The First To Know lyrics

[Verse 1]
Why do you become defensive every last time I attack?
There will be interrogations 'til we know how the knives got in my back
'Cause I'd love to take it easy, that's a hard way to go
For when a grip is lost or found on things, you'll be the first to know

[Chorus]
If I burn to the ground or rise up from the flames
It won't be long before I know you feel the same
If my voice sounds scared and frozen, it's because I'm afraid and cold
When I am you'll always be the first to know

[Verse 2]
You begin to build religion 'round the acts of day-to-day
Then curse when the laws are broken or too many people showed up to pray
And it's a clumsy contradiction to protect or let it show
And any way it all pans out, you'll be the first to know

[Chorus]
If I burn to the ground or rise up from the flames
It won't be long before I know you feel the same
If my voice sounds scared and frozen, it's because I'm afraid and cold
When I am you'll always be the first to know

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