Mer De 1: The Run run being Run him a blade To and the heart No One to the hollow Screaming feed me Fill me up Temporarily pacify hungering So throw Dominoes of down Falling all In In Constantly and devour Cause it's time to bring the fire Bridle all this Long to edify And permanently fill this Screaming feed me Fill me up pacifying Feed me Fill me up pacifying 2: Overcome by your Moving temple Overcome by Holiest of altars So pure So rare To witness such an earthly goddess That I've lost my self control Beyond compelled to throw this dollar down before your Holiest of altars I'd sell My soul My self-esteem a dollar at a time One chance One kiss One taste of you my magdalena I bear witness To this place, this prayer, so long forgotten So pure So rare To witness such an earthly goddess That I'd sell My soul My self-esteem a dollar at a time For one chance One kiss One taste of you my black madonna I'd sell My soul My self-esteem a dollar at a time One taste One taste One taste of you my Magdalena 3: Don't disturb The beast The tempermental goat The snail while he's feeding on the Rose Stay frozen, compromising What I will I am Bend around The wind silently thrown about Again I'm treading so Soft and lightly Compromising my will I am I am I will So no longer Will I Lay down Play dead Play your doe in the headlights locked down and terrified Your deer in the headlights shot down and horrified when Push comes to pull comes to shove Comes to step around this Self-destructing dance that never would've ended till I Rose, I roared aloud here I will I am. I am I will So no longer Will I Lay down Lay dead Play this Kneel down Gun-shy Martyr Pitiful I rose, I I will I am 4: You're such an inspiration for the ways That I'll never ever choose to be Oh so many ways for me to show you How the savior has abandoned you F*ck your God Your Lord and your Christ He did this Took all you had and Left you this way Still you pray, you never stray Never taste of the fruit You never thought to question why It's not like you killed someone It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side Praise the one who left you Broken down and paralyzed He did it all for you He did it all for you Oh so many many ways for me to show you How your dogma has abandoned you to your Christ, to your god Never taste of the fruit Never stray, never break Never---choke on a lie Even though he's the one who did this to you You never thought to question why Not like you killed someone It's Not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side Talk to Jesus Christ As if he knows the reasons why He did it all for you Did it all for you He did it all for you 5: Metaphor for a missing moment Pull me into your perfect circle One womb One shape One resolve Liberate this will To release us all cut away, clear away Snip away and sever this Umbilical residue that's Keeping me from killing you And from pulling you down with me in here I can almost hear you scream Give me One more medicated peaceful moment One more medicated peaceful moment And I don't wanna feel this overwhelming Hostility Because I don't wanna feel this overwhelming Hostility Gotta cut away Clear away Snip away and sever this Umbilical residue Gotta cut away Clear away Snip away and sever this Umbilical residue that's Keeping me from killing you Keeping me from killing you 6: 3 Threw you the obvious And you flew with it on your back A name in your recollection Down among a million, say: Difficult enough to feel a little bit Disappointed, passed over. When I've looked right through, To see you naked and oblivious and you don't see me Well I threw you the obvious, Just to see if there's more behind the Eyes of a fallen angel, Eyes of a tragedy. Here I am expecting just a little bit Too much from the wounded But I see, See through it all, See through, And see you. So I threw you the obvious Do you see what occurs behind the Eyes of a fallen Eyes of a tragedy Well, oh well.. Apparently nothing. Apparently nothing at all. You don't You don't You don't see me You don't You don't You don't see me You don't You don't You don't see me You don't You don't You don't see me at all 7: Beauty Delusional I believe I can cure it all for you, dear Coax or trick or drive or drag the demons from you Make it right for you sleeping beauty Truly thought I can magically heal you You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening Failing miserably to rescue Sleeping Drunk on ego Truly thought I could make it right If I kissed you one more time to Help you face the nightmare But you're far too poisoned for me Such a fool to think that I can wake you from your slumber That I could actually heal you.. Sleeping Beauty Poisoned and hopeless You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening Failing miserably to find a way to comfort you Far beyond a visible sign of your awakening And hiding from some poisoned memory Poisoned and hopeless Sleeping Beauty 8: Humble and helpless Learning to pray Praying for visions to me the way Show me the way to forgive you Allow me to let it go Allow me to be forgiven Show me the way to let go Show me the way to forgive you Allow me to let it go Allow me to be forgiven Show me the way to let go Illuminate me, Illuminate me, Illuminate me, I'm just praying for you to show me Where