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Avoid apologies
01:59
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You avoid apologies,
your lovers and your allergies
if you must you tell them that,
they're mistaken and you're correct
somehow they buy it
you're well spoken,
charmingly open,
your argument is strong,
baby you've got it all wrong
the way you portray is the way you betray
yourself
won't you cut yourself in half
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3. |
Losing the Back Room
04:18
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Show me to the back room
i'm getting lost at the front
i'll tell you what's on my mind
so take us to the back room
your getting lost at the front
and tell me what's on your mind
butterflies and flowers are to be expected
though it's not always so
depending on the light
depending on the sunset
every word is magic every smile is sacred
though it's not always so
depending on the light
depending on the sunset
i can't guarantee
places for us to exist
now just a few
all i have is this room and you
we have to hold on to it
no matter the price
our soul is the sacrifice
butterflies and flowers are to be expected
though it's not always so
depending on the light
depending on the sunset
every word is magic every smile is sacred
though it's not always so
depending on the light
depending on the sunset
i can't guarantee
but we know, we're losing the backroom
getting smaller as we breath, smaller as we speak, smaller as we think
but we know, we're losing the backroom
look how it made us shrink, how it made us sink how it made us sick
the backroom is lost
so are we
there's no place for us
no place for us
to be
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I admit
attempt escape
a loss of shape
my feet are bare
i gasp for air
my face is losing it's details
and in my dreams i burst in flames
in the morning no remains are left
my sheets are scorched
and my dreams they turn to nightmares
there are no happy ever afters, now
I've had to much to dream to much to sleep tonight
deep within my bed
the secrets never end
and on the edge they tell the truth
beneath my pillowcase
memories miss placed
renouncing me, i am a memory
and in my dreams i burst in flames
in the morning no remains are left
please anyone will do
will somebody come and claim me
wake me up before i'm crazy, now
I've had to much to dream to much to sleep tonight
fast asleep and dreaming faster
look her comes a new disaster
sleeping beauty's dreams are ugly
am I pretty? am I? hardly
will somebody come and claim me
all i need's a little kiss
to wake up
hurry up
'casue in my dreams i burst in flames
no remains
and i'm dancing with the flames
in the morning no remains
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5. |
Exile in Siberia
03:52
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When you miss behave
your parents send you to your room
feels like exile somewhere cold
where it's dark and frightening
oh, it's snowing on your toys
you see them lose their faith
it just wont do as far as you're concerned,
and well, you are
you lift their spirits up
even if yours is down
sometimes it very hard
but you try your very best
oh, you'll go hungry for your toys
you'll give them everything you've got
and god know's it's not a lot,
you'll give them all you've got
oh, you're dying for your toys
but you die with a smile
you'll miss your teddy bear and fire truck
you know that with a stroke of luck
they just might make it through
and after year's in the cold
far away from your land
you keep forgetting who you are
and now somebody's at the door
you think you've seen that face before
but your eyes may play a trick on you
it's your mother at the door, she's saying
come on love, your supper's ready
so you rush out in a hurry, in a manner such as this
you'll have your supper some place warm
and soon you'll get your kiss
you forgot about your toys still in the cold
it's alright, you're not even six years old
it's alright, you're not even six years old
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6. |
Invocation
04:03
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Invocation in my head goes back and forth
and gradually my skin is turning pale
i'm not aware, you let me know
conversations that we had i'm not too sure
which voice is mine which voice is yours
i'm not aware, you let me know
thin answers
thiner smiles
they're piling up
becoming us
invocation in my head goes back and forth
my brain is damaged to beyond extent
i'm not aware you let me know
my reflection in your eyes is fading fast
you say that i am fading too
i'm not aware, you let me know
quick answers
quicker smiles
they're piling up becoming us
pick a poison and enjoy it i will do the same
we'll get through this
pick a poison be the woman i will be the man
we'll get through this,
no
so don't you mind me standing here
don't you mind me i'm just standing here
i know you'd rather disappear
i think i rather disappear
i never knew i was such burden
let me have some good old bourbon
then i'll rust my edge
and i'll turn blunt like you always wanted
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Don't forget
03:24
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don't forget to keep on smiling just as long as the camera's running
then tell them a story sad yet beautiful and watch how they will fall for all
that you have to say to them, pray for them
and yourself
it's a good time tell that old joke, take a deep breath light a new smoke
now that you wear you're new tie, glasses and perfume watch how they will consume
all that you say to them, pray for them
and yourself
you need to learn to push and shove
you need to make yourself fall out of love
sell your story straight
take your time, don't be late
mind your posture and your manners
and in good time you'll be better at being someone else
don't who, take a guess
give a fraction of attention they will turn it to attraction
now focus and memorise your monologue and just in no time you'll belong and say
all that you say to them, pray for them
and yourself
you need to learn to push and shove
you need to make yourself fall out of love
sell your story straight
take your time, don't be late
mind your posture and your manners
and in good time you'll be better at being someone else
don't who, take a guess
pray that you'll stay
feels as though you need a shower just to wash these last few hours
but you come to your senses 'cause the camera's running don't forget to keep on running
and say all that you say
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8. |
Himself (Part I)
03:10
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I guess, that I, I think that I exist
that is, i'm sure, I hope
i'll put it in a list for you
and if you don't believe me
I guess that it's your fault, I guess that it's my fault
i heard, you say, my soul is on display
that is, I heard, condemned
to unfamiliar end
does it mean you'll follow there?
why don't you tell it straight like it is, won't you?
elaborate perhaps about your many selves
they suffocate in lack of space
or rather, something else
a flower blossoms in your place
you're singing to yourself, on your behalf
and no one else's
you wish upon your star and yet you're sitting counting scars that don't exist
that is, you wished upon your star, and now you're sitting counting scars becoming real
i heard, you say, my soul is on display
that is, I heard, condemned
to unfamiliar end
does it mean you'll follow there?
I won't be there forever more
it makes me glad when i am sore
forever more
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9. |
His Love (Part II)
03:53
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There's nothing to be said
and no air to inhale
there's none, a trail of thought
you're waiting to be caught
but there's no one, no
there's no one, no
it's gone the moment's gone
and no where to be found
and you, you were before
or were you after? are you sure?
were you at all? was she at all?
so what's the trouble, some sort of problem?
take it easy son
your buried in the sand getting tanned
in the non-existent sun
and it feels like a dream
is this now? has it been?
and you think that you've kissed
your not sure she exists, you're not sure you exist as well
oh well
i learn to get by with the wind and the sky
make amends with sun, be existent or none
and in silence i mend portraits torn by my hand
silence please, won't you explain?
were you at all?
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His Place (Part III)
04:30
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You search for a trace of a place, that's not in existence
you want to see how deep it goes, wanna measure the distance
it's heads or it's tails, or an alternate ending
you can't recall how it looks because it's constantly changing
you think that you've been there before
you're not entirly sure, i know
you wither, there's doubt in your soul, i know
oh, you think you remember a scent
you're not quite too sure what it meant
but it felt like
home
home, take me home to a place that don't exist
i can't resist to go
take me home, to a place that don't belong
it's there i want to go
take me home to a place where no one sees me
oh please forgive me
i must go
far from this place
and so far from this town
when you're far from yourself
then you know who you are
far from this place
and so far from this town
when you're far from yourself
then you know who you are
far from this place
and so far from this town
when you're far from yourself
then you know
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