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Thank You For Your Cooperation

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1.
“IT WAS A DREAM THAT I SAW...THE CITY STARTED TO CRUMBLE APART COVERED BY A BIG SHADOW... AND LOTS OF PEOPLE DIED...” I HAVE SEEN THE DARKEST OF DAYS WE ALL KNEW THAT THIS DAY WOULD COME WHEN THE CLOUD OF OUR IGNORANCE WOULD BLOCK OUT THE SUN EVEN THOUGH WE SAW IT COMING WE JUST COVERED OUR EYES WITH THE PICTURE OF A SUNRISE PAINTED WITH LIES THE FOUNDATION STARTED TO CRACK UNNOTICED CAUSE OUR FOCUS SO OFF TRACK TOOK ITS HEARTBEAT FOR GRANTED AND THE DAMAGE CHIPPED AWAY AT THESE STONES WITH WOUNDS LEFT UNBANDAGED WE MANAGED TO COMPLETE THE TASK OF BEING TO CAUGHT UP TO WATCH THE TIME PASS AND NOW I MUST ASK AS THE SUNLIGHT STOPS WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE BOMB WHEN IT DROPS? WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE TRUTH WHEN IT SLIPS BETWEEN THE CRACKS OF YOUR TEETH AND RIGHT THROUGH THOSE LIPS THAT WE'LL USE TO WRITE SCRIPTS AND PLOT DIVINE TRAGEDIES FLOATING IN SPACE WHILE EGOS DEFY GRAVITY NATURALLY WE DEFY OUR REALITY A JIGSAW PUZZLE TO SOLVE OUR FATALITIES CAUSE OUR FORMALITIES LIKE COLORS TO THE BLIND WON'T MEAN A GODDAMN THING WHEN WE OPEN OUR EYES WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE BOMB WHEN IT DROPS? WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE TRUTH WHEN IT SLIPS? WHEN IT SLIPS... WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE BOMB WHEN IT DROPS? WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE TRUTH WHEN IT SLIPS? WHEN IT SLIPS... THROUGH THOSE LIPS AND AS THE LIGHT FADES AWAY AND AS THE TIME FADES AWAY AND AS THE DAY FADES AWAY AND AS THE DAY FADES AWAY X2 AND AS THE LIGHT FADES YOU KNOW ITS GUNNA TAKE MORE THAN JUST A FLASHLIGHT TO NAVIGATE OUR WAY THROUGH THE DECOMPOSING REMAINS OF THIS CIVILIZATION BURIED IN FLAMES WHO IS TO BLAME? CAUSE EVERYBODY'S POINTING THEIR FINGERS WE DARE NOT SPEAK THE TRUTH BUT IN THE AIR IT LINGERS THUS THE IGNORANCE BECOMES OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION BECAUSE WE STILL FAIL TO SEE THE WAYS OF OUR OWN SELF DESTRUCTION AND CORRUPTION - PLACING FAITH IN FICTIONAL GODS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS YOU'VE CREATED BUT YOU CAN'T SEEM TO SOLVE YOU'RE SO LOST - A COMPASS WOULD KNOW YOUR DIRECTION EXPECTING GOD TO BE JANITOR AND CLEAN UP YOUR MESSES AND CONFESSIONS TO A MAN SITTING INSIDE A BOX ARE NOTHING MORE THAN A PLACEBO FOR THE DAMAGE WE CAUSE NOW I MUST PAUSE, HAIL MARY FULL OF GRACE HOW CAN WE LOOK INTO THE MIRROR AND KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE? HOW CAN WE... WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE BOMB WHEN IT DROPS? WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE TRUTH WHEN IT SLIPS? WHEN IT SLIPS... WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE BOMB WHEN IT DROPS? WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE TRUTH WHEN IT SLIPS? WHEN IT SLIPS... THROUGH THOSE LIPS “SO MANY PEOPLE... SO MANY PEOPLE... SO MANY WILL DIE...” I HAVE SEEN THE DARKEST OF DAYS BUT NOTHING DARKER THAN THEN STORM THAT'S THAT'S SLOWLY COMING OUR WAY I HAVE SEEN THE BLACKEST OF PLAGUES BUT NOTHING BLACKER THE BLOOD THAT'S POURING OUT OF OUR VEINS I HAVE FELT THE MAGGOTS THAT CREPT OUT OF THE WOUNDS WE LEFT UNTREATED TAKING OVER OUR FLESH AND I CAN SMELL THE TRACES OF DEATH THAT SHALL RELEASE INTO THE AIR AS WE SHARE OUR LAST BREATH WE ALL KNEW THAT THIS DAY WOULD COME WHEN THE CLOUD OF OUR IGNORANCE WOULD BLOCK OUT THE SUN EVEN THOUGH WE SAW IT COMING WE JUST COVERED OUR EYES WITH THE PICTURE OF A SUNRISE PAINTED WITH LIES X2 (THE FOUNDATION STARTED TO CRACK...) WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE BOMB WHEN IT DROPS? WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE TRUTH WHEN IT SLIPS? WHEN IT SLIPS... WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE BOMB WHEN IT DROPS? WHO'S GUNNA CATCH THE TRUTH WHEN IT SLIPS? WHEN IT SLIPS... THROUGH THOSE LIPS AND AS THE LIGHT FADES AWAY AND AS THE TIME FADES AWAY AND AS THE DAY FADES AWAY AND AS THE DAY FADES AWAY I HAVE SEEN THE DARKEST OF DAYS
2.
(I DON'T BELIVE IN MIRACLES - I DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE) 
 GNAWING ON MY FINGERS I DETECT A TASTE
FROM WHEN I PLACED MY HANDS DEEP INSIDE YOUR TOXIC WASTE
ALL THE CHEMICALS INSIDE OF YOU WERE FILLED WITH LUST
AN ADDICTIVE FORMULA THAT HAD DISTORTED MY TRUST
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I WAS MEANT TO BE
IN A STORY THAT WOULD EVER END HAPPILY A SUCKER FOR ILLUSIONS AND CORNY TEXTBOOK DELUSIONS I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MY MINDS BEEN ERASED
MY BRAIN WAS REPLACED WITH A FISHBOWL AND FILLED WITH PIRANHAS SO MY THOUGHTS COULD SWIM AROUND AND FEAST OF OF EACH OTHER ANOTHER VICTIM TO THE SYSTEM 
OF EVERY TYPICAL BROKEN HEART SYMPTOM

IT NEVER FAILS TO IMPRESS ME YOU
HAVE DRESSED THESE WOUNDS JUST TO TEMPT ME TO
BELIEVE YOUR WORDS CAUSE IT TURNS OUT YOU
WERE NOT THE ONE THAT I THOUGHT I KNEW 
YOU WERE NOT THE ONE... YOU WERE NOT THE ONE THAT I THOUGHT I KNEW

