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Into the Past
02:33
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I'm always wandering into the past
I could get lost in the fiction you craft
A persecuting village left a scarlet mark upon me
I still feel the Salem weather haunt me
A farewell to the arms that left a generation broken
I still hate the sound of rain approaching
There's pride in perseverance even if it’s in a dark place
Santiago dreamt away the heartbreak
Carraway could see why I always chased your green light but I know you know that
Something wicked’s closing in I feel it in my bones
A carousel with diabolic goals
Bromden saw the truth but he would rather shut his eyes
Than lobotomize the laughter that’s inside
I could never capture all the sand inside the sieve
Till Faber gave me something to believe
Every night I feel that remorse again
“Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!"
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Salem
03:43
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I never thought I’d see betrayal personal and up close
I never thought I’d bear the brunt of scrutiny in my home
I never thought I’d need a place to hide away from your ghost
I never thought I’d care enough to lose a piece of my soul
But a meteor in the sky revealed the truth to me
We share the pedestal of shame
But I bear the mark upon me
Constant hysteria in my lucid dreams
Into the past beneath the gaze
Of infernal eyes
I know my pride can't hide these red lines
I know I can't hate the symbol they create
Your ghost lives by my bedside
I know I can't take the cold of Salem nights
The cold of Salem nights
I never thought a pearl would grow from rivers that run with blood
I never thought I'd be defined by sins that I can't outrun
I never thought the world know the horrible things I've done
I never thought I'd see the sign of treachery worn by one
It's smoldering inside
My sense of pride
Their burning eyes upon me left it
A scarlet sign
I'm resigned
To spend my life
Beneath the weight of pure resentment
No place to hide
I'd rather die
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Ambulances
03:38
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I remember ambulances pulling up when I was feeling tired and I couldn’t put a fire out again
I remember glove compartments full of stuff that you would never hide and I would try to justify it in my head
I remember nights I felt like throwing up from looking at a photograph I swore that I would never put aside
I remember hearing I don’t know enough so I gave up on showing up to fake a conversation as I’m watching you die
Those pictures were faded
When you came back into frame
Like a saving grace back in 1918
A refuge from the rain
Cause your eyes shine bright through the downpour
Like Montreux in the fall
Like a clear blue sky on the heels of a storm
That I thought was the end of us all
When you call out my name
The melody in your voice replaces memories that I hate
The pessimist that’s inside can’t find a terrible point to make
It’s incredible how you shaped the sky
You turned the tempest into a sunrise
I remember bearing with anxiety and caring if you lied to me and holding on to hope I hid inside
I remember swearing by sobriety to guarantee a side of me inherited would never see the light
I remember that commitment falling through and thinking I would follow you and driving when I couldn’t see a sign
I remember years I spent in solitude were haunted by the thought of you and conversations we could never have cause you died
Those pictures were faded
When you came back into frame
Like a saving grace on the Tagliamento
A refuge from the pain
Cause the rain won’t make any difference
You laughter is a radiant light
Into the past to a dangerous time
The ending is something that we get write
You turned a tempest into a sunrise
You turned a hurricane to a clear blue skyline
You made me unafraid of my own mind
The world breaks everyone but with you I know I’m fine
I’ll never let you go again
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Lions on the Beach
03:30
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I've been trying to tell you I wasn't running away
I been dying to see you back on the shoreline
I've been feeling the currents under me everyday
I live in fear of the predators after your pride
Daydreams of lions on the beach and better days
Their teeth are biting but I'm keeping them away
You lost the fight but you're deserving of a praiseful eulogy
I’ve been chasing a shadow against the current
On troubled water I’m trying to stay above it
An adversary that I’ve been trying to overcome my whole life
My whole life
And I’m on my own
Hundreds of miles from the coast I know
Eighty four days in the heat
Can I show grace in defeat
When everything’s taken from me?
