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All the lives always tempted to trade Will they hate me for all the choices I’ve made Will they stop when they see me again? I can’t stop now I know who I am Now I’m all yours, I’m not afraid I’m yours always say what they may And all your love I’ll tak...

[Verse 1] What did you plan? What did you anticipate? All you demand to find Spiraling down falling behind No tomorrow When you're ahead of your time What did you want to know? How does it end? How does it go? [Chorus] From the bottom i fled But th...

I'm just as fucked up as they say I can't fake the daytime Found an entrance to escape into the dark Got false lights for the sun It's an artificial nocturne It's an outsider's escape for a broken heart Hiding out in the back Like shadows in a strange...

Hello again, friend of a friend, I knew you when Our common goal was waiting for the world to end Now that the truth is just a rule that you can bend You crack the whip, shape-shift and trick, the past again Sending my love on a wire Lift you up, ev...

[Verse 1] Whatever I want, whatever I do, whatever I say Whatever I make, whatever I spend, whatever I save The sound of the club, the kiss on your lips, it should be mine The people you meet, the people you trust, the people you find [Pre-Chorus] That'...

Send us a blindfold, send us a blade Tell the survivors help is on the way I was a blindfold, never complained All the survivors singing in the rain I was the one with the world at my feet Got us a battle, leave it up to me Find us a trapdoor, find us a plane...

I'm the blade You're the knife I'm the wind You're the kite They were right when they said We were breathing underwater Out of place all the time In a world that wasn't mine to take I'll wait Is this my life? Am I breathing underwater? Is this my l...

You're so handsome in this light, if only you'd reject me tonight Darling there's no 'only way' when you come, please don't stay We're so boring, we're so white. We've had too much 'so long' Besides, what of freedom can I say when I smoke DuMaurier? I'd l...

I'm sick, you're tired, let's dance Break to love make lust I know it isn't I'm sick, you're tired, let's dance Cold as numbers but let's dance As though it were easy for you to lead me I could be passive gracefully Half the horizon's gone for a skyline of n...

Just keep going strong With whatever it is, yeah That's compelling you on, yeah Don't be afraid when I'm gone Keep whatever it is, yeah That's compelling you on, yeah Cascading rays of emotion Cascading over us still From leaving feelings unspoken Th...

[Verse 1] I'll be standing tall When you call, I'll be at your side Don't even think of giving in Know all your fears keep creeping into your mind Even the darkest hour soon will be over My friend, it will be over [Pre-Chorus] I've been blessed and I...

Call me out My regret Only makes me Stronger yet Nothing I've ever done right Happened on the safe side It's the other way I'm missing everyone I know now It's too late in the day, Too late in the day to take you on all the rides I was afraid to te...

If the fire's out baby How you gonna keep me warm? Supposing you left me With the door wide open no one can leave I know it's a lie, I want it to be true The rest of the ride is riding on you Over goodbyes we'll buy some place for Wishing you could keep me c...

We used to leave the blue lights on and there was a beat Ever since you have been gone it's all caffeine-free Faux punk fatigues Said it all before They try to kick it, their feet fall asleep Get no harm done no None of them want to fight me Combat baby come...

Somewhere in the South of France Or the Caribbean sea She said "I don't need to make a living" "Fake donors got nothing on me" I meet her in the world below She's a tourist of the world beneath I said "everything, I've built from nothing" She said "I'm...

Skip town. slow down Push it to the east coast Step down turn around Push it to the west Need less, use less We're asking for too much I guess Cause all we get is... Dead disco Dead funk Dead rock and roll Remodel Everything has been done La la la la la la la...

It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, baby It don't matter, anyhow An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, baby If you don't know by now When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm travelin' on...

I wondered if you could come and help me, I want to get from here, To there. I wondered if you could come and help me, I want to get from here, To there. I saw your face look Down to mine, I only hope that you're alright. I know you think it's alway...

The lack of light, hollow sea, Poison beaches, limousines Toothless dentists, cops that kill, can't stop shopping, I can't I can't stop the lonesome lows, don't just go away overnight Dr. Blind, just prescribe the blue one (Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson)...

When I get to the bottom of it I sink Seems like nothing I said Ever meant anything But a headline over my head Thought I made a stand only made a scene There's no feast for the underfed All the unknown, dying or dead Keep showing up in my dreams They...

[Intro] And we keep speeding, and we keep speeding And we keep crashing, and we keep crashing And we keep reaching, and we keep reaching And we keep crying 'til we start laughing Long before my fall from grace For a piece of me they paid From the throa...

