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lyrics for "sleep" (2006 B&R Records)
all lyrics printed here were written by Cory Thrall
(except "the Ship Song")
1. Sleep (For Good)
try and find a place
in this world,
it's just gonna
bring you down
turn your mouth
anyway it'll
always be
a frown
but now i'm
jumping tracks
i'm finding
new ground
i've been reborn
in megawatts
of sound
(in megawatts of sound.....)
you said to me
we could fall asleep
we could fall asleep
for good
you offer drugs
and death
and i'm sure
it swallowed
you down
another poor
excuse, in a
poor excuse
of town
turn out the
city lights
we'll mourn
now that
you're gone
give us a sign
to believe
we will ever
belong
(we will ever belong.....)
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2. Scared Stiff
we're running scared
smacking head-first
into a wall
underground,
unseen.
we're running scared
i can't get this feeling
out of my head
underground,
unseen.
we've got nothing
under control
we're pushing waves
and making scenes
oh, we've got
too much to lose
we're just
scared stiff
we're burning up
can you bring some
sand to put out
the flames
going down
to the grave.
now i find
i'm falling faster
than before
and you follow
to the grave.
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3. Mind Decay
it all started
with some mind decay
another night-long
of lessons on
how not to play
and when i fall, i'm
coming down.
open my heart
let you in again
try and hide it
you've never really
been a friend
yeah.
close my mind
block you out again
try and run now
you've never really
been a friend
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4. Best
everyone is guilty
of many crimes
against humanity
at large
criminal ideas
trains of thought
doing harm
where there is
no good
i'm doing my best
to live my life
living like a broken
set of wires
"Out of Order"
is my only sign
now i'm searching
for repair
(hanging out the window -
i wish i was scared.....)
and i say:
and i say:
just let me go
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5. Berger
sitting here,
watching the clouds
turn into everything
i think i'm free
i think i'm free
don't go away
sitting here,
watching the sky
turn to tomorrow
i know i'm free
i know i'm free
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6. Crystal
now you know
why i hide
lost in love,
i die.
unopposed
i win easily:
a seat in Hell.
watching the scenery die
i'm sucked inside
watching the scenery die
i'm blind and alive
guess i'll go
tear it up
lost time,
lost love.
uninspired
i sleep the
day away
everyday.....
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7. Early Bird
i don't know my way
out of this circus
everyday is something
strange and unplanned
and what i saw
i don't know, i don't know
800 feet tall
i don't know, i don't know
i'll try to fit in
with these animals
caged up and always
fed on time.....
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8. Out of the Daylight
something's going down
i can feel it in my bones
through my veins
in my heart
(out of the daylight
and into the
darkness i have
in my head)
don't come around
they'll find you here
through the walls
they're grinding teeth
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9. Discover
i'll let fate
decide it
which way
i should go
i won't try
to hide it
i'm just a bit,
a bit
confused.
i'm not talking
about it,
i'm not talking
to anyone
but you,
yeah.
let's start
digging
a hole big
enough
for all of us
let's start
picking
gravestones
just for us
i'm not talking
about it,
i'm not talking
to anyone
but you,
yeah.
and this
disgusting world
will destroy
everything
beautiful.
it's the way
of the world.
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10. Breakdown
it's all ready
for me to break
it's all set-up,
then i'm gone
i've just got
one thing to take:
a little pill pill pill pill
now i want
someone to take
with me to
the edge of
the edge
now i want
something to do
take me away
away away
but,
i'm always going to
be here like this
it's never going to
change, no.
my whole life's
a hospital bed
i'm so "sick"
that i can't say:
there's just something
left for me to do now
there's no one
that's in the way
i left that position
for myself
now i'm ready
to break on through
my personal barriers
and,
i'll never get away
from all this
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11. I Don't Know
i'm spinning in my mind
hoping for a living soul
to come into my life
and make it all "solid gold"
but, i don't know.....
i don't know
people make up
your mind
be my friend
or go away
i don't need
acquaintances
i don't need
a social scene
but, i don't know.....
i don't know
oh, it's time
for lifting
these stones
off my back,
it's time for
throwing
these weights
away.....
(damn the sun)
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12. Bridge
one more go
and then i'm fine
(sick of wasting
so much time,
yeah)
feel my insides
rot away,
another freak-out,
another day
everyone's so quiet
they don't know
what to say
i run around
tear down
these walls,
i guess the
"child" needs
to play
wish i could
do it
all again
(i hate the
person i've
become,
yeah)
so many things
i'd do different,
so many things
that blinded me
(including me)
everyone's so distant
everyone wants
the third degree
everyone's tired
of my words
everyone's tired
of me
do your best
to know me
do your best
to understand
do your best
to learn about
my life, and
understand
(and understand)
I'm sorry, sorry
(oh so sorry)
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13. Dead Light
take your time
come into
my mind
keep it nice
and clear
and always
repair.repair
repair.repair
take it away
i'm on my way
i don't think
i know where
i've gone
look at the
map, it's all
been marked
(but i erased
that so long
ago, but i
erased that
so long ago.)
landmines
destroy minds
landfills
destroy me
i'm trapped
in my
own version
of Hell
now i
know that
there's just
one thing
in my way
to get you
i need to
destroy
what's in
my brain
sit in silence
watch the end
of the world
come as
we've said,
sit in silence
watch the end
of everything we
built, the end
of everything
we built.
surgery
makes more
sence to me
then all these
pills, and all
these drills.
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14. It Isn't You
once again recorded
once again avoided
once again regarded as
"close to retarded"
as i sit here and
figit with my
fingers, as i
sit here and
swallow this
abuse,
i know
it doesn't
mean a thing
i know
it isn't me,
and it
isn't you
rolling down
a hill
sitting at the
bottom still
never learned
to crawl
without
someone's help
fingers dig the dirt
fingers start tio hurt
been so long
the skin is
torn right through
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15. Vision
everyday there's something
to blind my eye
every morning something
sets me awry
and if you went to sleep
(what would it change?)
and if you went to sleep
(what would it do?)
arguments become
attempts at life
and if you went to sleep
(what would it change?)
and if you went to sleep
(what would it do?)
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16. the Ship Song
(a Nick Cave song)
come sail your ships
around me
and burn your
bridges down
we make a
little history, baby
everytime you
come around
come loose your dogs
upon me
and let your
hair hang down
you are a
little mystery, to me
everytime you
come around
we talked about it
all night long
we divide our
moral ground
but, when i crawl
into your arms
everything
comes tumbling down
come sail your ships
around me
and burn your
bridges down
we make a
little history, baby
everytime you
come around
your face has
fallen sad, now
for you know
the time is nigh
when i must
remove your wings
and you, you must
try to fly
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all lyrics by Cory Thrall
except "the Ship Song"
(by Nick Cave)