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The End Is Begun
2007
Metalblade Records
1 The World is Born in Flame No hesitation Now it's too dark out 2 The End Is Begun Watch what you say Then you said what you said Goodbye number one Lay down the law Now you say what you say Goodbye number one Shall I die, shall I cry Goodbye number one 3 Battle Cry Into darkness our descending There's a battle cry on the battlefield Back and forth the titans turn their In a violence of pretending There's a battle cry on the battlefield Back and forth the titans turn their There's a battle cry on the battlefield 4 All That Remains Just below the surface All that remains Gravity unshackles you All that remains Aiming at the enemy All that remains 5 My Divided Falling A tear escapes the eye of God Wake the dawn Well have you no words? You - I don't know who you are Wake the dawn Now what have you done? Another tear in the rain Bloody valentine, take me back in time 6 Serpents in Disguise Have you come to die And there's a look upon your face This moment speeding by And there's a look upon your face Teardrops in the rain And I've seen the ghost that never dies And when I get those angels calling I lose my mind 7 Been to the Future [with echo throughout] She I've been to the future I hear You'd been to the future Repeat after me Today Been to the future We've been to the future 8 Bleeding Me Home Faster and faster From our soul The monster in the mirror Now you're believing your own lies From our soul Spotlight gone cold From our soul 9 Live Entertainment Nobody likes you (Just) don't go searching the skies (I) watch you step out of line, girl You like talking to strangers (Just) don't go searching the skies (I) watch you step out of line, girl Stuck in the same town (I) watch you step out of line, girl 10 Diamond in the Crush It's a bad way to be sure See the lonely boy It's a bad way to forget See the lonely boy See the lonely boy He's the only one 11 Shadow Play Got what I wanted Don't forget my love I scale the wall Guess I should warn you Don't forget my love Whispers on a shelf Saw what I saw Oh, don't forget my love 12 These Iron Bones Be still your turning soul We're gonna get you These iron bones This ending is begun We're gonna get you These iron bones We're gonna get you These iron bones 13 The Last Day So this is how it ends, love The same mistakes I made, love So kill me now I'm helpless It's the last day It's the last day 14 Dregs (acoustic version) Yaaaaiiiii! Awake in the dark Days gone by Thought of a lie, and Days gone by Burn into ash, ash into dust
No vibration
No information
Could there be found
Can't make no sound
As the earth is torn away...
To see the sky
You put the spark out
Behind my eyes
The child dies
The word is
Born of flame
Words can be heard from your grave
Pluck from a fist full of straws
You cannot resist your tragic flaws
You might be better off dead
Than be fed into the furnace
Of the monster
Shall I die, shall I cry
Shall I be shot through the sky
As I fly into the furnace
Of the monster?
You know what must be done
Set sail through the sun
The end has begun
Take to the air
See how they crawl
Sparking a trail
Angels may fall
The single mistake
Kills us all
And then we blow them away
Everyday
You know I like to keep it simple
Shall I die, shall I cry
Shall I be shot through the sky
As I fly into the furnace
Of the monster?
You know what must be done
Set sail through the sun
The end has begun
Shall I be shot through the sky
As I fly into the furnace
Of the monster?
You know what must be done
Set sail through the sun
The end has begun
Searching for a time never ending
Still I promise to continue
Trying to see the good left within you
Now that you and I have our hearts revealed
How many times must the blood thieves
Drink us dry?
World to ashes, lightning crashes
Searchers through a grand illusion
Numbers falling, mass confusion
One by one by one
It's hard to know which side you're defending
Still I know you must continue
Trying to win a war waged within you
Now that you and I have our hearts revealed
How many times must the blood thieves
Drink us dry?
World to ashes, lightning crashes once upon a
Midnight's turning
Nightmares march on, dreams still burning
One by one by one
Now that you and I have our hearts revealed
How many times must the blood thieves
Drink us dry?
Of an ordinary town
Burn the devils underground
Murder fills the skies above
My eyes upon the earth
Why didn't I realize?
See for the first time
In your life defending...
Drowning in flames
The same old story
But the names have all been changed
The fatal mistake you made
Was of all the hearts you'd slain
How you left alive my bloody valentine
And now you float away
Looking back upon your grave
You can't outrun your shadow
You can only shut the lights
Pluck out your wicked eyes
See for the first time
In your life defending...
Drowning in flames
The same old story
But the names have all been changed
The fatal mistake you made
Was of all the hearts you'd slain
How you left alive my bloody valentine
I only smash the mirror
Pluck out your wicked eyes
See for the first time in your life defending
Drowning in flames
The same old story
But the names have all been changed
The fatal mistake you made
Was of all the hearts you'd slain
How you kept alive my bloody valentine
It's bigger than the world
Than all our bombs and guns
They seek the rabbit who runs
It's not a pattern you'd recognize
Too busy wearing the same disguise
You can't abandon their pretty lies
The time has come to...
Out of any open door
Shut upon your brother
You hear the sound
I'm returning from my own
Divided falling now
Your silence is deafening
Now that you've heard
You're like the light of a star
You're from a place so far away
I never know what you're gonna do
Will you be dead by your own design
Or will you learn how to stop in time?
I never wanted to change your mind
The time has come to...
Out of any open door
Shut upon your brother
You hear the sound
I'm returning from my own
Divided falling now
You see the mirror looks different now
What have you become?
Remembers your name
A signal out of range
Last dance in a dark descending
See, cause I know what you better do right now
Last chance and the world is ending
Can you stop in time, bloody valentine?
Or have you come to learn?
The deeper do we dive
The longer to return
Said we won't survive
So now we have to burn
Crashing through the sky
I'll be coming home
As if there's something out of place
You disappear without a trace
Now you're going home
And I've seen the ghost that never dies
Stoking the fire behind your eyes
I read the words between the lies
I've seen the serpents in disguise
Is never to return
Running out of time
For lessons to be learned
Said we won't survive
So now we have to burn
Crashing through the sky
I'll be coming home
As if there's something out of place
You disappear without a trace
Now you're going home
And I've seen the ghost that never dies
Stoking the fire behind your eyes
I read the words between the lies
I've seen the serpents in disguise
They all look the same
Dancing down the drain
A signal out of range
Stoking the fire behind your eyes
I read the words between the lies
I've seen the serpents in disguise
Where did you go? I need to know
What is in my mind
This side of the waking world
Straight to the back of the line
By their design this happens every time
'Cause you're so bright I go blind
Send us a sign, mercy for my kind
This side of the waking world
Will I be ready to find
When I hear those angels calling?
Where did you go? I need to know
What is in my mind
This side of the waking world
Lives by the virtue of daytime TV
Alone in a suburb
And he
Fills up a bottle
And drinks from the sea
He'll always be thirsty
And they
Shiny examples of human decay
Come here, let me show you
How I woke up this morning
Still mourning a dream
I've been to the future
Somewhere the circus
Is said to be near
Another distraction
And I fear
Will you be next to me
This time next year
Or will you be over?
But wait
Just as you leap
From the nest for the wind
Well I never told you
When you woke up this morning
You spoke of a dream
I've been to the future
Been to the future
Been to the future
She's all I have
Is this what it means to be free?
Repeat after me
She's all I have
Tell me why
She's all I have
Please tell me why
She's all I ever had
All the illusions are fading
Away
I've drawn my conclusion
I been to the future
Been to the future
Been to the future
Been to the future
We've been to the future
Been to the future
The speed of our cancer
Bleeding me home
Chills through the bone
Fall to Earth my sacred sparrow
In your wing a medicated arrow, no?
Now there's nowhere to go
Bleeding me home
'Til the chains have come undone
Maybe never was
Oh yeah
Tucks his fangs behind your smile
Please turn him back
Before you're under your own attack
You are so convincing
And though you're back to stay
Still I can see you're miles away
Bleeding me home
'Til the chains have come undone
Maybe it never was
Oh yeah
Haunted by the sun
Maybe never was
Set fire to all those tickets sold
Upon your violent ending
Will the world survive?
Out of control
There goes my hero
Back to Earth my wounded sparrow
At your lips another poison arrow, no?