I'm to begin Hoping to Hoping to reconnect to you 9: (instrumental) 10: Of You Lying all alone and restless unable to lose this image sleepless, unable to focus on anything but your surrender Tugging a rhythm to the vision that's in my head Tugging a beat to the sight of you lying So delighted with a new understanding Something about a little evil that makes that Unmistakable noise I was hearing Unmistakable sound that I know so well Spent and sighing with a look in your eye Spent and sighing with a look on your like Sweet revelation sweet surrender sweet, sweet surrender Surrender... Tugging a rhythm to the vision that's in my head Tugging a beat to the sight of you lying So delighted with a new understanding Something about a little evil that makes that Unmistakable noise I was hearing Unmistakable sound that I know so well Spent and sighing with a look in your eye Spent and sighing with a look on your face like Sweet revelation sweet surrendering Sweet revelation sweet Thinking of you, thinking Thinking of you, Thinking of you, Thinking of you, thinking... Sweet revelation sweet surrendering Sweet revelation 11: My reflection Wraps and pulls me under healing waters to be Bathed in Brena Guides me Safely in Worlds I've never been to Heal me Heal me My dear Brena So vulnerable But it's alright Heal me Heal me My dear Brena Show me lonely and Show me openings To lead me closer to you My dear Brena (Feeling so) vulnerable But it's alright to... heal... Opening to... heal... Heal.. Heal.. Heal... Heal me 12: been over, been over this before been over and over been over this before And over, been over this before so over this. Been this. So over this. Been over this. Over this before
Step "The Package" Clever got me far Then got me in Eye on i'm after I need another friend Smile and drop the 'Till you I'm listening I just what I came for Then I'm out the door on the package Don't care to in Time to feed the I need another friend Comfort is a out of my own skin Just give me what I came for, I'm out the door again Lie to get I came for Lie to get just what I Lie to get what I Lie and smile to get what's Eye on what i'm I don't another friend Nod and watch your move If you me to pretend Because got me this far Then got me in I'll take what I came for Then I'm out the again Lie to get I came for Lie to get I need now Lie to get I'm craving Lie and to get what's mine Give to me Mine, mine, Take what's Mine, mine, Take what's Mine, mine, Lie to get I came for Lie to get I need now Lie to get what I'm Lie to and get what's mine Give to me Take what's Mine, mine, what's mine Give to me Take what's mine, what's mine, mine... Take what's mine, what's mine, take what's mine, is mine, mine, mine [whispered] "Weak and Powerless" Tilling my own grave to keep me Jam another down the hole Digging to the rhythm and the of a solitary siren One that pushes me along and me so Desperate and I'm so weak and powerless you Someone feed the monkey while I dig in search of White as Dracula as I the bottom Desperate and I'm so and powerless over you Little go away Come again some day The devil has my ear I'll never a word you say He promised I would find a solace And some piece of Whatever just as long as I don't so and Ravenous I'm so weak and powerless you and Ravenous I'm so weak and you "The Noose" So glad to see you overcome them. silent now With help You cast demons out And not to pull your halo Around your neck and tug you off cloud But I'm than just a little curious How planning to go about Making amends to the dead To the the deeds as if They're all someone stories Now you stand reborn us all So glad to see you And not to pull your down Around neck and tug you to the ground But I'm more just a little curious How planning to go about your amends to the dead To the With your halo slipping Your halo Your slipping down Your halo slipping Your halo slipping down Your halo slipping to choke you now
"Blue" I didn't to know I just want to know to keep things in the shallow end Cause I quite learned how to swim I just want to know Didn't want, want, Didn't want, want Close my eyes just to at you Taken by the seamless I my eyes, the smoke, the smoke, Ignore the Call an optimist, she's blue a lovely color for you Call an optimist, she's turning I just sit and stare at you Because I want to know I didn't to know I just want to know I just didn't Mistook the for an approval ignore the smoke and smile Call an optimist, turning blue Such a color for you an optimist, she's turning blue Such a perfect color for your an optimist, she's turning blue Such a lovely for you an optimist, she's turning blue While I just sit and at you I don't to know
"Vanishing" the air Slowly No, no longer Thinner, the air Never really What never Like a brushing up against a sigh Floating Floating away Vanishing like a cyan Vanish, into the air disappear Never really Floating Floating [repeated] "A Stranger" Cast the apple Up and over To draw out the timid one To convince you alright And I listen for the Of sweet insanity while I formulate Denials of your on me You're a So what do I You vanish Not the first time I All the What am I to do all this silence Shy away, shy away Run away child Won't you move away you fucking I'm off without you my will down
