1. |
Carnival of Fools
04:49
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Ladies and gentleman
Welcome to the show
If you try to run away
We will catch you anyway
Try to hide, at first we’ll play
We’ll show you how we entertain
The beat of your heart erupts with fear
Pounding hard into your ears
Shortening breath, diminishing step
The farther you run, the better it gets
If you try to run away
We will catch you anyway
Try to hide, but it’s in vain
Soon you’ll see this is no game
Here we are the carnival of fools
Step inside and witness irreverence
Quivering limbs stained sweat and mud
Ones around you soaked in blood
Into the woods, enter the house
Strike goes the match to flush you out
If you try to run away
We will catch you anyway
Try to hide, effortlessly
Cornered now you can’t escape
Here we are the carnival of fools
Step inside and witness irreverence
We just want you and your little town
The jokes on you when we come around
Chained down
Bleed out
Watch it all escape
Then you’ll appreciate
Feeding our lust for death
Scream your dying breath
And rip it out
Tear and peel until there is nothing left
If you try to run away
We will catch you anyway
Try to hide, not so easy
You’ll never see the light of day
Here we are the carnival of fools
Step inside and witness irreverence
We just want you and your little town
The jokes on you when we come around
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2. |
Pawn
04:19
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Can't you feel
Can't you feel my
Can't you feel my hate
When will you see that you're wrong
You put on yourself
I need you to see that you're wrong
You're acting for yourself
Can't you feel
Can't you feel my
Can't you feel my hate
When will you see that you're wrong
You put on yourself
I need you to see that you're wrong
You're acting for yourself
For yourself
Rising up
Behind catatonic stasis
With this hatred here in my eyes
Complicated
With the choices that you're making
Let me show you how to compromise
Step by step
As we dance across these stages
and it leads us nowhere
Word by word
A kaleidoscope of pages
With it's secrets still there
Now I know that I'm just a pawn
In this little game you're playing
Try again
If you think that you can fool me
Go on try to put one by me again
You will just be hurting yourself
When will you see that you're wrong
You put on yourself
I need you to see that you're wrong
You're acting for yourself
Try again
If you think that you can fool me
Go on try to put one by me again
You will just be hurting yourself
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3. |
What You Take
03:51
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Bleak and hollow I was abandoned here
With no way out
No way to escape this
Was it some cruel punishment sent my way
Or something caused by one of my actions
No
It’s all that’s left from what you take
Don’t believe what you say
It’s all fabricated anyway
Try to call me a liar
Justice has its eyes
You’re such a sage
With your cup
Filled with the tears of the innocent
Confiscated from all those who you have left behind
When I see you, it darkens
Speak to me
Though your words carry no weight
Your rake them in
And take what’s theirs
Leaving them with empty stares
Subjugated to a side
It’s do or die
When I see you, it darkens
Speak to me
Though your words carry no weight
And I feel you are lifeless
Whispering
As you carve out what you take
From me
Just save your lies
For someone else
You stand beneath
This crystal sky
You blacken everything in sight
The damage done it changes everyone
No recovering
When I see you, it darkens
Speak to me
Cause your words carry no weight
And I feel you are lifeless
Whispering
As you carve out what you take
From me
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4. |
Losing My Mind
04:16
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I think I’m losing my mind
You used to be my everything
We used to be my everything
You gravitate and infect me
Suffocate and corrupt me
Rupturing beneath the skin
Purge yourself you smell like sin
Come into my life
Severing my sights
Mutilate my mind
Now it’s over
In the destruction of my mind
Lights a sea of matches
With this love you leave behind
It will never end
In the destruction of my mind
Lights a sea of matches
If it’s love you leave behind
It will never win
You used to medicate the pain
Now I self medicate my pain
Narcissistic accomplice
Indignant scum but I digress
Terminate what was meant to be
What’s done is done you’re dead to me
Come into my life
Severing my sights
Mutilate my mind
Now it’s over
In the destruction of my mind
Lights a sea of matches
With this love you leave behind
It will never end
In the destruction of my mind
Lights a sea of matches
If it’s love you leave behind
It will never win
I wrap my pain around your heart
And you threw it away
I should have known from the start
I should have never stayed
With you this whole time surrounded
By your cold I’ve come ungrounded
As you infiltrate you invade
My head screaming to give me truth
It’s driving me insane
Holding pain behind my eyes
The whispers call to me
Carving every time you lie
Which will be the death of me
Only one thought still inside
I should steal your breath away
But the promise still resides
So I’ll leave this in my head
In the destruction of my mind
Lights a sea of matches
With this love you leave behind
It will never end
In the destruction of my mind
Lights a sea of matches
If it’s love you leave behind
It will never win
I think I’m losing my mind
You gravitate and infect me
Suffocate and corrupt me
Terminate what was meant to be
What’s done is done you’re dead to me
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