[ti:The President] [ar:Snow Patrol] [al:Fallen Empires] [by:van] [00:00.00]Snow Patrol - The President [00:32.86] [00:34.86]I've run to ground [00:39.19]I've run from everyone that I have ever known [00:50.32]I'm aching cold [00:54.75]I'm aching from the bones the very blood of me [01:02.21] [01:05.66]And it's broke before you know it [01:10.00]Before you knew what it was for [01:14.75]All you know is you can't fix it [01:19.17]And you wish you'd listened more [01:23.54]To your instincts to your family [01:27.94]To the wisdom you'd ignored [01:32.52]Are you finally gonna ask us for help? [01:38.41] [01:41.46]I've crashed to earth [01:45.63]But I'd fallen for so long that it was just relief [01:57.02]I saw your face [02:01.51]In everyone that looked me in my drunken eyes [02:09.51] [02:12.32]And it's broke before you know it [02:16.74]Before you knew what it was for [02:21.44]All you know is you can't fix it [02:25.86]And you wish you'd listened more [02:30.15]To your instincts to your family [02:34.71]To the wisdom you'd ignored [02:39.16]When you finally gonna ask us for help? [02:44.28] [02:47.88]I can see you at the front gate [02:52.52]As you wait on my return [02:57.04]The years have blurred to eons [03:01.18]But the tears have never dried [03:05.60]But I'm not coming to you like this [03:10.40]So battered down and sad [03:14.52]I will take the road forgotten again [03:20.13] [03:41.22] [04:32.63]End