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She goes down stairs
The wood would creak
She goes outside
The forest deep
She comes back late
And smells of smoke
We wake up early
The cock would crow
We could ignore it and often we do
This fracture forming between me and you
I’ll see you on the devil’s side of the bed
I’ll see you on the devil’s side of the bed
The day is long
And so are nights
Did so much wrong
And not much right
And if it ends
I’ve found my peace
I can’t decipher
What’s underneath
We could ignore it and often we do
This fracture forming between me and you
I’ll see you on the devil’s side of the bed
I’ll see you on the devil’s side of the bed
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2. |
Where Is Now?
05:09
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The mud priest is checking in
To somber town
I’m dead in the valley so
Rough me down
Another nest of leopards
Inward bound
The ghost army’s coming fast so
Rough me down
Unlucky 13th year
Depressed to the nines
They try to pull me out
The thoughts they lie
Nothing in moderation
Except the sky
Fixed on the interests hidden
The thoughts they lie
Please keep your seatbelts on
Til the end of the ride
I can’t say if I’ll see you all
On the other side
I’m playing back these disasters
in my brain
Cannot resist the urge to be
entertained
Can you help that you’re the rabble
Can they tell?
When you have been vandalized
You miss yourself
I’m spending all my nights in
Low company
This bottle has light, light fingers
So comfort me
I’m feeling more distortion
Than I do usually
They go away it’s sad
So comfort me
Please keep your seatbelts on
Til the end of the ride
I can’t say if I’ll see you all
On the other side
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Oooo she’s so heady
Her greatest work of fiction is herself
Oh she’s so edgy
Her self defense was learned right off the shelf
And nowadays nobody goes down with the ship
No nowadays the captain gets off first
You think it’s really bad but if you pay attention
You realize it’s actually much worse
Oh she’s so pretty
Yeah outta be for all the work she does
Mmm she’s a city
That never sleeps and always has a buzz
The last and the best of the old Peter Pans
No one here is telling their real age
We’re building up the boogeyman
But real life is harder
Excuse me while I crawl back to my cage
The maze has fallen
The bagpipes are calling
But no one can remember what that means
We used to have the others
To pass on information
Then decided to keep our slates real clean
Oh it’s complicated
Cause we decided simple’s not enough
Oh it’s complicated
Did we forget that simple’s hard enough
Oh it’s complicated
Cause we decided simple’s not enough
Oh it’s complicated
Did we forget that simple’s hard enough
And nowadays nobody goes down with the ship
No nowadays the captain gets off first
You think it’s really bad but if you pay attention
You realize it’s actually much worse
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4. |
Saved (Mark My Words)
04:30
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I felt the left hand of darkness
And It pulled me down
Rubbed my eyes until I saw stars
In this nowhere town
I tuned in to the hum of the whirl
Got turned by professional girls
The world is gonna shake you and stir you
But you’re fireproof
Out with the sunshine
And in with the rain
But I don’t mind it
I’m used to the change
Out with the sunshine
And in with the rain
I don’t mind it
Cause I’ve been saved
That's what the soft boys do but
Girls they like soft boys too
Run back and tell a younger you
That it’ll be alright
Out with the sunshine
And in with the rain
But I don’t mind it
I’m used to the change
Out with the sunshine
And in with the rain
I don’t mind it
Cause I’ve been saved
Mark my words instead of daggers
Stumbled in looking tired and haggard
But I believe in more than me
That will set your anxiety free
Forever the young men rage
Keeping all the young girls afraid
I wonder why they like that cage?
When they hold the keys
Out with the sunshine
And in with the rain
But I don’t mind it
I’m used to the change
Out with the sunshine
And in with the rain
I don’t mind it
Cause I’ve been saved
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5. |
Cigrarette Girl
02:11
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From book to screen
We strip away what can't be seen
With your preference or beliefs
I will challenge your conceits
I'm a sucker for a cigarette girl
I'm a sucker for a cigarette girl
I'm a sucker for a cigarette girl
I'm a sucker for a cigarette girl
I'll kiss your scars
I don't care for champagne
Don’t like like cigars
I'm a sucker for a cigarette girl
I'm a sucker for a cigarette girl
I'm a sucker for a cigarette girl
You may not be happy all the time
If they tell you you will be it's a lie
You cannot happy all the time
But it’s alright we still get by
Who's playing who
No one here’s in charge
In the time of mediums
She will read your cards
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6. |
Cold War
06:18
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An unreasonable mind
Confiscates my time
And numbs my
senses
Count your pennies & pensives
Anesthetic found down
In the
trenches
In a Cold Cold War
Locks on all the doors
In a Cold Cold War
What are we fighting for?
