1. |
Ah!
01:50
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Ah!
Last night baby, please
I couldn’t take no more
You wrote your number on a rice cake piece
And headed out the door
The hands of time, they held me fast
And I cried at every tick
Outside I ate that carbohydrate
And I was very sick
Well hello, you’re here
Hey you and how are there?
Hope you got yourself some cheer
From the boy who didn’t care
Yes hello, you, you’re my new dearest darling
Where the hell’d you put your car?
We’ll drive along, I’ll sing a song
While you mime on how you are
Well after that charade I stumbled to and fro
It rained so heavy on my parade that I had nowhere to go
In a hotel nook, I fixed a look of disdain upon myself
I threw a pen upon a page to assess my state of health
Get in line, you’re alive
And you want a piece of me
Pretend you understand this vibe
And baby ain’t that sweet to see?
Eleven down, one more to go
And that day I’ll be a man
Till then I’ll take good care do a minimum, bare
Say I do all that I can
Too right you’re welcome to the show
I’ve been thinking for a while now and it’s
Time for us to go on and
Question cruel intention if the end is truly nigh
But I proclaim just as a jester claims
But I wear a suit and tie
Well come on, you’re late for me
But you’re still my only kin
I’ll show you my capacity for love and hate within
Or am I wrong, are you the fool and am I your only friend?
Come dance along and play it cool
Now the world’s got a new end
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2. |
Mrs Narcissus
04:04
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Mrs Narcissus
Perfect in your face and in complexion
A heart as cold as ice with no affection
Just yourself
And so surreal, how does it feel
Seeing Echo fade thinner in the meadow-glade
Glimmering your sex appeal
And oh, Medusa
A beauty before the snake hair had infused her
And how wrong the Sea King was to try to use ya
Oh my word
And so absurd was Parthenos’ wrath and
All was lost before the aulos could be heard
Ain’t it strange? Is it just a twist of fate
To have the pride before the rise and fall of ego in excess?
Wonder why it takes such strength to look behind
The facade you make, see how it breaks
And does it make you less?
Getting stuck in your perceptions baby
And nobody’s free from deception, save me
The parts of you that’s human truth to
Make it our love-letter
The gods we make are just as flawed
It's odd to stake a place in what’s impermanent
But it’s our ascension, and we’ll just have to be better
Won't we?
Oh Arachne
The weaver angered Athena, that was that
Gee, to contest the goddess, not the smartest move exactly
But what would I know?
For perfect artistry was plain to see
Within your great threads,
She gave you eight legs
To spin for eternity
And oh, Pandora
The Lord of the Forge caused the mortals to adore ya,
And those suckers didn't know what was in store
Ha! Just the worst
For you were cursed to get the undesirable
For the fire was stolen, and the box was set to burst
Are we doomed? There doesn’t seem to be much room
To set me free from a destiny that I cannot control
Enjoy the ride, let’s just let the silk string of Fate decide
Is it odd to see, self-fulfilled prophecy
Like an oracle foretold?
Getting stuck in our perceptions baby
And nobody’s free from deception, save me
The parts of you it’s human truth to
Make it our love-letter
The gods we make are just as flawed
It's odd to stake a place in what’s impermanent
But it’s our ascension, and we’ll just have to be better
And so, kiss me goodnight, you’ll miss me tonight
I'll be in my sleep
And oh, blue water so clear, you oughtn’t go near
I’ll be swimming deep
High above the ground,
You’ll watch me from a cold, cloud-covered keep
And oh, reflection enticed
My greatest vice, I was outta luck
Kept getting stuck
Getting stuck in our perceptions baby
And nobody’s free from deception, (save me)
The parts of you it’s human truth to
Make it our love-letter
The gods we make are just as flawed
Is it odd to stake a place in what’s impermanent
when it’s our redemption, and we’ll just have to be better
Won't we?
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3. |
Ideaman
04:54
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Your crystal eyes glazed over in sweet surrender
Boy you got your head in the clouds
So sigh aloud. Notice: please return to sender
No this just can't be
Snap out of it
A dreamer’s all you’ll ever be
A cruel potential lies awaiting
Soon forsaking you, old fool
What am I to do?
Feeling blue that you just won’t see,
Uncertain truth, I’ll call you the
Ideaman
One day you’ll be gone
Then what will you become unwritten song?
I fear, man, some ways you’re too blind
Letting everything perish in your mind
And what’ll you add without action
A superhuman subtraction
Oh dear
Where will you be next if love is all you had?
Would it be so bad?
