The innocent getting lost for a while

We shout because they can't hear us
We forget because remembering hurts
We ignore because we weren't taught to listen
We dream because reality can burn.

In plastic bones and cellophane skin

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from Temper Temper, released August 26, 2018

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Caroline & The Lights is unapologetically melodramatic with goosebump-inducing vocals, beautiful soaring melodies, and dynamic bold instrumentation.

“Inspiring self-referential wonder that makes you want to stop writing, step outside and savor the fresh air in your lungs." - Design A Gig ... more

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