1. |
False Introduction
00:15
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2. |
Hello Earthlings
02:47
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hello earthlings, take me to your leader
I'd like to ask some questions regarding human nature
I wanna be like you
I wanna be a human
teach me your ways, scientist
teach me how to be aloof
and unbothered
and how to handle problems just like you
you've got it figured out, I know you've got the answers
modify my genes so my brain runs a little faster
oh, what a strange big galaxy this is
unknown new worlds
here I'm an alien
lightyears away from anything I know
I'm here to stay but I don't feel at home
this place it scares me
it's much different than I'm used to
but home was getting boring
this is what I'm supposed to do
staple my mouth shut so that I don't say the wrong thing
I don't get your jokes and I don't know why you're laughing
it might be better if I knew when I was leaving
oh, what a strange big galaxy this is
unknown new worlds
here I'm an alien
lightyears away from anything I know
I'm here to stay but I don't feel at home
oh, what a strange big galaxy this is
unknown new worlds
here I'm an alien
lightyears away from anything I know
I'm here to stay but I don't feel at home
at home
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3. |
Electric And Shocking
02:31
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paralyzed, tied to the ground
a swelling brain that can't get out
I feel it pushing on my skull
I feel the blood behind my eyes
behind my eyes behind my eyes
numbness creeping up my legs
my vision fading to black and grey
the feeling scared me and I let go
fell to the floor and cried
static electricity shock me back to life
instincts and fear please shock me back to life
and shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot me
radial carotid or femoral
they were just too deep
I know I didn't touch them
but it was the brightest red that I have ever seen
I mourn your loss
goodbye my friend
my life is over but I'm not dead
I can't live without you
I'll find a way to bring you back
I can't live without you
I'll find a way to bring you back
static electricity shock me back to life
instincts and fear please bring me back to life
static electricity shock me back to life
(shoot shoot shoot shoot me)
instincts and fear please shock me back to life
(and bring me home)
static electricity shock me back to life
(shoot shoot shoot shoot me)
instincts and fear please shock me back to life
(and bring me home)
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4. |
Hey Tiger
02:36
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hey tiger, where'd you get those stripes?
who filled the coolers up with ice?
I can't understand a word you say
but I feel what you mean all the same
who underlined my text in red?
you take that back, I meant what I said
did the answering machine just beep?
I've been chewing on my tounge all week
hello world, won't you come out to play?
I could think a little harder but I've got something to say
they still look pretty falling out of my mouth
and they mean the same thing either way
hello world, could you be nice today?
lately it's been tricky to find the right words to say
they still look pretty falling out of my mouth
and they mean the same thing either way
my ballpoint pens are all dried out
just how long will it take to sprout?
I can't understand the words you say
but our chemicals react the same
I'd like to rot in my backyard
next to the fish and under the stars
if I was water, I'd evaporate
wait, sorry
can we please redo that take?
hello world, won't you come out to play?
I could think a little harder but I've got something to say
they still look pretty falling out of my mouth
and they mean the same thing either way
hello world, could you be nice today?
lately it's been tricky to find the right words to say
they still look pretty falling out of my mouth
and they mean the same thing either way
what patterns are they underneath
I'm looking for them in your speech
when the power goes out tonight
finally I will prove I'm right
dump my brain out on the sidewalk
let the kids draw on it with chalk
I'm ignoring all the words you say
I doubt they mean anything anyway
going backwards spinning forwards
throwing out that old thesaurus
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5. |
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a bug buried under my skin
it's getting into my head
will it take control of my brain
and push me off a cliff to my death?
from what I've seen of the world I don't like the way it tastes
but it would be such a shame to see this chance go to waste
what's the point of all of this?
just to say
"look at me, look at me, please see what's wrong with me
please tell me that I'm sick"?
what's the point of all of this?
just a desperate plea for peering eyes
or is it art or something else that I can't see?
what'll you do when you're not precious anymore
and it's not cute
and you're not just a precious little kid?
I don't wanna live like this
I wanna drink orange soda and then walk to the mall with the friends I have
be someone pretty and make something that I'm proud to say I made
how nice it would be to wear a t-shirt again
normal and casual
talkative and friendly
funny and likeable
that's who I want to be
I set my sights way too high
I'll finish school and work a normal job
and my normal loneliness will keep me company
and bandage my wounds
and when it takes me to the ER I'll wonder
what's the point of all of this?
just to say
"look at me, look at me, please see what's wrong with me
please tell me that I'm sick"?
what's the point of all of this?
just a desperate plea for peering eyes
or is it art or something else that I can't see?
