Paper Trails and Palm Trees

Blue tide

Palm trees

Swaying by the marble dock

Golden gates that never seem to lock

White sand

Bright land

Nothing felt wrong

Chorus

But the photos show a different place

The photos show a different place

Shadows on a smiling face

Shadows on a smiling face

Look away

Look away

Verse 2

Stark

Concrete

Cold under the temple dome

Steel bolts in a luxury home

Glass eyes

Fast lies

Hidden in the hallway

Watching every move you make

Waiting for a heavy heart to break

Broken

Open

Gone

Chorus

But the photos show a different place

The photos show a different place

Shadows on a smiling face

Shadows on a smiling face

Look away

Look away

Bridge

The sun went down

The sun went down

The sun went down

Silence on the water

Secrets in the water

Cold salt water

Verse 3

List

Names

Black ink on a paper trail

Thick skin and a heavy veil

High flight

Low night

Bitter taste of power

Withered in a single hour

Buried deep

Buried deep

Deep

Chorus

But the photos show a different place

The photos show a different place

Shadows on a smiling face

Shadows on a smiling face

Look away

Look away

Outro

Paradise lost

Paradise lost

Paradise lost

Just a dream

Just a dream

Empty shore

Nothing more