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Crystalline
05:28
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Crystalline patterns dance around my fingers
Scattering my reflection as it lingers
And just beneath the surface I can see myself holding my breath
And in between my hands my head just wants to come and take it’s rest
Silently I went swimming in the open
Quietly you were watching your heart closing
And noticing this look of loss I went and I held you once again
And offered flowers with their blossoms separated from their stems
Well for the life of me I wouldn’t follow you down
I thought I’d wait and see what this was all about
So struggle as you will now
And struggle on your way down
Crystalline patterns dance around my fingers
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2. |
Gold
03:35
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You pass the hours of your busy life
Waiting on someone to reply
Take these moments count them out
Regret the time you spent with me
Thank you for those memories
They’re worth their weight in gold
You filled my head with thoughts I don’t want
I wish I’d never known
I guess that you could call this love
It’s everything I don’t want now
I’d like to feel the way you are feeling
Reaching out with everything you give
Take your preference; what you like in me
I’ll send the flowers for you
Thank you for those memories
They’re worth their weight in gold
You filled my head with thoughts I don’t want
I wish I’d never known
I guess that you could call this love
You know it’s everything I don’t want
Now I know
It’s everything I don’t want now...
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3. |
Concept of a Girl
02:56
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When our hearts are slowly bound by everything except what is worth us writing down
I forget to sleep
How strange to say but here it is; I'm doing very well
Could you tell me
Tell me that you're worried
Tell me that you're worried
Let’s pretend our minds are sound
Can't recall a single thing I’d ever hoped would come from this now
Could you walk me through this concept of a girl that seems to follow you around
Does she speak when she is spoken to
Does she even make a sound
Watching monuments start folding up like they were knowing they would soon collapse
And we let them crumble
Into ordinary pieces of ourselves we’d mention in passing while we were busy dancing
Dancing with ourselves, let’s pretend our minds are sound
Can't recall a single thing I ever hoped would come from this now
Could you walk me through this concept of a life lived without us
Mountains rose and fell before us
Would you follow me around ’til we’re talking without making a sound
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4. |
The Machinist
04:48
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I’ve heard it said this too shall pass
I only want this night to last
I hardly know what that is like
To dispossess is everything
So leave it all and start again
Maybe we’ll find what we came for
Wake up... daylight... outside...
Lay eyes on you for the first time
Breathing, moving, feels right
Reset once more tonight
Paintbrush, canvas, new scene
You know what lies beneath
Stabbing, slashing, throwing
Which dimensions growing
I want it all I’ve got no chance
I love and hate this strange romance
That only lives inside my mind
If I could step outside myself
I’d give you all of what was left
Instead of living for nothing
Don’t rest, you’ll fall behind
Life flows, passing from sight
Slowing, leaving, don’t cry
Moving, breathing, it’s all right
Seconds, hours, fleeting
We can’t stop the bleeding
Dark of night is forming
See you in the morning....
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5. |
Terrible Beast
03:32
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I woke up
You were gone for the city
All dressed up
In the best of your clothes
Took me some time
Just to realize
You were going
Now you’re gone
Now I stay up all night
‘Til I can see that sun rising up
I stood up
Just a terrible beast
All messed up
All my thoughts feel diseased
Well they
Play through my head
Little moments obscene like
The sound of you leaving
Leaving me
Now I stay up all night
’Til I can see that sun rising up
I can see that sun rising up
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6. |
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Relax
You’ll lose your head again
Before
It finds your soft pillow
Reach out
And feel the glowing love
That breathes
The air all around us
The sun
Is shining on you...
Return
What you stole from me
My eyes
Are dark and heavy
Defend
The sacred battleground
With everything
That you can’t hide
The sun
Is shining on you...