Say you will, but you’re unsure
Days stood still, only one more
Truth. Got your doubt slipping out
Get your head down make your Papa proud
And count the lies you tell, ain't it saddening?
Create an addiction, chase it til you’re through
Insatiate till you fade away
Situations seem to take you to the bleakest point of view
Seek to break, forsake, the chain
Ideaman
One day you’ll be gone
Then what will you become unwritten song?
I fear, man, some ways you’re too blind
Letting everything perish in your mind
And what’ll you add without action
A superhuman subtraction
Oh dear
Where will you be next when love is all you had?
Would it be so bad?
And I dont want to know the deranged reasoning
And I’m not one to dote, but I've watched away the seasons
Been: running, shunning, fun and, troubling
And im afraid.
I fear and I need a plan
Ideaman I fear the sand
Give me seven bucks an hour I’ll do everything in my power
Make you feel more like a kid again
Imagination is basically taking you away from
New temptation used to make you bruised
Now, what have you got to lose?
And oh you worry inside? No surprise, what’s on your mind
You can try and lie and hide to cry and die
So unwise, you’re blindsided by the truth
Uncertainty will make you move, forsooth
I intend to prove it
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4. |
Ghoulish
03:44
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Ghoulish mind
Inside you’re all unclear
How are you, my dear?
I’m fine
So won’t you let me go?
Ghoulish chides
Besides so full of fear
Check the time as the signs draw near
Alright,
What will you let me show?
Let me in your tender arms
Be gently told
That you’re not the one
Set free, no
You’d be a fool to shout ‘Let me go!’
Baby it’s all you know,
It’s all I know for sure
A ghoulish mind
Inside you’re all unclear.
How are you my dear?
I’m fine,
So don’t you let me go.
Ghoulish chides,
Besides so full of fear
Set to sigh, not to dry your tears
Alright
There’s all too much to flow
Set me in your tender heart
A met regret, see all that you’ve done
Oh it was never for this pain.
Monstrous consumption
Tearing away the things you loved to do
Salvation was in front of you
But now it’s a ghoul
Within your brain
A ghoulish mind
Inside you’re all unclear
How are you my dear?
I’m fine
So won’t you let me go?
And ghoulish chides
Besides so full of fear
Check the time as your signs draw near
Alright, what will you let me show?
I was wrong to stay away
Oh the words that hurt could never let me play
I was dumb to come running back to you
I was lost inside just
Lost in a ghoulish mind
How it crept in vaguely,
And sleep won't save me tonight.
And what awful luck
To become all stuck in time.
And it doesn’t belong, it doesn’t belong
But it’s trying to follow.
And it doesn’t belong, doesn’t belong
But it’s trying to get you.
Get you back to where you were,
Lost inside
A ghoulish mind.
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5. |
Hellfire 1
03:21
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A dark shroud of mist had folded over the land
And the wind it blew, from a whisper
That almost grew to a roar, and then
A silence, as terrible, almost,
As the scream that came before it
Hellfire!
The fires of hell burn bright through bloodstained sky
As brimstone rains down over the weeping souls of humanity
Their sins are fresh
Is it in the human nature to accept itself?
Beyond treasonous reason must rise a new freedom
Allegiance peels from the sides - a rusting outer shell
It’s just as well then, that war is war and hell is hell, bent
Heaven-sent, a dwelling, that sighs
In time, a chime, a toll, a knell
Our prayers were wrong? – disguised
A fear there’s no more saviours
An old miserly war major tells tall tales of the days,
Long gone, since the devil fell
Hell’s bells
And so, as the saying goes
All good things must come to an end
We’ve had a good run, you know
And now there’s smiles, tears,
Heartwarming laughter, despite it
It’s hardly the first time you know
A new world ending
Is around the corner
Always
Always
I mean, how could I describe it
It was incredible, terrible
Terrible, all of it
I couldn't bear to have any of it
Oh how could I describe it
With one word it would be like
Something else, something else
You must understand
Surely you understand
It was like, It was like
Hellfire
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6. |
Hellfire 2
03:30
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There’s a jealousy about you baby
I can’t explain the hold on me
The feeling undefined, the passion is like hellfire
There’s a fury about you baby
And I’m afraid of the strength it has
If I can confide, there’s acid inside hellfire
There’s a pantomime about you baby
I’ll never know who you really are
Sending me the kiss of ignorant bliss - hellfire
And you let me know, you let me know
I should go slow, so-
Tell me one more time, I need you in my life
That’s right it’s you, only you, please don’t go
Free yourself, I want you
When such behaviour’s so bad
Free yourself, I want you
To be yourself is untrue
Identity you never had
Relieve yourself beyond you
State of mind, and all I had was my intent
That was my intent
Now to improve, I was ashamed
All I could blame was you
Still not a friend, waiting for a new world end
See through those lies, in leopard’s eyes
I crawled through the embers
And prayed it would jeopardise all that wasn’t true
Saw the phoenix rise
Free yourself, I want you
When such behaviour’s so bad
Free yourself, I want you
See
Free yourself, I want you
Lead on
Free yourself, I want you
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7. |
Started Again
02:40
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My dear the hearth’s gone out
Rekindling’s long overdue
But I do it to start it again
Out of love, not out of pain
I watched the roof when drops of rain slid off it
The seasons changed, I never did
Ain’t you heard that he’s been gone away too long
He’ll never be coming home
And she’s been home and stayed too long
She’ll never be on her own
Here and now, so sure of myself then I'm down and I'm out
And I ask: have I outstayed my welcome?