All the lives always tempted to trade Will they hate me for all the choices I’ve made Will they stop when they see me again? I can’t stop now I know who I am Now I’m all yours, I’m not afraid And you're all minesay what they may And all your love I’ll t...

There's no way out, the only way out is to give in When there's no way out, the only way out is to give in How I love to, how I love to, how I love to... give in Here no one sleeps, one lays up while the other lies down Where no one sleeps, one lays up while...

All this that is more than a wish is a memory All this that is ceases to be All is revealed The obvious door opens nothing Nothing, nothing left, nothing left Nothing left to chance When you try to see, we'll watch you When you try to leave, we'll keep...

There you stood on the edge of your feather, Expecting to fly. While I laughed, I wondered whether I should wave goodbye, Knowing that you'd gone. By the summer it was healing, We had said goodbye. All the years we'd spent with feeling Ended with a...

[Verse 1] It's all, but it ain't It's all, but it ain't So where do I start? It's only so vain So what did I gain? I gave it my heart [Pre-Chorus] I told myself, if I had the wealth I could buy my way out of everything [Chorus] Why'd I have to be...

Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Tell me in the morning that you love me, show me Only if you got it bad enough, oh, oh, oh She cracked right on the dance floor She cracked, but I won't Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Tell me in the morning that...

I'm in the front row with a bottle Don't know what I can't decide I'm in the front row, I'm a model Don't know what I can't describe Burned out stars they shine so bright All of us, burned out stars they shine so bright He's not perfect, he's my hero Smashin...

Oh, a storm is threat'ning My very life today If I don't get some shelter Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'...

Get hot, get too close to the flame Wild, open space Talk like an open book Sign me up Got no time to take a picture I'll remember someday all the chances we took We're so close to something better left unknown We're so close to something better left unknown...

Get hot, get too close to the flame Wild, open space Talk like an open book Sign me up Got no time to take a picture I'll remember someday all the chances we took We're so close to something better left unknown We're so close to something better...

Only know what I'm told, only know what I'm told Fast asleep daydreaming Start to push, break your own glass ceiling Can't count, can't catch the pieces falling Who let it end up on the ground How am I gonna know you're letting me down How did I end up on the...

All the gold and the guns in the world couldn't get you off All the gold and the guns and the girls couldn't get you off All the boys, all the choices in the world I remember when we were gambling to win Everybody else said better luck next time I don't wanna...

Floating the room Two by two From the womb To the holiday There is no holiday First double-cross her heart He wants to start a family Needing something to go on If she weren't writing in blood She'd bring him her jokes A new liver And a shovel for the mud If...

Say you wanna get in And then you wanna get out When you get the money To buy yourself a castle How will you wear your leisure Zipper back and front On the fence together Weekends in leather Flip to the right Slip back to the left For handshakes at...

Giving for chances to Leave the basement life And not the landlord's wife. Furnished room Celebrate the first flight window Bird's eye view. You hardwire I'll try to play the guitar. Stay smoke is gone Pass by the morning Though we both see it coming We don't...

I tremble, they're gonna eat me alive If I stumble they're gonna eat me alive Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer? Beating like a hammer Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer Hard to be soft, tough to be tender Come take my pulse...

I tremble They’re gonna eat me alive If I stumble They’re gonna eat me alive Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer Help, I’m alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer Hard to be soft, tough to be tender Come take my pulse...

[Verse 1] Holding out for the right time What if the right time never arrives? Always waiting on the sidelines When is it my time To be the one, the one, the one? [Verse 2] Holding out for the right time My whole lifetime slowly goes by Always waitin...

Behold the fishnet slut tonight Hustle Rose goes from limb to limb Fingertip to painted lip she sways her way up to him Says, "Now that your wallet is all lit up Now that your wallet is all lit up Now that your wallet is all lit up Now that your wallet is all...

Old world underground where are you now? Subtract my age from the mileage On my speeding heart, credit cards Accelerate, accumulate Looked for you downtown Wound up in a movie with no story Now it's late and you are nowhere to be found Hesitation's always min...

When I look back upon my life It's always with a sense of shame I've always been the one to blame For everything I long to do No matter when or where or who Has one thing in common, too It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin It's a sin Everything I've eve...

What have we started? Reverse locomotion Predictions and planets align Fire my apprentice The expert back benchers Predict a decline Send an explosive good-bye to my restraint Cover my ears and close my eyes This is our last joy ride If the abyss doesn't hide...

If it happened it was meant to be Offer me a free lobotomy Got to be sedated to be seen On the cover of your magazine (Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) If it happened it was meant to be Got me a lobotomy for free Now, I'm so sedated and se...