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7. |
Breakaway Lens
03:59
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Here I stand before the universe In the same place as before
Covered up by everything
I could scrape together
Completely lost
With a bad sense of direction
An empty house
To navigate
You never told me
You would always be around
I believed you would be
As if it were written
It hit me like a bullet
When I saw you fading out
I lost sight of the world around me
Through a breakaway lens
I’m trying to get better
I’m struggling
I’m just not myself
Please take it easy on me
This medicine is making me weak
I feel unsure
Unstable
Unsafe
If we see tomorrow morning
I don’t believe we’ll see a change
You never told me
You would always be around
I believed you would be
As if it were written
It hit me like a bullet
When I saw you fading out
I lost sight of the world around me
Through a breakaway lens
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8. |
Candy Apple
03:23
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I had the strangest dream last night
There was a carnival of light
And all the people were like flies
Attracted by that glowing sight
I was one
Just another one
Of them
And I can hear them
Are we getting bitter
In our search for something sweeter
That we could deserve
And in that naked light I saw
A thousand faces I had seen before
They wear their expressions ’til they’re soar
And as I walked beside them
Felt like I had grown so old
And I was one
And I can hear them
Are we getting bitter
In our search for something sweeter
Than we could deserve
Its a damn hard pill to swallow
With a candy apple shell
And a rotten apple core
And I am one
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9. |
Poisonous Company
04:18
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She wraps herself in hollowed out melodies
Fall down like autumn leaves
As they hollow her out
She tells herself there’s no use in chasing dreams
Fall apart at the seams
As she hollows them out
Well try as she might
She’ll fall down by the wayside
While losing what is meant
To belong to innocence
He folds himself in pages of majesty
Looming like effigies
As they burn to the ground
He found himself in poisonous company
So far from his childish dreams
That it hollowed him out
Well try as he might
He’ll fall down by the wayside
While losing what is meant
To belong to innocence
Well try as you might
You’ll fall down by the wayside
While losing what is meant
To belong to innocence
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10. |
We Used to Know Better
03:59
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Blues and whites
Complicating lines of sight
Doors and windows
Fracturing the stellar light
Scattered on the floor
It leaves me wanting
We used to know better...
I am waiting for something
I’m just letting you know
Every day
I lament what I’ve lost
Days turn to years
As we watch in our silence
Communication
Has been broken
Just like we are
Just like we’ve been
Pink and white flowers
Are all I have to offer you
What have you done
You’ve left me but a body
A shell of what once was
A sketch of our universe
I might not get better...
I am waiting for something
I’m just letting you know
I’m just letting you go
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11. |
Caught in a Body
04:49
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If I could be honest with myself what would I find
I’ve lived with my demons for far too long to tame my mind
Stepped out again last night
Sometimes it’s like I’m walking in circles
I need to get away from this feeling
I can feel the walls are closing in
I want to hold you like a loaded weapon
I want to hear the sound you make
When I press upon your trigger
Taking aim at my mistakes
If I’m being honest with myself
I still can’t change
To trust like a child
Lie to myself
The games we play
Sometimes it’s like I’m caught in a body that I cannot control
I hear it laughing but I just don’t get the joke
I just want to escape
I can feel the walls are closing in
I want to hold you like a loaded weapon
I want to hear the sound you make
When I press upon your trigger
Taking aim at my mistakes
I want to use you on myself
See the way you devastate
I want to feel you ’til I can’t feel nothing
I want you to be my last mistake
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Watch the hands out on the street
Shining nickels ’til they’re worth six cents a piece
Watching you shine on me
We’re changing hands
Listen I won’t take a lot
I wouldn’t even mention it but you’ve put me on the spot
It doesn’t matter what you thought
We’re disappearing
I’ve got a mind full of headlines
I print my thoughts on paper bags
Fill them up and throw it all away
Waiting only on the deadline
Stay awake and talk to me
I didn’t think someone could be like you can be
I’ll keep your candle lit for free
As we are burning down
When I’m gone I’m hard to find
Skimming through the papers you’ll be searching for a while
Tucked away in secret files
I’m receding
I’ve got a mind full of headlines
I print my thoughts on paper bags
Fill them up and throw it all away
Waiting only on the deadline
Rags to riches in a holding cell
Do you regret the breakneck pace
You can run but you can never break the cage
There’s no way to win the race
Lying, waiting, dreaming, I don’t even know you
Stopping, losing, reeling, I don’t even know you
Keep a gun beneath your pillowcase
Open fire in your sleep
Wage the war again between you and yourself
May the loser rest in peace
Imagine a place better than this
Lying, waiting, dreaming, I don’t even know you
Stopping, losing, reeling, I don’t even know you
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13. |
IDEKU
02:26
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Rags to riches in a holding cell
Do you regret the breakneck pace
You can run but you can never break the cage
There’s no way to win the race
Lying, waiting, dreaming, I don’t even know you
Stopping, losing, reeling, I don’t even know you
Keep a gun beneath your pillowcase
Open fire in your sleep
Wage the war again between you and yourself
May the loser rest in peace
Imagine a place better than this
Lying, waiting, dreaming, I don’t even know you
Stopping, losing, reeling, I don’t even know you
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