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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
I've got a book of matches
I've got a can of kerosene I've got some bright ideas involving you and me I don't blame you for walking away I'd do the same if I saw me I shat the bed and laid there in it Thinking of you wide awake for days Wide awake for days And I found you tongue-tied in my twisted little brain You couldn't crack a smile I didn't catch your name I don't blame you for walking away I'd do the same if I saw me I swear it's not contagious In four short steps we can erase this Step one -- slit my throat Step two -- play in my blood Step three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house Step four -- stop off at Edgebrook Creek and rinse those crimson hands You took me hostage and made your demands I couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one I'm like a broken record I've got a needle scratching me It injects the poison of alcohol I.V. I don't blame you for walking away I'd do the same if I saw me I swear it's not contagious I swear to God it's not contagious Step one -- slit my throat Step two -- play in my blood Step three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house Step four -- stop off at Lake Michigan and rinse those crimson hands You took me hostage and made your demands I couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one This could be love - love for fire This could be love - love for fire This could be love - love for fire This could be love for fire forevermore Step one -- slit my throat Step two -- play in my blood Step three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house Step four -- stop off at Berkeley Marina and rinse those crimson hands You took me hostage and made your demands I couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one One by one |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
In the shadows where the heads hang low
You hear the voices as the wind blows Asking can't you see? Reminding you to breathe It's only time before it catches up To you and all your broken luck I've found a better way To get even with my memory In the darkness where the angels cry Give us water, give us back our lives Our bed's this concrete floor And it's all we have left to live for A day we'll never face, we're only Second-handed, sick, and lonely Fighting back the tears And every urge to Van Gogh both our ears That's it, we've had enough Please turn that fucking radio off Ain't nothing on the air wave in the despair we feel In the shadows where the heads hang low You hear the voices as the wind blows Asking can't you see? Reminding you to breathe It's only time before it catches up To you and all your broken luck I've found a better way To get even with my enemies That's it, we've had enough Please turn that fucking radio off Ain't nothing on the air wave in the despair we feel That said, We've had enough Put Walk Among Us on and turn it up Ain't nothing on the air wave in the hatred we feel This is our biggest fear The only tunes that we hear Come via antenna to your car radio Oh no, no, no That's it, we've had enough We've had enough |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
You're in the next room sleeping and
I'm shouting out a song for you I shouldn't wake you over the furnace, but I should swear to someone you'd have loved every note So dream a good one tonight I'll listen to the bad ones when they come Get up in my ear 'till I hear every word Every turn of your tongue, I will tighten my grip No one could tell even if I fell 100 stories straight down, down, down No one could tell even if I fell 100 stories down I was getting bored with hurting myself If you fall down enough, well soon enough, you will find hell It can't be as?as pretty as we hoped it would be It's not even warm here, not even ten degrees This bed is too big to sleep in, and I'm dying just to feel you breath You couldn't see across the ocean, but I was turning over 'till the vampires sleep So dream a good one tonight I'll listen to the bad ones when they come Get up in my ear 'till I hear every word Every turn of your tongue, I will tighten my grip No one could tell even if I fell 100 stories straight down, down, down No one could tell even if I fell 100 stories down I was getting bored with hurting myself If you fall down enough, well soon enough, you will find hell It can't be as?as pretty as we hoped it would be It's not even warm here, not even ten degrees Dream a good one tonight Dream a good one tonight Dream a good one tonight Dream a good one tonight I was getting bored with hurting myself So dream a good one tonight I was getting bored with hurting myself So dream a good one tonight I was getting bored with hurting myself So dream a good one tonight I was getting bored with hurting myself |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
I've got a dying urge to feel the way you do
Too close for comfort, bed and breakfast in a spoon The shortest breath of your young life A long walk home on Friday night You made one last stop at the store So close to perfect, swear to hell, thought it was you This bouncing baby boy's now turning baby blue I've got your pictures on my walls I've got a long list of calls I must make to your existing family You had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up Your final coffin nail's been driven far too much This won't take long, you said, I'm not going far Go wait in the car Go wait in the car I often wonder what it feels like to be you A mess like this stuck on your hands with crazy glue Ran out of time, no kiss goodbye Wish I could learn to let this sleeping dog die without lying to myself You had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up Your final coffin nail's been driven far too much This won't take long, you said, I'm not going far Go wait in the car Go wait in the car You had nine lives and one by one you chewed 'em up Your final coffin nail's been driven far too much This won't take long, you said, I'm not going far Go wait in the car Go wait in the car |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
I put it all on black,
no color you're all dressed in And a stab in the back left you bleeding on the floor And I'm mourning the death, the recent passing of your insides I smile in regret every time I think of how I spoke to you I put it all in back of my mind where I hold you I'm just trying to keep track how far back it really goes And I'm living in lack of the blood sent from the heavens I'm just trying to relax as the killer's waiting right outside my door What's black and white? What's read all over? This tired book, this organ donor Sweet blasphemy, my giving tree It hasn't rained in years I bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin ears Leave it to me, I remain free from all the comforts of home And where that is, I'm pleased as piss to say, I'll never really know I put them all in black, the four walls of my bedroom And I trimmed them in red, peeled your picture off the wall And I'm living in lack of the blood sent from your heartbeat That arrived in your neck every time I salivated over you What's upside down? What's coated in silver? This crucifix is my four leaf clover Sweet blasphemy, my giving tree It hasn't rained in years I bring to you this sacrificial offering of virgin ears Leave it to me, I remain free from all the comforts of home And where that is, I'm pleased as piss to say, I'll never really know One of these days, it's gonna catch up to you Throwing looks like those around One of these nights, I promise to you I'll soon be sleeping sound As soon as I leave town |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
Emma appeared like an angel
Emma fell like rain Into my lap like a heart attack, like lightning from her name I'm running dry of bad excuses Don't want to lie or seem intrusive But time hasn't told me anything, and neither has she A poinsettia in poison rain Traded true love for insult and injury We washed it down the drain with one silver bullet and two vicodin With two vicodin Emma woke up in darkness, suitcase already packed Note on the bedstand signed in blood, 'Sincerely, never coming back.' A nightmare on my street the day she arrived A nightmarish household in which she died, because it made her feel at home Somehow made me feel at home A poinsettia in poison rain Traded true love for insult and injury We washed it down the drain with one wooden stake through the heart and two vicodin A poinsettia in poison rain Traded true love for insult and injury We washed it down the drain with one silver bullet and two vicodin We watched the sun fall crown on a city that sleeps in a world upside down A slow ticket straight out of town You went out with a bang when you took with you all my dreams underground With you all my dreams underground |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
There's no mystery no more,
just no talking to you Guess you had other things in store Guess I felt I was through I answered every question as accurately as I could I don't hear from you no more, but I get the message You crashed your car through my front door, I pulled you from the wreckage You told me that you missed me But you meant with the grill and hood you'd kill me if you could And if it's okay, I'll just grab my shit and leave I won't say one word, I'll keep my tricks up my sleeve Flew off of the handle, you opened fire on me Put me down, put me out of misery I'm fatally yours You set fire to me that night, you lit and left me burning Out of my mind, but in my sights, I saw the tables turning I had a friend that needed me You made a wish that won't come true, nand now it's killing two And if it's okay, I'll just grab my shit and leave I won't say one word, I'll keep my tricks up my sleeve Flew off of the handle, you opened fire on me Put me down, put me out of misery I'm fatally yours I'm fatally yours I'm fatally yours I'm fatally yours |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
I know it's dark here, you know that I'm scared too
For some reason right now, of everything but you Right now you're all that I recognize You know I came here when I needed your soft voice I needed to hear something that sounded like an answer Now I wait here, and sometimes I get one It's nothing I'll forget when the moon gets tired You are stuck to me everyday Believe in what I am because it's all I have today And tomorrow who knows where we'll be From here I can hardly see a thing But I will follow anyone who brings me to you For now, forever, for on and on and on You know it starts here, outside waiting in the cold Kiss me once in the snow, I swear it never gets old But I will promise you I can make it warmer next year You know I came here when I needed your soft voice I needed to hear something that sounded like an answer Now I stay here, and everyday I get one It's nothing I'll forget when the moon gets tired You are stuck to me everyday Believe in what I am because it's all I have today And tomorrow who knows where we'll be From here I can hardly see a thing But I will follow anyone who brings me to you For now, forever, for on and on and on So go plug in your electric blanket We can stay in 'till our southern summer wedding day Go plug in your electric blanket We can stay here |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
It's everything that I can do right now
To not think about you moving further off with every passing second And every night of this lonely summertime I feel you missing from my heart, a part was kidnapped from my soul Well I can hardly wait until I get the sun and your lips both pressing on my skin Well I can hardly wait until I feel that thrill my heart that starts inside your eyes And a song in my head that burns so good on my tongue Yes I will, yeah, yeah Yes I will The night is aging as the sun warms your face Won't you turn around and stay for good, the air is getting much too cold I am nervous and anxious, it really counts this time And you know all my favorite singers have stolen all of my best lines Well I can hardly wait until I get the sun and your lips both pressing on my skin Well I can hardly wait until I feel that thrill my heart that starts inside your eyes And a song in my head that burns so good on my tongue Yes I will, yeah, yeah Yes I will, yeah, yeah Yes I will Someday I'll burn this bed Only two feet wide, but where I'll hide for the next 17 days I will ask myself, 'How badly do I want this?' I really want this Well I can hardly wait until I get the sun and your lips both pressing on my skin Well I can hardly wait until I feel that thrill my heart that starts inside your eyes And a song in my head that burns so good on my tongue Yes I will, yeah, yeah Yes I will, yeah, yeah Yes I will |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
So it began this way,
