1. |
Devil's in the Details
03:12
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"I said 'It's not always so simple. It's not always so clear...
When there's been nothin' but air between your ears
For the past five years'
And I'm forever sifting
Through the rubble of my past
The pieces of me that managed to last
Oh, it grabs hold fast...
If you don't know me by now
Then I don't know how
This is supposed to go on
The devil's in the details
The devil's in the details, my dear,
You've got me all wrong.
He's always sayin', 'You know what your problem is?
You know I know what the problem is:
You're just trying to hard to control everything'
Well I can say
Say it fifty different ways
At the end of the day, it'll just be you and me
Doing my impression of you
Doing your impression of me...
But if you don't know me by now
Then I don't know how
This is supposed to go on
Because the devil's in the details
The devil's in the details, my dear,
You've got me all wrong.
Because
The devil's in the details
The devil's in the details, my dear,
It's been all along..."
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2. |
No Show
04:13
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"Forever a no-show
But he promises, still...
Leave entrails of false hope and free will
With notions that
One fine day
You'll come back this way
We'll forget what we
Never did say
She waits by the window
For somebody that she used to know
Just to hold a hand
For some sense of understanding
Would it mean anything to you now?
Would it mean anything to you now?
Another engagement
An awkward exchange
Avoiding the subject; scene change
Tidal wave of resentment
For all the wrong things
Take it out on the ones who'd give you anything
With notions that
Soon one day
You'll just drift away
Your memory
Will finally fade
Something lost in translation
Flounder in your desperation
But you'll carry the same weight
With that mind stuck behind your face
Would it mean anything to you now?
Would it mean anything to you now?
Stretching towards the sunlight
Avoiding the shade
Threshold of a void destroyed and overplayed
Overcharged with emotion: self-righteous pursuits
Invalid devotional salutes
Won't getcha where you're goin
Oh...
Hang onto your letters,
Your reminiscence
Romanticized image defense
With notions that
One fine day
You'll just drift away
Your legacy
Will finally fade
Something lost in translation
Flounder in your desperation
She waits by the window
For the love of a no-show
Would it mean anything to you now?
It wouldn't mean anything to you now.
no..."
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3. |
Imagining Things
03:13
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"Purge your oyster
I won't walk around inside
You don't need me in there anyway
No matter what you
Say
that you won't wake one
day
With a different heart on
Your sleeves, with different eyes
On your face
I...
I want to believe it, I do
I want to believe it, but I sense a suspect
Just give me relief, I beg you
It's giving me grief when you avoid the subject
Am I lost
Out on your loft again?
Way off?
Or maybe I'm
Maybe...
Maybe I'm imagining things...
Hold me closer
Tell me things I need to hear
I'm boiling over in a
Seething fear
Living in insecurity's my
Comfort zone
I'm shaking hands with demons
Letting them break my bones
I know
I want to achieve this, I do
I want to achieve it, but the
Fault line's failing
Just give me relief, I beg you
It's giving me grief and my antenna's paling
Am I lost
Out on your loft again?
Way off?
Or maybe I'm
Maybe....
Maybe I'm imagining things
Maybe I'm imagining
things."
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4. |
Not Gonna Be
04:02
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"Sliding into outer space
Scarring up perfection's face
Sync it up to speed
Satisfy your sorry needs
Systematic rainy days
It won't matter what you say
Everything that you perceive
Is entirely make believe
I'm not gonna be
I'm not gonna be
Told by you
I'm not gonna be
I'm not gonna be
Controlled by you
It's not your say
So tell us what you're cryin about
It's not your day
Control your anger in short spouts
Leave it lay
Or then ascend to scream and shout
Not always your way...
So lemme know how that works out
Too petrified to celebrate
Turn around and it's too late
To make a move. Blink and you...
You just may come loose
Cryptic craving for success
Created a fool possessed
Secret state of constant stress
Starving souls folding in distress
But I'm not gonna be
I'm not gonna be
Told by you
No, I'm not gonna be
I'm not gonna be
Controlled by you
Cause I will never be
I will never be just like you
So let me sever these
Let me sever these ties
to you...
