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01//SHAKEDOWN
HEY!
two-headed monster on the big blue screen
they tell you how to spend your dime
now all the minutes changed to hours
then the days fly by
and nothing occupies your mind
beautiful people tell you what to wear
and who to be
and what to buy
it's time to leave it all behind and...
rise up! dance to a different beat
rise up! shakedown!
rise up! free your mind of what they say
rise up! shakedown!
rise up! dance to a different beat
rise up! free your mind of what they say
rise up! dance to a different beat
rise up! shakedown!
without a doubt they've thought of everything
of every way to steal your time
now all the days have changed to weeks
and still the years fly by
i never thought to question why
pretty people
all those people
talking at you
talking what when why
come on and leave it all behind and...
rise up! dance to a different beat
rise up! shakedown!
rise up! free your mind of what they say
rise up! shakedown!
rise up! dance to a different beat
rise up! free your mind of what they say
rise up! dance to a different beat
rise up! shakedown!
yeah you're all dressed up and you got
nothing to lose
i see you've brought your
dancing shoes, well
let's figure out how to use those things, yeah!
c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon dance with me!
dance, i say!
rise up! dance to a different beat
rise up! shakedown!
rise up! free your mind of what they say
rise up! shakedown!
rise up! dance to a different beat
rise up! free your mind of what they say
rise up! dance to a different beat
rise up! shakedown!
rise up! shakedown!
rise up! shakedown!
rise up!
02//GORGEOUS
i was there
when they would stare
at you just like
the light had fallen
from the sun
you'd think that
jesus had come
i called you sugar on that day
and later sweetness drove my manic haze
and i found another name
so gorgeous was the day we met
i couldn't speak except to say how
gorgeous that i thought you were to me
delirious and daylight falling
into night i fell
i thought i'd drown myself
i thought i'd drown myself in you
well i shook the honey glaze from my head
and i realized, yeah i realized
i'd do anything for you
i'd do anything for you
my eyes were spinning round
like the twist of a top
my head reeling round so fast
i didn't think it would stop
but i stopped it
gorgeous was the day we met
i couldn't speak except to say how
gorgeous that i thought you were to me
so gorgeous was the day we met
i couldn't speak except to say how
gorgeous that the two of us could be
spilled myself all over you like syrup
all delicious and stuck on you
yeah we'll wreck ourselves
yeah we'll wreck ourselves as two
and no unseen force can deny this -
why would it even try?
it'll never stop
it'll never go away
my eyes were spinning round
like the twist of a top
my head reeling round so fast
i didn't think it could stop
but i stopped it
gorgeous was the day we met
i couldn't speak except to say how
gorgeous that i thought you were to me
so gorgeous was the day we met
i couldn't speak except to say how
gorgeous that the two of us could be
so gorgeous was the day we met
i couldn't speak except to say how
gorgeous that the two of us could be
so so gorgeous
03//COMMUNION
if you could take me with you
would you be diligent with me?
this is my first time communion
i cannot breathe or speak or see
i'm out of my mind
i'm out of my mind
i'm out of my mind
there's no words to communicate to you
i'm out of my mind
there's no words to communicate to you
there are no words for what you are
no way i'll ever quite explain
they are too fearful of reason
only the veil that is to blame
i'm out of my mind
there's no words to communicate to you
i'm out of my mind
there's no words to communicate to you
i'm out of my mind
there's no words to communicate to you
i'm out of my mind
no, my mind, yeah, communicate to you
i'm out of my mind
i'm out of my mind
if i could stay here forever
no-one would ever have to know
you came to take me away
i'm out of my mind
there's no words to communicate to you
i'm out of my mind
there's no words to communicate to you
i'm out of my mind
there's no words to communicate to you
i'm out of my mind
now my mind can't communicate to you
i'm out of my mind
i'm out of my mind
i'm out of my mind
i'm out of my mind
04//MELT
one look at you
and i'm tongue-tied
as you move in time
with the flickering lights
yeah you're moving with the lights
all i can do
is is to hold tight
as you move in time
with the flickering lights
and follow you endlessly toward the light
and all of my faculties have been removed
and i can't help but to lose myself in you
and i will melt
i will melt
i will melt
i will melt into you
and tonight looks like the world is on fire
seven motions, seven signs
to spend it with you
all i desire
as we move inside for the quickening time
c'mon follow me endlessly toward the light
and all of my faculties have been removed
and i can't help but to lose myself in you
and i will melt
i will melt
i will melt
i will melt into you
for one look at you
you know i'd pull the stars down
from the sky
for one look at you
you know i'd dash the universe night
just to bring you every light
for one look at you
and all of my faculties have been removed
and i can't help but to lose myself in you
and i will melt
i will melt
i will melt
i will melt into you
for one look at you
you know i'd pull the stars down
from the sky
for one look at you
i would bring you every light
05//HANG ON ME
"hey hey," she said
"i'm not half the man i used to be
the shoes you lent me
don't seem to fit the same."