I'm not cute and I'm not precious
none of this is pretty and I know that
I just want a box to fill
there's something deeply ingrained in my identity
this can't be all that there is to me
I've been branded by my own hand
bottle me up, neatly packaged
I'm more than my scars and I'm more than what's killing me
I'm just not sure if there is anything left of me
I'm a brain inside a skeleton covered by tissues
who can say what makes me who I am?
I'm just a string of genes, of DNA and chromosomes
break me down and I'm just chemistry
what's the point of all of this?
just to say
"look at me, look at me, please see what's wrong with me
please tell me that I'm sick"?
what's the point of all of this?
I desperately want to be seen as normal
or maybe I just want to be seen at all
what am if not a patient, pity project
sick and bleeding
dizzy bruised and hopeless little child?
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6. |
Wait For Me
02:46
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are you feeling better?
are you feeling really great?
if the world could stop turning
that'd be nice 'cause I need a break
from the turning of the seasons
from the melting of the snow
the falling of the leaves
from the hot and from the cold
wait, please, wait for me
stop the world from spinning
stop the clock from ticking
stop, wait, wait for me
I need to catch my breath and I'm not ready to go
let me stop and ties my shoes
I don't wanna fall and trip
let me take a second to drink some tea
'cause I'm feeling sick
from the way life rushes past me
from the way the birds fly by
it's hard to think of living
I think three years ago I died
wait, please, wait for me
stop the world from spinning
stop the clock from ticking
stop, wait, wait for me
I need to catch my breath and I'm not ready to go
wait, please, wait for me
stop the world from spinning
stop the clock from ticking
stop, wait, wait for me
I need to catch my breath and I'm not ready
I'm not ready
wait, please, wait for me
stop the world from spinning
stop the clock from ticking
stop, wait, wait for me
I need to catch my breath and I'm not ready
I'm not ready to go
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7. |
I Thought You Were Dead!
02:14
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8. |
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last friday I decided that I'm done with this place
earth is a drag and so's the human race
so I rented a UFO
and I headed for the cosmos
on our next door neighbour
on the hot red sand
I saw a crowd of martians with glowsticks in their hands
they were dancing
and hopping
and rolling
and rocking
I don't speak their language but this doesn't need talking
and as I arrived I was crushed to find
there's a party on mars and I'm not invited
(I'm not going home yet)
I know I'm not yours, I'm just a little misguided
(I'm not going home yet)
no worries, there's still six more planets to go
I'm sure that I can find a place to call home
(somewhere in this galaxy
there will be a place for me)
originally, I wrote of mercury
'cause the sun there's a little too hot for me
on neptune it gets pretty cold
and on jupiter, I just don't think I'm sold
so I parked my spaceship on the rings of saturn
someone saw me and asked if I had made a wrong turn
I told the locals my sad story
of rejection from planet number four and number three
there's a party on mars and I'm not invited
(I'm not going home yet)
I know I'm not yours, I'm just a little misguided
(I'm not going home yet)
so people of saturn, can I please just stay?
'cause I'm all alone out in the milky way
and they said "wow, that's pathetic"
so I went home
there's a party on mars and I'm not invited
(I'm not going home yet)
I know I'm not yours, I'm just a little misguided
(I'm not going home yet)
there's a party on mars and I'm not invited
(I'm not going home yet)
I know I'm not yours, I'm just a little misguided
(I'm not going home yet)
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9. |
PUSH/PULL
02:24
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pinch and pull and push and tug
I wish that I was made of clay
I'd mold myself then fire the kiln
to keep the perfect shape I've made
fix me, you've been trying hard
encapsule me in gelatin
find the perfect combination
find the perfect medicine
smooth, sharp, soft, scary
selfish, seamless, shameless, shy
sorry, slanted, sterile, sparkly
frivolous to even try
just like a sculpture, perfectly contoured
strong and built to last
just like a specimen in a museum
made of porcelain or of wax
pinch and pull and push and tug
I wish that I was made of clay
I'd mold myself then fire the kiln
to keep the perfect shape I've made
fix me, you've been trying hard
encapsule me in gelatin
find the perfect combination
find the perfect medicine
I may as well throw this all out and dismiss it as
teenage girl vanity
obsession with pretty
it's not my face or my body that upsets me the most
it's much more that I can't descibe
it's time and behaviour
I don't want the truth, I want lies
cotton fabric, sewn and pinned into position
tired, sweating, muscles sore
stupid, silent, still, stirring
social, somewhat self-absorbed
pinch and pull and push and tug
I wish that I was made of clay
I'd mold myself then fire the kiln
to keep the perfect shape I've made
fix me, you've been trying hard
encapsule me in gelatin
find the perfect combination
find the perfect medicine
pinch and pull and push and tug
and paint and update and repair
troubleshooting never works
something just feels so unfair
have you tried restarting it?
