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What Have We Done?
02:31
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They’re the ones out for blood so protect your young
Mouth to mouth stole the air from inside their lungs
Tried to hide in disguise couldn’t see the truth
Now I know I can feel the evil in you
What have we done who have we become
Help me, there’s nowhere to run
Make up your mind or be pushed aside
Help me, there’s nowhere to hide
No one is safe
Cracked a smile when they tried to get me to crack
Don’t they know I’m the one who stabbed them in the back
It took sometime to realize, no sympathy for you and I
Now I can finally feel the evil in me
We’re all evil
Wear the mask all the time makes mistakes in your prime
All the reasons you can’t seem to make right
Drink away all your crimes
Take you pills snort your lines
Let the evil creep in and it will
Break you down
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My Queen
03:04
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Pull the shade and trap the light in
Illuminate the room so I can see your face
I need to hear it in person
I need to know it was worth it
Took the risk and came on over
Keeping count of everything I didn’t say
Heard your breathing get lower
The room was getting smaller as you
Threw your arms around me way too fast
What did it really mean?
And questioned if I thought it all would last
Will it all last?
Blocking out our future with my past
What does it really mean?
If ignorance is bliss, then why’d you ask
If it still haunts me
It still haunts me
Hung the pictures that you painted
Hallucinations of love that was never there
I felt you start getting nervous
You put a gloss on the surface of my
Favorite thing you ever drew
Said it needed more
Shaded in the grays
And then you hung it on your door
If nothing’s ever finished it ends up on the floor
Just like we did
Think about it when I’m falling asleep
All the parts of you that I couldn’t keep
My nightmares torment me much worse
The longer you’re not here
I keep my energy the lowest I can
And try and think about where all this began
For heaven’s sake could I forget
That you found someone new
I hope to god you’re haunted by this too
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I am let lagged from nights of over sleeping
I am not sure about the women I’ve been seeing
I don’t say the things I often mean
Locked down prisoned by my own thoughts
I am dead broke can money buy my time back
I don’t say the things I often mean
The writings on the photo that you gave to me
Is all I have left
The message that I read is that you still believe
You wrote it on the picture of both you and me
I said I had to go you said you don’t agree
With broken glass beneath my feet
Why did I leave
I am homesick from sleeping on the floor boards
I am up late with memories I can’t ignore
I don’t say the things I often mean
I threw away the photo that you gave to me
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4. |
Hell In A Handbasket
03:04
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Have a party at my funeral where no one has to grieve
Drink and dance the night away where no one dares to leave
Don’t make me turn this car around
I’m driving us into the ground
So I pedal to the metal as the engine kicks and screams
Push it to the limit till it runs right out of steam
I fade way in cruise control
The distance starts to take its toll on me
So let’s start again
Wake me up I’m not getting younger
Hurry up I can’t wait much longer
How long will I wait
Someone take me out of my misery
In the middle of the night is where it seems to hurt the most
Morning brings the light again but it’s still getting worse
I drive into the desert sun
Mirage of all the bad I’ve done
In my travels I have left a trail of breadcrumbs, hidden clues
Words within the lyrics that I wish were never true
I fade away in cruise control
The distance finally takes its toll on me
So let’s start again
Does anyone remember the ones in second place
This failure seeps into my veins
Will I be remembered for songs I didn’t write
I fade away and lose control
Save me from myself
My worst enemy
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The scars remain
I gave up trying to stitch or patch them up
Their on display
For everyone to use it how they want
It all repeats
The plays go up on the songs that cut you deep
They want it all
Their prying eyes
Just waiting till you fall
All of the seasons
All of the days
All of the reasons
I felt this way
So long
All of the records
All of the shows
All of the nights
Where I sang those words
So long
The iron fist
It holds you down and it never bares the gift
Oh what a shame
A passing trend
They’ll soon forget my name
The lights went dark
A bastard son that could never hit the mark
Or fit the frame
The more things changed
The more they stayed the same
When I look into the mirror decide myself
I can’t muster up the courage to ask for help
These problems keep appearing
It’s clear I’ve hit the ceiling
Who could ask for more than their name in lights
I guess I’m something like a giant afraid of heights
I’m searching for a meaning
Reality is fleeting
Splitting headache
I’m paralyzed
It’s like a war zone inside my mind
All for nothing
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6. |
Malicious 444
03:24
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Noticing you noticing me
Gather up all your things it’s time to leave
I gotta know if it’s something that I can’t forget
Can I rip my brain out straight from my head
Noticing me noticing you
Gather up all the things inside your room we gotta go
If it’s something that I will regret
Can I rip my heart out straight from my chest
Cause I know it’s almost time for you to say goodbye
Is there anymore compassion
Or distractions from the pain we always feel
And everything will come down crashing
And show us that we’re all one in the same
Noticing them noticing us
Gather up the debris and all the rust
They gotta know it was cracked underneath the foundation
We drown in the sin with no hope of salvation
Noticing us noticing them
Gather up all the love of all your friends
We were fucked from the time of creation
The devils come and we’re his for the taking
Hope is nothing but a virus it keeps you in check
Hate is nothing but a prison like hands around your neck
Always the same
It’s time for you to say goodbye
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7. |
Not The Way It Was
02:58
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Welcome to the end of time
I’m here to give you some peace of mind
Together we’ll conquer, divided we’ll fall
I’m here to tell you we’ve lost it all
Swallow your pride cause there is nothing left
Count all your blessings with each passing breath
Show them your weakness, the kingdom will fall
I’m here to tell them, you can’t kill us all
This is it boys, this is war
Cause I can’t take it anymore
Can we take an oath?
