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These days of suffering and regret
I know, you're insular in the extreme
When 20/20 hindsight fails
I know, you're insular in the extreme
You play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
And I'm thrown away...
Complex
Relevance
Frailty
Resurrection
Complex
Elegance
Fealty
Resurrection
To strike this ego-centric pose
These days of suffering and regret
It's a sin
I'm a fake, you know
I'm a liar
These days of suffering and regret
You play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
And I'm thrown away...
Complex
Relevance
Frailty
Resurrection
Complex
Elegance
Fealty
Resurrection
[I'm sorry now
That you are not as whole]
[I'm sorry now
That you come off as vain and stale]
[I'm sorry now
That you are not as whole]
Complex
Relevance
Frailty
Resurrection
Complex
Elegance
Fealty
Resurrection
I know you search for something else
I know that this is not the end...
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Wire (2002 version)
03:57
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This enchantment
Lost in the funhouse again
Immobilised
With my fingers in your head
To touch the vein just once
Without the need to replace
Something primal
Fed upon by the virus of faith
Gridlocked by the storm again
She was only 17
Salvation's just a cut away
Pull the trigger now...
Welcome to the underneath
Nothing viral
Drowning in the image of you
Lie in the arms
These fables of blood and nicotine
Begin this souless sacrifice
A wire machine that's built to fail
Rains down like disease
Rains down like hail
Down so long
Scars fall away
Welcome in...
Welcome to the underneath
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Anne K.
04:01
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Some uninvited scene
Facing the gray parade
Bullet holes in the doorway
She picks up the phone & says,
"Christ made the gun"
She smiles through gritted teeth
You are my weapon now
Never loaded
You are my weapon now
Close eyes & open fire, open fire open fire...
Awkward, frightening
Never made the right scene
Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Window closes
Blood among the roses
Ashes ashes
We all fall down
She stares through him & says
"Know that I am unafraid"
"However futile, at least it livens up the day"
Another altered state, Monday’s a trigger device
Close eyes & open fire, open fire open fire"
Burn
We all fall down
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Radiate (Withdrawal)
03:38
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& You could say
These are wounds
& You could say
The scars came into play
Another prophesy of fire
Around the ring of the opiate
Like pounding fucking 808s
Like 'needle marks'
Man, the dope track radiates
Monochrome signs on the colour of skin
Where do we win, when the flesh begins?
Extracting...
Another minor methadone twitch
Such numbing pain
Disdain summer skies
Singing & dancing in the acid rain
So wan, so pale, so uninviting
Self-made man on the back of the monkey again
Cruel designs on the canvas of skin
When do we win? when the rot sets in...
Reflecting
Extreme
Resolve
[Wise up & claim the prize]
Reflecting
Extreme
Resolve...
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Anemic Hearts
08:43
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Hands stained red by the passage of time
One small moment revolves around the threat of the lie
Another white bomb, voices in the ether again
Another white bomb, the protocol of honor estranged
(Stained red, stained red)
Acid on the outer edges
I owe you for the endless blame
A drug of choice & infamy, it stings, it scars, it stains...
Like chemical burn
[I downsize/ civilize things like ever]
These are not your days
It eats you up inside
Something pulls along by love
A sickness pulled along by lies
(Stained red, stained red)
Acid on the outer edges
I owe you for the endless blame
A drug of choice & infamy, it stings, it scars, it stains...
Like chemical burn
[I downsize/ civilize things like ever]
I am
Not frightened by this
I am
Nearly immune
I am somewhat invincible
I am...
...like chemical burn
[I downsize/ civilize things like ever]
I am
Still frightened by you
& these anemic hearts, diseased by all that’s said inside this room
I am
Still divided
I am...
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The Body Politic
04:06
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Love, another virus in bloom
A strain devoid of conscience
Follow your head, don’t listen to the body say
"Fight Scenes like ‘95"
Still marking out time till the memories die
With severed hands & severed hearts
The blame trucks on & on...
It’s strange
This is only circumstance
A minor-league affliction
Another smokescreen for an aberrant fantasy
Fight scenes like ‘95
As the heartworm cries, as the body lies
A tepid, doomed & endless dance
& the blame trucks on & on...
She works hard on the meaning of name
A cancerous & blank refrain
Sterile, rapturous, erasing...
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7/10ths
03:48
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These days of suffering & regret
I know, you're insular in the extreme
When 20/20 hindsight fails
I know, you're insular in the extreme
You play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
& I'm thrown away...
Complex
Relevance
Frailty
Resurrection
Complex
Elegance
Fealty
Resurrection
To strike this ego-centric pose
These days of suffering & regret
It's a sin, I'm a fake, you knoe I'm a liar
These days of suffering & regret
You play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
& I'm thrown away...
Complex
Relevance
Frailty
Resurrection
Complex
Elegance
Fealty
Resurrection
(I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole)
(I'm sorry now, that you come off as vain & stale)
(I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole)
I'm sorry now...
Complex
Relevance
Frailty
Resurrection
Complex
Elegance
Fealty
Resurrection
I know you search for something else
I know that this is not the end...
(I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole)
(that you are not as whole)
(that you are not as whole...)
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Embrace the nothingness
Call this exhaustion
You are the brightest star
So why do you lie?
It's not so elemental
No force of nature now
I'll feed you gravity
So you won't float away...
Another Razorblade
Another Heartworm
You know the truth will out
So why do you lie?
It's not too relevant
You're not so instrumental
Your new mistake leaves scars like nothing else
You're not the only one...
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this enchantment
Lost in the funhouse again
immobilised
with my fingers in your head
to touch the vein just once
without the need to replace
something primal
fed upon by the virus of faith
gridlocked by the storm again
she was only 17
salvation's just a cut away
pull the trigger now...
welcome to the underneath
nothing viral
drowning in the image of you
lie in the arms
these fables of blood & nicotine
begin this souless sacrifice
a wire machine that's built to fail
rains down like disease
rains down like hail
down so long
scars fall away
welcome in...
welcome to the underneath
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Validation/Whore
03:14
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You are the god
You are the everything
You are the be all & the end all
After this
Another headtrip
All this is evident
We're not just playing now, this is serious fun
I am blessed by fate to be scorned
I am damned with faint praise
Validate me, see if you can try
Denigrate me, see if you can try
Regenerate me, see if you can try
It's not that hard now...
I am blessed by fate to be scorned
I am damned with faint praise
Sing along
Strung along
It's an anthem for the dispossessed
Sing along
Strung along
An issue that needs to be redressed
I am blessed by fate to be scorned
I am doomed by faint praise...
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These days of suffering & regret
I know, you're insular in the extreme
When 20/20 hindsight fails
I know, you're insular in the extreme
You play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
& I'm thrown away...
Complex
Relevance
Frailty
Resurrection
Complex
Elegance
Fealty
Resurrection
To strike this ego-centric pose
These days of suffering & regret
It's a sin, I'm a fake, you knoe I'm a liar
These days of suffering & regret
You play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
To play the martyr once again
& I'm thrown away...
Complex
Relevance
Frailty
Resurrection
Complex
Elegance
Fealty
Resurrection
(I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole)
(I'm sorry now, that you come off as vain & stale)
(I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole)
I'm sorry now...
Complex
Relevance
Frailty
Resurrection
Complex
Elegance
Fealty
Resurrection
I know you search for something else
I know that this is not the end...
(I'm sorry now, that you are not as whole)
(that you are not as whole)
(that you are not as whole...)
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