Now there's nowhere to go
Bleeding me home
'Til the chains have come undone
Maybe it never was
Oh yeah
Haunted by the sun
Maybe never was
And nobody hates you
Looking the facts through
I try to relax you
For the memory of lifetimes
Seeking replacement
Don't go back digging the bones
Of the uninvited secret
Sealed in your basement
And it's live entertainment
One at a time, girl
And it's live entertainment
You like to dabble in dangers
Hiding under the table
Because the sky's raining angels
For the memory of lifetimes
Seeking replacement
Don't go back digging the bones
Of the uninvited secret
Sealed in your basement
And it's live entertainment
One at a time, girl
And it's live entertainment
We're on our way down
We each get a small share, but we're
Sick of the same air
(Watch you step out of line)
And it's live entertainment
One at a time, girl
(One at a time)
And it's live entertainment
(I) watch you step out of line, girl
(Watch you step out of line)
And it's live entertainment
One at a time, girl
(One at a time)
Live entertainment
To divide the diseased from the pure
'Cause you can never tell
How you gonna find a way
To settle the earthly debt
The game ain't over but you're
Tempted to press reset
Gentlemen, place your bets
You know it happens today
Drowning out like an echo
In the rush - rush, rush...
Get a look in his face
He's the only one
Holding up like a diamond
In the crush - crush, crush...
To obsess on the blood that you let
'Cause you can never tell
How you gonna find a way
To settle the earthly debt
The game ain't over but you're
Tempted to press reset
Gentlemen, place your bets
You know it happens today
Drowning out like an echo
In the rush - rush, rush...
Get a look in his face
He's the only one
Holding up like a diamond
In the crush - crush, crush...
But you know it happens in the U-S of A
Drowning out like an echo
In the rush - rush, rush...
Take a look in his face
He's the only one
Holding up like a diamond
In the crush - crush, crush...
Holding up like a diamond
In the crush - crush...
Take a look in his face
See the lonely boy
Holding up like a diamond
In the crush - crush, crush...
Crush...
Now I don't know
I dream we're falling
And there's nothing below
When I woke today
Found you'd run away
I should have warned you
That this house is haunted
There's nothing left to say
Still I watch your shadow play
Hey...
Don't forget my love for you
Don't forget my love
Don't forget my love for you
The engines stall
I dream we're flying
While the sky is falling
Still you're moving in
Under my skin
That this house is haunted
Though I look away
You know I watch your shadow play
Hey...
Don't forget my love for you
Don't forget my love
Don't forget my love for you
Whispers to myself
I love you
Whispers all I know
Whispers of a ghost
I love you
Know what I know
You feed the fires in my
Mountain of snow
When I close my eyes
Feel the red sun rise
Set a fire this morning
To perform our last goodbye
Though so fast I turn away
You know I watch your shadow play
Hey...
Don't forget my love for you
Don't forget my love
Don't forget my love
Ooh, you don't forget my
So you don't forget my love
For you
Don't forget my love for you
Dark eyes burning cold
What lies have I been told?
Tales from a distant shore
Our time has come today
Sharp thoughts
But nothing that I can say
There is no easy way
And I hear the voices call...
No matter where you turn
Once flown by drones
Now overthrown
Shall guide us home
No time and gravity come undone
We'll sail into the sun
Tales from a distant shore
I watched your body die
No time to savor the long goodbye
Defective by design
And I hear the voices call...
No matter where you turn
Once flown by drones
Now overthrown
Please tell me why
You turn to stone
Your thoughts unknown
These iron bones
Shall never die
No matter where you turn
We're gonna get you
No matter where you burn
Once flown by drones
Now overthrown
Please tell me why
You turn to stone
Your thoughts unknown
These iron bones
Shall never die
And brightness fills the air
The lights went down in April
And no one seemed to care
Relieve me of this burden of despair
Will haunt me never more
They slew me where I lay, love
The pounded down my door
Now that I - I am no
Longer keeping score
And dark my have his day
The hour is late for lyrics
The words have blown away
Now that I have shed
The burden of decay
Of the world
All the stars fired up
To unfurl
I'm gonna meet you
In the space within
You and I
We'll race the light
And win
Of the world
Dreaming of day
Skating my life away
On impossible ice, but I didn't know
Why do I hate me so?
Burn into ash, ash into dust
Aren't these the gods we trust?
Gone out of their minds
In for the kill
But I can remember still...
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Right on time
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Thought of a bomb
Thought if I played along
That I might slip away
And out on my own
Guess that I should've known
As bullets divide flesh of the sky
Sunlight goes bleeding by
Gone out of their minds
In for the kill
But I can remember still...
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Right on time
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Aren't these the gods we trust?
Dreaming awake
What can I do?
What ever happened to...
Days gone by?
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Right on time
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Wake Pig
2005
Metalblade Records
1 Alien Angel Here - follow Are you an angel Born in motion Are you an angel Are you an angel Are you an angel? 2 Monster Skin crawls A thousand torches How now A thousand torches And as I float through the sky A thousand torches 3 Dregs Yaaaaiiiii! Awake in the dark Days gone by Thought of a lie, and Days gone by Burn into ash, ash into dust 4 Wake Pig I was dreaming of this place Wake up, soldier Now my heart and mind are one Wake up, soldier Beyond the static screen Shadows seem to multiply Wake up, soldier 5 Bramfatura Instrumental 6 Trust Gentlemen, how'd you get up there? They stopped digging for you long ago Borderline, and I can not keep still They stopped digging for you long ago They stopped digging for you long ago The price I pay 7 Dogs of War Good, now that we're finally alone We could run away Breathe in a vacuum of air Great, now that we've been introduced We could run away Breathe in a vacuum of air Breathe in a vacuum of air 8 Soul to Sell Do you think we're fools? But oh well, that's life And any place you place the blame Do you think we're fools? 9 One Way Town This is a story of a You turn the other way You say that you're quitting You know you look the other way And it's a story of a You try to run away 'Cause we're the other way 10 Queen Torn apart Blown away In the mirror glass 11 Circus Without Clowns This is the night of living dead And though I'd like to pledge allegiance This is a circus without clowns This is the night of living dead This is a circus without clowns This is the night of living dead This is a circus without clowns This is the circus without clowns 12 Where's Max Oh I'm the dog and you're the lord She said Oh 13 Amaze Disgrace Amaze disgrace
Hollow are these haunted hills
Far below the ground
Searchers in the deep reveal
You could have been
Caught up in
All those empty odds
Alive but not awake
Promises
Am I seeping through?
Whose ship ran aground?
Can't get a grip
On this planet you've found
Never to look down
Trade in my halo
For feet on the ground
Forward is your only course
Plunge the gaping edge
Fallen into flesh and bone
You could have been
Caught up in
All those empty odds
Alive but not awake
Promises
Am I seeping through?
Whose ship ran aground?
Can't get a grip
On this planet you've found
Never to look down
Trade in my halo
For feet on the ground
Whose ship ran aground?
Can't get a grip
On this planet you've found
Never to look down
Trade in my halo
For feet on the ground
Are you an angel?
Trade in my halo
For feet on the ground
Wind is walking
Through the walls
Now there's nowhere to run
Heart pray we'll be ok
Now there's nothing to say
But the damage is done
What keeps you up at night, my love?
What turns you on?
Dark shadows turn in the pale blue light
It won't be long
Beaming in the distance
They bleed from the sky
And as I open my eyes
I see they've come to take me home
Can we allow?
We gotta stop 'em somehow
Body over mind
Oh no, now we both know
That there's nowhere to go
And the damage is done
What keeps you up at night, my love?
What turns you on?
Dark shadows turn in the pale blue light
It won't be long
Beaming in the distance
They bleed from the sky
And as I open my eyes
I see they've come to take me home
I know I've known it all along
And as the stars step aside
I know the battle rages on
Beaming in the distance
They bleed from the sky
And as I open my eyes
I see they've come to take me home
And as I float through the sky
I know they've come to take me home
Dreaming of day
Skating my life away
On impossible ice, but I didn't know
Why do I hate me so?
Burn into ash, ash into dust
Aren't these the gods we trust?
Gone out of their minds
In for the kill
But I can remember still...
