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New Vein
00:56
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No lyrics.
Instrumental intro to PROVENTIL.
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2. |
Proventil
03:27
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PROVENTIL
Why can't I get a rhythm?
Am I working hard enough?
Bound by the laws i'm given
Better keep moving or I'll never catch up!
How will i find that rhythm
Hands tied behind my back?
Need another puff of my inhaler
Gotta have breath if I'm gonna yell back!
I'm gonna drown it all out
I'm gonna drown it all out
I'm gonna drown it all out
I'm gonna drown it all out
Portrayed by my weak condition
Nothing ventured nothing gained
Any act is gonna have a victim
It's gonna have loss
It's gonna have pain
(let's count my degenerate ailments...)
1.) got a chronic spasm
2.) got a fractured spine
3.) got a case of asthma
More bad days than i've ever felt fine
Will i mend my broken bones
For a chance to break my neck?
Depending on crutches to catch my balance
The faster i try to run
The slower that i get to my destination
(the truth will have to come) as i wait
(the weight adds on) more back pain
No words to hold back
It isn't gonna get much better
If i can't pull my weight
Slip or fade or step away from the crowd
Had enough of grind & trials for now
Wanna fight pound for pound
Had enough of the sound
Drift away now
Find a way to tune out
Put the blade down
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3. |
Well As Well
04:25
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WELL AS WELL
How will I father a minion worth the bother of keeping my glut?
Or will I falter and never reach the altar where fate is unplugged?
Am I worth consideration or the plausible elation that comes biting tongues?
Or will it always be a secret? fine, go ahead and keep it, i've got some of my own
Look at that kid, no son of mine
He reeks of pain and guilt soaked up and stained in his eyes
That he cleans with 'serpentine'
Rays in his mouth, he'll sunburn. graze where it is hot
Burns his throat, will he spit fire or will he learn to stop?
I can't calm down or sit back and watch you struggle
But i can just give up on myself
I'll carry a heavy load (on my shoulders)
For a pat on the back, or a star on your flag, or just be vocal
It's what it is when it's defined
And goes down smooth with a glass of grime
The conscience shifts to mark the times
Nobody's to blame, if they cover their eyes and act surprised
Will I father a son? tell me how he will be
Will he fall in traps that I have set & placed & scattered all around me?
Will he reach with his arms? Will he pull up his sleeves?
Have I scared him from work & love & friendship & success that's always avoided me?
Is it my fault? Am I sick, or sick in me? we've all got our own disease
I'm as well as well as i can be.
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4. |
The Case Is Out
04:02
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THE CASE IS OUT
I know what happens when you're out late
Take softer steps
A smirk is worse than why it's made
So just confess
Believe it till it can be proven true
Want it till you know you have it
Do this, and believe it
Progress reserved for genius
You'll never make the bed you're sleeping on
You'll find a rationale in being wrong
Where’ve you been and what's her name?
Not kidding this time
Looking forward to excuses made
Gets better every time
There's no need to prove you're right
If you preach to simple minds
Doesn't matter if the blood will take
From the donor but it might
The more you know
The more you fake
The more you work
The more it's late enough to go home
Just don't bring the work home
No need to prove you're right
Should've know they'd come and take them
The case is out
Should've known they'd come -- bacchanal
The case is out
Should've know they'd come and take them
The case is out
I don't know the breaks, but I'll keep them all in stride
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong
And the verdicts wrong
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong
Towel in the river to soak them up with provocation
Gavel to the silver chipped tooth with spoons they all choke on
Vowel sound carefully
I need some evidence to throw this out
Valor veiling me
I’ll need some motive to throw this out
Vow sound carefully
No one will look out for you
Valor failing me
No one will look out for you
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong
The case is out and the verdict’s wrong.
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WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR ANYTHING ANYMORE
You won't spend a minute
To try to comprehend
So you will waste a million dollars
In a puppet's hand
Giving nothing but our best
So we expect consideration
We'll take the role of starving artist
If you don't brag and show off to friends
You can carry on immoral horror
And pretend you're still human
You should have been caught
Degradation needs company
Or at least the air fare
Weak heart beats need saving
Strong ones need some space
Dim lights need more energy
We're just one light switch away
Consider this-
You've got us in this mess
You've taken us out of our element
We'll wait for fruit of labor's harvest
And just pray it doesn't take too long
We're buried to our necks!
Are you done with us yet?
Or will we choke on more?
Are you done with us yet?
Are you done with us yet?
"You've signed your name and you're stuck with us, now you're regretting it?" -label
"You've got a square where a circle is, is that how your puzzle fits?" -boys
"You bite the hand that is feeding you? you dumb ungrateful kids!" -label
"We'd rather starve if that's the way it is." -boys
"Well, that's quite alright!" -label
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6. |
Losing Feeling
02:57
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LOSING FEELING
You've learned a lesson
By that infection
That all can be resolved
Or apply repetition
Stitch that incision
It's my premonition
That you've been stringing me along
Lie back and stay awhile
No coats are comfortable
The lacerations clearly represent a measured assault
You had it all along
Unbridled accidents will look more like a person's at fault
You've had it all along
In line
Enslaved
Insult
In injury
In doubt
Enraged
When doubt
Is sustained
I know I'm nearing the end
When I can't feel the pain
One half we'll bury
And the other half will always remain
Like a god in apocalypse says:
"You had it all along...
...Until the feeling's gone."
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IDEAS VS. PROTOCOL VS. MOLOTOV
Fabricate answers
From all the questions
Just like a molotov
Alarms are sounding
The dogs will tired
Before we'll ever call them off
Ignite the answers
by poignant questions
Just try a molotov
The answer's grinning at you
The answer's barking
Come on, give 'em up!
