Artificial Nocturne
I’m just as fucked up as they say
I can’t fake the daytime
I found an entrance to escape into the dark
Got false lights for the sun
It’s an artificial nocturne
It’s an outsider’s escape for a broke heart
We hide out in the back
Like shadows in a stranger’s dream
Hiding out in the back together
Hiding out in the back forever
I make all that I believe
In dreams so real
Babe, I have to take the call
Fate don’t fail me now
I make all that I believe
I set myself free
So take all the time you need
And let yourself be…
I’m as fucked up as they say
I can’t fake the daytime
Found an entrance to escape into the dark
Got false lights for the sun
It’s an artificial nocturne
An outsider’s escape from a broken home
I’m as far gone as they say
I can’t fake the daytime
Found an entrance to escape into the dark
Got false lights for the sun
It’s an artificial nocturne
An outsider’s escape from a broken home
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Youth Without Youth
Hangman
We played rubber soul
With the razor blade
Behind the church
Hiding place
It was a long joke
Til the punchline came
Can you read my mind?
Read my mind?
Follow along to the end of this song
Hangman
We played double Dutch
With the handgrenade
Behind the church
Hiding place
Apathetic
To the double space
Wear the sherrif’s badge
Put your toys away
They let us go saying “let us pray”
(Youth without youth
Youth without youth
Youth without youth
Youth without youth)
Hangman
We played hide and seek
On the fire escape
Through the smoke
We saw the flame
It was a long week
Til the firetruck came
On the count of three
Jump with me
On the count of three
One
Two
One
Two
Three
Go!
(Youth without youth
Youth without youth)
Go go go go!
Ooh
(Youth without youth
Youth without youth)
Go go go go!
Hangman
We played blindman’s bluff
With the ninth brigade
Throw the brick
Through the window pane
Double Dutch
Til they stopped the game
Til the cops show up
Handcuffs donned
They let us go
When we lost one
Hangman
We played
Blindman’s bluff
Til they stopped the game
Youth without youth
Born without time
Youth without youth
Can you read my mind?
(Youth without youth
Youth without youth)
My my my mind
My my my mind
(Youth without youth
Youth without youth)
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Speed the Collapse
All the way from where we came
We built a mansion in a day
Distant lightning, thunderclaps
Watched our neighbor’s house collapse
Looked the other way
And when the storm was overhead
All the oceans boiled and rivers bled
We auctioned off our memories
In the absence of a breeze
Scatter what remains
Scatter what remains
Pushed away and pulled towards
A comedown of revolving doors
Every warning we ignored
Drifting in from distant shores
A wave presents a change of course
A second reckoning of sorts
We were wasted waiting for
A comedown of revolving doors
Fate don’t fail me now
And when the days that followed passed
In another mansion built to last
From our window we could see
Only possibilities
Down the road and back
But then the storm returned for more
In a comedown of revolving doors
Auction off our memories
In the absence of a breeze
Scatter what remains
Scatter what remains
Pushed away and pulled towards
A comedown of revolving doors
Every warning we ignored
Drifting in from distant shores
A wave presents a change of course
A second reckoning of sorts
We were wasted waiting for
A comedown of revolving doors
Fate don’t fail me now
Fate don’t fail me now
Fate don’t fail me now
Fate don’t fail me now
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Breathing Underwater
I’m the blade, you’re a knife
I’m the weight, you’re the kite
They were right when they said
We were breathing underwater
Out of place all the time
In a world that wasn’t mine to take
I’ll wait
Is this my life?
Oh
Am I breathing underwater?
Is this my life?
Oh
Am I breathing underwater?
I’m a blade, you’re the knife
I’m a weight, you’re the kite
They were right when they said
We should never meet our heroes
When they bowed at their feet
In the end it wasn’t me
Is this my life?
Oh
Am I breathing underwater?
Is this my life?
Oh
Am I breathing underwater?
Nights are days
We beat a path through the mirrored maze
I can see the end
Oh
But it hasn’t happened yet
I can see the end
Oh
But it hasn’t happened yet
Is this my life?
Oh
Am I breathing underwater?
Is this my life?
Oh
Am I breathing underwater?
Am I breathing underwater?
Am I breathing underwater?
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Dreams So Real
When I get
To the bottom of it, I sink
Seems like nothing I said
Ever meant anything
But a headline over my head
Thought I made a stand
Only made a scene
There’s no feast for the underfed
All the unknown dying or dead
Keep showing up in my dreams
They stand at the end of my bed
Have I ever really helped
Anybody but myself
To believe in the power of songs?
To believe in the power of girls?
Though the point we’re making is gone
Play it stripped down to my thong
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
Our parents, daughters and sons
Believed in the power of songs
What if those days are gone?
