[Intro]
The night creeps through my bones with a winter's chill
Sending shivers down my spine
Like cold hands across my skin

[Refrain]
Five months have passed
And taken with them every sense of warmth
Until my blood ran cold
And life stood still
And still I hold my breath
Counting the nights
I've stood with my heart in hand
And still I hold my breath
Counting the nights
Waiting for silence to break
To break me down again

[Verse]
If only you could see
See it in my eyes
How much it means
Your touch, your smile
To a heart that's beat, has long since given out
And given in
[Breakdown]
The night opens wide
Swallowing every sense
Embracing me with emptiness
The night opens wide (Opens wide)
Swallowing every sense
Embracing me with emptiness

[Chorus]
The hours have become irritations
And I find myself reduced to life's imitation
The hours have become irritations
And I find myself reduced to life's imitation

[Bridge]
How can we truly say that we are alive
When everything I see in me is screaming?
How can we truly say that we are alive
When everything I see in me is screaming otherwise?
Is screaming otherwise

[Refrain]
'Cause five months have passed
And taken with them every sense of warmth
Until my blood ran cold
And life stood still
And life stood still
And life stood still
[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
The hours have become irritations
And I find myself reduced to life's imitation
The hours have become irritations
And I find myself reduced to life's imitation