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Right on time
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Thought of a bomb
Thought if I played along
That I might slip away
And out on my own
Guess that I should've known
As bullets divide flesh of the sky
Sunlight goes bleeding by
Gone out of their minds
In for the kill
But I can remember still...
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Right on time
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Aren't these the gods we trust?
Dreaming awake
What can I do?
What ever happened to...
Days gone by?
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Right on time
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Where the earth and sky did blaze
And everywhere I'd run
The fire so high in the sky
I couldn't find the sun
There's no dreams left in the dark
Save them
Save yourself
To the last breath
Never forget you could be over
I look down at the blood on the ground
Tell me what I've done
And everywhere that I could see
The fire so high in the sky
Now we can't get free
There's no dreams left in the dark
God has called you home
To the last day
Ever the flame levers the spark
The monster wields a dream
He knows he can't be seen
Behind the mask
In the space where they'll never find time
For all across the universe
The uninvited guest
It's like an...
There's no dreams
Left in the dark
Save them
Save yourself
To the last breath
Never forget you could be over
You could be over
What if nothing is something that you could be?
You could be over
Oh, you could be over
What if nothing is something that you could be?
You could be over
How you gonna get down?
Sweeping all the search lights above
Over the ground
And I shudder to think
That this is the catastrophe
That fate has in mind
And now buried are the feelings still alive
That you'll never find
My sacred soul, it won't be long
Your enemies have trained you
To wear a smile as you kill
And now buried alive
You can't deny
That worst of all
The joke was on you
Now you're scratching out a silent goodbye
With just a candle in a coffin and...
My sacred soul, it won't be long
Look into my eyes
At the price I pay
Watch them fade away
Still the beat goes on
My sacred soul, it won't be long
Look into my eyes
At the price I pay
Watch them fade away
Still the beat goes on
The price I pay
The price I pay
I get the feeling you know I know
Know right from wrong
And a few give up, and a few give in
Ah, but they would hunt us down
What else can I say
But turn this ship around?
Seek to accumulate your share
Sorry, but life is unfair
And I get the feeling you don't know
Who to believe anymore
The rabbit who runs or the dogs of war
I get the feeling you know I know
Know you're confused
And a few give up, and a few give in
Ah, but they would hunt us down
What else can I say
But turn this ship around?
Seek to accumulate your share
Sorry, but life is unfair
And I get the feeling you don't know
Who to believe anymore
The rabbit who runs or the dogs of war
The dogs of war...
We could run away
Ah, but they would hunt us down
What else can I say
But turn this ship around?
Seek to accumulate your share
Sorry, but life is unfair
And I get the feeling you don't know
Who to believe anymore
The rabbit who runs or the dogs of war
The dogs of war...
We know it won't be long
'Til you drill a well
And fall straight through the roof of Hell
And they lock you in a prison cell
And leave the tale for you to tell
You got no more soul to sell
So carve on with your crooked knife
You're so strong, you're so precise
One day you'll learn to take your own advice
And make your home in a prison cell
And leave the tale for me to tell
You got no more soul to sell
The water tastes the same
The sunlight hurts your eyes
It's no surprise
And anyone you chance to meet
A stranger on the street
They're bound to wonder why you run so dry
You drink the tears from their eyes
We know it won't be long
'Til you drill a well
And fall straight through the roof of Hell
And they lock you in a prison cell
And leave the tale for me to tell
You got no more soul to sell
Roller coaster child
In the city living
Where there once was wild, wild
I'm not the enemy
Not defending thee
The place where they're sending me
Is such a long way down, down, down
In a one way town
Put your eye to the sky
Plant your feet into the ground
What's the word?
Bright as the sun in your eyes
You left a tear in the dust
But you never said goodbye
But you're still gonna do it
Long song skipping on
The record in your head, head
You say that you're leaving
But you're walking in circles
Running from a memory
That you wanna forget
In a one way town
Put your eye to the sky
Plant your feet into the ground
We'll find a world
A place where the light never dies
You left a tear in the dust
But you never said goodbye
Roller coaster town
Well you can touch the top of the sky
But then you're gonna come down, down
In a one way town
Put your eye to the sky
Plant your feet into the ground
You found a world
A place where the light never dies
You left a tear in the dust
But you never said goodbye
In a one way town
You left a tear in the dust
But you never settled down
Another world
Bright as the sun in your eyes
You left a tear in the dust
Run away, goodbye
Begging the forgiveness of your heart
No words can provide
Ours is a deeper truth inside
You called me out
Now all the tides are turning us to doubt
I'm dreaming
I'm drowning
I'm wide awake
Breathing in and breathing out
The beast within the priest without
A lonely voice
And I need to make it over the wall tonight, my love
Blinded in the brightness of our day
No lens can provide
Ours is a vision deep inside
Still you call me out
Now all the tides are turning us to doubt
I'm dreaming
I'm drowning
I'm wide awake
Breathing in and breathing out
The beast within the priest without
A lonely voice
And I need to make it over the wall tonight, my love
Watch the world drift past too fast
And deep inside
You know I'd die
The perfect love
The meaning of the poem is true
It imitates your life
The wind blows over the wall tonight, my love
I'm dreaming
I'm drowning
I'm wide awake
Breathing in and breathing out
The beast within the priest without
A lonely voice
And I need to make it over the wall tonight, my love
I'm dreaming
I'm drowning
I'm wide awake
Breathing in and breathing out
The beast within the priest without
A lonely voice
And I need to make it over the wall tonight, my love
They crowd the streets
In search of who they are
And when it's time to go to bed
You can hear them breathe
Like choking on a cigar
Well I'm afraid it can't be found
So as they fire up their legions
I've got another plan
Some of you won't understand
Rotting in this town
I try to hold my ground
But that ain't right
That ain't right
We're in a circus without clowns
Rotting in this town
We try to hold our ground
But that ain't right
That ain't right somehow
They watch the screen
But they don't know what it means
And when it's time to lift your head
You hear the scream
Sirens drag you out of your dream
And though I'd like to pledge allegiance
Well I'm afraid it can't be found
So as they fire up their legions
I've got another plan
Some of you won't understand
Rotting in this town
I try to hold my ground
But that ain't right
That ain't right
We're in a circus without clowns
Rotting in this town
We try to hold our ground
But that ain't right
That ain't right somehow
They walk the ledge
And then they tumble over the edge
You know I'd like to pledge allegiance
Now I've got another plan
Some of you won't understand
(Circus without clowns)
Rotting in this town
(Rotting in this town)
I try to hold my ground
(I try to hold my ground)
But that ain't right
(That's what can't be found)
That ain't right
We're in a circus without clowns
(Circus without clowns)
Rotting in this town
(Rotting in this town)
We try to hold our ground
(We try to hold our ground)
But that ain't right
That ain't right somehow
(This is the night of living dead)
Rotting in this town
I try to hold my ground
(They walk the lonely road
in search of who they are)
But that ain't right
That ain't right somehow
We're in a circus without clowns
(This is the night of living dead)
Rotting in this town
We try to hold our ground
But that ain't right
That ain't right
I'm the dog and you're the lord
You're the dog and I'm the lord
You're the dog, now I'm the lord
Oh
How sweet the sound
Of footfalls in
The underground
And rise my children
Come and play
The perfect earth
She's been blown away
And don't you fear it
When you hear it
Stirring down below
Don't you get that's
How it lets itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to
Hide our screams
Amaze disgrace
Oh how sweet it is
Your life's blood bleeds
Along your wrist
And rise my children
Come and see
The perfect earth
Catastrophe
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to hide our screams
It was a night like tonight
So many years ago
I was drawn towards the light
Held on too tight, could not let go
And rise my children come and play
The perfect earth, she's been blown away
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
(Stirring down below)
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
(Self into your soul)
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
(Stirring down below)
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to
Hide our screams
Amaze (disgrace)
(Amaze disgrace)
Amaze...