we could still haha and laugh about it
cause all in all i never doubted
i would be the one who leans on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
"well well," it said
"but you always want what you can't get"
i didn't get that
til i didn't get a thing
we can still haha and laugh about it
cause all the while i never doubted
i would be the one who still needs you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
i'll hang on you
we can still haha and laugh about it
all in all i never doubted
i would be the one who still wants you
hey hey, she said
i'm not half the man i used to be
the shoes you lent me
don't seem to fit the same
we can still haha and laugh about it
cos all the while i never doubted
i would be the one who leans on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
did you think it would hang on me?
i'll hang on you
i'll hang on you
you can still haha and laugh about it
i'll hang on you
we can still haha and laugh about it
i'll hang on you
i'll hang on you
we can still haha and laugh about it
i'll hang on you
i'll hang on you
we can still haha and laugh about it...
06//DIRTY LION
you were speaking in tongues
conversations
was it your god speaking?
were you coming undone?
was it nature
that showed you that
desire
colours only you see
your desire
desire
the only thing you see
you say you're coming undone
and you've still got
a bad taste in your mouth
from the conversation
with the snake that
has left you reeling
and you learned how to crawl
like a real man
now you're like the rest
on your knees
i'll show you that
desire
colours only you see
your desire
desire
is everything
desire
colours only you see
your desire
desire
the only thing you see
now you're running around
in your own mess
cause you lied down with the snakes
naked and so shamed
before god
but still you're speaking in tongues
and your god says:
desire
colours only you see
your desire
desire
is everything
desire
colours only you see
your desire
desire
the only thing you see
07//HER SONG
i could bleed
does it make me the same as her?
i could show you things
but i feel that you have
seen it all before
and i breathe
does it make me the same as her?
and i feel and i know
i feel exactly the same as her
it can't be
exactly
i am not she is falling over you
how did you get so old?
how did you get so old?
it can't be
exactly
i am not
she is falling over you
how did you get so old?
how did you get so old?
i can see
that it makes me the same as her
if i shake for you
does it make you feel
the way she made you feel
and i breathe
does it make me the same as her?
and i feel and i know
i feel exactly the same as her
it can't be
exactly
i am not
tears falling over you
how did you get so old?
how did you get so old?
it can't be
exactly
i am not
she is falling over you
how did you get so old?
how did you get so old?
and to think that i was the one
that you pushed aside
i could breathe my fear
that I'm breathing far behind
i'm over
falling over
i could bleed
does it make me the same as her?
i could show you things
but i feel that you
have seen it all before
and i breathe
does it make me the same as her?
and i feel and i know
i feel exactly the same as her
it can't be
exactly
i am not
she is falling over you
how did you get so old?
how did you get so old?
it can't be
exactly
i am not
she is falling over you
how did you get so old?
how did you get so old?
