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Buried Alive
05:18
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The song claws at my throat
Buried alive
They need me to be weak
That's how they thrive
Even now they took my time, they take my time
My fingers twist in pain
Feeling their way
With just a fool's hope
For the escape
What I know is my own strength, is my own strength
You know I will resist
Though it may be in silence
I'll see my own rewards
In solitary triumph
What I know is my own strength
I kept it locked away
And so it will remain
Until I'm free someday
The song claws at my throat
Buried alive
And though I scream inside
It will survive
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2. |
HSEN-423
05:40
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Envy
05:05
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Who is this girl?
Mysterious and silent, invading my world
She's been on both sides of envy now
Patience has paid off at last
Knowing not what she now enjoys
Only that her time with you ends too fast
Ooh if only she could see herself
Through your admiring eyes
Ooh if only she understood
How I despise this loss, this competition
She's been on both sides of envy now
Hard work has paid off at last
Knowing not what she now destroys
Only that her time with you ends too fast
Ooh if only I could just ignore
This feeling of rejection, this sorrow
Ooh if only I could see myself
In your arms tomorrow
I've been on both sides of envy now
But I'll win in the end
When your night with her is done
I know you'll be all mine again
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Commodity
03:30
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Despite all my protests
Its simplicity
Calls me to its breast
The comfort of normality
What I want is to be a commodity
From here it's just too easy
Oh to be typical
Just as selfish as
To be pandered to like the middle class
'Cause there's too many stars
Not enough sky
Why should I even try?
At the end of the day
My eyes dry and red
It's a simple balm
To soothe my troubled head
Media somewhat true
I enjoy it because I'm told to
Placated and satisfied
By mass entertainment
They grovel for me as I won't do for them again
Living vicariously
Through celebrity
That is how we can be happy
Oh to be typical
Just as selfish as
To be pandered to like the middle class
'Cause there's too many stars
Not enough sky
There's so much beauty, too few eyes
What I want is to be a commodity
Only then I will be free
Placated and satisfied
By mass entertainment
They grovel for me as I won't do for them again
'Cause there's too many stars
Not enough sky
Why should I even try?
What I want is to be a commodity
Fron here it's just so easy
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When the buildings fell I was not afraid of terrorism
I was afraid of my own nation's call to repression and pre-emptive aggression
Now I see my fears were justified
And our fearless leaders — once again they lied
Why will he never tell us the real reasons?
Propaganda wins over real information
Redistribution of wealth justifies murder
Enforcing one mandate by breaking another
While you pretend it's business as usual
The American way of life is not negotiable
Oh you pretend it's business as usual
The American dream is possible (even if only for you)
I want to trust my government, I don't need to be further radicalized
But what choice do I have when there's no way to rationalize
His power has corrupted him, like those he fights, absolutely
And I was not scared of terrorism until he killed diplomacy
While you pretend it's business as usual
The American way of life is not negotiable
Oh you pretend it's business as usual
The American dream is possible (even if only in his speeches)
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Insomnia
03:54
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7. |
Cursing You
04:52
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For so long you, you were the one
The standard against which
All others were compared
And I thought since my feelings never changed
You were the one for me
Now I'm cursing you for letting me hope
Cursing your push and pull
Hating you for ever letting me go
And making me feel responsible
When you told me you would be with
It seemed too good to be true
When you changed your mind (and you changed it so fast)
I knew we were through
Now I'm cursing you for letting me hope
Cursing your push and pull
Hating you for ever letting me go
And making me feel responsible
Now that you're all alone I'm with someone new
Suddenly your fears are gone you believe I loved you
Now I'm cursing you for hoping for me again
Cursing your push and pull
Hating that you changed your mind back
And I was not responsible
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Always Radical
04:46
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You alone shared my tears
As we watched such injustice unfold
I alone looked into your eyes
As rationale was retold
Most people argue
Pandering to the middle
You are always radical
Uncompromising
When others would follow their rules
You would be nobody's fool
Focused so strongly
As we shared those afternoons
Could you, so tranquil, understand my longing
To be so much more than friend to you
Most people argue
Toeing the party line
You won't be so easily defined
Uncompromising
When others say turn the other cheek
You will never risk appearing weak
I'll never say I disagree
But I had different priorities
I wanted to have someone beside me
Who wanted revolution as unblindly
And when I asked you
If I could give you just one kiss
I've never seen such indifference
Uncompromising
While I would have changed myself for you
You would always remain true
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Magnanimous
05:50
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Knowledge Scars
Such a lovely fall from grace
Such a pretty tearful face
Silence rules falsely empty hearts
In this fevered, cold embrace
Intuition's wrong, though dreams implore so strongly
Upon these wings of fire no other has desired so
Could my hope be killed within another sin, oh
I'd touch your soul again but pretense wears so thin, within
If only I could wait; if only I could have faith
In love -- in love -- like yesterday
Then along you come, so cool, emotionless
And I can only open my arms, close my eyes, and wait
Knowledge scars with twisted limbs
Always given, given in
Torn by vapid lust
Deny our broken trust.
