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1. |
killjoy
03:45
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Oh, your smell
It lingers on my sheets
I haven't slept in weeks
Your space inside my bed has been left vacant
But please... silence on the set
Oh? Did you forget?
That I detest you
Lest we need to fake it anymore
(The end of the world is coming... does that scare you?)
Oh!
You're not there
You're not there
You're not there
You're not there
You're not there
Oh, killjoy
See I confess...
I don't possess the means to feel joy
Tend to spend time on my own
You see, I was all alone only seventeen
Young and monotone with no self-esteem
But you don't care
No you don't care
You don't care anymore
(You know you don't care for me)
God save the queen
Norma Jean, you're so routine
Oh!
You're not there
You're not there
You're not there
You're not there
You're not there
You see, I was all alone only seventeen
Young and monotone with no self-esteem
But you don't care
No you don't care
You don't care
No!
You're not there
You're not there
You're not there
You're not there
You're not anymore
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2. |
dead2me
04:02
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Well, don't tell me what you want
And don't tell me what you need
Because I can't give you more
Than what you gave to me
And when all is said and done
And all roads led to me
Then I'm glad you've had your fun
But you're still dead2me
Sun
Skin
Rapture
Nothing
Better
Float
Sink
Drown
Fear
Keep
From
'Round
Here
Kill your lover, Evermore
I get hurt,
Can't ignore
Mother's image, summer's son
You obey - understood
And don't tell me what you want
And don't tell me what you need
Because I can't give you more
Than what you gave to me
And when all is said and done
And all roads led to me
Then I'm glad you've had your fun
But you're still dead 2 me
It was easier when you couldn't pretend
It was easier when you'd call me a friend
It was easier when you'd call me over
I remember we were sitting downstairs on the loveseat joking
Couldn't be a worse place for sex, dear
But there's always next year
Tell myself there's always next year
Well, don't tell me what you want
And don't tell me what you need
Because I can't give you more
Than what you gave to me
And when all is said and done
And all roads led to me
Then I'm glad you've had your fun
But you're still dead2me
You're still dead2me
You're still dead2me
You're still dead
You're still dead
You're still dead2me
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void
03:41
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You tell me you're the sun
And I'll go blind
O, my vacant head
She said, "you're so out your mind!"
Because I alone, you avoid
I alone avoid a void
I alone, you avoid
I alone - a void
I'll set the scene:
Troubled teens and movie screens
But for pretty girls:
Shitty songs and mockingbirds
I think I'm over you!
It's so fucked up and overdue
You'll pray
That she'll stay
But she'll say
I alone, you avoid
I alone avoid a void
I alone, you avoid
I alone - a void
I can help you disappear
Do you run from what you fear?
I can help you disappear!
Can you help me?
You tell me you're the sun
And I'll go blind
O, my vacant head
She said, "you're so out your mind!"
I alone, you avoid
I alone avoid a void
I alone, you avoid
I alone - a void
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4. |
hummingbird
03:00
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It was nice to know you
Hummingbird
She wraps her lungs around a song
Despite the words
I'd like to know you
Like you do
I fell in love with a stranger
And I blame you
It was nice to know you hummingbird
I think I made a mistake here
And I blame you
It was nice to know you hummingbird
I think I made a mistake here
And I blame you
Gave you the sun
But you made off with the sky
Where once was fun in June
Alone in July
But I won't pretend I didn't bid you adieu
I gave my life for a stranger
And I blame you
It was nice to know you hummingbird
I think I made a mistake here
I wish you'd walk in
I miss your pillow talk and
I know it's a bit unlike me
To act so brand new
I'd sell my soul, do as you told me to
Because I'm still in love with a stranger
And I blame you
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5. |
haunting
03:26
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Hello
Do you hear me?
I need to know
If you're near me
Oh, why do you fear me?
Breathe, cry, pain
(The Haunting)
Free my brain
(The Haunting)
Sleep? try praying
(The Haunting)
Until you die,
You'll rely on The Haunting
Breathe, cry, pain
(The Haunting)
Free my brain
(The Haunting)
Sleep? try praying
(The Haunting)
Until you die,
You'll rely on The Haunting
Dead awake
Get away from me
Dead weight
Get away from me
Dead awake
Get away from me
Dead weight
Get away from me
Breathe, cry, pain
(The Haunting)
Free my brain
(The Haunting)
Sleep? try praying
(The Haunting)
Until you die,
You'll rely on The Haunting
Breathe, cry, pain
(The Haunting)
Free my brain
(The Haunting)
Sleep? try praying
(The Haunting)
Until you die,
You'll rely on The Haunting
Dead awake
(The Haunting)
Get away
(The Haunting)
Dead weight
(The Haunting)
Get away
You'll rely on The Haunting
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6. |
ghost/2
03:15
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Will you haunt me?
As you do
Do you want me?
As I want you
Tell me do I scare you?
Am I too naïve?
If I don't come near you
Can we make believe?
Tell me do I scare you?
Am I too naïve?
If I don't come near you
Can we make believe?
Do you believe?
Do you believe?
I can try to
I'm right beside you here
I can try to
I'm right beside you, dear
Do you believe in ghosts?
