1. |
Putrid
02:51
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You do it everyday
Until there's nothing to say
You don't know where to go
And I am on a row
You carry on this way
And I'll be forced to say
You don't know what it means
And I don't know where to go
I can't really blame
You if you don't want to stay
The leaves turn brown to green
As we heal our trees
This orchard we corrupt
Our roots can barely touch
The flowers full in bloom
As our arbor splits in two
She said what it means to me
If anything I am on my own
She said what it means to me
If anything I am all alone
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2. |
Stardown
03:41
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I don't know what to say
I get frozen by your gaze
I don't have the strength
To go on this way
I've been waiting for the day
For you to illuminate
I've been waiting through the night so long
I've lost my way
I know I'm only to blame
To leave your glowing love unclaimed
As the Earth turns away
My heart is put on display
I've been waiting for the day
Your celestial radiates
I've been waiting through the night so long
I've lost my way
I've been waiting for the day
For you to illuminate
I've been waiting through the night so long
I've lost my way
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3. |
Framed Fables
04:19
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Falling for the same ruse again
Framed fables authored by a quill pen
Bleeding words fall off the edge
Have me racing to catch what I can
Bevy of birds in deep conversation
Try to catch any words that I can
As they fly off into the sunset
Their feathers rain black ink down on my head
Swimming in the pain I put upon myself
I can barely
Grasp the beauty of the things you were saying
Now I'm left here in this room
I painted my own
Just to cover up the pain I was feeling
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4. |
Free Me See Me
03:57
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Waiting out the rain
Waiting through this gray
I really don't know what
Has got me in this rut
I don't really know
How this all should go
Hiding in my cave
Until the break of day
And I'll stay
Right here
In my own fear
Til the
Day comes
And warms my soul
Where moss is vibrant green
While things can go unseen
Makes me start to think
Someone's here with me
As my candles fade
And thoughts reverberate
A breeze caresses me
As if to guide my way
And I'll stay
Right here
In my own fear
Til the
Day comes
And warms my soul
See
What I need to do
What I'm going through
Can't be fixed by you
Free
What I need from
Is to know that you
Will be okay too
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5. |
Syzygy
03:59
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You're on
the edge
of your universe
Heart racing
yet patiently
We wait
For the yellow sun
To swallow everyone
While the
stars Start
to slowly burn
In the sky
they ignite
You struck
me with
a single word
My soul is
in whole bliss
We felt the thunder shake
and move from our head to toe
I'll be here forever
this lightning superstar show
Mother
Nature
Calls you by your name
Father Time
waits for you
Old man
Winter
melts at your gaze
As lady luck
is left jealous
Down the
lake by
the road where we found
the universe
Nature's submerse
We float
along
the shimmering sky
Reflections in
our limerence
As the cosmos quake
and the novas break in the sky
I'm left floating in
the orbit around your eyes
We felt the thunder shake
and move from our head to toe
I'll be here forever
this lightning superstar show
The gods shine down on me and you
As we evaporate in two
Oh god I cannot wait
For our planets to lay
In syzygy, we come through
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6. |
LBRP
03:51
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Purple rose, crystal ball
Falling for the divine
Stuck inside my own mind
Can't decide yet who am I
All you've said, is what you read
From someone else's vision
Repeat the words until they come true
Stuck inside this new prison
Promises
Among the stars
Stories told
Of who we are
Take the sledge,
Crack the ball
Free the mind
Save us all
Leaves gone bad
The cup has cracked
Leaving me misguided
Witches brew
Is coming true
Raphael is on my back
Promises
Among the stars
Stories told
Of who we are
Take the sledge,
Crack the ball
Free the mind
Save us all
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7. |
Lake Under Ice
03:44
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All I'll say
Just before
We pass away
Become no more
I don't know
I misread you
But there were pages
Missing from your book
Tried to fill them
With my own pen
Poisoned the page
With my perspective
All I ever
Wanted to do
Was make you feel new
Like no one ever hurt you
With arms wide open
You leave like before
We always came to a single door
That only one could
Ever pass through
Every time I hope its you
Lake under ice
Beautiful night
Rose pedals on snow
Waiting for the show
