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You Never Let Me Out
05:14
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I'd pray to your gods, but they never let me out
I'd pray to your money, but it never lets me out
I'd pray to your fashion, but you never let me out
I think the time has come for us to put this down
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2. |
Gone Hostage
04:51
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Feels like every condescending fucking bitterness
That's ever taken part of me
Has gone hostage on my heart
And I try to say one truthful thing to any one of you
And it feels like someone's locked those keys there in the car
No I'm not apologizing baby, baby, no I'm telling you
I'm only slightly less compromised as you
Now that you mention it I haven't been my truest self
Let me tell you 'bout these things that I've been through
Yeah
Am I trapped behind the car seats?
All I know is that it's dark in here
Guess I don't need air to find the light
The fire's still burning, don't you mind the inhalation
Momentum's all that matters while you slowly die
No I'm not afraid of big pictures
I hang them in my living room
'Course that was back when I was still free
Tied in rope I tell my joke
Forgiving all the passers-by
Now why wouldn't you want to have this dance with me?
Yeah
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Broken Angel
06:02
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You'd say anything to make me crawl out of my skin
I'd say anything to get out of this place I'm in
You'd do anything to make things be what they should be
I'd give anything to make myself a bit more free
Broken angel
Take a good look
I can't play with you no more
Broken angel
You're off the hook
Baby, I'd love to see you soar
Broken angel
Take one real look
I can't be with you no more
You'd say anything to make me boggle from my mind
I'd say anything to leave that kind of thing behind
You'd do anything to turn all of my hair to grey
I'd do anything to chase that kind of life away
Broken angel
Take a good look
I can't play with you no more
Broken angel
You're off the hook
Baby, I'd love to see you soar
Broken angel
Take one real look
I can't be with you no more
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4. |
Achilles' Heel
07:52
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Keep me from the front lines
Though my heart it begs to go
I must abstain from living life
My Achilles' Heel says so
Sometimes I can fight the tide
Pulls me to and fro
Sometimes I can only ride
My Achilles' Heel says so
You don't have to cry for me
I can't promise that I won't
I know that I've got it good
While so many others don't
All I ask is don't forget
I'm still the one you know
And I can keep this ship on course
When my Achilles' Heel says so
Isn't really good or bad
Is just what it is
Sometimes it's like a stabbing knife
Sometimes it's like a kiss
Won't pretend to understand
These various things I feel
Won't you help me do my best
To love this life
And this Achilles' Heel
So keep me from the front lines
Though my heart it begs to go
I must confess to living life
Though my Achilles' Heel says so
Sometimes I can fight the tide
That pulls me to and fro
Sometimes I can only ride
My Achille's Heel says so
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Through the Narrows
06:18
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I will take you at your word
I won't tell you who you are or how to be
Could I take it were it me?
But I won't follow any path
Other than the ones that I can also see
We aren't getting this for free
Could you take my hand from sword?
How I long to be free from these same old wars
These wars that drive me on
Do you have to disappear?
Isn't this what I've longed for for all those years
Those years they are all gone
I know I would never sell my soul
But you know I could
You know you could never sell my soul
But I know you would
Even at this time of night
Finding blossoms of that old familiar light
The light that had gone out
But will you push me all away?
Will it swing me, will the balance go astray?
Do I have the time for doubt?
You better take the chance you get
Take it knowing that it's one you will regret
Suddenly you change your mind
The dive has now begun
Maybe it's time you went and pulled your starting gun
To leave the past behind
I know I would never sell my soul
But you know I could
You know you could never sell my soul
But I know you would
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Jackals & Hyenas
07:31
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All these Jackals & Hyenas in this so-called city of lions
Laughing in their circles in the sun
Reflected in the pupils of a million bountiful cadavers
Somehow dancing, dancing, dancing til the dawn
The puppet strings are like cocaine, baby, and thank the lord for that
The heart & soul have been so dead for oh so long
How else you supposed to move with internal combustion?
The rest of us so harmoniously wrong
Singing
It's meant for me
It's not meant for you
It's meant for me
It's not meant for you
All these Prophets & Disciples of some un-spiritual religion
Talking mash and soup to feed by spoon
Eating up nerve endings and then taking notes at funerals
"Fuck your cost, look we just filled the whole damn room"
Anything can be an altar yeah, anyone can be a preacher
All you need's the will to sell and a voice of gold
The only real message is 'free yourself' just don't forget you promised
You would find your soul is getting old
Well it's meant for me
It's not meant for you
It's meant for me
It's not meant for you
All these Jackals & Hyenas been running my world now for eons
Might be time to put them down for a life or two
I think I'm gonna go bathing in the constellation fountain at midnight
And when I'm back we'll see if their voices still cut through
Hey man now don't you think if we could focus
We could fashion the future some spectacles?
Not these blinders that they've plucked from their dead horse
They say they want to make an equation
But they don't want to work with the numbers
And I've cut loose, already swimming my life to shore
Cuz it's meant...
It's not meant...
It's meant for me
It's not meant for you
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