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Atlantic Witchcraft
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it's a new brand of sorcery
everyone you know is involved
caught up in the jet streams
of old dialogue
screen printed diatribes
looking for a cue
distribute and radicalize
retributions due
one to one psychology
divided by nine
thirteen dilemmas
solvent fine
excuse by the wayside
up and overt
jammed every satellite
then cleaned them outside
and in the stars she spills out
letters make out over the glittering ocean
waves of warmth and color wash over the masses
unable to process the goings on
they're going to build a future shelter for today's angels
a massive feat if you're not listening
and with their love they will attach
a path of resistance roughly
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A Beautiful Fire
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you lay before me a beautiful fire
eyes red enough to burn
I freeze as if it's still possible
make it difficult to turn
it rages rages on
you stand before me a beautiful liar
engulfed in what you said
I try to leave as if it's still possible
ringing leaves me dead
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you don't make it easy
to get out of here and go
you make me long for old times
half of which I didn't know
a scenic hell unearthed
is it war or is it worse
is love an ancient curse meant to teach us how to lie?
am I blowing things out?
should I whisper or shout?
I'm too young to find out how to die
unlocking an affair
should it matter? should I care?
I don't ever want to see you under there
it's the flag that I fly
the only one for which I'd die
you shouldn't have to make me cry
just tell me why
I'm getting too emotional
I shouldn't be here at all
you make me long for new times
I never want to see at all
I don't want to be glad
to be happy, to be sad
romantic love is a fad for losers in denial
spend my last days as a rat
why'd you hit me like that?
should I be more confrontational?
unlocking young despair
should it matter? should I care?
I don't ever want to see you under there
it's the flag that I fly
the only one for which I'd die
you shouldn't have to make me cry
just tell me why
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4. |
Mercy Stares
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every name on every wall is yours
all you do to keep them is hang on
catch it as they fall or they are gone
terrors of the night keep hanging on
and just like that her heart stops
and on again like a drum machine
Mercy stares out the window of the infirmary
never feeling clean
imagined it's not a hard life
but a sad one in everyone's eyes
patiently waits the days out
and the nights out
maybe she will fly
dreaming holds the keys to every door
up night screaming passed out on the floor
escapades in heads mean something more
tinted windows to hold in the pour
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5. |
3/2
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in the heat of the moment
you blink hot
movement slows
the lift gets hard
five years pass
in a golden second
too many documents
to call it the good days
a blinking red light
starts calling numbers
names and faces drawn
into a stem
without warning
we lose five minutes
the way it feels
it must have been an hour
three failures
over two successes
prouder of the wars I lost
than the battles I won
a blinking red light
starts calling numbers
stories not shared
they only seek to hurt
enter a man’s life
with an iron finish
I wish I hadn’t
convinced you to stay
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6. |
If That's Not Victory
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the way an old candle burns out
I’ve grown to forget my flames
all that’s left: an ancient face
and a couple of names
at the time it meant so much
I’d ruined you
but as we grow old we find
better things to do
the way you talked
I find I can no longer recall
the smell of you
I don’t seem to remember at all
if that’s not victory
if that’s not victory
in dreams we meet again in darkened halls
in airports surrounded by windows for walls
what I know is there for clarity
but clearly lacking accuracy
nothing’s accomplished, nothing’s done
nothing to make the fires run
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7. |
Breakout Story
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he jokes and the mistress sighs
hollow as the mister's eyes
address unknown, disconnected phone
living someone's fantasy in a second family home
he lies as the nights unwind
oblivious to her resigned
gaze at the full moon
light cycles pass through
aperture focus
he'll never notice
just free the words today
no PR rep would say
he's happy on his way
with nothing left to pay with
all his last energies
bring him to his knees
help him face the light for once
maybe soon he'll understand the morals
he lost on the way upstairs
empty to find no one else cares
to help him, to rectify his face
to approach the line of fire, make something of this place
she calls it a job well done
unafraid of the rich man's gun
there's no atonement here
he's in the wrong
no way around it
she's in for the long
maybe soon he'll understand he's mortal
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you feel like spring
like the blossoms in your blue eyes
you feel like spring
like the nature and the nurture
you feel like spring
like the warmth that doesn't turn around
you feel like spring
like the way I can't wait to hold you
you feel like spring
like the worst things always happen
you feel like spring
like the end of times and consistency
you feel like spring
like the anticipation of slaving away
you feel like spring
like it starts getting slower every day
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9. |
Great Flood
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can't take the train today
I'm down eleven 4's
they've been hoping for this
they watch as the poor pour in
see who's got nothing
jump and tackle
that's the state of what's north today
they lose money to make less back
they plan as if no one is
geared up for a pig attack
that's the state of what's north today
watch from corners to attack their prey
useless but to dominate
they'll do anything to stay on top
cause they love it!
