1. |
Into the Light
03:25
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All the kind words
All the memories
I can't see the
Tears in your eyes
I can't feel you
This is nothing new
We're only here
For a short while
Under the stones
Walls of earth around me
In the dirt I lay
All the words
All the tears you shed
I can't hear them
I'm dead
We can sin
We can mourn
We can pray
There will be no more
Days like today
Under the stones
Walls of earth around me
In the dirt I lay
World goes on without me
Running straight
Into its grave
So make the best of
What time we have left
Come into the light
And seize the day
Never fear the grave
So make the best of
What time we have left
There will be no more days like today
No more days like today
Under the stones
Walls of earth around me
In the dirt I lay
Straight into the grave
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2. |
Foxhunt
02:19
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I know we'll make it
I know our day will come
Like birds we'll fly away
Staring straight into the sun
I know our day will come
We won't give up the fight
I know when darkness comes
I know we'll chase the light
And burn in the sun
Still we must go on
We will never stop
Whatever comes our way
We can never stop
Our hopes
Are blind
Efforts
Futile
Desperate
Futile
Striving to get ahead
To be the master's new prized horse
Racing to a bitter end
We're skinned and hung up on the wall
Our lives
Fragile
Our hopes
Futile
Festering
Futile
Our hopes
Are blind
Efforts
Futile
Desperate
Futile
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3. |
Continuum
03:08
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All roads lead to Rome
All roads loop back around
Stray from the path
You'll only hit the wall
In this melancholy town
Birds who try to take flight
Will only fall down
Melancholy town
The river's dried up
No one makes a sound
In this forgotten town
Once you feel it
You cannot shake it
It wants you alone
Calling you home
You turned your back on us
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Some will never leave
Others never try
They've never seen the outside
Too afraid to go
It's all they've ever known
It's no place for yew and eye
I see a familiar face
Every time
I can't go outside
In the shadow of the mountain
They know me
But not my name
They keep you in your place
They laugh at your disgrace again
Again
Can't get out
Will it ever end?
Help
Get me out
This town leaves a stain on you
Cuts you up
Knocks you down
And has its way with you
It's had its way with you
The self-righteous
Set themselves alight
We''ll watch the whole city burn
tonight
It's a black hole
Here in the shadow of the mountain
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5. |
Follow Me Down
04:03
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she said she's been forsaken
laughing in the night
(indistinct)
Gaze into our vacant
Hollow eyes
All is empty
The world is all desire
She said she's been forsaken
Laughing in the night
She said,
"We're running to Paradise"
Follow the way
That's paved in gold
Down to where
The sinners go
We've known
All our lives
And now
It's time to go
Follow me down
To Paradise
Gaze into our vacant
Hollow eyes
All is empty
The world is our design
She said she's been forsaken
Laughing in the night
You know it's in the making
You know it's our demise
With all the vitriol
Of Meloni's smile
No shadows cast by
Marble white
Fear their
Naked hollow eyes
All along the way
It's paved in gold
Down to where
The sinners go
We've known
All our lives
And now
It's time to go
Follow me down to Paradise
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6. |
Mr. Moneybags
02:47
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There is no one
In this life to set you free
Just get it over
For the sake of tyranny
It's left you empty, desensitized, and angry
It may not work for you
But it always works for me
Trust the system
You say it holds you down
I say you'd be lost without
When the hammer comes down
Why can't you pull yourself up?
People like you don't even try
Without our help
I wonder how do you'd all survive
Drowning in envy
Not everyone can be like me...
I trust the system
It may not work for you
But it always worked for me
Yeah, it always works for me
You say it holds you down
I say you'd be lost without
You don't want to be a loose nail
When the hammer comes down
Just trust the system
Be a good worker bee
It may not work for you
But it always worked for me
Yeah, it always works for me
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7. |
Devastation
03:04
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Better catch up
Cause we won't stop
We are done now
Where will you go?
There is no one no
It's cold and empty
out there
yeah
Where will you go?
There are no second chances
no
A universal law
Mercy for the weak
Will get you caught up
There is no hell
Like one's own
Obsolescence
We are full up
Won't you just stop?
We have moved on
You'll never catch up
There is no one
no
It's cold and empty
Out there
Yeah
There are no second chances
Where will you go?
There are no second chances
No
No one else
In this cruel, vain world
There is no hell
Like yourself
yeah
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8. |
Broken Glass
04:10
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All the men pass you around
When you come back in town
For a pizzo
And a silver ring
yeah
You don't owe anything
But a pizzo and a silver ring
Yeah
There is no night to calm the day
You can't take away
The way they threw us all away
Yeah
The filth you cannot wash away
You don't owe anything
But a pizzo
And a silver ring
There is no light to call the day
You can't take away
The way they threw us all away
Yeah
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9. |
Chains
02:49
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You leave my heart in chains
You know you do
You'll leave my soul in flames
You know it's true
No hesitation
Doing the crime with you
It's a strange elation
Doing the time for you
You left my life in shambles
I envy you
You make it look so simple
So clean and new
No hesitation
Choosing sweet crimes with you
Spare no malefaction
Doing the time for you
Fat with all you've taken
You they'll never catch you
More speed and strangulation
They'll never see us coming
Would you?
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10. |
Clown
03:56
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Come to me
Come out and see the light
Come to me
Do not fear the blind
Come to me
Come out and see the light
Come to me
Do not fear the outside
The Outside
You are our favorite song
You are our only smile
The warm grin
That burnt our faces
We haven't seen you for a while
Come to me
Out into the light
Come to me
You've strayed too far inside
Come see our sharp grins
Come See our haunted smile
We're laughing all along
A stone's throw from where you cry
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