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Lion's Bridge
04:58
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Lion’s Bridge
Dreaming about Lion’s Bridge
Where they hung us down by our legs
Until our heads hit the water’s edge
And whatever else
Where just for something like luck
We stepped behind the building’s for a fuck
And crossed our eyes as the city sighed
And, oh, what have I done?
Though I’m not done
And I’m not alone
And I’m—
Out on Lion’s Bridge
Don’t turn away so easily
I swore I’d find you
I swore I’d find you there
Out on Lion’s Bridge
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If You Must Dance [Do So Darkly]
You are the last of the black haired girls
Sweet as a smile with blood in your mouth
Turn on the night
We can’t be sure of anything in this life
Paint your face, let’s give them a smile
Blind love crazy as hell in the moonlight
From my mouth, pull out any word you’d like
For you I’d pray for darkness, I’d pray for fire
And if you must dance, I’ll be there to spin you around
If the moment takes your mind
If you must dance, do so darkly
For the time to take your side, it is upon me
And if the evil’s on your mind
Once or twice, the dark side’s been a friend of mine
Turn out the light
With your laugh we’ll choke the stars out of the sky
This condition: love’s my superstition
Turn the crosses upside down, turn me on
We come alive
Oh, in the night
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Makes You Lovely
04:12
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Makes You Lovely
How fast can you run?
Is it faster than
The scent of blood?
They are upon us, they are—
And all you’ve seen
It makes you lovely
To feel this feeling
It gives us hope, in some way
And don’t be so
Sincere
My dear
Or they will tear the skin
From our bones
I know
All you’ve seen, all you’ve been
It makes you lovely
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4. |
Heat of the Night
04:10
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Heat of the Night
In the cocaine morning with the white sun up through the trees
Icy arms they reach as we watch from the rooftops deep in the breeze
Where down below the children are covered in sleep
What do you see?
Am I good or am I marked by the beast?
When I’m gone please remember me
Bury my ashes in the backyard under a tree
Say no prayers in my name
All to dust, all to blood, my god, it’s all the same
It wasn’t a kiss
She walked up to me and put her lips to my wrist
What did it mean
Is my fortune good?
We’ve got no claim to this limitation
We just walked on by
We’ve got no say in their war on the world
We just disappear to the hear of the night
Hey Little Sins I’m all but done with you
Your laughter down the hall
Rattling my bone through and through
And if I ever had a lover, there’s no other
That much was true
You, scared like death
Loving me until I’ve gone blue
Name the place you want to go
To the center of the world
Then the sun comes to swallow me
Or else this icy morning’s gonna be my grave
It wasn’t a kiss
She walked up to me and put her lips to my wrist
What did it mean
Is my fortune good?
We’ve got no say in their war on the world
We just disappear to the hear of the night
Oh, I’ll be a fool only for you
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5. |
We Are Pedestrians
05:29
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We Are Pedestrians
We are coming down the mountain
This time we won’t close our eyes
At the first signs
Of the city sprawled out wide
We will ride
With our arms raised high
No more bad news
I will not subscribe
No more pain
It’s our time to try
And I’m sorry for dying young
But we will grow old and strong
I’m sorry for dying young
But we must carry on
We are pedestrians
Transitory in our time
Walking slowly toward
Our own light
And the screams in your head
They might be angels
Instead of demons
And the screams in your bed
They’re there to hold you
Instead of drive you mad
And I’m sorry for dying young
But we will grow old and strong
I’m sorry for dying young
But we must carry on
We are pedestrians
And the past is just a blank slate of glass
For every glance you take
You take three steps back
And after all…
We will laughing one day
After all that has happened
And I’m sorry for dying young
But we will grow old and strong
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In Your Twilight
04:24
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In Your Twilight
Reinventing your tragedy
Or whatever, it is
It means
The thing she scratched in her ceiling
I’m far from clean
And there he is
Outside past the screen
And the streetlight spilling green
On the bed like it’s the end of something
Shattered
Her skin and chlorine
And if one hundred years today
You remembered one thing—
This is how it feels
Like sheets to the sin
As the engines do their thing
And the radio screams
It’s the end of something that has always been
Shattered
Now I’m outside
In your twilight, outside
Shine on me
If the street is empty
If the lights are low
Through the window, we’ll crawl
And I’ll break on you
If you shine and answer
Out loud
On me
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7. |
We Two Are
04:08
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We Two Are
We Two Are
Bleeding hearts, we are
Opened wounds
And it’s true
My love, my soul is yours to burn
Anytime you choose
Call the officials on me
Send them here for me
My thoughts they are not sane
Plastic snakes in my garden
To keep the evil shapes away
A scarecrow in my garden
To keep all evil in its place
Call the devil on me
Summon him here for me
My thoughts, they are so strange
Call the devil on me
bring him up here for me
I am not afraid
I want you
Nineteen again
In that old house
Tied down to that bed
It’s sick they say
The things gone on inside our heads
But between us two its beautiful
They need not understand
Will you stay here
Until the storm breaks?
Call the Lord upon me
Bring him down here for me
I have gone astray
Call the Lord upon me
Cast him down here on me
I do not fear his name
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8. |
Arrow
03:33
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Arrow
We’ve only got five minutes before I’m gone
Whatever it is that your thinking
You’d better let me know
Who you’re gonna be, what you’re gonna see
When you’re off
And that’s all right
This is only a part of tonight
So, give me an arrow
A straight shot
You know that all I’ve been thinking about was
One day you’re gonna let it out
With your love of life
And your hate of everything alive
So paint me into that picture
In the corner sitting and thinking
That’s all right
This is only a part of life
So, give me an arrow
A straight shot
So, if you find something to hold
You’d better wrap yourself around it and never let it go
And that’s all right
This is only a part of tonight
So, give me an arrow
A straight shot
You know that all I’ve about you was
One day you’re gonna go and never stop
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9. |
These Are the Rooms
04:24
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These Are the Rooms
If these ceiling could speak we wouldn’t need a T.V.
With so much life having gone on beneath
Some old brown eyes that once stared above
Whispering thoughts about getting on
And traveling places we’ll never know
And inside we’re doing it all again
Fucked up like we’ve always been
We’re lucky we stand but it’s all right
We do it all the time and we’re by fine
The faces framed on your wall
They laugh at your from your view
As you talk yourself into corners
Of places you once knew
And I learned about you by going through your things
When your back was turned and my eyes wandering
Pictured tacked on the wall, from five years ago
When there was less of you to know
When it was hard and long to think
These are the rooms where we pick up our lives in the morning
With whatever light comes through
The bedroom window in white shapes that have
Nothing to do with me or you
So, who will see you off to work
Walking snowed sidewalks
Disbelieving in the telephone poles
Cause you hear the word the heart too much
Muttered on the radio by some fuck
As you close your eyes and count your knives
And try to make it all all right
And it’s been hard and long to think
These are the rooms where we push off our days in the evening
With whatever light comes through
The bedroom window in white shapes that have
Nothing to do with me or you
What could have been, don’t ever tell
You don’t know now and you never will
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10. |
Raise Your Love
05:35
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Raise Your Love
Been a bad, bad man
Home late with a blank cathedral stare
Sold the old car in the middle of the dark
As we watched you, through the shades
We will raise your love from the dead
Behind the hospitals and schools
Killing parts of yourself you could have used
And what you said, Fuck Everything
You mean everything in sight
And when you screamed, sometimes, you could die
You meant tonight
And if you’ve never fallen before
We’ll believe you, once you do
We will raise your love from the dead
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