I can't recall how it got started So it began this way, I don't recall a thing And all in all I guess it's for the better If you don't remember anything, sit and sing There was a time when everything we did seemed second nature There was a time when everything we did seemed free And all in all I guess it's for the better If you don't remember anything, sit and sing And I wanted you to know It was you that we were thinking of as we quietly died in the snow A place we'd never leave A place we'd never want to call home A place we'd call a final resting place in pieces So we began this way, I don't recall where we got started And so we end this way no trace of us in spring All in all, I guess it's for the better if you just can't feel a fucking thing Fall asleep and die And I wanted you to know It was you that we were thinking of as we quietly died in the snow A place we'd never leave A place we'd never want to call home A place we'd call a final resting place in pieces And I wanted you to know It was you that we were thinking of as we quietly died in the snow A place we'd never leave A place we'd never want to call home A place we'd call a final resting place in pieces |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
A train appeared in town one night
For some of us it changed our lives A few of us never saw it coming Then like the fire it disappeared It happens at a wonderful age With the traffic lights your mind can change We made up rules to follow for good No wonder we're fucked up, some of us did Tonight never ends if we never go inside The moon is always full Your calendar is always pinned on summertime Were you planning on staying forever? You don't fit in this hole, or don't you remember? Hold your breath Walk, don't run through the graveyard A train appeared in town one night For some of us it saved our lives A few of us never saw it coming Then like the fire we disappeared It happens at a wonderful age With the traffic lights your mind can change We made up rules to follow for good No wonder we're fucked up, some of us did I'm just scared I might never say goodbye I won't be around to hold you down Pry open your ears and ask you why Were you planning on staying forever? You don't fit in this hole, or don't you remember? Hold your breath Walk, don't run through the graveyard Is this why you've worked so hard? Is this why you've run so far? Same place, same hello, same goodbye Helps you pick through beat up insides Were you planning on staying forever? You don't fit in this hole, or don't you remember? Hold your breath Walk, don't run through the graveyard |
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from Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning (2003)
It's about time that I came clean with you
I'm no longer fine, I'm no longer running smooth I though that I found myself under something new Just one more line I repeat over and over again 'Till I'm blue in the face with a choking regret Because I talk in circles 'round you on my bed Can't say I blame you one bit when you kept it all inside When you left that night It's about time that you got sick of me No longer fun, and so far from interesting I thought that I found me a cure for feeling old Just one more line to keep me sleeping loudly and cold In disgraced with a shameful regret As I talk in tongues to myself in my bed Can't say I blame you one bit when you kept it all inside When you left that night And all that followed fell like mercury to hell Somehow we lost our heads for the last time And all that followed fell like mercury to hell Somehow we lost our heads for the last time And I don't dream since I quit sleeping And I haven't slept since I met you And you can't breathe without coughing at daytime And neither can I So what do you say? Your coffin, or mine? |
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from Cursed (커스드) by Marco Beltrami [ost] (2005)
Well, I'll sit here to convince myself its true
If you keep on telling your friends that we're through I've got nothing here but loneliness Holes in walls and bleeding fists My head is pounding like a pillow Like a big black song My friends and I try to tell me you're gone Won't listen to myself or anyone You got on a plane and off you went You're never coming back again I'm trying to convince myself it's true Convincing myself I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be here telling myself it's true Well I sit here to convince myself its true If you keep on pretending to have no clue That I'd kill for you and eat the flesh Give you the heart and burn the rest A thousand miles ain't shit to walk If I'm walking to hold you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be here telling myself it's true |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
I dragged this lake looking for corpses
Dusted for prints, pried up the floorboards Pieces of planes and black box recorders Don't lie (Don't lie) And I've been preoccupied with these sick, sick senses That sense DNA on barbed wire fences Maybe someday, I'll find me a suspect That has no alibi New Year's Eve was as boring as heaven I watched flies fuck on channel 11 There was no one to kiss, there was nothing to drink Except some old rotten milk someone left in the sink And there's no ring, there's no ring, on the phone anymore There's no reason to call I passed out on the floor Smoked myself stupid and drank my insides raisin dry But at the right place at the right time I'll be dead wrong and you'll be just fine I won't have to quit doing fucked up shit For anyone but me And the right place at the right time It will have been worth it to stand in line And you won't have to stop say I love cops, for anyone but me Your private eye. I dragged this lake looking for corpses Dusted for prints, pried up the floorboards Pieces of planes and black box recorders Don't lie (Don't lie) And I've been preoccupied with these sick, sick senses That sense DNA on barbed wire fences Maybe someday, I'll find me a suspect That has no alibi At the right place at the right time I'll be dead wrong and you'll be just fine I won't have to quit doing fucked up shit For anyone but me And the right place at the right time It will have been worth it to stand in line And you won't have to stop Say I love cops, for anyone but me Your private eye Your private eye And at the right place at the right time I'll be dead wrong and you'll be just fine You won't have to quit doing fucked up shit For anyone but me And the right place at the right time It will have been worth it to stand in line And you won't have to stop Say I love cops, for anyone but me Your private eye |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
When was it that you lost your youth or traded
It for something more for them to use, so jaded Why is it that you never said I love you more than just a friend? I pray this gridlock never ends and when we get there just depends I found out recently that you are leaving For good I hope I softly tell my ceiling It's better now to be alive, sleeping is my 9 to 5 I'm having nightmares all the time of running out of words that rhyme Everything that you could never say Would never matter anyway I took a hammer and two nails to my eardrums long ago Before that steak knife took my eyes I looked up to the sky For the last thing I would ever see For the last time I'd cry When was it that you sold your life or wasted Every bite of that small slice you never tasted? I guess I should be one to talk, there's nights that I can't even walk There's days I couldn't give a fuck and in between is where I'm stuck From blocks away I heard somebody screaming That small child inside of you that you left bleeding You stabbed him up not once but twice, cubicles will now suffice Some say it's the roll of the dice, I think they're wrong, I know I'm right Every breath that I could barely breathe Could barely make it past my teeth I took a blowtorch to both of my lungs a long, long time ago And every step that I could take is one more difficult to make Mr. Chainsaw came and took my legs a long, long time ago In case you're wondering, I'm singing about growing up, about giving in In case you're wondering, I'm singing about growing up, about giving in In case you're wondering, we're singing about growing up About growing up and giving in |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
Hello, what the hell am I doing here?
That's a really nice suit, this is a really comfortable chair See, I don't know if you can help me or not. Cause I don't feel sick, no I don't feel sick But the pains in my head have almost put me underground I don't really care if I am healthy or not Just clean my head up, doc, I'll give you anything you want See, I don't know why I don't fall in love Well, maybe I know why, and maybe you could make it stop We'll cut it up and bury it and leave it underground And I'll take to wishing and fall under sleeping safe and sound Just give me medicine, prescribe me anything Just knock me out and walk me through the door Well I have no desire To see through my own eyes anymore Hello, what the hell are you doing here? You made a really strange face, this is a really uncomfortable air I see I'm boring you, maybe I bore myself too That's why I need help, I'm cleaning blood off dusty shelves I've been cut up in this room so many times it might take days And those stress cracks in the wood, how nicely they soak up the stains Just give me medicine, prescribe me anything Just knock me out and walk me through the door Well I have no desire To see through my own eyes anymore Been telling myself these jokes for so long, well so long I'm a has-been who is heckled on the stage Been telling myself these jokes for so long, well so long I'm a has-been who is heckled on this stage |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
There are things that used to make me smile
One of them was you for just a little while You left me for dead so far away I replaced you with fear and shame You'll be happy on the day I die There are things that used to make me laugh But now they're deeply buried in the past I left them there so far away Replaced my humor with my pain I'll be happy on the day it dies Remember when I said I love you? Well, forget it, I take it back I was just a stupid kid back then I take back every word that I said There are things that used to make you cry One of them was me for just a little while Why is it that you had to say Goodbye in your special way You slashed the tires on my car Remember when I said I love you? Well, forget it, I take it back I was just a stupid kid back then I take back every word that I said |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
He likes to act like he's all grown up He wanted to grow up to be an actor But he never told anybody He likes to spill all of his guts On the top of a well stocked bar And then swallow them bit by bit remembering every scar It's a valid reason for every drink And a new tattoo is a new reason to think He likes to pretend that he's all sewn up It makes for a much stronger case But there is blood underneath that skin That scar is not so easy to erase He walks with a glass cane now He's careful when holding his body up straight Can't go outside anymore when it's raining Can't smash up that beautiful face Another innocent girl just made his list That self pity shit is just too hard too resist Yeah when we get home you'll see that this part of him is now part of me He likes to act like he's all grown up He wanted to grow up to be an actor But he never told anybody He likes to spill all of his guts On the top of a well stocked bar And then swallow them bit by bit remembering every scar It's a valid reason for stronger drinks And a new tattoo is a new reason to think Yeah when we get home you'll see that this part of him is now part of me And its way too easy to fake this smile lead you on Maybe I'm wrong but everyone gets bored once in awhile |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
Why you turned out the way you did
That thunderstorm is still crashing in your cranium Find that all these funny faces look the same I know who's to blame, but I swore I wouldn't say It's time that I got moving on As you're still burning the dress you wore to senior prom Trying forget how you've been touched I loved you so I told you, but it didn't matter much And I'm trying to figure out What you're all about These days I don't have much to say to you And I've been drunker than a skunk Ever since the day I left you With your darkest secret safely packed away up in my steamer trunk Why I turned out the way I did Someone somewhere dropped me on my cranium I'm sorry, can you repeat what you just said? My short term memory is gone, but my long term's far from dead I'm trying to figure out What you're all about these days I don't have much to say to you And I've been drunker than a skunk Ever since the day I left you With your darkest secret safely packed away up in my steamer trunk I'm trying to figure out What you're all about These days I don't have much to say to you And I've been swearing like a sailor Ever since the day I left With your darkest secret safely packed away up in my steamer trunk |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
What the hell is your name?