In a Cold Cold War
When all what we want is more
In a Cold Cold War
What are we fighting for?
And I always knew you’d make this about you
Yes I always knew you’d make this about you
Shanghai is tomorrow already
We’re still draggin’ around
This old
confetti
He believes the lies in his head
Inside thoughts
Are better left
unsaid
In a Cold Cold War
Locks on all the doors
In a Cold Cold War
What are we fighting for?
In a Cold Cold War
When all what we want is more
In a Cold Cold War
What are we fighting for?
And I always knew you’d make this about you
Yes I always knew you’d make this about you
If he's a family man myth
How do we go on and on
Like
this
The Teenage Years of Oona O'Neil
Taught us how to live
Not how to
feel
In a Cold Cold War
Locks on all the doors
In a Cold Cold War
What are we fighting for?
In a Cold Cold War
When all what we want is more
In a Cold Cold War
What are we fighting for?
And I always knew you’d make this about you
Yes I always knew you’d make this about you
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How can silence be so loud?
Why is Heaven in the clouds?
How am I lonely in a crowd?
How can silence be so loud?
Who will be there in the end?
Do I have disappearing friends?
Is too late to begin again?
Who will be there in the end?
Who put these lies up in my head?
Is that the devil in my bed?
Can I trust what people said?
Who put these lies up in my head?
When it’s over it’s not done
Doesn’t matter who has won
I hope we all at least had fun
When it’s over it’s not done
How can silence be so loud?
Why is Heaven in the clouds?
How am I lonely in a crowd?
How can silence be so loud?
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8. |
Cellophane Blue
04:12
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Her eyes of cellophane blue
And all I've lost in you
But losing's nothing new
Her eyes of cellophane blue
And all I've lost in you
You don't mind if I do
I think she's gone sometimes
Away deep in her mind
I don't know what I'll find
Her eyes of cellophane blue
And all I've lost in you
You don't mind if I do
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I keep my conscience clean
Can’t hide what’s underneath
I know there’s fronts and sides
But these things I won’t abide
You’ve been to dust
I’ve been to dirt
One of us will end up hurt
Both of us will end up hurt
You dealt from the bottom
I feel betrayed
You’re gonna leave me someday
I hear the wheels they squeak
You won’t get all that you need
Without wings you cannot fly
All this is a long goodbye
You’ve been to dust
I’ve been to dirt
Both of us will end up hurt
You dealt from the bottom
I feel betrayed
You’re gonna leave me someday
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10. |
Worn Out Hearts
04:17
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Come on, tell me how it used to be
I grew up in a good place to leave
Wore my heart out on my sleeve
What do we do with
worn out hearts at the end
What do we do with
worn out hearts at the end
Come on, tell me how it used to be
We can't protect you from this world
It's out to break every boy and girl
But broke ain't dead
Even dead broke can be your friend
What do we do with
worn out hearts at the end
Waiting for answers
To come to me
Waiting for answers
in a dream
I saw you become politically cruel
Wrapped in religion like someone I knew
So long ago
These memories are shadows
There’s always a war
Going on somewhere
What do we do with
worn out hearts at the end
What do we do with
worn out hearts at the end
I'd give you so much
To make me not really care
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11. |
Tumbled Lace
04:38
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It's so quick we fall apart
Pulling stitches out my heart
Cannot trust the hands of fate
Tired lives and tumbled lace
Throwing scrapbooks in the fire
Two less people we admire
Now the hour's getting late
Tired lives and tumbled lace
Pillbox futures, tainted past
I want to know who stained the glass
Keeping tallys while we wait
Tired lives and tumbled lace
For each hello a long goodbye
Watching sunsets in their eyes
Some with violence, some with grace
Tired lives and tumbled lace
I have no answers this is true
But all my questions left with you
Cannot trust the hands of fate
Tired lives and tumbled lace
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