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Beware Beli'al
03:56
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all of your lovers
have heroic cognates
but I've haven't seen mine
why didn't I
fall in love with you
after what I took from you
crystals cluster in veins
crystals cluster in veins
things I have seen
caught
in a magnetic bubble
with the poles wrong
where were you?
I know you saw it coming
and yet you did nothing
you had your head
in the ground
to escape
the unholy sound
of a soul decaying
we filled our bellies
we filled our lungs
we even filled our noses and covered our tongues
but now I'm done
crystals cluster in veins
crystals cluster in veins
oh Gemini
one open palm stretched to the sky
and one shaking fist
December's child
shoot your prayer's arrow to the sky
every time your four hooves miss
beautiful Scorpion
dancing with Pan all night long
and then running from the sun
fragile Scorpion
charter your ferry
and pay with your tail
oh Gemini
one open palm stretched to the sky
and one shaking fist
December's child
shoot your prayer's arrow to the sky
every time your four hooves miss
beautiful Scorpion
dancing with Pan all night long
and then running from the sun
beware belial
belial the liar
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Bye Bye Moonshine
03:12
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bye bye moonshine
you let the earth come between
and there you go drowning your heart again
just when you swore you'd never stop shining
bye bye moonshine
I drowned in your heavenly high
but now the bottle's run dry
and here I am, hungover, under a dark moonless sky
bye bye moonshine
was your glow nothing more than reflected light?
was my love nothing more than a drunk's midnight lie?
was my love nothing more that an arrow pointed straight up in the sky?
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Let's have another
don't you think twice
we'll drink to your mother
and grandma's good advice
I think that they love you
in some foreign way
so let's forgive them
but swear to never be the same
Let's tell all your family
why it is you ran
and why you're still running
let's tell them all we can
let's hunt down the doctor
mark him with your tears
we'll give back to him
all of your pain and fear
if I could do anything
I'd take away everything
that ever hurt you
from all the men you counted
when you were still a child
let's take the right hand
let 'em beg a while
with scarlet kneecaps
unable to hide
the stump that they earned
in trade for a stolen pride
if I could do anything
I'd take away everything
that ever hurt you
tonight let's dance with each other
one last time
and pretend we're still lovers
like we did last night
we'll dance with each other
one last time
and pretend we're still lovers
like we did that night
if I could do anything
I'd take away everything
that ever hurt you
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Inside
04:07
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Well the weather is fine/ and so are you
and I’ve got the time/ for whatever you want to do
I want you to know/ I don’t mind
hanging with you/ and staying outside.
Darling, we’ll go inside when its time
I believe that I’m ready/ to leave it all behind
tomorrow and yesterday/ wiped clean from my mind
put out my eyes/ I’m tired of what I see
all that is crumbling/ in front of you and me
we’ll embrace with our idle hands/ and raise up our glasses
that we might see better/ than how we have seen
and we’ll talk to the animals/ and learn how to be
and learn how to be
Darling, we’ll go inside when its time
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