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Backfire, Honey
04:40
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Who could have known that it would backfire, honey?
It takes a year till all the brick walls in the heads
of the good and the bad and the beautiful
are soaked with glycerine
And so the race is uncertain, honey
In the end it's good will that will decide
over black over white and the others
mashing up the tambourine
So this means
farewell and
being gone for sure
This could become another Waterloo, baby
spoken words help the ones who hear
I think I gonna give up just a little,
don't you dare to interfere
don't drink, don't bite, just beat it
here is just another formular needed
come on bring the acounts and I will show you my new recipe
Staring down the well
taught me things I cannot tell, my love
this is not the sun
it is time to move on
The static feel of a holy summer
will maybe wipe all the doubts of yours away
but it won't keep you from taking on your
loads of responsibility
:So far from home:
It's shining down like an icy river
It came on board like a second thought
it's smart to move with the lights turned off
I know a place with bow and arrow
skeletons and marmalade in hats
pretty close, where the sun goes down
so come around, so come around,
come have a seat, we're gettin' down
we start the ride with the knives turned out
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2. |
The Bends
05:00
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If only I could have the time
to leave this place and leave the choked up bones behind
it's time to run, to duck and cover
I like that you're my friend, but I just need a lover
If only I could find the time
they say that change is just an inner state of mind
so seal your ears, couse you know what they're tellin'
to loose a limb just looks like you
Now I'm here because I wanna
it's the fear that we just wanna throw up and stare upon
we all heal too,
we all fall through this crown of thorns
The sky is coming down again
it's just the time for an imaginary friend
time is running and it's eating you alive
let's watch the clock as it will turn from nine to five
and all the good turns to severe because
it's not the girl, it's just the inocence I fear
Now I'm here because I wanna
it's the fear that we just wanna throw up and stare upon
we all heal too,
we all fall through this crown of thorns
And suddenly
I began to wonder what to do
And all this time
I have been a secret fan of you
And suddenly (and suddenly I turned around)
I began to wonder what to do
And all this time (And all this time stuck in the ground)
I have been a secret fan of you
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3. |
Blessed Be Thy Name
04:14
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You say
we don't have to worry
but I think
you can never thank enough
it's useless
to sleep by the river
when only
the dead know where to go
:but I know, but I know:
So desperately
we're trying to be flawless
unless you start to think
It showered
pity down like rain
and spilled the drink again
the coward
never was ashamed
blessed be thy name
Get in there
just to get out of
here is the place where you can
bury all your dreams
they seem to be the only things
you need and must get rid of to redeem
:but I know, bu I know:
the coward
never was ashamed
blessed be thy name
It showered
pity down like rain
and spilled the drink again
the coward
never was ashamed
blessed be thy name
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4. |
Shock, Wave & Splinters
04:10
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All alongside this could feel amazing
I should believe I could be anyone
or anything at all
and every cell and every inch of your bones, they say
condone and pray
Until it's over
Shockwave
of the events forthcoming
Shockwave
everybody down
All the pieces are carried into town
All the pieces
there will be cones of hope in the streets
entirely made out of broken dreams
:Until it's over:
Shockwave
of the events forthcoming
and in the end the splinters build the whole
Shockwave
of the events forthcoming
this is the day we've all been waiting for
This is the day we've all be waiting for
Shockwave
of the events forthcoming
and in the end the splinters fill the whole
Shockwave
of the events forthcoming
this is the day we've all been waiting for
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5. |
Tramps
04:42
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What?