08//GLIMMER MAN
half past three
and i'm still awake
the room fills with the strangest slow
that's when
i saw the glimmer man
figured i'd get myself a brand new glow
i need a brand new glow
i need a brand new glow
i need a brand new glow
half past four
and i'm still awake
half-lit and eyes moving way too slow
won't you
lend me your shimmer man
figured i'd get myself a brand new
why won't you bring me something home
am i hysterical?
why won't you bring me something home
i need a brand new glow
why won't you bring me something home
am i hysterical?
why won't you bring me something
why won't you
i need a brand new glow
i need a brand new glow
i need a brand new glow
half past five
and i'm still awake
my limbs stuck to the furniture
tick tock
pounding my head away
figured i'd get myself a new glow
half past six
and i'm still awake
half headed i to the dive and roll
won't you lend me your shimmer man
why won't you bring me something home
am i hysterical?
why won't you bring me something home
i need a brand new glow
why won't you bring me something home
am i hysterical?
why won't you bring me something
why won't you
i need a brand new glow
i need a brand new glow
i need a brand new glow
i need a brand new glow
i need a glimmer man
09//KISS IT BETTER
i never needed you for
anything at all
and when the light comes
you know i'll be vanished
and that's the way i like it
the light's too bright here
hello now it's time to go
i got everything i need
and then some
hello now it's time to go
i got everything
everything i need
i could have asked for ?grey?
anything at all
i'm feeling slightly wounded
won't you kiss it better?
yeah that's the way i like it
the pain's not mine now
hello now it's time to go
i got everything i need
and then some
hello now it's time to go
i got everything
everything
hello now it's time to go
i got everything i need
and then some
hello now it's time to go
i got everything
everything
everything
everything i need
to make me
so happy
without you
to make me
so happy
without you
to make me
so happy
without you
to make me
so happy
so happy
there's nothing going on here
not a thing at all
go on and call me jaded
it only makes me bitter
and that's the way i like it
cause i've got mine
hello now it's time to go
i got everything i need
and then some
hello now it's time to go
i got everything
everything
10//NEMESIS
you've heard the one
about the man who they say
had the golden touch
he used to mingle
with the mortals
til his lady had too much
she had to find
the reason for his sway
it seems i talk too much
her vengeance stopped me
dead in my tracks
now i can't speak
nemesis
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
and now she caught me
after her man but
she was mistaken
and now I find my true love's gaze
is fixed only upon himself
the only charm she let me wear
is to follow him and repeat
and i wither here beside him still
no body, just my voice
nemesis
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
you know i wish i was
the right girl
you know i wish i was
the right girl for him
you know i wish i was
the right girl
you know i wish i was
you know i wish i was
nemesis
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
ooh, nemesis
she's got the wrong girl
you know i wish i was
the right girl
11//TIME
how long can you make me wait here?
god knows you wanna dip right into this
it's getting late here
and i'm tired, so tired
of needing this fix
time
waiting for you
is it my secret
one i should never tell
i'll never tell
time
waiting for you
is it my secret
one i should never tell
i'll never tell
i think that i must be shaking
anticipation always gets me sick
my body aching
my fire, so tired
of this meaningless
time
waiting for you
is it my secret
one i should never tell
i'll never tell
time
waiting for you
is it my secret
one i should never tell
i'll never tell
time
waiting for you
is it my secret
one i should never tell
i'll never tell
time
how long can you make me wait here?
i think i'm breaking
and i can feel my cells begin to split
yeah i'm vibrating
up higher and higher
than i should have been
time
waiting for you
is it my secret
one i should never tell
i'll never tell
time
waiting for you
is it my secret
one i should never tell
i'll never tell
time
waiting for you
is it my secret
one i should never tell
i'll never tell
time
waiting for you
waiting for you
waiting for you
00//FLYING MACHINE
oh my intricate strategies
could I have taken this too far
will we get to go much faster than this
weren't we meant to touch the stars
Could I have taken this too far
why can't we fly?
(I'll build the perfect machine)
or was I finished at the start
why can't we fly?
oh why am I ten percent
I'm turning time back inside out
will we get to last much longer than this
are we pretending that we're not?
Could I have taken this too far
why can't we fly?
(I'll build the perfect machine)
or was I finished at the start
why can't we fly?
(I'll build the perfect machine)
Could I have taken this too far
why can't we fly?
(I'll build the perfect machine)
I only meant for us to fly
why can't we fly?
flying flying
maybe I'll dream of angels with no wings
flying flying
I hear the voices speaking to me
flying flying
maybe I'll dream of angels with no wings
flying flying
Could I have taken this too far
why can't we fly?
