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Strangest Angels
03:04
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Not just a bump on the head, it’s a dent in your life
And it’s clear that we’re spiraling
Out of control yeah I know we’ve been here
Before and it’s agitating
As if you like the taste of gunmetal
Falling faster than an anvil
Yeah you like the taste of gunmetal
Don’t we all?
More like concrete than cloud but it’s hard to stand up
And I know that you’re faltering
I’m kissing death and she’s breathing back
Believe me, it’s mesmerizing
As if you like the taste of gunmetal
Falling faster than an anvil
Yeah you like the taste of gunmetal
Don’t we all?
I don't want to die all I need is to push this button and disappear
What’s ever been so wrong with my answers? Your questions are never clear
So hit me again, and again, and again; we’ll see if I even feel
I’m sick of trying to pretend. Let’s pretend that none of this has been real
As if you like the taste of gunmetal
Falling faster than an anvil
Yeah you mentioned that you’re unlevel
Aren’t we all?
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2. |
Sugar Moon
04:12
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After your first taste of that sugary moon
I saw you out in the desert, cooking up in your silver spoon
I saw you falling in craters, and gasping for air
Trading in lives, grabbing more than your share
Still I know I’m not without my self-destructive streaks
Hanging out in the valleys, gazing up at the peaks
I promise it’s only the attention that I seek
I try to sound funny, it only comes out bleak
And you just want more
After years of quick fixes, after thousands of lies
Though we’re miles apart, we can never hide
I see you reaching for that unattainable high
You call it autotrepanation, man, I call it suicide
And you just want more
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3. |
Pedestrian
02:59
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I don’t remember what year it was,
But I must have been at least twenty-one
‘Cause I remember we were trying too hard,
But we’d already been let into the bar
(That was their first mistake)
And we tried to take over the place,
tables to dance on glasses to break
And I remember that look on your face,
Aside from the chaos it’s the one thing I’ve saved
Now I’m fighting back yesterday’s high
Grabbing hold of me everytime
Lapses of judgement are in this season,
You can count on me to buy in
So we threw back a few more beers
And we choked on a few more years
You were out getting stoned on the street,
Lit cigarette dropping at your feet
(You know I hate it)
Now your head’s all tangled in smoke,
Listening too hard to words I never spoke
I can’t forget that look on your face
But I want it gone. I want it to erase.
Now I’m fighting back yesterday’s high
Grabbing hold of me everytime
Lapses of judgement are in this season,
You can count on me to buy in
Are you just going to stand there
With your eyes in the sky?
(Eyes in the sky)
‘Cause I’m not coming down
No I’m not ever going back
I’m still fighting back yesterday’s high
And it’s gripping my throat awful tight
Grasping for reason, something to believe in
You can count on me to buy in
I don’t remember what year it was
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4. |
So It Goes
03:33
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I feel you next to me
Still you’re so far away
My breath, the words I speak
It’s all of me and yours to keep
There’s not much left to give
I’m overdrawn, and bathed in sin
Still every movement, every sound you hear
Are just echoes hanging in the stratosphere
We’re staring at a warped reflection
Let’s fake our own reincarnation
Slowly spinning into control
We finally lost what we came for
These days I can’t believe
All that I’ve come to be
The memories, they fade in my mind
The dream no longer satisfies
Yet I just can’t resist
All that I’d surely miss
To smile weakly at the irony
Of living life so carefully
We’re staring at a warped reflection
Let’s fake our own reincarnation
Slowly spinning into control
We finally lost what we came for
Slowly spinning into control
We finally lost what we came for
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5. |
Distractions
03:46
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She tastes like violence, like a night on the town
Where you’re dressed to kill, just to feel alive
“I guess I got distracted, we put it all down
And as we left empty handed there were nothing but smiles”
Her eyes, like sirens, they’re drawing him in
He drowns in the sounds of the places they’ve been
“I guess I got too excited, yeah we crossed a few lines.
Can’t say it’s the first or won’t Be. The. Last. Time.”
All played out
I’ll play now
So hold them close, closer to you
A shot in the dark, planning your next move
Now run, rabid rabbit, run rabid rabbit run
(are you my monster?)
Yeah, run, rabid rabbit, run rabid rabbit run
(are you my monster?)
He said, “I’m done with tradition, man, I’m sick of nostalgia. I hate the passing of time, it overwhelms me. Maybe that’s why she left, maybe that’s how we died. That’s why I’m lying adrift in poor decisions tonight. There’s still hair in the shower, that smell is still in the sheets, I’ll have to burn it all down if I want to be free. So show me a way out, that won’t make such a mess. I’ll take the bottle and songs and you can keep all the rest.”
All played out
I’ll play now
So hold them close, closer to you
A shot in the dark, planning your next move
Now run, rabid rabbit, run rabid rabbit run
(are you my monster?)
Yeah, run, rabid rabbit, run rabid rabbit run
(are you my monster?)
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6. |
Vapid
02:51
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Where am I at, why are you here?
Something tells me it’s not the first time
Try not to dream, eyes lost the gleam
We’ve been asleep for seven years
And there’s no, no, waking up now
No, no, waking up now
No, no, waking up now
(Rapid eye, rapid eye, vapid lies)
I had the problem (memory fading)
As you appear, now and then
Look at the time (so sick of waiting)
Seems like the night has won again
And there’s no, no, waking up now
No, no, waking up now
No, no, waking up now
(Rapid eye, rapid eye, vapid lies)
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7. |
Man v. Moon
03:14
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I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
So wrap me up in tin foil
And shoot me off to outer space
I feel I’ve seen enough of this world
To know I’ll never find my place
So I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all open again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all open again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all open again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all open again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all open again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all open again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
Now her ears won’t pop from the altitude,
But her eyes just roll from the attitude
And it’s all become part of an afterthought,
Through the years and the dreams that we all have bought
Try to scream, try to bleed, to feel anything;
All in vain and without any sympathy
So we fall, we crash over and over.
