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Survivors
03:22
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Is he a criminal? Is he a fiend?
Consorting with the vile and all manner obscene
Who can adjudicate? Who can be fair?
When the bombs start falling and ignite the air
We are the survivors
Are you stronger than the modern man?
It’s a cold heart what they’ve done
We’ve felt the pain lets have some fun
We’ll live it up til the day is done
Oh alien, you are stronger than the modern man
I rather like the idea of holding on til it’s done
The blood upon their hands but yet they haven’t won
And when they fall no we won’t deny it
Oh we will rise as the survivors
It’s a cold heart what they’ve done
We’ve felt the pain lets have some fun
We’ll live it up til the day is done
Oh alien, you are stronger than the modern man
Time to fight time to heal
Now is the time to reveal
Just a soul with a song and a choice in hand
Time to rise time to stand
Oh alien, you are stronger than the modern man
We are the survivors
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Paranoid
03:44
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Blue skies. Got me feelin’ pale
Their eyes cuttin’ through the vale
I’m calling all you bastards from the corners of the darkness I employ
Paranoid paranoid
I’m feeling fine now how bout you?
Maybe I’m caught in the tide
Maybe they’ve hung me out to dry
Maybe I’m paranoid paranoid
I feel their eyes watching me
I know i gotta hide what they can see
Maybe I’m paranoid. I need the cover of the night
Take out the watcher. Come out to play
I’ll annoy ya
Don’t mind the blood cuz I’m feeling sane
I caught a lift upon the eastbound train
Hopped the rails and went into the rain
Drew my blade and held it tight
Down the alley through the darkened way
I heard the steps increasing in their pace
Closing in now why oh why? I took his life.
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3. |
Like an American
03:21
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Gold is the color of my disease
Tell me once tell me twice but I will not see
Glittering beyond the sea so well defined
View my prize
All that I can see will bow before my eye
Infalible luck
Terrible lie
Cross my heart and hope to fly
Give me what I want I’ll make it mine
Oh my god it would be so much better
To cast my lot and cut your tether
Rising on the wings of fortune fine
Sold out like an American
Sold out to the American fantasy
Hold back your hand I don’t need help
I know my strength and know it well
Your wisdom is a coward’s drink
I’m made to soar I can not sink
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Let Me Go
03:59
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I am a master at convincing myself
That I am worthless and not worth the help
Fighting through the pain
It will not let me go
I do not know if I am mad or am sane
I lose myself in the tributary
Swallowed in the deep
It will not let me go
Give back tainted love
When all I have is not enough
And I can’t seem to overcome my blood
Down my spirit plummets
Into the bottomless abyss
How to rise above it
Feel like a stranger in a crowded room
Walls a closing in and I can’t deny it
Fighting through my hell
It will not let me go
Why can’t I be normal and just entertain
But I’m so fucking dysfunctional I can not hide it
Feeling so damn low
It will not let me go
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5. |
Play the Hand
03:32
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I’m a liar with a poison tongue
Staring blindly like a bastard I’ve become… a cold memory
With hands held tight across my chest I lay me down for restless rest
I’d gladly walk a mile now in your shoes
Said the wise man to the fool
and if you wanna catch the blues I’ve got bottle of Jack and a tale of Heartbreak
Oh will you find me? Will you find me? Out there on my own.
In the weather
On the wild side
I’ll take my chances
I don’t want to live alone but I know no other way, know no other way to be
We all play the hand we’re dealt
No I wasn’t born rich in this land of the free
I had to work for all my opportunity
But life has a way of kicking you when you’re low
Perspective has a sting when you’re down on the floor
Try as I can but couldn’t even reach the goddamn door
When all I want is a place to lay my head at night to feel my life alive inside
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6. |
The Son
02:53
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Father hold it
You should protect him not breed rejection
You don’t own the world
But what the hell do I know
You’re a no show
Come and find me if you dare
There is a world beyond their “love”
I am hiding beyond glare
Don’t strike the son
Don’t strike the son
You deny him
Spoken like a tyrant
With violence
He’ll tow the line to try and avoid you
Like all good boys do
Come and find me if you dare
There is a world beyond their “love”
I am hiding beyond glare
Don’t strike the son
Don’t strike the son
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Addicted
03:35
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I am a world igniter
I’m gonna cut you in two
You’ll never be the same, babe
When I’m done with you
Out of sight
Out of mind
Out of rhythm
Out of time now, baby
Violent heart
Violent eyes
Violence in your disguise
Won’t you show us the prize
You saw the world for what it is and now you’re addicted
Addicted to truth
Turn back the hollow lies cuz now you’re addicted
Like I’m addicted to you
No I won’t deny it
Yeah I’m coming for you
Think we can drop this act now?
And push it on through
Out of touch
Out of dime
Out of breath
Out of time now, baby
Golden heart
Golden hair
Golden eye to the stare
More that I can bare
Like a drug in my veins
A melody insane you call me there
Like the honey to the fly I could never pass you by
You saw the world for what it is and now you’re addicted
Addicted to truth
Turn back the hollow lies cuz now you’re addicted
Like I’m addicted to you
Turn back the hollow eyes
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8. |
Once in a While
04:35
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Inevitable humanity
There is no escape from your disease
Oh Hello
Let fall my heart in pieces to the ground
Once in a while I know
Once in a while I see
Turning back the pages in my aching memory
A candle held for you
The person that I knew
As you fade I’ll hang my head and say my last goodbye
Hang my head. I’ll hang my head I’ll oh…
I have no words tonight
No heaven heard my plight
Watch you slip away to the cold corners of your mind
You brought me so much pain
Yet without I’d have not life
I’ll hold your memory dear
As we say goodbye
Once in a while I know
Once in a while I see
Turning back the pages in my aching memory
A candle held for you
The person that I knew
As you fade I’ll hang my head and say my last goodbye
Hang my head. I’ll hang my head I’ll oh…
Oh Hello
Let fall my heart in pieces to the ground
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Tommy Icarus Indianapolis, Indiana
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