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Sentenced to Death
05:06
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Sentenced to death / you stand up to make your speech / unable to really speak / you can try all you want, but nothing really matters / you can try all you want, but nothing's gonna happen / Facing the stage / you say what you need to fast / afraid too much time has past / Aghast at applause / you sit down and turn your back / a clanging sound and everything turns black / you can try all you want, nothing really matters / you can try all you want, nothing's gonna happen / you were the one who always had a vision / you were the one we always needed to stand / youngest of three / your family would leave at night / you'd sleep without any light / dead in your sleep / you'd wake up to scream, alone / relieved there was no one home / fall back asleep / impossible to explain / the faces in your dream (melting and strange) / here I am / there you are / lost at sea / gone too far / indigo bloom / the skyline evaporates / the birds scatter to their fates / yellow and green / the world starts to say their prayers / as if there was someone there / wordless and sad / you don't know why you are here / it cycles to a noise but won't cohere / you can try all you want / but nothing really matters / you can try all you want / but nothing's gonna happen / you were the one who always had a vision / you were the one they always had to put down / here i am / there you are / lost at sea / gone too far / here you are / there i am / lost at sea / god damn
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Don't bother knocking on the door / waiting for the host to arrive / they've seen your type around before / gleaming with the sun in their eyes / the truth (or something like it) / well, it's not the kind of thing that would sell / and if you think they'll take a chance / i don't think you know them too well / so what do you seek? / and why do you stay? / are you waiting for the bottom to drop? / the maniac is still in charge / look at how their baring their teeth / always cleaning something off / always something worse underneath / always have their eye out / and you're such a perfect dish for the feast / and if somebody dares protest / then it's ten times worse at the least / if i only could say / all the things that i think and know / at the speed of my thoughts / and if only my thoughts would slow / so they'd stand on their own / so the words came in the right row / i would finish my thought / and let everyone know / how fast the fuse is burning and how much of this is going to blow / we're foiled by the easiest obstacles / to find on the ground / we're tripping on banana peels / chasing tethered money around / but I'm learning how to make the first explosion / that will not make a sound / good is when you're fighting back / best is when you're tearing it down / so why do i seek? and why do i stay? / i'm waiting for the bottom to drop / well we've simply gone too far just to turn back now
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Knife in My Back
03:43
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Now that we see how the colors bleed through you / young in a time when a push has come to a shrug / dancing graceless above us / unsubtle winks and a curling finger / you always wanted the best for us / but you never did what was best for us / "failure is not always failure" they tell you / but second will always feel like a failure / the readout isn't showing a number / a question mark and a four of spades / and i never knew what was best for us / but I always did what was best for us / every word you say is just a knife that's in my back / when you dance i feel the same / when someone - i never their name - / pushed me over / pulled my hair back / stole my glasses / pinned my arms down / and they told me what to expect / and they promised / and delivered / so go on and move your feet / snap your fingers in your phony retreat / i was lying / i remember / all their faces / and their parents / and their parents' grinning faces / and i won't say "I forgive you" / still everyone's looking for tickets to ride / (well, maybe not everyone; I am not them) / but I felt like I've wanted the harvest to grow / without breaking a sweat, without plunging a blade / "Sorry" is never a strong enough word / I would say it with pennies, at least it would count / there are times where I wanted to push back and was still / I regret every punch that I never threw / they weren't natural / they were decisions / exactly like everything else.
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You Little Thief
06:06
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This county highway at night can eat you alive / i've been on it for years and never could find / another person in all of this time / look at the leaves as they cascade onto the road / look at the animals shivering in the cold / nothing that finds its way here will every grow old / so where are you gonna go / you little thief / aren't you praying for swift and premature death? / thumbs in your eyes til there isn't anything left? / didn't you say i was out of my depth? / look at the animals scream, unable to see / look at him wriggle his leg to try and get free / I would rather see what is coming for me / so what is it going to be / you little thief / I have always known that it's safer inside / and I have nothing to hid / you little thief
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C Alexander Chicago, Illinois
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