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Two Knocks
03:30
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cold fire tonight and head slow
ironed eyes and lead to hide the gallows
the crowd’s stoned out on
bottles in the back and the red rope
i shot him down
two knocks at the door and he hit the ground
one last breath, well i suppose
and the beat goes
on broken strangers filled with blind hope
perched the thing with feathers made of red smoke
as the sun bleeds down on
all the tangled rivers and the loaded guns
[chorus]
the sun goes black as the cello plays
the kind of cinematic swell that makes the critics say
if only we had made
something out of nothing before a quiet grave
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Plenty
02:31
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in the land of plenty, we don't know what the word no means
give it to me, give me all the things I want
make it new and shiny, and make them watch me, make them watch me
turn the power on and wait for light
all the pleasures that you paid for
all the skipped turns that you saved for
all the nights you fell asleep without your gun
a coronation, a beheading
from the funeral to the wedding
do you think they care where the crown goes?
show the crowd you're happy, like a movie, like a movie
what's your story, what's the refund policy?
we want violence, we want blood
we want superhero love, we want all the answers you promised us
we want laughter, we want pain, everyone will know our name
did you know that no two missteps are the same?
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Any Body
04:21
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grey on my face and spurs on my tongue and i could be anyone
large as a lion stalking his lover, small as the dying sun
don’t tell them what you would do in there
fist full of flowers and fire for hair
feet first, all fumbles, but he wouldn’t care
fake human face trapped inside his stare
when i’m in this body, put your pressure on me
when you’re getting closer, you’re getting further from me
but i’m the one who knows better
i’m the one who’s no better
and she’ll always know better
and she’s always no better
i could be best and i could be dust and i could be what you think
pinned to your collar, proof of your power, code for what you can’t see
don’t say it’s me when you know she’ll do
things I could dream up and you’ll dream too
all legs and all eyes, like any body moves
perfect in the right light, like anybody’s truth
when i’m thinking clear like the light behind the window
oh, i could see it peel off, and the voices become real
[chorus]
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Mahogany
04:07
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mahogany eyes, you saddle me with doubt
behind the stadium, when you were coming down
the lighter leaves are lost in the freckles on your skin
the bitter taste of blood when the rooftop's caving in
rotting good, would you, would you
cut the grain, would you, would you
string his neck, would you, would you
steer this wreck, would you, would you
tease me, torturess, bend to your death
i give in easy, hold me now
when i grow tall, bigger than them
i'll be reckless, not yet
mahogany eyes, are you more true than me?
the woodcutter's brothers are lining up to see
your beauty is unparalleled and i cannot compete
the fray, the fretful harmonies, it twists the good in me
[chorus]
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Bloodlust
03:01
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why can’t we rearrange the tectonic plates?
there’s another painted woman at the foot of the stage
blue eyes, black thighs, you don’t give a damn
as every cheek in this room prepares to give you a hand
cheap beer and moonlight were never enough
and every time i cried wolf, you had to call my bluff
you’d start to call me more fashionable names
i chipped my teeth on our wedding day
bang, bang, bang goes the front door
and bang, bang, bang goes my heart to the floor
you’d be a liar if you settled for more
oh, these are the plights of the ever unsure
if we do this your way, it’ll never be through
we’ve got a lot to say and even less to do
bloodlust is the ticket and contrition is fraud
you’ll have a hell of a time crawling back to the start
build me a cradle and make it swing deep
and you can tell all the neighbors that i just went to sleep
you’d be a liar if you settled for less
so just cut off my hands and watch me try to undress
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Carl
03:44
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there will come soft rains in time, when you are grey and older
not a single cloud will know the burdens we have shouldered
earth, if i may, stand on your stage
larger than life, and life as large as we are
this lonely light looms in the cosmic night
we fell in love and spilled our blood on the pale blue dot
every way erodes the lines 'til there's no good, there's only kind
kids and killers shed their bones on this, the only home we've known
[chorus]
and by design, the iris of your eye
hides the hints of amber in the artificial light
once brilliant blue, so innocent and new
wider than the endless night around our tiny view
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