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Hide Your Eyes
03:43
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All those lines mark the face, painted by the passing days
Souvenirs of what have been and gone
You shuffled feet against the wall and couldn’t answer any call
Your inaction was unstoppable
You were swept up by the breeze and passed along her door
But you hid your eyes and tried to be ignored
But you hid your eyes and tried to be…
So you favored lies and thieves drawing blood and bringing grief
With the hope you let another by
Now the vice bears down its teeth and you bow to its conceit
Goading you to choose to leave the line
While two turns into three, three turns into four
Still you hide your eyes and try to be ignored
Still you hide your eyes and try to be…
Shut the doors and lock the gates, too afraid to be embraced
Having never even really tried
Are your still living on your guard with all of your defenses armed?
Time to play the fool and numb the mind
So you cage reality and unlock fiction’s stores
Then you hide your eyes and try to be ignored
Then you hide your eyes and try to be…
You just hide your eyes and try to be ignored
But don’t you hide your eyes and try to be…
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Rodents
03:41
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Dancing with the rabble down the same old route
When the flashes lit the view
Took a little turn until I saw the truth
Blanketed in blue
Cradling conviction when I got no clue
As I try to look away
While you’re frozen the pavement in the bitter truce
That the earth and air have made
Who the hell are you to kill my buzz today?
When I’m running like a rodent in a wretched maze
Flowers sang the chorus by the busy road
As the evening came
Few can remember why the traffic slowed
And who cares, either way?
So I bow to my ambition as I hide my grief
To keep my belly fed
I’ve taken time to cater to my every need
But no time to mourn the dead
Who the hell are you to kill my buzz today?
When I’m running like a rodent in a wretched maze
Running like a rodent in a wretched maze
Now I’m trying to deny how much I love the race
Running like a rodent in a wretched maze
And I’m wondering how soon until your image fades
Running like a rodent in a wretched maze
Running like a rodent in a wretched maze
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Liars
04:11
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You never fear the fire but you’re still drawn to dread the match
Kinetic is a pleasure when potential fights you back
Oh, imagination, how you dream up all the worst
When every situation isn’t really as rehearsed
When the winds prevail then you seem to grin and bear
But when everything is quiet then you fear the peaceful air
Lover of destruction, here to draw up all the plans
Breaking what you love to try and fix it all again
Oh, you liars keep on selling me your peace
That makes me so uncomfortable when I should be at ease
Oh, you liars keep on selling me your peace
That makes me so uncomfortable when I should be at ease
Your eyes won’t keep from searching for a signal in the night
‘Cause trying to be still could mean an evening ill-designed
Gardener of disaster, trimming hedges for your bets
Pruning all the weeds to make sure no one else gets in
Oh, you liars keep on selling me your peace
That makes me so uncomfortable when I should be at ease
Oh, you liars keep on selling me your peace
That makes me so uncomfortable when I should be at ease
Oh, you liars keep on selling me your peace
That makes me so uncomfortable when I should be at ease
Oh…
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4. |
Wait for Green
04:44
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Flash of feeling fills the mind, so visceral and pure
With the sound of breaking glass in a molten metal cast
From a moment dressed in peace to havoc’s great escape
Smoke billows from the street when there’s no one there to see
The face against the wheel and all that could have been
I’m not moving but I keep on wondering
How could I get hurt today?
The breaks are on my heart is racing
How could I get hurt today?
I’m not moving but I keep on wondering
How could I get hurt today?
The breaks are on my heart is racing
How could I get hurt today?
Wait for green
Wait for green
Wait for green
Wait for green
Then pull away
Flash of feeling fills the mind, so visceral and pure
With the sound of breaking glass in a molten metal cast
From a moment dressed in peace to havoc’s great escape
Smoke billows from the street when there’s no one there to see
The face against the wheel and all that’s yet to be
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5. |
Playing Pretend
05:19
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She cried, “I thought you loved me!”
As she melted in the rain
But love was never something
To be thought about again
Taken as a token
Captured like a prize
A winner for the moment
‘Til another caught his eyes
“Am I more than a machine,
A prop to hold your hand?
A postman for your progeny,
Was I ever more than that?”
“My darling there’s no difference
‘Tween the loving and game
‘Cause everyone and everything’s
A way to make my name.”
“Can’t you tell that I’ve been playing pretend?
Another mask to try to find my success
All I know is you’re a means to an end
And I’ll use you ‘til the day that I die.”
He cried, “How could this happen?”
As the steel ripped his back
But it was only habit
To let another bear attacks
He followed like a shadow
And groveled at his feet
But so much for being loyal
When you’re on a one-way street
“Am I more than just your shield,
The man to take the fall?
Would you say that I’m a friend
Or just a flunky that you call?”
“My brother, there’s no difference
‘Tween a friendship and game
‘Cause everyone and everything’s
A way to make my name.”
“Can’t you tell that I’ve been playing pretend?
Another mask to try to find my success
All I know is you’re a means to an end
And I’ll use you ‘til the day that I die.
I’ll use you ‘til the day that I die.”
(Inner monologue)
“There’s no one here beside me now
None to save me once the ship goes down
Taken hostage by the blood I drew
Fearing I could be forgotten so soon
Fearing I could be forgotten so soon”
“Can’t you tell that I’ve been playing pretend?
Another mask to try to hide my distress
All I know is you’re a means to an end
And I’ll use you ‘til the day that I die.
I’ll use you ‘til the day that I die.”
(Anguished, to no one in particular)
“Can’t you tell that I’ve been playing pretend?
Another mask to try to hide my distress
No one’s round to let me use them again
As I slowly start to rot from inside
Slowly start to rot from inside
Slowly start to rot from inside…”
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Binary Pairs
04:07
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I fell in love with static, it’s song my soothing balm
It echoes through my spirit just like David played for Saul
Once the tune has faded and I am blind to truth
I say my prayers in binary pairs and hope I make it through
I say my prayers in binary pairs and hope I make it through
Avarice, my lover, have I set the world on fire?
Will you leave me bitter or burning with desire?
I’ve shouted down my enemies and friends I thought I knew
Then I say my prayers in binary pairs and hope I make it through
I say my prayers in binary pairs and hope I make through
I’m betting on betrayal and how I’ll be done wrong
I’m anxious for tomorrow and if you’ll play along
So tell me that you’ll soothe me when words become my noose
As I say my prayers in binary pairs and hope I make it though
I say my prayers in binary pairs and hope I make it through
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7. |
Human
04:24
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Writing screeds across the chalkboard
Connecting dots that never were
With the scratches of a madman in a notepad
I am harvesting the truth that I prefer
You recognize my face? I recognize the score
I am practicing an art form
Keeping all my sins concealed
Got my eyes upon the dawn of insurrection
Hoping now that nothing is revealed
But I’m counting down the days and adding up the score
I’m not feeling human anymore
All my words don’t really matter
I could murder and I’d still be fine
‘Cause anger is a powerful emotion
It’s the only thing that’s keeping my alive
But I’m terrorized by fate and haunted by the score
I’m not feeling human anymore
I’m not feeling human anymore
I’ve been courting all you stand for
For a promise that could never be
Dangling the bait with bitter nothings
Until I got you bowing down to me
You sell away your faith to satisfy my score
Oh you sell away your faith to satisfy my score
No I’m not feeling human anymore
I’m not feeling human anymore
I’m not feeling human anymore
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8. |
Shut It Down
04:14
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