And can you explain this mess? It seems you're playing a game Where you only know how to take out the best Cause if assholes could fly This place would be busier than O'Hare There's proof in the sky It's as thick as our skulls yet it's thinner than air I have something to say If the chip off your shoulder should fall to your chest Get it off right away Cause if you don't, then it won't be in peace that you rest It's just a matter of time That we all go away to a better place, I'm told It all sounds well and fine But without you around I feel nothing but cold And I now have nothing But your heartbeat in my head And a photograph of my traveling friend What the fuck is your name? And can you explain this mess? It seems you're playing a game Where you only know how to take out the best Cause if assholes could fly This place would be busier than O'Hare There's proof in the sky It's as thin as our skulls yet it's thicker than air And I now have nothing But your heartbeat in my head And a photograph of my traveling friend And I became nothing when I found you were dead When I found out I'd never see you again And all the time they took talking in circles To get them off the hook would take miracle workers We're nowhere near prepared, there's no way of knowing Why don't they just admit they're scared, cause its already showing And I now have nothing But your heartbeat in my head And a photograph of my traveling friend And I became nothing when I found you were dead When I found out I'd never see you again |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photograph
Behind your back, it goes A little something like this It's way to big to miss I got a letter in the mail The sender failed to let me know where it came from Opened it up and sure enough There we were arm in arm again I know it's small but my last call's been called a half an hour ago I know it's late, but do you think you could at least fix it for me? Then I'll go, I'll go alone, I swear I won't tell a soul I'll drink this beer and write in fear of a song everybody hates Armageddon, let the light in Before we say goodbye give us something to believe in Armageddon, we're not begging for too much I don't think Just need a goodbye kiss before we sink I wrote the words to this song on the back of a photograph Behind your back, it goes A little something like this It's way to big to miss I got a letter in the mail The sender failed to let me know where it came from Opened it up and sure enough there we were up in arms again Armageddon, let the light in Before we say goodbye, give us something to believe in Armageddon, we're not begging For too much I don't think, just a goodbye kiss before we sink Armageddon, let the light in Before we say goodbye, give us something to believe in Armageddon, we're not begging For too much I don't think, just one last salute before we sink |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
I'm dying tomorrow
In this house, this street, Chicago I'm dying tomorrow Did I, did I do it right? Did I remember to sleep in? Take lots of pills, commit irreversible sins Did I, did I at least try To kiss the prettiest girl at the right time? Did I remember to keep your beer as full as mine? Did I, did I remember to say cheers? Did I, did I at least try To make sure everybody had a good time? Had the best time I'm dying tomorrow In this house, this street, Chicago I'm dying tomorrow Did I, did I do it right? Did I remember to stay up late? Drinking for the fun, singing for the taste Did I, did I run outside To catch the rain under electrical skies? Did I remember to keep your beer as full as mine? Did I, did I remember to say cheers? Did I, did I at least try To make sure everybody had a good time? Had the best time I'm dying tomorrow In this house, this street, Chicago I'm dying tomorrow Did I, did I do it right? |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
You don't say much of anything
When questioned of your whereabouts And I just can't see through the evidence It's evident It's right in front of me in black and white and red And I don't believe in much of anything I'm glad I have people I call friends If it was up to me I'd never have to miss you It's for the better in the bitter end I guess you'd know the best You have every right to be This appalled with me Join the club I signed up a long time ago and I know how you feel And when you decked me You left me knocked out on the floor I came to bloodied up, but you weren't around I picked my teeth off the ground like they'd been there before |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
These days go by like trucks and trains
Some hit so hard you barely feel a thing Lights out right now, back then and forevermore Lights out left now, these robots marching to the nearest liquor store There's something green that's leaving town Always thought it was blue, always knew I was wrong Where it goes, hell knows maybe somewhere better than here And what they say of the grass on the other sides true Too much time looking up is turning everything blue Including me, including you, including you These times count down like boats and planes Some wash away in undertow, some plummet down in flames Lights out right now, back then and forevermore With sirens on, this ambulance is racing to the west coast shore There's something blue that's leaving town We always talked about black, we're considering brown Where it goes hell knows, maybe somewhere better than here And what they say of the grass on the other sides true Too much time looking up's turning everything blue Including me, including the ocean, including you Feel the ocean blue engulfing you I view the deep blue sea It's turning red right in front of me There's something gray that's leaving town And it's way beyond me how it gets off the ground Where it goes hell knows, maybe somewhere better than here And what they say of the grass on the other sides true Too much time looking ups turning everything blue Including me, including the pilots, including you |
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from Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary (1998)
Waking up zeroed in on medicine
Am I waking up at all today Seeing lights, feeling pain There's my cure on ice I can walk but I will crawl there I will crawl there Sitting straight, feeling faint An exhausted smile screens my words But I will hear them Here's a phrase that we all know But I can't make sense I don't know words but I will hear them I still hear them Never ran away for the sake of scars Tried not to move but she was armed And shots were fired Now a hole in the head of this wounded liar Never had a drink that I didn't like Got a taste of you, threw up all night I got more sick With every sour second rate kiss Everything I never would miss again Waking up zeroed in on medicine Am I waking up at all today Seeing lights, feeling pain There's my cure on ice I can walk but I will crawl there I will crawl there Never ran away for the sake of scars Tried not to move but she was armed And shots were fired Now a hole in the head of this wounded liar Never had a drink that I didn't like Got a taste of you, threw up all night I got more sick With every sour second rate kiss Everything I never would miss again I don't know who your boyfriend is(5x) |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
I gave up on you a long time ago
How can you blame me? We made plans to meet and you never showed You kept me waiting They said everything would work out just fine They said you'd help me But as it turns out it was all a lie And they're off someplace far away laughing at me You've been there for me one time in my life But it didn't matter You came and went so fast all my hope And faith in you shattered And now here I sit, alone in this room No one to confide in You watched all my dreams come apart at the seams You laughed, you left, you waited in hiding Bless me dark father, I have sinned I've done it before and I'll do it again Cause it keeps me warm, and makes you smile Been beneath me all the while, hell yes You gave up on me a long time ago I can't say I blame you I rejected the faith in your holy rays Is what it comes down to They said everything would work out just fine I just went crazy But I'm better now having a good time Being selfish and drunken and vulgar and lazy Bless me dark father, I have sinned I've done it before and I'll do it again Cause it keeps me warm, and makes you smile Been beneath me all the while Bless me dark father, I can't win Without you I'm as good as dead Cause you keep me warm, you make me smile You've been on my shoulder all the while Whispering sweet nothings You've been whispering sweet nothings |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
I thought that you were joking
When you said you couldn't breathe You said you couldn't breathe Turns out that you were choking On a town you couldn't leave You knew you'd never leave It met your disapproval at the age of 8 years old You were only 8 years old From then on there was no removal From that one way dead end road That one way dead end road I thought that you were laughing When you cried your eyeballs out You cried your eyeballs out And I don't mean to be prying But what were you so sad about? What are you still sad about? Met your disappointment at the age of 9 years old You were only 9 years old From then on there would be no ointment To take away these burns To make that pain grow dull And forever ain't that long When your smile's stuck in your head like a pop song All you think about is death Your dirty head has gone unswept for way too long now I thought that you were sleeping When I found you there in bed I found you there in bed When I touched you you were freezing It turned out that you were dead Turned out that you were dead Met your disapproval at the age of 8 years old You were only 8 years old From then on there was no removal From your fucked up head Your broken home And forever ain't that long When your smile's stuck in your head like a pop song All you think about is death Your dirty head has gone unswept for way too long now |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
It's been a long time since I've been close to you
It's been a long time since I've been sad It's been a while since I've really spent time with you Wish I could take back the times that I had The only thing that you ever really did for me Was make me oh so miserable And the hope that I never see your face again Is anything but questionable I hope this is goodbye There was a time when I thought you were a friend to me I think those times I was probably just drunk And if they offered a test about being a good friend I'd put money down that you'd surely flunk The only thing that you ever really took from me Were my records to sell them for dope Now all I have left is this heart in my chest And my happiness helping me cope I hope this is goodbye It's been a long time since I've been close to you It's been a long time since I've been sad It's been a while since I've really spent time with you Wish I could take back the times that I had The only thing that you ever really did for me Was make me oh so miserable And the hope that I never see your face again Is anything but questionable There was a time that I thought you were a friend to me I think those times I was probably just drunk And if they offered a test about being a good friend I'd put money down that you'd surely flunk The only thing that you ever really took from me Were my records to hawk them for dope Now all I have left is this heart in my chest Your dishonesty helping me cope I hope this is goodbye |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