No idea worth protocol
No ideas worth protocol, worth protocols
They blame the factions
For fractured lessons
Their bones are getting soft
He's Duncan Sheikin' (barely breathing)
And Courtney Lovin' (barely living)
Come on boys, he's had enough
Fanning flames when their hands are waving
Either burning or giving up
You play with matches
I play with fire
You play with matches
I play with fire
No ideas worth protocol
No ideas worth protocol, worth protocol
This is unfinished business
You'll know it's finished
When you see our smoking guns
Create curriculum in its place
Ideas waste
They hide them
Because they have
No ideas of their own.
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THE FRENCH QUARTER DOES NOT ADD UP
(aka Tired of Not Being Away From Here)
Flush out the devil's eyes
They say he owns the tide
He's happy to prove them right
(He's only 10% water weight)
To flush out the devil's eyes
You might need the sea to rise
I've been treading for too long
I've got a reason for my actions
We're all ears, we'd like to know
You'll find that gravity pulls you faster
After you let go
You have no need whispering
You feel the need to be free
False oppressive safety
("You're such a bully")
It takes weight to suffocate
You'll either selfish or you're passive
(Hang tight)
We share a plate when carving up your soul
(Please pass the knife)
Gravity pulls you harder in directions you first go
(Fight or Flight)
The current is still
Or a hesitant calm
A storm is never far away
A fortune never guesses with cash beyond the arm
Let's raise a glass to your sobriety, propriety
Your hypocrisy knows bounds further than mine
So how's it feel to pull a "Watergate..."
(To be ahead and feel you're far behind)
You know we still need an apology, apology
You'd free yourself if you'd admit your crimes
You choose a cave and go to hibernate
Bi-polar bear reprised.
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9. |
Camera Disdain
04:25
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CAMERA DISDAIN
When the flash is off
The fashion's gone
The flash is off
Makes no difference to scenery
True light dissolves
In the eyes you're deceiving
Flush white is all
I will be without bleeding
I'll make it, I'm cheating
Feel guilty when breathing
Carried off on shoulders I disown
You've gotta research your feelings
You've gotta research your feelings
All your time is lost
All your time is wasted
You're gonna faint from the bleeding
You're gonna faint from the bleeding
All your time is
Not your own
It never was
And that's what tears at you
Just say you'll try again
It's still hard to watch you fall
The camera's always on
The camera's always wrong
We better not have this fight again
It always makes me feel
Like I'm inviting it
Like I'm inviting it
I'll stop
I guess I have to
Things are gonna change
I feel it
I'm bound by my wisdom
I'll quit before I fix it
I guess I'll just take it for what it's worth
You've got it right
You've got it right
You need to brace yourself
You need to brace yourself
Again, again against me
You've gotta light
You need to grace yourself
You need to praise yourself in front of me
You've gotta fight
You need to pace yourself
You need to cast yourself out of this play
Just say you'll try again
It's still hard to watch you fall
The camera's always on
The camera's always wrong
We better not have this fight again
It always makes me feel like I'm inviting it
Like I'm inviting it
You need to brace yourself from all of this weight
You will erase yourself from all of this strain
Follow the people
Staged and precise
Follow the millions away
Follow them
Follow the people
Staged and precise
Finally you've got them stop stray
Follow the people away
Justify it all
More than most
Blame the fall
Too many worries to choose one
To justify it all
Raise a toast
To drown them all
Too many worries to choose one
To justify it all
Not supposed to
Take them all on
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10. |
Fight or Flight
03:33
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FIGHT OR FLIGHT
No one's ever really sober
Go spit it out
Cast a spell by what you conjure
Arouse the crowd
Every second second guessing
Decades of doubt
Doesn't matter if you're killing
If your goals are shroud
Let it simmer
Capillary
If it bubbles
You know it's getting ready
Let it simmer
Let it simmer down
Does the grandeur-
That you carry-
Reach the bones
Of shallow grave ancestry?
Gotta show them all we're proud!
We are the honorary culprits now
We keep the kingdom safe
We are the honorary culprits now
We shoot and run away
Heard you're very good in public-
Strapped up to cash out!
Poor education is contagious-
Cover your mouth!
A declaration will mean nothing-
If it's without
Acknowledged actions toward
Defensive crowds
Your 'precary'- that you're under
A final drink with "Aristotle's suffer"
You're just a fixture in your fairytale
Awh, is that your cover?
Is that your weapon?
Is that the way you stick it in?
Is that your weapon??? ahhhhh!!!!!!
This isn't it
This isn't done
This is important
This isn't wrong
So if it is...let it be done...
Wave your flag...
Till it's dawn...
For my buried forefathers...
Wave your flag...
Till it waves goodbye
Is it emphatic to attach yourself
To sacrilegious crimes?
It's not prophetic for a chosen man
To kill freely and hide!
Pain will find a donor
Blood-shed more light!
Magnify disaster!
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11. |
Welcome Away
11:13
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WELCOME AWAY
The phase, the sound of penitence...
I laugh out loud at your attempt at it.
Is there a meaning among us
(Of pentagrams)?
And if there is, Is there a being above us
(To slap idle hands)
Well I felt there was nothing for me to say
When you speak with no regard for me
You might have been right about one thing,
There is nothing for me at all here
There is nothing for me at all
I fear the end is imminent
(But i'll wait and see)
You've gone from gold to pretension
Hooray for the hands that cheer enough
To break any silence they try to hide (away)
You've mastered the art of giving up
By shaping a vice to bade all your lies
Pace yourself, because I want more...
We'll need some time to communicate...
Pace yourself, because I want more...
We'll need some more time to get things straight...
Pace yourself, because I want more...
It never happens the way they say...
Convince yourself what you live for...
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