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Occidental Oceans
03:03
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Bring your knees to the shore
Let it wash your broken form
And give yourself to the sand
Bow your head, and pray to the land
With holy words begin to roll away again
You're left with only one alternative:
To fill your lungs and pretend
That you know how to swim
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Tunnels
04:17
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Blood in your teeth
Smoke in your eyes
Salt where it bleeds
But no tears to cry
You waited for her touch
But when it came it wasn't enough
Now you're tasting cigarettes and stone
You're feeling your fingers
For ghosts that may linger on
Knives in your back
Fire in your face
Dirt where you drag your penitent weight
You're saving for another life
When tunnels dark look light
Now you're shaking fever dreams and smoke
The lesson's well learned
and the pain that was earned
is tattooed to the bone
And now you're feeling so alone
But you told me not to come home
So I'll wait for your steel to show
So now it's come to this
You know it's true
As dawn breaks inside her arms
your end is coming soon
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Tsunami
05:12
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When you first saw that setting sun
Was your whisper louder than your loaded gun?
Did it flash and dance just like the storms
That have swept us out to sea where we belong?
Cause you wouldn't wait for this
You wouldn't wait for this
Now you drift between water and sky
You're thinking of a time when the sea was still alive
And the flame that you once held close
Drowns as fast as you now drift away from the coast
Sit down and fall out
Just tell him you won't
Just tell you will
Cause he will not know
Cause you wouldn't wait for this
You wouldn't wait for this
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Inactivision
06:03
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Are you getting tired of living underground?
Seasons spent within, feelings went without
A song that makes no sound
Have you gotten settled into another skin?
A quiet architect of single-minded sin
A dream that ends
So now you're falling out, or starting to fall in
The hole that you have found which never wants to end
A light that grows dim
So tell me what you wanted
Tell me I was wrong and
I'll believe it's true
Tell me I am sorry
Tell me not to worry
and I'll believe you
Now you're holding on to the light I helped turn off
And I'm slowing down, but these engines cannot stop
So tell me what you wanted
Tell me I was wrong and
I'll believe it's true
Tell me I am sorry
Tell me not to worry
and I'll believe you
Tell me what you need and
I will stop the bleeding
While your blood runs blues
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Honeycombs (Stay Asleep)
05:40
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Turning from the mirror will not make the past get clearer to you now
As your razor's getting thinner while you walk into this winter on your own
And if you want to come undone
Just hold your tongue like everyone
Feelings are forgettable, but silence rings so heavy you could drown
And there is only silence now
When you open wide
When you open wide
(You say it's not enough holding on to what was)
Before - you'll see, you'll find
To be, to seem
To lift your eyes
When you open wide
When you open wide
You say it's not enough, holding on to what was
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Fever Pitch
04:54
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Your mind is dark
You're tearing pages apart
The laughter you gave them,
The light from your station,
The fire that rages on is almost to your own door
Your hallowed heart
Drew a fire from a spark
But your tables aren't turning,
Your ears are not burning,
The lessons you're learning will not clean you
Cause soon you'll know
And time will show
That love grows cold
When you need it the most
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Wait til the days have turned cold
You'll be safe in the light that you hold
While you waited for something to tell you that nothing is real
Just a ghost at your back with a touch you keep waiting to feel
While your sun hangs low
A curtain which blinds you from it all
And soon you'll know
That the light from your heaven is as cold as your dawn
Those aren't my eyes watching over you
Those aren't my hands moving over you
That's not my voice whispering to you
You who would wait for the day
Or the sun to tell you that you are safe
While you hide from the places that you had erased from your mind
Like the ghost at your back with a touch you were hoping to find
No dark
No light
No dark
Cause your veil is thin
Between nothing and feeling it all
And soon you'll swim
The rivers that run through like knives in your heart
Those aren't my eyes watching over you
Those aren't my hands moving over you
That's not my voice whispering to you
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Drone
06:57
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Your eyes are wide - you see it
The time is near - you feel it
Up and down your skin
Your hands are tight - release them
The air is close - just breathe in
And it will begin
Cause nobody's waiting
For you to walk through that door
Nobody's waiting
And you cannot ask for more than we have
The door is closed - so you lean in
Your legs are strong - but they weaken
At this welcome world
Cause nobody's waiting
For you to walk through that door
Nobody's waiting
And you cannot ask for more than we have
You see
You hear
You feel
It's near
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