(I'll build the perfect machine)
or was I finished at the start
why can't we fly?
(I'll build the perfect machine)
Could I have taken this too far
why can't we fly?
(I'll build the perfect machine)
I only meant for us to fly
why can't we fly?
00//BE MINE
i tried for so many years
to stay uncomplicated
i guess that's just the way
that things are
and i'm undersated
you were always the last to remember my name
underestimated the length
of me and my stay
i thought you'd never go away
one day
all of this will be mine
(did you think you'd be the one?)
i won't
ever apologise
(could you say you're sorry?)
who will
be the first in my line?
(did you think you'd be the one?)
one day
all of this will be mine
it will be mine
i tried like hell to lend you my eyes
but all you wanted to see
was me in pieces of lead
that's all you wanted
i push my way through the crowd
and found a golden city
and you, you look like a dog in heat
without a ticket
cause you were always the last to remember my name
underestimated the length
of me and my stay
i thought you'd never go away
one day
all of this will be mine
(did you think you'd be the one?)
i won't
ever apologise
(could you say you're sorry?)
who will
be the first in my line?
(did you think you'd be the one?)
one day
all of this will be mine
it will be mine
cause you were always the last to remember my name
underestimated the length
of me and my stay
i thought you'd never go away!
one day
all of this will be mine
(did you think you'd be the one?)
i won't
ever apologise
(could you say you're sorry?)
who will
be the first in my line?
(did you think you'd be the one?)
one day
all of this will be mine
it could be mine
one day
all of this will be mine
(did you think you'd be the one?)
i won't
ever apologise
(could you say you're sorry?)
who will
be the first in my line?
(did you think you'd be the one?)
one day
all of this will be mine
it will be mine
it will be mine
00//THE SIN ORIGINAL
for days had brought me nothing
but a mind i cant align
then an accident
i learned to feel
(i learned to feel)
now we'll laugh and dance
and dream until we figure it out
what went wrong here?
and we'll drink and drown
and scream until we let it all out
something's wrong here
(cos something's wrong)
in a haze and needing something
my hands reaching out to grab
drawn up to the sun
will i learn to burn?
show me what the hell whats this mouth for
come on lets drink it until its gone
we're all flailing limbs
we could learn to fly
well it's mine
the sin original
cos i never learned to follow
well they shoved me in over my head
and i
i learned to drown
searching for the treatment
i'd really like to know
what went wrong here
nothing leads to answers
they should be ashamed
something's wrong here
cos somethings wrong here
and we'll shove and shake and squeal
and fix and twist and feel
what went wrong here?
til we take it all
til we take it all
and we let it all out
something's wrong here
(cos something's wrong)
(something's wrong here)
01//DEATH VIA SATELLITE
politically compulsory routine
they spin it to shift all of the blame
(what's he say?)
what's in it for me
not better for all three
and definitely too right by me
they say analysis of remains showed signs of struggle
they say the murder rate dropped this year from 1 to 7
they say it's gotta be right for you and left for no one
they say it's all about what they say
american me elective surgery
it's just what I need to stay ahead
(of the game!)
the prettiest thing that I can never be
with money is easily attained
they say the minister shot today without a warning
they say air quality in my town is next to nothing
they say it's gotta be right for you and left for no one
they say it's all about what they say
picture and picture one-hundred-four channels of death via satellite
picture and picture one-hundred-four channels of death via satellite
the idiot king yes he knows everything
his vanity prevents his actions
(what's he say?)
the easiest thing is not what he's selling
but it could be what you're buying
they say american shopping malls could be a target
they say the murder rate dropped this year from 1 to 7
they say it's gotta be right for you and left for no one
they say it's all about what they say
it's all about what they say
02//BIG SHOT
big shot, have you forgotten me?
