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1. |
Who I Am
04:19
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Diamond drops
Off my ring
Tooth necklace
To the sea
Buy enough to fill the void
Die enough to heed the written word
I don't ever wanna get back
What I had before
If it's not broke
It never changed at all
and
Who I am
Is all I've lost
Dying dry
On the sea
What I was
Could never again be
I don't ever wanna go back to who I was before
Cause it's not right
I wouldn't change at all
Who I am
Is what I've lost
yeah
Who I am
Is all I've lost
And there's a place I go back to when I'm feeling raw
All my life
Nothing has changed at all
yeah
Who I am
Is not all gone
yeah
Who I am
Is not all gone
Who I am
Is not all gone
Nothing has changed at all.
Who I am
Is not all gone
Who I am
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2. |
Nothing Is Secret
06:49
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[[[My mind to Your mind]]]
[[[My thoughts to Your thoughts]]]
You gave hours
You gave your private life
Now brains with more power,
With no sleep or reason
Can seize them
Repeat them
No nothing is nothing is secret
Nothing is secret.
Nothing is secret.
Nothing is secret.
When you feel eyes
On the back of your head
What you don't realize everyone feels eyes your eyes no lies
Nothing is secret.
Nothing is secret.
Nothing is secret.
When you tell lies
It shows up on your face
Anyone with eyes sees through your disguise this a surprise?
Nothing is secret.
So why lie?
Nothing is secret.
No nothing is secret.
no no no no no no
When you find something that you love
But you're not sure if you're in control of it
Then you wish one time (one more time)
You had a little say about it
You've lost control of the ins & outs of
Your little world
Your little world's a little more than little
Nothing is nothing is nothing is nothing is nothing is nothing is nothing is secret.
Nothing is secret.
Now you know why.
Chains.
Chains of love.
Chains.
Chains of love.
Guilty or not, you are guilty at heart, boy.
Guilty or not, you are guilty at heart, boy.
Tell me it's over, I want to come home.
Tell me it's over, tell me it's over.
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3. |
Quarantine & Dream
07:08
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Close my eyes inside a dream
Pray the first thing that I see
Is a vision of my love
Is the one I'm dreaming of
Anyone can see the one for me could be anyone that I've loved
That's how it looks from above
To fall in love and dream of you.
In the morning when I dream
I can clearly hear singing
Someone else could hear it too
We locked eyes and then I knew
If I closed them tight I could rob the night of this vision and bring it in my room
Now it's all I wanna do
Is fall asleep and dream of you
In a concert in a dream
A woman singing what I sing
In a stationary store
She was only lipsyncing
And standing behind her was this clerk and I don't mean to sound like a jerk
But we locked eyes and then I knew
I fell asleep to dream of you
Fell in love inside a dream
I prefer this fantasy
If I could never wake
I would not forget your face
So just hold me close and closer yet there are some things I would not forget
Like how it feels to be stuck like glue
I fell in love to dream of you
With the rona everywhere
We are all living in fear
Of touching another's face
Of sharing another's space
All I want to see is you and me in two or three months hopefully
There's only one thing I can do
Is quarantine and dream of you
Close my eyes inside a dream
Pray the first thing that I see
Is a vision of my love
Is the one I'm dreaming of
Anyone could see that anyone could be the one that I adore
And if that's what you're looking for
Fall asleep and dream of me
Close my eyes inside a dream
When they open what I see
Is a vision of the face
Of the one I can't replace
How I'd love to be in love with the other ones I am thinking of
But when push comes to shove
I'm wide awake and I'm with you.
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4. |
Lilith
05:13
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Sweet cattle eye
Obey your mind
Freedom's a lie
As old as I
Forgive yourself
For giving in
For going through
All that you've been
Just take some space
From everyone
And lose some faith
In human kind
Don't kid yourself
You're not alone
Don't grieve yourself
You're not gone
An alien race
Has an opening
And what we're looking for
You have got within
Your will to live
Is charming
But without us
You're dying
Forgive yourself
For making sense
Everyone else
Got you in this mess
Your name will live through your children
Oh Lilith we're moving in
Ooloi, I cannot say no to you
Ooloi, I cannot say no to you
Ooloi
What can you do?
What can you say?
Oh Lilith, have it your way.
Oh Lilith, have it your way.