REWIND THE FUTURE, RUN TO THE PAST
NO THANKS, I DON'T THINK I'M EVER GOING BACK
I GOT A TIME MACHINE RIGHT IN MY HAND
BUT THE COORDINATES ITS MAPPED OUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY WOULD I EVER GO BACK TO A TIME
WHERE MY DAY TO DAY ROUTINE WAS WATCHING YOU TRY
SO HARD TO DO RIGHT BY ACTIONS SO WRONG?
YOUR INTENTIONS WERE SO KIND BUT YOUR MIND WAS SO GONE
FOR TOO LONG, I WAS BITING MY TONGUE I GUESS THAT'S WHY WHEN WE WOULD KISS I ALWAYS FELT FUCKING NUMB DUMB GIRL, YOU WERE AS FAKE AS THEY COME FOR YEARS I WATCHED YOU TRY TO SQUEEZE INSIDE OF EVERYONES GLOVE

IT NEVER FAILS TO IMPRESS ME HOW
YOU'VE MADE A SPORT OUT OF FALLING DOWN YOU REACH FOR HELP BUT NONE SHALL BE FOUND
I WAVE GOODBYE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOW

JUST ANOTHER MEMORY - JUST ANOTHER PLAGUE
JUST ANOTHER STAIN ON MY CLICHE RESUME JUST ANOTHER MEMORY - JUST ANOTHER PLAGUE JUST ANOTHER STAIN ON MY CLICHE RESUME AND I'LL LET THE PAPER DO THE TALKING

OH ITS KEEPS SPINNIN', THE WORLD IT KEEPS SPINNIN'
IN THE STORY OF OUR LIVES I HAVE BECOME THE VILLAIN ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR VILLAGE WANNA CHOP OFF MY HEAD BECAUSE APPARENTLY I STOLE YOUR HEART AND LEFT YOU FOR DEAD?
WHAT HEART? I TORE YOU ALL APART AND ALL I FOUND WAS WHAT I PRETTY MUCH KNEW FROM THE START
YOUR SOUL IS ROTTEN AND YOUR BLOODS MADE OUT OF JEALOUSY THAT FLOWS INTO YOUR VIENS TO FUEL YOUR PSYCHOPATHIC TENDENCIES DEPENDENCIES UPON THE SPAWN YOU'VE WITHDRAWN FROM THE WOMB OF THIS WRETCHED MESS YOU'VE PASSED ON
AND ON AND ON AS THE SCARS ON MY HANDS
SHOW THE DEPTHS THAT I SUNK JUST TO MEET YOUR DEMANDS (OH, YOU FUCKING BITCH) SORCERER, HOLD YOUR TONGUE
THE WORDS YOU SPEAK WARP MINDS UNTIL THEIR NUMB
I DON'T BELIVE IN MIRACLES - I DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE
I DON'T BELIVE IN MIRACLES - I DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE 
JUST ANOTHER MEMORY - JUST ANOTHER PLAGUE JUST ANOTHER STAIN ON MY CLICHE RESUME
JUST ANOTHER MEMORY - JUST ANOTHER PLAGUE JUST ANOTHER STAIN ON MY CLICHE RESUME AND I'LL LET THE PAPER DO THE TALKING IT NEVER FAILS TO IMPRESS ME HOW
YOU'VE MADE A SPORT OUT OF FALLING DOWN
YOU REACH FOR HELP BUT NONE SHALL BE FOUND
I WAVE GOODBYE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOW IT NEVER FAILS TO IMPRESS ME YOU
HAVE DRESSED THESE WOUNDS JUST TO TEMPT ME TO
BELIEVE YOUR WORDS CAUSE IT TURNS OUT YOU
WERE NOT THE ONE THAT I THOUGHT I KNEW

I HAVEN'T SLEPT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS
MY EYES CLOSE BUT MY MIND KNOWS, MY MIND KNOWS THAT THE BONES INSIDE OF ME ARE ROTTING AWAY
AND MY ANATOMY WILL SOON BECOME CLAY
SO MAYBE THEN YOU CAN MOLD ME INTO TASTY LITTLE GINGERBREAD MEN
AND DECORATE ME WITH THE DRAMA THAT YOU FIND SO DELICIOUS MARKING OFF THE SELFISH BULLSHIT THAT DEVOURS YOUR WISH LIST TRICKY BITCH, I KNEW YOUR ACTIONS ALWAYS SEEMED SO SUSPICIOUS...