that's what the pundits say
talk, talkin' sycophantically
you've gotten you your way with me
it's always you your way
big shot
yeah he got all the money
big shot
so many shiny things
big shot
he ain't got anyone at all
big shot
said he got all that money
big shot
so many pretty things
big shot
he ain't got anyone at all
one drop is all it took for me
bangin' another nail
until you do right by me
all things you touch will fail
all things you touch will fail
big shot
yeah he got all the money
big shot
so many shiny things
big shot
he ain't got anyone at all
big shot
said he got all that money
big shot
so many pretty things
big shot
he ain't got anyone at all
none at all...
you know you had to be a big shot
didn't you?
had to open up your mouth
you know you had to be a big shot
didn't you?
all your friends were so knocked out
big shot
yeah he got all the money
big shot
so many shiny things
big shot
he ain't got anyone at all
big shot
you know you dig a pony
big shot
so many pretty things
big shot
you ain't got anyone at all
no, not at all
03//LOS ANGELOS
he says, tag, you're it
and I wait helpless, but I'm waiting none the less
it's just a little mess that mr. what's-his-name had left behind
it's just a little mess
it's just a little mess
it's not the end of the world
I'll clean up later
I'll clean up later
I'll clean up later
I'll clean I'll clean up later
when he says I'm complete
was it a reflex
was he aiming for the head
it's just a little mess that mr. what's-his-name had left behind
it's just a little mess
it's just a little mess
it's not the end of the world
it's not the end of the world
I'll clean up later
I'll clean up later
I'll clean up later
I'll clean I'll clean up later
he's falling on the ground
I'll will the weakness when you're around
it's just a little mess
it's just a little mess
it's just a little mess
I'll clean up later
I'll clean up later
I'll clean up later
I'll clean up later
I'll clean I'll clean up later
04//THE 1234
i wasn't looking for a jesus man
i wasn't looking for buddha
i wasn't looking for a common man
and i wasn't looking for you,
and that's for sure
could you be the one?
could you be anyone?
could you be 1 2 3 4 fuckin' 5 for sure?
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
i wasn't looking to be crucified
for something i had done just once
but now i've got the taste in my mouth
you know i'm not looking to give you back to her
could i be the one?
are you my only one?
are you my 1 2 3 4 fuckin' 5 for sure?
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
are you the one?
could you be anyone?
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
the last time i saw you was the first time
was the first time i saw god
05//HI FLYER
we were so devastatingly
out of our heads
i tried for forty nights to leave
leave you for dead
and my wrists have grown so tired from bleeding
i'm pleading again and..
look at me
put the gun away
look at me
and release me
look at me
put the gun away
put the gun away
put the gun away
would it be perfect if i said
what shouldn't be said?
i'll let you have the reins
i'll even, even give you a leg up
to have just forty more
i'm bleeding
i'm pleading again and
look at me
put the gun away
look at me
and release me
look at me
put the gun away
put the gun away
put the gun away
look at me
put the gun away
look at me
and release me
look at me
put the gun away
put the gun away
put the gun away
forty days and forty nights
you could be breathing
you could be breathing again
forty days and forty nights
that you could be breathing
you could be breathing again
look at me
put the gun away
look at me
and release me
look at me
put the gun away
put the gun away
put the gun away
look at me
put the gun away
look at me
and release me
look at me
06//TRINITY
my father, son, my holy ghost
you know the things I've missed the most
to feel his skin upon my skin
god let me do it all again
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
god let me give you back these wings
I'll trade them for the little things
all these fantastic dreams of flight
I'd even give up all my light
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
god let me do it all again
to feel his skin upon my skin
my eyes to settle in his gaze
to feel his focus on me
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
just to feel him again
01//LIKE DAYS
yesterday or the day before
definitely yes, yes the day before
on both of those it occurred to me
that i might already be dead
dead and yet i'm awake it seems
i'm awake and stuck in extended dreams
like life like light like days like night
that i spend holding nothing but still
and i might be dead
but i could be wrong
and i might be dead
but i could just be wrong
wake me please so i can see it's
only a dream, only another dream
wake me please so i can see it's
only a dream, only another dream away
yesterday or the day before
definitely yes, yes the day before
on both of those it occurred to me
that i might already be dead
there's a worn spot here on my sneaker toe
from kicking your, from kicking your door
and i still can't get an answer from that
hard cold cyclops eye
and i might be dead
but i could be wrong
and i might be dead
but i could just be wrong
wake me please so i can see it's
only a dream, only another dream
wake me please so i can see it's
only a dream, only another dream away
wake me please so i can see it's
only a dream, only another dream
wake me please so i can see it's
only a dream, only another dream away
away
away...
