1. |
Happy Haunting
03:15
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We march so gracefully
a delicate symphony
oblivious happily
oh this dance is perilous thing
Would you hold your breath for me
and swim just underneath
I’m dying to make you see
there are layers here
there are layers here
To turn the key
and lock away everything
for a lifetime of suffering
I can make no sense of this
When we were foolish youth
the truth was peering through
the gaps and empty rooms
a preface stalling
to the older you calling
the jaded and fallen
there’s a message in all of this
it’s the message is useless
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2. |
Further Away
04:16
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Technology, it’s a funny thing ain’t it?
Sell ourselves for the price
of nothing forward and nothing meaningful
if we are paired to the device
you’ll see there’s a version of me
and he is cast out to the sea to be released
and if I go let me decompose
you can keep my heart as your vice
It’s a gridlock, tightrope act and it brings us…
Further away from, further away from,
further away from us
When we were young we were
in the outside air
present, being there
and now we hide away
filter, frame, display
we are all that we share
you’ll see there’s a fraction of me
and now I charge to my retreat to be set free
and when I go let me decompose
you can keep my heart as your pr ice
It’s a gridlock, tightrope act and it brings us…
Further away from, further away from,
further away from us
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3. |
Your Bones
05:22
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Well I suspect you need a rest
go wash your face with cloth
go wash the layers off
Well you’ve been staring at the sun
I thought they taught you better man
and now you’re watching you float away
with nothing to say
have you got nothing to say?
Go slow,
don’t pick apart your bones
because they will start to show
when your skin begins to sag
to the quickening of life
just say your goodbyes
hold them so tight
when the river swallows whole
you’ll be letting them go
oooh
There’s a few room left to paint
to be changed
the be… not the same
and then you can fade away
with nothing to say
you’ll need nothing to say
Go slow,
don’t pick apart your bones
because they will start to show
when your skin begins to sag
to the quickening of life
just say your goodbyes
hold them so tight
when the river swallows whole
you’ll be letting them go
oooh
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4. |
Way of Ghosts
04:53
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Turn it off
there’s no sign of life left in this place
enough’s enough
you lead the way, our great escape
oooh
You and me is everything we could need
to stop the bleeding
there’s no better reason
left to leave
oooh
We’re terrified to leave behind
the dark of night
it’s cold outside but it’ll be alright
and I’m by your side
And I suppose the way we go
is the way of ghosts
but we’ll take it slow
the way we go is the way of ghosts
the way of ghosts
So we lean towards it
and it’s surrounding you
and we feel the weight shift
to a million pieces that once were two
oooh
We’re terrified to leave behind
the dark of night
it’s cold outside but it’ll be alright
we will leave tonight
And I suppose the way we go
is the way of ghosts
and we’ll take it slow
the way we go is the way of ghosts
the way of ghosts
oooh
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5. |
6:00 News
05:18
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6:00 News shit
headlines and panic
the end times are coming
and we can’t get out of it
denying us entry
leaving us empty
scattered and buried along the road
if all this was good enough
what does that make of us
defined by deafening throes
Let’s go out dancing
Let’s go out spinning
lets not go wide eyed, terrified and numb
Let’s go out laughing
Let’s go out wanting less than
everything we’ve been made to need
Sense of deception
the guilt of the plenty
it’s got to be captured on tv
suicide selfies
newspaper kindling
We’re finally on the outside of all of this looking in
if all this was good enough (why are we)
finding it hard to breathe, maybe
we just need something else
that we can’t see
Let’s go out dancing
Let’s go out spinning
lets not go wide eyed, terrified and numb
Let’s go out laughing
Let’s go out wanting less than
everything we believe we need
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6. |
On The Way Down
03:41
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I fell into this thing unexpectedly
I failed to find the need, see the forest for the trees
I’m sure I was to blame for everything we faced
when the shell that I became was void of my remains
On the way down
leapt without a care
for the harsh ground
you were standing there
to my surprise
not a breath left to release
but you gave me all I could ever need
The tiniest of sparks flickered in the dark
then burst into a flame
how a villain could obtain such a treasured thing
a likely twist of fate or the fate of twisted things
On the way down
leapt without a care
for the harsh ground
you were standing there
to my surprise
not a breath left to believe
but you gave me all I could ever need
I could ever need
I could ever need
I could ever need
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7. |
Remains
04:38
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Violently changed and left for the rain
to be cleansed and swept away
the buried remains all sorted out
like the life that lead to this
all this could be a foreign memory
a ghost of a foggy dream
and if I can’t change it
well I won’t ask for anything
and I’m sure you feel the same…
oooh
What if I stayed here, an echo of me
a presence haunting you
what would it change
if I knew anyway
would it make a difference?
oooh
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8. |
I'll Be A Fortress
03:56
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I’l be a fortress
bricks upon my back
and you’ll call me home
the worst of your bad dreams
will never escape me
to get into you
then I’ll be the phantom
graciously serving
following you
and I’ll be a forest fire
the crumbling of me to see..
what you are
what you are
what you are
what you are
I’ll be the darkness
the vacant emptiness
swallowing you
and Ill be the voices
the crumbling of me to see…
what you are
what you are
what you are
what you are
Devour me, consume every bit, I need to feel alive and I would throw away my life for all that you need,
take everything from me, strip to bone, the lungs that breathe the heart that beats for only one thing, you to be.
I’d break apart for all you need though I may never get to see. I’d give you more but there is nothing left in me.
I gave up all, can’t you see. I am the ghost void of me but I will follow endlessly.
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9. |
My My
04:41
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My My, you’ve grown lately
one blink and there you go
and it passes by
a blur so quickly
I hope I did things right
no I won’t hide it
i want both your lives to be right
until the day you showed
mine was not..
Don’t be scared of falling
because we’e never sure of up or down
at any given moment
we’re simply floating around
oooh
And if I fail to teach you
anything that may arrive
trust yourself and face the tide
and you need to fly
to elevate, to soar, to dive
though some will tie you to the ground
And keep your own voices
don’t bend to be anything else
live our own choices
because they’re right, they’re right, they’re right
oooh
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10. |
Where We Go
04:47
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And the fire was returning all into dust
in the silence surrounding us
and the failing of the faint light fading into night
was the last glow we’d ever know.. we’d ever know
Don’t give up.. I need us.. I need us
now
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11. |
Forever Until The End
03:12
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A 6 foot drop, babe I need to sleep this off
a safe place to hide through the night
the path we walked, the road to the railroad track
the river that winded back and out to sea
and you’re not alone
the moon hangs low
no matter where your weary heart will go
you’re not alone
I will follow
forever until the end
Grab your things, at least what you feel you’ll need
strip away everything that weighs you down
we’ll meet at dusk, the faceless won’t notice us
the fog through the forest will cover us
no you’re not alone
the moon hangs low
and no matter where your weary heart will go
you’re not alone
I will follow
forever until the end
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