SORCERER, HOLD YOUR TONGUE
THE WORDS YOU SPEAK WARP MINDS UNTIL THEIR NUMB I DON'T BELIVE IN MIRACLES - I DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE
I DON'T BELIVE IN MIRACLES - I DON'T BELIEVE IN LOVE I'VE NEVER BEEN MUCH OF A LOVER... MAYBE BECAUSE I NEVER CARED MUCH FOR MY MOTHER I HAVEN'T BEEN KIND TO MANY DAUGHTERS... MAYBE BECAUSE I NEVER LEARNED IT FROM MY FATHER I'VE NEVER KNOWN HOW TO SHOW EMOTION... RIPPED THE HEART FROM MY CHEST AND THREW IT INTO THE OCEAN MANY HAVE TRIED SO HARD TO GO AND FIND IT... BUT THE SHARKS IN THESE WATERS HAVE A MIGHTY VICIOUS DIET
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The Ugly (free) 04:34
YOU TURN COLORS LIKE A LEAF BENEATH AN AUTUMN SUN YOU CHANGE SKINS LIKE A SERPENT WITH A DEVILED TONGUE YOU WEAVE CHAOS LIKE A BASKET THROUGH THE WALLS OF YOUR LUNGS AND PLEAD INNOCENCE WITH IGNORANCE TO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE... YOUR ONLY FRIENDS ARE THE ONES IN YOUR HEAD UNLESS YOU COUNT THE MONSTERS LIVING UNDER YOUR BED OR THE CREATURES YOU LET SLITHER THROUGH THE BLOOD IN YOUR VEINS A PRETTY BUTTERFLY BURNING IN FLAMES... YOUR PROBLEMS GROW GROW GROW LIKE LEAVES ON TREES AND NOW YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH TO FILL A WHOLE FOREST I TRIED TO RIP THEM OUT AND PLANT FLOWERS BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY I'M NOT MUCH OF A FLORIST JUST LIKE THE THIRD LITTLE PIGGY YOU'VE BUILT YOU'RE HOUSE WITH BRICKS SO I HUFF AND PUFF AND TRY TO BLOW IT DOWN BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER LET ME IN WHEN THE ONLY TIME YOU CRAWL OUT OF YOUR CAVE IS TO SHAKE HANDS WITH THE SHOVEL SLOWLY DIGGING YOUR GRAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE AND EVERY TIME I LOOK INTO YOUR FACE I'M REMINDED OF THE BEAUTY THAT YOU LOST IN THE FLAMES YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE YOU SLEEP QUIET LIKE APOCALYPSE AWAITING ITS DOOM YOU SPREAD THE BLOOD OF ALL THE VIRTUOUS TO COVER YOUR WOUNDS YOU WALK THE PATH OF THOSE WHO'VE FALLEN JUST OPEN YOUR TOMB YOU SPEAK WITH INNOCENCE AND IGNORANCE TO WHAT YOU CONSUME YOUR ENEMIES ARE THE ONES ARE THE ONES IN YOUR HAND THAT HAVE THE MESS YOU HAVE BECOME UNDER THEIR FUCKING COMMAND WITH ALL THE POISON YOU GOT PUMPING THROUGH THE HALLS OF YOUR BRAIN OUR TOWERS DROPPING FROM THE CRASH OF YOUR PLANE AND AS IT ALL FALLS DOWN, IT ALL FALLS DOWN YOUR PROBLEMS PILE PILE PILE LIKE LEAVES FROM DEAD TREES AND NOW YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH TO FILL A WHOLE FOREST I'VE TRIED TO TAKE YOU FAR AWAY FROM THE PAIN BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY I'M NOT MUCH OF A TOURIST JUST LIKE A THIRD WORLD WAR YOU KEEP ALL YOUR SECRETS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO ANYMORE BECAUSE I CANNOT PLAY THE GAME IF YOU REFUSE TO KEEP SCORE WHEN THE ONLY TIME YOU CRAWL OUT OF YOUR CAVE IS TO SHAKE HANDS WITH THE SHOVEL SLOWLY DIGGING YOUR GRAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE AND EVERY FUCKING TIME I LOOK AT YOUR FACE I'M REMINDED OF THE BEAUTY THAT YOU LOST IN THE FLAMES YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE, YEAH... YOU SAY “I FEEL NOTHING AND EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE... MY BLOOD IS BOILING, MY SKIN IS COLD... I CAN'T FEEL MY HEART BEATING, I CAN FEEL MY HEAD EXPLODING...” AND THAT SMILE ON YOUR FACE IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL THIS IS NOT WISE, NOT WISE AT ALL HOW MUCH FURTHER CAN ONE MAN FALL? LIKE A LINE OF DOMINOES FALLING ONE BY ONE WE TOPPLE OVER EACH OTHER UNTIL THE DAMAGE IS DONE YOUR PROBLEMS SPREAD SPREAD SPREAD LIKE A DISEASE AND THEY'VE INFECTED EVERY PART OF MY BRAIN RED ALERT, RED ALERT THE BOMB IS COMING AND I'LL WATCH AS YOU COMBUST INTO A CLUMP OF REMAINS SCATTERED AMONGST THESE WALLS THAT YOU'VE BUILT AROUND YOURSELF SO WHEN YOU SCREAM NOBODY HEARS A SOUND BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO AFRAID THAT THE WORLD WILL SEE ALL THE HIDEOUS THINGS YOU NEED TO NOW BREATHE WHEN THE ONLY TIME YOU CRAWL OUT OF YOUR CAVE IS TO SHAKE HANDS WITH THE SHOVEL SLOWLY DIGGING YOUR GRAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE AND EVERY TIME I LOOK INTO YOUR FACE I'M REMINDED OF THE BEAUTY THAT YOU LOST IN THE FLAMES YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE YOU CLAIM CONTROL BUT I SEE YOU'RE A SLAVE
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Wack Attack (free) 03:52
YEAH, I THOUGHT THIS STORY WAS DONE BUT WITH YOU A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE HAD BEGUN
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT BUT YOU BANDAGED MY SCARS AND RID THE AIR OF ALL THE SMOG THAT HAD BEEN BLOCKING MY STARS
AND IT WAS SO CLEAR, YOU WERE EVERYTHING I WAS MISSIN
GOT MY FEET BACK ON THE GROUND, GAVE THIS LOST SOUL A MISSION
AND EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T LAST I STILL APPRECIATE THE FACT
THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOW GONE I STILL HAVE MY LIFE BACK SO THANK YOU, FOR ALL THE FALSE HOPES