turn it off and on again
come back in six weeks if you're still having issues now and then
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10. |
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hiding forever alone beneath the ground
I'd like to close my eyes and live through sound
this world is physical, that I understand
please turn it off and make it cold and dark and bland
seeing, hearing, touching, feeling
do you take returns?
eating, sleeping, drinking, breathing
why does it hurt?
skin and bones are getting old
but I say that all the time
still, I'm trapped behind my eyes
and the crushing weight of my skull
there is more than I'll ever see
there is more than I'll ever know
what can make up for the latency?
spilt onto hardwood cany still tastes just as good
if I thought I could scream, trust me I would
can I escapse the third dimension?
can I go home, I've learned my lesson
I know there's more than what can be seen on your face
remind me of this, don't take me back to that place
where bones are substituted for brains
I'm sorry I was so harsh and so inhumane
skin and bones are getting old
but I say that all the time
still, I'm trapped behind my eyes
and the crushing weight of my skull
there is more than I'll ever see
there is more than I'll ever know
what can make up for the latency?
I know there's more than what I can see on your face
I'm really trying, I can't go back to that place
it's a simple concept that I can't seem to grasp
will my life be consumed by volume and mass?
a number clearly stated on the side of the box
a simple regulation fills my stomach with rocks
I need to know that I'm in control, that I'm safe
there's so much more than what I can see on your face
cut off the label and tape it to myself
watch it fuse, can you see me well?
my vessel in this world is not a prop
I know it, I repeat it
but this just won't stop
skin and bones are getting old
but I say that all the time
still, I'm trapped behind my eyes
and the crushing weight of my skull
there is more than I'll ever see
there is more than I'll ever know
what can make up for the latency?
skin and bones are getting old
but I say that all the time
still, I'm trapped behind my eyes
and the crushing weight of my skull
there is more than I'll ever see
there is more than I'll ever know
what can make up for the latency?
what can make up for the latency?
what can make up for the latency?
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11. |
Hajimemashite
02:18
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12. |
Skin
03:29
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if I keep slicing I might figure out how much pain I'm actually in
or if I just have a flair for the dramatics and a disregard for my skin
take the stripes right off my shirt and the scars right off my skin
lines red, purple, white, thick and thin
I can't stop
no, I can stop whenever I want
won't someone please help?
I believe that I'm caught
sitting in a bathroom stall with blood on my arms
the air on raw flesh and tomorrows' new scar
I wanna see what's underneath
muscles, tendons, arteries
a fascination I can't help
my skin no longer soft and young
but if I keep slicing I might figure out how much pain I'm actually in
or if I just have a flair for the dramatics and a disregard for my skin
take the stripes right off my shirt and the scars right off my skin
lines red, purple, white, thick and thin
come back, I miss you
how could you leave?
now I'll have to leave more stripes on my sleeve
they may turn to white and fade with time
but scar tissue will always shine
yes, it's kind of ugly but now it's real
I have my reasons
plus, it's kind of pretty but now I can't
change with the seasons
but if I keep slicing I might figure out how much pain I'm actually in
or if I just have a flair for the dramatics and a disregard for my skin
take the stripes right off my shirt and the scars right off my skin
lines red, purple, white, thick and thin
if I keep slicing I might figure out how much pain I'm actually in
or if I just have a flair for the dramatics and a disregard for my skin
take the stripes right off my shirt and the scars right off my skin
lines red, purple, white, thick and thin
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13. |
Starry-Eyed
03:24
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street lights shining on the rain
for this moment, life's okay
it's misguided, it's naive
but I don't want to ever leave
dazzling lights on downtown streets
through the windshield, a perfect scene
the buildings blow smoke into the sky
I'm staring at brake lights, starry eyes
have we reached the end of the day?
