Brave New World

You have clearly mistaken us for people who give a damn.
If you want our attention then send us a telegram.
How are we supposed to know what you are thinking?
Our mind is like a concrete boat and soon we will be sinking.
Look into our eyes and tell us what you see.
The lights may be flashing but they're flashing a vacancy.

We'll make you a promise that you will never have to think.
Just belly up to the bar and we'll buy you another drink.
You'll tell us your secrets and your deepest dark passions.
We'll arrange the financing and serve it up as the latest fashions.

Don't let us hear you say you've missed the main feature.
The mall is your church and the TV is your preacher.

We've got we've got Swanson's frozen alibis; we keep them in the freezer.
We don't count on justice because we find her such a teaser.
Of course we both know that it's only a formality.
Soon we'll own the franchise to every locality.

Then you will be our good son loyal and dutiful
And we will be your mothers and you think that we're so beautiful
Don't let us hear you say you've missed the main feature.
The mall is your church and the TV is your preacher.

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Pulp

She had red dress and an easy job
Man who should be dead had ticked her off
I turned around to pour myself a drink
She was gone i had not time to blink

In the hills of Hollywood
All the corpses still look good
I think I'll take another case
A cheating husband with a pretty face

Tilt back your head and take a gulp
Before you drown in all this pulp
Drink till your dead

I know your favorite brand of cigarette
And what you've done but i won't tell her yet
She wants to watch draw your final breath

I hear movement through the hotel door
I see foot prints on the kitchen floor
I think she killed him with butcher knife
I think I'll wrap this case by Friday night

Tilt back your head and take a gulp
Before you drown in all this pulp
Drink till your dead

I got a phone call but there's no one there
She wants to know right now but i don't care
I smell the powder from a smoking gun
You can't hide from death but you can run

Shadowy figures in window frames
Hard boiled dicks and busty dames
Turns out the chase in never what it seems
Black and white is for the movie screens

Tilt back your head and take a gulp
Before you drown in all this pulp
Drink till your dead
Tilt back your head and take a gulp
Before you drown in all this pulp
Drink till your dead

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You Came Here With Nothing

Do Dup Do Dup Do Dup Do Dup
Do Dup Do Dup Do Dup Do Dup

If you get in that car It doesn't make you Belshazzar
don't forget who you are you're not a superstar
You came here with nothing They won't remember you when your gone

A long time ago
We sat on the porch drinking Coca Cola
How could we know
What would become of all the fashion soldiers
Couldn't see beyond the lipstick
And in innocence it all seems so much bolder

But if you get in that car It never takes you very far
You can't forget who you are Even though you're a superstar
You came here with nothing They won't remember you when your gone

Just an hour ago
We were talking to an older couple
There's just no way we could know
That they would win the daily double
You looked away for just a moment
And now the world's gone so dark with trouble

We all thought that you would be the object of our jealousy
But your Just a story that reminds us to act cautiously

If you get in that car It doesn't make you Belshazzar
Don't forget who you are you're not a superstar
You came here with nothing They won't remember you when your gone

But if you get in that car It never takes you very far
You can't forget who you are Even though you're a superstar
You came here with nothing They won't remember you when your gone

Do Dup Do Dup Do Dup Do Dup
Do Dup Do Dup Do Dup Do Dup

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Every Time

Every time you move the light moves with you
Every time you cry it rains
All I want to do is stand where I can see you
Every time you go it pains

I know it all in my head
I know its all in my dreams

Every morning starts with your name on my lips
Every hope begins with you
Every evening comes just to hear your heart beating
Every smile is something new

I know it all in my head
But my love is just as it seems to be

She's sees you standing there
Sees you standing there
Why don't you go talk to her
She wishes you were near
Wishes you were near
You should walk next to her
This is how your story should unfold

She's sees you standing there
Sees you standing there
Why don't you go talk to her
She wishes you were near
Wishes you were near
You should walk next to her
This is what you'll remember as you grow old

Every time you move the light moves with you
Every time you cry it rains
All I want to do is stand where I can see you
Every time you go it pains

I know it all in my head
I know its all in my dreams
I know it all in my head
But my love is just as it seems to be

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Maybe The Night Will Save Us

Another hand holds you down
Another hand Stops you in your tracks
Another day weighs heavy on your shoulders

One more face in the crowd
One more face who's expression is hopeless
one more lonely eye to look into

Maybe it wasn't meant to be like this at all
Maybe it wasn't meant to be so
Maybe we weren't supposed to live this long
Maybe the night will save us I don't know

Our lovers conversations
Have been replaced by abbreviations
We each pretend to know what the other is saying

Life just happens so slowly
So slowly you don't really notice
It's quiet subtle game that we're playing

Maybe it wasn't meant to be like this at all
Maybe it wasn't meant to be so
Maybe we weren't supposed to live this long
Maybe the night will save us I don't know

Another tragic disaster
Another night of loneliness and tears
Another reason to lower you expectations

One more tortured memory
One more sinking feeling
One more past that you can never return to

Maybe it wasn't meant to be like this at all
Maybe it wasn't meant to be so
Maybe we weren't supposed to live this long
Maybe the night will save us I don't know

Maybe it wasn't meant to be like this at all
Maybe it wasn't meant to be so
Maybe we weren't supposed to live this long
Maybe the night will save us I don't know

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Best Times

Everybody seems so down down down
Crawling around on the ground ground ground
Maybe they've forgotten who they are

When I look around I see sad sad faces
All the people living in gray places
They don't see just how beautiful they are

These are the best times anyone has ever had
We're all living like kings at the end of the world

So many people say it's bad bad bad
All the times that they've had had had
They don't know how bad things can be

Everyone seems to be so full of envy
They can't enjoy their own piece of candy
They don't know how sad that seems to me

