1. |
Prelude
04:21
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[Instrumental]
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2. |
Intoxicated Youth
06:55
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I dreamt we changed the world together
Fixed all the problems that have ever
Plagued the way we think
I dreamt we changed our lives together
And let our souls embrace each other's
To last until the end
But you know that I'm still stuck in the past
I can't build anything meant to last
There is something here I just can't grasp
And we can't change a thing
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm still
Stuck in this nightmare with you
There's not a thing we can do
To change the way it ends
Stuck in this riddle with truth
The flames are clouding my view
To see the way we bend
Burning to the end
[Verse 2]
It's time we change the world together
Unlink these problems that are tethered
By undercover greed
It's time we changed our lives together
To build a home where we're all better
Without the toxic needs
But you know that it affects us all
No problem too big and none too small
We are watching as our cities fall
And we can't change a thing
[Chorus]
'Cause I'm still
Stuck in this nightmare with you
There's not a thing we can do
To change the way it ends
Stuck in this riddle with truth
The flames are clouding my view
To see the way we bend
Burning to the end
[Bridge]
The weight of the world breathes down my skin
While the wetlands dry and the blood runs thin
So the pain in the hope of tryna leave my mark
Sets in as we spin 'cause there's just no spark
A jury of my peers awaits my trial
But there's no hope now, I'm in denial
So deliver my verdict for lack of sin
Before the clouds grow dark and the storm rolls in
[Outro]
The storm rolls in and the storm rolls in
The storm rolls in and the storm rolls in
The storm rolls in and the storm rolls in
The storm rolls in and the storm rolls in
Life goes on, it gets so tight
Burning bridges in the night
Watching as they're set alight
Dancing as the flames burn bright
Life goes on, it gets so tight
Burning bridges in the night
Watching as they're set alight
Dancing as the flames burn bright
Someone save me from myself
I know I'm toxic, I need your help
Someone save me from myself
I know I'm toxic, I need your help
Someone save me from myself
I know I'm toxic, I need your help
Someone save me from myself
I know I'm toxic, I need your help
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3. |
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[Verse 1]
Open up
You're waiting for a call
You know will never come
It's all quiet on your front
You've waited for a light to come
Someone who knows and wants to know
You're waiting for a light you know won't show
And add the color to your life
Develop all your reeling plight inside
All the monochrome belief
Still haunts the way you see
The color in your life
Is daydreaming by your open side
So let the light shine down on you
And see the shadow that you know is true
[Chorus]
You've found someone like you
And now you haven't any clue what to do
The color you beckoned for
Is waiting for you by the door
So open up, you're waiting for a call
That won't come
[Verse 2]
Nearly four months, a hundred days
You've waited for a light to come
To stay in your heart, you've come
All this way just to go back to the start
Everything you used to know
Now has nothing left to show
The color in your life
Is gone, run away, run 'til it's out of sight
So let the ashes fall
And build back up until you know it's true
[Chorus]
And you've found someone like you
And then you won't have any clue what to do
The color you beckoned for
Is waiting for you by the door
So open up, you're waiting for a call
That won't come
[Synth Solo]
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4. |
Window Panes
04:28
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[Verse 1]
Is it butterflies or pain?
Sometimes it's hard to tell
Bridges I thought were made
Burn just as well
Was there hope and should it fade?
Steady as it fell
Wishfully I pay
My change to the well
[Chorus]
'Cause we were the lights to shine from windows
Deep into the night
On the faces of the buildings
That paint the midnight sky
So while our passerby's see beauty
In the city glowing bright
These windows that are shining
Are distant every time
[Verse 2]
Was it just to salt the wound?
Or maybe to get me back?
For some forgotten move
I didn't know was bad
Maybe there's something to prove
That I just can't exact
Or maybe you haven't much good
As I thought you had
Ooh, still I hold onto you
[Chorus]
'Cause we were the lights to shine from windows
Deep into the night
On the faces of the buildings
That paint the midnight sky
So while our passerby's see beauty
In the city glowing bright
These windows that are shining
Are distant every time
[Outro]
Ooh, don't let go
Holding onto hope
Through every hurtful note
Ooh, holding onto hope
Have to let you go
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5. |
Cartridge
03:19
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[Verse 1]
There's faux leather in the backseat
Triple malt is in the air
And the glass that can't be shattered
Makes you question what is fair
And nobody stops to think
Just what this number twelve can do
But the only thing that's on your mind
Is what they'll do to you
[Chorus]
And it was just one, but it wasn't yours
Can't they just adjust the scores
To show you've learned from your mistakes?
But knowledge here is second-rate
Mind's a mess and your heart is torn
Everyone knows that this is the norm
But it's time to face the music
'Cause they can prove it, you're through
[Verse 2]
As the tears begin to vacate your eyes
You see guys who dealt pounds and more lies
Than you ever had the intention to
But to the cuffs, it's nothing new
Phone call just like a T.V. show
Put on a face 'cause no one can know
You're scared inside, scared to lie
And once you decide, you'll be scared to die
It feels like the world is caving in
From the bars to the light that's growing dim
And as the walls collapse
You want to relapse, want to bring back
The ecstasy, the euphoria
Of being young again
[Chorus]
But it was just one, and it wasn't yours
Can't they just adjust the scores
To show you've learned from your mistakes?