It never came
We left just the same
Your smile was
What kept me warm enough
Lights reflecting
In your shimmering eyes
Brought me peace and joy
Every time
I'll just stay here
I don't wanna go
Keep waiting for the rest of the show
With arms wide open
We leave like before
We always came to a single door
That only one could
Ever pass through
Every time I hope its you
We deserve to be happy and free
We deserve to be happy and free
We deserve to be happy and free
I want you to be happy and free
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8. |
Little Bit o' Nothing
02:44
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I am here again I feel like
I'm in a deep, endless sleep
Okay, I know you're wonderful but
Don't you awaken me
I know you want to go down to
The where-a-bouts we only want to be
Alone and happy with ourselves
I try so hard to be okay
Little bit of something
Turn it into nothing
Little bit of something
I took the tiny bit of love I had left
And brought it to the store
But the merchant there didn't want it
And pointed me back to the door
I brought it to the man who had nothing
And he just points and laughs
So I tried to throw it all away
And it just came right back
Little bit of nothing
Turn it into something
Little bit of nothing
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9. |
In My Hands
03:38
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Everyone has gone away I'm left
All on my own I guess
She has found someone new
That will make her smile through
I never thought I'd be good enough
To make this song last so long
I'm stuck pretending I'm mature enough to take
All this on
Constant breathing paranoia
Stuck inside my imagination
Tried to build my castle up strong
But I fucked it up made it all wrong
My head is buried in my hands
I want to travel distant lands
Just to see if you would follow me there
So I know that you do care
You told me to be quiet
Don't tell anyone our secret
But I can barely hold it in
I feel like I could slip and then
You wont want me around
You wont want me around
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You cast away the endless doubt
And yet they still somehow found out
No matter how hard you try
To bloom a bud that only dies
Tried to put the coattails of
The thought behind you and move on
Forgotten until someone stepped on
Bringing you back to square one
The tailor can truly see
That the size will fit eventually
But you keep on throwing clothes away
Praying for a sunny day
You're longing to leave here
The cop will search another block
With his bloodhound sniffing your tossed sock
They wont give up on the pursuit
But they have got nothing on you
The judge will say you're guilty
While you think this is where you should be
The jury seems bought and paid
While you are left on display
The guard was put on alarm
While you scrape your cup against the bars
Saying that you are ready
But we're unprepared to set you free
You're longing to leave here
I don't know what to do or say
In a town that grows while you decay
Try and save you from this hell
Before the mob starts to swell
Just for a single day
So that you can learn to feel okay
And fall in love all over again
With the you, that you have always been
Please know that we love you
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11. |
Freakshow Epilogue
04:28
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And I don't know what to say
When every body's gone away
And I'm stuck here all alone
They say just ask for help
But when I try to reach out
They turn their backs so cold
And I don't know what to say
And I don't know what to do
This world is all I know
I wonder if they think
Or hope there's somebody
Else who'll help me out
And come watch the freakshow
Make an asshole of himself again
As his mind spins and rescinds
In isolation
Plagued by the through that he's got no one
To call a friend
Everyone stands around and watches him
Implode
And I don't get why I feel this so bad
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12. |
Gone
03:44
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And I don't know where to go
If you won't tell me more
If I get back up again
I might just say it
But you wont say anything
What am I supposed to think
When I am all alone
I've got no where to go
And I'll do anything for you
To hear one word
I can't be what you want me to
Please don't go
Down on the corner lot
It took everything I got
Just to get here in one piece
Now they're all leaving
Everyone likes to say
Everything will be ok
Then they just walk away
While I'm left bleeding
And I'll do anything for you
To hear one word
I can't be what you want me to
Please don't go
Dying on the sidewalk i am
Looking at the white chalk
I am gone
Waiting for the bright light to en-
velope all of my sight
I am gone
No one here around me they wont
Notice my leaving
I am gone
No gods will even touch me as I'm
Stuck in purgatory
I am gone
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