And you ask why I still linger, well
The scorpion’s tail’s an awful thing to run from
To cross this stream I’ll need some help
So watch me be washed to the sea
Through the stream past the wild doves
Got feathers slipped in dreams, and sigh
Oh! How my eyes are enlarged by the sky above
So unsure, I was caught in a downpour away
From your sunshiney days
Now every freeze guarantees it hurts my darling
Is that all I meant to you?
Just start it again
Darling, start it again
When the love is gone then I just won’t stay for long
Is it wrong to escape from the cost I wont pay?
And so, let her go
If I tried to escape that face
I’d be done, I’d rather run and hide
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8. |
Strange Message
06:43
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What fresh hell did you find when you stumbled in blind to oblivion
To escape from a fate that you thought worse than never being found
Well now you’re stranded, with a strange machine
That bleeps til it seeps into every waking dream
To send out a message to everyone; anyone around
And saying: Hello
I’m sending a message
From a frequency’s tear
In a land of nowhere
Oh, can you hear me?
I said hello
Signal’s fading in and out
So if you hear this simple sound
Send a message back around
And I’d be grateful
So I was stuck with a metal box within an empty canvas, no creation
Freed from interference I was struck with a terrible quiet
And so I lay about while I broadcast every shout
“This is bliss I believe this is salvation!”
So why do I draw close as speakers stutter in verbose fragments
Say something, I’ll try to hear it
Since you’ve been gone
Communicators acting strangely
Since you’ve been gone
Been feeling so out of sorts lately
But I was younger and so unsure
I’m still unsure so tell me more
There’s more to lend
So won't you tell me one more time
My distant friend, I’ll try again
Hello
I’m writing a message
From a pale empty page
From a spotlight on a stage
And is it sending?
I said hello
Are you hearing what I say?
Or is it only empty cheer
For I fear it when the play won’t have an ending
So please forgive this mean intrusion on your sacred time
I was lying to myself if I thought I was the diamond in the rough
I could say it was sublime, my delusional prime was all I had
And driven mand by solitude, to hear something new would be enough
My tender heart won’t take it anymore
It was worse before, but I miss you still
I miss you still, so bless and heal you
Oh
The saddest days set me free
Til it means nothing to me
Pity won't show, let me go
So when no one returns to throw me a line
I’ll stay sitting round, take the time to lay down
The speaker stands by near
I’ll bring it closer to my ear
Resigning myself to an unknown life below ground
When from the speaker head I hear a sound
Hello
I’m sending a message
From between the lines of your world and mine
Oh can you hear me
I said hello
Could you please respond to tell me
Of the returned call that you lacked,
You thought that no one called you back
But I was trying
Oh you’re not alone
You’re so stuck in your self-obsessive ways
That when I saw you there with your face full of despair
That you weren’t crying
Oh you’re not alone
You think you’re so beyond loving days
That you wouldn't even dare
I could tell you no one cared
But I’d be lying, I’d be lying
You’re not alone
I got no response
So what’s taking you?
Am I breaking down or am I breaking through?
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9. |
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She doesn’t love you anymore, for sure
When she looks your way it’s fair to say
Your heart starts playing games
The times you had that came before, they’re no more
Look her in the eyes for stars to cry:
If your heart don’t break baby
Maybe you’ll go insane
I’m so glad to be, that it had to be you
You watch the dewdrops start to dry, let out a sigh
Out of sight you see your dear depart
You’re free at last for tears to start again
Your April showers came in July, I wonder why
Rot the world apart, a broken rhyme
To stem the flow won’t stop the time at all
Gone from your spring to fall
Those senseless ways that you were lost and found
To find me
Your endless days of infinite summer are gone away
And where’d it go wrong for me?
