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Devil That You Know
04:54
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See the spotlight around me, too much for you to stand
It was fun for the first time, but I won't fall for you again
I'm going day after day now and I'm all eyes and matted hair
Looking out in the mist I am searching in the air
Off in the distance, in falling snow
Choose between the whiteness and the devil that you know
Who sits beside you,
Who guides your hands,
Who whispers in your ear,
Let's play that game again tonight
I'm on fire tonight
I learned a lot from your dark side
You're all tied up, just cuz I can
Making true all the nightmares you told me that you have
I've said them before now, but I don't believe the words
You say I'm good at a bad game
Well that's nothing I haven't heard
Off in the distance, way down below
Choose between the blackness and the devil that you know
Who sits beside you,
Who guides your hands,
Who whispers in your ear,
Let's play that game game again tonight
I'm on fire tonight
Whispers in the darkess, footprints in the snow
There's nothing left between you and the devil
You know
He comes up to you, softly through the mist
Offers you his hands as he gives to you the final kiss
Tonight
Stay, stay, stay
Just try to stay away
You've been here before now and you say I should just behave
You should really just ask me
Get down on your knees and beg
In the end nothing matters, so why not play the game
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2. |
You Want It Bad
04:28
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Sitting just in darkness, you're all alone
It used to be every day, now you're out on your own
Thinking about the things you lost when you ran free
Thinking about the cost and you think that
You are willing
Blood red is running black as you stare into the wall
But there's no turning back
It's time for you to show them all
That you want it bad, and you got it now
Feel your strength returning, you're back on the scene
But following you around are, whisperings
About the things you've done, how real were your deeds
About what you deserve
And just where it is that you have been
Blood red is running black all across the silver screen
But there's no taking back
The things you've done, the things that you have seen
Because you want it bad, and you got it now
Black days grow darker, dark misery
Getting harder to tell what's real and what is a dream
Now you see that they don't look you in the eye
They are scared of what you bring
And what you hide
Blood red is running black as you crawl across the floor
But there's no turning back that's what you bought
It's what you paid for
Because you wanted bad, and you got it now
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3. |
Autumn Leaves
05:28
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Autumn leaves are out in the air
Blowing coldness through your hair
Walking back to where she held you captive
On the wind the laughter came
The knowledge profane
When you're with her, your will surrendered
It's happening again
Needles sharpening
You can't control the story now
It's written on your skin
When you walk alone, you can see a dark desire
When you walk alone you will be fed into the fire
Look out in the empty air
Out of nothing she appears
Flowers in her palms that bloom in daylight
On the wind the laughter came
That takes your breath away
Taking breath from her, it's all forever
Lightning strikes again
The pit is deepening
You want to run but you can see yourself fall in
Feelin like you've been everywhere
Searching in the cold despair
But there is no path to find forever
On the wind the laughter came that takes your breath away
Picture yourself, you're all surrender
It's happening again
Blades are glistening
You want to cut out now but you know it has just began
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4. |
Blackout
04:46
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Stranded by your mistress, malice
Has left you standing on the road
There are signs and you can look for them
Watching lights that come and go
So you walk alone, even though he hunts at night
Into the darkness and the cold
It's where you go when you're feeling like
It's not the way the night's supposed to end
For you enjoy darkness
Silence, it is your only friend
With you until the bitter end
Baby you should look behind you
Love you know it's all a game
You hear the sound and you just run, run, run
But you know there's no escape
Left alone by lady fortune
Footsteps hard on hot concrete
With every step you feel your hatred grow
Watch it dripping on the street
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5. |
Child Of The Night
04:32
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At the end of the rhyme
Blackness pours down from the sky
Spilling over the land
Cloaking you right where you stand
Now you watch with your eyes
Darkness, chasing the sunlight
Not a soul left to tell
That you will serve him well
Look to the sky for the sign to strike
Follow the signs
Yes you are, a child of the night
You've come to take a life
You've been watching the hours
Hands move across the wall
All this time that you've wasted
Turn back the carousel
Now the hour has arrived
Ice, and mirrors at midnight
Not a soul left to tell
That you're not sleeping well
Look to the sky for the sign to strike
Follow your knife
Now it is time to take a life
Child of the night
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6. |
Hooks
05:16
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I see the venom in you, standing there
I know it's dangerous, but trouble
Always starts somewhere
I watched you all night and I saw you leave alone
I know it's wrong, but won't you take me home
So now you tell me that we're done
But your hooks have just begun
Going into my skin
I know the ending, I will never have your heart
I'll have your jacket, lying right there on the floor
I waited all night because I want to make you mine
It won't be worth the sting but I'm a fool for it every time
So now you're showing off your tongue
It's where the hooks are coming from
Going into my skin
Your looks are keeping me riding on a high
Your hooks inside of me are bringing out the fine lines
And I try to pull them out but I don't know where to start
Your hooks are everywhere, they are tearing me apart
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7. |
Color Of My Eyes
05:32
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For a while now I have had you in my sights
I am working on my focus, I'm adjusting to the light
With every step you make I calibrate my view
That's everything you say, and everything that you do
So tonight you think you're going out alone
Keep your options open, find your own way home
The wait of watching doesn't matter much to me
I will be patient honestly
Now you fall into the color of my eyes
Every night
Now you fall into the color of my eyes
Now it's time
You never noticed that I'm underneath your skin
I am waiting for the right time to start to sink my claws in
I'll weave a web around you ever growing near
Eyes inside the shadows waiting to appear
Think you can take something from me unbeknown
Get away with murder and you're laughing on the way home
Long nights of watching they don't matter much to me
I will be patient, honestly
Exhale one time, into the blackness of the night
Now it's time
Exhale, your sighs are now the color of my eyes
Now you're mine
And in the morning, if you feel free
Just remember you belong to me
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8. |
Hot Cars
05:00
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So I find myself losing time
It's all that I can do to stay between the lines
Always out too late, I'm always trying
To do the best I can to stay between the lines
Feel it coming, every night
Keep it all in side, every time
Clawing at the corner of my eyes
It makes me feel alive
The back of my mind is breaking through
Crossing all the lines
Just look at what you make me do
It's such a bad game, I always lose
Still I find myself right there next to you
Such a bad game, so much abuse
Still I roll the dice just look
At what you make me do
Now I tell myself one more time
You can do it Annie, stay between the lines
It's always 3am and I'm always trying
To get myself so blind that I don't even mind
It's all a game of chance and I'm so tired
Started off a wreck get worse and worse all the time
Always out too late and I'm always trying
To do the best I can to read between the lines
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9. |
Eyes Of Scorn
05:08
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From the deepest sleep open up your eyes
Stretch your hands out
Take me for a ride
Now the storms are clear, clouds are flashing by
Now the storms are clear we breathe the night
Fill the cup, drink deeply
Smell and then the touch, drink deeply
All those games you played, such a big mistake
Now everywhere you go you're gonna see my face
Black petals growing turning into sand
Drink deeply now while you still
Can you fill the cup, drink deeply
Smell and then the touch, drink deeply
Now you're waiting for him
To take you by the hands
To give you your commands
To take you by the hands
To give to you...
Mirror, mirror tell me what you see
Black petals are falling
Black flowers blooming all across the land
It's in the cards you pulled you're the hanged man
Blackness all is burning, ashes everywhere
Into the darkness we all disappear
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Heavy Metal
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Margot: drums/vox
Matty V: guitar
Jeff: bass
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