Summercamp Nightmare
2003
Planet Noise Records
1 Endless Alibi There will come a day when the rain will fall 'Cause it won't be long until we get back home Something in the way that she says to me: 'Cause it won't be long until we get back home 'Cause it won't be long until we get back home 'Cause it won't be long until we get back home ('Cause it won't be long) In a world that's full of crime 2 Halloween Deeper, deeper than God This is Halloween The sin is the same This is Halloween (This is Halloween) 3 Dregs Yaaaaiiiii! Awake in the dark Days gone by Thought of a lie, and Days gone by Burn into ash, ash into dust 4 Broadway Alien He can't get in, he can't get out The name of us is this, my love We gotta get out of here The name of us is this: broadway alien Hahahahahahaha A domicile, but the truth remains We gotta get out of here The name of us is this: broadway alien (So you're leaving town) Wake up The name of us is this: broadway alien My love The name of us is this: the alien 5 Signs of Life Who do you think you are? 6 Dive Faith - pretending you are not home She floats in the water Sure - ignorance seems to be free A ghost in the water Dive into the same black hole Oh...the doc's only daughter, and now... She floats in the water A ghost in the water Oh no, don't be a fool, she'll be draining the pool No, don't be a fool, she'll be draining the pool 7 Fable Alarmed by fascination 8 Pretty Girls Well I don't really know what I've done I'm searching the crowd for a smile For the State of the Union Address He's searching the crowd for a smile There's a man overboard underneath Well they came in the dead of the night Searching the crowd for a smile Well I'm searching the crowd for a smile 9 Bedroom in Hell Hell's not hot One by one the guilty trudge So what do you think Well I hope you don't So what do you think Never a drop in the well 10 Amaze Disgrace Amaze disgrace 11 Soul Reality Spaceship - long trip - fat lip - fly And I don't understand Spaceship - long trip - fat lip - fly And I don't understand And I don't understand I don't understand 12 Latest From Mars Me and the latest from Mars I know they don't seem to care Claire, where the hell of you been? I know they don't seem to care Hopelessly out of control I know they don't seem to care I know they don't seem to care I know they don't seem to care
The sky will fall, too - a tragedy in blue
And the rage will come
You would not like me when I am angry
But you might like me, yeah, when I've had a few
A few blue balloons
To raise the ancient ruins of my brain
All my pain, my never ending reign
As king of into the unknown
Have you seen the incandescent queen?
Could you put her on the telephone?
We're running but it isn't far to the backseat of my car
In a world that's full of crime
Baby, I just wish that I
Could be your endless alibi
"Come on boy, let's leave - it's time to stop
Believing in a ghost from another day
When life was lined with innocent and guilty"
And it never goes away until I've had a few
A few blue balloons
To raise the ancient ruins of my brain
All my pain, my never ending reign
As king of into the unknown
Have you seen the incandescent queen?
Could you put her on the telephone?
Yeah
We're running but it isn't far to the backseat of my car
In a world that's full of crime
Baby, I just wish that I
Could be your...
No more heroes, no more zeros
They all have gone away
The future comes today
No more red lines, no more headlines at all
The future comes today, and with it melts away
The ice cream memory
We're running but it isn't far to the backseat of my car
In a world that's full of crime
Baby, I just wish that I
Could be your endless alibi
We're running but it isn't far to the backseat of my car
In a world that's full of crime
Baby, I just wish that I
Could be your endless alibi
Yeah
(Running but it isn't far)
Yeah
Baby, I just wish that I
Could be your endless alibi
The kid is just a sleeper
Look in his eyes
"I think he's got a fever
Should I get his mom?"
No, go and get a scalpel
We’re planting a bomb
I think we’ll build a tower
Inside of his head
That topples every hour
Renders him dead
We’ll put him in a blender
See how he does
Until he can’t remember
The boy that he was
This is Halloween
It’s Halloween
Ha ha ha ha
This is Halloween
Whoever you are
Persistence - this is the key
Lock him in a basement
Leave him to me
A thing goes wrong
In the darkness unseen
As we’re lighting them up
You know they're splicing the gene
It’s Halloween
Ha ha ha ha
This is Halloween
Whoever you are
For masking the blame
But you didn’t wanna
Down in the valley below
There’s people on fire
And they don’t even know
It’s Halloween
Ha ha ha ha
This is Halloween
Whoever you are…
Many thanks to you
Many things to do
And the beat goes on
(This is Halloween)
Until the beat gets through
Teary eyes only see
A blurry reality
And the beat goes on
Until the beat gets free
Dreaming of day
Skating my life away
On impossible ice, but I didn't know
Why do I hate me so?
Burn into ash, ash into dust
Aren't these the gods we trust?
Gone out of their minds
In for the kill
But I can remember still...
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Right on time
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Thought of a bomb
Thought if I played along
That I might slip away
And out on my own
Guess that I should've known
As bullets divide flesh of the sky
Sunlight goes bleeding by
Gone out of their minds
In for the kill
But I can remember still...
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Right on time
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Aren't these the gods we trust?
Dreaming awake
What can I do?
What ever happened to...
Days gone by?
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Right on time
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
Welcome to the dregs of my mind
It starts to spin, he rounds about
So you're leaving town
I watch you turn the bend
But the earth is round
You'll be back again
Methinks the end is near
We gotta get out of here
Methinks the end is near
The game is to exist because we can
The name of us is this: the alien
The game is to exist at all, my love
She picks apart my brains
Oh so strange
Methinks the end is near
The game is to exist because we can
The name of us is this: the alien
The game is to exist at all, my love
So you're leaving town
(Watch you turn the bend)
Watch you turn the bend
(But the earth is round)
But the earth is round
(You'll be back again)
You'll be back again
And let's get out of here
Methinks the end is near
The game is to exist because we can
The name of us is this: the alien
You know the game is to exist at all, my love
My love
My love
The game is to exist at all, my love
Are you Allison?
Are you on the sun
And searching for a star?
Do you know what you are?
An insect in a jar
What do you think you see?
You know, nothing's for free
You're a robot in a dildo factory
You are the interdimensional
You're the illusion of the fake
You're the Play-Doh
And the oven Easy Bake
Do you know what's at stake?
(Over there)
Colorful ladies are combing their hair
Searching for enemies
They don't care where
Looking around for signs of life
Sharpening their knives
4 o'clock in the morning
And I'm mourning for the last
Of the passers by
As I go walking past
At last
In their eyes there's astronomy
There's a stranger striking tones
There's a dragon
Dragging on his broken bones
He'd like to crawl back home
(Over there)
Colorful ladies are combing their hair
Searching for enemies
They don't care where
Looking around for signs of life
Sharpening their knives
(Over there)
Colorful ladies are combing their hair
Searching for enemies
They don't care where
Looking around for signs of life
(Over there)
Colorful ladies are combing their hair
Searching for enemies
They don't care where
Looking around for signs of life
Sharpening their knives
I almost believe you
But now you're not alone
'Cause I can perceive you
And I think she's drowning alive
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Boy, don't be a fool
She'll be draining the pool as you dive
I'd like to remind you
The price of what you don't see
Oh shit, look out behind you
And I think she thinks she's alive
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Boy, don't be a fool, she'll be draining the pool as you...
Survival of the fittest soul
(The door is opened up before your eyes)
(Except our perception is) way too slow
There are no final goodbyes on this earth
And I think she's drowning alive
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Boy, don't be a fool all your life
And I think she thinks she's alive
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Boy, don't be a fool
She'll be draining the pool
Oh no, don't be a fool, she'll be draining the pool as you dive
Don't be a fool, she'll be draining the pool
Don't be a fool, she'll be draining the pool as you dive
The darkness in me grows
A moment's hesitation
The dark assumes control
Really, I don't know what matters
I only know two things
First it is a flower that flatters
Second is a scorpion stings
I'm giving up on a wish in the well
Alright
I'm sick and tired of trying to tell
Whether I'm facing front or back
Waiting in line, let me sling this fable
Have you seen the papers?
They're written from a bird's eye view
Unsafe beneath a surface of saviors
They can't see me or you
I'm giving up on a wish in the well
Alright
I'm sick and tired of trying to tell
Whether I'm facing front or back
Waiting in line, let me sling this fable
Well the future came today
The alarm bell sounds the stage
While these fools twiddle their thumbs
Something wicked this way comes
I'm giving up on a wish in the well
Alright
I'm sick and tired of trying to tell
Oh yeah
I'm giving up on a wish in the well
Oh yeah
I'm sick and tired
Whether I am facing front or back
Waiting in line, let me sling this fable
But they tell me it's 4:21
And the snakes are all shedding the light
While I stockpile secrets
Alone in my darkness
But there are no pretty girls in style
In the 9th grade of Hell where I'm from
There are no pretty girls - how come?