(July 1997, November 1998)
Lament For Peter Pan
Sweet unrest grows sour -- striving, excruciating
yet wanting so badly to atone...
"Go, then and scorn fidelity. Guilt will follow."
This tightrope I walk slices through my feet as the are clay
As if I were meant to fall into both sides of sorrows (so grave, so deep)
To be forced by guile and guilt which so manipulate
For I have paid in insincerity for my small mistakes
I fear the imminent gravity of aborted wishes
I have seen before through eyes like his
I know the pain separation gives
And he hasn't yet learned
Forever never means forever....anymore, anymore, anymore...did it ever?
This is for washing the sorrows away
From these feet like clay...
The rope now gives way, and I know where I stand
He's within, without, and so very over
Like a sweet, sweet dream into which I'll never step again, anymore...
(But there are other dreams, oh yes)
* Well in the night I dream about you
In the day I find no rest
Just the thought of you, my darling
Sends aching pains all through my chest
Days grow longer and enamored with the spring
Longer now I watch your face, blue in the silent dusk
But how long will hopes remain inside, entombed, beseeching us
And how long till your faraway eyes will reach for me
Will they ever reach again?
Do I hold no mystery? (anymore...)
And how can we romanticize
Once those burning eyes
Have wrapped around my flesh, so consuming my enigma
Is there nothing left?
anymore, anymore, anymore...
This remorse will never disappear
While he refuses to dry his tears
Our guilty hands never rinse clear
So we remain blind in fear -- and never love
* Well, when I'm dead and in my coffin
With my feet turned toward the sun
Come and sit beside me, darling,
Come and think on the way you've done
* from folk song, "East Virginia," not included in Knowledge Scars version
(Peter Pan Waltz, originally part of "Lament for Peter Pan")
Oh never again to be swept off my feet, nevermore nevermore nevermore
And never again know the hope so sweet, nevermore..
But "nevermore?" I've said it before, nevermore...
And always the same find the lies, all the blame lies within, evermore, evermore
But you taught me to hate this slow loss of emotion, this motion toward death, toward stillness,
The oceans of blood from your lips as you let out the pain;
I feel mine in your words till we've both been drained
Though ever I grow colder, my hopes never wane to leave me so alone
Alone in my dreams forgetful of these, my first silver idols
But electric as daydreams are still, I fear I'll watch you grow ever duller
If you ever let me touch you, if my mind gets any fuller with time
If I see through your words to a heart frail as mine, delicate as ice in April
For only the truly unreachable can still hold fascination for such as we
Only the truly unreachable can still fascinate me
anymore, anymore, anymore, anymore....
(January-February 1998)
The Little Mermaid
"Are you not fonder of me than of all the rest?" cried her eyes
"Yes, you are dearest of all to me -- you, the silent one; if not no one, then you."
But then he speaks of her -- the unknown, a false angel.
The mermaid chokes in fear, but still she hopes...
How can you want something more than me? I give my life for yours, sacrifice my voice
Only in hope, a thousand knives each step, that I may share your soul
Oh, if only I could sing, or if this heart had wings, I would be your angel.
Word travels fast, soon despair comes crashing, crashing down
Only blood and sisters' love can save her life now.
A thousand knives. She dances into death that night.
The sea so cold, black, unyielding.
A promise to fall. So only murder can save her now, but what's the use
Her love is gone either way, so why fight?
How can you want more than me? I rewrote my future in foam for you
I gave my life to see this through and am betrayed. And disintegrate. Oooh...
Oh -- Why must true illusion, not love, conquer all?
