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The Gates
04:54
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"The Gates"
(The media has opened its gates, and we can't stop staring)
Install me, what's your problem?
Let me stay and work my magic.
No break, long day. Befriend me, it goes away.
We can hold the tears you cry and put them all away.
We can look inside your eyes and tell right away...
Maze of knives in your sight. Finish out your time.
Going in circles all the time. Meditate your mind.
Raise a glass. Here'a a toast, just let me say
we worked our magic. No break, long day.
And because their eyes are free to take...
Something's got me in its grasp; the amnesia.
I forget to turn my eyes back on
so I can see the gates where lying comes from.
Brought to you by yours truly.
Can this be? Why did this happen?
You made me. How did you tap in?
No break, long day. Befriend me, it goes away.
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Found Myself Astray
04:42
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"Found Myself Astray"
I run in place, I get so far.
I sail away, I failed today.
Why did you have to run with me?
Why did I have to say goodbye?
I can't make you comprehend.
Take a look around,
This is what he looks like.
This is what it looks like.
I'm sorry but my directions point the other way.
It must be that I found myself astray always.
Step cautious to the wind,
For every step is a sin.
I take a step and breathe again.
You came with me to the end.
All of the world is under us.
All you have to do is trust.
Forget them, only I understand.
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Into Dimensions
04:15
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"Into Dimensions"
Funnel of fumes inside.
Count the sheep only one time.
Wake up while falling into dimensions.
I'll tear my eyes out before I fall asleep.
Goodnight it's lights out.
Good for nothing sheep.
Settle your eyes.
Make no mistake here,
you will not win here.
All this space is claustrophobic.
I need time for my next opponent
It's always your way.
Feeling so alone,
no one will weep.
I can't control this toughened skin.
And I had to listen to you speak.
All you have is nothing more I seek.
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Worm
05:15
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"Worm"
Blind mind never giving up.
Lights shining through the skin.
The dark never letting up.
How can they ever tell it to you straight,
when you just think that this is fake?
How can I make them listen?
Dig in for me. Stuff your head.
You'll see the difference.
Go like I always tell you to,
and leave them all behind.
Sunlight burns you to the bone. Ivory all gone.
If you live to crawl another day, you'll just be alone.
Is it maybe in afterlife?
Is it maybe in paradise?
Your shoulder, the paradox.
The irony resides.
The shoulder breaks itself inside out.
Let that sink while I walk away.
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Time Bombs
04:08
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"Time Bombs"
Some nights the stars are not aligned.
I don't want to.
Just tell yourself to reconcile inside.
Get this over with.
You must be the first of my time bombs.
I really can't wait for the next one.
Your skies won't understand my crime.
They don't know you, don't want you.
Stay inside the rest of my life.
Get him out of here.
It keeps messing with my head.
It's all the things you never said.
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6. |
Coma
04:57
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"Coma"
Miles away, far enough away for you not to mind.
Evolution took me alive.
Conduct your tests, I'll be outside.
I don't want to hear you took out my mind.
Placed it on the table right next to me.
Something so complicated.
I love your life, it turns though.
Your gravity left me faded.
Recover your life. Don't let go
Lights out. Reach out for my hand tonight.
Down this road we must go. Try to smile.
I brought you along for the ride too late.
I want to form the guy you like.
I want back in my head.
Mister you're rotting. You don't look so good.
Your skin's been throbbing. I don't think it should.
Sitting in neurotic harmony on the table.
Put me back together can't you please? I'm not able.
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Black Widow
04:46
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"Black Widow"
For my display, you came from the clay.
Release black widow.
Poison floods my veins inside of me now.
If you claim you live beneath the sky,
you lied within your story.
Pretty blend of supernatural eyes.
Deny your only glory.
We meet again. Do you have any other colors?
Can't figure out just what to think.
Little bug has awakened.
It's too late to side with you now.
You must be waiting for your deathbed. No?
You must be waiting for your deathblow.
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Maintaining The Ants
05:13
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"Maintaining The Ants"
I feel it coming on too strong.
At the beginning of the day.
Voices say it won't be long.
It should never end this way.
Must I be the one to tell the others what I've seen?
Their day is over before it starts. But how can this be?
Morning begins, no chance to win.
Ants in your life, open your eyes.
Carry on right into the day.
Nothing matters when the ants are in your way
It's eating you up inside.
Gather your things,
let's run and hide.
Must I break the tragedy to everyone I see.
Your day is over before it starts.
I know 'cause I've seen.
When you think you know your time to leave this place and just go.
Know you're on your own and time moves slow.
This is your morning epilogue.
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Serpent In The Tree
06:44
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"Serpent In The Tree"
Take away your backbone,
and your left with scales and other slimy things.
Sharp teeth caving in.
You thought it was the last one,
but then you felt the bite it gave.
A serpent struck a fast one.
Never time to run away.
Pissed off that no one sees you.
Venom pissed from your mouth.
Watch the clouds pass by.
See the birds at flight.
Stars stuck in the sky.
Up there, it's so alive.
Slither up the limb,
Squeeze tight.
Choke all the anger.
Went from blue to blind.
In time it all fades away.
Waiting by the tree just to please you.
Venom pissed from your mouth.
Watch the clouds pass by.
See the birds at flight.
Stars stuck in the sky,
Up there, it's so alive.
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Galactic Lake
06:02
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"Galactic Lake"
You testify your spoken words,
to help you bring me to my knees. But no...
There's something else your offering,
the signs begin to capture me.
I feel the weight coming down.
Right by the lake in afterlife,
it's all I live for.
You stuck it to me with a knife,
and dragged me offshore.
I break free every time we talk,
Their ideas that blind you.
Stuck in a world that's giving up.
You dragged me once more.
We're miles away from being the same.
(We're stuck in our same old ways.)
We won't forget the way we came.
(We'll always be a step behind.)
And you said run with me,
well forget about it.
I said, "Can't you see?"
You said, "Don't talk about it."
You always duck and hide.
Well forget about it.
Swim in my lake in the sky.
Water me well. I grow well in the sunlight.
Welcome the night. Only time will tell.
A fake savior fed into my lullaby.
Choked beneath some alibi,
Accepted as an afterlife.
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Shadow In The Mirror
16:08
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"Shadow In The Mirror"
Confront me if you need to know.
Throw your life away. Send me down.
Not that I see what's at stake,
my eyes are seeing through the thorns.
It wasn't me!
It wasn't me who showed you,
You finally know.
Confront me if you want to show,
all your life's mistakes.
You fucking clown.
Now that you see what's at stake,
my eyes are seeing through the thorns.
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