ALL THE BROKEN DREAMS AND ALL THE BAD JOKES I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DID WHY YOU FELT YOU HAD TO DO BUT I KINDA UNDERSTAND CUZ I'VE BEEN IN THE SAME SHOES SCARED OF COMMITMENT, AFRAID OF LOVE I WORE THE SUIT OF A COWARD AND IT FIT LIKE A GLOVE
WE ALL HAVE WEAKNESS, WE ALL HAVE DOUBT
JUST WISH YOU COULD HAVE SAID GOODBYE BEFORE YOU DECIDED TO WALK OUT. I'VE BEEN WRONG BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN AN ANIMAL I KNOW WERE ONLY HUMAN BUT GIRL, WHY'D YOU LET THE CANNIBAL OUT? (GIRL, WHY'D YOU LET THE CANNIBAL OUT?) I'VE BEEN WRONG BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN AN ANIMAL I KNOW WERE ONLY HUMAN BUT GIRL, WHY'D YOU LET THE CANNIBAL OUT? (CHEW ME UP AND SPIT ME RIGHT BACK OUT) YOU'RE SUCH A HYPOCRITE AND ITS LEGITIMATE 
EVERYTHING I TOUCH LIKES TO BREAK AND I'M SO SICK OF IT
I'VE BEEN A BASTARD AND OWED KARMA A DEBT
SO IT DECIDED TO COLLECT THE FIRST THING I SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED
MY PAST IS FILLED WITH THE GRAVES OF FAILED LOVE I USED TO BURY GIRLS ALIVE, LINE EM UP ONE BY ONE
CAN'T REALLY SAY THAT I AM PROUD OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE BUT I JUST WANNA HAVE THE CHANCE TO SHED THE MAN I'VE BECOME 
I'M NOT PERFECT BUT I KNOW I'M NOT INVISIBLE SO WHY DO YOU TREAT ME LIKE A TRANSPARENT INDIVIDUAL? I DON'T DESERVE MUCH, BUT I DESERVE MORE THAN THIS 
I'VE SHOWN YOU NOTHING BUT THE BEST THAT I CAN POSSIBLY GIVE SO DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF, ID RATHER SPLATTER MYSELF OUTTA MY HEAD, BLOOD RED FROM A SHOTGUN SHELL
BEFORE I PULL A CLEMENTINE ON THIS SPOTLESS MIND BECAUSE YOU DON'T DESERVE TO SHARE MY ETERNAL SUNSHINE
 I'VE BEEN WRONG BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN AN ANIMAL I KNOW WERE ONLY HUMAN BUT GIRL, WHY'D YOU LET THE CANNIBAL OUT? (GIRL, WHY'D YOU LET THE CANNIBAL OUT?) I'VE BEEN WRONG BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN AN ANIMAL I KNOW WERE ONLY HUMAN BUT GIRL, WHY'D YOU LET THE CANNIBAL OUT? (CHEW ME UP AND SPIT ME RIGHT BACK OUT) IS THIS ALL PAYBACK FOR THE THINGS I HAVE DONE? CAUSE IF THIS ALL WAS JUST A GAME THEN I GUESS YOU HAVE WON I REALLY STARTED TO BELIEVE THE WORDS I WRITE WERE A JOKE UNTIL I REALIZED THE TRUTH IN EVERY WORD THAT I'VE SPOKE I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING I HAD THEN YOU THREW IT IN A DITCH I AM NOTHING BUT A FOOL, YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A BITCH I AM NOTHING BUT A FOOL, YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A BITCH I AM NOTHING BUT A FOOL, YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A BITCH I'VE BEEN WRONG BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN AN ANIMAL I KNOW WERE ONLY HUMAN BUT GIRL, WHY'D YOU LET THE CANNIBAL OUT? (GIRL, WHY'D YOU LET THE CANNIBAL OUT?) I'VE BEEN WRONG BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN AN ANIMAL I KNOW WERE ONLY HUMAN BUT GIRL, WHY'D YOU LET THE CANNIBAL OUT? (CHEW ME UP AND SPIT ME RIGHT BACK OUT)
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“WE COUGH BLOOD ON THIS EARTH,NOW THERES A RACE FOR SPACE... WE CAN COUGH BLOOD ON THE MOON SOON. TOMORROW IS DRAGSVILLE, CATS... TOMORROW IS A KING SIZE DRAG” TAKE THEM BOTTLES TO THE BACK OF YOUR THROAT KEEP ON SUCKIN BABY GIRL, I THINK YOUR STARTING TO CHOKE THOSE MISSED CONNECTIONS TELL YOU NOTHIN BUT LIES SO LET THEM MASCARA TEAR DROPS FILL YOUR EYES BECAUSE YOU DO IT TO YOURSELF, YOU DO IT TO YOURSELF FIRST PLACE DRAMA QUEEN, YOUR TROPHY'S ON THE SHELF YOUD LIKE TO THINK YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE BUT I DONT CARE IF YOU KNOW ME CUZ I DONT EVEN KNOW MYSELF I WRITE THESE WORDS JUST TO MAKE YOU CRY BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT THESE WORDS MAKE ME WANNA DIE YOU KNOW IVE ALREADY WROTE THIS SONG SO MANY DAMN TIMES BUT I GUESS THATS THE CONSEQUENCE OF BEING SO BLIND WHERES THE REWIND BUTTON? ITS STARTING TO FLOOD... YOU'VE GOT THEM VIRGIN MARY TEAR DUCTS FLOWING WITH BLOOD I GOT THAT SPECULUM DIALECT TO OPEN YOU UP SO I CAN REACH INTO YOUR INSIDES AND PLAY WITH YOUR GUTS YOU MUST HAVE SOLD, YOU MUST HAVE SOLD YOUR SOUL TO GET A FLOWER IN THIS HELLHOLE, I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE SOLD, YOU MUST HAVE SOLD YOUR SOUL A BEAUTIFUL ROSE, A BEAUTIFUL GIRL BUT ITS THORNS ARE FULL OF POSION AND SO ARE HERS WHAT CRAWLED IN THE WINDOW? I KNOW YOU'RE THERE... ALL THE NEIGHBORS THINK IM CRAZY AND IT IS NOT FAIR CAUSE HERE THE WALLS ARE OLD AND THEY MOVE LIKE THEYRE SPEAKING BUT I KNOW ITS MORE THAN WIND THAT HAS MY FLOORBOARDS CREAKING YOU TRY TO TIP TOE IN MY SHADOWS BUT YOUR PLANS ARE ABSURD BECAUSE THOSE SKELETONS YOU CARRY ARE TOO HEAVY TO GO UNHEARD MY WORD, DARLING YOU LOOK LIKE A CRIME SCENE AND TO TAMPER WITH YOUR EVIDENCE WOULD BE COMPROMISING CUZ I DONT WANNA HAVE TO PULL SHARDS OF GLASS FROM MY FEET AS A RESULT FROM ME STEPPING ALL OVER THESE SHATTERED DREAMS YOU WANNA GLUE US BACK TOGETHER BUT THE PEICES NEVER FIT ITS ALL WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE AND I WISH YOU WOULDN'T DROWN IN IT COUNTLESS TIMES YOU'VE WASHED UPON MY SHORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, POUNDING FISTS ON MY DOOR AND EVERY TIME OUR EYES MEET THEM WHEELS OF LUST START TO SPIN I LET YOU IN, THEN YOU “LET ME IN” AND HERE WE GO AGAIN... YOU MUST HAVE SOLD, YOU MUST HAVE SOLD YOUR SOUL TO GET A FLOWER IN THIS HELLHOLE, I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE SOLD, YOU MUST HAVE SOLD YOUR SOUL A BEAUTIFUL ROSE, A BEAUTIFUL GIRL BUT ITS THORNS ARE FULL OF POSION AND SO ARE HERS AND I DON'T EVER WANNA SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN BUT YOU AND I BOTH KNOW WHATS HAPPENING' GIRL, THIS FLAME IS STILL ALIVE - FLAME IS STILL ALIVE SOMEWHERE BURNING UP MY LIFE - BURNING UP MY PRIDE SOMEWHERE LEFT FOOT FIRST I STEP INTO THE FIRE WRAP MY THROAT IN PIANO WIRE I KNOW YOUR STILL ALIVE - KNOW YOUR STILL ALIVE SOMEWHERE FEEDING OFF MY LIFE - FEEDING OF MY PRIDE SOMEWHERE AND SOMEDAY I HOPE TO DO YOUR AUTOPSY CAUSE BABY ITS TRUE I'D DO ANYTHING TO BE THE LAST... AND SOMEDAY I HOPE TO DO YOUR AUTOPSY CAUSE BABY ITS TRUE I'D DO ANYTHING TO BE THE LAST PERSON INSIDE YOU YOU MUST HAVE SOLD, YOU MUST HAVE SOLD YOUR SOUL TO GET A FLOWER IN THIS HELLHOLE, I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE SOLD, YOU MUST HAVE SOLD YOUR SOUL A BEAUTIFUL ROSE, A BEAUTIFUL GIRL BUT ITS THORNS ARE FULL OF POSION AND SO ARE HERS “NOBODY LIKES ME, EVERYBODY HATES ME, GUESS I'LL GO EAT WORMS... BIG FAT SLIMEY ONES, SHORT FAT JUICY ONES, ITSY BITSY FUZZY WUZZY WORMS...”
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"I AM A LONELY GIRL LIVING IN A LONELY WORLD AND ALL I THINK ABOUT IS HOW YOU DID ME WRONG HOW COME WE JUST CAN'T BE LIKE WE USED TO BE? BOY, THINGS ARE THROUGH WITH YOU AND ME" YOU AND ME, ME AND YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO I'VE BEEN KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE OR MAYBE YOU DO, BUT YOU DON'T CARE YOU SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF TIME BUT NONE OF IT YOU WANNA SHARE MANY NIGHTS HAVE PASSED, DREAMING OF YOUR FACE MANY HEARTS I'VE CRASHED, HUNGRY FOR YOUR TASTE AND YET TO THIS DAY ME AND YOU, YOU AND ME AN ADDICTION TO A FICTION THAT WILL NEVER BE BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THE RISK OF INFECTION WAS TOO HIGH TO TAKE SO BELIEVE ME I'M OKAY WITH BEING THE MONSTER THAT SCARES YOU AWAY "I AM A LONELY GIRL LIVING IN A LONELY WORLD AND ALL I THINK ABOUT IS HOW YOU DID ME WRONG HOW COME WE JUST CAN'T BE LIKE WE USE TO BE? BOY, THINGS ARE THROUGH WITH YOU AND ME" I'VE FOUND THE TARGET. I'VE AIMED MY SHOT AND I'D PULL THE TRIGGER BUT A BLANK IS ALL I'VE GOT A BLANK MIND, BLANK THOUGHTS, BLANK STARE CAUSE WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES YOU ARE NEVER REALLY THERE WHERE THE FUCK? WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR BRAIN? YOU MUST HAVE PUKED IT OUT DIGESTING ALL THE POISON CONTAINED INSIDE THE TIME WE ONCE SPENT THAT FELT SO UNIQUE BUT NOW THOSE MEMORIES LIE IN THE STAINS ON MY BED SHEETS I PICK THE REMAINS FROM BETWEEN MY TEETH BECAUSE THE TASTE OF YOUR FLESH HASN'T LEFT FOR WEEKS THE SWEAT FROM YOUR PALMS BURNED THE TIP OF MY TONGUE AND TIED TOGETHER MY EMOTIONS WITH A GRASP ON MY LUNGS AND ITS A WASTE OF TIME GETTING THESE KNOTS UNTANGLED WHEN THE PARTS WE NEED TO FUNCTION HAVE BECOME DISABLED BY THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO HOLD THE POWER TO TAKE THE SWEETEST OF TASTES AND MAKE THEM SO SOUR "I AM A LONELY GIRL LIVING IN A LONELY WORLD AND ALL I THINK ABOUT IS HOW YOU DID ME WRONG HOW COME WE JUST CAN'T BE LIKE WE USE TO BE? BOY, THINGS ARE THROUGH WITH YOU AND ME" DESTROY, ONLY FOR YOU DESTROY, ONLY FOR ME DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT WE EVER BUILT DESTROYED IS ALL WE WERE MEANT TO BE “WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS “I REALLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE CLOSE TO ME” AND SUBCONCIOUSLY YOU'RE PUSHING THEM AWAY. PEOPLE DON'T NESSICARALY WANT TO PUSH PEOPLE AWAY BUT WHAT THEY DO WANT TO DO IS HIDE THEMSELVES... OFTEN TIMES, OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO GET TO MUCH INTO YOUR BUSINESS AND THATS ANOTHER STORY, BUT IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE PUSHING PEOPLE AWAY THEN A TIME FOR A SELF ANALYSIS IS NOW...” I SHOULD HAVE MY HEAD EXAMINED FOR BEING ON THESE STREETS AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT ALL THE ROADS TO YOUR BRAIN JUST LEAD TO DEAD ENDS IT JUST ISN'T WORTH THE FIGHT I KNOW THAT I'VE HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE I KNOW I'VE BEEN WRONG FROM THE FUCKING START BUT WHEN YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME PUTTING CREATURES BACK TOGETHER IT CAN FEEL SO GOOD TO JUST TEAR THEM APART (AND IT FEELS SO GOOD TO JUST TEAR YOU APART) "YOU'RE STANDING THERE WAITING FOR ME AS IF I WOULD COME BACK TO YOU BUT THE CHANCE IS OVER NOW, YOU AND ME WILL NEVER BE YOU AND ME WILL NEVER, NEVER BE" BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THE CLIMB UP YOUR MOUNTAIN WAS SUCH A MISTAKE SO BELIEVE ME I'M OKAY WITH TAKING THIS FALL JUST TO MAKE YOUR HEART BREAK "I AM A LONELY GIRL LIVING IN A LONELY WORLD AND ALL I THINK ABOUT IS HOW YOU DID ME WRONG HOW COME WE JUST CAN'T BE LIKE WE USE TO BE? BOY, THINGS ARE THROUGH WITH YOU AND ME" DESTROY, ONLY FOR YOU DESTROY, ONLY FOR ME DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT WE EVER BUILT DESTROYED IS ALL WE WERE MEANT TO BE X2
