1.Roman Holiday
We cut our teeth in the bedroom
We slit our wrists in our costumes
All of them witches, witches, witches, witches
We are the death of the party
We are the life of the funeral
All of us ragmen, ragmen, ragmen, ragmen
I want the ripened fruit
I want the fresh meat
I want the first born
I want the down beat
We traded vows on the front line
They ushered us through the stop sign
All of them witches, witches, witches, witches
We found our way in the blackout
We are the ghosts in the lighthouse
All of us ragmen, ragmen, ragmen, ragmen
I want the open wound
I want the dark street
I want the virgin blood
I want the wet heat
2.The Marvelous Slut
How ironic, I'm nailed to the cross
While the vultures stuff their mouths
God and the devil are split by a thin white line
Six feet from an early grave
Nine inches from being saved
Eighteen hundred miles
Of skeletons on the interstate
Why do I give myself away？
Why do I bleed so easily？
Why do I give myself away to be yours？
Six feet from an early grave
Nine inches from being saved
Eighteen hundred miles
Of skeletons on the interstate
Why do I give myself away？
Why do I bleed so easily？
Why do I give myself away？
If death's coming it best come quick
If death's coming it best come quick
If death's coming it best come quick or I'm all yours
Her clothes will crack and peel off
A heart sins in a heaven made soft
I am eaten of worms 'till I give up the ghost
If death's coming it best come quick
If death's coming it best come quick
If death's coming it best come quick or I'm all yours
Take me home
How ironic, I'm nailed to the cross
While the vultures stuff their mouths
God and the devil are split by a thin white line
Why do I give myself away？
Why do I bleed so easily？
Why do I give myself away？
I'm worth nothing to me
3.Who Invented The Russian Soldier
Wait until they send your son home in a box
See if you're dancing when water is everywhere
Anguish is endless but deaths unambiguous
Wave as it carries him off
And pose while it fits you in hospital gowns
Flirt with the men dressed in white
Slip into bed with the fire that consumes our house
Sing on your surveillance tape
Smile in your autopsy photo for once
Phone up the boys that have buried your bones
Where do you get off loving life？
As if it's done any of us any good, oh
You're going to wish you were me
When the unsuspecting are dragged to their graves
And you're standing on the edge holding a rose
Dead where we stand
And you concern yourself with such things
As your status and what's in fashion
Don't say you can't be this bothered
Death becomes us all, you've got some nerve
Having hope in this ghost town port of call
Someday your insides will turn themselves out
Tell me what purpose our efforts have served
When we end up in the ground
More acts will follow the roles we have played
And everything loved will expire
I've seen it all and I'm worse off because of it
Good men have died in my arms
I've been everywhere yet we'll end up at the same depth
What's the point？
You're gonna wish you were me
When the unsuspecting are dragged to their graves
And you're are standing on the edge holding a rose
Standing on the edge holding a rose
Don't say you can't be this bothered
Death becomes us all, you've got some nerve
Having hope in this ghost town port of call
There's nothing to see here and nothing gazes back at me
There's nothing to see here and that nothing looks back at us
There's nothing to see here and nothing gazes back at me
There's nothing to see here and that nothing looks back at us
4.Wanderlust
I've drowned my conscience and cast another stone
I took to preaching while dancing on the code
I can't see where I've been and only God knows where I'll be
But there must be a place for a wretch like me
Oh, Lord knows I'm tired
But I, I, I won't rest my head until I'm home
And if my hands find themselves another body
Well, you can't blame them for trying to keep warm
Morals are simply a matter of time
And where you lay your head's a question of pride
But when it's said and done you'll find in the light
That privilege and wit make me misfortune's child
Can't tell collapse that it needs to slow down
Can't tell death that it shouldn't come around
And when they take my head and put it on a stake
I know that guilt and disgrace keep the dead man awake
Bartering your figure for a paralyzing love
What have you done？ What have you done？
I tipped the scaffold and laughed until I fell
Girl, if you need me grab another from the well
I can't imagine what hell has in store
But I know if I'm there I won't wander anymore
Oh, Lord knows I'm tired
But I, I, I won't rest my head until I'm home
And if my hands find themselves another body
Well, you can't blame them for trying to keep warm
Oh, Lord knows I'm weak
But I, I, I can't clear my head if I'm asleep
Morals are simply a matter of tide
