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those waves still crash
06:18
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the shore is gone
the jagged rocks
eaten by the sea
a violent thief is she
having once held it all
the land emerged
he broke away
from the arms around his waist
and rose towards
the sun
now everyone hear her waves, hear them!
or do you hear no evil
you know you talk like you're innocent
embrace me
and we'll sink even deeper
erode me here
crack me open here
rise up over me
and take me deeper into you
the sun it sets
it lays to rest
with skulls and sunken ships
it's tryst
beneath the brine
a smooth stone rolls in the nighttime
but men still drown
their boats overturned empty in the morn
no love is enough for she
those waves still crash through the dark
you know it, that I'm fighting for you
the bones of earth
and veins where sprung
the seabed and it's reach
bleeding so free and long
this outpour of love is too much
the continents secede
breaking every wave
while sinking down themselves
smaller and wounded they're lost
the crashing grows louder, listen!
I'm wandering down to where
the land meets the sea
all to hear them meet
all to find the meaning
hear her cry..
"know me, I am subsumer
it hurts me when you rip my water
push against the waves too the bottom floor and enter me completely"
and she screams
"are you trying to leave me, are you trying to leave?
are you trying to leave me, are you trying to leave?
are you trying to leave me, are you trying to leave?"
"so then leave"
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2. |
no hope, stay
04:34
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this place is too small to fit two in one room
push at the walls but you're never getting out
stand shoulder to shoulder then remain there forever
stay inside and keep your head down
boy, hear the screams from the street as you sleep
feel the sweat freeze on the back of your neck
and dream of falling that same one since you moved in
rush to the window hands shaking, it's this place, this place is ahh
there's no hope here, there's no
(there's nothing)
there's no hope here, there's no
(there's nothing)
hold me to it please I'll get through it
in a year or two, no you're never getting through
wring your hands and ask like you mean it
like it's what you want but you don't know it is
but it might be if you felt
involved with yourself
but you sit there in your own filth and you sulk
you're wondering 'why has this hurt you the most?'
there's no hope here, there's no
(you've nothing)
you have no control here, no control no
(you've nothing)
you've got nothing but time (just time)
and every minute feigns a year
but it's still september when we disappear
the months fly by, piling on and on and on
you've got nothing but time (just time)
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3. |
meant to hurt
02:27
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i wanted to make you cry
only to see you cry
to show me some real feeling
I wanted to find the time
wanted to make things right
but loved the way you hung your head too much
I'm feeling closer to you now
seeing you this way
I know that it must be shared
so tell me you feel the same
wanted to make you cry
only to feel you cry
and hold you in my arms
wanted to live my life
with you at my side
steal the heart, break the spine
but in the end I lose the plot
and you get up and leave me
disappearing from my reach
once more, cry for me please oh please
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4. |
life is easy
03:24
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leave the door open let the light leak out
send these people sprawling in the streets
they are weaker than they think we know
but we know it all too well say, we're human after all
leave the window cracked let the air drift through
I hear my fortune in the wind
it speaks of strength in our confidence and that all we have
is fruit of our labor it's fruit of our love
and it's all clear to me
isn't life so easy, tell me life's this easy forever
say that you won't leave
tell me we deserve it all it's plenty, now say it
they say that I'm hated
I should fight for my winning
I'll prove them all wrong
at the ballot box where I'm right
to be given all I have
I've worked for forever I see
this poor man's jealousy
some folks just deserve more
gold
lay down beggar, down look me in the eyes!
cut the chest open let the red run still
set my car to cruise into the hills
the city scum seem so envious let's cut them down
each one a bullethole, a siren sound, a broken home
and it's all so clear to me
isn't life so easy, tell me life's this easy forever
say that you won't leave
tell me that we're meant to be
baby we were meant to be
hey!
life's so easy
life's so easy
life's so easy
life's so easy
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5. |
only air
03:57
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walking barefoot down the street to feel grounded again
the red road painted as I go
broken glass and cigarettes run me dry, I'm empty
finding joy in the trivial corners of life
staring at the ceiling tiles every night
I watch them pull apart by the hour erode, erosion..
here! there's only air between us yeah yeah
right here, there's only air and that's how it is, that's how it is
my feet are fine, they're worn but they're calloused and I
feel pain second to your own
no don't look away I sense this distance is closing
the walls we built to shield us from the cold
broken down between our body heat
watch it fall apart and feel the skin there
there's power within us we can finally wield
and wield it..
here! there's only air between us yeah yeah
reach out just a little more, come closer, come closer
fool me, send me out into the rain
and lose me to the wind
reaching out, grazing fingers but we can't hold on
move forward
remembered the past, the past loves
I feel it's the same love, with the same answers
same ending and I don't care, it's the same love
same ending and I don't care, I don't
don't walk away
wait
wait here, there's only air
but there's more and more and more between us, more and more and more and I
just can't see a future with me
so disappear, I'll disappear
we're nothing now, we're nothing
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6. |
bury tomorrow
03:25
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this journey's going to kill us
I taste ashes on my tongue
see bodies wretched and wounded
littered around us
but still we walk through the city
pretending we're asleep
each footstep meditated
eyes straight ahead
is this what you always wanted
cause you never ever tell me
anything but I can guess
see you eyes light up when I look back
you look so alive, so check my pulse
let's live our lives on the rooftops
gazing at the view
watch the buildings demolished
then rebuilt nice and new
watch the homeless all scatter
the shelter's been replaced
supplanted by the wealthy
it's all murals and gift shops
you pause for a moment
is there something you can do?
but nothing comes to mind
see the gold chain swinging in the breeze
lift your lips and look away, look away!
am I really so helpless (you are)
on my own I'm a single arrow
and it's all that I can do to stay awake
I'm sending one cross the country
a desperate flash on the screen
and maybe someone can find it
and send it back to me
it's so easy to feel safe
when the concrete cradles you
but it's victims are helpless
and they're ran straight through
so bury tomorrow in the waste of today
bury tomorrow in the waste of today
bury
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7. |
were..
02:31
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if I'm awake then you're asleep
I'm listening in on your dreaming
for a hint of deeper meaning
to find your truest feelings
if I'm awake then you're asleep
you won't be up until the morning
so I lift the window up a crack
there's nothing I can do until then
when
the light falls against your skin
we'll both be one
and bleed our tongues in each others mouths
as we fold our limbs together
interlock then fade away for good
come fade away
come fade away
come fade away
but don't forget me
c'mon
c'mon
c'mon
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8. |
dream of the honeymoon
02:36
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why are you awake?
when I get home feign sleep
slow your breath and close your eyes
and I won't talk about tonight
I'll watch you from beside
but we stay in our silence (shh)
when talking risks too much
this silence is how we stay in love
let's stay in love
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