There's a fire forming
Not too far from here Out on the East Coast Maybe it resides in you my dear We're worn out on our courtesy We've made our curtain calls Like vampire bats deprived of blood Into the New York City night we crawl And you've got a funny way of showing off Your bathroom surgery You said you were just cooling down From plans of leaving me There's something I should tell you For we may not have much time I've never met arms like yours The stars at night are big and bright Deep in your eyes, Miss Vincent You told me once I made you smile We both know damn well I didn't I'm not much of a jester But I'd test poison food for you Your majesty, you're royal blue I'm loyalty, your king of pain There's a hard rain falling Flooding your attic, it's clear Can't put out the fire That resides in you, my dear There's something I should tell you For we may not have much time I've never seen scars like yours The stars at night are big and bright Deep in your eyes, Miss Vincent You told me once I made you smile We both know damn well I didn't I'm not much of a jester But I'd test poison food for you Your majesty, you're royal blue I'm loyalty, your king of pain |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
There's a hope in my head
That's been cut and bled Dry as your bloodshot eyes And there's smoke in the air And it's soon to clear Revealing our demise There are some who say That it's a-ok If it makes you feel alright This is way too bad Now you're worse than sad All locked up there inside And I don't know how you feel But I'll make you a deal If u make it out alive My shoulders and ears Are all yours my dear I hope it comes as no surprise You've been know to say that you're a-ok When you're feeling sick inside I just want you to know I've got no place to go Until the day you die While you're waiting Be thankful for your fingers I'll be fading With the colors of your pictures I'm not crying wolf, you whispered I'm really dead this time I'm really dead this time There's a hope in my head That's been cut and bled Dry as your bloodshot eyes And there's smoke in the air And it's soon to clear Revealing our demise You've been know to say that you're a-ok When you're feeling dead inside I just want you to know I've got no place to go Until the day you die While you're waiting Be thankful for your fingers I'll be fading With the colors of your pictures I'm not crying wolf you whispered I'm really dead this time I'm really dead this time They locked you up They threw away the key Sutured your mouth shut Murdered your family Right before your eyes What could you do? Right before your eyes They took it all from you Contemplating You hanging from your ceiling Can't help hating You for having that feeling I'm not joking when I tell you I miss you all the time I already miss you all the time |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
I got the scars to remind me
I've watched the clocks go round I've walked myself through some days That have put me where I am Un another time, in another place All things might have been in place But for now I'm finding myself Out here standing on a rooftop screaming Hey world are you, listening? Listening to me? I'm here and I'm hurting To begin again It's another time, it's another place We are making more old days But for now I'm finding myself Out here standing on the doorstep screaming Hey world are you, listening? Listening to me? I'm here and I'm hurting To begin again Hey world, I'm ready to listen Learn something new I'm here and I'm willing To get myself through |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
I got these thoughts in my head
Dirty as fuck and never leaving And they're best left unsaid All the drinks under breath Got some shit off my chest Put on my back next to the monkey nest That somebody left With me the day I was born I got a hole in my head The size of lake fucking Michigan My pipe's lined in lead Got old school reasons to die All my money's been spent On a face lift via alcohol As this sinner repents To an empty bathroom reflection Please take these words And do with them what you would like It's a dream I had, it drove me mad It's just your time, it's just my fucking life I got a bottle in hand Straight to the ground with all my memories It's best left unsaid When they've all been left behind All my money's been spent On a DIY lobotomy This sinner repents To a lake and bathroom mirror Please take these words And do with them what you would like It's a dream I had, it drove me mad It's just your time, it's just my fucking life So take these words And do with them what you would like The dream you had, it drove me mad It's just your time, it's just my fucking life And that's my life Over and over again It's just my fucking life It might seem meaningless to you But it means everything to me And I'm fucked without you Please take these words And do with them what you would like The dream I had, it drove me mad It's just your time, it's just my fucking life And that's my life Over and over again It's just my fucking life |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
I can't go on
You set my head too heavy I need that song Those trusty chords could pull me through And early on They saw the warning signs and symptoms all day long We'd sit and dream of better days When we'd hit the ground running on empty Stories we've been told And those nights we spent together Never felt this fucking cold When we let the car run in the driveway Kiss you one last time Before we brought the horses in before The storm of 59, of 59 I can't go on These limbs have grown too heavy I need that song A night on earth could pull me through And early on They saw the warning signs and symptoms all day long Wonder how far from here we'll fall Before we hit the ground running on empty Stories we've been told And those nights we spent together Never felt this fucking cold When we let the car run in the driveway Kiss you one last time Before we brought the horses in before The storm of 59, of 59 |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
Well, I'll sit here to convince myself its true
If you keep on telling your friends that we're through I've got nothing here but loneliness Holes in walls and bleeding fists My head is pounding like a pillow Like a big black song My friends and I try to tell me you're gone Won't listen to myself or anyone You got on a plane and off you went You're never coming back again I'm trying to convince myself it's true Convincing myself I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be here telling myself it's true Well I sit here to convince myself its true If you keep on pretending to have no clue That I'd kill for you and eat the flesh Give you the heart and burn the rest A thousand miles ain't shit to walk If I'm walking to hold you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be just fine without you I'll be here telling myself it's true |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
Sit down and please make yourself comfortable
I might need some time To dance around what I need to say I love you to death, I think I need a break I spend my days worried out loud I gag in my head, I choke it back down It hurts me inside to save you inside So close my lips tight, move eyes to the side This is the way we disappear It's easy if you burn out like a star This is the way we disappear It's easy like a 50-foot fall I'm waiting for whatever bit of time To evict these words that, that have rented out my mind I'm hating every minute that I don't speak aloud Like a year laying down, a year laying down Relax on this bed of nails On this plastic sheet, your blood leaves a trail Right back to me, a problem you see Would you please allow a moment to think? This is the way we disappear It's easy if you burn out like a star This is the way we disappear It's easy like a 50-foot fall I'm waiting for whatever bit of time To evict these words that, that have rented out my mind I'm hating every minute that I don't speak aloud Like a year laying down, a year laying down |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
A deep dark secret down at the bottom
But this bay can't keep it unforgotten And a story that was told has now grown taller than we'd ever wish to be Beyond belief I'll grab the boat if you go grab the anchor The tarp and twine and the weights that sank her They weren't enough, look who showed up A new light shed is shining through, illuminating you As we lay side by side, dead and broken Our lives aren't the same since the night yours went stolen. Blood ran black beneath the moonlight, your lover's blood ran cold Cutting off the hands he used to hold A deep dark secret down at the bottom But this bay can't keep it unforgotten And a story that was told has now grown taller than we'd ever want to be Beyond belief Side by side, dead and broken Our lives aren't the same since the night yours went stolen. Blood ran black beneath the moonlight, your lover's blood ran cold Cutting off the hands he used to hold |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
You're on your own my little nightmare
you cannot stay here It's far too bright for you If they attack you just lay there, Play dead dear, it's your only hope of pulling through. And seconds they seem like a lifetime. A dream, recurring, a dream that can't come true. And they'll pin it all on you after all you've been put through. ""Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"" That's what the white coats say. Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing every opportunity to put us all away. Now run along my little nightmare. Your job is done here. You've scared them all to death. If they revive them just sit there. Just smile dear. Make them thankful for every breath. The sentence may seem like a lifetime, a scream, that's curdling the blood they found on you. And your knives and clothing too. Charlie's broken .22 ""Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"" That's what the white coats say. Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing every opportunity. Well they found you and they shipped you up the river the same way that you've bound and gaged. You've shot and stab. You tried to set them free, but they've thrown away the keys. [Spoken:] ""He represented a God to me that was so beautiful that I'd do anything for him. I'd do anything for God. Even murder, if I believed it was right. How could it not be right if it is done with love? I have no remorse for doing what was right to me. I have no guilt in me."" Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
If you had a bad time