I don't drink too much
severe is the touch cought by surprise
and i don't know where I've been,
not that you would care
It crumbles from your hands
seems like all defense is down for now
sunken ship
a paranoia trip ahead
So drink it all away
visitors that couldn't come today
animals in fight
luminous at night, guiding me home
Through the front door
you won't get back to bed
rathr you'll be sued or dead
what you long for
was burned down to hte ground
a pipedream gone to waste
You can't tell me why I should abandon my home
grab an axe and split up all my bones
and there it is again,
the backseat full of tramps that bring us doom
goming and gone so bad, coming and gone so bad
All in all this revelation's
half worth all the talk
I see the exclamation
of the way to walk
Through the front door
you won't get back to bed
rathr you'll be sued or dead
what you long for
was burned down to hte ground
a pipedream gone to waste
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6. |
You Are A Saint
06:05
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Let's watch the trees bow down
for they know something
Why do you wonder
when your body gets no rest
and precious years pass by much too fast
Enlighted squares
and the vicious smell of swallowed hair
has brought you down
to the edge of you senses
Consolations
everyone come on now
You are a saint
you know what to look after
Splicing heretics is nothing to be proud of
:the cloud rises:
this ship was sinking before even being built at all
you travel time
you rather travel time
cold legs and escape hatch mind
thunderclouds and poisoned wine
you travel time
Consolations
everyone come on now
You are a saint
you know what to look after
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8. |
Hands Up, No Sound
06:00
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Running in circles
ain't no game
it comes in different versions,
but now it's the same
stroll down to the graveyard
and bury your face
time again, time and time again
It's dark on sunday
when neon shines bright
some other goodness
is helping you out
so you long for the weekend
and start to pretend
it'll be the saviour again
And it has been so easy
to find it terribly wrong
I came this way all in these shoes
in which I do belong
Hands up, no sound
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9. |
The Waltz Of Jericho
04:26
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The bitterness
that tears whole cities down
is to be found in every heart around
so take the children home
and clean the streets from far
the only thing this could end in is civil war
:a lack of something
that means everything:
the keen unconciousness
is dripping through the ceiling
it will end up in puddles we all slip out in
so don't falter
and don't move at all
with your head inside a shopping mall
:a lack of something
that means everything:
The sound, the sound of the trumpets
kills, kills, kills
the flesh and the bones of failure
fills me whole
spoke to me
like any other angel
aftermath
of every single day
a single breath
a single touch just feels the same
a glimpse of every stronghold
that cannot be tamed
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10. |
Swallow Me Whole
03:56
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1.
It's far too bright to beleive
that there is more to bleed
the very best out of three
the sound of alchemy
I know a place for tonight
:lets watch the years: pass by
R:
Swallow Me Whole
The longer, the better, it suits you well
A river to fall for
this might be a chance not to drown
2.
The price for This is far too low
and the fingertips are pointing at the show
you go where everybody goes
I know what everybody knows
so turn the feel before it goes in circles again
it goes in circles again
R:
Swallow Me Whole
The longer, the better, it suits you well
A river to fall for
this might be a chance not to drown
B:
It could be
that I'm lonesome here on the outside
I'd like to beleive that this is true
I'd like to beleive
that this well's been dry
for ages now
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11. |
Fuck Me, I'm Dead
01:20
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12. |
Iron Battlesuit
05:58
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I need someone to
swallow my pride
Iron Battlesuit
to feed me
Voodoo Candyman
has cleaned up my car
up on a high again
watch your temper
Welcome to Everbeen
go lift you heart into the sun
bury the wounded
I know you're not the only one
leave revolution where it's been all the years
leave it beaten down in the gutter
I'll take it's bones and I will build myself a house
I walk along with all the whereabouts
Welcome to Everbeen
go lift you heart into the sun
bury the wounded
I know you're not the only one
You'll never be alone again
'cause I will stand right next to you
You'll never be alone again
'cause I'm with you
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13. |
Lion Attributes
04:20
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Oh what a pity
they just evaporate
they evaporate
all the chances are machine-made
and for no reason
they are double-payed
A wish come true
only far too late
it is far too late
all fences are strong
all friends are already long gone
And it's quite a surprise
that you aimed between the eyes
and obviously you weren't able to miss the heart
Even if i'm turning to dust
this no one can take
I have been the sand
that ran trough your hands
at least one second of your past
Oh what a pity
now it's far too late
to exaggerate
the blind spot has been filled again
and the whole world
is just shakin'
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14. |
Secret In The Soil
16:04
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Sinking to the bottom of the shore
where the ravens try to keep your body
from burning alive
collapsing wings spread out the red carpet
so the story of your past is dripping out of your skull
Hear the riders
they must have known something
they know something
see the pilots
they must have known something
the know something
Suffocate this awful
Bringing
frustration to our hearts
by pointing the knife onto our backbone
shrinking quiet
vessels of disguise
never being taught to see the sunlight
:Clean away from leadership
of everything that is lost inside
will come to light
one day the soil will choke:
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