1. |
| CARNAL |
01:16
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Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Everything is better when the world fades out
Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Everything is better when you leave the ground
When you leave the ground
When the world fades out
When you’re dreaming
Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Now if you breathe in and hold it
You lose your breath
But if you breathe out, it comes back to you
If you want life, don’t cling to it
Let go
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2. |
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Rationalize
Mix truth with lies
Take a trip to the dark side
It’s all black magic
Mixed with bad habits
Oh, isn’t it tragic
I’m a patient
Going apeshit
On the fourth floor
In the psych ward
I’ve been baptized
Franchised
Americanized
And I’m left here wondering why
I built my house on sand
Hoping it would stand
The storms that come my way
And now I’m left to face
The weight of my mistakes
And a chance to start again
Oh, oh
Build my life again
I’m compromised
Wage war on my mind
Feels good on the dark side
It’s all black magic
Mixed with bad habits
Oh, isn’t it tragic
I’m a patient
Going apeshit
On the fourth floor
In the psych ward
I’ve been baptized
Franchised
Americanized
Left here wondering why
I built my house on sand
Hoping it would stand
The storms that come my way
And now I’m left to face
The weight of my mistakes
And a chance to start again
Oh, oh
Build my life again
Oh, oh
Build my life again
Hey
I’m a patient
Going apeshit
I’m a monster
An outsider
It’s all bullshit
It’s all bullshit
It’s all bullshit
Tear it down
Oh, isn’t it tragic
Oh, oh
Build my life again
I built my house on sand
Hoping it would stand
The storms that come my way
And now I’m left to face
The weight of my mistakes
And a chance to start again
Oh, oh
Build my life again
Oh, oh
Build my life again
Build my life again
Build my life again
Build my life again
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3. |
IF IT DOESN'T HURT
02:59
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Sometimes love is pain
Yeah, it hurts for a little while
Some things you can’t change
You’re preaching to the choir
Knives in the back ready to attack
Knives in the back
Run it right back like a maniac
Run it right back
Run it right back
And the truth is
If it doesn’t hurt at all
Then it doesn’t mean a thing
I never knew that I
Could feel this way
If it doesn’t hurt at all
There’s nothing left to save
Cause holding on to hope is
A different kind of pain
We all got vices
We all got choices to make
It’s hard to stay and hard to walk away
You lied to me
Spinning in the dark
It took me years to see
That you had sucked the life out of me
If it doesn’t hurt at all
Then it doesn’t mean a thing
I never knew that I
Could feel this way
If it doesn’t hurt at all
There’s nothing left to save
Cause holding on to hope is
A different kind of pain
(A different kind of pain)
A different kind of pain
Running right back
Knives in the back
Knives in the back
Knives in the back
(Sometimes love is pain)
Knives in the back
Knives in the back
Knives in the back
If it doesn’t hurt at all
Then it doesn’t mean a thing
I never knew that I
Could feel this way
If it doesn’t hurt at all
There’s nothing left to save
Cause holding on to hope is
A different kind of pain
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
A different kind of pain
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
A different kind of pain
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You can’t deny you got that feeling in your bones
Ready to go
Are you ready to go?
From east to west
Through LAX to Tokyo
Don’t you know?
Know, know
Falling like angels
Out of the dark and into a dream
Come all ye faithful
Light up the sky for all to see
We’re falling like angels
Hey
Hey
They try to own us and control us so we don’t get in the way
But we get in the way
Won’t take no shit, won’t be no bitch
Not one more inch
Not today
No, we’re not going away
Falling like angels
Out of the dark and into a dream
Come all ye faithful
Light up the sky for all to see
We’re falling like
Yeah
Falling like angels
Out of the dark and into a dream
Come all ye faithful
Light up the sky for all to see
We’re falling like angels
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5. |
FREEFALL
03:46
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I’m in a freefall
I’m in a freefall
I’m in a
One step ahead but I’m still behind where I thought I’d be by this time
It’s hard to please, much less believe the screaming voice in my head
In my head
I’m in a freefall
Racing to the ground
I’m scared I’ll lose it all
Is anybody out there
Or am I alone?
Reaching out for someone in a freefall
I’ve got a million reasons to hold on
But I need one to let it go
I smile like I’m okay
But I got pain that no one knows
No one knows
I think that
I’m thinking too much
So I drink till
I’m drinking too much
It’s all spinning faster and faster
I’m in a freefall
Racing to the ground
I’m scared I’ll lose it all
Is anybody out there
Or am I alone?
Reaching out for someone in a freefall
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
I’m in a freefall
I’m in a freefall
(I’m in a freefall)
Am I alone?
Reaching out for someone
In a freefall
I’m in a
I’m in a freefall
Racing to the ground
I’m scared I’ll lose it all
Is anybody out there
Or am I alone?
