1. |
Nicotine
03:56
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I cover up my face
and strum the comb teeth thrice
for a fortune at the crossroads
the ghost approaches me
and whispers cold as ice
of a love never realised
then I'm crushed by the fear of death
but the nicotine it helps
filling my blood with a loveless sunshine
yeah I'm running out of breath
but the nicotine it helps
The phantom sings to me
For the first and final time
"you wasted all your life?"
so I smile and say to he
"but boy did I ever live!"
a little rest would feel so nice
and I'm crushed by the fear of death
but the nicotine it helps
filling my blood with a loveless sunshine
yeah I'm running out of breath
but the nicotine it helps
so I'm crushed by the fear of death
but the nicotine it helps
filling my blood with a loveless sunshine
yeah I'm running out of breath
but the nicotine it helps
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2. |
Like Caesar
04:34
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It's a long play of deception
The lies of honest men
could you be more obvious about it
I mean it's okay if you hate me
I'll bear the martyr's load
It doesn't make me Jesus
just makes me human
But it's okay to be bitter
It's okay to feel anger
It's okay to deliver venom with my crying eyes
and it's okay to feel short changed
by the ones who stuck the knife in
they treated me like Caesar
upon the ides of march
You twist the truth to suit you
a bastard soaked in honey
a lion in a rabbit costume
and I can take your punches
if you aim them to my eyes
your secrets are like poison
and I'm spitting blood
it's okay to be bitter
It's okay to feel anger
It's okay to deliver venom with my crying eyes
and it's okay to feel short changed
by the ones who stuck the knife in
they treated me like Caesar
upon the ides of march
It's okay to be bitter
as long as you remember
tomorrow it gets better
and they'll rue what they have done
and you feel discouraged
it's okay to be bitter
they treated you like Caesar
upon the ides of March
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3. |
I Am Eternal
05:00
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Stop and for a second breathe
note the changing of the leaves
The blending colour schemes
You still have a place on earth
A wayward and angel caked in dirt
How much does it hurt?
(to be you?)
But this is not the end
It's just the next step of the journey
The ember still remains
and with it burns my hope
Be a restless as a wave
cling to mother like a stain
and never show your pain
For if they know that you are weak
the monsters come to eat your dreams
In your eternal sleep
(don't close your eyes)
But this is not the end
It's just the next step of the journey
The ember still remains
and with it burns my hope
But this is not the end
It's just the next step of the journey
The ember still remains
and with it burns my hope
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4. |
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so much warmer than sun
The firewall that that rushes in
burns, then it's over
The city you call home
the ones you called your own
Now as ash and memories
that echo silence
And does it make it right
if my Dead eyes see no future
will you wait until the stars collide
in supernova
And do you see the light
the pipette that drips invitro
the technological progress
that silence gathered
The virus in my blood
that you saw fit to give me
The eats away my sadness
cold and into darkness
did you look up from your phone
and see the forest burning?
did choose the path of mind control?
you plugged in zombie
And does it make it right
if my Dead eyes see no future
will you wait until the stars collide
in supernova
And do you see the light?
the pipette that drips invitro
the technological progress
that silence gathered
Do you feel justified
now the Luddites died for nothing
will you feel a sense of pride
when we die too
And does it make it right
if my Dead eyes see no future
will you wait until the stars collide
in supernova
And do you see the light
the pipette that drips invitro
the technological progress
that silence gathered
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5. |
My Final Words
03:12
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The bitter look of condemnation
they lock my spine
their key a blade
Mistakes were made
Mistakes were made
The lonely trap that's laid and baited
spit in my eye
call me a slave
Mistakes were made
Mistakes were made
Lie in the nothing
reflect the future
for those who choose to fade away
Mistakes were made
Mistakes were made
Honest error
cause betrayal
the men who would be God they claim
Mistakes were made
Mistakes were made
Look at your hands now
crimson, tainted
put down to rest
this shallow grave
Mistakes were made
Mistakes were made
Left to Ashes
Left to wander
amidst the forest mist so grey
Mistakes were made
Mistakes were made
and at last we fade to silence
don't you dare now look away
I guess you won
Mistakes were made
I'll leave you here now
hunger sated
this hell you earned
this hell you crave
with open arms
Mistakes were made
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6. |
Waiting Here
04:12
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It's been another year amidst these jagged thorns
A cage of rust for those ungrateful to be born
and from the veil
In a reverie without a thing to fear
I'm just a memory
but I'll be waiting here
It's another day, alone to gather dust
Memento mori as I suffer god's disgust
I am a thief
I stole your heart and said I love you so sincere
In purgatorio
I'll be waiting here
Never did I say what I meant to tell you
Thicker than blood
ever more I love you
Let it all shatter
Let it all shatter
Let it all
Let it all shatter
let it all shatter
all shatter
You'll find another man
I hope he'll show you faith
Meanwhile I'll wander in the otherworld, replaced
And aa i fade from thought and slowly disappear
If you remember me
I'll be waiting here
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