TOO LOW | SHAME | NEVER SEEN YOUR OWN FACE
INSTRUMENTAL | STATIC LINE | WE DON'T GIVE UP
I HAVE NO | OL' SLEEPY BONES | A POCKET FULL
the water's too low
and the birds all up and go
might be the new black sheep
just cause my mind can't keep
but i'll have something to show
we can't leave the poles
or the place our minds call home
could be the nouveau riche
but hate to sell the piece
just to have something to show
so i'll take a rest here and think
how it all could add up
to a big nothing
my guess is to lay low
and avoid the puppet show
it puts me fast asleep
your ornaments are cheap
all these lies for a show
so i'll take a rest here and think
how it all could add up
to a big nothing
or something we might never understand
and this all may be
just a bit more than we can take
maybe more than we can take
so i'll take a rest here and think
how it all could add up
to a big nothing
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maybe for once i could say something
would that be a nice change
see i think and i think about everything
but who am i to say
except that you'll get everything that you deserve
be it bad or good life or death or shame
you can look at me like i'm self righteous
but i'm part of what i blame
and maybe i'm just too old fashioned
but i can't turn away
cause i know that you'll get everything that you deserve
be it back or good life or death or shame
you'll get everything that you deserve
high or low life or death in vain
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gather your woes in a cave
fill it with smoke sleep and be brave
do you wish that you'd never seen your own face
are all your dreams tied to a weight
you pull at the rope and hope it breaks
oh i wish that i'd never seen my own face
cause you'll never be loud enough
or strong enough to make it
oh you'll only be weak enough
to take it
so turn out the lights and there goes your head
every little thing that you dread
oh i wish that i'd never seen my own face
cause you'll never be loud enough
or strong enough to make it
oh you'll only be weak enough
to take it
and every day you feel like it's your last chance to live
and when you wake it seems that you have nothing to give
so there you'll stay with your head resting quiet in your hands
and when it's to late it seems that you'll finally understand
and you'll wish that you'd
never seen your own face
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refrain:
what will make you see
what a waste (mess) it will be
i can't
say i can't
i can't
i wanna hear you say i can't
repeat refrain
and then i'll let you up
and then i'll take my foot off of your chest
and then i'll let you live
and then i will take my
knife out of your back
and i'll
bite my tongue
but the wings still beat in my sight
quiet my angry one
and they won't know when you die
trapped inside
never really alive
and when the depraved are in the ground
i'll be happy
i'll be happy
repeat refrain
my hand hasn't healed my skin pulls when i light
my heart never heals my veins pull when i write
and you hear the despair in my voice
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i lost my sine snapped the static line
so disinclined to engage keep my mind in a cage
and i tossed the oars drifted to distant shores
i adore the mess as i scorn the rest
i had it coming
i had it coming
he said
he said
i had it coming
who saw it coming
he said
i saw it coming
well he saw it coming
my bridge ignited sides used to be united
asked for a light to burn so the night needs an urn
and i shut my eyes darkened the daylight skies
say goodbye to the sun the tie has come undone
i had it coming
i had it coming
he said
he said
i had it coming
who saw it coming
he said
i saw it coming
well he saw it coming
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oh this hum drum life there is to lead
oh this hum drum life we choose to leave
but we don't give up
don't give up
something pushes us the way we're supposed to go
when no one knows what's happening
tomorrow
and you say i will love you
forever
and i'll say i will love you
forever
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i used to help a lumber jack
carry all his cords back
we'd watch as the trees fall
and hear scared birds call
oh
per quarter
and once i saw a pilot's hand
heard how he bridged the land
watched broken wings fall
fallen heroes call
oh
per quarter
when you're constantly struggling
to live in this idealistic world
and i used to help a quiet maid
slave to be underpaid
and we'd call
oh
when you're constantly struggling
to live in this idealistic world
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i have no words and i have no thoughts
and i have no sense of what's been lost
and i have no courage and i have no esteem
and i have no extraordinary dreams
so why haven't you left
abandonment was always the favorite
it was always the favorite
so i'll just sit and watch the years go by
sometimes i'm not sure of whets the point
but to die
so why haven't you left
abandonment was always the favorite
why haven't you left
what is it you see when you look at me
cause i see nothing do you see nothing
i feel like nothing
a dead flower
i have no past and i have no world
and i have no stories of a girl
and i have no strength and i have no soul
and i have no important role
this is your mind settling in
telling you you have nothing
this is your mind settling in
so why haven't you left
abandonment was always the favorite
it was always the favorite
so i'll just sit and watch the years go by
sometimes i'm not sure of whets the point
but to die
so why haven't you left
abandonment was always the favorite
why haven't you left
what is it you see when you look at me
cause i see nothing do you see nothing
i feel like nothing
i have no name and i have no face
and i have no chance to leave a trace
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ol' sleepy bones
slow black stone
soft gray coat and a smile
hang dry your rose
slow black stone
keep me close as i cry
eyes open your eyes
i want to fall in your eyes
arms open your arms
i want crawl in your arms
i give my heart to you
i chain my heart to you
i gave my heart to you
and i'll chain my heart to you
sleep sleep
sleep sleep
sleepy bones
slow black stone
soft gray coat
and a scowl
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i'm sorry but i stuffed your back pocket with posies
your pocket's full
to wallow i line my own pockets
as well
pockets full
your pocket is full
to weigh yourselves down
down in the ground
to make it easier
tomorrow we'll all be gone
with posies
pockets full
when your pocket is full
then you weigh yourself down
down in the ground
thinking you'll make it easier
to wear this shroud
well you'll weigh yourself down
down in the ground
thinking you'll make it easier
well a storm is coming
i can feel it in my chest
a storm is coming
well i can feel it in my chest
now listen carefully
to what you will see
oh so carefully
and you'll
swallow it down
your deep sleep
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