He'll be dressing himself for the press
They'll be pressing him up to confess
That the state of the union's a mess
And the point is...
But there are no pretty girls in style
In the 9th grade of Hell where he's from
There are no pretty girls - how come?
That don't shut up - oddly enough he can't speak
That's not enough
Melody might spring a leak they can't shut off
A ship slowly sinking at sea, we self destruct
And they looked to be looking to fight
So I challenged the lead to the line
And he broke me like glass
As he passed into presently...
But there are no pretty girls in style
In the 9th grade of Hell where they're from
There are no pretty girls - how come?
But there are no pretty girls in style
In the 9th grade of Hell where I'm from
There are no pretty girls - how come?
It's so cold that it burns
So I'm watching the pot
Until the fire returns
Voices of those familiar
Whisper "I'm sorry my son
If the devil ain't already killed you
Thy kingdom may never come"
Yeah
So what do you think
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Never a drop in the well
All in single file
One by one they leap from the ledge
One by one they land in the pile
And they wait for the fireworks to start
They wait in the darkness alone
If the devil had half of a heart
Oh, then he might just come back home
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Never a drop in the well
Think me ungrateful
But I can't think of what
Could be worse
Than to sit all alone on a bed
Made of stone
Watching the shadows rehearse
See, Hell ain't no place
Where they melt you down, no
In fact it's so cold that you learn
Oh, to sit with your sins
'Til a new day begins
And the devil returns
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Never a drop in the well
Yeah
So what do you think
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Oh, never a drop in the well
Oh there's never a drop in the well
Well there's never a drop in the well
Never a drop in the well
Never a drop in the well
How sweet the sound
Of footfalls in
The underground
And rise my children
Come and play
The perfect earth
She's been blown away
And don't you fear it
When you hear it
Stirring down below
Don't you get that's
How it lets itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to
Hide our screams
Amaze disgrace
Oh how sweet it is
Your life's blood bleeds
Along your wrist
And rise my children
Come and see
The perfect earth
Catastrophe
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to hide our screams
It was a night like tonight
So many years ago
I was drawn towards the light
Held on too tight, could not let go
And rise my children come and play
The perfect earth, she's been blown away
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
(Stirring down below)
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
(Self into your soul)
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
(Stirring down below)
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to
Hide our screams
Amaze (disgrace)
(Amaze disgrace)
Amaze...
I'm gonna miss you
Back on planet Earth
Now that I'm so high
Been a long time
Living in a world of crime
Never again, friend of a friend
Telling it's a lie
Boy, I think you're way out of line
Better luck again next time
Never again, friend of a friend
Telling it's a lie
Why'd they choose me
The abduction of my soul reality
How long I've been gone
I do not really know
But I think I see a planet below
It's been a long time
Living in a world of crime
Never again, friend of a friend
Telling it's a lie
Why'd they choose me
The abduction of my soul reality
How long I've been gone
I do not really know
But I think I see a planet below
Why'd they choose me
The abduction of my soul reality
How long I've been gone
I do not really know
But I think I see a planet below
Why'd they choose me
The abduction of my own reality
How long I've been gone
Well, I do not really know
But I think I see
Think I see a planet
(Below)
Below
Clone our respective goodbyes
Shedding a skin full of scars
Peeling the lids from our eyes
I don't think they understand
I don't think they understand
I've waited for more than an hour
Out there's a whole world of sin
Back home the milk has gone sour
I don't think they understand
I don't think they understand
Dividing yourself from your soul
You think I don't know what you've done
Right now it's 4:21
I don't think they understand
I don't think they understand
I think my brain is off
I'm just a little peculiar
A word goes in one ear and
Into the future
To think I never saw you
I only pretended
Your show got preempted, though
And that's the truth
I don't think they understand
I don't think they understand
I don't think they understand
I don't think they understand
Half Life
2001
Planet Noise Records
(Live Recordings)
1 Wrong Alright (Gangstaship) Want you notice you’re losing focus Lately I’ve learned to watch my back World's getting fatter on baby batter Lately I’ve learned to watch my back We can talk about some gangsta shit Lately I’ve learned to watch my back 2 Paint By Number Do what you want me to do Paint by number Let's take it down another notch Paint by number I'm gonna let it shine! Don't give up, it's a quarter past three Paint by number 3 Body Turn to Dust Looking in the mirror do you find I believe in chanting what you start All those pretty pictures in your head I believe the time has come to stop All those pretty pictures in your head 4 Broadway Alien He can't get in, he can't get out The name of us is this, my love We gotta get out of here The name of us is this: broadway alien Hahahahahahaha A domicile, but the truth remains We gotta get out of here The name of us is this: broadway alien (So you're leaving town) Wake up The name of us is this: broadway alien My love The name of us is this: the alien 5 You Call Me Baby You call me baby Did you ever feel so small You call me baby Late at night you go to bed You call me baby Ever wonder what you are All the king's horses 6 Bedroom in Hell Hell's not hot One by one the guilty trudge So what do you think Well I hope you don't So what do you think Never a drop in the well 7 Get 2Gether When we get together And when they tell you And it's just the system trying When we get together 8 Paint By Number Again Do what you want me to do Paint by number Let's take it down another notch Paint by number I'm gonna let it shine! Don't give up, it's a quarter past three Paint by number 9 Gartdrumm's Paradise Instrumental 10 Amaze Disgrace Amaze disgrace 11 Life's Not Fair Life’s not fair We try most of all to get things done Life’s not fair We try most of all to get things done Life’s not fair Throw me a line, reach out in time Life’s not fair
They mean to choke us
It could be wrong alright
We live together in life to sever
We don’t know whether
It could be wrong alright
Look out the window and I see a ghostly face
No eyes, no lips, no skin at all
Just a secret stirred in and out of space
So we can talk about some gangsta shit
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
It's dangerous I know
So what’s the matter?
It could be wrong alright
Shall I continue the beast within you?
What a week we’ve been through
It could be wrong alright
Look out the window and I see a ghostly face
No eyes, no lips, no skin at all
Just a puff of smoke in an empty space
So we can talk about some gangsta shit
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
It's dangerous I know
(Dangerous I know)
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
It's dangerous
We can talk about some gangsta shit
Violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
Well it's dangerous I know
Look out the window and I see a ghostly face
No eyes, no lips, no skin at all
Just a secret stirred in and out of space
So we can talk about some gangsta shit
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
It's dangerous I know
(Well it's dangerous)
Lately I’ve learned to watch my back
Look out the window and I see a ghostly face
No eyes, no lips, no skin at all
Just a secret stirred in and out of space
So we can talk about some gangsta shit
But violence never changes it
It only rearranges it, deranges it
Well it's dangerous I know
Say what you want me to say
I smile when you give me the cue
I'll play like you want me to play
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
So how come the road never clears?
How come it's always so cold?
I guess there's no way out of here
Unless I reshape to your mold
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
Dim all your brightest ideas
Just a little snip to the crotch, now watch
That ought to set you at ease
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
C'mon J, let it shine
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
Oh, paint by number
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
(Here we go)
You can see the road you've left behind
Almost to the point of no return
You can feel the fire start to burn
You get the body, play the part
Almost to the point of no return
Yeah, you can feel the fire start to burn
Of a life you thought was better dead than alive
Put a bullet in your soul
But I don’t do that no more
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
(Got to do just what you must before your body...)
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
You can tell me now you never dropped
Almost to the point of no return
You can feel the fire start to burn
All those pretty pictures in your head
Of a life you thought was better dead than alive
Put a bullet in your soul, yeah
But I don’t do that no more, no
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
(Got to do just what you must before your body...)
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
Of a life you thought was better dead than alive
Put a bullet in your soul, yeah
But I don’t do that no more, no more, no
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
(Got to do just what you must before your body...)
