8mm Lyrics

Smiling for the eight-millimeter

With a smile that suddenly seems too familiar

Like a smile that we put on every day in the mirror

A smile that knows how to fade

And you’ve been screaming

Yeah, you’ve been screaming

And you can’t stop screaming, no

And everybody’s scared

That you’re headed over there

And you’re getting pretty scared yourself

And did you know that you were not alone?

As you wandered through the vapor getting lost

No, you didn’t know, and now you’re almost gone

And you don’t want to talk at all about it

That’s okay ‘cause I’m afraid to talk about it

And now it’s too late to talk to you about it

And I’m talking to myself

And you don’t want anyone to see you

Don’t you worry, no one’s gonna see you

It’s the last thing you said

And that means permanent

‘Cause we don’t take things back

You could have told me

And did you know that you were not alone?

As you wandered through the vapor getting lost

No, you didn’t know, and now you’re almost gone

And it’s too late for me to help you hold on

In a dirty waiting room

You didn’t know what you were waiting for

And I was in denial too

In one brief moment of lucidity

You said

“I don’t know why this is happening to me”

And all that’s left

The remnant of a camera lens

Where you can stay beautiful

As the ink slowly fades and vanishes

And did you know that you were not alone?

As you wandered through the vapor getting lost

But you didn’t know, and now you’re gone