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Kill the Light
04:10
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in the light
another time
another life that could be mine
a story made
to fit the part
the image of the man
you thought must live inside the art
drew your blood
to draw the line
you were crossing back and forth in rhyme
you never even thought to shut your mouth
cut your flesh to fit the scar
tell the lie of who you are
but you never were that hard to figure out
kill the light
in your eyes
was there nothing to be said
that would not make you want to die
kill the light
bring the dark
you punished them for loving you
and told them it was art
it’s a lie to say they want you
to always tell the truth
no one cares what you’ve been through
they didn’t want you
they only came to…
kill the light
in your eyes
was there nothing you could say
when they were longing for a lie
kill the light
bring the dark
you punished them for loving you
and promised it was art
they needed you to be
better than them
better than anyone could be
but you were human
damn your heart
who can say why
or what reasons drove you
you always said that you would live and die for art
kill the light
in your eyes
was there nothing to be said
that would not make you want to die
kill the light
bring the dark
you punished them for loving you
and told them it was art
die for art
die for art
die for art
die for art
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Wind you up and watch you go
you tell me what you think you know
there is a place in Hell that’s mine
I thank your god you’ve lost your mind
while I bathe in fire
you’re the one left on your knees
so tell me who’s the liar
when we all do as we please
I was just a child
when they taught me I would burn
whispering it was love
but that wasn’t what I learned
wind me up and watch me go
I’ve left the earth to join the show
I heard there was a place for me
that wouldn’t tell me who to be
and just like that
I was free
I was free
I was free
while I dance in fire
you’re the one left on your knees
so tell me who’s the liar
when we all do as we please
I was just a child
when they taught me I would burn
whispering it was love
but that wasn’t what I learned
where is the love
is this love
where is the love I was promised
I was promised
this isn’t love
this is control
if all of us must pay a toll
how is it love
how is it love
while I bathe in fire
you’re the one left on your knees
so tell me who’s the liar
when we all do as we please
I was just a child
when they taught me I would burn
whispering it was love
but that wasn’t what I learned
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the room would set on fire
when you’d walk inside
you held the hearts of everyone back then
some magic quality to which I aspired
I’ve never felt that way again
where are you now
I thought you’d be here
to say you’re proud
I’m older now
I see the world differently
if it breaks your heart
it must be the truth
so only tell me lies
while I pretend that you’re alive
you held your loneliness inside
till you could barely breathe
all their arms to welcome you
and still you had to leave
you don’t understand
the world’s so different now
no saints or heroes anymore
just their shadows breaking down
where are you now
I thought you’d be here
to say you’re proud
I’m older now
I see the world differently
if it breaks your heart
it must be the truth
so only tell me lies
while I pretend that you’re alive
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4. |
Ashes in the Wind
03:32
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I was alive a thousand years before you were born
so every thought you think is yours just makes me bored
repeat the phrases favored puppets say
never mind that there will always be another way
don’t tell me you don’t know
I was born with the devil’s tongue in my mouth
they cut my horns so I grew them inside out
rooted inside burrowed straight into my brain
kept me alive while the whole world went insane
I don’t want to hear any more
shut up shut up
we’ll make you listen
I don’t want to live in fear anymore
too bad for you
that’s all we offer
I came to kill
all your free will
so pick a side
and I’ll decide whose blood you spill
say goodbye to those you love
if they disagree
fuck your reason fuck your empathy
see no evil and bow down to me
everyday we pull away
no ground below so we keep falling
calling out into the void
echos fail still we’re afraid to say
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know how to breathe anymore
and there’s no one left to show me
no reason to dream anymore
if no one cares to know me
alone we all descend
just ashes in the wind
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5. |
The Light Was a Lie
04:22
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whatever burns inside
whatever poison seeps in
we keep it locked away from sight
so it’s not real to you
and the light is a lie
that we hold in our hearts
till we die
we can’t go home
we cant be here
we set this fire
but if all roads
will end in tears
then what good is desire
time has a twisted mind
a vicious sense of humor
if there’s no point to us
then why not start the rumor
words that lived in pages torn and burned
remain unsaid
the lines are down
the lights are out
or is that in my head
and the line is a lie
that we draw in our hearts
till we die
we can’t go home
we cant be here
we set this fire
but if all roads
will end in tears
then what good is desire
time has a twisted mind
a vicious sense of humor
if there’s no point to us
then why not start the rumor
are you living in the moment
moving mountains every minute
is your little life still lonely
is the light always a lie
we can’t go home
we cant be here
we set this fire
but if all roads
will end in tears
then what good is desire
time has a twisted mind
a vicious sense of humor
if there’s no point to us
then why not start the rumor
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6. |
Endless