And where you lay your head's a question of pride
But when it's said and done you'll find in the light
That privilege and wit make me misfortune's child
Can't tell collapse that it needs to slow down
Can't tell death that it shouldn't come around
And when they take my head and put it on a stake
I know that guilt and disgrace keep the dead man awake
We've lived under this dark cloud forever
Waited for the bad light to break
Just let me tell that one again
With a little more feeling
We slept at the crossroads together
Tried to make an honest mistake
Just let me tell that one more time
Without a smile on my face
And now the road is empty as every promise is
If life is pointless then point taken, say Amen
So light another candle and point my body out to sea
Because your heart is no place for a wretch like me
Another stranger passing, a common dissonance
If life is pointless then point taken, say Amen
So light another candle and point my body out to sea
Because your side is no place for a wretch like me
When they unearth these passages
Will I appear to be proud？
Not if you're listening close enough
Not if you're sounding it out
5.For The Record
God knows I've longed to feel something but now's not the time
I'm caught up in the heartless disorder of a Friday night
Focused on staying distracted until I lose sight
Of the tiresome and clinical patterns of my life
I will cherish this love for the rest of my night, rest of my
night
One day I'll find myself facing the firing line
Serves me right, for the record I've written my crimes
I will cherish this love for the rest of my night, the rest of
my night
Lord, have mercy on my soul
I've had a good run but I can't run anymore, just put me down
Lord, have mercy on my soul
I've had a good run but I can't run anymore, just put me down
Can't sidestep the long arm for too long with this paper trail
I've let them devour my heart for some material
But I'm a drunkard, a coward, a crook, I ought to change my ways
Face the music, carry the can, etcetera, etcetera
What's next？ What's next？ What's next？ What's next？
There's got to be something more than this
What's next？ What's next？
What's next？ What's next？ What's next？ What's next？
There's got to be something more than this
What's next？ What's next？
Trust me, I'm still with you somewhere
Trust me, I'm still with you somewhere
Trust me, I'm still with you somewhere
Trust me, I'm still with you somewhere
I just wish you were here
Someday I'm bound to feel guilty but now's not the time
I'm sure I'll get what I'm due, everything will be fine
Hell bent on finding the next fix in the fog
You're in a cab on the way to your house, change the locks
I will cherish this love for the rest of the night, rest of the
night
Lord, have mercy on my soul
I've had a good run but I can't run anymore, just put me down
Lord, have mercy on my soul
I've had a good run but I can't run anymore, just put me down
Can't sidestep the long arm for too long with this paper trail
I let them devour my heart for some material
But I'm a drunkard, a coward, a crook, I ought to change my ways
Face the music, carry the can, etcetera, etcetera
Please forgive me
6.White Smoke
Put me to rest before it spreads
It's not long until the bugs eat through
To the castle wall and besiege my noble heart
New flags are raised
Cut off the gangrened limb
In this case it begins at the neck
Save yourself from me, save yourself from me
Please, once and for all
The impact is dead ahead
So take the gun and apply the brakes
I can feel the onset of lust
Course through my veins
Help me let go, hell is holding on
Help me let go, hell is holding on
So relieve me of life
And give me what I came here to get
I'm not coming home
Not coming home, not coming home
Be it undead or dogs
They will come for what's mine
Though I put up no fight at all
It's not my fault
And so on and so on
And so on and so on
This is not me, this is not me
You can't mute the virus once it screams your name
I've changed the guards at the gate for the sake of the king
This plea is old hat, these bites are old hat
This song is old hat, every word is old hat
I'm not coming home
Not coming home, not coming home
Be it undead or dogs
They will come for what's mine
Through I put up no fight at all
It's not my fault
Happy dagger, make it brief
Happy dagger be brief
Happy dagger, make it brief
Happy dagger be brief
Start the chemical fires
Chimneys bleed white smoke
Before the worms even find me
The crowd is given new hope
7.Turtles All The Way Down
I have lived everyday of my life
Thinking only of what I should think
When I read back on everything that I have written
On how I lived my life
And in the process of doing so
I have to start at the chance to feel alive
Just to stay an observer of an impartial observer
Here I go again, I'm chasing my tail around the sun
Standing beneath a tortoise under an elephant under the world
