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1. |
Limbs of a Lover
03:48
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I want to set a stage
play out my weaknesses
burning asphalt in my veins
using you for my devices
I'd like to carve you whole
reek of your regret
dig through to the deep below
to places you can't forget
treat you like no other
play to your comfort
present the limbs of a lover
at a price you can't afford
how did I decay to this
wanting the hold to seize
tasted malevolence
on your breath
I will drill into marrow some more
act a fool on you
I've never felt this way before
parade like it's all new
I call mercy
I give in here
I call mercy
I plead i pray
how did I become the lie
intent on finding you
cunning serpentine
your new task
I call mercy
I give in here
I call mercy
I plead I pray
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2. |
Ascension
05:03
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in the silence I wash myself away
wrung out colour from a hollow fray
and I wonder how much I can break
until I cannot reconciliate
and I get up
for you
and I can carry on
for you
you're my tease
you are
you calm the disease
tempt me
and I just crave the light within you
just let me ascend through
to finally find harbour
in the eye of a tainted dying man
it's all life drawn by an adoring hand
to take the hits and muster on again
to let your lips lend pure persuasion
and I get up
for you
and I can carry on
for you
you're my hold
you are
you're my revolt
mend me
and I just crave the light within you
just let me ascend through
to finally find harbour
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3. |
Heed
04:46
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if there is a god
could you focus your gaze upon me
if there is some deity
could you spare me some humility
help me understand please
why am I not anyone else but me
I reside in the crease
tredding disgust perpetually
heed me
see me
free me
leave me
if I could just ask you why
even if you fake a meaning
if a prayer had a warranty
you'd always be returning
I only plead this
without the will to lift my face
could you just seal the crease
and relieve me of this bitter taste
heed me
see me
free me
leave me
heed me
see me
free me
leave me
have you been resting
have you been laughing
has it all been on a screen
twenty-four seven broadcasting
have I been dreaming
have I got it wrong
have you been helping
and I'm just too far gone
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4. |
Borrowed Life
04:42
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kneel to me
end belief
you're weight strapped to string
riding storms without any heading
call my bluff
try resist
your stains are my design
a trick played onto your sick mind
so you reach
start to believe
you see home
away from grief
you're a long way off
treading air and drifting away
it's done
you're gone
I already won
it's a borrowed life
that decayed in fervour and dream
who's next
what's left
ready to digest
the wasted walk
through the fear
the reaper of your own damn worth
where you built your pit of hurt
did I help
was I there
did I aid at all when you begged
or did I simply made and forget
so you reach
start to cease
you feel lost
meager in means
you're a long way off
treading air and drifting away
it's done
you're gone
I already won
it's a borrowed life
that decayed in fervour and dream
whos next
what's left
ready to digest
it's a borrowed life
it's a borrowed life
it's a borrowed life
it's a borrowed life
it's done
you're gone
I already won
who's next
what's left
ready to digest
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5. |
Mutation
05:28
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reinvent me
draw the outlines
build the parts
sow the limbs till it binds
preach it to me
what is faith
credence and will
how should I feel and behave
give me function
make it clear
code me a box
or it least a place to steer
redefine me
where I been
I was nothing
a clone that intervened
take me under
starting mutation now
call me under
tapping sensation
find my story
where I long again
can see again
far from devil's grin end
design me a memory
that's not prison
nor a hole
no fucking mirror villian
take me under
starting mutation now
call me under
tapping senstation
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6. |
Digging In
04:26
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help me bring the panic
I need you more than ever
to free this wreck
we'll sever all survivors
find what it takes
to kill our brothers
I remember when I was whole
when I still thought of love
when he turned my body cold
I became the villian people spoke of
I'm sorry I need to feast
make you feel what I had felt
like the day with fear teased
and my love my love was killed
here I'm digging in
I'm digging in
you're wonderful
I'm digging in
here is my new home
I'm bringing you in
I love you
I'm digging in
wrap those eyes around me
I'm a prize of grand scale
just focus on this travesty
I'll tease your strings
just follow me innocently
let us plot the endings
I remember when I was young
when I had that smile of yours
hands so awaken strung
kind bodies fell to lovers
you won't notice at first
until it's too late my sweet
I'm quenching the thirst
leaving you naked and beat
here I'm digging in
I'm digging in
you're perfect
I'm digging in
here is where I'll stay
I'm bringing you in
I love you
I'm digging in
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7. |
Feed
03:55
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look at me
and tell me what I'm worth
trade me
and take me out of earth
you find it to your liking
when everyone seems to be offering
you find it to your taste
when you vandalize to debase
you don't need no-one to tell you
that you're hardly of human value
you don't need a single reminder
that none of it even matters
give me all of it
every single bit of it
I need it
I need it
I just know I need to feed
any more of it
ready to kill for it
I need it
I need it
I'm about to fucking plead
copy me
fit me in a box
sell me
and divide me into junk
you have to be a hunter
when you're staring at the numbers
you have to see compromise
when it's certain to suit your size
you don't mind the undertaking
to be the one who is demanding
you don't mind the flashing lights
to be the one who walks the ailes
give me all of it
every single bit of it
I need it
I need it
I just know I need to feed
any more of it
ready to kill for it
I need it
I need it
I'm about to fucking plead
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8. |
Keeper
02:48
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9. |
Sweatstain
02:54
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10. |
SkyChaser
01:57
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11. |
Ionetta
02:06
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12. |
Destiny's Architect
02:16
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13. |
Nothing's Theme
03:35
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