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The Crushening
03:23
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This man’s on hold
Doesn’t know his milk’s got old
Warned through stories he’s been told
Can’t tell his luck from gold
Put that baby to bed
In Newton's cradle
Beware the omens said
You're not strong or stable
Though I cry through wetted smile
Earning the creative signs for one to behold
Black magic is tragic plastic cage
Subduing the depths of our depravity
Only gravity can be taller
But much smaller, I’m no baller
I’m the son of a man who's destined to fail
If only I could sail away from the weight of the world
Sailing away from the weight of the world
And I’m curled, and I'm up
And I'm down, and I'm out
And this is the last time I go round.
I took your soul, oh wonderful you
The weight took its toll, so pondering true
The hand on the shoulder grows heavy, I’m not ready.
I captured the flames of coals already burnt
Changing the face of the day to suit
The fleeting, deleting, competing hurt,
Makes the inside go out, and the out as a shout
Before I flout the rules to abuse a mountain of the earth
The wellness of this hell, yes it’s fallen from the sky,
To die, and break free of my tarnished soul
Black magic is tragic plastic cage
And I’m curled, and I'm up
And I'm down, and I'm out
And this is the first time I go round.
I took your soul, oh wonderful you
The weight took its toll, so pondering true
The hand on the shoulder grows heavy, I’m not ready.
This man’s on hold
Doesn’t know his milk’s got old
Warned through stories he’s been told
Can’t tell his luck from gold
Put that baby to bed
In Newton's cradle
Beware the omens said
You’re not strong or stable.
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Enigma
06:16
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Let me tell you a tale
Regarding how I grew up
When life was simpler and our scope was small.
Keep calm, you'll be alright
Work hard and you just might
Make something special
For your kids and wife.
Those days gone, but they hold weight
We should change, but stay the same.
Breathe now
Understand how
You're slowly killing
You're slowly killing
Our flame now.
I don't quite understand you
But I'll do my best to try to
Until you get here you will never know
I'm working to retain,
Overgrown, the memories fade
It's terrifying, but I'm clinging on
There's a lesson to be learned
From the chicks, and from the bird
Within the hubbub all around us
Maybe we can still be heard?
Breathe now,
Understand how
Your gingham aesthetic's onomatopoetic
So breathe now
Understand how
The embers are dying,
Embers are dying.
And like that! We can't agree
Cause you cannot even see
Conversation makes the difference
Maybe we can find the key?
Breathe now
Understand now
That you're slowly killing
You're slowly killing
Our flame now
It burns low now
The embers are dying
Embers are dying.
This is a revelation day
We can't be satisfied this way, hey
It's an enigma wrapped in us
Deep down below we still believe in love
Let me tell you a tale
I'll make my mind up slowly
And possibly stop what I'm doing to
Talk with you.
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Macabre
12:46
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Feel so low down
Sin, nothing but a frown
I can't breathe
Fingers creeping out
I see bones
The ashes, eyelashes
Bury, my tones
A graveyard of try-hards
Don’t read my hymn sheet
The writings on the wall
How deep is too deep
Dig fast and break it all
Go free, run free, be free
The strength only runs when it’s empty
So I go inside my bed
And the bottles on the floor are running empty
And the children are not fed
The skeletal prodigy
Takes a knock at me
But what I can’t see
I make up for in death
My final lasting breath
Cast me into the depths
I’m depressed, obsessed as the dead convalesce on the ground now
I feel broken and a token
Of my soul is on fire
It’s dire, but insane
How the end will not mend
The tapestry of my story.
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