At one of my parties Well I wouldn't expect to be seeing you soon And that's fine You have to know what and why Those things make you happy You have to know that a second guess Ain't worth a try Just some words of advice Maybe you've heard them before but here goes Just be true to yourself If it lands you in hell, well at least now you know Loud and clear is your heart Big and bright are the places you might someday go With one million things holding you down Why you're one of those things, I don't know No big deal, gotta go If you're up to your ears In blood, sweat, and wasted years I'm hoping you're going to open your throat And just scream You have to know who and why Which ones miss you when you die You have to know that a second guess Ain't worth the salt in your eyes Just some words of advice Maybe you've heard them before but here goes Just be true to yourself If it lands you in hell, well at least now you know Loud and clear is your heart Big and bright are the places you might someday go With one million things holding you down Why you're one of those things, I don't know No big deal It just sits on my shoulders, you're breaking my neck We get crazy with age, now you're under my bed And it s dark all the time Just some words of advice Maybe you've heard them before but here goes Just be true to yourself If it lands you in hell, well at least now you know Loud and clear is your heart Big and bright are the places you might someday go With one million things holding you down Why you're one of those things, I don't know No big deal, here I go |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
Don't you ask me to come out
When the sun does shine Rather stay here with curtains drawn In darkness you'll be mine Let's wait for the blackout The light is too bright Let's wait for the blackout Wait for the night Well welcome to my basement flat No windows to see through When darkness falls again, my friend We'll both know what to do Let's wait for the blackout The light is too bright Let's wait for the blackout Wait for the night Wait for the blackout The light is too bright Let's wait for the blackout Wait for the night Come walk with me upon the earth It keeps us both alive No other thing can last in here Where we can both survive Let's wait for the blackout The light is too bright Let's wait for the blackout Wait for the night In darkness there is no sin Light only brings in fear Nothing to corrupt the eyes There is no vision here At first you may find it strange But please don't go away There's power in the nighttime That you won't find in the day There is no vision here There is no vision here No vision here |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
We can never break up, we can never not show
We can never go home and we can never elope We've only got one choice So let's keep making it and making it, making it and making it A lot of things can change, a lot of tears will dry There's no way out of your head, I can't still drink like I'm trying I never had to work too hard But let's keep working it and working it, working it and working it You're like a test I can't fuck up You're like a song in my head, like a la la la la la You're ike a dream, don't wake me up And if I never see the light again I guess they put me in the ground with this smile on my head My love, my love We can never break up, we can never not show We can never go home and we can never elope We've only got one choice So let's keep making it and making it, making it and making it You're like a test I can't fuck up You're like a song in my head, like a la la la la la You're ike a dream, don't wake me up And if I never see the light again I guess they put me in the ground with this smile on my head |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
It's a girl in here, not as sweet as you
It's a guy like me, some bad tattoos An empty bar filling up with smoke And I fry in the ashes, I'm 3 days old So please don't say you wont be going out today Cause anywhere I go won't be anything if you're not hanging around It's the blackest cloud, it opens up When I walk outside, and I'm all alone An empty cell, the furnace chokes, When I walk through the door of my broken home So please don't say you wont be going out today Cause anywhere I go won't be anything if you're not hanging around Please don't say you won't Please don't say you won't |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
I'm awake, it was a half bad dream
That was way too long, my whole life it seemed Then someone started digging me up Turned my headstone into dust The sun was swallowed by the trees The night was here for good You pulled my hand and my head up You put oxygen into my blood You walked me through the gates Like we were visitors for the day You laid me down in the back seat And you drove till I woke up to hear you say You never lie but it's no fun to tell the truth I guess I've never loved but I will see what I can do Got so much life to waste That I would take my days and hand them to you I'm awake, it was a half bad dream That was way too long, my whole life it seemed Then someone started digging me up Turned my headstone into dust I know you'd never lie but it's no fun to tell the truth I guess I've never loved but I will see what I can do Got so much life to waste That I would take my days and hand them to you |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
It's been a long day living with this
It's been a long time since I felt so sick I took a long walk straight back home I could've walked back to San Francisco I used to long for time alone I used to long for a place of my own and I'm losing faith in everything I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost at sea, you see I used to long for broken bones I used to long for a casket to call my own I never had a problem facing fear but I'm done, over and out my dear and Oh mercy me God bless catastrophe There's no way in hell We'll ever live to see through this so Drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! It's been a long day living with this It's been a long time since I felt so sick I took a long walk straight back home I could've walked back to Chicago I used to long for time alone I used to long for a place of my own and I've lost faith in everything I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost without you Oh mercy me God bless catastrophe There's no way in hell We'll ever live to see through this so Drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! So drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
Calling all cars, all coroners, we've got a dead one here
And anybody else receiving this, the west coast is far from clear Like a time bomb or sudden death It's gonna find you when you least expect It's gonna leave you with the emptiest feeling inside (over analyzed) They found me face-down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you Falling like stars into the ocean black, we're gonna disappear And anything left recognizable is rubbed away with fear We've got our hearts dipped in time release We've got the know-how and the elbow grease We've got our victim all cut up down here on the floor (over and out the door) They found me face down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you ...One but you ...One but you They found me face down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Remains (2007)
I'm dying tomorrow
In this house, this street, Chicago I'm dying tomorrow Did I, did I do it right? Did I remember to sleep in? Take lots of pills, commit irreversible sins Did I, did I at least try To kiss the prettiest girl at the right time? Did I remember to keep your beer as full as mine? Did I, did I remember to say cheers? Did I, did I at least try To make sure everybody had a good time? Had the best time I'm dying tomorrow In this house, this street, Chicago I'm dying tomorrow Did I, did I do it right? Did I remember to stay up late? Drinking for the fun, singing for the taste Did I, did I run outside To catch the rain under electrical skies? Did I remember to keep your beer as full as mine? Did I, did I remember to say cheers? Did I, did I at least try To make sure everybody had a good time? Had the best time I'm dying tomorrow In this house, this street, Chicago I'm dying tomorrow Did I, did I do it right? |
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from Alkaline Trio - Help Me [single] (2008)
Here you'll find me in between heaven and hell, my dear
Where nothing's what it seems, it's just as well, I fear I'm giving you the creeps And a farewell kiss to go into the unknown Saw you standing there outside the music hall You come out for some air, a certain curtain call And everyone just stared When you took the stage that night, something's not right You're up there, took the stairs to the stars all alone You left all the lights burning but nobody's home I believe they deceived your tuneful heart too long And they sing along Help me, help me, won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song Help me, help me, somebody help me Save me from myself Here I'll find you in between heaven and hell again Where nothing's what it seems, it's just as well my friend I'm giving me the creeps And a farewell to arms and legs and heads and heart You're up there, took the stairs to the stars all alone You left all the lights burning but nobody's home I believe they deceived your tuneful heart too long Now they sing along Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song Help me, help me, somebody help me Save me from myself Take me from this hell You're up there, took the stairs to the stars all alone You left all the lights burning but nobody's home I believe they deceived your tuneful heart too long And they sing along Help me, help me won't you? Sing me, sing me one last song Help me, help me, somebody help me Save me from myself Take me from this hell |
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from Alkaline Trio - Help Me [single] (2008)
So hello, where are we today?
Still fighting, still running in place And now the outline of this lake Seems to be pointing me away Honestly, I've never lied more To myself, all over the floor Right through my teeth I've showed you Just how weak my knees can get Don't let go My spine is slipping like a fault line, if I go I'll bury us all Don't close my door Don't leave me out with these mosquitoes trying to drink up all my wine Do you wanna know what my love is? Do you wanna hear how my song goes? Do you wanna know what my love is? Don't say no So now it's up to me to wait I need you to reciprocate My heart is ticking like a box Sent to me by anonymous And now I'm scared to open it I'm always blowing up to bits I'm always running out of lives Running out of time So don't let go My spine is slipping like a fault line, if I go I'll bury us all Don't close my door Don't leave me out with these mosquitoes trying to drink up all my wine Do you wanna know what my love is? Do you wanna hear how my song goes? Do you wanna know what my love is? Don't say no Don't let me go, I'd fall apart, don't say you won't follow my heart I've kept this deep inside for far too long, it can't be wrong Only one life to give, I cross my heart and hope to live With you my darling here for evermore Do you wanna know what my love is? Do you wanna hear how my song goes? Do you wanna know what my love is? Don't say no |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
There's someone down below blowing you a kiss.