It's not your say
So tell us what you're cryin about
Your foolish ways
Control your anger in short spouts
Leave it lay
Or then ascend to scream and shout
Do what you may
Just lemme know how that works out...
Know how that works out."
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5. |
I'm Onto You
04:41
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"Seen 'em hangin around
With their watchful eyes
Filled with shadows
Waiting out a prize.
Harmless friends from afar
Who knows what could go wrong?
Hoping you'll wait to find out
And it never takes long...
'I'm alone,' he says,
'You're the only one.
You're an old soul;
You just get it...
A special girl;
You could change my world.
I'll help you if you let me close
to you...'
Take heed
and leave me alone now
Cause I know the truth
Pathetic predator
I'll never let you
Make me into your next prospect
to lure and lose
I see the devil hiding out
in all the things you do
and now I'm onto you.
Step aside, don't act surprised.
Your fantasy will never be seen through.
Motives as subtle as earthquakes
With slithering smiles
Lay the foundation and wait for a while
Reach for trust with each gift;
A 'favour' for a friend
When he don't get what he wants
The guilt never ends...
Stockholm
Syndrome saves you for
As long as she's sleeping
But when the sun
does come up
You'll end like the other creeps so...
Take heed
and leave me alone now
Cause I know the truth
Pathetic predator
I'll never let you
Make me into your next prospect
to lure and lose
I see the devil hiding out
in all the things you do
and now I'm onto you.
Step aside don't act surprised
Your fantasy will never be seen through
through...
So
Step aside don't act surprised
Your fantasy will never be
Your fantasy will never be
Your fantasy will never be
seen through. "
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6. |
For Nothing
03:50
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"I don't wanna do this
I try to push on through it
But things, they will never change.
Explode, apologize
for the weaknesses inside you
Another meaningless exchange.
Try try try
to tune out
Tune out while
You bulldoze over me
Go red-rover me
Once more for ole time's sake
Scream and scold me
Before blindfolding me
Think it's all yours to take
But you won't make me need you
How did I believe you?
High-jacked face-down free fall
Gave up my all for nothing.
No one makes a sound
While you're swearing up and down
That there's only ever been one way
Glued to tried and true
Stale ideals bleed out of you
Broken record method power plays...
But I stood by to see them
All those times...
With the frigid fights
Among sleepless nights
Until sanity finally gave way
Empty promises
Doubting Thomas'
Tell me, what's the price I pay?
And you won't make me need you
Better just to leave you
High-jacked face down free fall
Give back my all for nothing
You won't make me need you
Better just to leave you
High-jacked face down free fall
Gave up my all for nothing
You won't make me see you
All you do is see-through
Separate true from false
Give back my all for nothing"
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7. |
Worth the Fall
04:30
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"I'm throwing up my hands
I'm chasing empty chances
Had it and blew it
I know
Yes, I looked right through it.
Always looking for the cause
Abiding by unspoken laws
And it's more
More than I can handle...
No one holds a candle to you
Never wanna see you fall
Never wanna lose it all
Again
My sweetest friend
I don't wanna see it
Time it passes by
The years they fly
And then we're lookin' back and wondering
Why it never
Never came together
Could it have been better?
Is it really worth the fall?
Is it really worth the fall...
I'm surviving the plague
Of the modern day
An overabundance in experts today
With something to say
They deflect and defer for advice
Someday we'll have to pay the price
If it does catch up to you
Cause they've got medicine for lessons to...
Never wanna see you fall
Never wanna lose it all
Again
My sweetest friend
I don't wanna see the
End is threatening our dreams
Tried to tell you what I mean
You see
But you don't agree
You don't agree with me
Time it passes by
The years they fly
And then we're lookin back and wondering
Why it never
Never came together
Could it have been better
Is it really worth the fall?
Is it really worth the fall?"
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