La Dispute - Bury Your Flames Lyrics

We could blame it on our hands
They lifted the drink to our mouths so we drank it. Or
we could blame it on our bodies
they say, "We like the way we feel
when we get touched."
You've got your fingers snared in my veins
I think it's time you pulled them out.
And I don't care about the flesh it'll tear
it isn't flesh that I'm worried about.
We held a match to keep our sight on the path but the flame gave up and we lost it.
And I've knelt for the last three years trying to find it back with the blackened
matchstick.
Today I'm not afraid of failure.
"The past is a flower.
The future: the snow."
I wasn't ever close to perfect, but
I never let you go.
You let your doubt like a river lead you
on and on and on and
you will never get back to save what you had, hear me promise, "I will
bury your problems in me so sleep soundly."
I held your heart in my fingers now it's
gone, it's gone, it's gone and
you will never admit that you bid the wind blow the flames out
And buried the coals in the sea.
You tricked me.
You came back and you brought floods
wearing a necklace made of hearts that you'd dragged through the mud.
I guess I wasn't quite sure what to do.
But then I saw mine, almost reached out to grab it. Said
"Darling, you're the only one on Earth I want to have it."
But now I'm not so sure that that was true
after the hell you put it through.
But there was no sharp pain this time
just the ghost of your presence compressing my chest like a vine.
An unshakeable absence
like most of my insides crawled out through my mouth and went west. But that's fine.
We cast our hearts in plaster.
We imagined our bodies were fashioned from stone but
they chipped at the brick and the mortar
We found out that we're only layers of skin hiding bone.
And our bones are like chains, old and rusted in the rain—they're going to snap when
the weight shifts.
You moved like a fire through the forest.
You're hands were as red as the skin on your lips.
You'd been flirting with distance, princess
I tasted its spit in your kiss.
Oh, mistress, know:
Today I will bury the flames of your failure.
The past is a liar, the future: a whore.
I'll lay your bones into the earth and you
will haunt my head no more.
We could blame it on our hands, but
it was our mouths that opened up to swallow and
our heads that commanded us drink.
But as I buried your flames in the dirt
I watched the smoke pull your ghost from the grave. And
I fear they'll only lay in wait till we are face to face again.
Just when I said, "I'm moving—I'm moving on."
I felt them come to life again.
There are fires that tear through valleys and make dust from grass.
There are wires—bound in blue light they pull us to the past.
We are tired. We should've known from the start that this thing wouldn't last.

About to be 2020 and still enjoying

You came back, and you brought floods

Wearing a necklace made of hearts that you dragged through the mud.

hello////////////

You've been flirting with distance princess. I tasted its spit in your kiss

Why do all of this guys songs sound the same?

theyre going to snap when the weight shifts

the lyrics in this song always crush me under a ten ton weight. it’s like i can’t breathe at all.

💎💜💎💚💎💜💎💚💎💜💎💚💎

We cast our hearts in plaster, we imagined our bodies we fashioned from stone. But when the bricks chipped at the mortar, we found out our bodies are MADE OF SKIN AND OF BONE!!

James Phillips I thinks it's "layers of skin hiding bone" could be wrong. Still one of my favorite lines too!

Definitely layers of skin and bone. Lyrically unbelievable song

Who’s still listening in 2018? 🙋🏼‍♀️

Lyss Neidig LA DISPUTE FOREVER

His emotions are so raw in this song, it's just beautiful.

I don't care about the flesh it will tear,

It isn't flesh that I'm worried about.

This song will always be a favorite..

perfect song

If La Dispute ever had a song on the older Guitar Hero games, this would be it

The Last Lost Continent? what about that song?

I agree, this song fucking kills it. Whatever it is, it's fucking lifeless being thrown around.

thank god they didn't so i can still listen to them and be smug

This guy is the fucking man.

The lead singer reminds me of Aaron Weiss from mewithoutYou and I friggen love it. Great band I found thanks to a guy at work lol.

One of my favourite songs by La Dispute.

im not a huge fan of the vocals, although I will say it is so fitting for the style of music, he kinda comes off whiny IMO lol that's just me, but god does the guitar in this song pump me up lol, just so badass

All of la dispute's songs have this raw and beautifully melancholy emotion that always creeps up on me whenever I listen to them. They're such an amazing band <3

Best La Dispute instrumentally, amazing lyrics. Great song.

Why is anyone comparing this band to BMTH? BMTH sucks dick.

