1. |
Mr. Blank's Testimony
03:36
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I was on the back foot
I was pleading for my life
Never thought this day was coming
Never took you for the type
And I know its not a picture
Not how anyone should live
I take before I give
And you were more than willing
Good at telling me I'm wrong
And if I had a story
It was hidden in a song
Where I was the protagonist
The atheist, the priest
Giving blessings to the weak
Like me, like me
No one needs to know the truth
No one needs to know about me and you
And no one needs to be a judge
A jury and a noose
To hang me by a thread
And leave me for dead
And can feel it splitting
Is this ringing in my head?
Like a million tiny pieces
A messiah breaking bread
You could put me back together
If you wanted to
But I wouldn't if I were you
Were you looking for some peace of mind
Thoughts that cost a penny
Were you looking for a place to hide?
A bullet for your enemy
And mine
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Cold rain
There was nothing to gain
No price to be paid
On this lonely train
On its own
It was nothing to me
But to prove my love
I would bend my knee
I carry this weight
Ready to die for you
Polishing this gun
Ready to take
What comes
For me
Sun sets
Time to place my bets
Would I die for the cause?
Will it come to this?
Could you forgive
Give me a chance
To prove my love
For you
My love
And if I live
Will you take me back?
In your arms
In your body
Will you take me back?
I pray
That you take me back
In your arms
In your body
That you take me back
If you won't listen
Then there's nothing to be done
I mean to plead my case
Set out today
To be the savior of the world
But it was not to be
My fate
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3. |
The Reluctant
03:41
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No matter what I said
I'm on the path
Im on the road to ruin
Don't know what I'm doing
Do i?
Don't know what to expect
Don't know how to respect myself
Is there someone I could be
For you?
I wanted you to lay with me
I wanted you to pray with me
I wanted you leave the world behind
To come and stay with me
But it was my mistake
You put me in my place
You told me I wrong
For you
But I don't believe it
Do you?
For everything I did
I paid a price
I found myself in prison
Found a new religion
That suits me fine
Came back to where I left you
Don't know what I thought I'd find
The only clock that stopped
Was mine
If this is where we are
If this is how its meant to be
You shouldn't have to look at me
Again
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When the sister ship sank
And the water rushed in
I was carried away
I was cleansed of my sins
I was battered and burdened
and drunken and dry
I swam to the bottom
And reached for the sky
I could have blown away
You could have flown away
We could be lost
To the wind
And I could be far away
And you could be close
To him
Nothing was a promise
So there was nothing to break
That wasn't already broken
Like me
Bottles through the air
Weapons of war
Coming to pieces
On the floor
We kept it afloat
With a coffee stained note
On a paper-white page
Of lies
We did what we could
Maybe not what we should
Have done
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5. |
Canary
02:46
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I heard the story
And I came to you
Had a feeling what I'd find
Remnant soul and half a mind
Drowning in your medicine
Drowning in your lies
Wasting time
Yours
and mine
Called him a friend
You tried to saved his life
Couldn't get to him in time
Or was this another lie?
Was it really you?
Sitting by his side
Holding his hands
As he died
Oh you paint yourself a saint
But its a sinner they love
Its the reason they'll come
To pray at your grave
My friend
And sing your name
What do I see?
The queen undressed
Whats left, no more, no less, no rest
Close to the chest
A wolf in the breast
Spiders in the mind
And the chain that binds
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