and i might be dead
but i could be wrong
and i might be dead
but i could just be wrong
wake me please so i can see it's
only a dream, only another dream
wake me please so i can see it's
only a dream, only another dream away
only a dream, only another dream away
only a dream, only another dream away
02//LIFE IS SWEET
well it takes a special kind of girl
to appreciate someone like you
a monumental love affair with emptiness
and i guess we all could take a bit of
saccharine now and then
to fill the space, sweet taste until the bitter comes
but anymore the words of father flannigan
he said there's no such thing as a bad boy
and you know i'd never met a man i didn't like
until the day i let you sink your teeth into me
life is sweet
when you're beat
on your knees
a whoa-oh-oh-oh
life is sweet
when you're beat
on your knees
a whoa-oh-oh-oh
well it takes a special kind of girl
just to tolerate the things you do
but anymore the words of father flannigan
he said there's no such thing as a bad boy
and you know we all could use a bit of
discipline now and then
a starter course in pain and plastic fashion
life is sweet
when you're beat
on your knees
a whoa-oh-oh-oh
life is sweet
when you're beat
on your knees
a whoa-oh-oh-oh
you sank your teeth
right into me
now life is sweet
down on my knees
life is sweet
when you're beat
on your knees
a whoa-oh-oh-oh
life is sweet
when you're beat
on your knees
a whoa-oh-oh-oh
life is sweet
when you're beat
on your knees
a whoa-oh-oh-oh
life is sweet
when you're beat
on your knees
a whoa-oh-oh-oh
03//PEACOCKS
looking out of the window
and i'm staring out at the sky
swimming stars or not, i'll stay with you
and if you cannot fly, i'll fashion a device
to fasten wings to your shoulders
and i'll take you up to the sky
and then two of us, we will rise up
we'll have to close our eyes
so not to see the lies
oh my darling the sky is falling
yeah, we gotta get away
gotta find a way home
phoenix out of the ashes, nonono
no need to struggle at all, no
we'll be like peacocks that rarely do fly
no struggle we'll arrive, when we have arrived
oh my darling the sky is falling
yeah, we gotta get away
gotta find out way home
yeah, oh my darling the sky is falling
yeah, we gotta get away
gotta find out way home
when the world comes
crashing down around us,
we will rise
when the world comes
crashing down around us,
we will rise
WE WILL RISE
WE WILL RISE
WE WILL RISE
WE WILL RISE
oh my darling the sky is falling
yeah, we gotta get away
gotta find out way home
yeah, oh my darling the sky is falling
yeah, we gotta get away
gotta find out way home
when the world comes
crashing down around us,
we will rise
WE WILL RISE
WE WILL RISE
WE WILL RISE
WE WILL RISE
WE WILL RISE!
WE WILL RISE!
WE WILL RISE!
WE WILL RISE!
WE WILL RISE!
WE WILL RISE!
04//THE UNDERWATER SONG
Looking for any sign of life
Something to get me through the night
Still i can't feel the pulse inside
Is there a human here tonight
You
You move me...
You move
I want you
To hear me
I'm screaming I'm screaming
I want you
With me
I'm screaming I'm screaming
Moving as if it weren't a dream
(if it weren't a dream)
A figment of non reality
(figment)
Watching your body rise and fall
(body rise and fall)
What if I wasn't here at all?