Reaching out for someone in a freefall
Yeah
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
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6. |
BLAME IT ON THE DRUGS
03:20
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I, I don’t know how to tell you
You had me fooled for a while
I think I was in denial
And you
You don’t know how to tell me
Anything you’ve done wrong
I think you’re just too far gone
Talk me off the ledge
Just to push me off a cliff
So no one else could have me
You fed me lies and kept me sick
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
For every time that you give up
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
Apologies are not enough
Don’t blame it on the drugs
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
I, I don’t know how to see you
Any other way
There’s no other way now
And you
You don’t know how to see through
Through the ups and downs
I think you’ve made your bed now
Talk me off the ledge
Just to push me off a cliff
So no one else could have me
You fed me lies and kept me sick
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
For every time that you give up
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
Apologies are not enough, no
It’s easier when everybody else is crazy
But don’t blame me for the hell you’re making
It’s too late
It’s too late
It’s too late
It’s too late
It’s too late
It’s too late
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
Don’t you blame it on the love
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
It’s easier when everybody else is crazy
But don’t blame me for the hell you’re making
It’s too late, it’s too late
And you’re throwing shade on everybody else but you
It’s too late, it’s too late
And you’re throwing shade on everybody else but you
Don’t blame it on the drugs
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
Don’t you blame it on the drugs
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7. |
| HEAD |
01:09
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They are not afraid to be human
They are not afraid to let themselves participate
In the pains, difficulties, and struggles that naturally occur with human existence
Seeing that all life is a magnificent illusion
A playing of energy, and there is absolutely nothing fundamentally to be afraid of
You’ll be afraid on the surface
You’ll be afraid of putting your hand in the fire
You’ll be afraid of getting sick
But you will not be afraid of fear
Fear will pass over your mind like a black cloud will be reflected in the mirror
Like the stars don’t need trails behind them
To drift like a cloud and flow like water
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8. |
EXISTENTIAL DREAD
04:04
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Existential dread
Always in my head
Every little thing is at your fingertips ready to go
Pleasure under pressure is a weapon and its ready to blow
Bluelight
Baptized
Desire trades like currency
They seem so happy
But all I see is the end
It’s like
Existential
Existential dread
We’re here for a moment and then it’s the end
The end
The end
No impulse control
Everyone’s alone
Hey
I don’t go to sleep cause I dream that I’m losing my teeth
Puking on a bender but I’m craving something sweet
Shapeless
Nameless
It’s always screaming in my head
It’s like
Existential
Existential dread
We’re here for a moment and then it’s the end
The end
The end
Existential
Existential dread
We’re here for a moment and then it’s the end
The end
The end
Truth is time
Enjoy your fucking wet dream
While you’re floating down the mainstream
Good and evil is a thin line
Ones and zeros on a hard drive
Enjoy your fucking wet dream
While you’re floating down the mainstream
Good and evil is a thin line
Ones and zeros on a hard drive
Truth is time
Truth is time
It’s like
Existential
Existential dread
We’re here for a moment and then it’s the end
The end
The end
Existential
Existential dread
We’re here for a moment and then it’s the end
The end
The end
The end
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9. |
| HEART |
03:45
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And you’re going on a journey
We are all floating in a tremendous river
Some of the people in the river are swimming against it
Others have learned that the art of the thing is to swim with it
The people who are swimming against it think they’re going in the opposite direction
But they’re still being carried along
You have to flow with the river, and swim with it
There’s no other way
But if on the other hand you trust yourself in the water and let go
You will float
And this is exactly the situation of faith
And the river carries you along
And you’re going on a journey
But a person who is not making that pretense anymore
Who knows that you have to go with the river and swim with it
Suddenly he acquires the power of the river
The power of the river
The person swimming with it, he goes along and he has that whole river behind him
And the river carries you along
But the man who puts up a sail is using magic
He lets nature do it for him
The power of the river
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10. |
DOWN THE RIVER
03:06
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Life’s wearing me out
Keeps pushing me down
Keeps pushing me down the river
Like an unmarked grave
Been lost for days
Keeps pushing me down the river
Please, please, please
Carry me away
Carry me away
Rolling with the waves
(Come what may)
Carry me away
Away from yesterday
Cradle to the grave
Keep pushing me down
Keep pushing me down
Keep pushing me down the river
Fuck the future now
Let the past burn out
Don’t fight against the river
Gonna take my doubts
And drown them out
To make my dreams a little bit clearer
Please, please, please
Carry me away
Carry me away
Rolling with the waves
(Come what may)
Carry me away
Away from yesterday
Cradle to the grave
Keep pushing me down
Keep pushing me down
(Keep pushing me down)
(Keep pushing me down the river)
It all gets swept away
With every fuck I gave, every fuck I gave
And all the faces fade
And all the love we made, all the love we made
Life still carries on
On and on and on
On and on and on
I’ll keep pushing on
I’ll keep holding strong
I’ll keep holding strong
Please, please, please
Carry me away
Carry me away
Rolling with the waves
(Come what may)
