1. |
Something Lost
01:16
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2. |
Fever
04:19
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Stand in the door,
demand the key,
invite you to the table,
though I know you bring disease
Break the bread,
my tongue is dry,
I’m dying but I’m calm,
I swallow as I cry
Please,
someone
stake me
bury me,
put me in the ground,
someone
find me a God
who will burn this down
I have found
a hole in me,
covered up to keep it in,
I know I’ll never heal
Something lost
from who I’ve been,
I cut away the skin
and still I don’t feel clean
Please,
someone
stake me
bury me,
put me in the ground,
someone
find me a God
who will burn this down
The fever should have gone by now,
I’m getting sicker somehow
The way we lose the things we love,
they’re taken as we sleep,
You’ll never see my face again you’ve killed me in my sleep,
The way we lose the things we love,
they’re taken as we sleep,
You’ll never see my face again.
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3. |
Trust the Pain
03:19
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Disappear,
no-one will find you here,
the river told me to drown,
the earth agreed,
I know them well
Trust the pain,
you felt nothing before it came,
it comes in waves, I know,
you tear it out then watch it grow
Kiss my wound,
Catch my fever,
Lie and say you’ll never leave her
Shameful lust,
Weak and feeble,
Soon you’ll know we’re not good people
Promise me
you’ll spare yourself this misery
they burn the tissue from the bone,
the way they talk we’ll never know
Trust the pain,
you felt nothing before it came,
the river told you to drown,
and I agree,
I know you well
Kiss my wound,
Catch my fever,
Lie and say you’ll never leave her
Shameful lust,
Weak and feeble,
Soon you’ll know we’re not good people
Tell the truth,
come what may,
cities rot and we’ll decay,
you hurt me,
I’m not feeble,
Now you know we’re not good people.
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4. |
Undressed
04:51
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You feel used,
undressed against the wall again
Your self abuse,
you’re fucked up and no drug is an excuse,
but an open wound
has never stopped you before and at least the pain is yours
On the bedroom floor
I know something about you
Behind closed doors
I know something about you
As the room grows narrow and airless
no traces left behind,
you build the fortress you die inside
Withdrawal of the self,
isolation by design,
you build the fortress you die inside
The familiar sound,
your thoughts become the enemy
Held in your mouth,
is a word you learned but never dared pronounce,
so just spit it out,
my teeth on edge your heels dig the ground
And it’s coming out
I know something about your
And it’s over now
I know something about you
As the room grows narrow and airless
no traces left behind,
you build the fortress you die inside
Withdrawal of the self,
isolation by design,
you build the fortress you die inside
On the bedroom floor
I know something about you
Behind closed doors
I know something about you.
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5. |
Death Dream
04:28
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The first page was
the colour of blood
it felt good too see it for myself,
I’d heard of lies before,
nothing like this though
the world will forget your sins in time
Pray to this new voice inside your head,
when they ask you what it says,
chew the glass and swallow,
their weapons can’t hurt you now
Run out of ways to say,
Run out of reasons to stay
Who will teach me how to lie to myself to stay sane
Run out of Gods to blame
Run out of reasons to pray
Who will teach my how to lie to myself to stay sane
The last days were
the colour of blood,
it felt good to see it to the end,
I’ve heard that voice before,
nothing like this though
The world will forget your sins in time
This new deathwish now I’ve come alive,
now I notice when you lie,
chew the glass and swallow
your weapons can’t hurt me now
Run out of ways to say,
Run out of reasons to stay
Who will teach me how to lie to myself to stay sane
Run out of Gods to blame
Run out of reasons to pray
Who will teach my how to lie to myself to stay sane
The world will forget your sins in time.
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6. |
Crash
03:44
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I will try to keep the stress marks
out of sight, out of mind
trace the life line, my mouth is so dry
cut it with serotonin
improvise, analyse,
I’ve got a taste for it and maybe I like it
Why can’t I feel like you do,
everything I am is numb
I might be smiling but I hate you
on the inside
Mouthful of lithium
peppered with etiquette
stitch my mouth shut, the words have run dry
salt me with powdered glass,
grinding teeth, stereotype,
slow motion crash, the sounds as we break down
Why can’t I feel like you do,
everything I am is numb
I might be smiling but I hate you
on the inside
I’d rather die in this place,
swallowing until I drown
I know you love me
but there’s nothing on the inside.
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7. |
The Sky And The Sea
05:13
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The walls are falling in,
we have nothing
I paint them all the same,
you say nothing
The walls are paper thin,
we hear nothing
The ghosts are listening
Death spares nothing
I lie to stop the sky
colliding with the sea
When it hurts, I am who I want to be
I can’t stop the sky
colliding with the sea
but when it hurts, I know I’m who I want to be
I see it in your eyes
you feel nothing
Pleading ‘let me die,
my soul is on fire’
The palm against my brow,
‘Let me be saved!’
The water fills my mouth,
we’re swallowed by the waves
I lie to stop the sky
colliding with the sea
When it hurts, I am who I want to be
I can’t stop the sky
colliding with the sea
but when it hurts, I know I’m who I want to be
Promise me that the world isn’t ending
Lie to me to keep the sky above the sea.