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
You got to do just what you must
Before your body turn to dust
(You got to)
Just what you must
(You got to)
Body turn to dust
(You got to)
Just what you must
Body turn to dust
(You got to)
Just what you must
(You got to)
Your body turn to dust
(You got to)
Oh, yeah
Body turn to dust
(You got to)
Oh, yeah, yeah
(You got to)
Body turn to dust
Body turn to dust
(You got to, you got to, you got to)
Body turn to dust
Oh yeah, yeah
Body turn to dust
It starts to spin, he rounds about
So you're leaving town
I watch you turn the bend
But the earth is round
You'll be back again
Methinks the end is near
We gotta get out of here
Methinks the end is near
The game is to exist because we can
The name of us is this: the alien
The game is to exist at all, my love
She picks apart my brains
Oh so strange
Methinks the end is near
The game is to exist because we can
The name of us is this: the alien
The game is to exist at all, my love
So you're leaving town
(Watch you turn the bend)
Watch you turn the bend
(But the earth is round)
But the earth is round
(You'll be back again)
You'll be back again
And let's get out of here
Methinks the end is near
The game is to exist because we can
The name of us is this: the alien
You know the game is to exist at all, my love
My love
My love
The game is to exist at all, my love
You call me baby
In the face of it all
That if you cut yourself in two
There'd be nothing left of you?
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't get us back together again
It's an eight mile trek
Towards the back of the bus
Where there's an empty seat
Somebody saved for us saying
Hey (hey) you (you), what do you do
When you're all stuck up
And your bones stick through?
It's the longest haul
An even longer fall
From the top of the line
To the place you crawl saying
I could believe in you now
It's only me trying to get by
In this city tonight
Because I know it's right, yeah
One day you will all wake up
From the American dream
American dream
Don't be so sure you're not dead
In the morning when you wake
Better check the space that you take up
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't get us back together again
On a sick television
That's coughing up blood
And it stains every life, and it's starting
To flood, saying hey (hey) you (you)
What do you do when you're all stuck up
And your bones stick through?
It's an eight mile trek
Towards the back of the bus
Where all the hoes hang out
To be the first to touch, saying...
I could believe in you now
It's only me trying to get by
In this city tonight, yeah
Because I know it's right
Besides the sum of your sensation?
Black and starless night
You know my mind is under
Constant renovation, revelation
Leaving on the light
We are the children of an age
Of ancient, faceless information
Don't forget to write
You know I'd grow up
But I don't think I could stand the elevation
I'm afraid of heights
One day you will all wake up
From the American dream
American dream
What am I, yeah, yeah?
[scat]
(You call me baby)
And all the king's men
Couldn't get us back together again
(You call me baby)
You call me baby
You call me baby
Do it my way
You call me baby
You call me baby
I could believe in you now
You call me baby
It's so cold that it burns
So I'm watching the pot
Until the fire returns
Voices of those familiar
Whisper "I'm sorry my son
If the devil ain't already killed you
Thy kingdom may never come"
Yeah
So what do you think
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Never a drop in the well
All in single file
One by one they leap from the ledge
One by one they land in the pile
And they wait for the fireworks to start
They wait in the darkness alone
If the devil had half of a heart
Oh, then he might just come back home
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Never a drop in the well
Think me ungrateful
But I can't think of what
Could be worse
Than to sit all alone on a bed
Made of stone
Watching the shadows rehearse
See, Hell ain't no place
Where they melt you down, no
In fact it's so cold that you learn
Oh, to sit with your sins
'Til a new day begins
And the devil returns
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Never a drop in the well
Yeah
So what do you think
Of my bedroom in Hell?
Always drips in the sink
Oh, never a drop in the well
Oh there's never a drop in the well
Well there's never a drop in the well
Never a drop in the well
Never a drop in the well
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can’t fight this feeling for long
That you don’t need eyes to see
You pack up your bags, check your price tags
Looking back at me
You know the truth, know it well
You cannot lie
What about your friends?
What about all the loose ends to tie?
When we get together
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can’t fight this feeling for long
To bring another good man down
Act like you miss him
Yes it all comes back around
You know the truth, know it well
You cannot lie
What about your friends?
What about all the loose ends to tie?
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can’t fight this feeling for long
When we get together
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can’t fight this feeling for long
When we get together
Always stormy weather
Never can we sever for long
Sure was nice to see you
But I would not want to be you
I can’t fight this feeling for long
I can’t fight this feeling for long
I can’t fight this feeling for long
I can’t fight this feeling for long
I can’t fight this feeling for long, long, long, long,
la, la, la, long!
Say what you want me to say
I smile when you give me the cue
I'll play like you want me to play
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
So how come the road never clears?
How come it's always so cold?
I guess there's no way out of here
Unless I reshape to your mold
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
Dim all your brightest ideas
Just a little snip to the crotch, now watch
That ought to set you at ease
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
C'mon J, let it shine
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
Oh, paint by number
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
(Here we go)
How sweet the sound
Of footfalls in
The underground
And rise my children
Come and play
The perfect earth
She's been blown away
And don't you fear it
When you hear it
Stirring down below
Don't you get that's
How it lets itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to
Hide our screams
Amaze disgrace
Oh how sweet it is
Your life's blood bleeds
Along your wrist
And rise my children
Come and see
The perfect earth
Catastrophe
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to hide our screams
It was a night like tonight
So many years ago
I was drawn towards the light
Held on too tight, could not let go
And rise my children come and play
The perfect earth, she's been blown away
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
(Stirring down below)
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
(Self into your soul)
And don't you fear it when you hear it
Stirring down below
(Stirring down below)
Don't you get that's how it lets
Itself into your soul?
These walls are too thin to
Hide our screams
Amaze (disgrace)
(Amaze disgrace)
Amaze...
I love you but I just don’t care
I promise but I do not swear, swear
Calling on the phone is what you do
Yeah, yeah
We try most of all to change our world
When the joke wears thin
I wonder, have we been the same?
I love you but I just don’t care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Doodoodoodoodoodoo
We try most of all to see how it is
When the joke wears thin
I wonder, have we been the same?
I love you but I just don’t care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do
Doodoodoodoodoodoo
To a place where the rivers run dry
Light up your soul, you never know
Beautiful sky in this twilight of the banks, it shan’t be long
Light up your soul, you never know
I love you but I just don’t care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Life’s not fair
I love you but I just don’t care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do
Doodoodoodoodoodoo, yeah
Life’s not fair
I love you but I just don’t care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Doodoodoodoodoodoo
Life’s not fair
I love you but I just don’t care
I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Doodoodoodoo
Life's not fair
I love you but I just don't care
Well I promise but I do not swear
Calling on the phone is what you do, yeah
Life's not fair
Paint By Number
1998
Planet Noise Records
1 You've Been Shot You've been shot Well think of all the fun you've had Paralyzed Well think of all the fun you've had I smell something burning Well think of all the fun you've had American stew (You've been shot) (Oh, you've been shot) 2 Leaving After All Behind her smile I'm sinking and thinking Time is a bus I'm sinking and thinking You say, "I'll stay the same (If that's the way) 3 Wrongside Driving Alexis all of the way home Driving Alexis all of the way home We hit, we run, and we spill Driving Alexis all of the way home I took a long drive just for you Driving Alexis all of the way home 4 Lay Down the Law This song is not about you Lay down the law, don't change your style This song is a survey of scenes somebody sees Lay down the law, don't change your style Somebody is stranded light years from home Lay down the law, don't change your style Lay down the law 5 Paint By Number Do what you want me to do Paint by number Let's take it down another notch Paint by number I'm gonna let it shine! Don't give up, it's a quarter past three Paint by number 6 You Call Me Baby You call me baby Did you ever feel so small You call me baby Late at night you go to bed You call me baby Ever wonder what you are All the king's horses 7 Astroknot My name is Michael, I ride my bicycle This is Earth to astroknot Well I'd like to join the circus This is Earth to astroknot In the final days they'll call us This is Earth to astroknot 8 Blood on the Blankets Late at night I go to bed Place a banana peel outside my door Oh, there's blood on the blankets It's the long-awaited single And I can't forget you Oh, there's blood on the blankets and I'm scared Shadows on the wall 9 Careless Kim Careless Kim went for a swim 'Cause I don't swim so well It's late, I'm laughing 'Cause I don't swim so well So here I am 'Cause I don't swim so well 10 Better State of Mind You are the longest haul from home My heart bleeds for you You are the deepest shade of dark I know My heart bleeds for you That kind of magic came today, hey My heart bleeds for you My heart bleeds for you 11 Heart Attack Seems so easy Heart attack, don't look back Our lines have all been said Heart attack, don't look back Yes, I've heard it all before, dear Heart attack, don't look back (There's still time) 12 Old Grey Dog This old grey dog was born to run Down, boy This old grey dog was born to run Down, boy This is the place where the old ones go Now he sleeps all day Down, boy (Even tie you) 13 Policeman Remembering the day I met sweet mystery I was a policeman Headlights in a haze, I must investigate Like a policeman U-V-U-4-4-5-laughing I was a policeman Just a policeman Just a policeman
Full of holes
You feel your eyes
About to close
And the clothes you're in
Seem paper thin
You feel the frostbite
Fangs sink in
'Cause it's cold outside
With no place to hide
Your blood out in the snow
And the people stare
But they're unaware
Of why you had to go
Breaking heads and acting bad
But now that all those days are done
You finally tried the other side
Of a gangster's gun
But a pulse remains
To pump last thoughts
Through your dying brains
Remember Mom
Said always do your best
But now a bullet burns
Within your chest
And the sirens sound
Crowd gathers round
Like moths to flame will fly
'Cause they love blood's smell
But they're scared as hell
Of what it means to die
Breaking heads and acting bad
But now that all those days are done
You finally tried the other side
Of a gangster's gun
Like a flag, like a rubber tire
What you kids been cooking
That's got my kitchen full of fire?
