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I´m an item on a list.
Something to accomplish.
The ever-growing density of time and space.
No sexual release,
No deep and inner peace.
Not anything to hold you to the impossible world.
The devil owns our fallen world.
I'm all cracked up
And broken down.
I'm that sinking feeling
Of leaving town.
You're the empty space.
You're nicotine.
You’re the anesthetic.
My fucked up sleep routine.
The devil owns our fallen world.
Oh, all I wish I'd done.
Is to get beyond the guilt and pain,
To take the punch.
And all I ever did
is spend the nights
Talking myself to meaninglessness.
Meaninglessness.
Meaninglessness.
Oh, I talked myself to meaningless.
Meaninglessness.
Meaninglessness.
Please talk me into meaning.
The devil owns our fallen world.
And I cut my hair,
Got cold under the blade.
Oh tell me where
These words go when they’re said.
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STRONGER THAN ME
03:21
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Ever since the day they took the body away
Her hopes fell silent.
She bit the apple and was left for dead,
Defiant.
She was a fuse that broke the dark and lit the way.
She meant every word she said.
She's the closing that he couldn´t find
In dark nights. Saying:
"All you´ve got to be is stronger than me.
And all I´ve left to do is confide in you."
Small hands. Wet eyes.
Have been forgotten.
Drowned in dust.
Deaf ears. Closed mouths
Is where we lost them.
(Long enough)
They´ve been listening for a lifetime
But still don't understand
That all they ever do is pretend.
She said:
"Time is not a river but a boat lost at see
That comes full circle back to me.
That comes full circle back to me."
"All you´ve got to be is stronger than me.
And all I´ve left to do is confide in you".
"Time is not a river but a boat lost at see
That comes full circle back to me."
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AMBULANCE
03:34
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ON A GRAVE
03:53
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My narrow limits. My lack of confidence.
My endless great, great powerlessness.
My deep desires and short sight.
I'll sit, be quiet and listen.
Turned myself down a notch, cranked you up a lot.
That's of no use when the speakers are falling apart.
You said you would not leave till I'm in a cold dark grave.
Oh, I still picture tombstones wearing our pretty names.
You'd put your head through the wall.
I'd pick you up when you'd fall.
Thought we could be
A glaring guiding light for all the world to see.
My smile's a skeleton grin.
Killed such a beautiful thing.
I doubt that God
Would sacrifice another son for us.
I felt my body lose the control
A million cigarettes ago.
The hopes and fears from all these years
Are here with us tonight.
They are taking shapes and given names
Until the morning light.
You'd put your head through the wall
I'd pick you up when you'd fall
Thought we could be
A glaring guiding light for all the world to see.
My smile's a skeleton grin.
Killed such a beautiful thing.
I doubt that God
would sacrifice another son for us.
What kind of bastard nails his child to the cross?
Better to be angry than nothing at all.
Better to be gone when the curtain calls.
It's the tiniest things that keep life interesting
Like an airplane crash or a school shooting.
The danger is you don't resist.
The danger is you die like this.
Oh, I won’t wait for what time may bring.
The way out is the way in.
The way out is the way in.
Our pretty names carved on a grave.
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5. |
GALLOWS
03:12
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6. |
TOWARDS THE LIGHT
04:21
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7. |
NIGHT CHILDREN
03:25
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8. |
LOVE INVISIBLE
03:24
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9. |
COLD SMOKE
02:46
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10. |
CROSSES IN THE DISTANCE
02:51
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11. |
WAKING UP
04:20
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