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8. |
Your Voice
04:17
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If you see her let her know
that I miss her in my bones
A misplacement of the soul,
now my blood forgets to flow
Time has passed without a sound,
and I don’t want to be found,
and I don’t want you to see
what this world has made of me
And I only hear my name in your voice
So just call me, call me, whatever you want
Waiting for a day that never comes,
I stay the same I cannot change what I’ve become
The road is wasted on the ones who know the way,
I lose myself to follow you into decay
What has died I’ve buried deep,
still it finds me in my sleep
All I am is what remains,
and I wake without a name
And I only hear my name in your voice
So just call me, call me, whatever you want.
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9. |
Commemorate
03:08
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A feeling I cannot escape
I need someone to hear this
A habit I have grown to hate,
who am I though without it?
The things that I have done to myself
No sympathy, I know I deserve this
An anniversary arrives,
commemorate with roses
I feel empty, though I’ve survived,
I hope no-one will notice
The things that I have done to myself
No sympathy, I know I deserve this
The lies that I have told to preserve this
Commemorate this day with roses.
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10. |
Suffocation
04:05
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Look how love has held you down,
never was one to resist
It doesn’t matter anymore
It’s over
I used to feel like I belong,
now home is just a word for nowhere
I can’t breathe anymore
It’s over
Home is a house that you could die in,
and drift into like sleep
Close your eyes, stop breathing,
afterlife becomes a dream
Look how love has held you down,
never was one to resist
It doesn’t matter anymore
It’s over
In between four papered walls,
I could believe I have a soul
Suffocation takes you in your sleep,
Watch the light under the door
Something lingers in the corner,
clock is ticking like it knows,
you were once somebody’s daughter,
once you had somewhere to go
Look how love has held you down,
never was one to resist
It doesn’t matter anymore
It’s over
I used to feel like I belong,
now home is just a word for nowhere
I can’t breathe anymore
It’s over.
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11. |
The Way This Will End
04:02
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Watch
Me
Lose
Hope
For
The
Last
Time
A deep pain
revealing
the truth and
the meaning,
they keep me close just to keep me alone
Reliving
the moment
believing
I can control it,
the gates and chained and no-one is home
Skies
Turn
Black
While
Skin
Turns
White
I’m guilty
the ghosts know,
my eyes close,
they won’t go,
died long ago and they want me the most
I wish you
could love me,
I wish I
was worthy,
of something more than the way this will end
Watch
Me
Lose
Hope
For
The
Last
Time.
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12. |
Gods & Monsters
03:50
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In the land of gods and monsters
I was an angel
Living in the garden of evil
Screwed up, scared, doing anything that I needed
Shining like a fiery beacon
You got that medicine I need
Fame, liquor, love, give it to me slowly
Put your hands on my waist, do it softly
Me and God we don't get along, so now I sing
No one's gonna take my soul away
Living like Jim Morrison
Headed towards a fucked up holiday
Motel, sprees, sprees, and I'm singing
Fuck yeah give it to me, this is heaven, what I truly want
It's innocence lost
Innocence lost
In the land of gods and monsters
I was an angel, looking to get fucked hard
Like a groupie incognito posing as a real singer
Life imitates art
You got that medicine I need
Dope, shoot it up straight to the heart beat
I don't really wanna know what's good for me
God's dead, I said 'baby that's alright with me'
No one's gonna take my soul away
Living like Jim Morrison
Headed towards a fucked up holiday
Motel, sprees, sprees, and I'm singing
Fuck yeah give it to me, this is heaven, what I truly want
It's innocence lost
Innocence lost
When you talk it's like a movie and you're making me crazy
'Cause life imitates art
If I get a little prettier, can I be your baby?
And tell me life isn't that hard
No one's gonna take my soul away
I'm living like Jim Morrison
Headed towards a fucked up holiday
Motel, sprees, sprees, and I'm singing
Fuck yeah, give it to me, this is heaven, what I truly want
It's innocence lost
Innocence lost.
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13. |
The Ghosts Won't Know
03:27
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Spill the wine,
we’re all the same
Smash the mirrors,
carve the bones
Pray for snow,
the birds fly low,
stay the nightmares
‘til the dawn
Your eyes shine brighter when you stay
I’m afraid to look away
I couldn’t bear to see them fade,
that familiar, troubled gaze,
nevermind
It doesn’t matter if we
Spill the wine,
we’re all the same
Smash the mirrors,
carve the bones
Pray for snow,
the birds fly low,
stay the nightmares
‘til the dawn
Ghosts watch over
Hold me closer
Don’t leave, I couldn’t bare to see you go
You belong, among the walls and hearts of home
Always running from the dark,
to be safe, to be apart,
alone
But what does it matter if we
Mull the wine,
we’re here again,
you could do without the pain
Spill the salt and take the blame
Fetch the glasses,
pour me mine,
Dance for rain,
the birds fly low
Turn your wisdom in words
Live again, the ghosts won’t know,
they only come when I’m alone
Dry your eyes and count the crows,
and when I stumble take me home
Dry the chill out of your bone
I’m only cold when you’re not home.
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14. |
Live Again
01:14
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Witch of the Vale Glasgow, UK
Witch of the Vale are Erin Hawthorne and Ryan Hawthorne, an unsettling electronic duo from the serene shores of Loch Lomond and the remote Outer Hebridean Isles.
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