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Mister Whisper
06:15
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Where could you run to when they cut all your toes off?
With this blissful agony
And they won't catch your mouth when it crosses the line
Makes you squirm, and it feels like a suicide
Eat your tongue, give a bite to the rattlesnakes
Able to mess with her harmony
You can astound yourself with a little bit of love
She squirms, loosen up your tension boy
And away you go
What a wonderful addiction
She sighs and I smile
And he whispers through the door
Who could you turn to when they gather their torches
Riled up, they storm their city's streets
We started this, why can't you see who we are?
We're a mess but we come from the same brain
Take your trip, do you think this'll stop us?
Worship your faithless parasites
You can amaze yourself with a wild uprise
It works when they crunch your throat into bits
And away you choke
What a horrible confliction
She growls and I dig
And he whispers to the moon
She dies in the trunk of his car
The screams bleed through my ears
And he whispers, Mister Whisper
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2. |
J. Frusciante
06:06
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Anyways, you come in twos
Who could ever be so real?
Why with everything you fool
You could never be so true?
Walk about your way of the wild
I’m supposedly your feel
Wicked world, you’re twisted cool
It’s a long walk when being blue
If I’m still wanted here, stay back
If you still want me here, get back from me
Emily, watch out for the impact
My hands beneath the broken glass
Don't give in, keep your eyes on the skyline
I should've screamed when I watched you die
Freaking out isn't part of the product
How did things fuck up so fast?
Smothering her as I brushed her highlights
It's the last time I'll say goodbye
If I’m still holding back, stay here
If you want to hold back, be here with me
Anyways, you said, "I'll never be a lie"
I will never be alive 'til my last breath
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3. |
Even So
04:57
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This is a start of a war
Civil war
Violence seems to work the thread
I can’t complain in this broken home
Running away was never easy
And it all came back when I fled
It’s too bad that you’re nervous and worthless to start a trend
We face these stalemate blues
And even so, we're supposed to be a team
It's cold here in this jail cell
I'm just a bastard child with salt
Time to end it all
And I wanna fly
What you want from a new life
With wide open arms
This concerns me
This won’t tear me down
You won’t keep getting away from this
With my guilt, it keeps on swallowing me, hey!
This is a start of something that’s bigger than myself
We take more than we chew off
It’s ridiculous how far this man went without a proper fanbase
And it all came back when I fled
You should have been more careful with those pills
They numb your goals
We face these stalemate blues
And even so, we're supposed to be a team
It's cold in this whore
You can manipulate my clan
But don’t you change my plans
And I wanna die
What I want from a new life
With white crooked teeth
They concern me
They won’t tear me down
They won’t keep getting away with this
With the world, it keeps on bothering me, hey!
Who the fuck designed this system?
We need a man to redesign this system
You better run
Run for the hills
Before you run against us
Who wasted time planning out these parties?
Who the hell would want to fit an agenda?
You got the people angry
This land was built on freedom
Where's our freedom?
We all have a story to tell
We all have our worries to spill
The arguments won't help us
We spent too long fighting for justice when it was promised
Who the fuck made all your decisions?
We are not defined by our choices
You made our people angry
This land was built on freedom
Where's our freedom?
And I wanna fight
What we want for our new lives
With wise open minds
This concerns us
We'll all tear you down
While you get busy, I loathe myself
And the whole world keeps on smothering me, hey!
Hey!
What's your ask?
Quit bargaining life for cheap
Your purpose tumbling
Bomb your firing squad, hey!
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4. |
Are You Having Fun Yet?
05:16
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Come on inside and open your eyes
The system we trust still feeds us lies
It was quiet ‘til the guns took our lives
The chaos bled through the streets into our homes
If they die, we can’t fight this
The silence is deadly
The abuse is gonna force them to defend
Defend this
And I feel like a God
She brews me hot magma
If I ever want to break this ceiling
I gotta have fun
Come on, Xayah, this is just who we are
Well what’d you expect, our world is far from cured
You were wild and immature with the light
Strong-headed with all your busy distractions
If we die, who will fight this?
The violence is steady
The evil it rains will break through our windows
Board your windows
And I feel like a child
She woos me, then kills us
If I ever want to break this feeling
I want to have what you’re still having
If I ever end up being a lone wolf
I gotta have fun
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5. |
Handshake
03:16
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Call me a fool
I'll call you an enemy
What we used to relate
Broken and hollow
Trust isn’t helping
You reek of filth and lies
Used me for vile plans
Toxicity
Feeling unwanted
I’m the one responsible
Stuck as a little boy
Shoot me down
Call me a fake
Who’s the one that’s in my head?
I’m winning
Do you want control?
So you can talk to your friends
The ones you don't care about
Or maybe you’re buying time
You waste of an ego
Don’t speak to me
You can live in the darkness
Where you deserve to be
Shoot you down
Take your pills
Wash them down
Call out the bluff you vomit
Sister is waiting
Wait your turn
Break them up
Where's the escape you promised
Xayah cries in mourning
Don't fall down
Don't give up
Shake your grieves and grab my hand
Call me a fool
I’ll call you a memory
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6. |
Swim
05:44
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Tell me your secrets, young one
I can feel you breathe on the wire
The system’s at its finest hour
So you should just hang it up
I want to know you, Frusciante
You play with such a fire burning wild
The system has it all worked out
Competing just like this
And I'm feeling estranged
I’ve waited ‘til you were tongue tied
I will never live an honest life
When mother melts, we’ll all just end up swimming
Take it in, one by one
You hate the way I play?