04:14
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I’d rush into the flames
if I could die inside your arms
no one to save
nothing to say
just two imploding stars
too many words died inside me
they wanted to scream but they couldn’t break free
it’s not too late when you’re endless
and we’re nothing if not this
my life, I give it all to you
I know it’s not what humans do
in spite of what they told me
yet somehow I found you
never loved anyone
never saw anything
until I looked into your eyes
I am a hopeless fool
but I would do anything
to be close to you
to be close to you
you were born in a melody
I could not sing or hope to feel
but as the waters pulled from shore
I sang until the notes were real
too many words died inside me
they wanted to scream but they couldn’t break free
it’s not too late when you’re endless
and we’re nothing if not this
I was born beneath your sky
blind until I found your light
I will fall down on my knees
I will breathe the endless night
to be a witness to your life
and bring the world into your eyes
and I need you, to be the light
that I might understand
when I don’t know what’s right
I need you here
I need you here
I need you here
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7. |
Goodbye Fellow Traveler
04:51
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we spent our days on vain attempts
to try and outrun time
as if our work could carry on
when our lives are left behind
but trying’s not enough
unless the dice are on your side
but who of us can say
What fate is carried in the tide
there is no parade for artists
when they die alone and poor
you gave what you could
but they took all you had
and cried more, more
give us more
there was no headline
when they found you on the floor
you never got your love or fame
it wasn’t what your journey had in store
what was it for
there’s no parade for for martyrs
who die without a cause
‘cause that’s not what it means
and no one knows where your heart was
where your heart was
so goodbye fellow traveler
upon this grain of sand
I carved you out this place in song
I hope you’d understand
some of us remember
in that way you may live on
and though we’ll never meet again
for now we share this song
there’s no parade for artists
when they die alone and poor
you gave what you could
but they took all you had
and cried more, more
give us more
give us more
give us more
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8. |
We Hold This Time
04:00
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I wish I knew
I how I could fall down and through
with every line
if falling down the rabbit hole
was the way home
I would crawl my way through glass
leave behind my flesh and bones
leave my veil upon the path
you understand that we’re alone
I’m falling and I’m free
the reckless fool was always me
leaving gravity behind
we hit the ground
but we’re not home
And if we run, oh we’ll kill the light
And if we hide, we go home tonight and lie
we are buying time
to be the last in line
I don’t presume to say I’m right
or that it’s never worth the fight
but if we come to understand all this chaos
we will run, oh we will kill the light
cause if we hide, we go home tonight and lie
no more buying time
to be the last in line
I never know
when it’s right
to say those thoughts can die
how well they tear us up inside
and if we hide them for too long
they take us
under the veil again
where the echoes live
and say they love us
and understand
deny them
and we are left to run
oh we will kill the light
cause if we hide, we go home tonight and lie
no more buying time
to be the last in line
And if we run, oh we’ll kill the light
And if we hide, we go home tonight and lie
we are buying time
to be the last in line
we hold this time
we hold this time
we hold this time
we hope
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9. |
There Will Be No Sound
03:46
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You could climb all the mountains in the world
and still not be half as high as you are now
you wear your anger like a crown
and it will always weigh you down
no one will ever love you
like you love yourself
I promise you we tried
but couldn’t find a reason
what will you do when the smoke clears
and you’re the only one still standing upside down
your feet are in the clouds
but your head’s still underground
and we won’t be around when you come down
so just calm down
all that you hide behind your eyes
the crushing weight of your disguise
you try so hard to see it through
but I can see it’s killing you
everything that is born will die
that doesn’t make your life a lie
but when your fading star falls down
there’ll be no sound
don’t you know that were all on a path
what is it you think that we want from you
it’s not your fame
it’s not your life
it’s not your love
it’s not your time
just give us what we want
it is your never ending absence
all that you hide behind your eyes
the crushing weight of your disguise
you try so hard to see it through
but I can see it’s killing you
everything that is born will die
that doesn’t make your life a lie
but when your fading star falls down
there’ll be no sound
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10. |
The Muse
05:10
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I call your name every time I want to die
and one of these days you won’t be there
I press the keys as I plead to hear your voice
and one of these days you won’t care
you can be happy now
you can be happy now
all alone and lost at sea
waving from the shore
was never what you planned
but don’t you drift too far from me
where do you go when the island’s cold
just lines in a poem of what could be
and will your flame come flooding in, every time I feel the end
will you be there and here and all around me
you can be happy now
you can be happy now
all alone and lost at sea
waving from the shore
was never what you planned
but don’t you drift too far from me
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