"The Outsider" me if you can It's just this, this is not the way I'm wired So you please, me understand why You've in to all these dark desires You're lying to again imbecile Think it, put it on the faultline What'll it to get it through to you precious I'm over this. Why do you wanna throw it away like a mess. Why would I want to watch you. Disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a your rush now, everyone will have his day to die Medicated, queen, picture perfect, numb belligerence Narcissistic, queen, craving fame and all its decadence through your teeth again Suicidal about it, put it on the fautline What'll it take to get it to you precious Go with this, why do you wanna throw it like this Such a mess. Why I wanna watch you... and self destruct one bullet at a time What's your now, everyone will have his day to die They were about you They were right you Lying to my again Suicidal Think it put it on the fautline What'll it take to get it through to you I'm this. Why do you wanna throw it away like this Such a mess, I'm this, over this! and self destruct, one bullet at a time What's hurry, everyone will have his day to die If you to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere, Do it somewhere far away from
"Crimes" One...two...three Four...five...six Seven...eight...nine Nine...nine...nine Ten...ten...ten...ten
"The Nurse Who Me" Say hello to the rug's It holds quite a lot of interest with your face on it Say to the shrinking in your head You can't see it but you know its there so don't it I'm her home with me all dressed in white got everything I need pharmacy keys She's hard for me I can see it in her eyes She acts like a nurse with all the other guys Say hello to all the apples on the They once in your eyes but you sneezed them out while sleeping Say hello to you've left behind It's even more a part of your life now you can't touch it I'm her home with me all dressed in white got everything I need some pills in a little cup She's falling hard for me I can see it in her She acts like a nurse with all the other guys Say hello to the topography...
"Pet" Don't fret precious I'm here, step from the window Go to sleep Lay your head child I won't let the boogeyman bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war Pay no mind to the Pay no mind to the Head down, go to To the rhythm of the war Pay no mind what other say don't care about you, like I do, like I do Safe from pain and truth and choice and other devils, See, don't give a fuck about you, like I do. stay with me, safe and ignorant, Go back to Go to sleep Lay your head down I won't let the come the bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war Pay no to the rabble Pay no mind to the Head down, go to sleep to the rhythm of the war I'll be the one to you from Your and all your demons I'll be the one to protect you A will to and a voice of reason I'll be the one to you from Your enemies and your son They're one in the I isolate you Isolate and save you yourself Swayin to the of the new world order and the bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums The boogeymen are The are coming Keep your head down, go to sleep, to the of a war drums with me Safe and stay with me Hold you and protect you the other ones The ones love you son, Go to sleep
"Lullaby" Go to sleep... Go to sleep [whispered]
"Gravity" Lost Broken and Unable to my way in hand Dizzy and unable to Just let go I am surrendering to the gravity and the Catch me me lift me back up to the sun I choose to I again Like a baby to stand on my own Tail in Dizzy and clearly to just let this go High and surrendering to the and the unknown Catch me me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live, I choose to live, I choose to me heal me lift me back up to the sun Help me the bottom these hands before they Snare another and Drive another nail down Needy please release me I am to the gravity and the unknown Catch me me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live, I to live
Annihilation" From to arms production, For the of the nation or its destruction Power, power, the law of the land, Those living for death will die by own hand, Life's no if you come to terms, the system dictating the norms From to arms production, To hasten the nation its destruction Power, power, the law of the land, Those living for death die by their own hand, Life's no if you come to terms, the system dictating the norms From to arms production, To the nation towards its destruction Power, power, the law of the land, Those living for death die by their own hand, no ordeal if you come to terms, Reject the dictating the norms From dehumanization to production, To hasten this towards its destruction, It's your choice, your choice, your choice, choice, or annihilation
"Imagine" Imagine no heaven, easy if you try, No below us, us only sky, Imagine all the for today... Imagine no countries, It hard to do, Nothing to or die for, No too, Imagine all the living in peace... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the one, I some day you'll join us, And the world will as one. (Imagine all the people all the world) no possesions, I if you can, No need for or hunger, A of man, all the people all the world... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the one, I hope some day join us, And the world live as one.
