1. |
song for the black hole
02:02
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one of these days
i'll finally be swallowed up
a black hole will take me away
why go through the trouble of
acting like i'm all okay?
i'm drowning i can't swim
no matter what kind words you say
i'm living off fried food
and pepsi like three cans a day
let's act like we're lovers
i'm letting you lead me astray
and so i wait for you
like you want me to
i hate this club
like you said i would do
let's stop this now
i'm wide awake
i ate too much pizza
my meds won't do shit tonight
if i miss them i'm fucked up
i take them i'm still not alright
i just wish i would perish
as meteors fall from the sky
but once more they miss me
and once more i'm clinging to life
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2. |
rose
03:16
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writing sad songs in my bedroom
while you hang outside the window
yes you're pretty on the outside
but there's thorns upon your neck though
i would kiss you in the morning
cut my lips upon your flesh
rose, why won't you call me?
we could colour in the rest
they may cut you down and line you up
and sell you to the couples
who will buy your bunches, lies and stuff
to ignore all their troubles
we could lay in bed and watch tv
or listen to some records
rose, why won't you call me?
we could colour in the rest 'cause
your beauty knows no bounds
but your words they find no sounds
'cause you'd never talk to me
you're the rose and i'm the tree
i'm the tree, yeah, i'm the tree
yes, you're so much more than me
i'm the tree, yeah, i'm the tree
you're the rose and i'm the tree
would you notice if i sprung my leaves
and coloured them like autumn?
we could be something real sweet
but i don't have the fortune
for you to even look at me
i'm not like all the flowers
you always disable me
as nature strikes the hours
'cause your beauty knows no bounds
but your words they find no sounds
'cause you're so much more than me
you're the rose and i'm the tree
yes, your beauty knows no bounds
but your words they find no sounds
'cause you're so much more than me
you're the rose and i'm the tree
i'm the tree, yeah, i'm the tree
yes you're so much more than me
i'm the tree, yeah, i'm the tree
you're the rose and i'm the tree
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3. |
tin foil crown
02:24
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one more simple thing before i
go into the clouds
all these little things you do i
can't quite work them out
one more stop and one more promise
i'll try to make you proud
something seeming not important
i close my eyes and drown
the devil rages constantly i'd
like to be more calm
but hell seems kind of comforting
at least it's somewhat warm
so lucifer please hear my pleas
i'd like to get her back
bring her back in just one piece
with less of the attack
paradise seems so far off now
i've lost this tin foil crown
and if god is inside of me
i'd like to let her out
paradise seems so far off now
i've lost this tin foil crown
and if god is inside of me
i'll probably spit her out
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4. |
fossil fuels
02:24
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let's act like we're dinosaurs
buried beneath the ground
turning to fossil fuels
since the meteors wiped us all out
let's be archaeologists
and study what brought us all down
we once ruled the earth
but now we're just bones in the ground
the fossils of my footsteps
will be making no sound
this video game headache has set in
now you're not around
let's act like sandcastles with shells on
and stones in our cracks
turning to particles as tides turn
and wash us all back
i don't want to leave the house
but sometimes it seems not that bad
i wish i was more honest
then maybe i would be less sad
the fossils of my footsteps
will be making no sounds
this video game headache has set in
now you're not around
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5. |
golden town
02:22
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down in the depths of golden town
the devil gathers them around
to fight this day for him to take
to fight against old heavens sake
with sword in hand they take the vow
to take his lord and saviour down
when thunder strikes for war and strife
the opening of lilac skies
his greatest aspirations
his reckoning day
it's all commiserations
the price he pays and
his final fall from glory
the ultimate cost
ol' lucifer will call this
his paradise lost
so with the mantle in his hand
the might of god is reigning down
the dawn of man, the fields of eden
satan found this quite appealing
a snake said take a single bite
for if you do you'll have the right
to overthrow both god and hell
for adam's rib to own herself
his greatest aspirations
his reckoning day
it's all commiserations
the price he pays and
his final fall from glory
the ultimate cost
ol' lucifer will call this
his paradise lost
(yeah? alright)
down in the depths of golden wastes
the devil moulds their minds like clay
to fight this day for him to take
to fight against their only sake
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6. |
the stranger
05:13
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a stranger goes to church to mourn his father
hoping he will find some peace of mind
he bows his head and holds his hands to heaven
through scarlet eyes he begins to cry
oh god, have you abandoned me?
i've lost my life at 23
a crippled man with aching feet
and calloused hands from praising thee
your church stands on a field of dust
beneath the surface layer of rust
tell me this is not my fault
i've lost my heart and all my soul
a mother goes to mourn her son in autumn
hoping she will find some clarity
she watched him fall and drown in holy water
bows her head as she begins to speak
oh god, have you abandoned me?
you took my son at 17
i've walked a mile on aching feet
my pilgrimage for praising thee
your church stands on a field of dust
beneath the surface layer of rust
tell me this is not my fault
i've lost my heart and all my soul
farewell happy fields where joy forever dwells
hail horror, hail infernal world and thou profoundest hell
receive thy new possessor
one who brings a mind not to be changed by place or time
the mind is it's own place and in itself
can make a heaven of hell
a hell of heaven
what matter where if i still be the same and i should be
all but less that he who thunder hath made greater?