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Scene Missing (free) 03:59
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Technicolor Lungs (free) 05:14
“I WOKE UP I A NEW YORK MINUTE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, EVERYTHING I KNEW HAD CHANGED” “WHY IS IT THAT I HAD TO BE SO AFRAID? WHY IS IT THAT I FELT A LITTLE ASHAMED? WHY IS IT THAT I HAD TO HANDLE IT ALL? WHY IT IT THAT I HAD TO TRIP AND FALL?” I TRIP AND FALL INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION WHERE THIS TRAFFIC JAM DOESNT KEEP SLOWING ME DOWN AND FROWN UPON THE LAWS OF INVENTION WHERE ALL MY CHILDREN LIKE TO CREATE THESE SOUNDS OF A TIME OF TIME WE HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE AND THE LIVES THAT WE HAVE YET TO LIVE I OPEN UP THIS BOOK AND STARE DEEP INTO YOUR FAMILY TREE ONLY TO FIND THAT YOUVE BEEN BREEDING OFF OF COUNTERFIET SEEDS I THOUGHT I TASTED SOMETHING SOUR IN YOUR BLOOD STREAM THE PUZZLE PIECES FROM ANOTHER MOTHERS OLD BAD DREAMS THIS WORLD IS COLD, MY WORDS WRITE DEATH IN THE SKY TO PULL YOUR TREE FROM ITS ROOTS AND WATCH YOUR EVERYTHING DIE, EVERYTHING DIE, EVERYTHING DIE “WHY IS IT THAT I HAD TO BE SO AFRAID?” THESE DISHES ARE DIRTY, THIS SINKS FILLED UP OVERFLOWING WITH YOUR ALCOHOL AND CIGGARETTE BUTTS ALONE I STAND OUTSIDE THESE FACTORIES, ALL COVERED IN RUST WHILE YOUR COTTON CANDY SMOKE STACKS BREATHE EDIBLE DUST GET INTIMATE WITH THE ASPHALT, KISS THE GROUND WHILE I'M SKIPPING ACROSS ROOFTOPS, ON TOP OF THE TOWN I HAVE A PLAN FOR REDEVELOPMENT, MY CITY IS DEAD NO TIME FOR TEARS, NO TIME FOR REGRETS “WHY IS IT THAT I HAD TO BE SO AFRAID? WHY IS IT THAT I FELT A LITTLE ASHAMED? WHY IS IT THAT I HAD TO HANDLE IT ALL? WHY IT IT THAT I HAD TO TRIP AND FALL?”
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Origami Fetish (free) 04:49
TAKE ONE IF YOU WANT ONE? ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME? WHATS SO BEAUTIFUL? ITS NOT SO EASY TO SEE... IT SMELLS LIKE DEATH. THERES BLOOD ON THE WALLS AND THE PAPER S BURNING SHES DEAD... SHES GONE IN THIS NIGHTMARE I DONT BELONG YOU WRITE ME LETTERS OF HATE WITHOUT WORDS BEING SAID (WORDS BEING SAID... WORDS BEING SAID...) AND SING ME LULLABIES SO DARK THAT THEY COULD WAKE THE DEAD (THAT THEY COULD WAKE THE DEAD... THAT THEY COULD WAKE THE DEAD) SPIN THE BOTTLE, SPIN THE BOTTLE, WATCH THE SKY TURN RED WHATS SO GOOD ABOUT THIS? I DONT UNDERSTAND WHILE I SIT HERE ALL I CAN DO IS REMEMBER... REMEMBER HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THIS GO ON? I'M TRYING SO FUCKING HARD TO FORGET HER... FORGET HER MAYBE IM THINKING TOO MUCH... YOU'LL LOOK BETTER WHEN I AM BLIND YOU'LL SLEEP BETTER WHEN I AM DEAD THIS SECONDHAND ROMANCE IS UNSTABLE IT ISN'T WORTH BEING FED YOUR THROAT PLUS MY HANDS EQUALS A POSSIBLE CHANGE A CHANGE THAT JUST MIGHT PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE “LOVE YOUR ENEMY, TURN THY CHEEK” FEED THE HUNGRY AND EAT THE WEAK YOU WRITE ME LETTERS OF HATE WITHOUT WORDS BEING SAID (WORDS BEING SAID... WORDS BEING SAID...) AND SING ME LULLABIES SO DARK THAT THEY COULD WAKE THE DEAD (THAT THEY COULD WAKE THE DEAD... THAT THEY COULD WAKE THE DEAD) SPIN THE BOTTLE, WATCH THE SKY TURN RED WHATS SO GOOD ABOUT THIS? I DONT UNDERSTAND PATTY CAKE, PATTY CAKE, BAKERS MAN BAKE ME UP A HOLOGRAM AS FAST AS YOU CAN WITH A FAMILIAR FACE IN A FAMILIAR PLACE WITH AN UNFAMILIAR APPETITE FOR DARKER TASTES YOU LICKED THE BLOOD OFF THE KNIFE THAT YOU'VE DUG INTO MY SPINE I GUESS THIS LITTLE TRAGEDY MUST TASTE PRETTY DEVINE BY THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYES I CAN TELL YOU WANT MORE AND IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A CHANCE JUST TO STEELE THE SCORE MY CONSCIOUS HAS BEEN USED, ABANDONED AND ABUSED DIG YOUR TEETH INTO MY NECK, MAKE SURE YOU DONT FORGET TO CHEW BEFORE YOU SWALLOW, BEFORE YOU SWALLOW ME WHOLE AND DIGEST WHAT LITTLE BIT I HAVE LEFT OF MY SOUL YOU'LL LOOK BETTER WHEN I AM BLIND YOU'LL SLEEP BETTER WHEN I AM DEAD THIS SECONDHAND ROMANCE IS UNSTABLE IT ISN'T WORTH BEING FED X2 WE ARE BROKEN SO I GUESS WE ALL NEED OUR “FIX” BUT ARE WE EVER “REPAIRED”? WELL I GUESS THATS THE TRICK THERE ARE NO ANSWERS... WE DIE ALONE AND THAT IS IT PRAY FOR SALVATION? YOU MAKE ME FUCKING SICK SO BARK LIKE A DOG BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEEM TO WALK LIKE A FUCKING MAN I SAID BARK LIKE A DOG BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEEM TO WALK LIKE A FUCKING MAN “HEAVEN IS RIGHT THERE WAITNG FOR YOU... AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO... IS DIE”
