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The Nerve Tattoo
04:30
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THE NERVE TATTOO (Gebhardt, Sæther)
It’s just an itch beneath the skin
I can’t get it out or seal it in
I can’t dislodge the need to scratch it
screaming from it’s root
it’s an echo inside my head
a need to say what can’t be said
it’s the nerve tattoo, such a bad rash
spiteful and divine
but that's OK
it doesn’t matter anyway
it’s still those with the least to say
that will be heard
ah, the eloquence of trash
the persuasiveness of cash
rings true like the whispered lies
of half-forgotten lullabies
designed to please,
designed to soothe,
designed to shift a million units or two,
designed to mean nothing at all,
for anyone
but that's OK
it doesn’t matter anyway
it’s still those with the least to say
that will be heard
it’s no misunderstanding
it’s all emptiness and words
I’d cut my veins to paint it as
beautifully meaningless,
picturesque and absurd
...it’s a masterpiece I heard.
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Of Beacons & Beams
01:14
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OF BEACONS & BEAMS (Gebhardt)
instrumental
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The Wheel
07:44
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THE WHEEL (Ryan, Sæther, Lien, Gebhardt)
There she goes- away out of the garden
it’ll never be the same-she’s never going back again
kissed by worm- touched beyond emotions
she’ll never feel the same-she’ll never feel like that again
lock the gate -close that off forever
it’ll never be the same again
I know -I felt - I lived in that hell
and it hurts -just a little bit more
every time you peek through that door
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Pale Day
02:30
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PALE DAY (Sten)
Pale day ,go away, I say
pale day ,go away, I say
the sun shines forever today
softly takes me away
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Mad Sun (Short Version)
02:29
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MAD SUN (Sæther)
With your painted lips and your amphetamine eyes
you could spellbind any man to see sunshine in your lies
but I have seen you way too many times before
and I’ve seen you crying, knocking on your boyfriends backdoor
and that light, that ain’t sunshine babe,
It’s your lifelight burning down
There’s a mad sun burning on that azure sky
but those are deep pools and bottomless hollow lies
that breathe to life the memories of your childhood glades
and that rends the beauty from your face and paints you grey
and that light, that ain’t sunshine babe,
it’s your lifelight burning down
would you care if I told you how I feel?
was that look I saw even halfway real?
would you laugh and just leave me here to wish?
too proud to bend, I would only crash and burn like a
mad sun
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