Well it's American stew
'Cause we were sick of the pie
Blood, white, and blue
In the blink of an eye
We'll go to the barn
And lay down low
And hide 'til all of the fires go
Breaking heads and acting bad
But now that all those days are done
You finally tried the other side
Of a gangster's gun
'Cause we were sick of the pie
Blood, white, and blue
In the blink of an eye
(You've been shot)
We'll go to the barn
And we'll lay down low
And hide 'til all of the fires go
American stew
'Cause we were sick of the pie
Blood, white, and blue
In the blink of an eye
(You've been shot)
We'll go to the barn
And we'll lay down low
And hide 'til all of the fires go
American stew
'Cause we were sick of the pie
Blood, white, and blue
In the blink of an eye
(Oh, you've been shot)
We'll go to the barn
And we'll lay down low
And hide 'til all of the fires go
She licks the blood off of her teeth
And says she'll stay
Because it's easier that way
Way
And I've had enough
So shut me down or just shut up
I'm sick of hearing your confessions
(Confessions)
I'm sick of cleaning up your messes
(Messes)
If that's the way you are
Then that's the way I'm gonna be
If that's the way you are
You are just wasting away
I'll override this (undertow)
Have I been
Relying
Too much on you to stay afloat?
Your funny face
You're leaned against the wall
I can't believe it's true
That you're not you
And you're leaving after all
That drives itself through all of us
We sag and drag in funny places
(Places)
When traffic's heavy on our faces
(Faces)
If that's the way you are
Then that's the way I'm gonna be
If that's the way you are
You are just wasting away
I'll override this (undertow)
Have I been
Relying
Too much on you to stay afloat?
Your funny face
You're leaned against the wall
I can't believe it's true
That you're not you
And you're leaving after all
If you'll just trust"
From me to you and rust to dust
But I watch you walking day to day
Pick up some change along the way
The way
If that's the way you are
Then that's the way I'm gonna be
If that's the way you are
You are just wasting away
I can't believe it's true
(The way)
I found out that you're not you
(The way)
You said you'd stay, yes I recall
(You are just wasting)
Oh
(Away)
I can't believe it's true
I found out that you're not you
You said you'd stay, yes I recall
But you're leaving after all
She's like a child
Except that she is grown
If we cannot find the yellow lines
How then can we know
When we're driving on
The wrong side of the road?
Wrong side of the road
Welcome to what you have bought
I'd like to thank you, thank you a lot
For hanging up on words and on walls
And taking these calls
So do you have what it takes?
To drive in the city
You better slam on your brakes
You better step on the gas
You better not come in last
Oh but you can't go too fast
She's like a child
Except that she is grown
If we can't find the yellow lines
How then can we know
If we're driving on
The wrong side of the road?
Wrong side of the road
Poor little freedom
We're bleeding him still
Get on the bandwagon
Or end up road kill
There's no free will
She's like a child
Except that she is grown
If we cannot find the yellow lines
How then can we know
When we're driving on
The wrong side of the road?
Wrong side of the road
What else can I do
But hope one day
The truth will see me through?
I hardly believe it hurts so badly
Oh Bradley, for you to say
What you think we should do
Wrong side of the road
We're just like children
Except that we are grown
If we cannot find the yellow lines
How then can we know
When we're driving on
The wrong side of the road?
Wrong side of the road
Wrong side of the road
Wrong side of the road
Wrong side of the road
It's not about me
It's about the blood and the blade
Stabbed into the back of somebody
Somebody is someone who is stable
But still remains unable to really be himself
Cause if he were he
Then she would still be with somebody
And not someone else
Someone else...
This song is not about me
And the battles that I've won
It's about the warped kitchen floor
From the water left on to run
And the pile of dirty dishes
That is never done
And the ashes in the sink
Floating in the water
Somebody doesn't wanna have to
But somebody ought to
Lead on to leave
Baby, come on back for a while
Lay down the law, don't change your style
Lead on to leave
Baby, come on back for a while
For a while...
Masked with melodies
There's no way to let go, no way to forget
That there's nowhere to grow
Just the room to regret
Where she holds him back confined to a space
But she holds somebody in the first place
Lead on to leave
Baby, come on back for a while
Lay down the law, don't change your style
Lead on to leave
Baby, come on back for a while
For a while...
On a planet where people
Are not like his own
Where they pay to be brainwashed
And told what to see
And not many dare question authority
Where a sick television is coughing up blood
And it stains every life and it's starting to flood
Fills the holes in our brains
As it pours from the screens
And it stains the newspapers and the magazines
Lead on to leave
Baby, come on back for a while
Lay down the law, don't change your style
Lead on to leave
Baby, come on back for a while
Lay down the law
Don't change your style
Don't change
Lay down the law
Lay down the law
Lay down the law
Say what you want me to say
I smile when you give me the cue
I'll play like you want me to play
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
So how come the road never clears?
How come it's always so cold?
I guess there's no way out of here
Unless I reshape to your mold
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
Dim all your brightest ideas
Just a little snip to the crotch, now watch
That ought to set you at ease
Don't give up, it's a quarter past three
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
C'mon J, let it shine
I'm just scared I'll die before I can be free
Obey all posted signs
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
Oh, paint by number
Am I so out of touch
To wanna let my darkness shine?
(Here we go)
You call me baby
In the face of it all
That if you cut yourself in two
There'd be nothing left of you?
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't get us back together again
It's an eight mile trek
Towards the back of the bus
Where there's an empty seat
Somebody saved for us, saying
Hey (hey) you (you), what do you do
When you're all stuck up
And your bones stick through?
It's the longest haul
An even longer fall
From the top of the line
To the place you crawl, saying...
I could believe in you now
It's only me trying to get by
In this city tonight
Because I know it's right, yeah
One day you will all wake up
From the American dream
American dream
Don't be so sure you're not dead
In the morning when you wake
Better check the space that you take up
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't get us back together again
On a sick television
That's coughing up blood
And it stains every life, and it's starting
To flood, saying hey (hey) you (you)
What do you do when you're all stuck up
And your bones stick through?
It's an eight mile trek
Towards the back of the bus
Where all the hoes hang out
To be the first to touch, saying...
I could believe in you now
It's only me trying to get by
In this city tonight, yeah
Because I know it's right
Besides the sum of your sensation?
Black and starless night
You know my mind is under
Constant renovation, revelation
Leaving on the light
We are the children of an age
Of ancient, faceless information
Don't forget to write
You know I'd grow up
But I don't think I could stand the elevation
I'm afraid of heights
One day you will all wake up
From the American dream
American dream
What am I, yeah, yeah?