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5. |
Quiet Fire
04:11
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I'm opening the door
But no one's coming in
I've opened it before
And that's how this begins
High as my heart
High as my head
High as my heart
High as my head
I've opened it to you
Now nothing else will do
I've given this some thought
And all I know's it's hot
Fire in my heart
Fire in my head
Fire in my heart
Fire in my head
When love is in the air
You wish it wasn't there
All this time
Hold my tongue
Quiet my heart
Quiet my head
Quiet my heart
Quiet my head
Quiet Fire
Quiet Fire
Quiet Fire
Quiet Fire
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6. |
There's A Ghost
04:00
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[[there's a ghost, there's a ghost, there's a ghost who's asking]]
<<Ghost>>
Who did you know?
What did you get?
Who is your master, who is your pet?
What do you fear?
How do you spell your name?
<<Dead Conservative Libertarian>>
I don't care if you're the government or just work for it I'm not giving you my name.
I'm a patriotic reactionary factionary revolutionary who is not playing this game.
I believe with my military monetary solitary power I could keep it all the same.
Be afraid cause I'm not alone, no I'm not alone, no I'm not alone
There's a ghost
There's a ghost
There's a ghost
There's a ghost who's asking
<<St. Peter>>
Who did you know?
Who did you trust?
What did you care for
Whom did you lust?
How did it taste?
What did you pay for it?
<<Dead Pervert>>
I'm afraid that you'll just take from me what's been worked for me I'm a prince without a dome.
How bout you take a little fraction of my action I'm a slave for being ratchet, so just suck it out my soul.
I believe every feeling has a meaning gotta poke it prod it beat it, gotta pick at every sore.
Loving this? Then you'll live for this and then you'll live for this and then you'll live for this and
There's a ghost
There's a ghost
There's a ghost
There's a ghost who's asking
<<Buddha>>
Who really knows
What you'll regret
What did you do and
Who did you upset?
What do you seek?
What's in the way of it?
Now that you know
What to expect
Now that you've been there
How will you reflect
On your life?
What did you learn this time?
<<me>>
AAAAAAHHHHHH
I don't care about oblivion I am living it I've explored it's outer edge
Way out here there is not a soul that is not a ghost that is not a ghost
I'm a ghost
I'm a ghost
I'm a ghost
I'm a ghost
This time
This time
This time
This time
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7. |
Scavengers
07:17
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Been a long time baby
Since I felt I had a need
I don't know when I'm hungry
But I'm always down to feed
Take what you can get and forget the rest, there's no need
Just leave it for the boys
Cause they have no choice
Scavengers
Scavengers
And if you want something baby
Just let me know
I can't help but please you so please you so please you
Just let me know
Let me know baby
Sharpen your points of view
Sharpen those claws of desire
Scavengers
Scavengers
Scavengers
And if you want something badly, so badly
But you're tired of saying please
You wait til it ends sadly, so sadly then you take
You take what you need
An inch off the street
Looking for meat
Scavengers
Scavengers
Scavengers
Scavengers
Everyone wants a piece
Not everyone is a beast
Everyone wants a piece
Not everyone is a beast
Everyone gets a piece
You don't have to be the beast
Everyone gets a piece
You don't have to be the beast
You don't have to be the beast
You don't have to be the beast
Just leave it for the boys
Cause they have no choice
Scavengers
Scavengers
Scavengers
Scavengers
You don't have to be the beast
Everyone get some peace
Everyone get some peace
Everyone get some peace
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8. |
Only Lonely
05:12
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Lonely Only Lonely
Lonely as moon
I think of you only
And if you're losing
All of your blues
Only lonely only
For a million years
How will I survive
I caught it all on fire
Only too soon
And when I waltzed into your world I walked right through you
And then when you got sick
I used a trick
To heal you only
Only lonely only
I could fill the room
How are you alive?
I cut you open wide
Only too soon
And when you talk to me talk about the weather
Cause now I'll never see the sun or feel the air
And when you call out my name
I will surrender
All of the power that you want, my symbiont
Lonely only lonely
Lonely as the stars
I live for only
And if you lose me
Things will fall apart
Only lonely only
For a million years
Now I can't survive
Unless I'm deep inside
Of only you my dear
And when you talk to me talk about the weather
Cause I will never feel the sun or breathe the air
And when you called out my name
That was forever
And we will never be apart, my symbiont
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