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Modus Operandi
04:36
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Come gather round children and lend me your ears
This is a tale I invite you to hear
I was once loved, and felt just like you;
now I ache with desire to tell you the truth
Because I have nothing left to lose
And what would be the point of making an excuse?
I’ve made an art out of disappearing
It all adds to the mystery
Vanishing across the world without a trace
Like migrants, I’ve scavenged across the plains
We’re all looking for a means to an end
You and I are not so different, my friend
Please heed my advice, I’ll do just the same
Watch your back and do nothing in vain
Like a gale of wind across the earth,
They would slander my name for all of it's worth
and leave no stone unturned on the ground
To leave me alone with no hope to be found
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He Doesn't Know
03:33
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(There’s no way back from this)
Slip inside handsome and come take me for a ride
Tonight could very well be the best night of your life
It’s mystery is simplicity, I'll wrap you up nice and tight
But you won't notice that when my claws sink into your thighs
I'll make him think at first that this was his idea
Let him lead the way, make sure to persevere
Pull the twine inside his back and watch how the marionette appears
What he doesn't know won’t hurt him, so let’s make haste--
this way my dear
How can I trust all that I'm hearing when all I've heard was said before
By my friends and lovers in another life--this is a path I must endure
My heart is telling me to run but my feet are stuck in their place
I’ve never felt anything like this and
It would be such a shame to waste this moment
(Tonight, he doesn’t know)
You can trust me darling, I have no reason to lie to you
I have watched you from afar, I know your heart is determined too
I’ll help you reach your gold, you won’t have to fight this world alone
Let’s make this place our paradise; baby trust me, and close your eyes
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Flightless
04:43
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I come from a humble past, there's not much to boast of
and climbed the ladder of privilege, not impossible
Sitting at the top of this ivory, I can’t help but see the irony
I wouldn't have it any other way
I never thought that I could be corrupted so easily
but some things turn out that way surprisingly
Wasn't for popularity, or being a part of the elite
But you'd be a fool to waste opportunities like these
Carry my dreams toward the sky I marvel as I watch them take flight
Among the murders and the flocks I gather around me tonight
If I don't reach for stars on high, pursue what it means to be alive
Regret will consume me inside; my hopes like my wings, flightless
Judge me for what I've done, you have no wings to speak of
It's easy to feel superior on that pedestal above
If you and I are supposed to be the same,
why would you feel okay with me being treated in this way?
Now juxtapose the evil, you’ll be eating crow indefinitely
So what would the point in trying to be discreet
If a monster is what they want, a villain is what they'll get
In the end, after all my suffering, I couldn’t care less
In retrospect it truly doesn't seem so strange
It's picture perfect, almost as if it were staged
Tell me, am I too far gone to be saved?
Or will things work out for me in a better way?
Don't worry, I always have a penchant for success
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Beaumont Sur Mer
04:30
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It was true love and I knew it when I felt it
I never thought I would ever live to regret this
It was everything I wanted it to be
But I guess in the end that doesn't mean anything
It was your eyes that made me lose perspective
Gave up on all I hoped for, abandoned all my friendships
Sold my body and soul for less-- How could I have been so fucking selfish?
If this is my confession then I know I've learned my lesson
I'm done paying penance for things I haven't done
No I am not perfect, but I know I don't deserve this
I'm sorry for all the right that I've wronged
If this is love then I'd rather be alone
It's not that I believed we couldn't be forever
But I thought that giving up would be better
Than trying to salvage the embers from this dying fire
I CAN’T DO THIS AGAIN
NO, I WON’T BE AVENGED
I WON’T DO THIS AGAIN
THIS MADNESS HAS TO END
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You Complete Me
03:13
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Oh my sweet naïveté, I wish that you and I would never change
It's only just you and me living life the way it was supposed to be,
Nobody's perfect, I guess that's true, but that won't stop me from loving you
and all that you seem to do...even when you can be so cruel to me
The former, the latter and all in between
Yes it's true darling, you complete me
Oh my love’s led me astray, but now I couldn’t hope to ever escape
The clutches of madness, my soul’s enraptured, isn’t it pretty when everything’s fractured?
We’re both so broken, so fragile apart, you syncopate the beating of my heart
I love you so and I won’t let go--at least until our death do us part
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6. |
The Great Decay
04:30
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We treat our home like we have somewhere else to go
Honestly, it's sad, this world is all that we know
Our selfish exploit of resource for greed’s sake
is going to lead us into an early grave
When industry is booming, the sheep aren’t consuming
all that is left on their plates-- what a waste
What’s the point of progress if all we do is forget
About everything we made into sacrifices
I know you all think that one day this will all go away
And you won’t have to pay for this world’s great decay
They laughed out loud but they knew it was true
But by admitting such would undermine our “values”
So we sit back and let all these companies
Control and destroy our manifest destiny
Kyoto’s not enough, time has called our bluff
Maybe it’s time we take to the streets
Skeletons we leave behind will be message for all time
For those to mock at the demise of our species.
Now I see you’ve washed your hands, but there’s blood in the sand
And you all have to pay for this world's great decay
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There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne
People like you are who we blame
For disparity in this modern world
To what has corrupted this little girl
You sit there in your ivory tower
With your servants, so self-centered
Gorging deep on labours of the meek
And those who survive work 60-hour weeks
When will the scraps fall from your table?
And when will you wake from this ancient fable?
This world is, this world is ours.