But knowledge here is second-rate
Mind's a mess and your heart is torn
Everyone knows that this is the norm
But it's time for you to prove that
You can do it, go ahead and just
Let it all out, scream and you shout
'Cause once they turn the key, there's no doubt
The brightest flame is all but gone out
The dancing flame is flickering down
Let it all out, sing 'til you shout
'Cause once they turn the key, there's no doubt
The brightest flame is flickering down
The darkest flame is out
[Outro]
But there's faux leather in the backseat
The take-out's in the air
And the voices that are speaking make you
Question what is fair
And nobody stops to think
Just what this number twelve can do
But the only thing that's on your mind
Is what they did to you
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6. |
No New Messages
04:54
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[Verse 1]
Looking down, then look away
For the sun isn't what's shining on my face
Same old story that I know
It's the one that doesn't pass by without note
And as the light strikes light-brown streaks
And the magenta polyester
It gives me a touch of hope
'Til I read the story's note
Feel the heavy ocean air upon my face
Waves crash and disappear without a trace
Giving way to the sea, a constant change
As the tenants of my mind shift their gaze
Searching for another way
[Chorus]
Someday, somehow
These walls within which I'm enclosed
Will raze themselves down, you suppose
Someday, but not now
This sight of all that I've been shown
Will hold my path
But my light is static today
[Verse 2]
While the bottoms of my heels begin to ache
As I feign to comprehend another's take
As we walk, these damn words bring back
The memories of all the things
That I tried to ignore and forget
But these words in silence are what's needed
To allow for something more
Before falling into regret
[Chorus]
Someday, somehow
These walls within which I'm enclosed
Will raze themselves down, you suppose
Someday, somehow
But not now, the time's out
Just hold it back
'Cause it's all just static
And some way it grinds down
'Til all of this small talk's exposed
So let the film burn as it shows
As skin meets skin, regrets grow thin
The thoughts are thought, no care for sin
So don't hold back
There's no holding back anymore!
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7. |
The Brightest Flame
04:24
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[Verse 1]
On nights shrouded in purple, blue, and red
Our words slowly coming to a head
'Cause we both know
How this is going to end
On roads where we hold the only light
Our words building bridges in the night
'Cause you know we're falling
But won't give in without a fight
And if you ask me how I feel
What do I say?
And if I asked to run away with you
Would we be gone that day?
Oh, darling
Do we dare to touch the unknown
Or are we just some of these people
Who want to see but never show
So ask me how I feel and I'll say
"Let's run away together
Go and drive the night away"
[Chorus]
Oh, we're dancing under the city lights
Playing with fire but it's bright
Waiting for our fuse to ignite
And only time will tell when it's right
For us to take flight
[Verse 2]
A once in a lifetime kind of Mars
The brightest light in the sky of stars
That fill our eyes in the car park
And there's nothing left to say, we just lay
And let the music pierce our hearts
So I ask you how you feel and you say
"Let's run away together
Hop this train into the day"
[Chorus]
Oh, we're dancing under the city lights
Playing with fire, but it's bright
Hoping for our fuse to ignite
Only time will tell
And it may be just as well
[Bridge]
But there's one thing that I know
The light always shines on where we go
You can see it deep in our souls
That we're not some of these people
Who want to see, but never show
'Cause you know that we're just daring
We're daring enough
To go and touch the unknown
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8. |
Retroactive Jealousy
05:16
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[Chorus]
And I have waited
All my life
For this moment
But you gave it away at all of fifteen, and I
Know it doesn’t change a thing, but it must have some meaning
[Verse 1]
So I think to myself, ‘words hurt too much,’
But we have conversations of the deepest touch
About rooftops to trampolines
The party scene doesn’t really work for me
So I use the bits and pieces to form memories
Fantasies that don’t belong to me
Of things I wish were on the table
But I wasn’t able
[Chorus]
And I have waited
All my life
For this moment
But you gave it away at all of fifteen and I
Know it doesn’t change a thing, but it must have some meaning
Following the footsteps of someone else
Checking all the boxes that they have felt
In due time, it must’ve had meaning
Sober as a Saturday night
With the lights shining bright on you
[Verse 2]
So you started from the bottom, made it to the top
Your sophomore dreams delayed by the thoughts of
Breathing (breathing), feeling (feeling), and
Fading in and out
I see it clear as dust like the dark before the dawn and it’s
Eating me away 'cause I know that it was on a
Fleeting (fleeting) feeling (feeling) of
Deep and desperate want
[Chorus]
And I have waited
All my life
For this moment
But you gave it away at all of fifteen and I
Know it doesn’t change a thing but it must have some meaning
Following the footsteps of someone else
Checking all the boxes that they have felt
In due time
It must’ve had meaning
Laying underneath the star-filled skies
So the darkness is no disguise
And you know this moment is right
Yeah, it must have had meaning
Building the bridges and burning
Without the discerning of who (who you are)
It must’ve had meaning
Sober as a Saturday night
With the lights shining down on you
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