1. |
Sawn in Two
03:47
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And doctor can you tell me
What’s the antidote?
I think I’ve been drinking poison
Think I’ve had a fatal dose
And this time
If that’s true
There must be something more that you can do.
Considering the lightning
And what would happen if
It could only slow down
And think of what it did
If it had a will of its own
Where will it go?
And I'm still
Sawn in two
Each time I see you
The cloud of smoke
Slowly clears
And everything's still here.
And I'm scared I’m only anywhere
Through what I didn’t do
I became and then stayed alive
And then ran into you.
And don't care if that’s true
There must be something more that I can do.
And I'm still
Sawn in two
Each time I see you
The cloud of smoke
Slowly clears
And everything's still here.
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2. |
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As it gets laterer, I will get lazier
With my words
The battery’s low now, the words coming slow now,
We might not have long.
And it’s sinking in like a drink that is spilled
That I don’t care about ‘til too late.
Maybe with time
It won’t catch the eye
A reminder of careless ways.
I should
Feel lighter because
Everything I was
And everything I started with is gone.
Now I know why
I wake with such a fright
It’s the one thing
I’m scared to lose
Or to leave behind.
‘Til the parting
I will keep it by my heart
It’s the one thing
That will keep it beating.
And I’m not sure how long I’ll be here
I just moved here I can’t leave too soon
Come on in then and
Stretch out your legs
Make yourself at home
Bring furniture.
I should
Feel lighter because
Everything I was
And everything I started with is gone.
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3. |
I'm Being Followed
03:11
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And I still smart from the slap that sparked
My first cries on the night
I was born
I was just a baby then
Am I changed since then.
And stubbed my toe
Running for the phone
Won’t make it so get to the couch
And die alone.
Wait a minute then
Am I changed since then?
And I’ve seen a strange shadow
Pausing for effect.
I'm being followed.
I’m afraid that's all that’s left.
Who’s good idea
Was these mirrors
Behind this hotel bar
Who’s watching from there?
Have they no idea
Why we still come here.
And I’ve seen a strange shadow
Pausing for effect.
I'm being followed.
I’m afraid that's all that’s left.
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4. |
A Miraculous Sign
02:35
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This might be the start of something
All kinds of sorts of trouble
Pulling me back in
Like sleeping does
Blindly reach in that space in the
Dark where the alarm should be
And you could be
As well.
I don't ask for much
All I'm asking for is some
Miraculous sign that
I should keep on
Fucking up as I've done all along.
They say to go back where you came from
So back to the hospital
Still don’t know where to go.
And I don't ask for much
All I'm asking for is some
Miraculous sign that I should keep on
Fucking up as I've done all along.
The shape of breath out from
Of nowhere like some
Cartoon thoughts that float on
Empty in the air.
And I don't ask for much
All I'm asking for is some
Miraculous sign that I should keep on
Fucking up as I've done all along.
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5. |
Little Lightning
03:30
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I won't cling like wet clothes
Doesn't mean that I want you to go
Thinking about it twice
That's all that I know.
And I don't want to go back
Don't want to do it again.
I don't want time to freeze
Or this time to end.
And through the dark
Still it glows
The tiny sparks
Are lightning bolts
Are lightning bolts.
I hope that you’ll see this
In whatever time is left.
Living the dream
I mostly forget.
And the dose in my stomach
And hoping for the best
And sitting forgetting
All the time that is left.
And through the dark
Still it glows
The tiny sparks
Are lightning bolts
Are lightning bolts.
Clothes that gather charge
That are shown in the dark
With light that does not fade
And that has changed all that it’s touched.
And through the dark
Still it glows
The tiny sparks
Are lightning bolts
Are lightning bolts.
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6. |
Pink Fog
03:36
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Death to my enemies
And also to my friends
At least the ones who
Don’t mind if I die as well.
Still breathing in my sleep
The best that I can do
Not a great sign to take
I'm still here for you.
When you had the chance
You really should have done it then
We’ve lost nothing yet
But we're free to try again.
Still breathing in my sleep
The best that I can do
Not a great sign to take
I'm still here for you.
When you had the chance
You really should have done it then
We’ve lost nothing yet
But we're free to try again.
Death to my enemies
And also to my friends
At least the ones who
Don’t mind if I die as well.
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7. |
Thunder Replies
05:22
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I should stop
Thinking only of
These messes, or start thinking
A lot lesser.
If we were smart
There’d be no more heartache
There’d be better drugs
Or they could operate.
And something knocked
And I let something inside.
Since the flash
Counting down
Until thunder replies.
And something knocked
And I let something inside.
Since the flash
Counting down
Until thunder replies.
Counting down the miles
It used to only be at night
When everything would
Get amplified.
I died and
I came back to get my coat
The further I go
The more afraid I am to go.
I should stop
Dreaming anything
That sharpens enough
To get under your skin.
And something knocked
And I let something inside.
Since the flash
Counting down
Until thunder replies
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8. |
Nothing
03:54
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With a shoulder getting colder
Whether dressed or unclothed.
I’m still waking up in the night
Thinking that I smelled smoke.
With so long looking back
I stumble from the path
But I know though where I’m going to go
If I’m asked.
And nothing’s getting lost
Except the time, of course
But that’s nothing when I still will
Waste so much more.
That it always seemed so close
Seeing what I chose.
To be standing looking at
The shape that wears your clothes.
That it might not come back
Strikes in the heart
Like a match
Like smoke does
Stay in the longs
It was here but now it’s not.
And nothing’s getting lost
Except the time, of course
But that’s nothing when I still will
Waste so much more.
And nothing’s getting lost
Except the time, of course
But that’s nothing when I still will
Waste so much more.
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