They watch from their windows as all arms fall to their sides, and all eyes fix on the death of tomorrow. And you found everything you need to make a life complete, completely revolting and they have safety and relief For sale up the street. I see you in line every day You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. These creatures are waking up in these dark trees. They're waiting like vultures. And eyes roll back turn white in time to feed They salivate in hunger. for you, and everything they need to make a death complete, completely unnatural and salvation lies behind those dead eyes that watch you while you sleep every night, and You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
It's not just the pain, the pain in my back
That laughs in my face, my face every night Or the poison that took my lungs That keeps me from feeling warm And how could a rooftop view in London Look just the same as one in Brooklyn? Nothing has changed, but now but now I fight with the words And I can't see so good And there's gotta be more, much more than this I got pages of dreams, they're covered in piss And the poison that took my soul That keeps me from feeling anything And how could a rooftop view in London Look just the same as one in Brooklyn? Nothing has changed, but now but now I fight with the words And I can't see so good And how could a rooftop view in London Look just the same as one in Brooklyn? Nothing has changed, but now but now I fight with the words And I can't see so good And now I fight with words |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
There's a lightning storm each and every night
Crashing inside you like motorbikes We toss and turn, sleep so loud Grind the teeth in our Our empty mouths (are empty...) There's a forest fire burning bright Spreading quickly towards our last rites Nowhere to run, pointless to hide Just lay there and scream, pretending to try Pretending... Intending to burn, pretending to fight it Everyone learns faster on fire Things took a turn, lost all desire You live and you burn You live and you burn This impending doom is left deep inside And it's haunting you each and every night Like starving wolves counting sheep We close our eyes, pretending to sleep Descending... Intending to burn, pretending to fight it Everyone learns faster on fire Things took a turn, lost all desire You live and you burn You live and... Like hell we are anxiously waiting Like hell burning silently strong Somehow we fell down by the wayside And somehow this hell is home As we burn, pretending to fight it Everyone learns faster on fire Things took a turn, lost all desire You live and you burn You live and... Like hell we are anxiously waiting Like hell burning silently strong Somehow we fell down by the wayside And somehow this hell is home Right now, this hell is my home |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
It's been a long day living with this
It's been a long time since I felt so sick I took a long walk straight back home I could've walked back to San Francisco I used to long for time alone I used to long for a place of my own and I'm losing faith in everything I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost at sea, you see I used to long for broken bones I used to long for a casket to call my own I never had a problem facing fear but I'm done, over and out my dear and Oh mercy me God bless catastrophe There's no way in hell We'll ever live to see through this so Drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! It's been a long day living with this It's been a long time since I felt so sick I took a long walk straight back home I could've walked back to Chicago I used to long for time alone I used to long for a place of my own and I've lost faith in everything I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost without you Oh mercy me God bless catastrophe There's no way in hell We'll ever live to see through this so Drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! So drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Calling all cars, all coroners, we've got a dead one here
And anybody else receiving this, the west coast is far from clear Like a time bomb or sudden death It's gonna find you when you least expect It's gonna leave you with the emptiest feeling inside (over analyzed) They found me face-down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you Falling like stars into the ocean black, we're gonna disappear And anything left recognizable is rubbed away with fear We've got our hearts dipped in time release We've got the know-how and the elbow grease We've got our victim all cut up down here on the floor (over and out the door) They found me face down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you ...One but you ...One but you They found me face down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
it's not so much a storm,
but just a cloud that lives inside of me he doesn't stir so easily these days, but when he wakes he goes the distance in a marathon of days too long open containers that sing songs, ""you'll never dream again, but you can pray"" i guess we only settle in to what we know i guess we always settle in, and we know. that there is comfort in a world where darkness is the only thing we see and cold is all we have to breathe where affectations keep us company, where the lies we tell to the eyes that roll in doubt are somehow out of our control. it's not about the scars, but more the crowds that walk all over me they don't give up too easily these days, but when they break they go to pieces. fall apart right here in north side bars under a sky that knows no stars you'll never shine again, but you will stay. i guess we only settle in to what we know i guess we always settle in, and we know. that there is comfort in a world where darkness is the only thing we see and cold is all we have to breathe where affectations keep us company, where the lies we tell to the eyes that roll in doubt are somehow out of our control. And there is comfort in a world where darkness is the only thing we see and cold is all we have to breathe where affectations keep us company, where the lies we tell to the eyes that roll in doubt are somehow out of our control. we lost control. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
You're on your own my little nightmare
you cannot stay here It's far too bright for you If they attack you just lay there, Play dead dear, it's your only hope of pulling through. And seconds they seem like a lifetime. A dream, recurring, a dream that can't come true. And they'll pin it all on you after all you've been put through. ""Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"" That's what the white coats say. Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing every opportunity to put us all away. Now run along my little nightmare. Your job is done here. You've scared them all to death. If they revive them just sit there. Just smile dear. Make them thankful for every breath. The sentence may seem like a lifetime, a scream, that's curdling the blood they found on you. And your knives and clothing too. Charlie's broken .22 ""Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"" That's what the white coats say. Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing every opportunity. Well they found you and they shipped you up the river the same way that you've bound and gaged. You've shot and stab. You tried to set them free, but they've thrown away the keys. [Spoken:] ""He represented a God to me that was so beautiful that I'd do anything for him. I'd do anything for God. Even murder, if I believed it was right. How could it not be right if it is done with love? I have no remorse for doing what was right to me. I have no guilt in me."" Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Not sure how this is supposed to feel
Cutting like a red hot knife of surgical steel Brought fresh from the autoclave. She came, she came with sterile warning Screaming from her blade, Singing, ""I want to make you bleed."" I watched them fall in line, as I fell victim To double suicide on your television We heard our records backwards too many times I'm wasting my breath, we're wasting our time Wasting our time Down on my knees, but not to pray Hit so hard across the skull, it buckled my legs They told me I had hell to pay I came, I came too close to heaven Had nothing to say for myself I had to walk away I watched them fall in line, as I fell victim To double suicide on your television We heard our records backwards too many times I'm wasting my breath, we're wasting our time Wasting our time Time Wasting our time Wasting our time I watched them fall in line, as I fell victim To double suicide on your television We heard our records backwards too many times I'm wasting my breath, we're wasting our... |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
I am waiting 'til there's nothing left
I'm a prayer, all you see is breath I am empty, I am skin and bones, I'm a ribcage Well, I'm out the door with apathy But I'm coming home with sympathy I am realized, I am shamed, I choose to stay here You got a sign, so I paid the ransom You felt sorry, so I felt the wrath come Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm My arm There's a song I love so much I stole Every precious note I took, I sold Now I spit out words, do you see my lungs on the dance floor? To a hopeless cause, I sold my soul A romantic plastic piece of shit you can mold Until I break into chokable pieces You got a sign, so I paid the ransom You felt sorry, so I felt the wrath come Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm My arm And I open up like the back of a book I ruin everything with just a quick look And I settle down like a rocket explodes Hit the ground, but how far out who knows You got a sign, so I paid the ransom You felt sorry, so I felt the wrath come Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm My arm |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Here we are again with handguns for hearts
They had a master plan, wanted to tear us apart Nothing to hold, all hope deleted Our demise has been completed now Nowhere left to go but down The flames of hell they give me hope, I drown In oceans of this tragic part of town Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound Of children wishing they were safely underground We are the walking dead, we hold this ghost in our arms We take our daily breath and thank our unlucky stars Tried to get by on bread and water Craving blood poured from the alter now Not much left to do but drown In flames of miscommunication, down Then out and off in search of someone proud To translate what we truly dream about As we lay in this bed thinking out loud I'm screaming uncle, mercy me And my broken telepathy For I'm left with nothing but this bloodless riverbank West Memphis, please I'm begging you to stop praying for me Down The flames of hell they give me hope, I drown In oceans of this tragic part of town Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound Of children wishing they were safely underground |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Like the pills in your hand, I'll never let you down
And like the bugs in your bed, under my skin now Devouring all that's left of me Devouring all that's left of me In the palm of your hand, a resting place All the guilt in the land resting on me And we're crushing beneath it, falling beside ourselves And we're wishing to break this neverending spell Send us back to hell, we've had our fill of heaven Give us back our sins, deadly one through seven Keep us from their hearts, saving us like ashes Grind us down to dust, we'll never trust in anything we're told Like the pills in your hand, I'll never let you down And like the bugs in your bed, under my skin now They're devouring all that's left of me Yeah they're devouring all that's left of me Send us back to hell, we've had our fill of heaven Give us back our sins, deadly one through seven Keep us from their hearts, saving us like ashes Grind us down to dust, we'll never trust in anything we're told [x2] |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
We're the things that go bump
in the night that you can't see Yeah, we're the mishaps that always happen in threes This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me Well, first things first, we've gotta find a way To make the beauty of the nighttime last all day We'll do our very best to keep our appetites in check You better watch your back, we want your neck Nothing but rotten apples lay here light years from the tree Got thrown out of the house at the ripe age of three I'll do my very best to keep my feelings off my chest And out of your neck, out of your neck We're the things that go bump in the night that you can't see Yeah, we're the mishaps that always happen in threes This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me We're the things that go bump in the night that you can't see Yeah, we're the mishaps that always happen in threes This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me We're the dreams that crumble into nightmares while you sleep (We're the things that go bump in the night) Yeah, we're that feeling someone's watching from the street (We're the things that go bump in the night) This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery (We're the things that go bump in the..) Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Over and out of it for one more plane ride out
I'm not sure, and never was if this will all head south, or what Wait here a month or two will pass, I'm sure I won't Faith dear, enough to get you by until we're home And I wish (I wish), I don't (I don't) wish I still smoked And I wish (I wish), that I wrote (that I wrote) you one original note Take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again Over and out of it for one more plane ride out I'm not sure, and never was if this will all head south And I wish (I wish), I don't (I don't) wish I still smoked And I wish (I wish), that I wrote (that I wrote) you one original note Take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
There's someone down below blowing you a kiss.