but what they don't love
commuters in groups
who take good air time
over the shoots
hopping the turnstiles
turn down eleven 4's
they need that much today
for the MTA I'm not so sure
the right first steps in any revolution
find the problem root out the cause
their wave gets harder to tame in numbers
to this I drink for a great flood
cause they love it!
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Interference
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you sleep invert
you wake up different but you say you haven't changed
uniformal
your words mean nothing but they're saying it all at all
standing upright
you're horizontally emotionally airtight
you stay over
say that you're ready but when faced with it with you run for cover
it takes a lot to stop lying to yourself
interference
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11. |
The 5th Day
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the 5th day
the lord shouted
fire
and then he made fire
the 6th day
the lord wanted
quiet
and everyone got quiet
his messenger retreat
except case of defeat
the mission stock soaring off every heaven shelf
his golden arches high
elaborate design
fortune costs a million in a cloudy hell
the 8th day
the lord requested
gates
and they built him gates
the 9th day
the lord gathered
squires
and they gave him plates
of single-sell desires
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For The Town
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more and more
these old streets come to be a bore
going out for the day seems a chore - a chore
less and less
I find it really works out best
to let the old news sit and rest - and rest
it's time to throw our shoes on
it's time to put our feet down
in arms we're going up
stand together for the town
misery
the old roads soaked in mystery
no one ever wonders history - story
cold retreat
where the idealists take defeat
make decisions you'd never repeat - repeat
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you've forgetten you
torn up, hanging upside down
lost in thorns of expectation
regeneration
lost in the ways of the once was
blind to the here and now
following the walls down waterfalls
and you'll find you wonder how
you got so wet in the first place
lost your invented game
fell to last in the headspace race
you only have yourself to blame
you're a skin machine
you only like it when it hurts
and now you've sold yourself for it
I'm not scared of it
but I worry for you
why'd you ever follow through?
lost in the ways of the once was
blind to the here and now
following the walls down waterfalls
and you'll find you wonder how
you bled so much in the first place
felt so foggy fast
rise shine put on your people face
get used to finishing dead last
they offered you a new world
where you didn't have to think
about rent and social standing
all you had to do was sit and listen
while they wormed their way through everything
that made you so unique
and they plastered a sign saying "I'm resigned"
so you wouldn't have to speak
lost in the trials and errors
agitated self out of gas
memories alive like you might made it
but you let the moments pass
guard standing high on the front lines
like you said it would only hurt
sold out for an ease of excess
it's only gonna feel much worse
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14. |
Marianne
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it seems it's getting harder
you just keep running farther
away from the source
it's not easy, of course
but I don't think it's the answer
you're asking the wrong questions
for faulty solutions in different sections
you're open ended, lost
settling run over cost
the headlights on your life are failing
I know you're taking it worse and worse
I know it's always going to hurt
but would you rather let the pain grow?
you say it can never change
you say it won't ever be the same
but I know a cliche when I hear one
and I'm not letting you near one
you say a lot of things
I don't believe you mean
every one of them
you receive response
I believe them all
because I hold my trust close
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Homewrecker In 5
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I can't hear you or your demands
you're playing dirty cards in someone else's hands
if the clock says 3 and I roll over fine
expect your numbers gone cause you'll be out of time
you're so in control
there's no one else out there with me
if anyone needs it, you deserve the pity
it's such a losing cause I'm happier alone
what have you done for me to make me stay at home?
