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Well
what does that mean?
A word we use to defend ourselves
when everything is actually going wrong

The lines in the ceiling
match the ones in my face
from too many smiles
maybe I should just wear
a straight face from now on

then

you wouldn't know the depths
of my heart
the innermost of my emotions
how I long that you were here
oh how I long that anyone was here, to hear
to be held
in an electric attraction
a like-opposite magnetism
that draws near
that which would never be expected to meet

depraved!

what does that mean!
Are we so bad off?

Or are we fooling ourselves
into thinking we need something more
so much more
than that which
comes so quickly?

Oh the simplicity
the averageness!
The absolute filthy of the ordinary!

Longing
to
be
so
much
more
than
another one
on the list
of those you now ignore.

Everyone Else Sees

Why do you keep your silence,
tonight, when I am listening in?
Hide behind all your siren songs,
I will not be drawn again

What is seen
Alone
Think, Think!
Get your mind straight:
It's tangled up and twisted at the seams.
Alone
Think, Think!
Turn your head back around
So we can see what everyone else sees.

I crawl beneath these covers
Deny the sun its right of day
I sleep inside a basement
Where light will not find an escape

What is seen
alone
Think, Think!
Get your mind straight:
it's tangled up and twisted at the seams.
alone
Think, Think!
Turn your head back around
so we can see what everyone else sees,
What everyone else sees (x3)
When they sleep (x3)

I don't want to sleep (x4)

Now I sleep alone
Thankfully
But it's the way of the world
To be cruel to me
Now I sleep alone
Thankfully
It's the way of the world
That I finally see

Last Call

Shiny metal draws the eyes
Tracing lines across the sky
Burrow deep into the ground
Never to come back

Cover up beneath your shawl
"Good for one is good for all"
Craving that which makes us ill
Never to wake up

And if this is the last call
I'll be driving into the sun
And if stage lights won't withdraw
You will find me here

Scaling every tow'ring tree
With fiery hair and bony knees
An ocean view from miles away
Never to come down

Kick your shoes off on the floor
Remind me what I'm waiting for
Message garbled on the line
Never to break through

And if this is the last call
I'll be driving into the sun
And if stage lights won't withdraw
You will find me here

This is what I get for being slow to learn
This is what I get for giving you a turn
This is what I get for laying myself down
This is what I get for giving you a round

Everything Falling

I will use my
ammunition on you;
There will be no refuge,
Save the sacred few.
I will use my motives
as an excuse;
There will be no answer,
You can refuse.

Dusty, grayish haze is falling;
Cover you.

Shapeless clouds are forming,
looks like rain;
A deluge of your secrets,
Falling into place.
Shapeless minds are clouding
with disdain;
There will be no answer,
Brightless daze.

Dusty, grayish haze is falling;
Cover face.

There will be no answer from you...

...everything is falling into place...

...I've got you right where I want you...

Hallelujah!
Bring on the gold.
Dust is falling,
Do what you're told.
Hallelujah!
Bring on the gold.
Dust is falling,
Do what you're told.

Summer Clouds

We were walking the same streets
That we walked in the evening
When it burned in the summer
But now it's gone

We took pride in the moment
Took all we had just to own it
We were looking like giants
But now that's gone

Quit messing with my head (x7)
It's a mess we had

We were playing the same beats
That we heard on those CDs
Ringing out through the weather
But now that's gone

We danced, step to the movement
Took our chances to prove it
We looked perfect together
But now we're gone

Quit messing with my head (x7)
It's a mess we had

Don't talk if you don't want to
Don't walk if you don't want to
Don't stop if you don't want to
Ohhh, ohhhh
Don't talk if you don't want to
Don't walk if you don't want to
Don't stop if you don't want to
Ohhh, ohhhh

We were walking together
Despite sun, cloud or weather
We were watching the night fall
And now it's gone