[scat]
(You call me baby)
And all the king's men
Couldn't get us back together again
(You call me baby)
You call me baby
You call me baby
Do it my way
You call me baby
You call me baby
I could believe in you now
You call me baby
Hard up the high hills
Of Charlemagne's driveway
I climb up the trellis
Lock fingers into lattice work
And watch as she takes off her shirt
And the war began on sacred ground
Funded by the green silk gown
She slips right into
And she needs to sleep
And he needs to wake up
He wanted to try the space that she takes up
There's not a lot of hope for you tonight
And I believe the sun can stay
And rise you through the gray
And what did I do to deserve this
Hole in my life?
Well in the morning when you wake up
You'd better check the space you take up
Now isn't that nice? You're bound to your fate
And I won't be coming home tonight
I've hanged myself upstairs
Inside her bedroom closet
And she needs to sleep
And he needs to wake up
He wanted to try
The space that she takes up
There's not a lot of hope for you tonight
And I believe the sun can stay
And rise you through this perfect day
Like monkeys from the forest
We've opened the gate
You're bound to your fate
And I might be a psycho
But I still ride my bicycle
And I won't be coming home tonight
I've hanged myself upstairs
Inside the bedroom closet
And she needs to sleep
And he needs to wake up, he wanted to try
The space that she takes up
There's not a lot of hope for you tonight
And I believe the sun can stay
And rouse you through this perfect day
Pull the blankets over my head
Thoughts of you get in my brain
Like a faucet drips into a drain
And I can't forget you, though I don't recall
When I ever met you if I met you at all
Are you an illusion? Say it ain't so
Excuse the intrusion, but
I've got no where else that I can go
Oh, there's blood on the blankets
And nobody's there, I sit and I stare
At shadows on the wall
I don't know how I feel
You seem to be sure
Though I don't believe it
I come when you call
Though I can perceive it
I slip and I fall
And I can't forget you
Though I don't recall
When I ever met you
If I met you at all
Are you an illusion? Say it ain't so
Excuse the intrusion, but
I've got nowhere else that I can go
And I'm scared
Someone's beside me
But nobody's there, I sit and I stare
At shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
From the album unreleased
Artist deceased
You're the bastard undertaker
I'm a corpse beneath your knife
For all of my life, just a dead fish
I've got one wish
I wish you'd stop embalming me
With all your fluid fantasy
Though I don't recall
When I ever met you
If I met you at all
Are you an illusion? Say it ain't so
Excuse the intrusion
But I've got nowhere else that I can go
Someone's beside me
But nobody's there, I sit and I stare
At shadows on the wall
I said nobody's there, I sit and I stare
That's right, nobody's there, I sit and I stare
Said nobody's there, I sit and I stare
At shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
Shadows on the wall
Where none could hear her shout
She got in to cool her skin
And never did get out
Day break
They drag the lake
And find no body, though
But she's there, I know
Somewhere below
The emerald undertow
And though I saw her going under
I could only watch in wonder
It's a miracle I'm mobile
At the Choir Girl Hotel
There are teardrops in the water
Another wish in the well
Why would I tell?
I'm just a peeping tom, I'm gonna go to Hell
In my room
Though I don't get the joke
I grind my grin
Throat closes in
As chuckle turns to choke
Though I saw her going under
I could only watch in wonder
It's a miracle I'm mobile
At the Choir Girl Hotel
There are teardrops in the water
Another wish in the well
Why would I tell?
I'm just a peeping tom, I'm gonna go to Hell
Your sleepless little lamb
The water makes me numb
But if six feet deep is
The only way to sleep
Then baby, here I come
And though I saw her going under
I could only watch in wonder
It's a miracle I'm mobile
At the Choir Girl Hotel
There are teardrops in the water
Another wish in the well
For someone who don't swim so well
Why would I tell?
I'm just a peeping tom, I'm gonna go to Hell
Bones ache
And the light outside is getting low
Don't break down
In the underground they call your name
So you hide your eyes and hold your ears
And try to stay sane
You are not the one
To play God enough to say...
These bones are aching, too
Would that I could not find
A better state of my mind
State of my mind
Would that I could not find
A better state of mind
As I watch you from behind your eyes
And I see so much straight
As you walk your circle walk and whine
How you must be somewhere
Close to home
Oh you been there all the time
You are not the one
To play God enough to say
These bones are aching, too
Would that I could not find
A better state of my mind
State of mind
Would that I could not find
A better state of my mind
State of my mind
Sent all this tragedy away
And all this time I thought we'd know
Everything we need to grow
These bones are aching, too
Would that I could not find
A better state of my mind
Oh, would that I could not find
A better state of my mind
These bones are aching, too
Would that I could not find
A better state of my mind
A state of my mind
Whoah, my mind
State of mind
Don't someone see it?
Small like wonder
Have I been dreaming?
These eyes are open
These ears can hear you
Though I've been screaming
You never hear me
And you go brick by brick
Walling me in
It's cold and it's dark
The air's getting thin
And I need my space
I wish you'd just relax
Blood pressure building
I feel it coming on
Do you need someone to argue at?
You'll be fine
Love ain't always great
But hey, there's still time
Our words have all been drawn
Like cracks across the base
Of all you've built us on
And you go brick by brick
Walling me in
It's cold and it's dark
The air's getting thin
And I need my space
I wish you'd just relax
Blood pressure building
I feel it coming on
Do you need someone to argue at?
You'll be fine
Love ain't always great
But hey, there's still time
And I've seen it all come down
Be prepared to take a fall, dear
Do you need someone to argue at?
You'll be fine
Love ain't always great
But hey, there's still time
Still time
(There's still time)
Still time
(There's still time)
Still time
Now he's on the floor
Where he sleeps all day
But that's alright
'Cause he's dreaming of the days
When he could fly
This old grey dog has had his day
Now he'll have his night
Ah, but that's ok, that's alright
'Cause he's dreaming of the days
When he could fly
You're too old to be jumping for joy
Turn your eyes to me
So clouded they barely can see
That you've grown
Much older than dogs get to be
Come and take just one last walk with me
Now he's on the floor
Where he sleeps all day
That's alright
Cause he's dreaming of the days
When he could fly
You're too old to be jumping for joy
Turn your eyes to me
So clouded they barely can see
That you've grown
(Even tie you)
Much older than dogs get to be
(Even tie you)
Come and take this one last walk with me
We could not even tie you up
(We could not even tie you up)
When we know there is no choice
Don't be afraid to die alone
I made sure to bring your toys
You are the last I'd ever kill
Unless I believed what I believe will
Be the way for no more pain, a lesser evil
(Evil)
(Evil)
(Evil)
But that's alright
'Cause he's dreaming of the days
When he could fly
You're too old to be jumping for joy
Turn your eyes to me
So clouded they barely can see
That you've grown
(Could not even tie you)
Much older than dogs get to be
(Even tie you)
Come and take just one last walk with me
We could not even tie you up
(Even tie you)
(Even tie you)
(Even tie you)
(We could not even tie you)
(We could not even tie you)
(We could not even tie you)
(We could not even tie you)
We could not even tie you up
A silent runaway, an effort to be free
Who stumbled down the wrong path
Not a path where people go, oh no
I've seen you in your car
I've got your license plate
Who stumbled down the wrong path
Not a path where people go, oh no
So funny I could almost cry
You don't know I've been here laughing
Long before you passed me by
Well, I'll take you farther still, 'cause I know
I'll take you farther still
I'll take you farther still, 'cause I know
I'll take you farther
U-V-U-4-4-5-laughing
Spider webs and old store shoes
You don't know I've been here laughing
Long before you had to choose
Well, I'll take you farther still, yeah I know
I'll take you farther still
I'll take you farther still, 'cause I know
I'll take you farther, Father, farther, farther, Father
Who stumbled down the wrong path
Not a path where people go, oh no
Who stumbled down the wrong path
Not a path where people go, oh no
Just a policeman
Who stumbled down
Policeman
Just a policeman
Who stumbled down
Policeman
Just a policeman
Who stumbled down
Policeman
Just a policeman
Who stumbled down
Policeman
Who stumbled down
Policeman
Who stumbled down
Policeman
Who stumbled down
Policeman
Who stumbled down
Policeman
Who stumbled down
**Special Thanks to Lee Taggart for Compiling all the Lyrics**
