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A sparkle, a glow
A coffin to go
We've been dying to learn what we already know
We were born on a wire
And it keeps getting higher
While the lovers and the liars sing us songs on their campfires
And the flames cast a violent red
And we dance like we're already dead
The sweet nectar that we're slipping in
We keep getting stuck
But we dream of grace while we are tripping
And graduate in giving up
Notice us, say anything
Or light the fuel we wallow in
Gleam in the flames you left us in
They flicker like falling stars
Beam when you see us failing
You did so much better than us
Stop looking ahead, we're already dead
Notice us, say anything
Or light the fuel we wallow in
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So everyone loves you
'Cause you're beautiful
Or at least that's what they say
Though your soul is a graveyard
And your eyes are cold
But your teeth shine perfectly
You say you're working your ass off
Well you never had to work for anything
Just put your name on the contract
And don't worry dear
'Cause we can photoshop the skin...
The magazines spell it out:
„A brand new star's on the rise!"
Fame for sex, spread your legs
Believe the lies
So crack your smiles and blow your kisses
But they won't always love you like they do
Cultivate your anorexy
A bad habit you say, like smoking way too much
And everyone calls it sexy
Though you hate yourself
And you can't stand being touched
Prom Queen to magazines
The story seems as good as it gets
Taxi cabs to rehabs, fucked up in ten easy steps
Line to line, dust to dust
On with the show if it must
Dry your face, stand up straight
Just don't collapse on the way
So crack your smiles and blow your kisses
But they don't love you anymore
Never enough
Will they ever stop giving you up?
First you're top, then you're dropped
Just a case of bad luck
This is the end
This is the part
Where laughing stops and loathing starts
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Flight
02:58
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Get in my car, drive down the lane
I've got to go, no time to explain
Take the next road to the right
Don't stop moving
It's over sugar, get out of sight
My thoughts are spinning
It's just beginning
I leave behind trouble and mess
Forgot my name, my home, my job, my address
Landscapes passing and so are you
Made me desperate, made me blue
I liked red before you've crossed my way
Knew my direction but I've gone astray
Play with fire, you get burned
Be a good girl, that's what you've learned
I'm burning all my way while life's passing me by
Are you proud to leave me
As another goodbye?
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Paranoid And Thirsty
02:39
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We kept it to ourselves
We shoved it out the door
Hoped it wouldn't rear its ugly head in anymore
But it kept coming 'round in circles
On every single birthday
Paranoid and thirsty
Screaming: „This is all you'll ever be!"
A couple of half-empty glasses
Motion sick and drowning in the flood
(All we are, it's all we are)
A life of zero confidence
We bite our nails until we taste the blood
(All we are, it's all we are)
The lethal wounds were fakes
All the heart attacks mistakes
You swear that this one breath will be the last you'll ever take
So we keep calling for a medic
So whiny and pathetic
A quarter of our lives wasted on heartache and high fives
We're screaming:
„Hell, we know you're disappointed
Twenty-five, still standing on your feet"
(All we know, it's all we know)
We struggle with our mission
While we lack any ambition to succeed
(All we know, it's all we know)
Let's throw away our maps, they're useless
Give up every plan we ever made
(Just scream if you're with me)
The future is a joke, you better
Hear it way too soon than far too late
(Just scream if you're with me)
Let's wait 'til the bomb drops
And the clock stops
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You've Been There Before
03:04
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You've been there before
You still got your hat on the shelf
And a foot in the door
And you say:
„Things were better when they were going my way"
You try to sing along
Put the same old lines on a different song
You try to sing along
But you're out of key and the words are wrong
You never wanted things to change
You didn't catch up on the updates
You wanted things to stay the same
You didn't read the latest news
You're moving at a slower pace
And your feet are sore and hurting
They're only dragging you along
It seems you've been asleep for days
You try to sing along...
You've been there before
Just sing
You try to sing along...
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The Back Of Your Hand
01:43
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You wrote it on the back of your hand
You never should have come back again
You say: „It's been a long year"
And I understand
You wrote it on the back of your hand
So you'd never have to write it again
You found another long year
At a long year's end
And the clocks you keep are running out of time
And the maps you drew bleed ink from every line
If you would only turn around again
You'd see me waiting down the road
If you could only let me take your hand
I'd lead this friend back home
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Rest Assured
02:55
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„I'd rather sleep alone tonight", she said
And all you did was cry
It's not quite manly
But the man you used to be is buried outside
It's funny how she turns you into some ideal
And when you're finally at the point
She gets annoyed with what she's looking for in men
Rest assured and sleep secure
The pain's not lethal anymore
First day ignored
Next day adored
Third day she's bored and out the door
And everything you had is gone
And everything you have is dumb
You lost your youth, you lost your fun
Now everyone:
You find it all on the way down
I wake up bored, go back to sleep
Just stay in bed and watch TV
And all this freedom seemed much better
When she held it back from me
I hated being someone else
And now it sucks to be myself
The way I am
This gutless men is the one person I can't stand
Rest assured and sleep secure...
You find it all on the way down
We're all broken
Hell we are
You'll wake up someday
Bald and cynical
We're all broken
We are, we are
You find it all on the way down
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Don't waste your breath on me
I'm already history you see
(You're on your last leg
I guess you're on your last leg)
This body's cold, it's far too late
There's things you can't reanimate
(Bawl your eyes out
Come on, just bawl your eyes out)
If you could only see the cuts
Now you can't stitch them up
(Cry for heaven's sake, cry)
Seems just like we're going nowhere
There was a light in the hall that never went out
There was a crack in the wall no one talked about
There was a voice in the dark that whispered in my ear:
"This is the life you'd love to lead"
I failed in simple math
Pitied myself to death
(Cry for heaven's sake, cry)
Wrecked the equation as I tried
To get this zero multiplied
(You're on your knees boy
I see you're on your knees boy)
If you could only see the cuts
Now you can't stitch them up
(Don't get pathetic
You always get pathetic)
Seems just like we're going nowhere
There was a light in the hall…
Clean and seal the cuts
You won't stitch me up
As the lives we'd love to lead flicker on our TV screens
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You locked the door so you could be
Alone with what no one should see
Your fingers crossed, what are you thinking of?
You back away, so it can't be me
(Here comes the crash)
You keep your hands on the wheel
I keep my hands by myself
Now would you shift into park
If it was somebody else?
You keep your eyes on the road
My gaze is stuck to the floor
The silence kills everything
When did your face get this bored?
You shut me out so you can be
Alone with what I'm not supposed to see
Your fingers crossed, what are you thinking of?
(Here comes the crash)
You keep your hands on the wheel…
A few years back down the road
You would have never believed
That you'd get stuck in this car
With someone as lame as me
Somewhere you took a wrong turn
Somewhere I could have got out
Sometimes you wake up from dreams
And wonder what they were all about
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10. |
Confession
04:07
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No luck
No joy
No you
No me
No us
Confused
No now
No then
We lose
No love
No hate
Our fate
I don't blame you for just being you
Denying my feelings was all that I knew
On my search for myself I lost myself somewhere
Between love and pain
And I can't seem to find my way back
I can't change, I can't change
I laugh
I weep
I cry
I'm sad
I'm lost
I fly
I hide
I creep
I fold
I dance
I stumble
I fall
Don't blame me for just being me
I'm so sorry for not being honest to thee
On my search for myself…
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