These are the best times anyone has ever had
We're all living like kings at the end of the world
These are the best times anyone has ever had
We're all living like kings at the end of the world

It's hard to listen them whine whine whine
Give it to me 'cause it's mine mine mine
Maybe they should open up their eyes

They all complain they feel alone lone lone
They feel so lost without their phone phone phone
Hang up the phone and say your last goodbyes

These are the best times anyone has ever had
We're all living like kings at the end of the world
At the end of the world
At the end of the world
At the end of the world

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The Queen's Fool

You stand alone just outside the gates
While she sits on her throne everybody waits
You wait until the night falls
And shiver beneath the high walls
And you suffer until at last she calls

You can't remember how you lived before
You're just a shadow plastered on the floor
you wait until the night falls
And shiver beneath the high walls
And you suffer until at last she calls

There's poison in the air and the night is cold dark
You know it isn't fair but you're drawn by her spark

How long will you hide your eyes
And who do you know who will sym pa thize
You wait until the night falls
And shiver beneath the high walls
And you suffer until at last she calls

And like a wingless caste of ant you march to the final hour
And who in mortal chains and who in power

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Brothers

Lost in the wild out on a limb
Just a grown up child no chance to win
Hungry for days cold and confused
Tattered blue jeans and worn out shoes

No place to go nothing to eat
Nobody likes you when you're broken and beat
Living in the bottle clinging to the pill
No one wants to see you there so no one will

But you were once a boy with eyes of blue
And all your dreams in front of you

In a tower of glass behind plank of oak
Sits a lonely man in a thousand dollar coat
Looking out upon the darkening sky
He pours himself a drink and loosens his tie

And he was once a boy with eyes of blue
And the only thing he wanted was to be with you

And the rain falls the same on the victor and the slain
While we complain about the pain our time here circles the drain
As the bucket empties of tomorrows it fills instead with all our sorrows
You thought Aion was your friend but he'll forsake you in the end

And he was once a boy with eyes of blue
And the curtain has drawn for both of you

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Wash Away

Can't you hear it the dam is breaking
Can't you feel it the whole town is shaking
It won't matter what we do That rage is coming through
It doesn't matter what we say Every thing we built will wash away

Can't you smell it the fire is burning
Don't you know it there's no returning
The prophecies are coming true How it ends isn't up to you
It doesn't matter what we pay Every thing we built will wash away

Can't you see it the hail is falling
It's for certain the end is calling
It's not even for debate Sorry if you got here late
It won't help to kneel and pray Every thing we built will wash away

Run for shelter run for cover
Hold your children and your lover
Drink your wine and smoke your Weed this final round's on me
Here comes the judgment day I'm pretty sure I'll never have to pay

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When I Come Home

The saddest thing that I've ever seen
Was the look on your face through the kitchen screen
Holding hands with dad in the morning glow
Looking out at a future that no one could know

When I come home, I'll know how much you missed me
And when I come home, I'll know how much you really cared

In the quiet hours so far away
With nothing to do and so much to say
The words that I write can't describe scene
Between the lines you'll see what I mean

When I come home, I'll tell you how lonely the night is
And when I come home, I'll tell you how scared I really was

Its the life that we we're promised
It's the dream we've waited so long
It's the nights we all spent together
It's the laughs the drink and the song
We've waited too long now it's gone

When I come home, I'll know how much you missed me
And when I come home, I'll know how much you really cared

Its the life that we we're promised
It's the dream we've waited so long
It's the nights we all spent together
It's the laughs the drink and the song
We've waited too long now it's gone

Life in the forest is out of control
The price of the fight could be my mortal soul
The one memory keeping my hope alive
Is your face at the door and the warmth from inside

When I come home, we'll climb up into the rafters
And when I come home, You'll be there waiting for me

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Looks Are Everything

Dorian where's that little picture
With a wish from you it's a hidden fixture
Parties and affairs Haven't changed you
Have you found a flower den
Where you can escape your fascination
And forget the face that haunts you
And keeps score of every situation

Looks are everything a heart isn't anything
Looks are everything everything for you
Dorian you haven't got a friend in the world
But you look so good with your casual acquaintance
And you loose all your charm the moment you become sincere
Keep your conscience looked away It won't become you here

Because looks are everything a heart isn't anything
Looks are everything everything for you

Dorian where's that little picture
With a wish from you it's a hidden fixture
Parties and affairs Haven't changed you
Have you found a flower den
Where you can escape your fascination
And forget the face that haunts you
And keeps score of every situation

Looks are everything a heart isn't anything
Looks are everything everything for you
Looks are everything a heart isn't anything
Looks are everything everything for you

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So It Goes

Following the sidewalk and the miles of junk and trash
Putting up with smart talk this is not my bag
Swimming in the mainstream Where no on knows my name
Coming out of a deep dream Trying to play this game

So (so So) it Go (go goes)
I've said it a thousand times But I still don't Know

On a dying planet and running out of air
Seven billion monkeys and no one seems to care
Just like Billy Pilgrim I may have lost my mind
Such a crazy moment to become unstuck in time

So (so So) it Go (go goes)
I've said it a thousand times But I still don't Know

Put your money on the table
Throw your hands in the air
No one here is going anywhere
Reach for the bible in your pocket
See if you can guess the game
Say your prayers if you've got 'em
Then slowly speak his name

So (so So) it Go (go goes)
I've said it a thousand times But I still don't Know
So (so So) it Go (go goes)
I've said it a thousand times But I still don't Know
So (so So) it Go (go goes)
I've said it a thousand times But I still don't Know
So (so So) it Go (go goes)
I've said it a thousand times But I still don't Know
So (so So) it Go (go goes)
I've said it a thousand times But I still don't Know
So (so So) it Go (go goes)

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