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Home
01:32
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home is where I like to go
where the love I know will never flee.
but home isn't what I've found
inside this house, around this town.
so I'll go in search of home
and what I come upon
will be my guiding soul
will be my guiding song.
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Cut Me Deep
02:26
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parade away, that awful sound.
I know I’m a waste I heard it while
I was asleep in your wedding gown.
you cut me deep but it’s all good
I know I’m a freak but I wish you would
let rain sleep like you know it should
let rain speak like you know it could
parade away, this awful town.
I lost my face somewhere along
the bitter taste of your poisoned tongue.
you cut me deep but it’s all good
I know I’m a creep but I wish you would
let rain sleep like you know it should
let rain speak like you know it could
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Sister Sad Eyes
02:36
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if you had a real heart, would a smile break your face?
sister sad eyes, I think I’m coming down and you have nothing to say.
silent nothing don’t weep
cinderella still sweeps
and I know I’m the last to leave
I nod out cause I’m on drugs
seasick, clip my wings.
being somebody is just something to lose
and you don’t say a thing.
and the smoke enchants your lungs
and out your mouth like a ghost
and I know I’m the last to go
now billy’s ghost is all I can see
I was just a boy
still at the piano with her fingers on the keys
and I don’t make a noise.
but silent nothing I still weep
I have had too much to think
and I may never leave
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Unwell
02:50
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stay in bed, I love you unlike anything I’ve ever said
I’m lonely that’s ok we’re both dead.
stay in bed, I hate you unlike anything I’ve ever sang
give me what I want and go away.
stay in bed, I want you unlike anything I’ve ever seen
she replaces me with cages and kerosene.
today’s a bore so let’s drown tomorrow out
I feel unwell.
the smoke it unraveled you and left you looking brand new
all my friends hate me and wish me blue.
the smoke it unraveled you and left you looking so cute
I just wish that I could kiss you.
the smoke it unraveled you in some apartment bedroom
while everyone was singing to my tunes.
today’s a bore so let’s drown tomorrow out
I feel unwell.
I feel unwell.
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Leave
03:02
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she sat me at a picnic table out in the rain
made me categorize the things in my brain
and why I feel insane.
my baby she don’t like veins
she’s always trying to send hers down the drains
and I just want to explain.
you say it’s a memory and I say it’s a dream
you come falling into me looking like a scream
and I just want to leave.
and I just want to leave.
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Sick
02:36
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I just want to go home
I just want to go home
I am sick of everyone I know
I am sick of everyone I know
I just want it to rain
I just want it to rain
the planet’s thick with something sick and lame
the planet’s thick with something sick and lame
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7. |
The Gardener
05:44
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let me float
let me choke
rabbit hole
take control
of me.
pulling teeth
make believe
my gums they bleed
with every seem
uneased.
the soldier man
took my hand
the gardener
went unearthed
in the wood.
on the steps
the lady pressed
her sickening lips
onto my head
of peace.
in livery
she came and went
with messages
heaven sent
of love.
your shelves
are filled with books
with no pages
it’s just for looks
you fool.
I met myself
in someone else
I took him home
and slit his throat.
I have been crying since last Sunday.
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Novella
02:54
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I’m tasting Novella’s perfume
as she takes my eyes out with a spoon
I’m tasting Novella, my loon.
and I’m all screwed up but I feel fine
take me through your raspberry skies
I’m tasting Novella too soon
as she takes me out to the moon
I’m tasting my Novella, my goon.
and I’m all screwed up but I feel fine
take me through your raspberry skies
I’m tasting Novella’s ripe fruit
as she takes my heart out with a spoon
I’m tasting Novella, my flume.
and I’m all screwed up but I feel fine
take me through your raspberry skies
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All Things Go
03:08
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you drove to tennessee to find me there at the top of the stairs, what did you expect of me? and in the park that night you kissed my mouth and the words fell out, all of what you mean to me. when you slept in my home you taught me things about being alone, and how it’s not the worst thing to be.
but mother she found out
and got concerned
and would not let it go
and now I can’t sleep it bothers me
how quickly you’ve changed.
I laid there and stared at you while you played the chords on my keyboard and I knew that you were beautiful. we drove around this funny town and I hung out your window while we sang that song we like. and in the moments on my bedroom floor, it was so pure, I never wanted it to leave.
but just like all things go
so did you
thought I’d like to believe
no matter where I am
I’ll always have a piece of you in me.
you drove to tennessee to find me there at the top of the stairs, what did I expect of you?
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Sydney
02:10
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blue is the color of Sydney's face when she crawls out of your ears
and sleeps like there's no fear.
blue is the color of Sydney's heart when she can't make a sound
the chemicals spin her around.
glass to glass, ash to ash
Sydney laughs but her eyes are sad
cause she is empty too
doesn't know what to do
black is the color of your ghost that's left with a mouth that's full of sand, we plotted out my death.
black is the color of the scenes in my dreams of a man who won't go away, he's a pattern in my brain.
glass to glass, ash to ash
I can laugh but I won't tonight
cause I've turned into a deck of cards
she took it just a little too far
she took it just a little too far.
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Head
02:44
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I wear this head to display a smile
eyes in a dream, is it worth your while?
I had a crush on this girl I knew
she never showed any interest too.
I am a kite and you are the hand
you are the knife and I am the land.
swallow this
I made a big mistake
go away
the piper’s head caught flames
the owl watched wide eyed
I am the dream and you are the tide.
I wear this head, I’m invisible
the window called your name
the carpets are bones.
swallow this
I made a big mistake
go away
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Sympathy
02:12
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I have my drugs to keep me numb, alcohol to keep me warm.
and I don't need your sympathy to make me bleed, that's so cheap.
Sara smiles and masks the taste, says "baby doll, you're a waste."
I don't want to be anything
I just want someone to beat the shit out of me
wanna fill her up, wanna make her die
wanna feel something close to alive.
I bite my tongue and I turn to stone
tell me my love, isn't that wrong?
you don't mind if it's all been said
the chemicals go straight to your head.
I don't want to be anything
I just want someone to beat the shit out of me
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13. |
Alice
02:00
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alice is a serpent now
alice is a serpent now
you can tell by the way she holds her head
you can tell by the way she speaks to the dead
alice is a serpent now
alice is a serpent now
and I feel fine
and I feel fine
and I feel fine
and I feel fine
alice saw the footman arrive
said it was a fish in disguise
you can tell by the look on his flushed face
you can tell by the emotion in the bag on his waist
alice saw the footman arrive
said it was a fish in disguise
and I feel fine
and I feel fine
and I feel fine
and I feel fine
alice kissed another man
her hair was the color of sand
I could tell cause I saw the photograph
I tried hard just to cry but I let out a laugh
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Sydney (solo version)
02:10
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blue is the color of Sydney's face when she crawls out of your ears
and sleeps like there's no fear.
blue is the color of Sydney's heart when she can't make a sound
the chemicals spin her around.
glass to glass, ash to ash
Sydney laughs but her eyes are sad
cause she is empty too
doesn't know what to do
black is the color of your ghost that's left with a mouth that's full of sand, we plotted out my death.
black is the color of the scenes in my dreams of a man who won't go away, he's a pattern in my brain.
glass to glass, ash to ash
I can laugh but I won't tonight
cause I've turned into a deck of cards
she took it just a little too far
she took it just a little too far.
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