1. |
The Trial
02:03
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2. |
"Hustle"
03:30
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It sucked the light from your fire
I know you're tired
Shut down and wired
I know you're tired
Saturnine, Depraved
It's such a drag
At your age
And it's day after day
And you brag
And you flaunt
But you're just a slave
To the hustle
To your hustle
And you dream of the day
When YOU whip the slave
Saturnine, Depraved
It's such a drag
At your age
And it's day after day
And you brag
And you flaunt
But still you're a slave
Kill the hustle
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3. |
Living
03:47
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I guess it feels fine
To be numb all the time
I don't even mind
The mark
On me
I guess it feels alright
Just to be alive
I know I've got the mark
On me
I know it's too late for me
For me
People turn to sand
When I shake their hands
I'll burn the mark off of me
Don't look me in the eye
They don't even try
They know I've got the mark
On me
I know it's too late for me
I'm corrupted beyond belief
I know
I'm a living disease
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4. |
Tomb
03:02
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It was such a long way back
The story's warped and cracked
It's just a raided tomb
I feel sorry for you
Even if I hate myself
Can't take it back now
He said,
"Don't you feel regret?"
I said,
"No
Not for you
Not for you"
And all the guilt in the world
Could not save you
As useless as a raided tomb
I said,
"Why don't I just kill myself?"
He said,
"Would you?"
No
Not for you
Not for you
He said
"I'm only here for me and mine"
He said
"I'm only here to fight"
He said
He wants a better world
He wants a better world
Don't you?
This one's an empty urn
It's a raided tomb
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5. |
Dragon's Well
02:45
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We'll make it there
Out in the cold light
We'll crawl down the stairs
Yeah, it's a hard life
We'll lie and beg our way
We'll make it another day
Yeah, it's a hard life
There is no substance
Only green bile
We may as well
Stay for a while
And if you had your way
You'd take me down
Under the ground
Our belly's empty
There is no substance
Only green bile
We may as well
Stay for a while
Fell down
The dragon's well
Sinking in green bile
We may as well
Stay for a while
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6. |
Tightrope
03:46
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(This stupid fucking country)
He cracks the whip
At the tigers
And the tigers
Fill with rage
Spectators cheer
As he's mauled to death
In the cage
The big cats
Tear him asunder
For the beatings
And the blunders
They no longer heed his words
But he will always haunt their minds
Even after it's over
Life's a circus
It's a balancing act
Death on all sides
Of the tightrope
Trying not to fall
It snaps in half
Swinging side to side
Better not let go
Dance the dance
Of the tightrope
It's over
We never thought he'd
Scream so much
And even though it was
Just a clown
We never thought he'd get
Trampled down
These elephants remember
More than you'll ever know...
And it's all just a part
Of the show
It's never ever
Over
Life's a circus
It's a balancing act
Death on all sides
Of the tightrope
Trying not to fall
Yeah
Cracked your ribs
Swinging side to side
Better not let go
We danced the dance
Over raging fire
It's never over
Until it's over
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7. |
Columbia
03:47
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Forget all our things
We're leaving now
We're leaving this world
For a better one
Can't save this world
They'll burn it down
So burn it down
We'll flee the city
Under cloak and shroud
It always left a bitter taste
In my mouth
Tell all our friends
We're leaving now
Tell them to get out
Before it all falls down
Down
Forget all our things
We're leaving now
Abandon reason
Can't save you now
It isn't treason
To save yourself
So save yourself
We'll leave this city
Leave them all behind
For all their blind belief
And unavailing pride (You know they won't survive)
You know they'll never find
Columbia
Columbia
Though the wastelands
Through ice and hot sand
Through fields of bodies slain
Withered and afraid
We sail to distant shores
And never speak of
The times before
We'll flee the city
Under cloak and shroud
It always left a bitter taste
In my mouth
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8. |
Everytime
03:00
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I'm drowning
Need to get away
Come to the rescue late
Guess I'll sink in a pool
Of fear and shame
But there's a silver lining
You might survive
There's a silver lining
It saves me every time
My heart beats
Strong and fast
So fast
But I'm not alive
It's not just any disease
It's mine
But there's a silver lining
You might survive
There's a silver lining
It saves me every time
And I shake when I move
Around the lake
Consumed by fear and shame
And I shake when I walk
Into the world
Awash with pain
Consumed by hate
Consumed by hate
But there's a silver lining
You might survive
To see it come crashing down
It warms this heart of mine
But there's a silver lining
You might survive
To see us eat ourselves
It saves me every time
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9. |
Hex
03:42
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Joy.
