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| 2:29 | 
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Step on the stage
The lights the praise The curtain calls And the big parade You know that life all too well The promise the pain The valor the rage Hold up your hands For the bow and the wave You know his touch A little too well You throw yourself Into their arms Mistresses have all the fun But no one's ever there to take you home Box up your gloves and your Down coats Bound for the sun and the West coast Where upper crust tragedies abound A tip for the girl at the Coat check The guy at the door and the Bar back They know your face Oh so well But movies never made you famous All your dreams got lost or traded And all you ever cared about got lost But you were surely still an actress Older men would find attractive And all you ever dreamed of was the cost Where there's gold, there's a gold digger Where there's gold, there's a gold digger Where there's gold, there's a gold digger Where there's gold, there's a gold digger Where there's gold, there's a gold digger Where there's gold, there's a gold digger You throw yourself Into their arms Mistresses have all the fun But no one's ever there to take you home |
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| 2:19 |
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Would it kill you to breathe easy?
Only seventeen miles lay Between you and me I could make it if I had to I don't break easily You've got my counsel, thick as theives If there's a crime, we'll keep it secret For there's only trace amounts left in your blood You may be a sinner, but you may be justified Just keep your mouth shut Keep your guard up I swear I'll make it right Will it kill me to breathe? Not as easy as you think it is. Between you and me I can fake it if I have to I don't break easily I need your counsel, thick as thieves I have no crime to keep a secret It was hers, it was not mine Well I may be a sinner, but it wasn't me this time Just keep your mouth shut Keep your guard up I swear I'll make it right Well listen to yourself There is a hemorrhage in your mouth It won't stop bleeding Well you may be the trigger I will hold the smoking gun You'll get away clean I'll keep your secrets 'til the grave has swallowed me And I will never tell a tortured soul they're burning by my side That I am a sinner I am a savior I am a lie. So keep your mouth shut Keep your guard up I swear I'll make it right |
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| 3. |
| 2:45 |
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Don't act like you've been silent
I know how you spread that Web of contradictions Wide like so much cover fire Keep watch for the mines Keep watch for the mines Be careful who you Wave that tongue at 'round here I've seen smarter acts than yours Get disappeared If you keep swinging that knife All over this town You are bound To get you own back stabbed Keep watch for the mines The concealed dangers The traps and the coils of the wires With the sharp razors The ditches and the trenches and the smiles Of the grave diggers And if you're told The answer needs no questioning The answer is a lie Keep watch for the mines Keep watch for the mines Will they bleed everyone out? Will they bleed everyone out? Keep watch for the mines Will they bleed everyone out Before they die? Keep watch for the mines Keep watch for the mines Will they bleed everyone out? Will they bleed everyone out? Keep watch for the mines Will they bleed everyone out Before they die? Keep watch for the mines The concealed dangers The traps and the coils of the wires With the sharp razors The ditches and the trenches and the smiles Of the grave diggers And if you're told The answer needs no questioning The answer is a lie Keep watch for the mines Keep watch for the mines |
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| 4. |
| 2:59 |
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Lay my bones
At the feet of the ministry I need the guilt and the company I need the chance to be judged And then long forgotten Lately I just can't shake it I count the days in seconds and minutes Hours and hours are subtle as shards of glass In the skin So lay with me I could use the company You could help me ease These bones Are like maps and keys Where they took their hits And they felt those teeth There's a story hidden Underneath If you dig in deep Will you find relief? For these bones Shudder all night long The hammer drops Another scar For these bones But I know They're only my second home. Naked and under the cover of night It's just a matter of time 'til I'm Counted and measured and filed And then long forgotten Forgive my manner of speaking I know it's quick, but the clock is still ticking And I've got a few words left burning holes on my tongue I've been saving them So lay with me I could use the company You could help me ease These bones Are like maps and keys Where they took their hits And they felt those teeth There's a story hidden Underneath If you dig in deep Will you find relief? For these bones Shudder all night long The hammer drops Another scar For these bones But I know They're only my second home No you won't go down alone No you won't go down alone No you won't go down alone No you won't go down alone So lay with me I could use the company You could help me ease These bones Are like maps and keys Where they took their hits And they felt those teeth There's a story hidden Underneath If you dig in deep Will you find relief? These bones Are like maps and keys Where they took their hits And they felt those teeth There's a story hidden Underneath If you dig in deep Will you find relief? For these bones 'Cause I know That you won't go down alone |
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| 5. |
| 2:30 |
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Fever Dreams
Can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They can only haunt you Beneath your skin And your games You're alone But you're so contagious Tell me, what am I to do? When a fire, and a fever rages And I have caught it too, So who's to blame Fever Dreams They can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They can only haunt you I've had enough of these moves I've had enough of these moves You get everything with I've lost all I can lose To your skill and your games But you're so contagious, so contagious Fever dreams Can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks They can only haunt you 'Til the fever breaks But you're so contagious Tell me, what am I to do? When a fire and a fever rages And I have caught it too, So who's blame For who gets burned For holding you? |
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| 6. |
| 2:58 |
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If you knew,
What I know, Would you try? Before your time Has run on you And worn you down Would you know, What you desire, In your heart? If you knew, What I know, Would you try? Is there time? Is there time? To follow just one desire? Is there time? Is there time, To follow your heart? Dress your wounds Test your strength Face the night Crave the touch Feel the pain Know the signs Is there truth, In your pain? You decide If you knew, What I know, Would you try? Is there time? Is there time? To follow just one desire? Is there time? Is there time, To follow your heart? As we lie In the shade Of poison trees Are we as safe As we let Ourselves believe? |
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| 3:51 |
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Taste
I love the taste I need its warm rush Rush I need the rush To pulse through my veins And I'll love you tonight Oh I love you tonight And tomorrow you may just Feel the same Please don't bite down I will know I'm alive Rush There is no rush There is no reason To blush There's only us To keep it between And I'll love you tonight I will love you tonight And tomorrow we may just feel the same And I won't bite down 'Til the moment counts And I'll know I'm alive And I'll know I'm alive Give me some teeth Give me something Unforgettable And I'll know I'm alive And I'll know I'm alive And I'll know I'm alive And the moment's right And I'll know I'm alive And I'll know I'm alive Give me some teeth Give me something Unforgettable And I'll know I'm alive And I'll know I'm alive And I'll know that I am alive |
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| 2:32 |
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How can you ask for forgiveness?
