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COMPLY
03:39
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you’re not keeping me safe
you’re keeping control
it’s quiet it’s cold and you won’t let me go outside taking shape
to dominate
built me up tall to shrink me smaller than ever
coz it’s all right here in these sore red eyes the truth that binds and ties
and ordinarily
i would just give in
i would bite my lip but i’ve shed my skin
i will not comply
coz ordinarily
i would just give in but i’ve bitten my lip for too long to submit
i will not comply
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MORBID FASCINATION
03:46
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overheard your conversation
in a place i didn’t know
as i walked out of the station
i saw your face there through the crowd
so i put my hood on and sat on down
by the table right next to you
i could barely breathe when you said my name
what i heard now i can't undo
morbid fascination
yeh i just can't help myself as i sipped my wine in patience you described me like someone else
could it be that i’m blind to the truth that hurts
and i’m lost in my own denial
is it me who defends till we hit dead ends
so afraid of my own betrayal
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MURDER ME
03:34
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i sleep alone
but you come to me climbing through the window you take my hand
and whisper deep
so soft i can barely understand
i know what you want dye my black hair blonde
i know what you want i know what you fear
i know where you’ve been and i know why you’re here i know what you want i know what you fear
i’ve been watching you
you murder me
i led you on
i didn’t see the harm
or what it could have done if only i’d seen your shadow it’s just a game you play
so i couldn’t get away
i know what you want dye my black hair blonde
i know what you want i know what you fear
i know where you’ve been and i know why you’re here i know what you want i know what you fear
i’ve been watching you
you murder me
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(i've been watching you)
00:35
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GIVE UP
04:11
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can’t go outside because i’ll catch the disease i’ll die on fire burning up with trees
can’t you see
that everyone of them’s a liar and a thief
well i got nothing left
and now the voice is telling me
to give up
the empty shelves are like the emptiness i feel
dunno who to believe and i don’t know what’s real
i’ll leave my car i’ll leave my home i’ll leave my mind
walk the streets in the dead of night and drink until i’m blind i give up
take a pill
take a hundred lost the thrill
lost her number roll the dice
pick a side choose your lover
it’s all over
got no hope
got no rage
got no fury
only pain
got no purpose got no merit turn me off just for a minute give up
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SUCKER
03:32
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I said it once
So I guess I’ll say it again
I’ve been down and out
And you never even witnessed it
Coz I’m a sucker for your love Sucker for your love
Sucker for your love
Will it ever be
Enough
I spat it out
So I guess I’ll spell it back out loud I’ve come to expect
That you only reap the benefits And each time I wait
I’m waiting on a long lost ghost
To explain
And I’m half way out
And then I put my
Foot back in
Coz I’m a sucker for your love You heard it here
Sucker from above
You made it clear
Sucker for your love Will it ever be enough
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BEGGING
03:18
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i shut my eyes like it turns you off
i listen hard but it’s not enough shouting grates like chalk on wood
my heart pulsing falling into drought
hope it goes
when the caffeine wears out
please can you go
coz i’m begging
coz i’m begging
it’s not hard to despise
coughing up black lungs and lies wake me up when it’s all done
pack the car and clear the shelves
applaud yourself and say farewell
leave me here with this shell
coz i’m begging coz i’m begging
so dust the chair and sit on down wipe the sweat upon your brow who’s gonna make the coffee now
coz i’m begging
coz i’m begging
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I AM NOT YOU
03:23
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you claim to understand
but i’ll take it out your hands
coz i’m tired of what you’re saying
and i’m tired of obeying
the chances that you blew
i’ve had quite enough for two
we don’t share DNA
no you and me we are not the same
i am nothing like you
nothing like you
i am nothing at all
so don’t pretend to care
because i will not be there
to play your little game
now it’s over what a shame
oh i don’t need a thing
that you could fuckin give
i take all my strength
in every step i take away from you
i am nothing like you
nothing like you
we’re not the same
i am nothing like you
nothing like you
i am nothing at all
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DIG A HOLE
03:30
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i’ll feed you
feed you to the wolves
and i’ll leave you
leave you in the unknown
and i won’t look back no
i’ll hurt you
just the way you deserve
and desert you
i never lose my nerve
and i don’t look back no
leave it up to fate
get the story straight
i can outsmart your lies to me
let’s not complicate
don’t retaliate
coz i can calculate every move that you make
ill make you
wish you’d never been born
i’ll break you
take you away from your home
and i won’t think twice no
i’ll dig you
i’ll dig a hole in the ground
to sleep you
somewhere you’ll never be found
and i won’t twice no
leave it up to fate
get the story straight
i can outsmart your lies to me
let’s not complicate
don’t retaliate
i won’t tolerate your duplicity
oh i can’t wait for the day you no longer escape
don’t retaliate
coz i can calculate every move that you make
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I LOSE WHATEVER I OWN
04:07
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what have you been waiting for?
i’ve been lying on the bathroom floor for hours
but nobody came
and the sound of this drip drip tap
is as bad as the tittle tat with you
but that’s what we do
i moved on
i been wasted for too long
i got my suitcase packed
just to get you off of my back
i lose whatever i own
it’s true i guess and yet i know that it’s wrong
i tried to fight it and lost
i lose whatever
a holiday from you and i
i’m sick and tired of these rolling eyes, i’m sour
coz nothing has changed
and this door that creaks and moans
is as brash as these undertones with you
so now here’s my cue
i moved on
i been wasted for too long
i got my suitcase packed
just to get you off of my back
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FOUR TWO SEVEN
03:30
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four two seven
change the locks coz i’m stuck on you
this is not my home i gotta learn to let go
unread letters scatter the floor
don’t matter anymore, no
i got to shut my eyes
and parachute out of my life
four two seven
take down the picture i don’t need ya
i will tear out a page make some space for me to change
left me stranded
i know i earned it but now i can’t stand it
i won’t lose any more time huddled around a dead fire
i’m scared to let go
of a hurt so comfortable
the place that i am chained
is the place i’m doomed to stay
four two seven
i couldn’t resist it couldn’t predict this
i can’t move on can’t escape
there’s something stuck in the fuckin way
i’m scared to let go
of a hurt so comfortable
the place that i am chained
is the place i’m doomed to stay i’m scared to let go
of a hurt so comfortable
the place that i am chained
is the place i choose to stay
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