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So you've found your little wild one
Hiding high up in the hills
Where the trees give way to streets
Like modern landscapes standing still
And you'd take your little wild one
Take her far away from home
Another girl, another planet
Nothing but room to roam
I would follow when she said
"Reach for the stars"
We'd still burn up in the atmosphere
What a shame I don't believe
In life on Mars
When it's talking to me crystal clear
So you took off like a rocket
And you landed somewhere strange
Someplace where your cries for help
Fade quickly out of range
And you love your little wild one
And you'd love to hold her dear
But like shooting star on a summer's night
She's gone as fast as she appeared
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Recall the last time you had truly felt so free
I think I've got this down, no need to disagree
I've said all this before, it's nothing new to me
But at their final word, I'll change what I decree
I had watched the sun crown on your ego
I had never felt so blind before
Carr on, for there is no harm
And it's just what you need
To move along, til it's lost its charm
And you someday recede
Back to basics, back to stasis
Stuck in stagnation
You've gone chasing the wind
Know your time's at an end
When the light of the day falls dim
Recall the last time you had given up your dreams
There's no sensation quite like ripping at the seams
My mouth is filled with secrets, my tongue ain't what it seems
But then my final words were drowned out by the screams
I bet you thought that you were someone special
What made you think that you were the first
Watch what you say, my son
You're not in this alone
Don't drag 'em down
So you can satisfy your own
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Well if it's dark I'm already gone
Left to the mercy of the night time
Cuz I'm not waiting for the dawn
I'm in the best presence of mind
This is no safe place to call a home
The day it all collapsed
We stood, and watched and said at last
No clear skies in our forecast anymore
You knew your standing
You still played god
You missed the landing
You fell abroad
Well if it's dark, I'm already gone
I've gone to haunt other hollows
But can you blame me for moving on
I wouldn't blame you if you followed
Better trust myself and start to roam
I've only felt this but once or twice
We relish in our elation
And to which god should I sacrifice
Which one will grant me salvation
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I let you run free in the summer
When the dead heat did burn
Scattered dreams waking my slumber
Waiting for you to return
When you came home in the autumn
I saw the look in your eyes
It was clear that you'd forgotten
No escaping in your lies
Red-handed
Set aside the strife instead of seeing it through
Stick around and wonder when you'll say something true
High time that I told you that this simply won't do
And don't forget I know a thing or two about you
I'd kill you off in the winter
If I just had it in me
Never took you for a quitter
Until you took that fateful knee
I had passed on by the spring time
As the sun shed first light
You were already out of mind
So nevermind out of sight
We're stranded
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You're a stranger, dead to me
Showing signs of deja vu
You just changed so rapidly
I had lost all sight of you
Lesson learned, though what a waste
It was long past overdue
It was earned in bitter haste
Like the turning of a screw
And to whom else have you said "You're the one"
There's love still deep in you, to boot
Hang on to what you own
Hang on to today
Plain to see your future's bright and gay
Hang up the telephone
Just walk away
Hang up, you'll never get your say
You're out-gunned and it's about time
We got the best of you
Course is run, so naturally I
Just packed it up and flew
I'll ride alone into the setting sun
I'm on your trail in hot pursuit
Hang on to what you own
Hang on to today
Hang on, you're not alone
Hang on to your prey
And so it's over and you've had your fun
I'm gonna leave you destitute
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Just what aroused this newfound sense of mine
It's new to me, I'm as surprised as you
I spent so long not searching for a sign
The words to heed, are they getting through?
New horizons show you
Sex and violence sells (Last time: All roads lead to hell)
Ask me how could we be
Wrong about ourselves
And how am I to know the end is just
My aim was weak, I left my comfort zone
Leave it to me to break your poor heart's trust
I could not speak, I had betrayed my own
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Lights out, this is better blind
But who will guide us through these shadows
Devout, of a better kind
We caught you praying in the gallows
You've always got someone who loves you
It's too good to be true
Great salvation, vices, and virtue
Your vase curiosities
I see the words played out in numbers
No grace, all atrocities
Fall by the wayside as he slumbers
You've always got someone who loves you
Feels more like abuse
Always trying to please him
What else must you do
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The day my mouth stood still,
A scream beckoned within
Call it a fault of will
But I'm mute once again
A slight discrepancy
Obscured by nonchalance
So please excuse me for
My gross lack of response
Now let's decode these notes
A comedy of errors
This will catch in my throat
No breaks to take in air
The tone is scripted
And the prose is all too trite
It's all to cryptic
And it's open to insight
Humble me on high
I'm just a deep and empty
Well of charming lies
I'll drown my sentries in
A wave of well-timed sighs
I'll deny entry to your
Transitional cries
The feeling is fleeting
But does it bear repeating
The signs are misleading
Is there some double meaning
Should I start pleading
The day my heart would still is
The day I can relax
But I know I would kill
To calmly face the facts
That as I'm pushing on
I'm growing less opaque
When will you all catch on
To my true air of fake
But will this deprecation
Get the best of me
The degredation of entitled ennui
Again, let's take a look
I'm not hiding a thing
My vocal chords had shook
And compelled me to sing
Or should I start retreating
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Close your eyes and start to count
Cuz when you wake up, you'll be running free
And all that matters is dividing ground
It's time I left you far away from me
Dare I drift into the great beyond
I'll give you one more warning for your sake
Leave addled minds and restless hearts alone
Just know that I would never let you break
The ties that bind you to your crooked throne
Ease your mind and drift away
I barely made it by the skin of my teeth
And I'm still waiting for you to this day
I took the high road as you dug beneath
So stare into the eyes you know have won
You could leave, and I would cheer "You're gone!"
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10. |
Play Dead - Solo Version
04:06
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How could I imagine
The merging of our fates
Where'd you think you'd wind up
When the wanderer deviates
God to man, "I know you
I think we can relate
So how's it feel to meet
The very thing you could create"
You've spent your time far away from the rest
You've fallen fast out of fashion
How could you move with such weight on your chest
And a failing frame
And so long, I said
It it wrong to play dead
When you've made me feel so alive
I could not imagine
That we'd meet face to face
I had thought you fiction
Not a piece of time and space
Got to man, "I'm sorry
I still make mistakes
That's just how it happens
In the wonder of my grace"
I could spit life in the face, but I won't
I can't give it that satisfaction
Yes, I was born, but I won't die alone
With my given name
Well, I suppose I deserve this
For bringing the tortures I wrought
Guess I could work my way out of this
If I gave it more than just a thought
Bring me the sweet kiss of death to my cheek
And I'll go out glad and laughing
They say the earth will inherit the meek
Something like the same
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