Tell me do I scare you?
Am I too naïve?
If I don't come near you
Can we make believe?
Tell me do I scare you?
Am I too naïve?
If I don't come near you
Can we make believe?
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7. |
(verso)
01:19
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Do you know?
That you're so…
You're so verso
Do you know?
That you're so…
You're so verso
Do you know?
That you're so…
You're so verso
Do you know?
That you're so…
You're so verso
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8. |
skins
03:12
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I am an anarchist
When I'm gone I won't be missed
But I don't want to die like this
I want to heal
And I don't want to lie like this
I want to feel
But I don't need that anymore
I want to...
Hurt
Feel
Taste
Real
Blood
Spill
Love
Kill
I need no introduction
Welcome to the greatest show
I can teach you how to ruin your relationships
With everyone important that you know
Tell me if you want to...
Hurt
Feel
Taste
Real
Blood
Spill
Love
Kill
Hey, did I ruin your night?
Hey, did I ruin you?
Hey, did I ruin your night?
Hey, did I ruin you?
I am an anarchist
I am your fool
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9. |
gossamer
02:39
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You thought you'd treat me better
How fun, I honestly thought the same
But I cut my tongue on broken promises I've made
And I'll bleed until you need me to settle the score
She said she's heard it before
It's a small town
Keep your voice down
And understand I don't care that you want me to stay
That's not yours to decide
Am I braindead?
Ain't that suicide?
If I can't get help...
Oh well
This life is a bore
So tell me if you've heard it before
You blossom here, I've got somewhere to be
You blossom here, I've got somewhere to be
You blossom here, I've got somewhere to be
You blossomed here, I gossamer
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10. |
centerfold
03:30
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You set out
To destroy the sun
But settled
Because baby's number one
You're shadowed
Blanketed with sun
But you know
You're not the only one
Hey!
Give it to me
Leave it alone
Wait!
You just wanna...
I should've known
Because I can feel your energy
Trying not to breathe
Babe
Live a little
Do as your told
You're the centerfold
My head's flooded with pain
Your stiletto
Nightmarish scenes of you dead
Oh, I know what you've said
How you feel
How you hurt
Because it's inside me
I've got your head
Want your body
Hey!
Give it to me
Leave it alone
Wait!
You just wanna...
I should've known
Because I can feel your energy
Trying not to breathe
Babe
Live a little
Do as your told
You're the centerfold
Do you feel any pain?
Do it again
Do you feel any pain?
Do it again
Do you feel any pain?
Do it again
Do it again
Do you feel any pain?
Do it again
Do it
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11. |
akimbo!
02:39
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I suck smokes, I'm a let down
Rich folks in a shit town
We're the ghosts in your headspace
I don't suppose that I'm a threat now?
You always said that
You're not afraid of it
Unless that's not what you said?
My biggest fear's right between your ears
It's a complex: when hungry it's fed
But I think I'd rather be dead
I can't stray from harms way,
Arms akimbo
Likened me to psalms
Stay strong — Akimbo
What's with the guns that you hide?
You keep your arms at your side!
I'm just a product of your fear, I suppose
I'll dispose of every one you provide
You're there at heart,
Setting fire to the sheriff's car
It's getting harder to breathe
We let it burn, let it fill our cup
(Open up!)
I think it's time that we leave
(Run for your life, kid!)
I can't stray from harms way,
Arms akimbo
Likened me to psalms
Stay strong — Akimbo
I can't stray from harms way,
Arms akimbo
Likened me to psalms
Stay strong — Akimbo
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12. |
venutian*
02:34
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On and on again,
I bet you're out there
I bet you're out there
There she goes again
Take me with you
Take me with you
On and on again,
I bet you're out there
I bet you're out there
There she goes again
Take me with you
Take me with you
On and on again,
I bet you're out there
I bet you're out there
There she goes again
Take me with you
Take me with you
On and on again,
I bet you're out there
I bet you're out there
There she goes again
Take me with you
Take me with you
I know you're out there,
Take me with you
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13. |
nothing.
02:47
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Fuck your feelings
They're the reason that you're ready to go
Oh, oh, oh
So defeated, so you hid it
Flaunt it, don it in gold
Oh, oh, oh
I'm another undiscovered
Ready set it in stone
Oh, oh, oh
Love of money
Hunny, power will devour you whole
Oh, oh, oh
(Oh my god! did you just hear him crying?)
When you're out there,
Yeah you're nothing
Maybe I've been too hard to reach
But you keep trying,
You're lying through your teeth
What you preach, you've gotta practice
And breathe through your nose
There it goes!
You think you'll make it?
The second you're out there?
Then you're nothing
When you're out there,
Yeah you're nothing
When you're out there,
Yeah you're nothing
First you're out there,
And then you're nothing
You always told me not to
Change my ways for someone else
But you're the reason that
I like the way I hate myself
I never thought that I would care
What other people thought of me
If no one has ever told you this before,
Then let me be the first:
Try as you might,
But you cannot escape the human curse
You're not afraid to die?
I know you're bluffing.
You'll always be the sun to me,
But in the end — you're nothing.
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