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FYHIWK / Haunted House
04:24
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maybe i’m not your last resort
its trouble if less was never more
help me weave a smile out of silk
in an empty old doorway
for your heart I would kill
there’s a bitter man with his cold eye open
scars long closed he dredges up the damned
and a better man wouldn’t know the difference
to call it quits or call it heaven sent
I want you to lift right off the ground
with your body broken, soul comes pouring out
and I want you to love this haunted house
like a god loves mercy, burn it, burn it down.
is it medicine if the eyes aren’t open
case is closed when the clock runs out of hands
is it credible that the locks were broken,
cables cut according to the plan?
I want you to lift right off the ground
with your body broken, soul comes pouring out
and I want you to love this haunted house
like a god loves mercy, burn it, burn it down.
All my life i have tried to see it through your eyes
but all my life, i have lied.
never saw it for myself
I want you to lift right off the ground
with your body broken, soul comes pouring out
and I want you to love this haunted house
like a god loves mercy, burn it, burn it down.
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Breathe Easy
02:58
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They were laughing with you
they were smiling with you
they were burning all the bridges that you never built
know i’m only telling you this because
it’s left to me to breathe easy
I’ve lost my way, and I can’t seem to face the march of days
so not a day goes by.
I’m not watching, you’re not listening
I’m not sleeping, you’re not eating,
so not a day goes by.
I’m not asking, you’re not telling
are you alright? how could you ever be again?
I took all the time and I unwinded it
I took all the time and I unwinded it to see where it began
I took all the time and I unwinded it (i took all that time)
I took all the time and I unwinded it to see where it began
so not a day goes by.
I’m not watching, you’re not listening
I’m not sleeping, you’re not eating,
so not a day goes by.
I’m not asking, you’re not telling
are you alright? how could you ever be again?
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Choose a Weapon
04:02
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it’s a little bit funny
it’s a little bit sad how it ends
in the same place it began
I thought i was special but maybe I’m mad.
in the end every sweet thing goes rotten and bad
sit down a minute, think a second.
did you think that you were impressive?
sit down a minute. think a second.
if you’re crying for a wound, choose a weapon.
yes, it’s a little bit funny
it’s a little bit sad how it ends
sit down a minute, think a second.
did you think that you could solve it all in four dimensions?
sit down a minute, think a second
if they cut you open will they find a pure intention
in the same place it began? (no)
I won’t let my life fall into the night
i won’t let my life (you’ll get another chance)
fall into the night (you’ll get another chance!)
sit down a minute, think a second.
did you think that you could solve it all in four dimensions?
sit down a minute, think a second
if they cut you open will they find a pure intention
sit down a minute, think a second.
did you think that you were impressive?
sit down a minute. think a second.
if you’re crying for a wound, baby choose a weapon.
I won’t let my life fall into the night (no!)
sit down a minute, think a second.
sit down a minute, think a second.
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The Spider
03:26
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I’m raising my voice just to curse my name
get me out of this place.
who’s raising the young while I’m raising the dead,
get up out of their graves, oh
I am the spider beyond any shadow of doubt
there is a crack in the face of this beautiful house
oh, I bet you have seen me
I bet you have seen me
I keeping my head while I’m holding my heart
don’t let them touch anything
never feels like work to remember the pain
carried away on dark wings, oh
I am the spider beyond any shadow of doubt
there is a crack in the mask of this beautiful house
oh,(break up, break up)
I am the knife in the word at the edge of your mouth
sharp is the tongue of the flame that you never let out
oh, I bet you have seen me
(break up in the atmosphere)
I bet you have seen me
say what you meant to.
do what you dreamed of
burn like a comet, break up in the atmosphere.
in the atmosphere.
I bet you have seen me
I bet you have seen me
have you missed the feeling
fear of god in dreams of me
but if you’d rather breathe the smoke
then burn my memory
I am the spider beyond any shadow of doubt
there is a crack in the mask of this beautiful house
oh,(break up, break up)
I am the knife in the word at the edge of your mouth
sharp is the tongue of the flame that you never let out
oh, I bet you have seen me
I bet you have seen me
I bet you have seen me
help me weave a smile out of silk
in an empty old doorway
for your heart I would…
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The Equater
04:49
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I can never have anything for myself
I am the equater i am the equater
comparing myself to everyone else
eh, we can’t retrieve the data, it was all a dream
the memory was baseless, an apology.
we can’t afford the irony, beneath this glove is just another glove.
you can’t become a god till you cut everything
and everyone you love apart. kill your dream
I can never have anything for myself
I am the equater i am the equater
comparing myself to anyone else,
god have mercy.
god have mercy.
(show no mercy)
god have mercy
(have no mercy)
god have mercy
(there’s no mercy)
god have mercy on everyone else
god have mercy.
(show no mercy)
god have mercy
(have no mercy)
god have mercy
(there’s no mercy for me)
god have mercy.
god have mercy.
(show no mercy)
god have mercy
(have no mercy)
god have mercy
there’s no mercy for me or anyone else.
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