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Circumstance
04:40
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hands shaking with a cigarette
scared to death of the monster that is headed your way
your batteries have now run dry
from making up excuses just to justify the reasons you stay
you say you know the gutter, and being in love hell
when you’ve created way too much shit to shovel
yeah, we know that feeling all too well
never forget where you came from
so the panic, it starts to set in
almost like you have no recollection of where you’ve been
so you call the ones you love
phones ringing off the hook, there’s no answer
they are all giving up
hey, remember that old friend the gutter?
well the gutter, it knows you well
it’s just another shallow tear to swallow
and yeah, we know that taste oh-so well
never forget where you came from, never forget when you’re feeling numb
is this called throwing down or walking away? hold us closer
are we giving up or fighting to stay? hold us closer
heart struck, broken, rib cage, and we’re falling again
i know what they say, just feed it to me anyway
in the shadows of this certain doubt
coupled with regret and some choices that are sort of hearsay
is an age-old story line, where history was a dumpster fire
and it’s alway stuck on replay
so we know the struggle, yeah we know the struggle well
you say your life is full of devils
so change it or spend it all in hell
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2. |
Fringe Science
05:57
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so you take this number
just to see what you get
stuck at the back of the line
admiring the people that you’ve met
so you reach for the sun
but it keeps pulling away
you say your shadow is our best friend
now sit back and watch
as it eats you away
they see you from the other side, a place in which they’re just like you
you wear a mask of your own design, a mask in which they’re just like you
so it shakes you up a bit
the chance they might care what you say
you’re shackled by self-doubt
now don’t die alone
filled with regret
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3. |
Midnight
03:17
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after midnight we are all the same
this smoky bar claims lives, know that they are not ashamed
Hate presses in your skin the moment that you win
will you fall asleep alone?
Oh, hell no
watch me as i’m shedding my skin
the moment that you face the world you knew that you just might win
watch me as i’m shedding my skin, cheers to the moment they called you out
it cannot hold your hand, but takes you all the way
the situations dire, but you will choose to stay
it’s so icy and numb, you feel this impending doom
the answer came up, if you blame it on the wolves they’ll find you
so try just holding it down
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4. |
The Conjuring
05:14
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he doesn’t need the answers anymore
curled up dying on the floor
he doesn’t need the answers anymore
he’s just as sick as he was before
oh my god…
as it drags him to the river
to drown him in his own tears
then he’s swallowed by the shadows
made of failure and fears
and then the stranger
strips him of the life that he once had
no one will miss him
lost every person that he had
and then the street calls
with an answer that he never thought he knew
just a reason to love
he used to be a calm individual with a family at home
but then he let them go, just to throw life away
now he’s broke, stuck on the avenue
with nowhere to go, no place to call his own
another fix a reason to live
he doesn’t need the answer anymore
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5. |
To Mock a Martyr
04:06
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hold on, is this everything you wished for?
now hold on to the everlasting afterglow
this dishonest system is designed to watch you drown
this problem, a product of the ignorant
remove the kool-aid from the sheep!
so burn
the one that holds the keys and crown
that’s what they say
learn to swim or choke it down
that’s what they’ll say
your actions forced by religion
now hold on, it’s ok because you’re christian?
now is the time to learn from our history, we’ve all been let down
this is the moment that we’re craving
tear down the tyrant thief!
we felt a crack in the earth tonight
and in the sky comes a cracks of light
for the first time you will finally be free from
this battle of the liars and the thieves
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Bullet Train
06:30
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wash your sins away, like cities in the rain
as the city’s silhouette in the moonlight decays
it’s going to be ok
just put the gun away
hello conductor, are we almost there yet?
my heart is heavy and full of regret
we found the words in you but never followed through
don’t you ever let it stop, not until your body rots
hold me my passenger, I can feel it coming soon
and hold me my passenger
it’s like ambulance sirens that are screaming in my mind
as the sun rise aligns
it’s like the west bank train is pulling around to murder me again
at 6 am
now darling look at me, it’s going to be ok
so put the gun away
we found the words in you but could never follow through
don’t you ever let it stop until your body rots
next stop’s on the moon
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7. |
Cliffsaw Puzzle
05:43
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on top of old, broken, jagged cliffs
with my dreams in the dark I would always sit
and listen to the waves crashing in for days
i always wanted so much more, but found myself down on the floor
with regrets that i live with everyday--in my own way
these old closet doors hold the truth to so much more
we need to wake up and give them away
take the key and you open up, don’t you ever give up
and peace will find you someday
so you wanted to live
one day at a time
so you wanted to die
hello momentary car crash
the sound of broken glass is me losing my mind
we fell in love for the first time
street light cavalcades and dim lit alleyways are
where my broken heart would play
when you’re lost in the world and pray that someday you might find your way
close your eyes, be quiet, and drift away
with the distance you will run like you’re running from a loaded gun
this isn’t hell with a lonely reservation for one
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Ghost of Gatsby Eugene, Oregon
Ghost of Gatsby is a rock power trio from Eugene, OR.
www.GhostofGatsby.com
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