You
You move me
You move me
I want you
To hear me
I'm screaming I'm screaming
I want you
With me
I'm screaming I'm screaming
It'll be alright
As I hovered overhead
I went through all the things you said
felt your fingers on my spine
you said
Don't worry baby
It'll be alright
It'll be just fine
You said I feel where once were wings
Your voice could make angels sing
You said you'd never leave me
You said
Don't worry baby
It'll be alright
It'll be just fine
I want you
To Hear Me
I'm screaming I'm screaming
I want you
With me
I'm screaming I'm screaming
It'll be alright
05//ALL OR NOTHING
we used to say we were in like flynn
red rockets and we were in
and the hairline fracture in my anklebone
aches just enough to remind me that i'm alone
and the black cat seems so far away
even though it was only yesterday
even though it was only yesterday...
there'll be no explosions tonight
no matter how hard i try
and how will i remain upright
as you walk on by?
we were shaking down the reptile house
bottle rockets, without a doubt
and the blood sweat shivers running through these veins
it kills me to know some things will never be the same
and the big black seems so far away
even though it was only yesterday
even though it was always yesterday
there'll be no explosions tonight
no matter how hard i try
and how will i remain upright
as you walk on by?
there'll be no explosions tonight
no matter how hard i try
and how will i remain upright?
you're just walking by
it's all or nothing at all
or nothing at all
it's all or nothing at all
or nothing at all
you always said that it was just for kicks
but blue baby needs another fix
i was the lifter now these broken bones
they ache just enough to remind me that i'm alone
there'll be no explosions tonight
no matter how hard i try
and how will i remain upright
as you walk on by?
there'll be no explosions tonight
no matter how hard i try
and how will i remain upright?
you're just walking by
it's all or nothing at all.
06//INITIATION
this is the first day
not like the last day
this is the first time
....again
again
shall we begin?
07//A THOUSAND YEARS
you were right, you were bigger than me
i no longer see the sun, you have eclipsed it
when you left, you reflected back the light
the glow of a million creatures with hope burning bright
i will wait for you a thousand years
you retrograde like planets slipping backwards
i will wait for you one thousand more
one thousand promises, one thousand last good-byes
you were right, you were better than me
i've broken all my mirrors so you can't see what you've done to me
i am yours, forever more
i will wait for you a thousand years
a thousand promises, one thousand last good-byes
i will wait for you one thousand more
you retrograde like planets slipping backwards
slipping backwards
you were right
you were right
you were right
you were right
i will wait for you a thousand years
you retrograde like planets slipping backwards
i will wait for you one thousand more
one thousand promises, one thousand last good-byes
a thousand last good-byes
you were right
you were right
08//THE CONVERSATION
just before the breakdown
warm and colorful
all the faces shift and fade
press her face against yours
cold and colorless
she left the conversation days ago
days ago
why did you bring me here?
tonight, why did you bring me here?
hope this finds you happy
know that we are fine
getting our fair share of pain
it was nice to know you
all my best regards
i'll see you on the other side
i will see you on the other side
why did you bring me here?
tonight, why did you bring me here?
why did you bring me here?
tonight, why did you bring me here?
i would give my breath for
this to never end
in the dark, i know you're mine
why did you bring me here?
09//DEAD END QUEEN
even lady luck
she said she could not help
she's just a dead end queen
keep her away from me
she said, "keep her away from me,
i don't even like to see her breathe
i can't stand staring at the face of need
girl, stay away from me"
oh no!
she's a dead end queen
she's not the kind that you want to be seen with
no!
she's a dead end queen, she's a dead end queen
oh no! she's a dead end queen
she's not the kind that you want to be seen with
no!
she's a dead end queen, she's a dead end queen
hey hey, miss justice
i think you've misjudged us
we're not a charlatan
and we don't got no gun, no
wait, just let me see
get close enough to use my telepathy
i'll drain a little piece of you into me
then, i won't need you
no!
she's a dead end queen
she's not the kind that you want to be seen with
no!
she's a dead end queen, she's a dead end queen
oh no, she's a dead end queen
she's not the kind that you want to be seen with
she's a dead end queen, she's a dead end queen
take it, take it all away
take it, take it all away from her
take it, take it all away
take it, take it all away from her
oh no!
oh no!
oh no!
oh no!
she's a dead end queen
she's not the kind that you want to be seen with
no!
she's a dead end queen, she's a dead end queen
oh no! she's a dead end queen
she's not the kind that you want to be seen with
no!
she's a dead end queen, she's a dead end queen
take it, take it all away
take it, take it all away from her
take it, take it all away
take it, take it all away from her
oh no!