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Night Terrors (free) 04:30
“THANK YOU VERY MUCH” THIS DREAM IS EMPTY, THIS DREAM IS DEAD THIS DREAM IS EMPTY, THIS DREAM IS DEAD THIS DREAM IS EMPTY, THIS DREAM IS DEAD AND I PRAY THAT I NEVER WAKE UP AGAIN TODAY WHEN I WOKE UP I FELT LIKE I COULD TAKE ON THE WORLD SOMETIMES WISHES COME TRUE... IN THIS CITY OF NEON DUST CLOUDS I AM THE BREEZE THAT SEPARATES MAN FROM MACHINE I AM THE HAND THAT PLANS TO SUFFOCATE THE WALLS OF YOUR DREAMS I AM THE FLAME THAT SHALL DISINTEGRATE THE BONES OF THE WEAK PLEASE, WHY YOU GOT THEM CANNONS POINTED AT ME WHEN YOURE THE FATHER OF THE CHOAS THAT IM STARTING TO BREED? I AM THE AUTHOR OF THE STORIES THAT YOUR CHILDREN WILL READ I AM THE SURGEON OF THIS PLANET OUT TO CURE ITS DISEASE AND NEVER WILL I, NEVER WILL I NEVER I LIVE YOUR WORLD OF PRETEND NEVER WILL I, NEVER WILL I NEVER WILL I LET MY PEOPLE... DECEND INTO THE OBVIOUS TRADITION OF THE ONES WHO CRAWL BEANEATH THIER LORDS SUBMISSION JUST TO PLEASE THE TOUNGE OF A PERVERTED MAGICIAN OUT TO RAPE OUR LAND AND FEEDS HIS SICK ADDICTION BECAUSE THE POWER OF A MORTAL MAN CANNOT BE DEFINED BY NOTHING OTHER THAN THE FIRE THAT YOU SEE IN HIS EYES AND IM BURNNING ALIVE TODAY WHEN I WOKE UP I FELT LIKE I COULD TAKE ON THE WORLD SOMETIMES WISHES COME TRUE... IN THIS CITY OF FRESH CHALK OUTLINES IM THE RAIN THAT PLANS TO WASH AWAY THE STAINS YOU HAVE MADE I AM THE BLADE THAT PLANS TO SLICE AWAY THE MEAT OF THE TAME I AM THE KING THAT SHALL ANALIATE THE PAWNS OF YOUR GAME BECAUSE I NEVER BELIEVED IN YOUR GOD UNTIL I SAW A RELFLECTION OF THE MAN I HAVE BECOME AS A RESULT OF THIS INFECTION I'VE SEEN BETTER LOOKS ON A CADAVER I'VE SEEN BRIGHTER SMILES ON A SHADOW IVE SEEN ALL I NEED TO SEE... IVE SEEN ALL I NEED TO SEE... DECEND INTO THE OBVIOUS TRADITION OF THE ONES WHO CRAWL BEANEATH THIER LORDS SUBMISSION JUST TO PLEASE THE TOUNGE OF A PERVERTED MAGICIAN OUT TO RAPE OUR LAND AND FEEDS HIS SICK ADDICTION CUZ THE POWER OF A MORTAL MAN CANNOT BE DEFINED BY NOTHING OTHER THAN THE FIRE THAT YOU SEE IN HIS EYES AND IM BURNNING ALIVE THE WOLVESCAN SMELL THE BLOOD THE WOLVES HAVE GOT MY SCENT THEY KEEP TELLING ME TO COME HOME BUT THIER HOME IS A PLACE THAT IVE NEVER KNOWN THE WOLVES CAN SMELL THE BLOOD THE WOLVES HAVE GOT YOUR SCENT YOURE NOT PERFECT, YOUR WORLD IS A LIE A LITTLE ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR EGOS SUPPLY AND NEVER WILL I, NEVER WILL I NEVER I LIVE YOUR WORLD OF PRETEND NEVER WILL I, NEVER WILL I NEVER WILL I LET MY PEOPLE... DECEND INTO THE OBVIOUS TRADITION OF THE ONES WHO CRAWL BEANEATH THIER LORDS SUBMISSION JUST TO PLEASE THE TONGUES OF A PERVERTED MAGICIAN OUT TO RAPE OUR LAND AND FEEDS HIS SICK ADDICTION CUZ THE POWER OF A MORTAL MAN CANNOT BE DEFINED BY NOTHING OTHER THAN THE FIRE THAT YOU SEE IN HIS EYES AND IM BURNING ALIVE “THANK YOU VERY MUCH” THIS DREAM IS EMPTY, THIS DREAM IS DEAD THIS DREAM IS EMPTY, THIS DREAM IS DEAD THIS DREAM IS EMPTY, THIS DREAM IS DEAD AND I PRAY THAT I NEVER WAKE UP AGAIN
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Send In The Clown (free) 05:56
ON THESE WALLS YOUR IMAGES EMBRACE ME ON THESE WALLS YOU'RE MARKETING “SIN” THROUGH THESE EYES YOUR STRUCTURES CONFRONT ME WITH OPEN LEGS TRYING TO PULL ME IN BUT FACE DOWN IN THE GUTTER I CAN SEE YOUR HAND IN A STREAM OF BAD MEMORIES ABSORBED BY THE SAND I CAN FEEL YOUR DARKEST SECRETS PULL THE STRINGS ON MY NECK AS I WONDER THROUGH YOUR CORRIDOR OF SHAME AND REGRET LITTLE GIRL, LITTLE GIRL... WHERE DID YOU GO? FACE FIRST INTO THE OVEN DOWN A CANNIBALS THROAT? DID YOU LIKE THE WAY IT FELT SWIMMING INSIDE HIS MOUTH 'TIL HE GREW TIRED OF YOUR TASTE AND SPIT YOU RIGHT BACK OUT? I MUST SAY, YOUR FLAVOR DOES DIE QUICK SO PUT THAT BODY TO BED CUZ I'M DONE WITH IT GO TRY AND REACH FOR THE STARS WITH YOUR CRUMBLING BONES AND CLICK THEM HEELS ALL YOU WANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO CALL HOME WHEN YOUR PATH IS LOST AND THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO THESE UNFAMILIAR CEILINGS BECOME YOUR HOME IN ALL MY DREAMS I NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D BE THE BREEZE THAT CYCLES BENEATH THESE STRANGERS SHEETS PULL UP YOUR SLEEVES, SHOW THE WORLD YOUR WRISTS YOU HAVE THE SCARS OF A JESTER ON A CRUCIFIX WITH THEM FABLES CARVED DEEP INTO THE PALMS OF YOUR HANDS YOU WAVE A MAGIC WAND AROUND TO CAST YOUR SPELLS ON THE DAMNED GODDAMN YOU LOOK GOOD, THE TALK OF THE TOWN EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE AND YOU'RE JUST HANDING IT OUT YOUR SOUL IS HOLLOW. ITS JUST AN EMPTY HAT 'TILL YOU STICK A RABBIT IN IT AND DO TRICKS FOR THE RATS AND YOU SAY YOU GOT NOWHERE TO GO... AND YOU SAY YOU GOT NOWHERE TO GO... AND YOU SAY YOU GOT NOWHERE TO GO... AND YOU SAY YOU GOT NOWHERE TO GO... WHEN YOUR PATH IS LOST AND THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO THESE UNFAMILIAR CEILINGS BECOME YOUR HOME IN ALL MY DREAMS I NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D