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Prey Drive
02:51
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Eyes that search through the streets at dawn
Mind digging thousands of miles deep
For meaning that will never be
(For old wounds that you'll never see)
No one will break your bitter fall
Keep on moving, keep on searching
For the faintest hope to shoot down
For new hearts to place on your own
I’ll die on my own since you are the only one
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Come Hither
03:30
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Deliver me from the grasps of enemy lines deep inside the walls of my heart. I call your name. I await your return, and day by day, I expect and pray to bring you to me. Take me into the flame. Deliver me from the presence of those whom I have despised. I’m calling your name. I await your return, and day by day, I wish for your reign to come upon us. Take me into the flame.
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Pâle Obscur
03:42
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Regarde ma peur s’étendre.
Entends ma voix s’obscurcir.
Sens la fin patienter.
Ressens la vague de mes tremblements.
Du sang, tu nais; du sang, je t’efface.
Je te demande de boire
Du poison qui coule dans mes veines,
Pour que nous puissions prendre
Place dans la tombe qui nous attend tous.
Du sang, tu nais; du sang, je t’efface.
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Chyron
04:49
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From the distance, skies descent. They cover an ancient, aching moon
Red eyes tear and sting the flesh. She awakens and darkness looms.
Where to turn when sleep terrifies? Where does solace belong?
Her search for an answer has begun. To find where peace will be found.
Now she lets go. Falls deeper into slumber.
With fear in her heart. She breaks through the walls of time.
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5. |
Sad Girls
03:53
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Sad girl on the edge of the pond
Still water and the cold blue calls
She would go if she didn’t have
To be with her reflection
Sad girl with a sob in her throat
Drives fast across the foggy road
Wonders if the guardrail might break
And offer her a grand escape
Sad girl has scars like shooting stars
Badges from days when fear stood guard
“Those times are long gone now,” she says
“Tomorrow, I’ll be on my way.”
I see them sitting under trees,
Walking together out of sight
I wish I could see them again
Those sad girls with death in their eyes
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She's a Fainter
04:07
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Remember when we were okay?
Our days gave us so little time
We adored our every moment
With not a thought of what came next
Every morning when we’d wake up
As light was rolling in again
We asked the clouds and rising sun
If this state of pleasure would end
By your hands, the cold fall arrived
Dropping on our lives like the leaves
And we plunged into the shadows
Our unclouded summer was gone
All of winter returned to us
And with it horror, and exile
Like the sun, we hid together
Our souls grew bitter and froze shut
Yesterday, lost in a single moment
Yesterday, gone without a trace forever
Yesterday, lost in a single moment
Yesterday, gone without a trace forevermore
Now I cry for all of my pain
For every time I looked away
When you watched me from the staircase
Hoped I’d do something more than pray
Fear and death echo in this house
While my body haunts the hallways
My mind is a leaning tower
And I struggle to stay awake.
It was summer just yesterday
Now I feel our end approaching
It was summer just yesterday
Now hear the nailing of coffins
Yesterday, lost in a single moment
Yesterday, gone without a trace forever
Yesterday, lost in a single moment
Yesterday, gone without a trace forevermore
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Swankiller
04:14
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Her eyes blind me like suns in the darkness of my soul. Breaking skies, through my days and through my nights. Fading lines, she knows now that our fates are aligned. Accept a lesser ending. Let me bring my dreams to life. My pain will end this time. Come to the light. Her eyes meet mine, and I try and I fail to strike. Through my thoughts we march onward forever. Anger fades and I fall to my knees. Accept a lesser ending. Let me bring my dreams to life. My pain will end this time. Come to the light.
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The Cloven Night
05:20
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I walked the Great Plains of your solitary reign
As you trailed behind, with knives tucked away
We waived the others goodbye, signed ourselves aboard
Like orphans. Through the hills, we floated onward
Our stale bodies bloated in the rays of the sun
Rotting fast and the nails from our fingers come undone
White orchids stand by like carrion in our wake
We patiently wait for the shores of our fate
There will be no end to this road down the drain
Until everyone is everyone and all I know is pain
I saw the confines of your monochrome existence
As you beckoned me with your solitary silence
One of these nights will be our ender
Once and for all, with our arms wrapped together
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Bayonet
06:09
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Come with me through somber streets in the darkness. We’ll stalk the depths of the night as they sleep. Follow me, come this way. Find release as we vanish away. We stalk in the nighttime. We find clarity at the end of the day. We find it. We find contentment in the dark. They’ll never know the joy we’ve found. We fear the light.
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Black Jeans
03:38
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I saw God in life through you / Peering into your eyelids
I thought then that most things in you / Would never be seen again
Your voice that echoed through me / Left nothing behind in the end
I saw your heart and it was black
I heard your words and they were white
I bit your lips and they were red
I spread your ashes and they are grey
I see God in death through you / Waiting in the coldest ground
The depth of your being / Reveals itself with every passing day
Your voice that echoes through me / Leaves everything behind in the end
I saw your heart and it was black
I heard your words and they were white
I bit your lips and they were red
I spread your ashes and they are grey
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Poison Cult Séance
03:37
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It’s happening this time. The ceremony is upon us. Consolation is the enemy. They’ll endure every ounce of our labor. In every single way, they’ll be the hosts of our anger. Consolation is the enemy. Make them feel every ounce of our pain. It’s not a life if it’s organized; it’s not your will if it’s guided. In rotting times, we will come alive. Prepare for the ritual. We fall out of the line. We are legion and we’re patiently waiting. They are breathing and were never alive. There is choice sown deep in our lives. There is life sown deep in their demise.
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