10//CHRISTIAN, CHRISTIAN
vague feeling of dread
dreamt what's-his-name was dead
or maybe was christian
can't tell you though
christian, christian
line 'em up for the witch hunt
christian, christian
will it be sink or swim?
christian, christian
you and yours, like the wolf-pack
christian, christian
moving in for the kill
the needles, i dream
of keeping them so clean
we'll finish what we have
we're finished
christian, christian
line 'em up for the witch hunt
christian, christian
will it be sink or swim?
christian, christian
you and yours, like the wolf-pack
christian, christian
moving in for
moving in for
moving in for the kill
there was blood on the walls
and hospitality needles
there was blood on the walls
and hospitality needles
when he thought he was losing
was when i knew that he had won
there won't be blood on my hands
for things i never believed in
i'll admit i'm the loser
please just take me home
christian, christian
line 'em up for the witch hunt
christian, christian
will it be sink or swim?
christian, christian
you and yours, like the wolf-pack
christian, christian
moving in for the kill
11//JEWEL
never have what i want
never be what i want
never stop wanting
12//YOU, ME AND A KNIFE
a heart can only break so much
before it has to bleed
i want to split myself open
and bleed it out for you
until the sharp pain washes away
to dull throbs to nothing
i know these things should not be said
the voices in my head
but this is the only remedy
i know that will extinguish this
burning fire inside my heart
how many times will i be beat
i'll die before they break me
or was i not meant for this earth?
to bleed and bleed again
i want to split myself open
and bleed it out for you
i know these things should not be said
and i am so sorry
but this is the only remedy
i know that will extinguish this
burning fire inside my heart
it's you
and me
and you
and a knife
it's you
and me
and you
and a knife
blood rite
blood rite
blood rite
it's my blood spilling tonight
blood rite
blood rite
it's my blood spilling tonight
and it's for good this time
'cause this is the only remedy
i know that will extinguish this
burning fire inside my heart
it's you
and me
and you
and a knife
it's you
and me
and you
and a knife
it's you
and me
and you
and a knife
it's you
and me
and you
and a knife
13//SLEEPWALKER
One hundred nine years since I left you fast asleep and bleeding
I couldn't find you or a way to find myself in someone else
But the next time this tender heart will cease it's beating
The ticking clock will run out of time
I said it was over
And I let you believe it
But I couldn't believe it myself
Believe it myself
Believe it myself
Today i felt myself slide back into the shadows spinning
I saw the light erupt from pockets hidden deep beneath the skin
If you were with me I could relish in the sinning
But without you
The sin has lost the shine
I said it was over
And I let you believe it
But I couldn't belive it myself
Believe it myself
Believe it myself
Yeah i said it was over
And I bet you believed it
But I didn't believe it myself
Believe it myself
Believe it myself
Perhaps if I fall fast asleep I'll find you in my dreams
Perhaps if I fall fast asleep I'll find you somewhere in my dreams
But the next time this tender heart will cease its beating
The ticking clock has run out of time
I said it was over
And I let you believe it
But I couldn't believe it myself
Believe it myself
Believe it myself
Yeah I said it was over
And I bet you believed it
But I didn't believe it myself
Believe it myself
Believe it myself
Perhaps if I fall fast asleep I'll find you in my dreams
Perhaps if I fall fast asleep I'll find you waiting in my dreams
//MASTER PLAN
empty bottle in my hands again tonight
you could never get it right
i am shattered to the core
from the saturday before
now to big for
there is nothing left to say
sit and wish we never met
big as big enough to see
you are not the one who's meant for me
i had a master plan for you
but you let me down
i am over it now
i am over it now
diagrams were drawn
additions had been made
this should last a long, long while
just a few things left to chance
nothing of significance
nothing i hate more than weakness
being framed
by the girl who holds the reins
nothing i hate more than that
but the man who foiled my master plan
i had a master plan for you
but you let me down
i am over it now
i am over it now
there's a fever in these cells again tonight
you will never get it right
pick myself up off the floor
i'm not shattered like i was before
i had a master plan for you
but you let me down
i am over it now
i am over it now
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