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Benjamin
03:10
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Benjamin cries sweetly, stick and carrot overhead;
Leading him away to the place where he dreams;
Where hate surrenders to love, and pain ceases to exist,
And harmony removes the fear of ever needing to die.
Of this life, I'm certain that he has his own special time
To greet and wonder and repel all that he left behind.
The smile he wears will never break here,
And rain a memory long gone.
The escape is tranquil and peaceful like a mother's embrace.
For tonight, I'm certain that we'll have our own special time.
To greet and wonder and repel all that we left behind.
But colours must fade, and day will be night, and time will erode and decay.
Benjamin stirs slowly the curtains drawn above his head.
Light exhumes him, he opens his eyes and he breathes the stale air.
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Fool
03:18
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You have brought this on yourself.
Don't you whine at me this time.
You've cried wolf for far too long.
I'm sick of your lies: Fool.
You are jester incarnate so just sport your stupid hat.
Let your nonsensical mouth form its stupid words: Fool.
Fool.
We just laugh to keep you quiet.
This is the only solution.
I'd like to sew orifices so shit won't come out: Fool.
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God's Creatures
04:28
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When you feel like cutting the skin out of your hands,
Just hold on my angel, hold on my darling.
For we are God's Creatures and we should just breathe in and out.
When you are standing on the edge of a cliff,
Don't jump my angel; no wings my darling!
For we are not immortal and we are yet fly by ourselves.
When fires burn kittens, they're screaming out,
Don't try to save them; they're there for a reason!
For this is not a movie, and you are not a hero like Clark Kent.
When things start to get you down and you want to die.
Hold on my angel, hold on my darling.
For we are God's Creatures and we should just breathe in and out.
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Moon Baby
03:28
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Companions keep me laughing til the end of time, you keep me crying all night long.
And I'm sick, babe, and I wanna go back home.
My fire keeps me burning til the end of time, but you just keep me burning to the ground.
And I'm cold, babe, and I wanna go back home.
Mama keeps me quiet all night long, my mama keep me quiet all night long.
Until the light arrives, I'm a danger to myself and all my hate is locked inside my dreams.
My loneliness keeps me from standing, I'm low down!
And you just take my hand and show me love.
And I'm cool babe and I wanna stay where I am.
Mama keeps me quiet all night long, my mama keep me quiet all night long.
My Luna makes me wild, I'm scared of myself, but all my fears are just inside my head.
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Orphan
03:12
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Where are mother and father this evening?
Wrapped in their own little tourniquet blues!
So why don't you sit, write another tune?!?
Knowledge states frustration provokes excellence.
Orphan, this explains your genius.
Feed on the rats in the dirty streets before they eat you!
Enjoy what you have (there's starvation elsewhere!)
Endure what you have (there's starvation everywhere!)
Enjoy!
Where are mother and father forever?
They forgot about little old you.
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Winter
02:32
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The summer is sleeping, the light turns to black, and hibernation is a trend.
The country is quiet, the city is loud, the suburbs are comforting.
I need the tree to allow me to breathe. I need machines to help me to see.
Thus, here I will stay as the world runs wild; the Winter can hold me tonight.
I must shield my eyes from this brilliant white, a blanket that covers it all.
My collar is raised, and I am prepared to walk without fear of the cold.
I need my head so that I can perceive, but I need my heart so that I can believe.
A prayer a day keeps the beasties away, the Winter can kiss 'em goodnight.
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Nocturnal
03:36
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Dazbog
02:56
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Cradle me to cradle my affairs, they are not your own.
Leave my business to my aching head, it is not your own.
I cried to sleep last night, so I'd respect the light (when it came).
Won't you take what you want to give.
Silently we cross the darkened pave, tiptoe on the stone.
Waken dearest, I can't rest myself, I can hear a sound.
I cried to sleep last night, so that I'd respect the light (when it came).
Won't you take what you want.
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Lie To Myself
02:49
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Reciting melody and theme of old inclines me to look back again,
and remember my life when seemed so good - I wonder what went so wrong.
I lie to myself by saying that everything was alright.
Then I recall that at this point I thought that existence was bleak,
and I looked to the past with a fond memory of the times I was having before.
I lied to myself by saying that everything was alright.
So in the unforseen unfolding scene will I look back on now,
and remember having a whale of a time and I wish I forgot how to breathe.
I'll still lie to myself by saying that everything was alright.
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10. |
Oceana
03:20
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