Carry me away
Away from yesterday
Cradle to the grave
Keep pushing me down
Keep pushing me down
(Somebody save me)
Keep pushing me down
Keep pushing me down
(I know you said it’s good)
Keep pushing me down
Keep pushing me down
(Somebody save me)
Keep pushing me down
Keep pushing me down
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11. |
GIVE IT TIME
03:39
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The ocean’s at my feet
And there’s a mountain in front of me
And all the battles
I’ve fought alone
Built the man
Standing here that you now know
Life is short and filled with struggle
It gives us more than it takes
It gives us just enough
To keep our heads up
It’ll take your heart
And rip it out
It’ll lift you up
Then knock ya down
When it hurts the most
Just give it time, yeah
Like a diamond
From a stone
It’s in the pain
That we grow
When it hurts the most
Just give it time, yeah
There’s no running away, running away this time
From all the things, all the things that I hide
It took all these years to swallow my pride
It’s a fight where no one gets out alive
Life is short and filled with struggle
It gives us more than it takes
It gives us just enough
To keep our heads up
It’ll take your heart
And rip it out
It’ll lift you up
Then knock ya down
When it hurts the most
Just give it time, yeah
Like a diamond
From a stone
It’s in the pain
That we grow
When it hurts the most
Just give it time, yeah
Give it time, yeah
Give it time, yeah
Give it time
Time, time, yeah
Give it time, yeah
It’ll take your heart
And rip it out
It’ll lift you up
Then knock ya down
When it hurts the most
Just give it time, yeah
Like a diamond
From a stone
It’s in the pain
That we grow
When it hurts the most
Just give it time, yeah
Give it time
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12. |
| SIGHT |
01:10
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We think ordinarily of the present
As an infinitesimal point at which the future changes into the past
And we also do a terrible thing
We imagine ourselves to be results of the past
You don’t realize that the past is caused by the present
As the wake of the ship flows back from the prow
Now the wake doesn’t drive the ship any more than the tail wags the dog
But we’ve all got excuses
But the truth of the matter is that it all begins here
This is where the creation begins
And you’re doing it and won’t admit it
Because, of course, you’re all God in disguise
Jesus found that out and they crucified him for saying so
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Stuck
I’ve always been the one to
Find a way, make a change
Hit the wall and break through
You don’t walk in my shoes
Cause it would break you
Shut your mouth, know your place
Cause now the debt is due
Debt is due
Do not assume
I got this attitude
From a lucky hand I drew
I pulled this out the dirt
I did the dirty work
You can bury the dead
Yeah I got nothing to lose
Nothing to lose
It’s over, it’s over
It’s my time
It’s my time
This song is
My closure
It’s my time
It’s my time
This is for the people who can’t break through
I used to feel just like you
Stuck
Uphill battles everyday I’m at my breaking point
I lay the cards out on the table to show you case and point
Speaking loud to me again but I cannot hear your voice
I’ve lost my sense of self but don’t count me out I don’t disappoint
Do not assume
I got this attitude
From the lucky hand I drew
I pulled this out the dirt
I did the dirty work
You can bury the dead
Yeah I got nothing to lose
Nothing to lose
It’s over, it’s over
It’s my time
It’s my time
This song is
My closure
It’s my time
It’s my time
This is for the people who can’t break through
I used to feel just like you
Stuck
Stuck
It’s my time, my time
(Don’t count me out!)
It’s my time, my time
(Don’t let me down!)
It’s my time, my time
(Don’t count me out!)
It’s my time, my time
Soul searching for signs don’t try to rescue me
Do this on my own until they bury me
Final time I let you get the best of me
Nothing left to lose, follow my destiny
This is for the people who can’t break through
I used to feel just like you
It’s over, it’s over, it’s over
It’s my time
It’s over, it’s over
It’s over
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14. |
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
04:52
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Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Locking all the doors in the house I haunt
Sleeping like a baby with the gas turned on
Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Run for your life
Run
I don’t remember how it starts
I was swimming in the dark
Heard a voice in the deep end
Is it a god or a demon?
It said it’d take me to the stars
But you’ll have to leave your heart
At the bottom of the ocean
Watch it sink in slow motion
Something is waiting under my bed
Stealing the secrets in my head
Moving past the speed of sound
I leave my body on the ground
I’m searching for a feeling
Cause I forgot what I believe in
It’s never good timing when the angels call
It’s hard to hear the sirens when the TV’s on
Cause everything is better when you’re dreaming
So why am I afraid when I’m sleeping?
Something is waiting under my bed
Stealing the secrets in my head
Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Everything is better when the world fades out
Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Everything is better when you leave the ground
Run for your life
Run
(Something is waiting under my bed)
Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Everything is better when the world fades out
Everything is better when you’re dreaming
Everything is better when you leave the ground
Everything is better when you’re dreaming
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15. |
| SOUND |
01:48
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Exploring your motivations and your dark, unconscious depths
So the holy person, he’s like the ocean
So the holy person is scary
See, holiness is way beyond being good
Good people aren’t necessarily holy people
A holy person is one who is whole
Who, as it were, reconciled his opposites
And so, there’s always something slightly scary about holy people
And other people react to them in very strange ways
They can’t make up their minds whether they’re saints or devils
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