They watch from their windows as all arms fall to their sides, and all eyes fix on the death of tomorrow. And you found everything you need to make a life complete, completely revolting and they have safety and relief For sale up the street. I see you in line every day You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. These creatures are waking up in these dark trees. They're waiting like vultures. And eyes roll back turn white in time to feed They salivate in hunger. for you, and everything they need to make a death complete, completely unnatural and salvation lies behind those dead eyes that watch you while you sleep every night, and You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
It's not just the pain, the pain in my back
That laughs in my face, my face every night Or the poison that took my lungs That keeps me from feeling warm And how could a rooftop view in London Look just the same as one in Brooklyn? Nothing has changed, but now but now I fight with the words And I can't see so good And there's gotta be more, much more than this I got pages of dreams, they're covered in piss And the poison that took my soul That keeps me from feeling anything And how could a rooftop view in London Look just the same as one in Brooklyn? Nothing has changed, but now but now I fight with the words And I can't see so good And how could a rooftop view in London Look just the same as one in Brooklyn? Nothing has changed, but now but now I fight with the words And I can't see so good And now I fight with words |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
There's a lightning storm each and every night
Crashing inside you like motorbikes We toss and turn, sleep so loud Grind the teeth in our Our empty mouths (are empty...) There's a forest fire burning bright Spreading quickly towards our last rites Nowhere to run, pointless to hide Just lay there and scream, pretending to try Pretending... Intending to burn, pretending to fight it Everyone learns faster on fire Things took a turn, lost all desire You live and you burn You live and you burn This impending doom is left deep inside And it's haunting you each and every night Like starving wolves counting sheep We close our eyes, pretending to sleep Descending... Intending to burn, pretending to fight it Everyone learns faster on fire Things took a turn, lost all desire You live and you burn You live and... Like hell we are anxiously waiting Like hell burning silently strong Somehow we fell down by the wayside And somehow this hell is home As we burn, pretending to fight it Everyone learns faster on fire Things took a turn, lost all desire You live and you burn You live and... Like hell we are anxiously waiting Like hell burning silently strong Somehow we fell down by the wayside And somehow this hell is home Right now, this hell is my home |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
It's been a long day living with this
It's been a long time since I felt so sick I took a long walk straight back home I could've walked back to San Francisco I used to long for time alone I used to long for a place of my own and I'm losing faith in everything I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost at sea, you see I used to long for broken bones I used to long for a casket to call my own I never had a problem facing fear but I'm done, over and out my dear and Oh mercy me God bless catastrophe There's no way in hell We'll ever live to see through this so Drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! It's been a long day living with this It's been a long time since I felt so sick I took a long walk straight back home I could've walked back to Chicago I used to long for time alone I used to long for a place of my own and I've lost faith in everything I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost without you Oh mercy me God bless catastrophe There's no way in hell We'll ever live to see through this so Drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! So drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Calling all cars, all coroners, we've got a dead one here
And anybody else receiving this, the west coast is far from clear Like a time bomb or sudden death It's gonna find you when you least expect It's gonna leave you with the emptiest feeling inside (over analyzed) They found me face-down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you Falling like stars into the ocean black, we're gonna disappear And anything left recognizable is rubbed away with fear We've got our hearts dipped in time release We've got the know-how and the elbow grease We've got our victim all cut up down here on the floor (over and out the door) They found me face down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you ...One but you ...One but you They found me face down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
it's not so much a storm,
but just a cloud that lives inside of me he doesn't stir so easily these days, but when he wakes he goes the distance in a marathon of days too long open containers that sing songs, ""you'll never dream again, but you can pray"" i guess we only settle in to what we know i guess we always settle in, and we know. that there is comfort in a world where darkness is the only thing we see and cold is all we have to breathe where affectations keep us company, where the lies we tell to the eyes that roll in doubt are somehow out of our control. it's not about the scars, but more the crowds that walk all over me they don't give up too easily these days, but when they break they go to pieces. fall apart right here in north side bars under a sky that knows no stars you'll never shine again, but you will stay. i guess we only settle in to what we know i guess we always settle in, and we know. that there is comfort in a world where darkness is the only thing we see and cold is all we have to breathe where affectations keep us company, where the lies we tell to the eyes that roll in doubt are somehow out of our control. And there is comfort in a world where darkness is the only thing we see and cold is all we have to breathe where affectations keep us company, where the lies we tell to the eyes that roll in doubt are somehow out of our control. we lost control. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
You're on your own my little nightmare
you cannot stay here It's far too bright for you If they attack you just lay there, Play dead dear, it's your only hope of pulling through. And seconds they seem like a lifetime. A dream, recurring, a dream that can't come true. And they'll pin it all on you after all you've been put through. ""Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"" That's what the white coats say. Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing every opportunity to put us all away. Now run along my little nightmare. Your job is done here. You've scared them all to death. If they revive them just sit there. Just smile dear. Make them thankful for every breath. The sentence may seem like a lifetime, a scream, that's curdling the blood they found on you. And your knives and clothing too. Charlie's broken .22 ""Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"" That's what the white coats say. Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing every opportunity. Well they found you and they shipped you up the river the same way that you've bound and gaged. You've shot and stab. You tried to set them free, but they've thrown away the keys. [Spoken:] ""He represented a God to me that was so beautiful that I'd do anything for him. I'd do anything for God. Even murder, if I believed it was right. How could it not be right if it is done with love? I have no remorse for doing what was right to me. I have no guilt in me."" Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Not sure how this is supposed to feel
Cutting like a red hot knife of surgical steel Brought fresh from the autoclave. She came, she came with sterile warning Screaming from her blade, Singing, ""I want to make you bleed."" I watched them fall in line, as I fell victim To double suicide on your television We heard our records backwards too many times I'm wasting my breath, we're wasting our time Wasting our time Down on my knees, but not to pray Hit so hard across the skull, it buckled my legs They told me I had hell to pay I came, I came too close to heaven Had nothing to say for myself I had to walk away I watched them fall in line, as I fell victim To double suicide on your television We heard our records backwards too many times I'm wasting my breath, we're wasting our time Wasting our time Time Wasting our time Wasting our time I watched them fall in line, as I fell victim To double suicide on your television We heard our records backwards too many times I'm wasting my breath, we're wasting our... |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
I am waiting 'til there's nothing left
I'm a prayer, all you see is breath I am empty, I am skin and bones, I'm a ribcage Well, I'm out the door with apathy But I'm coming home with sympathy I am realized, I am shamed, I choose to stay here You got a sign, so I paid the ransom You felt sorry, so I felt the wrath come Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm My arm There's a song I love so much I stole Every precious note I took, I sold Now I spit out words, do you see my lungs on the dance floor? To a hopeless cause, I sold my soul A romantic plastic piece of shit you can mold Until I break into chokable pieces You got a sign, so I paid the ransom You felt sorry, so I felt the wrath come Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm My arm And I open up like the back of a book I ruin everything with just a quick look And I settle down like a rocket explodes Hit the ground, but how far out who knows You got a sign, so I paid the ransom You felt sorry, so I felt the wrath come Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm My arm |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Here we are again with handguns for hearts
They had a master plan, wanted to tear us apart Nothing to hold, all hope deleted Our demise has been completed now Nowhere left to go but down The flames of hell they give me hope, I drown In oceans of this tragic part of town Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound Of children wishing they were safely underground We are the walking dead, we hold this ghost in our arms We take our daily breath and thank our unlucky stars Tried to get by on bread and water Craving blood poured from the alter now Not much left to do but drown In flames of miscommunication, down Then out and off in search of someone proud To translate what we truly dream about As we lay in this bed thinking out loud I'm screaming uncle, mercy me And my broken telepathy For I'm left with nothing but this bloodless riverbank West Memphis, please I'm begging you to stop praying for me Down The flames of hell they give me hope, I drown In oceans of this tragic part of town Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound Of children wishing they were safely underground |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Like the pills in your hand, I'll never let you down
And like the bugs in your bed, under my skin now Devouring all that's left of me Devouring all that's left of me In the palm of your hand, a resting place All the guilt in the land resting on me And we're crushing beneath it, falling beside ourselves And we're wishing to break this neverending spell Send us back to hell, we've had our fill of heaven Give us back our sins, deadly one through seven Keep us from their hearts, saving us like ashes Grind us down to dust, we'll never trust in anything we're told Like the pills in your hand, I'll never let you down And like the bugs in your bed, under my skin now They're devouring all that's left of me Yeah they're devouring all that's left of me Send us back to hell, we've had our fill of heaven Give us back our sins, deadly one through seven Keep us from their hearts, saving us like ashes Grind us down to dust, we'll never trust in anything we're told [x2] |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
We're the things that go bump
in the night that you can't see Yeah, we're the mishaps that always happen in threes This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me Well, first things first, we've gotta find a way To make the beauty of the nighttime last all day We'll do our very best to keep our appetites in check You better watch your back, we want your neck Nothing but rotten apples lay here light years from the tree Got thrown out of the house at the ripe age of three I'll do my very best to keep my feelings off my chest And out of your neck, out of your neck We're the things that go bump in the night that you can't see Yeah, we're the mishaps that always happen in threes This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me We're the things that go bump in the night that you can't see Yeah, we're the mishaps that always happen in threes This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me We're the dreams that crumble into nightmares while you sleep (We're the things that go bump in the night) Yeah, we're that feeling someone's watching from the street (We're the things that go bump in the night) This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery (We're the things that go bump in the..) Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Over and out of it for one more plane ride out
I'm not sure, and never was if this will all head south, or what Wait here a month or two will pass, I'm sure I won't Faith dear, enough to get you by until we're home And I wish (I wish), I don't (I don't) wish I still smoked And I wish (I wish), that I wrote (that I wrote) you one original note Take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again Over and out of it for one more plane ride out I'm not sure, and never was if this will all head south And I wish (I wish), I don't (I don't) wish I still smoked And I wish (I wish), that I wrote (that I wrote) you one original note Take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
There's someone down below blowing you a kiss.
