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Introduction in G Minor
01:47
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Girl Made of Stars
03:38
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I wanted to take you from the cold nights of your past
Undressing the sour visions that haunt your fragile dreams at last
I wanted to keep you safe -- I was told that you’ve gone too far
I carry the broken vision of a life that died out from the start
I go on hoping for a night with the brightest stars
When your whispers circle around and I follow your presence from afar
I reach the lapping waves and I know that you're not here
I'll wait another thousand nights, to erase my life, until I disappear
Eyes gone dry, I shed no tears
I feel your color fading through the years
Hold me close to the burning sun
I'll lie in wait for my end to come
This must be love
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3. |
Be Mine
03:24
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Salt inside open eyes
For the times you left behind
The fire burning on the other side
Is the air that you breathe
(Is the air that you stole for me)
Fall into me
I’ll show you devotion
Fall into my arms
I’ll show you my darkness
Be mine
Running, fearing now for your life
From a past that's nothing but lies
The sun that's rising in the paling skies
Is the light that you seek
(Is the light that you stole for me)
Fall into me
I’ll show you devotion
Fall into my arms
I’ll show you my darkness
Be mine
When the noise fades out at night
When the years fall out of your sight
Fall into my arms
I’ll show you my darkness
Be mine
When the noise fades out at night
When the years fall out of your sight
Fall into me
I’ll show you devotion
Fall into my arms
I’ll show you my darkness
Be Mine
When the noise fades out at night
When the years fall out of your sight
When your walls come crashing down
May the sunset come and carry you home to me
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4. |
Left Behind
04:33
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I’ve been living in a fever dream
There’s a walking ghost living inside of me that says
I’m alive, only breathing today
In the hopes that you’ll let me live another day
Where there is fire there is smoke
And you’re still waiting, but I know
I feel the calm before the storm
What made you want to let me go?
I saw our love fade away with the light
When you stole every single star that fills up the sky
As you made the night fall with your every lie
And I knew in a single second
You left me behind
I’ve been moving slow, I’m locked from within
In the depths of a story that will never end
While my soul looms low and you’re pulling away
I still hope that you’ll let me live another day
Where there is fire there is smoke
And you’re still waiting, but I know
I feel the calm before the storm
What made you want to let me go?
I saw our love fade away with the light
When you stole every single star that fills up the sky
As you made the night fall with your every lie
And I knew in a single second it all would die
I had the life I thought would keep the darkness behind
Had the world in our reach without the shadows inside
Now I hold my heart close with my life in decline
And I know in this very moment
You left me behind
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Sun Moon Star
03:23
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I'd tear my eyes out, I’d give my life for you
With angels circling us
And I stared as you shot them down
Now I am left dead and alone
Oh darling, I am so enticed
So beguiled that I might die
I saw you with your fatal smile
And you said you’d never lie
The sun can’t erase the night
The moon is out for one last time
The sunlight won’t erase the night
The stars go up, ignite their eyes for you
I'd tear my eyes out, I’d give my life for you
To see the scars you left in me
I’ve failed you, left for dead tonight
You and I are predetermined
Oh darling, I am so enticed
So beguiled that I might die
I saw you with your fatal smile
And you said we’d never die
The sun can’t erase the night
The moon is out for one last time
The sunlight won’t erase the night
The stars go up, ignite their eyes for you
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Under the cyclone
Above the rainfall
Beside me I can hear your name
Before the sunrise
Within the moonlight
Beside me I can see your face
This love for us is endangered
Under no stars at night
Breathing the air you stole for me
Across the skyline
Beyond the stars’ shine
Beside me I can feel your touch
Fighting for daylight
You stand by my side
Beside me you are everything
This love for us is endangered
Under no stars at night
Breathing the air you stole for me
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7. |
We're Not Here
03:32
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Will you hold my hand
Will you hold my hand because we’re fading
Listen when I say
When I say we’ll be saved
Every single word
All our words were an arrow wasted
As they break on the skins
Of our enemies
I was wasting away
I was wasting away in the twilight
Hear me when I say
When I tell you you're safe
Waiting to come alive
Waiting to come alive under starlight
With the memories
Of our better days
One more time the night is falling with one foot in the grave
We’re not here to see the skyline, the sunset is in our eyes
Will you follow me
Will you follow me for the last time
Through the bitterness
Of our sullen mistakes
What it means to be safe
What it means to be safe when we’re falling
Through the hands and the minds
Of our enemies
One more time the night is falling with one foot in the grave
We’re not here to see the skyline, the sunset is in our eyes
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8. |
Never Cursed
03:53
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On a restless sea, losing sight of the day
Your fear, it watches me through the eyes of the waves
Reaching over to me, with the beauty of pain
Your body’s worn to the bone, your heart and soul are empty
Why can’t I save you from yourself?
From your suffering?
Why can’t I save you from yourself?
May the angels never curse your name
As I search through myself and the river runs dry
We drag ourselves to the shore and run away forever
Why can’t I save you from yourself?
From your suffering?
Why can’t I save you from yourself?
May the angels never curse your name
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Drowning Inland
03:30
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I fed her a star bright enough for her to stay the night
We laid until dawn and now my heart will never bleed again
Can I make it out? Will I ever know?
I sink into the arms that saved me
Can I make it out? Will I ever know?
I drown inside the oceans of her now
We stand out on the edge in the rain
Solemn vows taken to the grave
With thorns from our enemies
Around our heads, we will live forever
Can I make it out? Will I ever know?
I sink into the arms that saved me
Can I make it out? Will I ever know?
I drown inside the oceans of her now
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10. |
Starving the Flame
03:59
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So it goes
You told me right from the start
Our fire wouldn't remain
Watch it now detonate
The death of our love was heard for miles
Hoping for something more, for more than just a blind devotion
Slow, it goes away
Starving the flame until the end
In dreams you saw everything
You saw everything but me
The death of our love was heard for miles
Hoping for something more, for more than just a blind devotion
Oh, my beloved
May my scars dig into your arms
Oh, truest love
May your malice haunt you forever
The death of our love was heard for miles
Hoping for something more, for more than just a blind devotion
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