BE THE BREEZE THAT CYCLES BENEATH THESE STRANGERS SHEETS YOU'RE NO CANIDATE FOR MY FANTASY BUT I CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND I GO TO SLEEP JUST TO DREAM OF THE DAY WHEN YOUR BODY BECOMES MINE BUT THIS ISN'T LIKE PLACING MY FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON BECAUSE I KNOW MANY MEN HAVE EXPLORED YOU, MANY MEN HAVE EXPLORED... AND YOU SAY YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO... AND YOU SAY YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO... BUT I AM THE PORCH LIGHT WAITING... WAITING FOR YOU TO COME HOME IGNORANCE. YOUR HEART MIGHT AS WELL BE A TRASH BAG FILL IT UP WITH GARBAGE, LEAVE IT ON THE STREET TO ROT REPULSIVE. YOUR SOUL MIGHT AS WELL BELONG TO THE DIRT THAT YOU PISS ON THE DIRT WE ALL FUCKING SHIT ON TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU STAND FOR... I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU STAND FOR... BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHATS LEFT TO STAND FOR
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IN MY CITY THE CLOSEST THING TO REAL IS THE MOST SYNTHETIC THING THAT YOU WILL EVER FEEL LIVING LIFE INSIDE A BUBBLE MADE OUT OF MAGNETIC RUBBLE WITH A SUICIDAL DOUBLE ALWAYS UP TO SOME TROUBLE YEAH, THE SCIENTIST, THE TERRORIST THE DISCIPLINE OF A GOD IN HIS FIST RUNNING HIS FINGERS THROUGH THE STRUCTURE CONTAINED INSIDE THE TINY LITTLE FIBERS OF MY DNA SO I SLEEP ALL DAY BECAUSE ITS BETTER TO DREAM THEN BE AWAKE IN A CITY WHERE I CANNOT BREATH YOU GOT ME RUNNING FOR THE WINDOWS GASPING FOR AIR ONLY TO JUMP INTO A WORLD THAT ISNT EVEN REALLY THERE OH FUCK, IM FALLING DOWN TO THE GROUND CONSUMED BY YOUR LEVELS OF HATE THE LINES YOU ERASE, THE SMILES THAT YOU FAKE CONSUMED BY YOUR LEVELS OF FAITH THE MINDS YOU ERASE, THE SOULS THAT YOU TAKE CONSUMED BY YOUR LEVELS OF HATE EXCUSE ME BUT WHO ARE YOU? CONSUMED BY YOUR LEVELS OF FAITH EXCUSE ME BUT WHO ARE YOU? EXCUSE ME BUT WHO ARE YOU? THE RESIDENTS OF DARKNESS REST IN THE SHADE OF THE TREES WHERE THE NIGHT FLOWERS BLOOM AROUND THE CLOCK HERE IN YOUR FACTORY OF BROKEN LIMBS AND AND PLASTIC SINS MY GUTS SEEM TO POUR OUT OF MY MOUTH HERE OH HELP ME, HELP ME, BREAK AWAY FROM THE HALLS WHERE THE CHILDREN USE CADAVERS TO PLAY AND SPREAD OUR DREAMS ACROSS THE WALLS WITH THIER CRAYOLA BLOOD TO ERADICATE THE INNOCENCE AND DISSIPATE THE DISSONANCE BETWEEN THE STREETS MADE UP OF CRUMBLING GLASS AND THE STAIRCASES TO HEAVEN BLOCKED BY BUNDLES OF TRASH LET US PASS, LET US PASS, WE'LL CLIMB OUR WAY TO THE TOP ONLY TO FIND THERES NOTHING THERE EXCEPT A MIGHTY BIG DROP OH FUCK, IWE'RE FALLING DOWN TO THE GROUND CONSUMED BY YOUR LEVELS OF HATE THE LINES YOU ERASE, THE SMILES THAT YOU FAKE CONSUMED BY YOUR LEVELS OF FAITH THE MINDS YOU ERASE, THE SOULS THAT YOU TAKE CONSUMED BY YOUR LEVELS OF HATE EXCUSE ME BUT WHO ARE YOU? CONSUMED BY YOUR LEVELS OF FAITH EXCUSE ME BUT WHO ARE YOU? EXCUSE ME BUT WHO ARE YOU? I THREW GOLD BRICKS THROUGH YOUR BABYLON I'M A GHOST IN THE MACHINE THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS GONE THERE'S NO OFF SWITCH, YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK I HIT THE SELF-DESTRUCT MAN, NOW WE'RE ALL FUCKED PARANOIA AS A PASS-TIME I SWEAR TO GOD THAT THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME PRESS DELETE, RAGE AGAINST THE PLAN OR YOU CAN PRY YOUR NECK FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS OH MY SWEET GHOST, MY INVISIBLE FRIEND I TRY TO DRAW YOUR PICTURE, OVER AND OVER AGAIN BUT SOMETHING ISNT RIGHT, SOMETHINGS OUT OF PLACE EVERY IMAGE I MAKE IS JUST A MIRROR OF MY OWN FACE YOU HOLD THE ONES YOU LOVE WITH FEAR, KEEP THEM UNDER YOUR WINGS THEY PULL OUT YOUR FEATHERS, THEY TEAR YOU TO SHREDS YOUR SHELTER MEANS NOTHING TO THEM UNGRATEFUL, THE RIVERS RUN BLACK WITH DECIET WE PLANTED A TREE, THEY REPLACED THE SEED IMPREGNATED THESE FORESTS TO SPAWN OFF THEIR GREED THEY SAY “MONEY DOESNT GROW ON TREES UNLESS YOU KNOCK THEM DOWN TO BUILD A HIGHWAY TO YOUR DREAMS” WE ARE CURSED, WE ARE PLAGUED AND WHATS THE POINT OF STANDING UP IF THERES NOTHING TO SAVE? WHATS THE POINT OF GOING OUT IF THERESE NOTHING TO SEE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE CLEARER ON A HIGH DEFINITION SCREEN? WE ARE ALIVE FOR NOW BUT STILL EVERYTHING IS DEAD TO ME I SAID, WE ARE ALIVE FOR NOW BUT STILL EVERYTHING IS DEAD TO ME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

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released April 1, 2011

RECORDED & PRODUCED BY BRIAN HOWE AT HIS HOUSE JULY 2009 - JANUARY 2011

ALL LIVE DRUMS ON TRACKS 02, 05, 07 & 11 RECORDED BY TRAVIS ORBIN AT HIS HOUSE

GUITARS ON TRACKS 02, 05 & 11 RECORDED BY JAKE ANDERKOVITCH AND BRIAN HOWE AT JAKE'S HOUSE

MIXED BY BRIAN HOWE WITH ASSISTANCE FROM COREY “ROOSTER” GRACEY AND MATT VERY

MASTERED BY: BRIAN HOWE

ALL MUSIC AND LYRICS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY BRIAN HOWE
EXCEPT ALL OBVIOUS AND NOTED COLLABORATIONS

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