1. |
The Last Illusion
05:43
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If there is no hero flying high above
Would the earth come crumbling and crush all that you love
You cannot see what isn’t really there
If there are no rules, it cannot be unfair
Take me somewhere new
Take me somewhere new
Take me somewhere new
Away from here
If my will won’t break the way you think it should
Would you tell me to kneel, as if I ever could
It smells of ash, of dreams turned into smoke
You smile and whisper, some twisted inside joke
Take me somewhere new
Take me somewhere new
Take me somewhere new
Away from here
A small man’s tale to scare the children straight
Don’t test the waters, or question what we hate
And if there is no hero flying through the stars
Would the truth lay bare, a tapestry of scars
If you lost yourself, would you even know
If your eyes went dark, would it even show
If you lost yourself
If you lost yourself
When the sun goes cold in the emerald sky
Will the last illusion pass you by
If you lost yourself
If you lost yourself
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2. |
Mandyville
03:46
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Spin us a story, a tale told well and true
But get to the good part before we’re bored with you
As your soft earned commission takes a detour up your nose
You struggle to cover your aching purple prose
Save me, I’m drowning
In your crocodile tears
In the tall grass or the desert clear
With plastic grins from ear to ear
We’ll make you disappear
Sick to my stomach on poetry and pills
We dance in a circle of sycophants and shills
As you sell another story to the highest bidder’s plea
You wonder for how long you’ve been down on your knees
Save me, I’m drowning
In your crocodile tears
In the tall grass or the desert clear
With plastic grins from ear to ear
We’ll make you disappear
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3. |
The Virtue Of Menace
03:27
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I am bright enough to end you
To put you on your knees
Cry for your mama
Beg me for relief
But I just can’t cross the line
To take what I know is mine
And the target just gets bigger
But I just can’t pull, I just can’t pull the trigger
There’s blood in the water
They’re nipping at my feet
The young and the charmless
The vomiting elite
If I kicked your front teeth in
Would the holy war begin
Or would the target just get bigger
And I’ll be left to pull, left to pull
Oh, you know you don’t belong
Oh, singing your little songs
The more you know, the less you feel
You couldn’t just own, you had to steal
There’s virtue in menace, a sickly sweet
That goes on and on and on and on
I am bright enough to end you
To put you at my feet
Cry for your maker
And beg me for release
Release
Release
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4. |
Let The Right One In
05:49
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You’re candy in the freezer
Sweetly breaking all my teeth
The pain is an echo
Of all your gilded shit beneath
You’re not the revolution
Just a well read casualty
Of a war fought in darkness
You’re too self assured to see
Tell me you love me
As if that’s all I have to hear
The answer to a question
I have not asked of you in years
You can’t see the future
So you’ll build a time machine
Before you accept
You can’t be everything
Let the right one in, through your frozen skin
And embrace the scars of your long dead heart
Let the right one in, through your frozen skin
And embrace the scars of your long dead heart
Tell me you love me
As if that’s all I have to hear
The answer to a question
I have not asked of you in years
Just give me a moment
To find the ghost in this machine
And bow to the feeling
I can’t be everything
Let the right one in, through your frozen skin
And embrace the scars of your long dead heart
Let the right one in, through your frozen skin
And embrace the scars of your long dead heart
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5. |
Modern Dirt Eaters
05:22
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Lights up on your party
You’ve had your last drink, it’s time to go
You stumble on sun bleached pavement
A half speed nightmare glow
Everybody loves you but no one ever shows it the right way
Laugh a little longer and push away the things that you can’t fake
Now that you feel the same
Will you be whole
Now that you feel the same
Can you let go
You live your life in awe of them
The way they move, their perfect smiles
Shiny empty people who never stop to think of a new trick
The grass is always greener you modern dirt eater, you know it
Now that you feel the same
Will you be whole
Now that you feel the same
Can you let go
Now that you feel the same
Now that you bring the pain
Now that you play the game
Will you be whole
Your metal veins won’t stop bleeding
The numbness is something new
The water’s at your head but you’ll hold your breath forever to keep sane
The walls are caving in but you’ll paint them all the colors that seem brave
Now that you feel the same
Will you be whole
Now that you feel the same
Can you let go
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6. |
Deceived
04:44
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Sulk, like you do, in the corner of the room
Dream up a tune to bring about my doom
In perfect rhyme with the vultures of our time
A nameless crime
If I could see what you need me to see
If you could be what I need you to be
But through wisdom received
We are being deceived
Search for a way to lead you astray
A beautiful day to tell you I can’t stay
A fading light in a never ending fight
Where no one’s right
If I could see what you need me to see
If you could be what I need you to be
But through wisdom received
We are being deceived
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7. |
Flock
03:56
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In a soaring cloud of human bombs
And the endless hum of nameless songs
I wonder why
When the hearts of long forgotten men
Are built to break but never bend
I wonder why
God is not the answer, god is the question
God is not the answer, god is the question
When the thief is thrown a black parade
For all the martyr blood he’s paid
I wonder why
As the Walmart scholars rule the world
And a savior’s voice is never heard
I wonder why
God is not the answer, god is the question
God is not the answer, god is the question
So tell me what you believe in
A gull in a rancid flock
The train is getting closer
The rails are going nowhere
There is no answer if there is no question
There is no answer if there is no question
There is no answer if there is no question
There is no answer if there is no question
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8. |
Twist & Turn
02:50
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Twist & turn, there’s no escape
A new emotion has taken shape
Your bones will break, your heart will burst
You push away the feeling of an awful thirst
But I know the truth about you
I know the truth about you
Say it again, it tastes so good
You get more pleasure than you really should
Good intentions like a dull knife
How dare you lecture me about my godless life
Cuz I know the truth about you
I know the truth about you
Twist & turn, there’s no escape
A new emotion has taken shape
Thank your god and stars above
You’ll never know the feeling of this heathen love
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9. |
Settled Science
04:09
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Punching down at the sated masses
The brightest mind of the dead end classes
I think I’m sick, but I know you’re well
In suburban squalor just north of hell
It’s the blue in your eye, it’s the red in mine
It’s keeping me up at night
It’s settled science
That the money keeps us tame
It’s settled science
There’s no one left to blame
It’s settled science
That the storm won’t get you wet
It’s settled science
This is all we get
On the prowl in the darkened playpen
Same old story, you go through the paces
You suck your teeth and you slick your hair
An expecting tongue for a price that’s fair
You can drown your demons but they’ll learn to swim
It’s keeping me up at night
It’s settled science
That love is not your game
It’s settled science
There’s no one left to blame
It’s settled science
That the storm won’t get you wet
It’s settled science
This is all we get
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10. |
The Absence Of
05:06
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It hides in shadows, it whispers in the dark
A thousand slashes, it never leaves a mark
There’s a hole in the world, I’m tumbling through
When I get to the end, I fall into you
Addicted to the absence of
Addicted to the absence of
Addicted to the absence of
Your particular kind of love
A red obsession that grows inside of me
To take your punches, to see what I can be
With a mouthful of blood, I smile wide for you
As I spit in your face, I know my aim is true
Addicted to the absence of
Addicted to the absence of
Addicted to the absence of
Your particular kind of love
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