We repeat, we evolve, we discover.
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
I turn around, my head on the ground, kick it all over again
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Under lights and glass we are looked upon
We are dots and lines, oh just cells that lie
Undisturbed in a frightful way
Strung along it’s the price we pay, so come on
This sensation
It’s worth every empty penny
So come on
I can feel the strings dangling above me
Well it’s not so bad, still I can’t see the hands
Meant to move in a certain way
We are lies that sell, just a strategy
This Sensation
It’s worth every empty penny
So come on
I’ve got a cutting loose feeling and my pockets are full
There’s a mild comfort in being expendable
I’m running out of excuses and I feel like a fool
Drunk on emotion, and it’s beautiful
You’re just a dial tone, a single thought that drones
(in and out of my head)
Like the music of a dead universe
(in and out of my head)
Kept in check by that mirror in your purse
(in and out of my head)
This lack of consciousness it only gets worse
Every empty every penny every empty
Life you have to throw away only to survive again
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9. |
Mulholland Drive
02:38
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Remember that night that we got high
And tried to watch Mulholland Drive?
Well I still haven’t seen that movie
The dumpster scene scared me to hell
I drove home without the chance to tell you
Just what I was feeling
Now I’m awake, and staring at the moon
Now I’m awake, and wondering if you are too
Say you believe in a past that includes me
Say you believe in a future that forgives me
I’m finding things to hide behind
And using you to try and find out
What it is I’m needing
I know it’s wrong, and I’m not proud;
But words are never spoken ‘loud and
It just keeps repeating
Now I’m awake, and staring at the moon
Now I’m awake, and wondering if you are too
Say you believe in a past that includes me
Say you believe in a future that forgives me
Her hair strings down all wet, and the rain drips from her chin
I give her my coat and she smiles again
If we were still in love, this would make one hell of a painting
Maybe it’s better this way
I told her “You used to be the chapters of my book, now I’m just some flashback in your movie”
You know we never did agree on an ending
I’m going to call it a victim of the writers’ strike
Say you believe in a past that includes me
Say you believe in a future that forgives me
Say you believe in a past that includes me (Say you’ll never leave)
Say you believe in a future that forgives me (Say you’ll never leave)
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10. |
Blissonance
02:57
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And she was dancing in the darkness on the edge of her mind
Alone but satisfied
A weaker person would have given in
Maybe she’ll try this time, this time
The act of falling apart, he’s turned it into an art
He’s turned away from himself, boxed it all up on a shelf
And now he can’t decide if it was all worth the price
Another empty room, a stack of IOUs
Just leave the key in the door
When her head was full she spread the rest on her gums
O lord it was enough to hold her over and then some
Another victim of the modern age she came and went
Through a multitude of memories that haven’t happened yet
A few broken laws, another hopeless cause
Another empty threat, the sharp sting of regret
He needs a revolution not just some quick-fix solution
Killing time has proved nothing, killing himself even less
Just leave the key in the door
A cry out in the dark it won’t go very far
So crawl out through the window, get away from the people
A toxic mixture of hate, a temporary escape
There’s nothing left to explore when you’re face down on the floor
Just leave the key in the door
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11. |
Why Panic?
03:33
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Listen honey, I’m not going to bore you with compliments
I’m just here to talk about poor me, poor me
So pour me a drink
Is the night all we ever get?
Is there anything more to you than just lust?
‘Cause I’ve lost more than I’ve found
Act like you already know me
I don’t think we can waste more time cause we’re near, we’re near
We’re nearly out
She asks, “So why don’t we just dance?”
“Too many drinks in my hands,
I wouldn’t know where to put them.”
She laughs, and slowly walks to the back,
A sultry heart attack
To drop a few more quarters in
All closed eyes and pursed lips,
Just give in to the thoughts,
Watch her move with the music
She twists, smiles up something fierce,
While I’m glued to the spot,
I’d almost rather be broken
So listen honey, cause I’m running out of breath
The lies are all in the details,
I’d give you anything to feel nothing again
And you could always run back to them,
I'm well versed in abandonment
There’s always more to learn
She’s sending mixed messages
They’re mixing up all the beverages
And I’m choking them down
She asks, “So why don’t we just dance?”
“Too many drinks in my hands,
I wouldn’t know where to put them.”
She laughs, and slowly walks to the back,
A sultry heart attack
To drop a few more quarters in
All closed eyes and pursed lips,
Just give in to the thoughts,
Watch her move with the music
She twists, smiles up something fierce,
While I’m glued to the spot,
I’d almost rather be broken
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12. |
Modern Darkness
05:27
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Walk a mile to fall asleep
This only happens in my dreams
This only happens in my dreams
These bending thoughts of what?
I want to crash right through this wall
And gaze upon the other side
But what other side?
By history my life’s defined
Galaxies away, we exist alone
What our world shows is, we exist alone
This train moving on to forever
This train made of glass
Sit and wait for it to shatter
Stops for nothing once you let it pass
You find yourself alive in a world
Your world is a dream
You can’t stop dreaming of worlds,
‘Cause living here’s hell
Galaxies away, we exist alone
What our world shows is, we exist alone
Galaxies away, we exist alone
What our world shows is, we exist alone
Many thoughts astray, I love being unknown
What my world shows is, I exist alone
What I figured out, well I do not know
Will I sit and wonder til I’m old?
Or will it come to me in a dream?
Eyes fluttering rapidly
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