The gravity of the battle means nothing to those at peace
I can't believe, I thought my thoughts meant anything
When we think we've reached the end
We're only back where we begin
When we think we've reached the end
We're only back where we begin
Superman, Superman, Superman
We are starving to death on full stomachs
Running miles, new hearts on old legs
If I had known all the howls were false alarms
Oh, just imagine the ammo we'd save
Here we go again, I'll come to your party if it goes
Until four question marks at least
Three or less and it's not worth my time at all
On nights like those my absence trumps my company
When we think we've reached the end
We're only back where we begin
When we think we've reached the end
We're only back where we being
Superman, Superman, Superman
I truly believe I'll be remembered
And that even this sentence will be studied
Oh, will you think that I am wise 'cause I'm aware of that？
Or am I just killing myself before they get me？
8.Organ Grinder
You've heard the voice of God, solely
Everything is so clear to you, reload for the greater good
Focus, throw us at the feet of the fools
You don't know how lucky you are that your life is so
characterless
All the world's a cage and we are animals pounding at the glass
Housebroken, declawed, unaware of the threat
Bull hooks that keep us in line while cameras flash
And we play while the trespassers plot to collect on their debts
There were eyes everywhere that I went
There were eyes everywhere that I went
You'll be found, mark my words you will be found
Stripped down and held to the light, you will be found
They will narrow their eyes, take aim and bring the world to its
knees
You'll be found, mark my words, you will be found
Just because you have figured it out
Doesn't mean it won't happen to you
Just because you have figured it out
Doesn't mean it won't happen to you
All the worlds a maze and they are scientists plotting every
move
Big brother will keep us in line with his snipers on the roof
Though I'm cautious not to draw the attention of the fiends
I'm the happiest sadist around once surrendered to the drink
There was fire everywhere that I stood
There was fire everywhere that I stood
Just because you're afraid of the dark
Doesn't mean that it's frightened of you
Just because you're afraid of the dark
Doesn't mean that it's frightened of you
Empty your head quiet
Send them to hell
You've heard the voice of God, solely
Everything is so clear to you
Slow down your racing heart steady
Quickly or it moves out of frame
We are nothing more than mannequins
Everyone is put on display
This will not pass in time, the moment will not pass
Caught in the act for our lives, the moment will not pass
The dark doesn't flinch, take heed, the moment will not pass
Cover your tracks, we're sitting ducks, the moment will not pass
We are nothing more than mannequins
9.Host Disorder
My cancer came knocking
It was dressed to the nines
So I peeled back my skin
And I let it come inside
But it won't leave
Though the guests have gone
No, it pours a drink
And requests another song
Now it sleeps in between us
Splits and doubles in size
Apes my nuances of desertion
Lust and arrogant pride
And it drags me out of my head
And it drags me out of my head
The plague is now empowered
The plague is now empowered
The plague is now
My cancer waved torches
Broke the lock on my door
But I was powerless
To refuse it anymore
Is everyone comfortable？
Is everyone having a good time？
My friends are all vampires
Come to drain and transform
I keep the window cracked and the light on
Kept the leftovers warm
Maybe I make myself sick
Maybe I make myself sick
Make me give a damn
And I will be with you everywhere
I will open the sky
I will follow you into hell
Kill everyone in our way, yeah
Open your heart to the snake oil peddlers
Open your heart to the snake oil peddlers
Open your heart to the snake oil peddlers
Open your heart to the snake oil peddlers
10.After One Quarter Of A Revolution
Cleaned up a mess I'm in, now I am born again
Naked, spotless motion without strings
I've flushed the filth to the sea, the limbs and sharp debris
But if that water rises woe is me
Hearts aren't beating, they're counting down
Breaths aren't stolen, they're groomed and given out
The closet is teeming with broken bones
I'll be driven out and swallowed whole
I walk a crooked mile with the devil on my back
Puppeteering schemes with every step
But I once could walk through walls and drift above it all
Pursing endless love to endless depths
Hearts aren't beating, they're counting down
Breathes aren't stolen, they're groomed and given out
The closet is teeming with broken bones
I'll be driven out and swallowed whole
Object all you want but I am not done with you
Lives will be lost, children will grieve
Entire nations will crumble and blood will run deep
But we will be redeemed
