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Find Me a Stone
03:50
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You, you make me bleed, you make me cry
Peel back my eyes and empty my soul
You're not alive, you can't despise
Dance in the fire and swallow the coals
Fine, find me a stone, carved with the bones
Into the ash and into the storm
Bury the fools who kept me here
Haunted by waves and filled with the sea
She walks away showing her ire
Gestures and signs, plans and desire
Sheds all her clothes onto the sand
Walks to the edge, the edge of my hand
Dust covers my lies, hides all I show
Makes me descend up through the floor
Covered in Blood, baked in the mud
Frozen in time and forced to decay
She runs her hands over my face
Breaks me apart- disintegrate
Takes off her clothes and smiles like fire
Crawls on her knees through what's left of me
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Number 19
04:30
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Can you believe this place? Can you believe these lies?
Can you believe anything you see through my eyes?
There’s something about this place, There’s something I can’t define
there’s something I want to show to you
There’s something beneath your lies
Break it down, pass it out, can you give me the difference?
Can you feel the ice filling up your veins?
There's something I can't deny
There's something you can't defy
There's something I want to take from you
There’s something about this place, There’s something I can’t define
there’s something I want to show to you
There’s something beneath your lies
Can you believe in me? Can you destroy my life?
Why do you need something to hold, something to hold on to?
I can hear you coming up behind me
I can feel you put your hands on my face
I can see you pull the knife out
I can taste the blood on your face
Everything you said to me was a lie, and yet
Everything you said was completely true
You cut yourself, i cut myself - we bled, we cried, we fought
We fucked - there was nothing we didn’t do.
You can’t believe in me, and I can’t believe in you
And yet we can’t get out of this twisted fucking game
There’s nothing we can say to each other that haven’t said before
I hate you, I love you - just to completely disappear
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Green Tea
02:18
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Don’t jump into my arms
Don’t shake your hands at me
You follow my eyes into the Sun
‘cause you don’t have anything better to do
Tip your hand and I will follow
Give me something green to see
Save your story for tomorrow
I will fill it up to bleed
Chorus:
And I will steal your heart tomorrow
I will take your soul to follow me
I need another
Tea for two and maybe disbelieve
Don’t shake your head at me
You follow my hands into the dirt
Because you like it when you get dirty
Tip your hand and I will follow
Give me something green to see
Save your story for tomorrow
I will fill it up to bleed
And I will steal your heart tomorrow
I will take your soul to follow me
Into the sea
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Neverland
05:03
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You think your eyes are better than mine
That what you believe has more ideas
Your sense of right is absolute
Your sense of right is wrong
Somebody forgot to tell you how wrong "The Truth" can be
There is a maze of words and your ideas
There are visions that you refuse to see and songs you cannot hear
Insecurities are not enough for you, you need to share
Make them believe what you believe
Fear what they believe
Force their hands and tie them
Close their eyes and bind them
You think your sight is better than mine
That what you believe has more ideas
Your sense of right is absolute
Your sense of right is wrong
Somebody forgot to tell you wrong "The Truth" can be
Somebody gave you the idea of absolute in the rooms behind your eyes
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Cure Me v2
04:51
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Yesterday I fell
Yesterday I felt so tall
And then you came and took it all
Your storm is rumbling inside me
Shaking the ground I stand on
Yesterday you fell into my bed
Twisting your eyes into my head
Your fire swept through my naked mind
Shaking the ground I stand on
Save me, don’t shake me
I want you to defend me
Open, alive and find a way to cure me
Wake me, betray me
I want you to destroy me
Dead or alive – find a way to cure me
Yesterday I felt so alone
And then you came in and ruined my life
You opened your eyes and took my soul
Burning the ground I stand on
Yesterday I felt so cold
Yesterday I felt so alive
I thought I could change the way you feel
I thought I could make this something real
I thought I could take away your fear
Yesterday I felt so old
Cure me, break me, fix me, save me
Goodbye cruel world
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Hole In Me
03:26
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Burning skin, red eyes, hair on end
Your voice makes me cringe
You touch me, you stare at me, you glare at me
You tear a hole in me
Welcome me, bury me – wits on end
Take my smile
Break my mind, break my will
You tear a hole in me
Pound the pavement, break the door
Take your medicine, crack the floor
Leave me stranded, leave me more
Leave me nothing, leave me nothing
Burning sky, red Moon, stars end
The dark makes me shiver
You force me to see you
You tear a hole in me
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Any Other Way
04:15
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i'm broken and you trample on me
i'm forsaken and then you remember my name
you pull me apart and then smash me back together again
the give and the take, the yes and the no sends me over the edge but i wouldn't have it any other way
you bury me and then you dig me up again you burn me and then you rain on my parade you test me and break my fingers
you love me and yet blame me for everything
the give and the take, the yes and the no sends me over the edge but i wouldn't have it any other way
my hopes are in the sky - my feet, beneath the earth and you are the universe, for everything it's worth
your dreams are the sun - your logic as cold as the moon and i am the deep blue sea, and you the approaching storm
the give and the take, the yes and the no sends me over the edge but i wouldn't have it any other way
your icy glare, it burns my every nerve
your ice glare, it burns my every nerve
and when you are on fire, everything is on fire and when you are on fire, i am on fire
the give and the take, the yes and the no sends me over the edge but i wouldn't have it any other way
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Hollow
06:53
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Step inside there is nothing to see
Give away all my horses for free
Try and save me – there’s nothing that’s left of me
Shattered voices I try to subside
Light the candles – the fire to hide
Break the mirror to get to the other side
Feel the shadows cover my face
Taste the ashes – feel no disgrace
Hear the darkness break me in two
See the whispers of me and you
Now the blood drips onto the floor
Someone screaming outside the door
Give me reasons to want something more
Give you reasons to want something more
Build the boxes – break all the tools
Burn the ashes of something new
Hear the darkness – remember the truth
Feel the whispers from me and you
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Sulfur
03:41
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I can feel you digging into my brain
A buzz, a hum to keep me awake
I claw, I scream and I can smell flowers
I can feel you looking at me
A glance, a stare to keep me afraid
I burn, I writhe and I can smell sulfur
The things you do to me and the things you say
Drive me out of my mind
But what can I do to drive you away?
I can see you touching yourself
A clutch, a grab to keep me on the edge
I breathe, I don’t breathe and I can taste you in the air
I know you see me watching you
A smile, a wink that drives me insane
I die, I sleep and I can see you do the same.
I can feel you digging into my brain
A buzz, a hum that drives me insane
I claw, I scream and I can see you do the same.
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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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