if the world is ending, that's okay
for an hour I can pretend
that I am watching through the glass
observing far away from here
watching the future from the past
street lights shining on the rain
for this moment, life's okay
it's misguided, it's naive
but I don't want to ever leave
dazzling lights on downtown streets
through the windshield, a perfect scene
from the top of the hill I see the sky
a million people with windows filled with light
one day I will join then way up high
and my window will help light the skyline
street lights shining on the rain
for this moment, life's okay
it's misguided, it's naive
but I don't want to ever leave
dazzling lights on downtown streets
through the windshield, a perfect scene
for an hour I can pretend
that I am watching through the glass
observing far away from here
watching the future from the past
street lights shining on the rain
for this moment, life's okay
it's misguided, it's naive
but I don't want to ever leave
dazzling lights on downtown streets
through the windshield, a perfect scene
[fade out]
street lights shining on the rain
for this moment, life's okay
it's misguided, it's naive
but I don't want to ever leave
dazzling lights on downtown streets
through the windshield, a perfect scene
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I hear your heart pumping blood around your body
I think you're scared of what you think I might be
there's a full moon and a clear dark sky
and the cemetery's never been so quiet
you should've run away while you still had the chance
give me a taste of blood tonight
don't be scared, it's just a little bite
you won't get away, I want your
blood red blood red blood red blood
give me a taste of blood tonight
don't be scared, it's just a little bite
you won't get away, I want your
blood red blood red blood red blood
I'm an undead killer and you're my next prey
it's not my fault it has to be this way
there's rivers running through your neck
and a creature of the night cannot be slain
so grab your pitchforks, stakes and knives
you can't kill me 'cause I'm not alive
you should've run away while you still had the chance
give me a taste of blood tonight
don't be scared, it's just a little bite
you won't get away, I want your
blood red blood red blood red blood
give me a taste of blood tonight
don't be scared, it's just a little bite
you won't get away, I want your
blood red blood red blood red blood red
teeth puncturing intravenously
I love that you're so scared of me
teeth puncturing intravenously
I love that you're so scared of me
give me a taste of blood tonight
don't be scared, it's just a little bite
you won't get away, I want your
blood red blood red blood red blood
give me a taste of blood tonight
don't be scared, it's just a little bite
you won't get away, I want your
blood red blood red blood red blood red blood
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15. |
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I sit and wait to fall asleep
I'm getting tired of counting sheep
I'll watch a sitcom while I wait
maybe I'll just stay awake
I've got a Muse CD
it's sitting on my shelf
I'll play some Hyper Music
to try and calm myself
much too tired to fall asleep
don't wanna wake up, I wanna dream
and if I'm not sleeping, then I'm awake
don't wanna wake up another day
there's someone in my house
they're partying downstairs
I want to fall asleep by ten
but I don't think they care
maybe I'll watch cable TV
or blu-ray, or a DVD
I don't care that it's new year's eve
I'm tired and I want to sleep
much too tired to fall asleep
don't wanna wake up, I wanna dream
and if I'm not sleeping, then I'm awake
don't wanna wake up another day
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16. |
Shattered Glass
03:50
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strangely I feel normal today
could I start to fit in?
could I give up the sword that I have been given?
strangely I feel good today
but how long will it last?
I'm not good at much
but I'm alive and I hope that's enough
shattered glass and broken mirrors
how can I break myself out of here?
cardboard box, I love you, but it's time to go
unlock the doors and open all the windows
shattered glass and broken mirrors
put them down and maybe I'll get out of here
but I'm not sure that I can leave
I am it and it consumes me
it you leave will they even remember?
will escape erase the past?
stay right here
yeah sure, the lights hurt
but he who turns them off leaves last
maybe the pills are finally working
scraping metal on glass and parasites still chewing
shattered glass, do you still love me?
sour, bitter, salty, still sweet as candy
this could be the year I'm released
take my sweater off and be free
it you leave will they even remember?
will escape erase the past?
stay right here
yeah sure, the lights hurt
but he who turns them off leaves last
wrap me up in plastic casing
'cause now I think that I'm a fake
take my handcuffs off to pretend
that I've finally escaped
strangely I feel normal today
could I start to fit in?
could I give up the sword that I have been given?
strangely I feel good today
but how long will it last?
I'm not good at much
but I'm alive and I hope that's enough
strangely I feel normal today
could I start to fit in?
could I give up the name that I have been given?
strangely I feel good today
but how long will it last?
I'm not good at much
but I'm alive and I hope that's enough
shattered glass and broken mirrors
I don't think I'm ever getting out of here
'cause it's just so hard to say goodbye
goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye
but I'll see you again
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