Sister, come to life.
In the air.
Spinning around...
You can be what they fear.
You can be what they want
And turn them all down.
Joy.
Sister, come to life.
In the air.
Spinning around...
You are the devil's flower.
You are the Great Diviner.
Plant them in the ground.
You can be what they fear.
You can be what they want...
You can burn it all down.
Joy
Sister, come to life.
In the air.
Spinning around.
You are the devil's power
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10. |
Charlatans
02:49
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The man that's hanging there
The harlot on the pyre
The screaming from
The pear of anguish
Is everywhere
The crucifix hung high
It's on the floor tonight
You know they live to sin
The so‐called righteous men
They give themselves away
Charlatans
The paupers and the blind
They are all friends of mine
Our savior once hung high
He's on the floor tonight
On him our sisters ride
And all the men inside
Cardinal Richelieu
You know they live to sin
The so‐called righteous men
They give themselves away
Like all charlatans
The priest in black and white
You know he lives for sin
The new novitiate
You know she lives for sin
The Christian congressman
You know he lives for sin
The ones who killed our friends
The so‐called righteous men
Charlatans
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11. |
Twist of Fate
03:39
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Einz, Zwei, Drei
Polizei
Vier, Fünf, Sechs
Alte Hex
Sieben, Acht, Neun, Zehn
Guten Tag
Auf Wiedersehen
Just a little bit of cyanide
To wash
The mustard gas
Out from my eye
Tuck the children
Into bed at night
They know
We always do what's right
For the Fatherland
Einz, Zwei, Drei
Polizei
Vier, Fünf, Sechs
Alte Hex
Sieben, Acht, Neun, Zehn
Guten Tag
Auf Wiedersehen
For the Fatherland
Just a little bit of cyanide
To wash
The mustard gas
Out from my eye
Tuck the children
Into bed at night
They know
They'd rather die
For the Fatherland
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12. |
Sleeping
02:17
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And when they
Come for us
We laugh
Laughing
All the way
There
Those aren't their bodies
There is no death
They're only sleeping
We're only sleeping
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13. |
Twenties
04:51
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And it's hopeless
And it's never enough
And there's always time
To take flight
But there's nowhere
To land
Stay here
Slumber
We can usher in the night
As the world turns
Somber
We say our last goodbyes
Watching it burn
Watching it die
We'll never learn
We'll never get it right
And we're powerless
To take on all the lies
We're only suffering
By living out of spite
And it isn't easy
To tell them it's alright
When it's ending
Life is ending
Stay here
Slumber
As we conjure up the night
Hear the world's mad laughter
It's turning on its side
Watching it burn
Watching it die
We'll never learn
We'll never get it right
When we meet at the gallows
Will we laugh?
Will we turn on eachother
To save what little we have left?
Everything we were
Everyone we know
Life is ending
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14. |
Living (Alternate)
03:47
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I guess it feels fine
To be numb all the time
I don't even mind
The mark
On me
I guess it feels alright
Just to be alive
I know I've got the mark
On me
I know it's too late for me
For me
People turn to sand
When I shake their hands
I'll burn the mark off of me
Don't look me in the eye
They don't even try
They know I've got the mark
On me
I know it's too late for me
I'm corrupted beyond belief
I know
I'm a living disease
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