My hands are bleeding my head is heavy my pride is dying
And I have nothing to show for it but a skeleton
I feel defeated, upset, and empty but I’ve been trying
To see the struggle as an escape from the hell I’m in
I’d rather death than this defeat
I think I left a part of me at sea
Into the past below the waves
I hate I had to go and make your grave
I’d rather death than this defeat
I left a part of me at sea
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Lights on Long Island
02:52
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I hope the trip was worth the wait
We saw the northern lights today
It’s been a long time coming
And I thought I would’ve known what to say
A fleeting moment in the sky
Pales in comparison to your eyes
They shine the brightest blue I've ever seen
And guide me to a better peace of mind
I can’t believe that you came back
I saw your distant light across the ocean again
I thought it was a sign that I was close to the end
Fading fireworks lit your name across the night sky
Out on the open ocean
I'll never let you go again
I followed your footsteps through the dark
The colors shape an amazing display
But Aurora's not as bright as your smile beneath the light of distant stars
The faintest traces of jade left a painting
Memorized that I kept
Forget the nights that I spent
Thinking that I could never believe in something
Cynical till I'm dead
I’m over critical in my head
One look inside of your eyes and
It’s like twenty two on Long Island
I can see your light and it's shining again
I can’t go back this time
Like boats against the current, borne back into the past
I still chase that green light
I swear the color’s different but I’ll never let you go again
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Pandemonium
04:45
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I feel a cold apprehension a moment of tension, I can’t help but notice the signs
Looks like a storm is approaching a torrent that’s hoping to drown out the sound of our cries
I hear the rain as it starts to fall sounds of carnival swell in the eye of the storm
I feel the strangest sensation the stark realization I don’t have to try anymore
I put a lightning rod on top of the house
But I think I climbed in vain
Cause the hopes I had were swallowed by doubt
When I felt that cold black rain
I feel pandemonium coming
The sound makes me sick to my stomach
Discordant harmonies ripped out a part of me
Can’t feel my legs as I’m running
Towards a distant carousel turning
I sprint as the funnel clouds worsen
I ride to my own deathwish, I hide from my acceptance
I hate that these drugs aren’t working again
Black out my eyes
I’ve been haunted by paranoid lies
I saw a sign on the skyline
My time’s come to an end
Drown out my fears
I’ve been running for thirty one years
I kept these terrors in my life
My time’s come to an end
I feel a sense of devotion to shadows encroaching as sanity slowly dissolves
I hate the words that I’ve spoken the bonds that I’ve broken by hiding away every fall
I see the dreadful adornment discolored by torment on flyers all over the town
I know it’s words are deceitful to tired eyes needful of rest or an easy way out
I put a lightning rod on top of the house
But I think I climbed in vain
Cause the hopes I had were swallowed by doubt
When I felt that cold black rain
My head’s ridden with sin
I hear that music again
As a broke down carousel spins
Into the past to the end of my life
I ask why
Am I destined to die?
In the same disbelief that’s been haunting my sleep every night
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Fog Machines
03:33
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I hate to say it but I think about you all the time
I live inside the darkest corners of our conversation
My head is vacant when I try to picture you and l
I know I'm on my own
I'll never make it out
I hate that I can't see
When they turn on those machines
I remember way back when I was on your side
You were an idol in my eyes
I would never say that then cause I couldn’t decide
If it was only a disguise
I’ll never let them take my head
The fog is thick inside
It’s been haunting me tonight
I still remember days I spent
In fear of a device
That could take away your mind
The Combine knows
That’s why I've been keeping one eye open
Every day they see your spotlight grow
I hate to think that I’ll be on my own when
They take you down
I’ve been sleeping with my headphones on
I swore I heard your laughter but it’s been so long
Since I could find my peace with every word that’s gone
I learned to love these shockwaves that distort what’s right from wrong
They know
That’s why I've been keeping one eye open
They don’t need evidence when hearsay grows
I hate to think that I’ll be on my own when
They take you down
I’m fading ignorantly into the past
My head’s returning with afflictions attached
I made a covenant that I still regret
I got my freedom but they got your head
The combine knows
That’s why I’ve been keeping one eye open
Everyday they see your spotlight grow
I hate to think that I’ll be on my own when
They take you down
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Burning Bright
03:09
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Drown my stomach in gasoline
Fill my lungs with carbon monoxide
I don’t what you’re asking me
Said I can’t stay but I can’t go
Legs over this balcony
Break my fall with pavement and street signs
Flamethrowers in back of me
Don’t let it burn down
I can’t fight
With my hands tied back
I can’t try
And take my life back
When my eyes
Are both rolled backwards
I can’t try
And read my last words
Take my eyes
I won’t believe anything again
I swear I burnt those pages bright
The sieve and sand live inside my head
I kept those paragraphs to myself
Insinuate that I'm wrong
For leaving sacrifices on shelves
Till they're incinerated and gone
Feels like I stumbled into the past
And Faber's words were a guide to me
A fading world is inside of me
I hate the person I tried to be
I'm blind
I'll never read again
I trusted everything they told me to
Burn bright
Light a pyre for the end
I’ll torch it all before they know the truth
Take my eyes
I won’t believe anything again
I swear I burnt those pages bright
The sieve and sand live inside my head
Read my last words
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