On the day we were supposed to leave You changed your mind at the station You had a nice apartment There was a good bar downstairs Your old friend worked there I'll go anyway, I'll go anyway They won't refund the ticket It's a good story But I don't want to...

Middle-aged, do the low rise on the waist London half-life Middle-aged, you're the low riser getting over myself today And if you're compromised, Drive your car through the rain And if you've been beaten, Drive your car through the rain Until you wash off th...

Don't say yes if you can't say no, Victim of the system, say it isn't so Squatted on the doorstep, swollen on the blow Leaving without you, can't say no Halfway starts with happiness for me Halfway house, lost kitten in the street Hit me where it hurts,...

There's spring in the air They're sweeping the streets Wind is a breeze The sun becomes her he agrees What's holding up her face? Nothing but blue skies Passage ways to windows That don't close Where do you live? Love is a place Where are you from? She say...

Monster hospital, can you please release me? You hold my hands down, I've been bad. You hold my arms down, I've been bad. I've been bad, I've been bad. I fought the war but the war won Monster movie, Daddy Warbucks up against Bobby Fuller And he beat him...

[Verse 1] It's true I'm flawed It's all my fault I made every mistake Paper walls break And it's all falling through [Pre-Chorus] The past, it isn't far away It's part of all of us It's here to stay I'm more than able to follow through I'm just no...

I got a little black book with my poems in. Got a bag, got a toothbrush and a comb. When I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone. I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on. Got those swollen hands blues. Got thirteen channels of shit on the tv to choo...

Steal once Pay twice Advice to heed I won't I might Advice to heed Steal once Pay twice Advice to heed I won't I might Advice to heed Steal once Pay twice Advice to heed I won't I might Advice to heed Steal once Pay twice Advice to h...

True beautiful one What have you gone and done I can see all your moves are new Tell me what did that salesman do to you That catalogue replaced the fine mind behind your face no human trio can compete when that three way mirror meets your eye On a slow nigh...

Wipe it up you're capable of putting back a few when you have to memorize The history of your body like a virgin Ladies night 80's night The kids get high and eat TV So do we For Halloween I want to be Lenny Bruce I want them to hate me I want them to hate me...

Square in the face Sony spacecraft Hovering over like a third eye Why am I hovering over myself I'm flipping out in the magazine neighborhood It's just like everybody said you would be greased I should be living Giving my mind a chance to rewind And playback...

Can't stand by myself Hate to sleep alone Surprises always help So I take somebody home To find out how I feel Feel like just a baby Portrait of a lady Poster of a girl Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité Tu sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité Tu sais que je...

Sort of wonder why No one said a word Don't you like it on the sly? Don't you like it till it hurts? Have I been on your mind? What's a voice without a song? Something in your head You've been fighting all along... I don't want to say it, The news is not so g...

[Verse 1] So you got away Something brought you back To the kid that you were For a couple days Everything you lacked You possessed It was yours [Pre-Chorus] Started slow Started late Started strong Then we lost faith Started slow Started to los...

The town where she was born, like town where I was born was built by white settlers seeking gold and other treasures. Like me she feels uncomfortable in the clothing of her ancestors. "It's not easy," she would say, dipping her fingers into the ashtray, "It's...

Hold it, I'm about to drop off Let me tell you my last thought Drift into a deep fog, lost where I forgot to Hold it, I can feel you most when I'm alone Coming home 'cause I want to hang out with the starlet Stare up at the ceiling, preview of a screening Fla...

[Verse 1] Come on, angel Come and save us Let me see sunrise Give me something For the one thing we immortalized Gaze upon you Turning into some desired doll I'll be there to come and shake you When your will dissolves [Pre-Chorus] My love Come ou...

I said, I'm sorry to change my mind It was a little bit cold that night I was dreading the ride back to little Italy And needing to hide out from my mind When you walk, you move like Moses When you look, you look like Red Roses Every day breaks bitter river,...

Watch out, Cupid stuck me with a sickness Pull your little arrows out, let me live my life You better watch out, Cupid stuck me with a sickness Pull your little arrows out, let me live my life The one I better lead, all the blondes are fantasies And we looked...

Climb the walls to make the sun rise in time But the night had already begun Now here I am, I am the one So hang high, soft star, don't shine for swine Not a lot of room to move us, where is my guide? I tried lookin' up to you, girls Please correct me,...

All the way from where we came, We built a mansion in a day, Distant lightning, thunder claps, Watched our neighbor's house collapse, Looked the other way. And then the storm was overhead, All the oceans boil and river's bled. We auctioned off our memo...

