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The Calling
05:35
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The king conveys his last decree
The pounding grows with each and every beat
Free is the beast from deep beneath these hollow streets
Drums of war invade the peace
The skyline stitched with jagged, golden beams
Release the thunder from the lips among the heat
The Blackened City speaks (dance upon the fire)
It's calling out to me (dance upon the fire)
Strong, the force of stark deceit that won’t believe the Blight has shown its teeth
It seems the poison found its point of entry
And the Blackened City speaks (dance upon the fire)
It's calling out to me (dance upon the fire)
A leg to stand
A hand to feed
The hate that turned the blade against its sheath
Conceive the weight of those abandoned in defeat
Now's the time to say goodbye to all those friends you’ve made on the other side
You’ll find that traitors never reach the finish line
Oh, come to your revenant
Run, spirit of decadence
Eyes will be watching from the highest of places
Carry the weight of the chosen
Embrace the demise
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Colors & Shapes
03:34
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Footsteps in the quicksand
Some fade just to wait for the second hand
Stone-faced when the light's cast
We change every shape until the edges match
Be my identity, and I'll erase all apparent mistakes until they disappear
Keep within the lines
Let your friends decide the colors and the shapes
Dumb smile and a blank stare
What a waste on a body that would not compare
Go on in jealousy
Bright lights, quick flash
Waiting for the backlash staring at your dignity
A half-written fight song closing out with no resolve
Is this what you’ve been wanting to see?
Keep within the lines
Let your world decide the colors and the shapes
There’s a reason why we don’t try to stop the fight
It complicates the stakes
Who do you see when you look at me?
Who do you see?
Footsteps in the quicksand (keep within the lines)
Some fade just to wait for the second hand (keep within the lines)
Erase every color and shape until they disappear (keep within the lines)
(Keep within the lines) until we disappear
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Tiny Mountains
04:31
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Walk with me now, wade through the crowd
I'll take you away to the comfort I’ve found
When most of them still say what they will
You beg and you plead, down on your knees you scream:
Give me a thrill, take what you will
Walk with me now, fall to the ground
But I won’t lift you up, no, I won't turn around
Imagine the life you wish you could lead
Whenever you climb the tiny mountains you meet
Give me a thrill, take what you will
I will hold on to you
I will save my breath at every place, in every way you choose
I will hold on for you
I will clear the way of everything, the mountains that you move
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Another Day
03:07
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Years ago I thought I cared
Moving quickly, unaware
Just waiting for a gift again
Now it’s slowly sinking in:
Oh where do I begin?
I will tell you what is best
And I will leave out all the rest
Please believe I’ll make it there
Don’t you wonder if I’m scared?
No, it’s dangerous to compare
Well the worst of me found the worst of you
Just pull me from the bottom when you're passing through
I can’t believe you never cut me out at first
Well it could've been much worse
So it’s come to this, I believe it’s true
I hate the way you said I was the best you knew
I have to be the one that isn’t falling in
Oh another week...
This apathy, it never came from you
But I hate the way you tell me that you still approve
I have to be the one that isn’t falling in
Oh another day, I won't give a shit
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Seasick
03:31
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Way back, back in time
Before we lost our minds
We kept such little despair
And caused our lungs to pollute all the air
When you speak, another spirit falls
And you believe that you're the one to stay away from it all
My god you're such a bore
Repeat what isn't yours
I bet that poison on your lips was so much better going in
Shouldn't it be over now?
We're caught in this overcrowded sea
Should't it be over now?
Still you speak, another spirit falls
And you believe that you're the one to stay away from it all
Shouldn't it be over now?
We're sailing this overcrowded sea
It's useless to pull us down
We're all getting sick some way somehow
[Shouldn't it be over now?
We're sailing this overcrowded sea
It's useless to pull us down
We're all getting sick some way somehow
My god you're such a bore]
(Repeat what isn't yours
I bet that poison on your lips was so much better going in)
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7. |
Somewhere Far From Here
05:18
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Why didn’t my skin start to burn when the days began to blur?
'Cause I’ve been wasting my time, every night just another goodbye
Another goodbye
It's time to go somewhere far from here
I wrote the same damn verse, and hoped somehow it’d finally work
But when you're stuck with the trend, there's no difference in the end
It's no different
One mistake and we could drown, and what’s gone may not be found
So we stay awake talking over the rain, yet we swear we miss the sound
It’s time to go somewhere far from here
It's time to go somewhere far from here
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Smile
03:44
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So we’re face to face
Despite my unsteady aim, I’m not here to entertain
Oh rotten creature, you’ve made your feast
Now open up as I face this heat
So what if I still belong to the day that awful face sent terror through the wall?
Oh wicked creature, it might seem insane, but I won’t let it end this way
The district begins to tremble
Show your teeth
I’ll break them out from the inside
Viciously, I survive
Show your teeth
I’ll break them out from the inside
Viciously, I'm coming back to life
Won't you, won't you smile for me, my incessant enemy?
Show your teeth, I’ll break them out from the inside
Viciously, I'm coming back to life
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I Don't Feel Like Myself
03:54
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Memories traced into the dirt
The scenes replay inside my head, a compilation of regret
Screams, cries the population heard
Never tried to take them back, the complications I looked past
So chase me down and erase my senses
'Cause I don't feel like myself
Youth leaves its shadow on the earth
Afraid this spirit goes to waste, but we won’t make the same mistake
The ache may never disappear
But it’s how we can discern whether we’ve been scraped or we’ve been burned
So chase me down and erase my senses
'Cause I don't feel like myself
I'm breaking down
Will I save face or sell out?
No I can't be someone else
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Steady Hands
04:59
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Sleep through the night, steady hands that I keep to my side
There's nothing under the sheets that you’ll find
If we decide to pretend, sedated under the bed
I don’t mind if you cry, it’s all right
There’s nothing here to see
There’s nothing wrong with me
Sleep through the night, steady hands that I keep out of sight
Ain't nothing out on the street that you’ll find
What’s the worst you could do before the sun lashes through another time?
If I were you I’d put up a fight, but I’m not the type
Well maybe I don't speak enough
Or maybe I’m just making it up
I don’t want to keep you in the dark
Sleep tight, steady hands of mine
Someday we will find that maybe I don’t speak enough
Or maybe I’m just making it up
Our wishes align, just not at the same place; not at the same time
Don’t say your goodbyes until I see underneath the disguise
I’ve never looked at the face that shaped mine
Sleep tight, steady hands of mine
Let’s settle the ache in my spine
Sleep tight, steady hands of mine
In some way, we’ll be just fine
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Say I Am Columbus, Ohio
Say I Am is Steven Ostroske.
Steven Ostroske is a guy that makes noise and records it.
Steven Ostroske probably doesn't even lift.
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