(April 1998)
Magnanimous (For J.D.M)
This house is now barren and cold
Where once it was scented, overgrown
So glad to be leaving this misery
Silence, eternal sterility
Someone said, "You want to think you are good"
No: I don't care what I think
When most people would rather hate than communicate
You are different, you have something to say, now
But now you're so far away
In word and body, what can I say?
Could you understand my desperation
Magnanimous you, understand my attention
Unwanted as it was
Hope is necessary, just like trust
In every situation I find myself
Grasping for some connection, anything, something like community
But most people would rather hate than communicate
You are different; you care what I have to say
But now you're so far away
In word and body, what can I say
Could you understand my anger at them
Magnanimous you, understand my reaction
Irrational as it was
Now you're so far away
In word and body, what can I say
What can I say that will sound the same
On the other side of the electronic divide
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11. |
Power Flow
02:06
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12. |
Running After Darkness
06:23
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Those nights of chasing your ghost
Following the sound of your voice, echoing through my head
Running after Darkness, running after the rain
Have finally come to an end
After all my hope has died
Obsession the brightest fire
Burned in me so long how could I
Give up all me dreams without a fight
Night after night I'd lay alone in bed
Watching your pictures dance on my wall
Listening to a childish heart
Beating hope through it all
Day after day I went searching for people like you
Trying so hard to become someone you could love
Finding that without you in my mind
I am all I ever wanted to be
And if I could break my love for you
How could I ever trust again
You caused those rainbows to fall
Condemned me to walk
Alone through streets which yearn for my love
Naked but for this jaded smile
Could I only be innocent again
Just to watch my heart -- as it's broken
Now those nights of chasing your ghost
Following the sound of your voice, echoing through my head
Running after Darkness, running after the rain
Have finally come to an end
...an end...an end....
Shall I cry one last time for the death of these tears?
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13. |
Resolution
07:35
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The guilt anchored me
But your face could launch a thousand ships
And the sky on those nights would steal any heart
And now the remorse is yours
I hung her on your wall for a reason -- bloody hands, roses
I would have done anything to be rid of her
Except give up hope of touching you, so I succumbed
I have always been blind
I will never learn to let go
(For now I purge the lies)
You failed, you failed like all the rest,
At least I though you'd try
But my dreams of true love disappeared in half a week
I touched you, I found your heart
I found it frail but unkind
I'll never lay a hand on your soul again.
But God how I long to have those nights back
The time before bitterness took hold
Innocence was painted black and violet
In the violence of floods, in the oceans of memories
Cascading from this punctured heart
That still cries for new wounds...
The sorrows couldn't wash away as quickly as love did
No time passed before silence and proverbial illusion conquered all
And no tears fell after that night, the fall, but nostalgia burns
And I am always warm
This is my new tightrope
I can't see beneath my feet -- I could fall into space
This loss of hope is eternal
You never believed we were infinitesimal; I still see it --
On nights like this when the sky falls
I can still resist hoping
I have no more dreams of love
I only dream of telling my story
(Still I wait for someone to sweep me away, to awaken me to illusory bliss)
There is only this song
You are absolved
Will I ever be possessed by another?
(Never wish for the impossible)
There is only this song
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14. |
Bomb in Gilead
02:16
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15. |
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The song claws at my throat
Buried alive
They need me to be weak
That's how they thrive
Even now they took my time, they take my time
My fingers twist in pain
Feeling their way
With just a fool's hope
For the escape
What I know is my own strength, is my own strength
You know I will resist
Though it may be in silence
I'll see my own rewards
In solitary triumph
What I know is my own strength
I kept it locked away
And so it will remain
Until I'm free someday
The song claws at my throat
Buried alive
And though I scream inside
It will survive
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16. |
Envy (Acoustic Bonus)
05:11
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Who is this girl?
Mysterious and silent, invading my world
She's been on both sides of envy now
Patience has paid off at last
Knowing not what she now enjoys
Only that her time with you ends too fast
Ooh if only she could see herself
Through your admiring eyes
Ooh if only she understood
How I despise this loss, this competition
She's been on both sides of envy now
Hard work has paid off at last
Knowing not what she now destroys
Only that her time with you ends too fast
Ooh if only I could just ignore
This feeling of rejection, this sorrow
Ooh if only I could see myself
In your arms tomorrow
I've been on both sides of envy now
But I'll win in the end
When your night with her is done
I know you'll be all mine again
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17. |
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When the buildings fell I was not afraid of terrorism
I was afraid of my own nation's call to repression and pre-emptive aggression
Now I see my fears were justified
And our fearless leaders — once again they lied
Why will he never tell us the real reasons?
