1. |
Pit Viper
03:26
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Guess I got a lot of nerve to call on you tonight
I didn't plan this late, how the fuck am I still alive?
Alive, but not living… What a failure
I sink into the terrain, ego and self-esteem side by side
And it's still not enough to question my resolve, when I've got these ties
Break the bond, follow me, count my breaths
Place the weight, on my chest
Watch me sink like a fuckin’ stone
Can I hold on to poise, when I'm drowning in the noise?
It's a question of space and a matter of time, no amount of wit is gonna save me tonight
Waste your time on a wasted life, I've got nothing to show for the last few years
You avoid the call and I'll do the same, follow the leader till my last day
Break the bond, follow me , count my breaths
Place the weight, on my chest, watch me sink
Can I hold on to poise, when I'm drowning in the noise?
It's a question of space and a matter of time, no amount of wit is gonna save me tonight
Get drunk and sink through the floor, anything I can do to avoid the fucking call
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2. |
King of The Gutter
03:01
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Hollow is as hollow does
I've had a good run for lack of beating heart
But I won't live long enough to watch it all fall apart
Such an eloquent end to an aggressively, mediocre tale of woe
Dead man walking on a Sunday Morning, sink right through the floor
Just the right kinda night
Man, do I feel alive
Getting so high, feeling so low
No pride to hide, no future to show
Been getting so high, and I'm feeling so low
We're wreaking havoc on this town
Keep your hands, right where I see them
Voted most likely to succeed in destroying myself
Left alone to gather dust high up on the shelf
Lost sight so it's out of mind, I’m stuck here all alone
Glue set beneath my heels, where I stand I'll call home
Lost in all of the lights
Man, what a good day to die
Getting so high. feeling so low
No pride to hide, no future to show
Been getting so high, and I'm feeling so low
We’re wreaking havoc on this town
Dead man walking, on a Sunday morning
Long live The King
King of the gutter
Long live The King
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3. |
Ego Is A Dirty Word
02:54
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So let the city lights silhouette a moment never met
You let me down, you let me down
It never burns to just say the words, but how long can it hurt?
Yeah kid, you really got it figured out, while I fall apart
I have to fuck myself up just to feel something other than a plan of attack
On everything that I am
Take me back to where we used to be
When solidarity was all the rage
So let the city lights silhouette a moment never met
You let me down, you let me down
It never burns to just say the words, but how long can it hurt?
Caught right here between the teeth, fearing fear itself
I'll blame every discretion on anyone but me
Oh sublime egocentric lack of self-esteem
I'll blame every single thing on anyone but me
Take me back to the way we used to be
When solidarity was all the rage
I'm nothing without the drugs, I'm nothing without a compliment
In my sea of complacent shrugs, call me out on it, call me, fuck it
So let the city lights silhouette a moment never met
You let me down, you let me down
It never burns to just say the words, but how long can it hurt?
You let me down
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4. |
Locked Horns
02:33
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Baby, I gotta tell you, we're so damn close
To having it all figured out and just a smoke away
From fleeing the alter in the same fucking car
Side by side till death do we part
We are nothing but a couple of burnouts
Wasted days, wasted nights, wasted lights
We are nothing but burnouts
Keep me informed, keep me in the know
Misery's bastard child, the lowest of the low
Live and die by the bottle, our memory will fade
No harm done if you wanna run away
Kill the dream or stay with me, before it's too late
You can't even tell your friends what you see in me
What the fuck do you see in me?
We are nothing but a couple of burnouts
Wasted days, wasted nights, wasted lights
We are nothing but burnouts
Dig up every sorry, sad, pathetic apology
Fashion them together until they're wings
Then fly like the wind, never seen again
You wanna jump in with me so damn soon
Then Elvis was right and we rushed in like fools
Gradients make the difference, I am just a sleuth
This is the darkest shade of truth
I can't be here
I don't belong there
There's no climactic ending
Chapters lead nowhere
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5. |
The Swindler
03:40
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It's the first night in town, bury me beneath the bar
Where I stand I'll be found again (drown me in your twisted love)
I ain't got much to give and what I got I already don't deserve
I'll be sure to do this again (drown me in death from above)
I ain't got much to give
What I got is wit sharp as a tack and two crossed fingers behind my back
We hit the bottle hard and fast like our backpacks were parachutes
Falling faster
I've found the glitch to life so the party never ends
It's taken me this long to learn what to do with my hands
Let it rain
Running drink for drink with my personal best so I'll die with a friend
I'm out for blood, I want momentum
I want the day to roll and the night to stay giving
Give me oblivion, give me soul
What lies beyond tonight's I don't wanna know
It's the first night in town, bury me beneath the bar
Where I stand I'll be found again (drown me in your twisted love)
I ain't got much to give and you deserve so much more
I'll be sure to do this again (drown me in death from above)
I ain't got much to give
What I got is wit sharp as a tack and two crossed fingers behind my back
We hit the bottle hard and fast like our backpacks were parachutes
Falling faster
I want the curse, I want to please
I want the insanity of a tiring night in the sheets
I want it all, I want it now
Whiskey in the glass and a beat on the brow
God and the devil have found a common enemy
Though I lead a benevolent dissonant tale of unintended debris
God and the devil have found a common enemy
And it's me
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