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Start to
02:21
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find the one to cripple you
the one to praise
and know you through
give your guts and solitude
cause before you do
the grass is so green
the stars look so clean
untouched by the dirt
the dirt you’ll love
find the one to cripple you x2
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Stitches
03:21
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let me apologize in advance for
having to sacrifice you
in the temple of the words
at the crack of the dawn
when the sky will turn so red
you will lie there on the bed
unaware
and you’ll never learn what was true
as nobody ever does
we came searching around for any subtle signs of a chance to break through
and we only sensed the walls
from effect to the cause
no one ever signed for trading their precious time for virtueless interpretation
how could we wish for more
you won’t recall a thing
just the stitches on your chest will make you wonder
i’d slide in past your ribs
why, why weren’t we given other ways around?
It takes just one your glance
(to take down my defence)
to turn the tables back on me
(annihilate what we could be)
to take us back down to the ground
I was slowly disarmed
cornered and pinned to the ground by the sound of air-raid sirens
shockwaves of the silence
it’s an ultimate harm
leaving no traces behind just a taste of lifelong vain
the itchy phantom pain
I won’t apologize
but I can’t help but entice you
into thinking that we’re safe
in the imminence of doom
when the sky will turn so black
you will lie there on the table
in a sack
and you’ll never learn what was true
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Staircase Phenomena
03:02
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try not to laugh
I’ve been ripped in a half
and I’m giving the best of you most of the credit
planted a seed that’s devouring the rest of me
can’t you see?
king of the world
I’m the core of the swirl
I’m the Causa causans at the very leastest
what do I do when the mirrors are greeting me:
say hello to the flaw
of nature staring back at you
would you go if you knew the universe would be much better off without you?
tempting with its sense
the self-destruction
the primal source of doubt
don’t you hear it call?
so overwhelming
the instincts block it out
goes around, goes around, goes around
nothing can break the loop
it goes around
given the choice
I was given the voice
I was given the staircase to saddle the food chain
that is the plan that's what I was meant to be
can’t you see?
plague of the world
I am one of the herd
I will rip out my eyes not to see the blood stains
why won’t you say that you do believe in me?
I’d give up my
choice and free will
just to be a part of what is said to be
the great design
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Steppenwolf
03:33
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the crack in the current of time
is just a flip of the coin
aspire for a while then collide
with inanimation
of all
no consistent pattern
no winners, no rewards
no such thing as permanent vows
once broken - always on the mend
until you fall asleep
kiss goodbye your integrity
no prowess required x2
it’s all fun and games until
someone loses their innocence
it’s all fun and games until
someone loses
x2
in sackcloth and ashes now when you know
demand for endeavour’s been chronically low
but someone keeps starting the fires
again and again
frustrated expectations as fallen empires
a very slight difference from the distance of time
something so utterly dire
is making us right
I hold on to the circling
of the hushaby in my head
I try not to forget
there’s no consistent pattern, no winners, no rewards
no losers as well
as long as we try
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