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Let's Fall Down Together
03:56
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Forget the sunrise
Your half dreamt lullabies
We’ll walk through faded fields
And we’ll fall down together
And when we touched it
The dawn it fell apart
The sun slipped through the cracks
And we fell down together
Without a cause, without a pause, we spend our days away
A debt we cannot pay
Fleeting breath
Fleeting light
The pen runs dry
With shaking hands
We pull our story from the ground
Forget the rising fear
The empty Gods that stole our prayers
We’ve drawn a chalk line on the coal face my dear
Forget the tears that ran
That fell like summer rain
On the arid land
We fell down together
Drunk on time, we find we cannot help but dip our cups again
On eager lips the last drop breaks
Fleeting breath
Fleeting light
The pen runs dry
With shaking hands
We pull our story from the ground
If I must be breathless
Then we’ll fall together
As the sun goes down
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2. |
Killing Floor
04:18
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We’re all born on the killing floor
Animal fear
And lost souls
No candle burns, no window shines
No prophet died for me
On the killing floor
Fall from the nest before we learn to fly,
Do you want to live, or are you scared to die?
Fight the losing fight
The water’s deep, and I can’t feel the bottom
Cold is filling up the middle of me
I woke up chained to you and lord I can’t break free
And I can’t feel the bottom
Cold is filling up the middle of me
I woke up chained to you and lord I can’t break free
We’re all the same on the killing floor
Crawling through the bones
I’m a lost soul
No Kings rule, no dreamers dream
It’s blood and shit and tears
On the killing floor
Fall from the nest before we learn to fly,
Do you want to live, or are you scared to die?
Fight the losing fight
The water’s deep, and I can’t feel the bottom
Cold is filling up the middle of me
I woke up chained to you and lord I can’t break free
And I can’t feel the bottom
Cold is filling up the middle of me
I woke up chained to you and lord I can’t break free
I’m a lost soul
I’m not scared to die
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Faith
04:04
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I was lost, then I saw the light
I was free, but I couldn’t sleep at night
I was blind, then you gave me sight
I was a sinner, now I only do right
I’ll pray every day, in every single way
I’ll be yours
Now I’ve got faith, I just need time to change
And I will change
You’ve got yourself a convert, so I’ll sing
Hallelujah
Now I know, this faith needs sacrifice
These chains, they seem a fair price
These walls are closing in
Now my resistance is wearing thin
I’ll pray every day, in every single way
I’ll be yours
Now I’ve got faith, I just need time to change
And I will change
You’ve got yourself a convert, so I’ll sing
Hallelujah
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4. |
Ghost
03:03
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One night I rose, like a ghost I left
Soft bad words, in my ear
One night I rose, never turned my head
Wound my way, through glinting reeds
I’ll weightless drift, it’s a cool balm, a warm breeze, and you will beg
You will beg for me
One night I rose, no hope for dawn
Left colours to lie, with her sleeping frame
Skyline flayed, feel the sickness rise, there’s just one skin
I cannot shed
In darkness push, through nameless lands, one night I rose,
The loose and tattered ends of me
Drift free
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5. |
Hundred for an Inch
03:06
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Burning rose-red, in a tremble from my feet, the flowers bloom
The order’s given, you’ll run straight for the lines
I see the lines
And like a fool I run
Through clay fountains
My soul made pure again
Just for a moment, I’m running through the farm, the raven cries
Raw violin song, but now the hedgerow’s made of steel
Razors under heel
And like a fool I run
You couldn’t stop me
Like a child lost in the night
Fall among them, the eager dagger on my gun
I let it run
The order’s given, they’ll trade a hundred for an inch
Oh all for an inch
So through the mud I crawl
I hear ravens cry
Pave every field with men, then sound the charge again
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Ball and Chain
03:41
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The string quivered in the candlelight
Arrow flew, quarry in your sight
Vines that coil and twist and snare
Two shadowed cat’s eyes caught the moon
She stands a touch too close and soon
Blood pumps cold, we’re all alone
Familiar ball and chain
Gonna work every muscle, sweat myself dry
You’ve got my name, do you want my number?
Tonight don’t latch your door
Gentle hands slip a noose
She knows clever knots that won’t come loose
Vines that coil and twist and snare
Slow smile, bare your teeth
A furnace door of brimstone heat
Blood pumps cold, we’re all alone
Familiar ball and chain
Gonna work every muscle, sweat myself dry
You’ve got my name, do you want my number?
Tonight don’t latch your door
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