Wanna make a bet We'll be neck to neck taking off the gloves Spider versus bat Tiger versus rat, rabbit versus dove Wanna make a bet Odds are neck to neck taking off the gloves Spider versus bat Tiger versus rat, owl versus dove Every living thing pushed int...

Lonesome for no one when The room was empty and War as we knew it was obsolete Nothing could beat complete denial All we do is talk, sit, switch screens As the homeland plans enemies All we do is talk, static split screens As the homeland plans enemies In...

Some of us are wild ones, ever underwanted, I believe Lining up in the background, Waiting for the crap shot to be seen In the shadow of the big screen, Everybody begs to be redeemed Hey, I'm not Synthetica I'll keep the life that I've got We were...

Can you turn it up? Let me lay my eyes Let me lay my eyes And try to pin it down Let me lay my eyes on the painting It's hard to put into words Draw the line, draw the line Draw the line, draw the line Forgetting all you wanted You have to ask me...

[Verse 1] Who did you say you were? I didn't catch your name Falling down to earth Down from a higher plane Oh, it's been decades Say, what did you see? Oh, I've been so lonely Won't you keep me company? [Verse 2] Do you remember me? We met out on...

All dressed down to catch a whiff of the buzz Smells like the death of the last great cause But you & I we've been through that and that is not our fate Give my face to the back of your head Loyal in your shadow Yeah yeah yeah Broken accidental stars...

[Verse 1] Ten tonnes may fall, down from the fallen sky Onto the other side My heart may break, don't look the other way Don't look the other way Oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh [Verse 2] Fools may rise - all fall in their time Burning with the forest...

Not looking for a reason, not trying to understand Not trying to catch your eye, not trying to touch your hand Not trying to show you part of me no one else can find But I will bring a song to you, who will buy my time? Not looking for a reason, not trying to...

Get straight, wait here while I try to find the exit sign When we stop asking strangers, no one wants what we want Keep one eye on the door, keep one eye on the bag Never expect to be sure You're working for the police and the private, the pirates and the pil...

[Verse 1]: I'm following the sun That's setting in the West We're floating on a bed of fading lights A canopy of trees Bears witness to the breeze I'm falling like a feather, soft and light [Pre-Chorus]: Baby, there's no better time No better time,...

We were too wasted to close the window Friends and family looking in to my only hiding place The rhythm of a strangers skin Infidel to die for what i am doing will happen in the morning when the mirror won't recognize me He holds a certain gesture when...

All night, like a child I stayed up to prove I can keep up All night, like a fool I stayed up to prove I can keep up with you All night (made a plan, it was grand, but you're still in the void) All night (sing along with the band, but you're losing you...

I've been sleepwalking Through the railway station Wake me up When they call my destination Where I've been I was bound to leave behind All device And all disease was mine Oh, speeding out of reach Oh, you're the one I had to meet I never wanted t...

Take me out of this state I'm in Go somewhere I've never been Got something trapped inside Still alive, where's that paradise? I thought by now I'd find Rough justice is a long lifeline Back and forth between the desert and the sea Who I was and I will...

You can burn your paper fingers in the ashtray Place your swollen lips on mine You can shave your heavy head in my carpeted hallway Sure for the first time you're wearing the right clothes Now take them off Meet me on the band room rug Tie my right hand to th...

Get the rope, tie me to the bedposts 'Cause I can't find within myself the happy host If I find my peace of mind, torture me If I seem too serene, torture me Torture me with all I wanted (Torture me) Hit me with the way they're flaunted (with all I want...

Did they tell you, you should grow up when you wanted to dream Did they warn you, better shape up if you want to succeed I don't know about you, who are they talking to? They aren't talking to me I'm higher than high, lower than deep I'm doing it wrong, singi...

Saw the water, not the waves Caught your eye, forgot your name Always leaving, either way I want you to stop me Episodes to fantasize TV movie of our lives The future is all mine I’ll find it on my way back When I’m gone I’ll know what I’ve done I’ll go wher...

Falling for the creep the body leech here he comes Vicious hypnosis, a clenched fist saying it's wrong To want more than a folk song Underneath the shaker knit he's a brick wall She keep falling for the trick vegetariate sing-along Give a little kick with your...

Piss-poor, ridin high, sunbathin' fire-side, We're here for the porn of the sirloin, Get your T-bone, Let your backbone slide, Tunnel and sky collide, Lose friends to the air waves and the airlines. I wanna make it right, Some future in my eyes *bright* Hush-...

Hangman we played rubber soul with a razor blade Behind the church, hiding place, it was a long joke till The punch line came. Can you read my mind? Read my mind Follow along to the end of the song Hangman we played double dutch with a hand grenade Behind th...