They watch from their windows as all arms fall to their sides, and all eyes fix on the death of tomorrow. And you found everything you need to make a life complete, completely revolting and they have safety and relief For sale up the street. I see you in line every day You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. These creatures are waking up in these dark trees. They're waiting like vultures. And eyes roll back turn white in time to feed They salivate in hunger. for you, and everything they need to make a death complete, completely unnatural and salvation lies behind those dead eyes that watch you while you sleep every night, and You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
It's not just the pain, the pain in my back
That laughs in my face, my face every night Or the poison that took my lungs That keeps me from feeling warm And how could a rooftop view in London Look just the same as one in Brooklyn? Nothing has changed, but now but now I fight with the words And I can't see so good And there's gotta be more, much more than this I got pages of dreams, they're covered in piss And the poison that took my soul That keeps me from feeling anything And how could a rooftop view in London Look just the same as one in Brooklyn? Nothing has changed, but now but now I fight with the words And I can't see so good And how could a rooftop view in London Look just the same as one in Brooklyn? Nothing has changed, but now but now I fight with the words And I can't see so good And now I fight with words |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
There's a lightning storm each and every night
Crashing inside you like motorbikes We toss and turn, sleep so loud Grind the teeth in our Our empty mouths (are empty...) There's a forest fire burning bright Spreading quickly towards our last rites Nowhere to run, pointless to hide Just lay there and scream, pretending to try Pretending... Intending to burn, pretending to fight it Everyone learns faster on fire Things took a turn, lost all desire You live and you burn You live and you burn This impending doom is left deep inside And it's haunting you each and every night Like starving wolves counting sheep We close our eyes, pretending to sleep Descending... Intending to burn, pretending to fight it Everyone learns faster on fire Things took a turn, lost all desire You live and you burn You live and... Like hell we are anxiously waiting Like hell burning silently strong Somehow we fell down by the wayside And somehow this hell is home As we burn, pretending to fight it Everyone learns faster on fire Things took a turn, lost all desire You live and you burn You live and... Like hell we are anxiously waiting Like hell burning silently strong Somehow we fell down by the wayside And somehow this hell is home Right now, this hell is my home |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
It's been a long day living with this
It's been a long time since I felt so sick I took a long walk straight back home I could've walked back to San Francisco I used to long for time alone I used to long for a place of my own and I'm losing faith in everything I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost at sea, you see I used to long for broken bones I used to long for a casket to call my own I never had a problem facing fear but I'm done, over and out my dear and Oh mercy me God bless catastrophe There's no way in hell We'll ever live to see through this so Drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! It's been a long day living with this It's been a long time since I felt so sick I took a long walk straight back home I could've walked back to Chicago I used to long for time alone I used to long for a place of my own and I've lost faith in everything I'm lost, so lost, I'm lost without you Oh mercy me God bless catastrophe There's no way in hell We'll ever live to see through this so Drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! So drive yourself insane tonight It's not that far away and I just filled up your tank earlier today Yeah! |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Calling all cars, all coroners, we've got a dead one here
And anybody else receiving this, the west coast is far from clear Like a time bomb or sudden death It's gonna find you when you least expect It's gonna leave you with the emptiest feeling inside (over analyzed) They found me face-down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you Falling like stars into the ocean black, we're gonna disappear And anything left recognizable is rubbed away with fear We've got our hearts dipped in time release We've got the know-how and the elbow grease We've got our victim all cut up down here on the floor (over and out the door) They found me face down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you ...One but you ...One but you They found me face down in the street on the night you left to find, Another place to sleep in rain and regret They said they tried everything but it was no use Yeah, they tried everything and everyone but you. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
it's not so much a storm,
but just a cloud that lives inside of me he doesn't stir so easily these days, but when he wakes he goes the distance in a marathon of days too long open containers that sing songs, ""you'll never dream again, but you can pray"" i guess we only settle in to what we know i guess we always settle in, and we know. that there is comfort in a world where darkness is the only thing we see and cold is all we have to breathe where affectations keep us company, where the lies we tell to the eyes that roll in doubt are somehow out of our control. it's not about the scars, but more the crowds that walk all over me they don't give up too easily these days, but when they break they go to pieces. fall apart right here in north side bars under a sky that knows no stars you'll never shine again, but you will stay. i guess we only settle in to what we know i guess we always settle in, and we know. that there is comfort in a world where darkness is the only thing we see and cold is all we have to breathe where affectations keep us company, where the lies we tell to the eyes that roll in doubt are somehow out of our control. And there is comfort in a world where darkness is the only thing we see and cold is all we have to breathe where affectations keep us company, where the lies we tell to the eyes that roll in doubt are somehow out of our control. we lost control. |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
You're on your own my little nightmare
you cannot stay here It's far too bright for you If they attack you just lay there, Play dead dear, it's your only hope of pulling through. And seconds they seem like a lifetime. A dream, recurring, a dream that can't come true. And they'll pin it all on you after all you've been put through. ""Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"" That's what the white coats say. Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing every opportunity to put us all away. Now run along my little nightmare. Your job is done here. You've scared them all to death. If they revive them just sit there. Just smile dear. Make them thankful for every breath. The sentence may seem like a lifetime, a scream, that's curdling the blood they found on you. And your knives and clothing too. Charlie's broken .22 ""Sadie G. she's crazy, see?"" That's what the white coats say. Now Ms. Susan A. you're losing every opportunity. Well they found you and they shipped you up the river the same way that you've bound and gaged. You've shot and stab. You tried to set them free, but they've thrown away the keys. [Spoken:] ""He represented a God to me that was so beautiful that I'd do anything for him. I'd do anything for God. Even murder, if I believed it was right. How could it not be right if it is done with love? I have no remorse for doing what was right to me. I have no guilt in me."" Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Not sure how this is supposed to feel
Cutting like a red hot knife of surgical steel Brought fresh from the autoclave. She came, she came with sterile warning Screaming from her blade, Singing, ""I want to make you bleed."" I watched them fall in line, as I fell victim To double suicide on your television We heard our records backwards too many times I'm wasting my breath, we're wasting our time Wasting our time Down on my knees, but not to pray Hit so hard across the skull, it buckled my legs They told me I had hell to pay I came, I came too close to heaven Had nothing to say for myself I had to walk away I watched them fall in line, as I fell victim To double suicide on your television We heard our records backwards too many times I'm wasting my breath, we're wasting our time Wasting our time Time Wasting our time Wasting our time I watched them fall in line, as I fell victim To double suicide on your television We heard our records backwards too many times I'm wasting my breath, we're wasting our... |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
I am waiting 'til there's nothing left
I'm a prayer, all you see is breath I am empty, I am skin and bones, I'm a ribcage Well, I'm out the door with apathy But I'm coming home with sympathy I am realized, I am shamed, I choose to stay here You got a sign, so I paid the ransom You felt sorry, so I felt the wrath come Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm My arm There's a song I love so much I stole Every precious note I took, I sold Now I spit out words, do you see my lungs on the dance floor? To a hopeless cause, I sold my soul A romantic plastic piece of shit you can mold Until I break into chokable pieces You got a sign, so I paid the ransom You felt sorry, so I felt the wrath come Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm My arm And I open up like the back of a book I ruin everything with just a quick look And I settle down like a rocket explodes Hit the ground, but how far out who knows You got a sign, so I paid the ransom You felt sorry, so I felt the wrath come Had a nice grip on my life 'til you twisted my arm My arm |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Here we are again with handguns for hearts
They had a master plan, wanted to tear us apart Nothing to hold, all hope deleted Our demise has been completed now Nowhere left to go but down The flames of hell they give me hope, I drown In oceans of this tragic part of town Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound Of children wishing they were safely underground We are the walking dead, we hold this ghost in our arms We take our daily breath and thank our unlucky stars Tried to get by on bread and water Craving blood poured from the alter now Not much left to do but drown In flames of miscommunication, down Then out and off in search of someone proud To translate what we truly dream about As we lay in this bed thinking out loud I'm screaming uncle, mercy me And my broken telepathy For I'm left with nothing but this bloodless riverbank West Memphis, please I'm begging you to stop praying for me Down The flames of hell they give me hope, I drown In oceans of this tragic part of town Where nothing's heard for miles but the sound Of children wishing they were safely underground |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Like the pills in your hand, I'll never let you down
And like the bugs in your bed, under my skin now Devouring all that's left of me Devouring all that's left of me In the palm of your hand, a resting place All the guilt in the land resting on me And we're crushing beneath it, falling beside ourselves And we're wishing to break this neverending spell Send us back to hell, we've had our fill of heaven Give us back our sins, deadly one through seven Keep us from their hearts, saving us like ashes Grind us down to dust, we'll never trust in anything we're told Like the pills in your hand, I'll never let you down And like the bugs in your bed, under my skin now They're devouring all that's left of me Yeah they're devouring all that's left of me Send us back to hell, we've had our fill of heaven Give us back our sins, deadly one through seven Keep us from their hearts, saving us like ashes Grind us down to dust, we'll never trust in anything we're told [x2] |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
We're the things that go bump
in the night that you can't see Yeah, we're the mishaps that always happen in threes This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me Well, first things first, we've gotta find a way To make the beauty of the nighttime last all day We'll do our very best to keep our appetites in check You better watch your back, we want your neck Nothing but rotten apples lay here light years from the tree Got thrown out of the house at the ripe age of three I'll do my very best to keep my feelings off my chest And out of your neck, out of your neck We're the things that go bump in the night that you can't see Yeah, we're the mishaps that always happen in threes This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me We're the things that go bump in the night that you can't see Yeah, we're the mishaps that always happen in threes This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me We're the dreams that crumble into nightmares while you sleep (We're the things that go bump in the night) Yeah, we're that feeling someone's watching from the street (We're the things that go bump in the night) This ain't no rocket science, no big mystery (We're the things that go bump in the..) Why the light of day that's shown to us Is absolutely meaningless to me |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
Over and out of it for one more plane ride out
I'm not sure, and never was if this will all head south, or what Wait here a month or two will pass, I'm sure I won't Faith dear, enough to get you by until we're home And I wish (I wish), I don't (I don't) wish I still smoked And I wish (I wish), that I wrote (that I wrote) you one original note Take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again Over and out of it for one more plane ride out I'm not sure, and never was if this will all head south And I wish (I wish), I don't (I don't) wish I still smoked And I wish (I wish), that I wrote (that I wrote) you one original note Take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again take me home, tuck me in Moon go down, do it again |
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from Alkaline Trio - Crimson (Deluxe Version) (2005)
There's someone down below blowing you a kiss.
They watch from their windows as all arms fall to their sides, and all eyes fix on the death of tomorrow. And you found everything you need to make a life complete, completely revolting and they have safety and relief For sale up the street. I see you in line every day You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. These creatures are waking up in these dark trees. They're waiting like vultures. And eyes roll back turn white in time to feed They salivate in hunger. for you, and everything they need to make a death complete, completely unnatural and salvation lies behind those dead eyes that watch you while you sleep every night, and You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. You had time to waste and I'm not sorry, such a basket case, hide the cutlery. I had time to kill, it's dead and buried. You've got guts to spill but no one trustworthy. |
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