You're just a menace
Go ahead, make my year
Are you through with that?
I begged in slo-mo
I draw my final card
Who would think I owed you a turn
You sucked up to everyone with a thorne
You won’t beat me
You're losing time
It's still your meltdown
And I want to break you free
And I’m feeling estranged
I’ve awakened you all to a new life
I am never going to give this up
When father dies, we’ll all just keep on swimming
These light lies
These cold tears
These dark times
These bold fears
And I’m estranged
Swim
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It wears me thin and rings me dry
I cared for nothing
It’s all I have to set things straight
I care for something
It’s vice versa in my memories
What could I do to save the day and night?
Think quick
It’s when we roll, we find a private nest
Won’t get along until we get this right, ah
I’m feeling lucky, saying uh oh
Planning your decisions
I can not forgive yourself
Living in an honest world with lies
It kicks me hard and drops me flat
I care for something
It’s all I have until I die
I care, hold please
It’s vice versa in my atmosphere
What could I do to break this cage?
It’s when we fall, we jump a bit too early
We run and hide before they catch our slight, ah
I’m feeling nauseous, saying uh oh
Landing your decisions
You can not forgive myself
Living in a selfish world
It’s when we die, we give brutal honesty
We take too long to see a great outcome, ah
I’m feeling lonely, screaming uh oh
Fuck up your decisions
I can not forgive myself
Living in a reckless host
I’m bound to break my oaths in this honest world with lies
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8. |
Miraculously
04:00
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Cut through the steel
No one's gonna find you tied to a web of deceit
Step to your fate
Swallow your spit and take what you want to gain
And all my life lead up to here
I hear your echoes, they spell a fearful year
And all my flashbacks starts to scathe me
So long, so long
There is an island that waits for me up there
I taste the waves
She lends her hand miraculously
Learn to face away
Show your face and your witched mind too
Sheath your blade and watch the blood bloom
With all my heart, I swear my oath
I see your footsteps, they mark their frightful path
With every building, they will fall
Goodnight, goodbye
Let's open the phone lines
Break way to all your toys
I'm having fun
We'll break through a new age miraculously
Bow and walk away
There is no escape
Your choices, they were made
We broaden our eyesight
Take care to all your debts
We’re having fun
She glides down to kiss me miraculously
Grasp and taste the faith
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9. |
Bitter
06:11
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I think about you all the time
Tear you down and gut you clean
Arise, my child
But how I look at you right now
You're more cowardice than I was
Moronic fire
You make a criminal in hiding
And a bear caught in a mouse trap
With needs so vile
I was innocent
Mark your words as fraud
I say my peace
I can't forgive your tone
You're bitter
And I'm alive
Positive
Watch you claim your throne
I'm a winner
Take your dive
Negative
I want to shut out this existence
My throat tightens with each breath here
This molded home
You've made a mess of here for so long
These walls tend to shape to your skin
My bones break glass
Horrid fathers slur their offspring
With a heavy lock on my doors
I’ll rot this out
We were innocent
Mark your words as fraud
I’ll say my peace
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10. |
Closure
05:44
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Bright lights and the sounds
With my dreams as an excuse
To be next to you, 'cause that's who I choose
Awake in delight
Hold this true 'cause you're in my loop
It's the love I'm talking about
To hear my roots, and to bleed my blues
I whisper, if we run we can read this out
It's not safe for us to live in this place
What we do here is the same choices
I'm taking you with me
And she nods, yes, she nods
If I can take this back to the start again
Then I'd be just too afraid to miss the end
She moves me and tears up my skyline
If God doesn't break through, then she'll bring you closure
Hold this true 'cause I'm in your view
It's the way you speak in my voice
To live like gods and to share our flaws
She whispers, if we run we can live this out
It's more safe for us to flee from this place
What we do now is to take those chances
She's taking me with her
And I nod, yes, I nod
If I can run this back to the end again
Then I'd be more than okay to be missing out
She moves me and clears up my eyesight
If God throws you away, then she'll bring you closure
And she won't die
And she will never die
Everytime she caught my eyes, I cried
Everytime I touch the sky, she flies
She brings me closure
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11. |
Xayah
04:20
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How are you?
Do you know who you are?
I’d never guess
You made your quest
Well, it's a new year
I keep on floating in cold air
I’ll never faint
You made your claims
I remain in your mind 'til you cease
She is all you see in your sleep
Xayah said I'll be back again
I’m not aware of where I am
I don’t know what I think of this place
It’s a dream that I have to face
He remains in your mind 'til you cease
She is all you see when you're asleep
Why?
Something strange lives within this existence
This is not my family
Where the hell is my little sister?
Who’s the man that looks like me?
This is you
You’re not who you say you are
Why?
Whisper said we’ll be home again
This is where we’re supposed to be
Let me go, I’m sick of the lies
Who was I that turned on the lights?
He’ll be trapped in your mind ‘til you release
She will wait for you in your dreams
Why?
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12. |
The Vigilante
06:18
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And if you succeed, all she won’t tell
You'll carry the load and wait for your toll
Or if you will fall, they still won’t tell
We move with the mountains
Our disorder’s guilty
It’s my world, poisoned world
And in such things, I still pump our heart
Who was the man I saw in the first song
A mere doppelganger is all I am
The host is my inmate
I front to the end
Whisper saw this for miles without consequence
Who could ever keep him hostage anymore?
It’s my loop, damaged loop
You can feel this for miles without consequence
I could never keep him hostage anymore
You're wild
And if I forget
Let go control
I'll forget
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