You and I will be weightless, we'll stay unborn
So death can't start the clock
And love can sleep through our pores
11.The Sweet Life
Yeah, I know I look worse for the wear
But I have everything at my fingertips
I've been infantilized by a pat on the back and an endless
go-ahead
Ain't nothing gonna break my stride
Ain't nothing gonna slow me down
Oh no, when there's no one disapproving
Yet it's women not lack of ambition that keeps good men
bedridden
Jesus Christ, I am forever making the same mistakes
Yet it's women not lack of ambition that keeps good men
bedridden
Jesus Christ, I am forever making the same mistakes
I continue to stumble around as long as everyone cheers me on
Am I the only one without the weapon to end the war？
Ain't nothing gonna break my stride
Ain't nothing gonna slow me down
Oh no, when there's no one disapproving
Yet it's women not lack of ambition that keeps good men
bedridden
Jesus Christ, I am forever making the same mistakes
Yet it's women not lack of ambition that keeps good men
bedridden
Jesus Christ, I am forever making the same mistakes
Deaf men in the city of sirens
Blind men in the presence of snakes
I told you, I told you
But I'm adrift in a sea of temptation
I told you, I told you
A newborn with inadequate skills
I told you, I told you
Turn the party up, honesty be damned
How fucking pathetic of me？
I can't go this way not when I have your heart
Oh, what a childish life I have led？
God, what a wicked man I have been
But ain't nothing gonna break my stride
Ain't nothing gonna slow me down
Oh no, when there's no on disapproving
12.Buffalo 666
Despite what you think, I can offer you nothing.
I'm seasick and strung out and tired of adjusting.
Hands on the dashboard where I can see them.
Hands on the dashboard where I can see them.
Let me think. Let me think.
I'm all backed up. Just let me think.
If you would be my bride,
the smoke and mirrors of blissful
lives will throw the hounds off the scent.
Learn the lines. Learn the lines.
Learn the lines. It's all I'm asking.
We steal what we need and the rest we call love.
Steal what we need and the rest we call love.
Take back the night.
Drag the captors and run for your life.
It's not what it seems.
Stockholm syndrome's just excessive grief.
If you leave me, I'm coming with you. I promise you that.
If you leave me, I'm coming with you. I promise you that.
Get out while you're still God's child.
We are deer in the headlights.
Motionless 'til we're ripped to shreds.
Stop following me around.
Stop following me around.
Learn to lie. Learn to lie.
Learn to lie. Learn to lie.
That's all I'm asking.
We steal what we need and the rest we call love.
Steal what we need and the rest we call love.
Take back the night.
Drug the captors and run for your life.
It's not what it seems.
Stockholm syndrome's just excessive grief.
If you leave me, I'm coming with you. I promise you that.
If you leave me, I'm coming with you. I promise you that.
Get out while you're still God's child.
Hands on the dashboard where I can see them.
Hands on the dashboard where I can see them.
Don't look up.
The cheap thrill of our impending doom's all I have.
The cheap thrill of our impending doom's all I have.
The cheap thrill of our impending doom's all I have.
The cheap thrill of our impending doom's all I have.
13.Goddamn Kids These Days
Amidst the most barren scene
How are we lost？!
You've gotta be fucking kidding me？
Shut up, just give me the wheel and I'll drive!
You are not yet fit to speak on my behalf
We deserve to be moved by more than force alone
Instead I've been witness to loss upon loss upon loss
We're assailed by the thoughtless who sing to their own
Caught in the middle I'm pinned between the egos and the drones
Skill has been called to arms!
Goddamn kids have grown up to let down
All around us are dissonant sounds
We're misplaced and we'll never be found
All these kids have grown up to let down
I'll be spinning in my grave for the rest of my life
Have I taught you children nothing all this time？
This labyrinth that we're puzzled by is nothing but a straight
line,
but sometimes those are even harder to navigate.
We deserve to be moved by more than force alone
Instead I've been witness to loss upon loss upon loss
We're assailed by the thoughtless who sing to their own
Caught in the middle I'm pinned between the egos and the drones
Pride's been called to arms!
Goddamn kids have grown up to let down
All around us are dissonant sounds
We're misplaced and we'll never be found
All these kids have grown up to let down
If this is the state of my art, then I secede？
If this is the state of my art, then I secede？
We're walking spanish down a plank that stretches miles
You are not yet fit to speak on my behalf
What a shame we're forced to suffer the senselessness as inanity
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