There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne
Let’s not dance another charade
The wind’s of change coming swift off the coast
Dismantle the system, sever the host
I do what I need and I need to survive
I hunt in the darkness, and prey on the night
You’ve never feared these streets that I know
Best get your coat, it’s about to get cold
How can you live so large and leave so little for the rest of us?
Your excuses feel so old and brittle.
This world is, this world is ours.
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Like Father, Like Son
04:06
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My mind’s not what it used to be these days
Damaged from a life I lived in haste
They say that you can suppress your pain
I’ve found a way to let it all slip away
I need to learn from the past so I am not doomed to repeat it
But I want justice (no, you want vengeance)
Yeah, well, not to sound too conceited
I find i’m still so angry all the time,
Rage and enmity at the smallest slight
Corrupting the thoughts that are in my mind,
obsessively violent yet so sublime
If I can’t cope with what I’m feeling how can I move forward,
Before I make the wrong decision and my actions become abhorrent?
We will learn the pride before the fall
or how to break the cycle after all
For our chance to be undone
Like mother like daughter, like father like son
We will learn the pride before the fall
or how we play the psycho after all
For our chance to be undone
Like mother like daughter, like father like...
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9. |
Your Worst Nightmare
04:06
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Behind your mask you’re just a man with fears inside that eat you alive
I live inside your dreams where nothing is ever as it seems
It’s my duty to see things clearly-- what pains you when you sleep?
Playing with the subconscious fear and what is lurking underneath
This is where the feeling should start to sink in
The electric slithering under your skin
Now that you can feel it, your hair stands on end
And you can hear the laughter all too clearly again…
You hear their words but can’t recall the lapse in judgement or how it all
Started to slip away from you; a prime example, tighten the noose
You fear the throw but not the stones, their words crack and break all your bones
When condemning you with such abuse yet no one would ever believe the truth
It’s going to eat you up inside (it’s going to, yes it will)
And surely it will find its way out of your mind (your feeble mind)
Before you think to run and hide (don’t close your eyes)
Remember I am your worst nightmare-- you can’t escape me.
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10. |
Two Sides to Every Story
02:33
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ALL RISE
My scars don’t only run deep in my doppelganger, split personality
They are a dichotomy of order and chaos-- just like me.
First you were the Thorne in my side, now you are the knife in my back
It doesn’t take a doctor to know when you’ve been stabbed
I was taught to keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer
Well, mine were sleeping in my bed, let’s get that on the record!
Guilty
Flip another coin, heads or tails
turn another leaf
Everything’s the same you see,
all above as is beneath
There is no way to separate
The innocent from the guilty
Flip another coin, heads or tails
turn the other cheek
Everything’s the same you see
Yet you stand in disbelief
The moral of the story is
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
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You have come to find the answers that lurk deep within your mind
But yet you fail to see the face that is right before your eyes
The mask you seem to wear, I fear, is merely a disguise
And yet you have the audacity to villainize me
If you look in the mirror, what do you see? Is it the face of your true enemy?
Go ahead and play the victim, I know you know that part so well
Yet we both know it’s not the first time that you’ve had to mask your guilt
Go and play the double standards just enough to raise the stakes
Now hold the knife up high to cut a smile in my face
This twisted face has been etched into a grin,
the scars may fade but the memories permanent
What’s the point of masks when It’s you and I in this charade
It’s almost as if you had something to vindicate
Perhaps inside it’s you who feels dismayed
you’ve concocted yourself a bitter Masquerade
Tonight we find a reason for this expose
Some proof for you to contradict this fallacy
It’s just like a self fulfilling prophecy
Except who is going to write this one down for me?
Just because you see me smiling, you don't fear what's underneath
The taunting and the snarling and the gnashing of my teeth
Stare into my eyes and you will see my madness coming ‘round
Always silently provoking, begging, pleading to call you out
Isn't it ironic that you’re a liar, yet I have become the pariah?
Go ahead and point your finger, pretend you're innocent after all
There is nothing like denying all the pride before the fall
I’m at peace with my part in all of this and I know without dismay
That I will get the last laugh and will take it to my grave
I’m done with this charade, save yourself the embarrassment and fuck off already
Oh nemesis; the catalyst. Everything leads up to this
point, this place-- each decision, each mistake
I have yearned to tell you this, my evil as it manifests
a haunting that is constantly consuming you as time progresses
You will hear me laughing, I’m the voice in all the crowds
And I will follow you forever-- Who's the coward now?
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12. |
Epilogue
03:44
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I'll close my eyes, perchance to dream
Can I really afford such a luxury?
With all on my mind it should be no surprise that
The darkness around me gives me no release
I know it’s too late, I can’t turn back time
Everything I feared is so clear in hindsight
There is no excuse for what I have done
Letting myself down and all those that I loved
I am no hero, nor am I a villain
What soul I had left is now lost and forsaken
If insomnia’s a curse of the guilty
Does that explain why I can't sleep?
I'll close my eyes, cast off into the deep
But we all know sleep is for the weak
The years that have passed weigh on my mind
It’s ironic of all things, that I could be so blind
Lets smash all the windows, I'll break all the locks
Open up this prison and send out the flocks
It's time to raise hell and I know just as well
there is no one alive who can stop me now
I feel no remorse, you know that of course,
and you know that I can never change the past
If that’s what they want, I’ll give them a show
It'll be nothing compared to the hell that I know
Or will bring...to them…
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