To never give up hope,
We’ll make it on our own
You and I
Walking through the night to find the light
So we, walk around this town like king and queen
Make a scene for anyone that sees
You and I
Watching on the news
The world’s abuse
So we don’t believe no matter what they say
Can’t escape, the evil’s here to stay
Money, power, god, and greed
Kill thy neighbor your enemy,
Together they conquered divided us all
I’m here tell you, to break down the walls
This is it boys, guns up high
None of us get left behind
So who will tie the rope?
It’s hard to do alone
Finding out
It’s not the way it was
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8. |
Amnesia 666
03:31
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An empty house awaits
A drive home way too late
You said
“I’m losing sight of all the things I knew”
It’s clear
You’ll never run away
Is it different now you’re grown?
Can you fall asleep alone?
You said
“I’m feeling every day get worse and worse”
It’s clear
That you’re the one to blame
Will you notice me?
Silent like a thief
I sit and wonder about all those things you said
Were you my lover? and did I love her?
A fool I was to ever think you were the one
Nowhere in the world to go
No place just to call your own
Your consequence awaits
Your ignorance will break you down
You said
“I close my eyes and wish for better days”
It’s clear
You’re never gonna change
You made it 50 years
What’s maybe 50 more
You said
“The devil took my life and let it burn”
It’s clear / that you ignite the flame
This time it was different
She said it she meant it
Let’s rewrite the pages
Together correct it
And add a few chapters
Suspense is the answer
We’ll make it alright
Forever your anchor
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Daggers
03:10
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We looked through photos of the past
And we come to terms with
How good we all had it back then
As if we hadn’t noticed
Countless years of countless fights
Always left me hanging on
We cut them up and threw them out to forget
If you blame your past for everything
The past is all you’ll ever be
I’ll show you what it’s like to be alone
It’s all I’ve ever known
My oldest friend don’t leave me
Please don’t leave me hanging on
I drive into the town we left
And I come to notice
It chewed us up and spat us out
And made us lose our focus
Countless years of countless fights
Where I held on way too long
These are the cards that we were dealt to forget
If you blame your past for everything
I swear it’s all you’ll ever be
Deserving more but I keep giving you less
I know it’s hard and I keep causing you stress
It’s slowing us all down we’re swallowed by this town
Throwing dice behind the alley at night
To try and pay the rent but nothing goes right
It’s slowing us all down we’re swallowed by this town
I blame the past for everything I am
I can’t hide it
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10. |
Winter Of Cicada
03:52
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I made some plans
And wrote them down
For both of us
They’re in a book
Beneath my bed
With a photo on the front
The pages read
Of things we’d see
The ones you wanted most
I’d take you to the places that
I always said we’d go
How can I be sure it gets better
I’ve written every word every letter
I just want to be wherever you are
Sure I can be whatever you want
I know it’s harder to give than to get
You get what you give
And that’s it
A kid I was
A teenager
A foolish one
The polo shirt
I’d always wear
You begged me to rip up
You pierced my nose
I shaved your head
You came to all my shows
And everyone one would always say
“Don’t ever let her go”
You just need me
But I wasn’t there
I know I never treated you fair
And how much longer
Will I regret
Taking the bet
That you’d quit
So rip me apart
And put me right back
How you want
You just needed me
So how can I maintain
You occupy my brain
But still I wait for you
It’s the best that I can
So dress me head to toe
Prepare me for the cold
The longest winter yet
Forever in regret
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