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace And Understanding" As I walk on through this world, Searching for light in the of insanity, I ask myself, Is all hope Is only pain, and hatred, and misery? And time I feel like this inside, one thing I wanna know, What's so funny peace, love, and understanding?, What's so 'bout peace, love, and understanding? And as I on through troubled times, My spirit gets so sometimes, So are the strong?, And who are the trusted?, And is the harmony?, Sweet 'Cause time I feel it slipping away, just makes me wanna cry, so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?, What's so funny peace, love, and understanding? So are the strong?, And who are the trusted?, And is the harmony?, Sweet 'Cause each time I feel it away, just makes me wanna cry, so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?, What's so funny peace, love, and understanding?, What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and
"What's On" Mother, mother, too many of you crying, Brother, brother, brother, There's far too of you dying, You we've got to find a way, To bring some here today Father, father, We don't to escalate, You see, war is not the answer, For love can conquer hate, You know we've got to a way, To bring some loving here lines and picket signs, Don't punish me brutality, to me, so you can see, Oh, going on, going on, Yeah, what's on, Ah, what's on, Father, father, everybody we're wrong, But who are to judge us?, because our hair is long, You we've got to find a way, To some understanding here today, Oh lines and picket signs, Don't punish me brutality, to me, So you can see, What's on, What's on, going on, What's on,
"Passive" "Dead as dead can be," my tells me But I can't believe him, ever the optimistic one I'm sure of your to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don't play cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, "You me," Maybe better off this way Leaning over you here, and catatonic I a brief reflection of what you could and might have been your right and your ability To become...my enemy... Wake up (we'll catch you) and me (come one now), Don't play (don't play dead) maybe (because maybe) Someday I'll (someday I'll) walk away and say, "You me," Maybe you're off this way Maybe you're off this way you're better off this way Maybe you're better off way You're better of this; you're better off Maybe you're off! up (can't you) and face me (come on now), Don't play (don't play dead) Cause (because maybe) Someday I'll (someday I'll) away and say, "You fucking disappoint me!" Maybe you're better off way Go ahead and dead I know you can hear this Go ahead and play Why can't you turn and me? Why can't you and face me? Why can't you and face me? Why you turn and face me? You fucking me! Passive bullshit
"Gimmie Gimmie" Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, I need more, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, ask what for Sitting here a loaded gun, to go off, I've got to do, But shoot my off Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, I some more, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Don't ask for I know the got problems, got problems of my own, Not the that can't be solved, With an atom Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, I need more, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Don't ask for You know I'm go out, Get for my head, If I on doing this, I'm gonna end up Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, I need more, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, ask what for
"People Are People" We're colors, And creeds, And people, Have needs, obvious you hate me, Though done nothing wrong, I've even met you, What I have done? People are so why should it be? You and I get along. are people so why should it be? You should me. You're and kicking, And you're at me, I'm relying on common decency, So far it surfaced, But I'm it exists, It just a while to travel your head to your fist. I understand, What a man, Hate man, me understand, are people, So why it be?, You and I get along, are people, So why it be, You Should me I understand, makes a man, Hate man?, me understand,
"Freedom Of Choice" We're of sedition on the open sea. No one ever said was free. Sink, swim, go with the ship. Just use your of choice. I'll say it again in the land of the Use your freedom of choice, of choice. In Rome there was a who along and it fall he a stone he secure he felt he would never be heard. of choice it's what got Freedom of You're given a you want it seems to be the of thumb don't be tricked by you see got two ways to go I'll say it again in the of the free: Use your of choice, freedom of choice. Freedom of it's you've got of choice... In Rome there was a who followed and watched it he a stone he secure he felt that his voice would be heard. of choice it's you've got Freedom from what you want. Freedom of - it's you've got. Freedom choice. what you want. Freedom choice what you want. Freedom choice.