here at last, we shall be free
we shall be free
here we may reign secure and in my choice
it's better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
now god it's me, i'm on my knees before you
i searched a year for reasons for this life
i'm begging thee to end this constant torture
you're cursing me with fear and failing eyes
now if you stand for everything you claim to
why do bad things happen to such caring souls?
you took my life now how can i repay you?
are you happy now you've got him in your hold?
oh god, have you abandoned me?
i've lost my life at 23
a crippled man with aching feet
and calloused hands from praising thee
your church stands on a field of dust
beneath the surface layer of rust
tell me this is not my fault
i've lost my heart and all my soul
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stay awake at night and hate myself
picture perfect memories
are cleared from my old shelf
everything has gone to hell
but would the devil go to heaven
if he killed himself?
and if it rains in heaven
are the raindrops made from gold?
or liquid mercury? or little paper folds?
and if this isn't heaven
do we live in hell?
and if that is a secret i will never tell
losing paradise
take a bite from eden make me feel alright
turn on all the lights
if i want to lay in darkness
i will close my eyes
take me to the altar bathe my skin in mud
take me to oblivion to bathe in blood
if i look for heaven on this lonely night
do you think that i will find it
if i take my life?
losing paradise
take a bite from eden make me feel alright
turn on all the lights
if i want to lay in darkness
i will close my eyes
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8. |
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can i stop dreaming of you
and every conversation that we had?
too broke to fix i know
i loved you still when things were bad
eternity
was nothing when i looked in to your eyes
but my bipolar tendencies cost my life
i'm just a caterpillar
squirming 'round upon your hand
the promise i'll be butterfly
keeps my body warm
but then you go and change without me
your wings are bright yellow
and mine still carry acne
was it foolish of me to think that we could ever be?
i'm too selfish to live, i'm just a fucking leech
i hope you burn caterpillar, don't leave your cocoon
because the world would be much better
if you could meet your doom
was it foolish of me to think that we could ever be?
can i stop dreaming of you
and every conversation that we had?
too broke to fix i know
i loved you still when things were bad
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9. |
jezebel
04:42
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hallowed father take my hand
lead me home to the promised land
i've been sinful, cut me down
break my chains, hear me now
i've been searching in a murky bar
i'm seeking jordan in an empty glass
please send my love to the ones i hurt
he will return to fulfil his work
oh, for her i would cleanse my soul
i'd walk the path that i ought to know
for a moment in the promised land
if for a moment she would take my hand
across the water in kingdom come
he says "i gave you my only son"
listen softly you'll hear him cry
i try to speak but my throat runs dry
holy father, i've lost my way
i need redemption for the pearly gates
i don't want to meet with jezebel
but i'm deserving of the flames of hell
oh, for her, i would cleanse my soul
i'd walk the path that i ought to know
for a moment in the promised land
if for a moment she would take my hand
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10. |
cut
02:46
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haven't slept properly in about a week
with everything coming over me
like a tidal wave in a long lost sea
and god has long abandoned me
lost my innocence at 17
to the wicked witch of obscenity
led me to the devil he
told me i'd be better if i
cut it short
call it quits
cut my losses
and cut my wrists
cut it short
call it quits
i'd cut my losses
but i lost my wits
i would take my trip to the promised land
but i slept on the couch to appease my hand
too many times i've lost my land
to the second thoughts of another man
i would call you up at 3am
to try to kindle things again
but that other man is now your friend
so i guess that means my life must end
when i
cut it short
call it quits
cut my losses
cut my wrists
cut it short
call it quits
cut my losses
but i lost my wits
forever was longer for me
i called you mine when i was just 19
and you cross my mind at 23
i'd move on but it's the saddest thing
so i
cut it short
call it quits
cut my losses
cut my wrists
cut it short
call it quits
i'd cut my losses
but i lost my wits
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11. |
be you
02:27
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these lights are flickering
they're driving me insane
there's something making noise
i think my mind has broke again
i can't see you right now
i can't see you right now
i can't see you
the room just won't stay still
i think i drank too much again
i quit for two whole years
so why am i still in this pain?
i can't see you right now
i can't see you right now
i can't see you
i'm sorry for everything
i guess i let you down today
i'll burn an effigy
of the person i used to be
i can't be you right now
i can't be you right now
i can't be you
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12. |
bloodsucker
03:20
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do you want me to ruin your life?
it's the fact of the matter
but it's something you'll deny
i'm a drain on all my friends
taking what i take
i pull them dry of nutrients
something like a bloodsucker
a vampire of emotion
i can not find a cure
pretend i'm looking hard
when i don't look at all
these are trying times
but i won't try at all
pretend i'm looking hard
when i don't look at all
these are trying times
but i won't try at all
let me drain your life and all your soul
i'll let you take the wheel
but i'll always have control
expectations eternally high
i set the bar real good
but i keep it out my sight
pretend i'm looking hard
when i don't look at all
these are trying times
but i won't try at all
pretend i'm looking hard
when i don't look at all
these are trying times
but i won't try at all
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13. |
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you hate it 'round here anyway
so what's the difference if
you want to spend
another day indoors?
