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No One Ever Returns
06:01
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Hold your breath and count to nine
All your anger's just wasting time
Still that songbird in your soul
Give up every pretense of control
You can climb the highest mountain
Build your temple to fame
Lay gifts on the alter
Pray a glimmer remains
Reach out for that something
A touch that brightly burns
Because nothing stays long
And no one ever returns
Close you eyes and count to five
Hurt me deep if it makes you feel alive
That listless longing you can't disguise
A thousand cuts
A hundred knives
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Emote Control
05:13
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Is there a rhythm in the static
That only you can see
A pulse directly to your brain
Where the blood-flow used to be
Now the weather girl's winking slyly
And the preacher's reaching through
The screens are getting bigger
Special offers just for you
Find a channel
Change the channel
Suburbia's aspiration
Bordem's birthright to defend
Brown grandmas warn their babies
Brown babies never win
Find the channel
Change the channel
Angry and ashamed
And entertained
Boxes after boxes
In a row down the lane
Painted different colors
individually the same
Battle rages in the desert
Throwing poison to the sky
Killing all God's children
Fighting eye for an eye
Product placement in the newscast
Advertisements in the show
Programming the fembots
Slowly taking off their clothes
Just wind me up to go
Find a channel
Change the channel
There's a flower on a sandbar
Where the forest used to be
And life beneath the Arctic
Is ready to crawl free
Angry and ashamed
And entertained
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3. |
Think it Over
06:44
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Father says it's time to make amends
Father says abandon all your friends
They don't know what's good for you
But I do
I know the right thing
And I know the good thing
I know everything
Think it over
When you're playing in the yard
And playing by the rules is hard
Remember He's watching you
And I am too
Is that an ouchy on your knee
Let me see
I know a good thing
Think it over
Teacher doesn't want to lead me on like this
Teacher just wants a kiss
She just wants to drive me home
Cause I'm so unique
And almost grown
She says I'm old enough to read her book
And rules don't apply with these looks
That maybe I can make a passing grade
She says I'm teacher's favorite in every way
And now that time has brought them to their knees
Revenge has got me rolling up my sleeves
I'd like to turn the other cheek
But sometimes I'm weak
What's the right thing
What's the good thing
What is anything
Think it over
Think it over
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13 flowers for 14 lonely queens
7 heavy crowns for 6 indecisive kings
Peasants on the battlefield rummage through the aftermath
Silent in their horror
Hurry before the next attack
New wheels on the chariot roll past with a sneer
Inhale, take a deep breath
Revel in their fear
Last Star in the Black Sky
Turn the last page
Read the last line
Last star in the black sky
Burn the evidence
Kill your own kind
The beast we used to bet on has become the man of war
Racing 'round in circles
Lost track of what it's for
Square peg in the round hole you're the arbiter of taste
The priceless thing that you stole
That can never be replaced
Last star in the Black Sky
Turn the last page
Read the last line
Last star in the black sky
Burn the evidence
Kill your own kind
Last Star in the Black Sky
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5. |
Overboard
06:17
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You've abandoned ship
And I'm tossed and turned
Out past the break
Where you drown or learn
Can't see the shore
Can't feel you
Have to sink or find
The strength to push through
Will you hear all my reasons
Will you forgive my excuse
The cool fires on the far horizon
I'm a crazy captain lost at sea
You're the constellation that guides me blindly
Man the lifeboats
It's everyone for themselves
Infinite ocean
Lose your heart in the swell
Just don't let me go overboard
Don't let me go over
Don't let me go overboard
Don't let me go
My favorite chord in your summer song
That time you tore your evening dress
Some quiet thing in a stolen moment
I need you to listen as I confess
It was the cool fires on the far horizon
I'm a crazy captain lost at sea
You're the constellation that guides me blindly
Man the lifeboats
It's everyone for themselves
Infinite ocean
Lose your heart in the swell
Just don't let me go overboard
Don't let me go over
Don't let me go overboard
Don't let me go
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6. |
Straight Line
08:20
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Angels stuck on the overpass
A rising sun wakes a worried world
We always knew this couldn't last
Live fast
Die young
Skip the check
It's a symptom with no redemption
Painting over this masterpiece
To draw a perfect straight line
Men with power rig the game
Thread the needle, sow the blame
Write the fables filled with fear
Imaginary monsters
It's outrageous
It's contagious
Painting over this masterpiece to draw a perfect straight line
We've drawn a perfect straight line.
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