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When We Were Kings
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Lose me in
Half truths and alibis.
I want to believe in you.
I want you to lose me in half truths and alibis.
The feeling is,
The feeling is one I remember from way back when
Way back when we were kings
And the way that the cold left its mark on our skin.
You buried my head in the sand.
We were slipping up slowly.
Cold hands wrapped around our throats
And as the storm about us broke
Well we were busy making plans
Plans to keep ourselves afloat.
We rise, we fall, we pitch, we yaw.
No sleep, no sleep, no sleep,
No sleep, no sleep, no sleep,
No sleep, no sleep, no sleep.
The feeling is,
The feeling is one I remember from way back when
Way back when we were kings
And the way that the cold left its mark on our skin.
You buried my head in the sand.
We were slipping up slowly.
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A Father's Son
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Knee deep and born into it,
You didn't ask for this and don't I know it?
A father's son,
We couldn't hope for less.
Pry these workds from my cold dead lips,
Home is where the heart is.
And the ghosts I draw
Will leave you cold.
A bankrupt father
To skin and bones.
I'm moving over;
I'm making room for you.
I'm making room.
I will occupy the space between
What you say and what you mean.
And you say
That the devil's in the detail.
And if that's true
When he is through with me he will
Sure as hell be after you.
And the ghosts I draw
Will leave you cold.
A bankrupt father
To skin and bones.
We escape, we escape, we escape
With our minds made up.
We escape, we escape, we escape
And our time is up.
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We Saw the Deep
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Into your
Crooked arms I fall.
Once again,
Your light will guide me in.
A promise to myself I break I know,
The night will always win.
Safe in hope we sleep,
We held our breath,
And we saw the deep,
We saw the deep.
We held out breath
As we slipped beneath
This cold heartless sea
(Guide us in)
You followed me down
(Your truth will out)
In search of the truth
(From far and wide)
We saw its leaves
(We saw its leaves unfold)
Through salt stung eyes
(Through salt stung eyes)
It tore at our hands
(I knew we'd pay)
We held on tight
(We held on tight)
Safe in hope we sleep,
We held our breath,
And we saw the deep.
Some cold comfort in
Sealing our fate
Though we never speak
Since we saw the deep.
In a fog-like sleep I slip beneath
Your skin...
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Hope Is Not Enough
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Our star burns bright,
As we curse it for the final time,
And we forget to breathe
And we regret
The process of our age,
Progress, stagnation and decay,
And we breathe deep.
And we realise
That hope is not enough,
Our game is up.
So caught up in the whens and the whys,
We forget to breathe
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe deep.
Well for a year we lived as kings.
We had everything we could ever need,
And we slept.
We slept soundly in our royal beds,
As the walls came crashing down,
Around our ears.
And as we realise
That hope is not enough,
Our game is up.
So caught up in the whens and the whys,
We forget to breathe.
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Progress is a Snake
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We made our beds
And now we lay
Revenge is sweet
If only we could stem the tide
If only we could
As Europe slips into the sea
Well we could of saved a million more
We made our beds
And now we lay
A snake can shed it's skin
But never change
If we all pray hard enough
And keep our noses clean
May be we'll be saved
The wind blows from the east
We will sail this ship into the setting sun
The wind blows from the east
We will sail this ship into the setting sun
The wind blows from the east
We'll sail this ship into the setting sun
The wind blows from the east
We'll sail this ship into the setting sun
As Europe slips into the sea
Well we could of saved a million more
We made our beds
And now we lay
A snake can shed it's skin
But never change
As Europe slips into the sea
Well we could of saved a million more
We made our beds
And now we lay
A snake can shed it's skin
But never change
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These Feet Of Clay
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Your romantic gestures
They are lost on me.
Even with a heart of stone
If it ends as it began we will never know.
We marched bravely
From the lions' den.
Their shadows flicker in the flame.
We marched bravely
From the lions' den.
They grow more human every day
And we were lost.
How long
Before the lights come on?
Before they wake,
And there is hell to pay?
We will all be gone
Before the lights come on
Well the writing's on the wall.
We marched bravely
From the lions' den.
Their shadows flicker in the flame.
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Sirens
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This skin full of bones
Offers me no
Resistance to your charms
And I am on the rocks.
I have chosen
Ruffled feathers and the devil we know best.
You sing to me,
And I,
I am lost.
You will find me in
The darkest corners and
I will ask you to leave.
I want nothing here that doesn't need to be.
I have chosen
Ruffled feathers and the devil we know best.
You sing to me,
And I,
I am lost.
You sing to me
With your arms open wide and
You sing to me
With a bird in your hand.
You sing to me,
With your arms open wide and
You sing to me.
I will stay here,
If you want me to.
I will stay here,
If you ask me.
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Sea of Regrets
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Some things are better left forgotten
Or the weight of the world will crush your bones
In an ideal situation
This will all be over soon.
And I will leave this world in pieces
I will leave it to the scarab and the crows
Under seas and under soil
In a million years
Our bones will be your oil
One by one
It happens to us all
When you least expect
Your sky will tumble down
We were surprised to find
It was our time to sink or swim
And I will leave this world in pieces
I will leave it to the scarab and the crows
Under seas and under soil
In a million years
Our bones will be your oil
We're out of our death in
A sea of regrets and
I hate to say I told you so
We're out of our depth in
A sea of excess and
This is everything I hoped it would be
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Broken Bones
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These broken bones
Won't build a ship.
This much I know,
And the rest, the rest I will learn.
We climb mountains to buy ourselves time,
Only to find to our surprise,
That the higher we climb,
The further we have to fall.
You'll fall with me.
I turn to face
Your cold embrace.
I will go down with this ship,
As captain and crew I have no choice.
We climb mountains to buy ourselves time,
Only to find to our surprise,
That the higher we climb,
The further we have to fall.
You'll fall with me.
I turn to face
Your cold embrace.
Your heart will have a hard time,
Not melting in our arms.
And your heart will have a hard time,
Not melting in our arms.
I turn to face
The cold embrace of some forgotten sea
As we climb mountains to buy ourselves time.
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A Divorce Before Marriage
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The echo of success
In the beating of a heart
Will tear your life apart
And your forgotten dreams
As futile as they seem
Gave you hope
Now that hope is not enough
All the people that you meet
Are as hollow as they seem
Close your bright eyes
Close your bright eyes
Close your bright eyes
Delusions of grandeur
A divorce before marriage
An open wound
Finds you here
Under slate-grey skies
Under slate-grey skies
Close your bright eyes
Close your bright eyes
Close your bright eyes
Close your bright eyes
Close your bright eyes
Close your bright eyes
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Doves
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No dress rehearsal
No third time lucky
Empty handed you return
No olive branches
We took our chances
We took our chances, now they're gone
Nothing says it's over
Quite like the way you hit the sea
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A Kingdom You Deserve (Free mp3 download)
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