i kinda want to go to space
or vanish from existence
like a fucking dinosaur
let's tattoo on eachother's brains
with images of martian lands
and i might be a better man
i'm in between the two it seems
a fucking mess of oestrogen
i'm not myself, i'm not myself
i'm not myself, i'm not myself
all i ever want to do is change
but what's wrong with who i am?
why can't i stay the same?
maybe i'm from outer space
it would make more sense to me
if i came from mercury
i'm in between the two it seems
a fucking mess of oestrogen
i'm not myself, i'm not myself
i'm not myself, i'm not myself
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14. |
scumbag
04:38
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are you done sleeping 'round with your friends?
i heard you settled down with a friend
will it end soon?
and i heard that he's got a girl
she waits at home while he gives you a whirl
in the bedroom
so try and roll another cigarette
take a pull as he crawls from the bed
to the bathroom
text his girl says he's got stuck at work
he's got a job and it comes with the perks
of your perfume
oh juliet, what have you done today?
it's getting late and he's needing his fix
sneaks one out to your instagram flicks
what a scumbag
sends you texts full of shit poetry
read them out but this isn't for free
he wants something back
oh juliet, what have you done today?
yeah the lights are on but the resident's away
yeah my phone is on but there's nothing left to say
you're in a bathroom stall snorting lines of special k
oh juliet, you've fallen down again
now he's left her what a tragedy
he's all yours, you can take it from me
he's no catch, love
and he'll probably do it back to you
it's up to you to walk in her shoes
read that back, love
nasty vodka and canterbury weed
getting high so you don't have to see
you're no catch, love
takes your pics whilst you're down on your knees
shows them off for a bit of charlie
what a match, love
oh juliet, what have you done today?
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they were both young, both dumb in love
nothing ever came above their heads
romeo and juliet as if written by a lonely poet
but romeo he threw too hard
the rocks shattered through the glass
but juliet she loved him still
but wasn't sure she had the will
she said "romeo you've got to change
and see the errors of your ways
you're breaking me and if you stay
i need to know you're mine today
and everyday until we die
and after that we'll come alive
and be together endlessly
oh romeo please stay with me"
took their pills and laid in bed
said things they wish they'd never said
juliet i love you dear
i love you throughout all my years
but romeo's a drunken mess
he hits the can to fix his head
take some time to rearrange
oh juliet please won't you stay
he said "juliet, i swear i'll change
i see the errors of my ways
i'm breaking you and if you stay
i promise i'll be yours today
and everyday until we die
and after that we'll come alive
and be together endlessly
oh, juliet, please stay with me"
they said "we can work through this tonight
i promise you we'll be alright
you make me laugh, you make me cry
you make me feel all warm inside
juliet i love you so
please can i be your romeo?
we'll be together endlessly
oh juliet please won't you see?
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16. |
earthworm
02:12
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hello, i'm me
i'm in between
the broken words
forgotten dreams
a promise made
broke in a day
a lifetime lie
another guy
a fucking mess
of oestrogen
lacking in
my own bloodstream
i want to be
somebody else
but i guess
i'm stuck as el
so hold my hand
let me be more than a man
i could be all you need
but the space between my brain
says i'm better off as me
i'm better off as me
hello, amy
i know it seems
i'm sad again
but i'm your friend
i want to see
you in between
my arms
i want to hold
your hand
i know it's hard
the drugs and scars
the lonely nights
you're in my heart
we'll get that house
and all those cats
i would fucking
love for that
so hold my hand
let me be more than a man
i could be all you need
but the space between my brain
says i'm better off as me
i'm better of as me
so hold my hand
let me be more than a man
i could be all you need
but the space between my brain
says i'm better off as me
i'm better off as me
but we could be
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17. |
toast
01:13
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3am i've got no sleep
i'm searching for a bite to eat
the fridge is looking incomplete
a slice of cheese just can't compete
i look around and scratch my head
and finally find a slice of bread
i'll cook this up with butter spread
then i can finally get some rest
i go and flick the grill to high
and toast it brown on just one side
flip it over it's complete
a golden, crispy late night treat
salted butter nice and thick
lather it with jam and shit
wipe my mouth and say goodnight
that toasted treat it hit just right
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sleep in sleeping fox
oh you are everything i'm not
creeping down the hall
after too much fucking alcohol
stitch your hand back up
oh you are nothing you are not
stitch your soul back up
oh you are nothing you are gone
you've heard this one before
it's nothing new there's nothing more
it's just my breaking voice
over 1, 2, 3, 4 minor chords
using worn out tropes
i've heard it all, i've heard it all
you say you want the rope
but you would choke now
wouldn't you?
oxygen
gasping for a meaning
my oldest friend
i can't recall when i seen him last
oh
fuck
this
shit
i'm a boring piece of -
you're a boring piece of shit
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19. |
end.
00:53
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