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Too Late
03:04
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Now that your naked
There’s nowhere to hide your truth
Security is mining
Who’s the first to the dressing booth?
Some say, “it’s too late to change”
I say, “they’re right”
Now that you’re gutless
There’s nowhere to hide your heart
Confined to a rib cage
And swimming in a noose
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After Image
04:16
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I know I can see you there behind the lines you draw
You believe you are untouchable
But I can reach you faster than you know
Now
You hide behind the lies you think are absolute
You close your eyes and hope that no one sees the horrors you create
You pray your god will back you up before it get's too late
You think you know, you think you know now
I burn the images you try to save
You hide the truth to feel the power
Deny them the truth to make them your slaves
I tear apart your universe
To force you to look at the faces of every person you've destroyed
To burn their lives on the back of your eyes
To remind you that you are nothing but an after thought
To show you that you never understood the truth until now
I know I can see you there behind the lines you cross
You are not untouchable
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Up From the Sea
03:53
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Prelude to You:
Build up the rules because we're bound to break them
Use up the ash because it's passed it's season
A man in vain tries to stop the rain, a baby learns to crawl
You
Carry more weight as your back is breaking
Pick up your head because it's time from breathing
A man in vain tries to stop the rain, a newbie learns to swim
You
So make up your mind because I'm tired of guessing
I tried to learn but I just can't give in
A man in vain tries to stop the rain, an elder is given to drown
You
There comes a time I'm bound to give in
The rain will wash clean everything
There comes a time that will end with nothing
The Sun will bleach clean everything
There comes a time when the Sun is ending
The rain will wash clean everything
There comes a time when the Moon is rising
The Sun will bleach clean everything
There comes a time when I'll wash my hands of you
The rain will wash clean everything
There comes a time when starts as nothing
The Sun will bleach clean everything
There comes a time when ends as everything
The rain will wash clean everything
There comes a time when I start to give in
The Sun will bleach clean everything
Here comes a time where your head is melting
The rain will wash clean everything
There comes a time when you start as nothing
The Sun will bleach clean everything
There comes a time when you end as nothing
A man in vain tries to stop the rain
ElectroClosed:
Open your eyes so I can see
Tell me the truth, don’t make me believe
Don’t make me breathe, I feel your disease
You burn and you fight – set up to deceive
The Moon and the stars betray who you are
You hide and distort all of your dreams
The sand in your lies revealed in the skies
Crumbles and dissolves into the sea
I want to believe, I want you to see
Your anger and fear: a fire to feed
I see through your life, your envy and pride
Your lies and your death mean nothing to me
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Dirty hands washed in glass
The reasons changed as the seasons passed
Time spins and everything unwinds
All in all, it's all in the mind
If you care, you care too much
Parasites were never served for lunch
She said "Now don't you worry, dear"
Too bad that's the part I didn't hear
Dirty deeds need a sweep
Under the carpet and six feet deep
The Planks pound with an overwhelming sound
Relief in the luxury of now
If you care, you care too much
Parasites were never served for lunch
She said "Now don't you worry, dear"
Too bad that's the part I didn't hear
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Through the Window:
The bridge in the distance
The cars passing by
Through the window I wondered
What it felt like to die
Fill up like a deep breath
With the air of relief
Or collapse like a lost love
In a bitter defeat
The river below it
Painted with light
I watch through my window
Pass into night
Beyond the water
The Sun’s going down
It covers the hillside
In a rainbow clouds
Below the horizon
The light travels on
If I look through the window
At decisions forgone
Death is just fleeting
I have no real desire
There’s no harm in wondering
If it keeps me alive
I woke up this morning to a window of clouds
I could breathe in the flowers and an ocean of sound
Past my window
Another believer
And I remember the Moon
When I stood in my doorway
A bridge to be found
I could twist-turn the handle
but I couldn't leave ground
I though of another star
It took away my desire
But I couldn't remember
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7. |
Alchemy One
05:08
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you (what) don't believe in me (that's true)
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66 point 6
05:21
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Close down the highway
Don't let anyone else get through
Don't give them a chance to escape
Point them in the wrong direction
Take away their plans for the future
Take away their faith and their means
Show them what it's like to be a god
Force them to believe in your face
It's too late (to late for your future)
Kill the message
Kill the messenger
Distort the lines to cover your lies
Bring down the house in ash and flame
Bury your dead beneath the corpses
Take away their plans for the future
Take away their faith and their means
Show them what it's like to be a god
Force them to believe in your face
Kill the messenger
It's too late (too late for your future)
Close down the city
Close down the airwaves
Don't let them hear the truth from someone else
Point them in the wrong direction
Cut their hands, bind their eyes
Force them to see what you see
Take their children, take their lives
Force them to bleed for you
Kill the messenger
Kill
It's too late (too late for your future)
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Strange Talking Animals Springfield Township, New Jersey
Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more
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