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Carve In Case Of Change
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you question why the world's so strange
they'll pass around your head to carve in case of change
a myriad of burning questions
chemical headhunters talk of reasons
in suits they don, they drink the passion
lament the warping of the seasons
in name alone, serve and protect
but only if you lived their boring life correct
hypocrisy into a science
dangle the carrot and force them to rely on you
tied to a string of broken physics
that keep your structures standing
we enter collapse
of pre-defined morality
welcomed by the gods
it's plainly shown
to be a nuisance
bloody injustice for the cruisers
it's color cold
in a blaze of light
carve in case of changing this perfect night alone
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Jupiter X
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brought to an opera, now taking place
you've heard it before, we are stranded in space
hope you brought your old glasses, we knew you'd forget just in case
hearts float along in this drag of an act
no amount of payroll will convince you it's fact
but we're confident you will nonetheless react
to the spectacle we present
promise me you'll never leave if I die here tonight
clip your wings with the scissors he brings and surrender your flight
bury me alone in the seas of Jupiter's moons
and wait for my careful return, won't take long, be back soon
enter reality, no room for fallacy
everyone here is a part of the show
the big red dot that marks the spot
for our new crew to go
tighten your air, it's quite different out there
it's a gas! or so they say
a new exploration, divine decoration
we're out here for good but you're welcome to stay
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Look Around
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my mind has rolled off my head
I've been making do with intuition instead
a substitute for a working head
has it always been this way?
I suppose it has
you'll find it if you look around
(stop)
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in the beginning lies a new world
gone of creation and lucky guess
you'd bet your armor to your chest
conquering this quest of finding it
you'd never wonder so aligned with it
and on each new day they bring
sacrifices for themselves
they believe in nothing more
and they make peace
why is this so hard to believe?
in the beginning lies a new world
the new must be the best
every time you break the hour
time slows into melted space
every time you say it louder
truth unfolds your storied grace
where they burn trees into glory
ashen structures of this place
pillars not unknown to vanished
hell beget this world so banished
every time you burn the flower
face to face with one true wraith
every time you say god louder
materializes faith
sycophants will brace your name
careful not to do the same
hypothetically blind
yet they know their actions scar
scars on the eyes
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Fallout Shelter
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tensions rise in the aftermath of which we settle for
the fires that consume the land or battery acid on the floor
declarations of no takebacks to beseech this mortal soil
lab coats in the arsenal, no longer routing coil
we seek to save ourselves
claim the rocket as our own and we take all the blame
pass it off to the funding point, we find we've lost our names
compromise as a dangerous malaise we cannot fight
finite chances and resources to never get it right
we seek to save ourselves
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Bitter Moon
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I sit unknowing of what the future holds
you'd think this time of year it'd still be cold
I hope that answers, even bad, come soon
arms crossed in bed, hunched over bitter moon
curtain call for the numbered days
we're using only letters now
sent out to your closet blood
every location that's found
they play the sirens as if we notice sound
they ask us to fly north as if we notice ground
fired by the sun
around the days set by the gun
each day we wait for bitter moonlight
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In A Numbers Station
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now we're finally together
where no one will ever find us
lines nobody else has crossed
some will soon consider us lost
but we're exactly where we need to be
in perfect solitude with perfect you and I
stargaze every night in arms of trust
every wish sent out to the stereo butterfly
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Draining The Lakes
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you’re not thinking hard
the needles in your eyes say otherwise
you’re not really noticing
the pools of love pouring out your eyes
you’re lying to me over nothing
you’re making it hard to climb
I’ll have to think this over
one thought at a time
cause I never took it serious
the little stones that threw
the smaller doors that you
took your shortcuts through
you’re not facing it
the walls you built to guide me
and the holes into we punched
so you’d always be there to find me
you know there’s a bitter answer
you know there’s a bright way out
we don’t have to sail forever
but you’d rather cry than shout
cause I never took it serious
the fights drawn as mistakes
I’m gonna stand up for action
and drain these bitter lakes
oh so acidic and dry
all you had to do was try
crumbling corners wondered why
here we stand to say goodbye
and I guess that
that
is a good thing
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Supernova
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marked with an X to remember your spot
one in a sky of billions and billions
losing perspective I'm a little white dot
what does it mean to know you're alone?
up like the stars
they're higher and higher
a chance to stand out from supernova rot
chosen by one child to be the favorite
further and further apart
I think I'm lost
too crowded
please let me breathe
why can't it hurt more?
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Blue Balloon
06:03
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Andrew's lost the day
let go too soon
of his old blue balloon
soon he finds his cause
spins around the track
there's no going back to an old blue past
just as quickly as it starts
you find the whole world's running late
and when you beat it to the heart
you're given no time to celebrate
Misty's on again
finds the train on time
on a quiet morning
soon she sprints away
held on too long
afraid her present's running out too fast
you find everything you can
to make it worth the wait
every cog moving but yours
crawling down on all fours
acting like a choking racehorse
Andrew walks inside
nothing to hide
wears his confidence out with his pride
Misty follows in
knows she'll never win
carries her balloon into the wind
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