Zeus Hiera honestly I love both bands for different reasons. I don't think one is necessarily worse, they're just different.

Zeus Hiera Agreed. Totally two different bands and genres. La Dispute is actual poetry, genuine emotion. BMTH is just some band for edgy 12 year olds lmfao.

omg guys everybody has different opinions.
If someone does or doesn't like something, you don't have to bash them.
simple as that

just know i thumbsed u up by accident it was suppost the be a dislike.

how the fuck are they terrible?

Bull fucking shit, BMTH is TERRIBLE. Sorry.

BMTH is an amazing band , so is La dispute

THE END

Samuele lol they're alright but they couldnt ever possibly hope to achieve the raw musical and poetic talent that La dispute displays in literally every song.

BMTH LULS

"Just Saying..." She says. She adds at the end. JUST LIKE EVERONE ELSE WHO IS INFECTED.

YOU'VE BEEN FLIRTING WITH DISTANCE PRINCESS

dont believe anyone called this rap there champ....Rosetta stone. Look it up.

i love them both. but i agree they sound nothing alike xD

i like both bands, but oli's voice is completely different from jordan's. js

Welcome. *hugs you*

Discovered these guys yesterday, not heard a song I don't really like already. Fucking amazing

We cast our hearts in plaster. We imagined our bodies were fashioned from stone but they chipped at the brick and the mortar. We found out that we're only layers of skin hiding bone...
Breathtaking lyrics -3

This is a really great band, but you have to be into stuff like this... I listened to this same song like 2 months ago and didn't like it but I have started listening to some weird crap lately and now its freakin awesome.

better compared to At The Drive-In singer...

Why? They both sing from their heart and are amazing. Why try to insult it?

going to see them live in baltimore gonna be great

For you guys who wants to catch a Live Performance. La Dispute will be playing live. Tomorrow. March 23, At 4:30. On AudioTree Live.

This is my favourite band ever. Such good lyrics to hear when you're stoned.

these guy's lyrics are pure poetry.

@xNettlesx

"Lah-Dispute (english pronunciation)"

@Soulphx ahaha thats how i heard about these guys, mwY is my fav band of all time ;D

New fav band

Such a good song from such a good band

Saw them yester, so, fucking amazing. AND they played Andria PRRRTTTT :D

I hear Rage Against The Machine, which is a very good thing

@crassisdead lol hahaha i guess

@crassisdead i guess lol

@crassisdead i dont comment on this video how did that comment get there???/

this dudes voice is awsome but strained aha
alot like bmths singer

like the punk overtone, very nice

Very MeWithoutYou-ish.. just a bit more upbeat.

The "singer(?)" is awful

They're more first wave screamo, but they're still pretty good. Better then most shit I hear on the radio.

Wonderfullllllll. <3

@GenocidaI 0:01 and onward is epic as fuck!

@ProminentReborn much more refined indeed sir.
theyre on a whole different level.
hey.
at least i didnt say they sounded like nickelback.

@ERICistheafterparty I can relate the two, I just place La Dispute in an entirely different spectrum; HHLL learns more towards a sporadic, not so much grind, and an awkward emotive vocalist while La Dispute is much more refined... Most of the stuff in this song is pentatonic I believe, carries a classic rock feel... I would just never put this near HHLL, it'd be an insult, and I'm a fan of both. HHLL is a kids band to me

@ProminentReborn actually pretty close with the scratchy vocals with jazz influenced minor scales and similar music theories with a moderate tempo.
except the lyrics are more thought out.

@ERICistheafterparty No where close. Try again.

i love how much emotion they put into their songs.

@skippinggirlvinegar He's not trying anything. He's simply conveying emotion. He's just yelling.

@carlstrum No the Gallows are much more angry and no where near as poetic and all the Gallows seem to care about is fighting

mewithout you cheap imitation ! @TheRoland14

@xNettlesx sure thing

@TheGreatDivider01 ok, thanks bro

@xNettlesx it's french... soo... it would be lah and the french pronunciation for dispute ;)

is the band name pronounced "lah dispute" or some other way?....shit's amazing, though

sounds like a more badass heavyheavylowlow

this is just like gallows

it reminds me MEWITHOUTYOU!lol

I love the lead guitar

Such an amazing band.

"We cast our hearts in plaster, we imagined our bodies were fashioned from stone, but they chipped at the brick and the mortar, we found out that we're only layers of skin hiding bones. And our bones are like chains, old and rusted in the raid, they're going to snap when the weight shifts."

Fucking amazing.