1. |
Masquerade
04:22
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VERSE 1:
Trapped inside the shell of a figure whose presence is much more appropriate
Concrete statues with sound foundations and people you'd wished that you'd never met
Sorry, I know you've never really cared
Too many mental breakdowns have never been repaired
If its no trouble I'd really like to leave
The worst introductions I've ever received
VERSE 2:
Twenty-one years since they've felt alive
A sun with no spirit can never provide
Bitter to drink, ideals that aren't yours
But you don't buy anything that's not sold in stores
Easy at first, or you'll be getting burned
No more reputations that aren't well deserved
Broken in two, you get it or you don't.
Maybe you'll know it or maybe you wont.
And everyone at the masquerade is leading life through a fake parade
No dignity, no identity, nothing before personality.
(No dignity, no identity, nothing before personality)
CHORUS:
Dangerous for a while
Don't forget to smile
Dangerous for your kind
In my dreams my visions are lies
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2. |
Behind The Curtain
04:05
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VERSE 1:
It's not that difficult and you do it every day
You're a product of ideas and the thoughts you'd never say
And the strings on a puppet are much thinner than you think
If my heavy head will float then tell me what exactly will sink?
A dog and a young girl have had you made, you pull all the switches but you're afraid
A kind like you is dreadful but you still go by the wonderful
Thinking I'm okay, is my obvious mistake
I'm a dirty sponge that needs a squeeze I'll give but I wont take
CHORUS 1:
Caught inside,
The curtain that you're hiding
DIALOGUE:
"But Ego is never the master of self, for we are constantly bedevilled by powerful unconscious forces in our being. David obviously has little sense of his own identity"
VERSE 2:
Lock me out or let me in
If I had a better name for it I still could never win
And I know I won't think of it so I fake it every time
I've got nothing against nature but I'd still call it a crime
But you hate it, I fake it, its never the same
I'll never have a costume to blame
I'm not one for excuses but for you I'll make excuses and
Lie to me every day, you know no other way
I'm a dirty sponge that needs a squeeze just tell me I'm okay
CHORUS 2:
Caught inside,
The curtain that you hide behind
Your eyes can't lie
There's nothing you wont seem to try
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3. |
What Now?
03:31
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DIALOGUE 1:
"There is the self we think we are and the self that attempts to deal with the outside world of reality"
"I mean I'm sitting here stupefied I don't even know what to say"
"it's just come down that its gonna mean things to think about that I've never really thought about before."
"It's kind of boring here, isn't it?"
"Where else could we go David?"
"I dunno. Do you have any ideas?"
"Well..."
"Without that understanding of those half-tamed demons that lived within us. We are enslaved by our unconcious drives and emotions. We are victims of our own past. Concious, unconcious."
VERSE 1:
I hate who I am and I'm terrified of what I might become
I fake being happy and,
Its draining me
Its draining me
"We are enslaved. Concious, unconscious"
The person I am is only one half of me,
I hide my ideas that I know they wont see and
Its killing me
Its killing me
"Kind of boring here isn't it?"
"Where else could we go David?"
"This is what I've discovered."
CHORUS 1:
Empty minds and thoughtless thoughts are no different
What will you be doing while you look back on your life?
BREAKDOWN:
Empty minds and thoughtless thoughts are no different
"Our childhood relations with our parents, said Freud, govern all of our later affections, and often fill them with anxiety."
"So precarious, it really is. It's just, my son died on June 16th and I got sent to the shrink to get better"
CHORUS 2:
What will you be doing while you look back on you life
"We are enslaved. Concious, unconscious."
OUTRO:
"This is what I've discovered." (x3)
"I mean I'm sitting here stupefied I don't even know what to say" (x3)
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4. |
Outside In
03:34
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INTRO:
Obviously its not for you,
there's no need to try what you know you can't do
I'm seeing stars, I'm staring at mirrors
And its never enough for me
VERSE 1:
Only I have two identities,
I know I'm not mistaken and
I can't seem to count the uncertainties that roll aroudn my head at night
And I think I hate it but I find,
when I'm stuck I end up back in
this place is all too unkind for me
CHORUS 1:
Nothing is lost and nothing is gained
for me
Outside is in and nothing gets out
VERSE 2:
Feeling the shame that they gave to me,
I keep it with me at all times since
I'd hate to have some serenity
It's too much I cant think about and
I can't be bothered any more anyhow
Shut me up and act upon it
My mind is wandering from here and now all the time
CHORUS 2:
Nothing is lost and nothing is gained
for me
Outside is in and nothing gets out
at all
Outside is in and nothing gets out
BRIDGE:
Obviously its not for you,
there's no need to try what you know you'll never do
(x2)
Obviously its not for you,
there's to try what you know you can't do
I'm seeing stars, I'm staring at mirrors and
it's never enough for me
(x4)
(Obviously its not for you,
there's no need to try what you know you'll never do)
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5. |
Headspace
04:33
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VERSE 1:
Waiting isn't enough for most, and certainly it's not enough for me
I bide my time, and I distort my own reality
Escapist that I am, I'm often alone when I don't mean to be
And even that's enough, there is always something more to see
The quiet that you're looking for, is somewhere deep inside your brain
and I never find a moment, there is always a thought here to contain
But what the hell do I know? I treat myself all too unkind
There's nothing that I'm looking for and nothing that I think I'll find
CHORUS 1:
(Ahhh)
Oh it's never enough for the headspace all around me
Nothing's ever enough, for the headspace all around me
CHORUS 2:
(Ahhh)
Oh it's never enough for the headspace all around me
Nothing's ever enough, for the headspace all around me
OUTRO:
"It's terrifying, it really is. But it's also exhilarating, and extremely psychede-"
END
Why are you reading these anyway?
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Marble Pawns Victoria, British Columbia
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