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Lyrics
Molten
All I need is a drink to embolden
Give me a bottle of that and I’m golden
Heat me up until I am molten
I’ll burn a hole through you
I won’t be able to stop my tongue
Won’t recognize what I’ve become
And when at last I’ve had my fun
I’ll have to sleep it off
Beginning to think that you are right
About all the people afraid to die
We have no idea what heaven’s like
But we’re terrified of hell
So I’ve decided to face my fears
‘Cause I die a little each time you’re here
But you always seem to disappear
When I need you the most
I was sober when I finally said the words
But when I finished your face was blurred
And there was something different about the whole world
As I walked myself home
So I’ll take this bottle and drink it down
And try to act cool as I look around
But it pours through my wound to the ground
‘Cause you burnt a hole through me
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Floodplain
Yesterday was a party, today it ends
This is a city that breaks but never bends
Crying in the street, get used to the sound
Not enough of anything to go around
I’m sorry Mama, I’m sorry
We’re trying, we’re trying
There’s someone coming tomorrow
The water’s still rising
Though the rain’s not coming down
No one’s coming for this town
We’re in the eye of a storm of apathy
Soon to be replaced by a new tragedy
These old walls dissolve at the slightest touch
Just add water and the houses turn to dust
Chorus
I’m sorry Mama, I’m sorry
We’re trying, we’re trying
There’s someone coming, I promise
The water’s still rising
Though the rain’s not coming down
No one’s coming for this town
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Stop Payment
I'm aware I owe the world a debt
But I am not prepared to pay it yet
'Cause I'm broke, overdrawn
Every penny I have tried to save is gone
Tell me why I have to sacrifice
All my dreams to the gods of real life
'Cause I'm tired, nearly dead
And it doesn't help me get out of the red
I've got nothing left to give so
Why can't they just let me live
It's not what I had planned to borrow
Can I pay it back tomorrow
When you find a better way to live your life, please show me
'Cause I'm so tired of serving people who will never know me
Then the envelopes arrive
Full of bills to pay on time
And all the statements say "remit to"
But the name is never mine
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Rust
I am not afraid of you
You will not slow me down or stop me now
The hand of God won't be refused
Resist and rest assured, I'll bring you down
I'll make you wish you'd never been born
And all of this will turn to rust
Just as soon as the rain has dried
I'll be the last one standing up
And you will suffer for your foolish pride
I'll make you wish you'd never been born
The ground will shake, the veil will be torn
You haven't seen the last of me
Sharpen my teeth, digging in deep
I'll make you
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Go
Let me make this clear
It doesn't matter why I came here
For the city, for the music, or for you
The only thing that matters is that
When you are not here
The city's empty and the music's out of tune
I hope you still feel
The same when you get back
I hope I still remember how you felt before you left
Could you come back as someone else
And would I ever know?
Or am I the one who changes when you go?
When you go
When you go
Or am I the one who changes when you go?
I've been traveling myself
Alone with no one else
Half a world away from where I call my home
But nothing looks the same
Without you there to see it with me
I need your eyes in addition to my own
When you go
When you go
Or am I the one who changes when you go?
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Beginning of the End
It's the beginning of the end, my friends
So let's down our drinks and have another dance
Why bother trying to save this world gone wrong?
Tip your hat, raise your glass, and say so long
It's the beginning of the end, my friends
We were destined from the start to make a mess
We're paying now for sins from long ago
I know because the Bible told me so
But if you wake up tomorrow and the sun is in the sky
Won't you come out to find me and make sure I'm still alive
And we'll go out walking and we'll try to hitch a ride
On a boat to the city, where we'll party every night
It's the beginning of the end, my friends
The stars will fall, the seas will rise again
Can't change the world our parents left to us
So sit back and watch the cities self-destruct
It's the beginning of the end, my friends
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Citizen, Go Back to Sleep
This is how we got this way
Your eyes were closed, that's how they'll stay
Ours are open, and shall remain
Watching over night and day
If you have nothing to hide
You have nothing to fear
We keep you safe at night, so
You won't mind if we are everywhere
We're the eyes behind your mirror
We're the sun when the sky is clear
Citizen, go back to sleep
Whatever happens we will see
If you have nothing to hide
You have nothing to fear
We keep you safe at night, so
You won't mind if we are everywhere
We made the laws while you slept
We did it all without your help
What will we think of next
To protect you from yourself?
Citizen, go back to sleep
Whatever happens we will see
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Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
Quarter after nine, quarter after nine
Everything is fine, everything is fine
Do you know where your children are?
Do you know where your children are?
Let them play with toys, play without a word
Dollies for the boys, soldiers for the girls
Do you know where your children are?
Do you know where your children are?
Crooked little smiles, missing half their teeth
Set them down a while, let them watch TV
Do you know where your children are?
Do you know where your children are?
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Thousand Yard Stare
You had a growth in your right ear
And I had a murmuring heart
And all our healthy companions got a free ticket out
While the country they left fell apart
Now the only way over the ocean
Is in the belly of a camouflaged plane
And freedom is offered to the ones who enlist
Until only the prisoners remain
And we wouldn’t be able to leave
Even if our passports hadn’t expired
So we sit in our bedrooms and talk on our tapped phones
And know our apartment is wired
And the TV distracts us with light shows
Telling us everything’s going as planned
But there’s something awry out the corner of our eye
We can no longer comprehend
There’s a chain from your hand to mine
And I can’t let go of it, I can’t let go of it
We were saved from the front line
Got nothing to show for it, nothing to show for it
So we watch the receding horizon
‘Til we develop a thousand yard stare
And with our old tape recorders we pretend to cross borders
And dream that we’re breathing free air
But we can only imagine that landscape
Gaze at pictures now faded with age
The greatest country on Earth was our prison since birth
Its shores an invulnerable cage
There’s a chain from your hand to mine
And I can’t let go of it, I can’t let go of it
We were saved from the front line
Got nothing to show for it, nothing to show for it
Burn it down, burn it down
There’s nothing here I want to save
Leave this town, leave this town
Before you’re just another slave
Turn around, turn around
They’re already digging our grave
In the ground, in the ground
We’re too close now to turn away
There’s a chain from your hand to mine
And I can’t let go of it, I can’t let go of it
We were saved from the front line
Got nothing to show for it, nothing to show for it
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Breathing On Another Planet
You said you needed some space between us
Maybe I took it a little too far
Now I’ve gone where you cannot follow
We don’t even see the same stars
And I am slightly short of breath
There’s not enough oxygen in this atmosphere
And I can barely take a step
Because I know I am the first one to walk here
So breathe in deep
The sky is green
But the ground is blue
And this place is
The opposite of you
And I am slightly short of breath
There’s not enough oxygen in this atmosphere
And I can barely take a step
Because I know I am the first one to walk here
So breathe in deep