And where will you be tomorrow eve? Expectantly you’re set to
See your path, I have to laugh and say
“I’m afraid it’s all up to chance”, and so
You’ll up and go to take your leave, look back at me
A step, unsure, the faintest glance
Cus you never were the greatest dancer, no
But the way you’re going I’m sure you’ll steal the show
You’re onto ceaseless sacred days, with tunes to play
The heart contends, far from old friends
Carpe diem, it’s easier said than done
A sweet release could bring decay, too soon to say
One last song will seem so wrong when the time has passed
Where have you been and gone?
Anxiously, to sleep, til the knell of the bell is rung
Your senseless ways that you were lost and found to find me
Your endless days of infinite summer are gone away
Where do I go on from here?
And I know it don’t make sense
Baby, I’m your present tense
I’m sticking around whenever you’re up and out
Look and you’re found, you’re never up for doubt.
Stuck in the crowd, ashamed, so let me know
Just say what you want
Oh, never was one for impeccable timing
Stop and look on for the second aligning
Open the door and be calm, gently grow
You’re never alone, you know
She doesn’t love you anymore, and that’s for sure
Oh baby, cus holding on won’t save me no more
The times you had that came before, they’re gone for good
And so they should, it’s made you what you are
You’ll go on far from here
Joy from pain, the same is always near
Intention feigned, but you were trussed and bound to find me
Your endless days of infinite summer are gone
And you’re here right now with me
In your lost uncertain days
If you’re torn in 7 ways
I’ll be holding down the line
From now until the end of time
Now until the end of time
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10. |
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Concrete tidal waves and glass blades
Is better than nothing
Fumes to ride away and gas, babe
You better be bluffing
Put your life within the hands of the man who is
Half-asleep at the helm
And you’ll see why I’m feeling so whelmed
By my woes and on what's for tea
Those bicycles ice cream Wednesdays are out of your mind
Bicycle ice cream Wednesdays, the peace that you’ll find
There’s terror on two wheels! You know just how it feels
As you've lost all control, let the gears go round again
Peril on all sides, you’ll never run and hide
It’s a matter of fact balancing act, keep it in your sight my friend
I did all that had mattered and I’m doing all I can
I got scared to the hare and mad hatter in Wonderland
Does that make me half the man I used to be?
Merci, eh oui baby, that’s me and that’s exactly all I had
I was lost in so many fantasies and how I craved reward
Maybe, sweetie, a creamy treat at the end is all I need
Fudgesicles and taffy til I had my new philosophy: Imagine me happy
Bicycle ice cream Wednesdays are out of your mind
Out of your control
Bicycle ice cream Wednesdays, the peace that you find
Everywhere you roll
I’ve severed all my fears, wise beyond my years
And I’m pushing up now
Pushing up now
Untethered as I can, rock instead of sand
But is it easy?
It’s not easy
When every day’s a strain, it’s dancing in the rain
I’m the lunatic dope who gave my hope away
Or at least that’s how I could behave when
A treat is tame and old
Until it’s all away from me
Or do I end it all right here?
Still, I climb in spite of it
All gone, better days could never be here
Bicycle ice cream Wednesdays are out of your mind
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11. |
New World Ending
05:38
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On reflection, I have seen the best intentions fade away
Who’s to blame, can one idea remain forever
I’m in the dark, I played the fool
So very frightened by a ghoul of my own creation
Say so long, up on the horizon
I see the splendid beauty of the moon
The perfect view to feast my eyes on
And is it really over soon?
No, one more, our encore
Before a burning future can reside
To wait for what’s in store
Or will you run and hide?
Be that as it may,
When the world seems just a sneeze away from hellfire
Well, I’ll be just fine
One more hill to climb, merely a cycle
And there’s more to come besides,
I’ll meet you on the other side and say
Hello old friend, it’s me again
Where have you been, what have you seen?
I’m so ashamed, the love delayed could never win
I caused a row, you’re here and how
It’s the only thing that matters to me now
Cause if you’re cool then I’m cool too
I promise I'll be there, promise I'll be there
Promise I'll be there, promise I'll be there
Promise I'll be there, promise I'll be here
A new world ending starts again
A new world ending
A new world ending for you to see
A new world ending, can it be?
And is it wrong to wish to never carry on?
And is it false to claim there’s always one more ending to the game?
A new world ending starts again
A new world ending, tell a friend
A new world ending for you to see
A new world ending, can it be
What lies ahead
Cause it never ends until you’re
Gone
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