Propaganda wins over real information
Redistribution of wealth justifies murder
Enforcing one mandate by breaking another
While you pretend it's business as usual
The American way of life is not negotiable
Oh you pretend it's business as usual
The American dream is possible (even if only for you)
I want to trust my government, I don't need to be further radicalized
But what choice do I have when there's no way to rationalize
His power has corrupted him, like those he fights, absolutely
And I was not scared of terrorism until he killed diplomacy
While you pretend it's business as usual
The American way of life is not negotiable
Oh you pretend it's business as usual
The American dream is possible (even if only in his speeches)
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18. |
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This house is now barren and cold
Where once it was scented, overgrown
So glad to be leaving this misery
Silence, eternal sterility
Someone said, "You want to think you are good"
No: I don't care what I think
When most people would rather hate than communicate
You are different, you have something to say, now
But now you're so far away
In word and body, what can I say?
Could you understand my desperation
Magnanimous you, understand my attention
Unwanted as it was
Hope is necessary, just like trust
In every situation I find myself
Grasping for some connection, anything, something like community
But most people would rather hate than communicate
You are different; you care what I have to say
But now you're so far away
In word and body, what can I say
Could you understand my anger at them
Magnanimous you, understand my reaction
Irrational as it was
Now you're so far away
In word and body, what can I say
What can I say that will sound the same
On the other side of the electronic divide
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You alone shared my tears
As we watched such injustice unfold
I alone looked into your eyes
As rationale was retold
Most people argue
Pandering to the middle
You are always radical
Uncompromising
When others would follow their rules
You would be nobody's fool
Focused so strongly
As we shared those afternoons
Could you, so tranquil, understand my longing
To be so much more than friend to you
Most people argue
Toeing the party line
You won't be so easily defined
Uncompromising
When others say turn the other cheek
You will never risk appearing weak
I'll never say I disagree
But I had different priorities
I wanted to have someone beside me
Who wanted revolution as unblindly
And when I asked you
If I could give you just one kiss
I've never seen such indifference
Uncompromising
While I would have changed myself for you
You would always remain true
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20. |
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For so long you, you were the one
The standard against which
All others were compared
And I thought since my feelings never changed
You were the one for me
Now I'm cursing you for letting me hope
Cursing your push and pull
Hating you for ever letting me go
And making me feel responsible
When you told me you would be with
It seemed too good to be true
When you changed your mind (and you changed it so fast)
I knew we were through
Now I'm cursing you for letting me hope
Cursing your push and pull
Hating you for ever letting me go
And making me feel responsible
Now that you're all alone I'm with someone new
Suddenly your fears are gone you believe I loved you
Now I'm cursing you for hoping for me again
Cursing your push and pull
Hating that you changed your mind back
And I was not responsible
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21. |
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The guilt anchored me
But your face could launch a thousand ships
And the sky on those nights would steal any heart
And now the remorse is yours
I hung her on your wall for a reason -- bloody hands, roses
I would have done anything to be rid of her
Except give up hope of touching you, so I succumbed
I have always been blind
I will never learn to let go
(For now I purge the lies)
You failed, you failed like all the rest,
At least I though you'd try
But my dreams of true love disappeared in half a week
I touched you, I found your heart
I found it frail but unkind
I'll never lay a hand on your soul again.
But God how I long to have those nights back
The time before bitterness took hold
Innocence was painted black and violet
In the violence of floods, in the oceans of memories
Cascading from this punctured heart
That still cries for new wounds...
The sorrows couldn't wash away as quickly as love did
No time passed before silence and proverbial illusion conquered all
And no tears fell after that night, the fall, but nostalgia burns
And I am always warm
This is my new tightrope
I can't see beneath my feet -- I could fall into space
This loss of hope is eternal
You never believed we were infinitesimal; I still see it --
On nights like this when the sky falls
I can still resist hoping
I have no more dreams of love
I only dream of telling my story
(Still I wait for someone to sweep me away, to awaken me to illusory bliss)
There is only this song
You are absolved
Will I ever be possessed by another?
(Never wish for the impossible)
There is only this song
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