So now you think that your crimes are victimless? I know you and your sins Your retributions So how will you lay your penance down? We all pay in time So how will you clear you conscience When your clock unwinds? I've heard enough of your forked tongue How do you know when the cuts are deep enough? I know you like your stabs Your preemptive attacks But how will you hold your demons down? We're all judged in time But how can you seek redemption Using alibis? You out to know better, Than to bait your jailor You ought to know You ought to know better How do you deal with the consequence? Now that we bear the weight of your arrogance I know you and your cons Your petty little bombs But who will you blame your troubles on now? We all pay in time So how will you clear your conscience When your lies unwind? You ought to know better, Than to bait your jailor You ought to know better, Than to test your luck You ought to know better, Than to bite who feeds ya' You ought to know You ought to know better How can you ask for forgiveness? How can you think that your crimes are victimless? I know you and your sins Your retributions So how will you lay your penance down? We're all judged in time So how will you clear your conscience When your lies unwind |
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| 9. |
| 2:53 |
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Slip out the back before those
Handlers get too tight on you I light my own fires now I light my own fires now Slip in this town like it was Measured to fit right on you We light our own fires now We lead ourselves into the night Oh yeah, I don't think I'll be held inside an ordinary cell Am I the escape or Am I the escape artist? I know, I know it's just a question of details Or one of, Denial. Could all of this trip wire Cut so easy? We'll just see Cut the alarm before the Motion sets off its sensors We move in silence now We guard our secrets with our lives And cover our tracks so we are Protected from surveillance We move in silence now We lead ourselves into the fight Into the fight Into the fight Into the fight And all the saints Will rise again As sons of wealthy men Tear the whole world down before our eyes And all the signs We should have read While we ignored the dead Will haunt us long after the last of us has died Slip out the back before those Handlers get too tight on you I light my own fires now I light my own fires now Slip in this town like it was Measured to fit right on you We light our own fires now We lead ourselves into the night |
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| 10. |
| 2:23 |
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Why do you speak with that accent now?
Everyone knows you're not from the streets. You went to prep school in Cambridge, With daughters and sons of the privileged elite. Their fortunes from shipping and industry, Their futures in yacht clubs and tails. So why do you speak with that accent now? Everyone knows you're moonlighting here. To avail yourself of your heritage, For a season or two in the sun. Draw well from the funds in the trust, Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons, For us it's a matter of charging the gates For you it's a matter of blood and connections Of blood and connections. So who do you fool with that costume now? Everyone knows you're not who you seem You've got a hard way about you For someone whose passage is already paid By the sins and the schemes of your father And the infinite reach of his arm Draw well from the funds in the trust, Thanks to the fathers of fortunate sons, For us it's a matter of charging the gates For you it's a matter of blood Drink well from your bottomless cup And bask in your good fortune For us it's a matter of charging the gates For you it's a matter of blood and connections So where will you be when you tire of the fun The escape, the charade, and your time in the slums I know everyone does their own reinvention But yours has a taste that's hard to swallow And what will you tell of your tenure with us? Will you build yourself up, like the size of your hut? If they're anything like what you've been telling us, Those stories will make true believers Of the chumps and the fools. So why do you speak with that accent now? Everyone knows you're not from the streets. |
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| 11. |
| 2:58 |
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I believe in clean breaks, I keep the old troubles away
But you're making sure I was lying when I said "I can leave, This behind" I need you to ruin me For this, finally, 'Cause it's burying me Now, I'm in these old knots Each move keeps me locked away With each new embrace, I have tied myself up. More tightly, Into you Oh, but the more I fight Then the deeper I'm trapped And I can't break free of this hold that you have And I crave you more Under the heat of your touch And I need your skin To ruin me For this wicked town Where your ghosts are bound To me One last sacrifice Of this ritual escape I was lying when I said... "I believe, in clean breaks" |
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| 12. |
| 2:58 |
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You will wait in the widows peak
And while you watch the ships come in I will take the early train And I will take the back streets Down to New Orleans Before the avenues are swallowed By the morning heat And you will watch the ships come in And I will take the early train And I will make it home We're stronger where The strain had broken us And there is fight in us I know And it will take more than A heavy rain To silence us When there's so much for us I know And you will wait At your post until You've been relieved And warn us all If seas are dangerous But you should rest For a little while And I will watch the ships come in I'll alert the citizens I'll sound the alarm We're stronger where The strain had broken us And there is fight in us I know That it will take more than A heavy rain To silence us When there's so much for us I know They've tethered the ships In the harbor They've anchored the rest At sea We're stronger than Before the strain had broken us And there is fight in us I know We're stronger than Before the strain had broken us And there is fight in us I know That it will take more than A heavy rain To silence us When there's so much for us I know |
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