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The Tree of Knowledge
03:52
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It always is and was my choice to make
I lost my guide just staring at assorted colored lights
The only voice inside my head was mine
Been down that road so many times it seemed a lot like home
And so I let it go without a fight
And go I know it did because it pulled me to the ground
The path ahead was shadowed with a curse
But that’s something you tell your kids to keep them in their beds
And where the road forks it all begun
I would kill myself again to know I was a better son
And I would tell you everything
But I’ve got nothing to say for all these things that I have done
The only place that I can call my home
Was torn right from my hands because I wrote down all my sins
And if I had the secret to the source
I’d speak the word forgiveness unto each and every ear
And where my throat sole it all begun
I would make myself again if you would just provide the gun
And I would tell you everything
But I’ve got nothing to say for all these things that I have done
And I’ve got nothing to say
I fear that I have lost my way
Well I wish I’d some relief from all these things that I have done
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Witches came to whisper in my ear
Dreams of endless power poured into my brain
And I was told the secret to my path
Sticking to the darkness I would attain the throne
So I gave to secrecy and oaths
And took away my innocence
With one immortal lie
I can see there's blood upon my hands
And scrubbing to the bone it ain't ever coming out
And I hope to God that he makes me pay
For every tear I've made his angel cry
Well I wandered off into forbidden roads
I'd give my heart to have such a calculating mind
Love is such a weakness don't you think?
I'd give my heart to have nothing fill it's place
I can see there's blood upon my hands
And scrubbing to the bone it ain't ever coming out
And I hope to God that he makes me pay
For every tear I've made her cry
Cause I know that God
I’ve made her cry
And I pray
That I can try
To be a better man
A better man
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3. |
The Liar Is A Joke
04:32
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Well I threw away my birthright for a single bowl of soup
And I ate it in a single sitting
It seemed important at the time
It seemed important at the time
Well if you look from my perspective there’s still nothing to be said
I came in from the back door with my clothes all drenched in red
I plead guilty
I plead
Well at three in the morning
I saw my spirit leave
From the floor, to the kitchen, past the counter and the sink
And out through an open window
And out through an open window
And everything I thought I knew about me was a lie
And I’d be so much better off without me? Wouldn’t I?
Well I was born into this world
My father’s blessed son
And I took all that for granted
No thought to that above
I threw it all for a taste
I threw it all for a taste
And I’ve broke that poor girls heart so many times it can’t be fixed
And I can’t put it back again with all my magic tricks
I took it all for granted
I took it all for granted
And everything you thought you knew about me was a lie
And I’d be so much better off without me? Wouldn’t I?
Well the whole world took a vote last November
And they said it would be better without me in it
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4. |
Everything Illuminated
03:28
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Sun stop shining
So you won’t see the things I’ve done
And heart stop beating
So I won’t be the only one
Mind stop thinking
It’s thoughts that put you in your grave
There’s no heaven
That would take me in the state I’m in
Lungs stop breathing
You are breathing in my death
Eyes stop seeing
All the lies you come up with
Soul just exit
I have done enough to you
Mind and body
They don’t speak a word
Back and forth no more
Good stop being
You’re a technicality
Eyes stop seeing
All the things I do to me
Friends mean nothing
To a man what hasn’t got ‘em
Friends mean nothing
To a man whose only friend lives in the mirror
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5. |
If I Could, I Hope I Can
02:51
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And she lost her father’s hand
In that cloud of darkness
And she listens to the music
Just to feel something again
And try as they may
Boys could never keep her
And try as they may
They could never truly have her
And she’ll set herself on fire
Just to feel that speck of control
And she’ll set herself on fire
Just to feel something again
And I hope
That she knows
I’ll do all I can to guide her safely home
If I could, I hope I can
And she appears so strong
Carrying her mother
And she appears so long
For as long as I have known her
But that weight that’s on her back
Pressing on her shoulders
Well it’s forcing her back down
To her knees!
And I hope
That she knows
I’ll do all I can to pick her back up
Oh, if I could, I hope I can
And any boy that’s ever loved her she’s just pushed away, away
Anyone that’s ever loved her she’s just pushed away, away!
I can’t do
I can’t do it anymore!
I can’t do, I can’t do it anymore
And I hope, that she knows
I’ve done all I can to guide her safely home
I can’t do it anymore!
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6. |
Midas
04:12
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7. |
East of Eden
00:32
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None
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Cain
02:41
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Well I don’t think they understand the meaning
Cain was such a charming gentleman
Is it fair to acknowledge what’s a failure?
Is it fair to pretend it’s crystal clean?
Well do you think I’m growing toward a future?
Or am I just a mirror of my past?
Do you think that she understood the meaning?
When his wife went to swear her faithful vows?
Through her tears does she whisper that she loves him?
Though her tears is she hoping for his death?
Do you think that Cain could make it to salvation?
Do you think that he could make his wife feel loved?
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9. |
Pillar of Salt
02:05
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Well I keep a grain of salt tucked in my pocket
Cause I couldn’t stand to let it go
Well I keep a picture of you in a locket
And I keep it almost permanently closed
And Hell is just another place where I am welcome
But I’ll try my very hardest to decline
But this rock I have well it’s growing ever larger
And it’ll overtake my body in due time
And I wish that you could see me as I want to be
Not as I am
And I wish that I could give you all my soul
But it’s been promised
To the highest bidder
With a single look Lot’s wife became a pillar
And still I can’t seem to look away
Every time my heart begins to shiver
And I can feel my bones as they decay
Well I keep a saying written in my wallet
And behind all the words there is a truth
And the worst part is I still remember
Remember what is it I can’t undo
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10. |
3 Days In The Whale
04:54
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I’m just waiting for the moment in which I can freely act
Well I’m staring at myself as through a window
Under cover of the blackness well I’m burying my soul
In a grave where he could never find it
And though judgment day is crawling ever closer to my brain
Well I’m screaming but my face it stays the same
And with cynical lucidity my mind it shoves and pulls
I don’t think that I can stomach all the guilt
Well with Heaven as my witness and the devil as my friend
I’ll declare another war on my own soul
I can’t disregard the passion if I can uncover the means
I’m gonna spend three more days inside the whale
I’m noticing the devil in the details
Deep inside the belly of the beast
I’m giving myself freely to the blackness
I’m gonna spend three more days inside the whale!
I’m just waiting for the moment when Saint Peter shuts his eyes
Then silently I’ll my way to glory
I’m a man without a country
I’m a martyr for no cause
I’m gonna spend one thousand days inside a cell!
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11. |
There, And Back Again
04:47
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Use my bones to feed the wolves
They could use them more than me
There ain’t a single thing that’s coming from my lips
That’s gonna change what’s come to be
Did you think a month or so of pious thought?
Could make someone forget?
That you had stabbed them repeatedly
Well should you save a human soul?
If it’ll cause more misery
There ain’t a single thing that’s now or ever was
That’s gonna change the thought of you and me
And what’s so wrong about?
Giving someone the chair?
If they ain’t fit to stand
Well would you prefer dead air?
Or this constant cry of pain?
Well I will give to you this longing in my bones
But it won’t change a single thing
Did you think a step or so back on the road?
Would ever be good enough?
For someone you have put through hell
Well cut out my eyes
What a useless thing to have
Id rather spend my life completely void of light
Than have to remember your name
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Heaven is a place where no man lives
I’ve dug a trench just deep enough to shield me from the light
The tugging on my wrists is growing still
I’d tear myself in half if I could just be spared the pain
Heaven is a place inside the mind
Resilient unto death, but what if death already is?
Do you think I’ll die along the road?
Or is it getting bright enough to keep it in my sights?
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