1. |
Kill Her Bob
04:55
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I reach out my ghost hand,
And grab your phantom limb
I breathe when you recede
From mental beating, temple pain
I leave when you eat reason,
You awake to taste the rain
And then possess
The devil named Bob took her life and he laughed it off
Took her light
Took his likeness
Took his arm and shook it off
Give your pain to me,
I'll give it back in spades
Dig a deeper hole,
I'll put you in your grave...
They cry out all your names
(Laura! Eva!)
They're searching for your face
(Never see you later)
They'll never be the same,
I'll never leave this place...
And my children will grow ill and you will kill them,
They'll share nothing but my name
Oh, Leland you'll be free when you awake
Taste the rain
You've been possess'd
I'm the Devil named BOB
WE took her life and WE laughed it off
Took her light
Took your likeness
Took your name and shook it
You can kill me in yourself,
You can see I share your pain
You can kill me in yourself, but you'll never win
I'm in your brain
And going grey...
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I'm a faded blur
Why did you take her?
Leave a letter "R"
Under ring finger
Now Laura's dead
Yeah, I think I heard
But if you see Donna
Could you give this to her?
Now I think I'll go for a long drive
On my motorcycle, my bitchin ride
Because Laura's dead
Because I loved her
But if you see Donna
Would you stop and stare?
Would you stare at her?
Because I never know
If I'm coming home
And nobody cares
Because I'm on my own
Just my motorcycle
I got the curve of the road
Just my motorcycle and nowhere to go
Yeah I can't go home
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Boo-hoo, I'm too far in love with you
It seems everything I say keeps you away
Knock-knock
Got something to make her talk
It's an insult wrapped in guilt, sautéed in hate
Oh no, I'm surprised to see her go
Said the last thing that she'd do is say my name
Hey hey, I threw everything away
Had it all now it's gone, ain't it a shame
Now who's to blame?
Is it Laura or is it James' shame?
Or both??
So what, I used to date that dead blonde slut
All the men around her finger looked like string
Too soon she got too high and scraped the moon
Then she woke up on the dark side in a dream
Pitch black, said she's never coming back
Found a habit, now she has it, now she screams
Long gone, treated everybody wrong
Still I miss her,
Still I cry and write this song
Don't sing along
It still feels wrong
Oh I love the one who hates each day
Oh I kill for her who hates and so she waits
And wastes away
Move on, find another pouting one
Tell me Shelly, is your wedding ring still on?
No more, I'll never touch another whore
Though my story isn't over
Though we're done
Though was it fun?
Thought it was
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4. |
Dear Mr. Smith
05:50
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Life is simple, life is strange
I'm looking in and feeling outwards
Feeding lies and pretty orchids
All the while I've been hiding in the hills
To not complain when they say
"Life is easy, life is fun"
But they don't live the lie that I do
What the hell do they think I do?
If it only took "I love you,"
Then the world would not complain
But they say
No more,
I don't want to see no more
Violence against my kin
I'll relate to anyone
Life is pictures, life is frames
We draw these lines and fill these boxes
Hang ourselves on all these crosses
If you're dying for a cause
All the trees still look the same
But they say
Life is yours, this life is mine
They can't take away my secret
In this studio apartment
Where I'm stranded by myself
Guess I really can't complain
But still say
No more
I don't want to hear no more
Violence against my kin
I'll relate to anyone
No more
I don't want to wait no more
I've been standing here,
The lights go out at midnight, right?
Life is simple, life is pain
I'm looking in and feeling anger
Dodging food and sleep and water
All the while, I've been lying
Taking pills to not complain
But they say
No more
I don't want to feel no more
Violence against my skin
I'll relate to anyone but me
No more
So I don't want to live no more
I can't handle it, goodbye I guess
Forever now
I'm a simple, lonely soul
I can't change the way I'm feeling
About the world and my own viewing
So I'm writing this to you
In hopes that you won't do the same
But they say
No more
I don't want to think no more
About the pain I've caused
Or heard
Or seen
Or read about
No more
I don't want to hate no more
But I can't change my world or figure something better out...
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Critic's Eyes
04:11
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One o'clock A.M. suicide
Day started out just right
I am more alive
Because of those who die
But never get it right
We can talk about other people
But let's just talk about you and me
We can get a ride if you'll just hold tight
I promise I will try
I wanna get to know you better
So I sat and I wrote these letters
Down while I was high
Before they all flew by
But never get it right again
Never get it right, just pretend
One o'clock P.M. eastern time
The newsprint is endless lies
No one will survive
Oh fuck it, advertise
To everybody's eyes
I don't wanna have to see you later
So I thought I could do this right
Right now
But you couldn't lie
Just a heavy sigh
Oh why, oh why, oh why?
I'm trying to keep this together
So I sat and I wrote some letters
No instead I cried
Wished I would have died
I'm what I despise
All the endless lies
No one will survive
In the critic's eyes
I'll never get it right again
They'll never get it right, so just pretend
To never get it right
Not again
Never get it right, just pretend
Oh no, why me?
Why her?
Laura...
Laura baby...
L-L-Laura
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6. |
Sleeping Giant
05:36
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I am clay within your hands
I can walk but I can't stand for this
It barely missed her jugular vein
There's a place where I can dream
Where nobody ever screams
If you want, I can take you there
There's no map, no road, no stairs to climb
Above the lies
You'll find what's inside
The whole surprise is an illusion
If you're leaning to the right,
All you ever see is your own side
Seeing is believing is perpetuating lies
Are you on the screen or out of sight?
Where the music is bright
Someone enters slowly towards stage right
Don't I know you from before?
You walked in through the curtain door
You leaned in and you whispered near
"It's my father who killed me here,
And now you'll never get out,
You're gone, the demon's won - it's over"
Seeing is believing is perpetuating lies
All you ever take is what's mine
Take the only queen and then you flee into the night
Are you what you seem or are you light?
And the music is bright
Someone enters slowly towards stage right...
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