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1 AM Fye
04:52
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hello, this is the fire
am i still burning, am i still burning?
hello, i am a flame
will you put me out?
i am the fire
i belong in your hands
i can melt the skin
right off your bones
hello, this is the fire
i am useful, what will you use me for?
hello, i am a flame
big and orange, small and orange
i am the fire
i am the fire
i am the fire
i am the fire
well, you can't see me
but i see you, i hear the words
you yell about me, and if you really love me,
you'll put me out like a dog with no leash
i am the fire
i am the fire
i am the fire
the fire is you
the fire is you
i am the fire
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2. |
Side Stage Paradise
06:18
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side stage was hooked on realyzm tyme
no one knew who we were
we didn't know who we were
eyes open wide
eyes open wide
told me i should do it
i sai we'll have to wait
side stage, lover in paradise
the bridge's demise, lover in paradise
metal on metal, whir whir
metal on metal, whir whir
white, only white
the light was broken
lover in paradise
side stage
torn leg and torn leg
i was too caught up
wind, hand, vomit
we smell like each other
no side stage was real enough
except through realism time
we went out east
we went out east
we went out east
saw nothing
saw nothing
and the wind caught up to us
and the wind blew us away
historical meat market
welcome to now, i did not see you there
welcome to me, and welcome to now
christmas time is past
and real life begins soon
the mountain is dry
the desert is wet
the world is ending so real is now
how long to then we must wait
because now is such a long time
if you really love yourself
do me a favor, pull me outta this ditch
i crashed my car in last week
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3. |
Look Up
04:19
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look up, look up
there's a big disc in the sky
listen to it, listen to it
a molotov was burning
i was born yesterday
tomorrow will be today
before you know it
look up, it's all here
today is the only day
yesterday i was one day younger
the answer still can't be found
in the FUTURE
that time of year, yeah
kill a dragon, uh
hank..?
i don't wanna die in your arms
i just wanna die ,die, die
i don't wanna die in your arms
i just wanna die, die, die
the sky was cloudy
i'm surrounded by angels
i knew i was done
a right angle, a right angle
no, obtuse
?
they killed me yesterday
and you were always mad
that nobody died
uh, yeah?
i'm quick
i'm quick
i'm quick
sing me a song
i'm real, looking back
i'm real, freed from prison
i'm real, hey! sing me a song
your voice
makes me happy- no it makes me free
here we go again
present the presents
here we go again
oh no, oh no
i don't wanna die in your arms
i just wanna die, die, die
i don't wanna die in your arms
I wanna live in them instead
you make me happy- no you make me free
you make me happy- no you make me free
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the body is a grave
where the blood comes to die
and the music strikes through the void,
grasping at peaks
where the blonde angels play ~
And in the heat
where the sleepless come to die
you rotted away on your callused heart
the whole world gathered in your eye
where the sleepless come to die
yesterday you stood by me
where the sunlight comes to die
God's upstairs, he's biting his thumb
He told his angels to fly far, far away
where the sunlight comes to die
The future man sang, the future man died
the lantern shone in pools
where I danced, health, your eyes
Outside the traffic danced and sang
Under those sad little lantersns
The dead mock the sleepless
the sleepless mock the dreaming
of beautiful light, the
night called it like a Burnt Arm
That was on thanksgiving
and I heard a knock,
Fourteen years, there's
Been a part on the block
Left your dogs alone
In the house next door
Didn't think I could
Before, Before
Butanaity, huh?
I had but one to call
I could look down and see
What is in the future
But until now, I am blind
yes, no, maybe so?
the mind is a prison
where you came to die
and when i thought of you
softly i sang your name
and you came and died ~
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First Month
02:14
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everything pulled out, pulled apart
by the wretched one watching
Build this man up, by the way
As we go forth into those warm waters of Avalon, Father
He is welcome
He is welcome among those down non their luck
and he sits with them, but not in condescension
and he sits with those long dead, but not in vain
Gave a feast, gave a roof
to the hungry, to the un-sheltered
Encouragement in all his ways,
to forget those hatred days
He prays the skies to shut the rain,
and makes them shower down again
A sign that he's here
A sign that he's here, loving you
and January was his name ~
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War, Man
03:26
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it goes 1, 2, 3, or as one was open, I
had foutten years a party on the block
and I heard a knock! "Well" I said,
"together tomorrow was yesterday, and today
is the day that never began.
Ascend into Darkness... I was framed.
Hoy now, War Man, you don't have anyone
Hold onto the End and you Don't even have to look good
You Define on your Own.
You can Cry and You don't even have to Wipe your eye
O La La
Ascending the astral plane
And I don't even have to try
Ascending and it's me
and I don't even have to try"
"Activate"
"They'll find us in a week
in the Immense Heat
After the insects have made their claim
I'll be home with you~"
"Hell No
I can feel the hope running low
No escapes, no escapes
Gone are the days of mistakes, are mistakes
The place of days that never began
I wouldn't know my face if you all were me
All we have is all the SUN."
War, Man
You can cry and you don't even have to wipe your eyes
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7. |
Reality Burns in My Eye
09:35
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Life of Sin =====---
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Mortal Bicycle San Diego, California
New album released every month. Check your Tuesdays. Experimentation of noise.
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