"Let's A War" so many of us, So of us, So many, there's so many, there's so have a war, So you can go and die, Let's a war, We all use the money, Let's a war, We the space, Let's a war, out this place It already in the city, Suburbia will be just as have a war, up the Dow Jones, Let's a war, It can in New Jersey, have a war, it on the middle-class, Let's a war, like rats in a cage It already in the city, Suburbia be just as easy Let's a war, Sell the to the networks, have a war, Let our wallets get fat last time, have a war, Give to the queers, have a war, The within It started in the city, Suburbia be just as easy
"Counting Bodies Like To The Rhythm Of The War Drums" Don't precious I'm here, step away from the window Go to sleep Safe from pain and truth and choice and other devils, See, they give a fuck about you, like I do. the bodies like sheep Count the bodies like bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war the bodies like sheep Go back to Go to sleep bodies like sheep To the of the war drums Go back to Go to sleep Counting like sheep To the of the war drums Go back to Go to sleep Counting bodies sheep Go back to Go to sleep Go back to Go back to Go back to Counting bodies sheep Go to sleep Go back to Counting bodies sheep Go back to Go back to bodies like sheep To the of the war drums Go back to Go to sleep bodies like sheep To the of the war drums Go back to Go to sleep bodies like sheep To the of the war drums [x2] I'll be the one to you from your enemies and all your demons I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices son They're one in the same, I must you... and save you from yourself ...
"When The Breaks" If it on raining, levee's going to break, If it on raining, levee's going to break, And the water gonna in, have no place to stay all last night I sat on the levee and moan, Well all last I sat on the levee and moan, Thinking about my baby and my home, If it keeps on raining, going to break, If it on raining, levee's going to break, And all these people have no place to Now here mama what am I to do?, Now look mama what am I to do?, I ain't got to tell my troubles to I on the levee mama both night and day, I works on the mama both night and day, I ain't got nobody, keep the water Oh crying won't you, praying won't do no good, Oh crying won't help you, praying do no good, When the levee breaks, mama, you got to I works on the levee, mama both and day, I works on the levee, mama both and day, I works so hard, to keep the water I had a woman, she do for me, I had a woman, she do for me, I'm back to my used to be It's a mean old levee, cause me to and moan It's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and Gonna my baby, and my happy home
"Fiddle And The Drum" And so again, My dear Johnny, my friend, And so once again you are us all, And I ask you why, You raise sticks and cry, and I fall, Oh, my friend, How did you come?, To the fiddle for the drum, You say I turned, the enemies you've earned, But I can remember, All the good you are, And so I ask you please, Can I you find the peace and the star?, Oh, my friend, time is this?, To trade the handshake for the And so again, Oh, my friend, And so again, You are us all, And we ask you why, You raise sticks and cry and we fall, Oh, my friend, How did you come, To the fiddle for the drum You say we turned, the enemies you've earned, But we can remember, All the good you are, And so we ask you please, Can we you find the peace and the star?, Oh my friend, We all come, To the beating of your drum