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Nothing In
02:29
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at the bottom of the bottle I'm your shadow
I'm your best friend, I'm your savior
won't you just hold me quiet in your arms?
nothing in my cold dead body
just the shadow
cut the cold call, light the candle
won't you just find me quiet in your arms?
at the bottom of the backyard
light the shadow
under the ground, find your savior
won't you just hold me quiet in your arms?
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Bones
06:28
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no one is above me, resting in my bones
no one is above me, resting in my bones
resting in my bones
and like a circle in the sky i find you circling inside me till my mother keeps repeating god forgive me for all time
for all time
no one is above me, resting in my bones
and like a circle in the sky i find you circling inside me till my mother keeps repeating god forgive me for all time
for all time
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3. |
Dark Rider
06:06
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stop, running, it's done: into your head
no trial, start while, the dark, the rider hold me hold me
and why you fight to face him silently in your bed
not higher just lie here the dark, the rider hold me
now ill say don't you wanna be afraid? ill say: i don't know
and i won't go - i'll say don't you wanna be afraid? i'll say: "i don't know"
and once i find your face i'll cut your throat and throw your body down and roll
and in my my mind a shallow hill a quiet trench ill keep you in and as your body finds my skin i'll pull your hands straight out
stop, running, it's over: everything's done
cold tile, reconcile, the dark: the rider
hold me
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4. |
Plane
05:33
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ill start today/ fine i'm ok/ now should i stay?
said you wanted this, wanted this - said you wanted this, wanted this
i'll take the plane - i should have known, what to say - am i your ghost? not too late...
but you wanted this, wanted this - said you wanted this, wanted this
see you from the window the found the sun comes down and tells me how
alone, alone it feels to take the plane above the ground and now:
i know my fear- i am afraid - of everything i've wanted since
the time has come i'm rising now the drop below to find the one
and all i know is what we are
the dark, the dove, the shadow waits
for me- i wanna find a way to you but now i shouldn't say so
but all my life i've wanted to know
just how this world began in the cold
it goes on and on, on and on (it goes)
one and on, on and on (it goes)
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5. |
No One Is A Way Down
04:25
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no one's a way down
down, down, down
no one's a way down
down, down, down
i've been reaching in your head..
tell me am i strange or are you listening?
no one's a way
down
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6. |
I Feel Fine
06:06
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in the darkness i feel fine
found your body clenched to mine- i know- people and the places you go
but all the ones you wanted to stay here- i got you like a shell in my mind
in the water i feel fine
watch you walking down my spine- ill go
in a quiet room
i can be myself
silent as a dove
calling out- "I'm wrong"
but i won't go- people and the places you go
in the quiet i feel fine
found your body clenched to mine- but i won't
in the final room
i can see myself
let go of your soul
let your body go
but i won't know- people and the places you go
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Mirror
07:37
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so, are you alone? are you a stone? are you a nightmare?
how, something so cold, gripping your soul, is this the door i want to
stop- smile, keep me in your mind now all these people are disguised- like a drug- that i take to feel fine and remind myself why I'm alive till the moment subsides following every eye to that place down below but no one goes
hey, don't be scared
i'm your mirror
i'm your mirror
and if one day our body should explode, please find the one you love the most- you're asking why we'll never know
and if one day you find me in the cold, dig deeply underneath the snow- and asking why we'll never know
we'll never know
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8. |
The Room
05:18
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so i'll say: "what you wanna do?"
found your face stuck inside the mirror
what you wanna say?
what you wanna do?
found you in my brain
stuck inside the room
don't you wanna stay?
i am in the room
found you in the rain
underneath the roof
so i'll say: "what you wanna do?"
found no way, out from in the room
don't you wanna stay?
i am in the room
found you in the rain
hiding the room
so i'll say: "do you want me to?"
called my name, hiding in the room
don't you wanna stay?
i am in the room
don't you wanna stay?
i am in the room, i am in the room, i am in the room
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Hands Out
05:02
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in the backyard
pull your hands out
from the dark road
find your own soul
im a soldier
pull my hands out
from your bad dream
I'm your bad dream
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Candle
06:00
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now you're asking for the door, you hear me on the floor, just let your body down
light the candle, now
now I'm chasing you away escaping to your grave you're asking for the place you want to stay
i want your soul
i want your soul
i want your soul
now nobody gets away confession calls your name and holds you til your safe
light the candle
i dont wanna let you out- burying me slowly
i dont wanna see your face- mirroring my body
i dont wanna find out- no one is a way down
let me fall asleep right now- let me find a way out
i'll say: "don't wait long
for my body"
i'll say: "don't wait long
till my body wants to stay"
i want your soul
stay- what you want, i'll see you again
not quite yet and never again
i'll see you again
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Setting Sun
05:43
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oh, find me in the setting sun
oh, find me if nobody comes
and flying like a dove- watching when your body runs
but no one knows, no one cares
in my head, i'm not there
i won't shut out, i won't shut out, i won't shut out, i won't shut out
oh, find me where nobody goes
and flying like a dove- watching when your body runs..
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