My memory is strong
Anyone not dying is dead
Baby it won’t be long
So shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
I’ll shut up and carry on
The scream becomes a yawn
Baby, wherever you are
Baby, whatever you do
Faster than you think
Time staggers on
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Lost Kitten
Don't say yes if you can't say no
Victim of the system, say it isn't so
Squatted on the doorstep, swallowed all the blow
Leaving without you, can't say no
Halfway starts with happiness for me
Halfway house, lost kitten in the street
Hit me where it hurts, I'm coming home to lose
Kitten on the catwalk, high heeled shoes
No more hot-headed Saturdays
They got it, they want it, they give it away
Tell me one thing, you would never do
I was looking for a hooker when I found you
You've got my eyes
You've got my eyes
You'll never be mine
Ah
But you've got my eyes
When you lie I cover it up
When you hide I cover it up
When you cry I cover it up
When you come undone I cover it up
I'm so pent up I was coming on to you
Happy in the night time, howling at the moon
Sipping on a cocktail, drinking in the loo
There's something about you I hold on to
You've got my eyes
You've got my eyes
You'll never be mine
Ah
But you've got my eyes
When you lie I cover it up
When you hide I cover it up
When you cry I cover it up
When you're blind I cover it up
When you lie I cover it up
When you hide I cover it up
When you cry I cover it up
When you come undone I cover it up
They got it, they want it, they give it away
They got it, they want it, they give it away
They got it, they want it, they give it away
They got it, they want it, they give it away
When you lie I cover it up
When you hide I cover it up
When you cry I cover it up
When you come undone I cover it up
(They got it, they want it, they give it away
They got it, they want it, they give it away
They got it, they want it, they give it away
They got it, they want it, they give it away)
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The Void
All night
Like a child, I stayed up to prove I can keep up
All night
Like a fool, I stayed up to prove I can keep up with you
All night
No plan, life is grand while you're still in the void
All night
Sing along with the band while you're losing your voice
All night
No plan, life is grand while you're pulling my chains
All night
Sing along with the band while you're still in the void
What can I say?
I stay up to prove I can keep up
I stay up to prove I can keep up with you
All night
No plan, life is grand while you're still in the void
All night
Sing along with the band while you're losing your voice
All night
No plan, life is grand while you're pulling my chains
All night
Sing along with the band while you're still in the void
All night
All night
What can I say?
I stay up to prove I can keep up with you
All night
No plan, life is grand while you're still in the void
All night
Sing along with the band while you're losing your voice
All night
No plan, life is grand while you're pulling my chains
All night
Sing along with the band while you're still in the void
All night
Sing along ith the band while you're still in the void
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Synthetica
Some of us are wild ones
Ever under "wanted", I believe
Lining up in the background
Waiting for the crowd shot to be seen
In the shadow of the big screen
Everybody begs to be redeemed
Hey, I'm not Synthetica
I'll keep the life that I've got
We were never meant to crawl in for the bait
We never will
I can think for myself
I've got something no pill could ever kill
Hey, I'm not Synthetica
Oh
I'll keep the life that I've got
Oh
So hard, hard to resist
Synthetica
Oh
No drug is stronger than me
Synthetica
We're all the time confined to fit the mould
But I won't ever let them make a loser of my soul
Ah ah ah ah
Hey, I'm not Synthetica
I'll keep the life that I've got
I'll keep the life that I've got
I'll keep the life that I've got
I'll keep the life that I've got
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Clone
Call me out
My regret only makes me stronger yet
Nothing I've ever done right
Happened on the safe side
It's the other way
I'm missing everyone unknown now
It's too late in the day
Too late in the day
To take you on all the rides
I was afraid to tell you that
Back to the photograph
Can you clone me?
I look like everyone you know now
It's too late in the day
Too late in the day
To turn it around and change my mind
It's too late in the day
To take you on all the rides
It's too late in the day
To tell me I'm off the path
We're already in the aftermath
Call me out
My regret only makes me stronger yet
It's too late in the day
Too late in the day
To turn it around and change my mind
It's too late in the day
To take you on all the rides
It's too late in the day
To tell me I'm off the path
We're already in the aftermath
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Nothing But Time
Steal once
Pay twice
Advice to heed
I won't
I might
Advice to heed
Steal once
Pay twice
Advice to heed
I won't
I might
Advice to heed
Steal once
Pay twice
Advice to heed
I won't
I might
Advice to heed
Steal once
Pay twice
Advice to heed
I won't
I might
Advice to heed
You always said that love was not enough
Always on the move
Advice to heed
And even though we long to shut it up
We could never choose
Advice to heed
Now we know there's nothing awaiting us
Better than the truth
Advice to heed
I wanted to be part of something
I got nothing but time
So the future is mine
(Advice to heed)
I wanted to be part of something
I got nothing but time
So the future is mine
(Advice to heed)
I wanted to be part of something
I got nothing but time
So the future is mine
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Bring on the corrections! I'll do the rest later, unless someone beats me to it!
Edited to incorporate suggested changes!