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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 Rook House For Bobby
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they've made mountains out of molehills
let them climb
they can chase me to the end of the earth
and if they find me, let them indite me
i just don't care anymore
they've pushed me too far, too far
they've pushed me too far, too far
all this talk of war but it's only a game
all i ever wanted to do is play chess with you
but if they find me, they will indite me
i just can't fight anymore
they've pushed me too far, too far
they've pushed me too far, too far
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here...
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3
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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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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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Voice of Reason
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It took a blow to the head
And I realized what I
Was put on this earth to achieve
It showed me the way
So make an example of me
Hang me up from the tallest tree
Make an example of me
This is not the voice of reason
It's the cross I was chosen to bear
This is not the voice of reason
My time has surely come
I'm as guilty as can be
This is treason
In the first degree
Now the gallows tree
she calls to me my name
There can be no reprieve for me now
In this lifetime
This is not the voice of reason
It's the cross I was chosen to bear
This is not the voice of reason
Make an example of me
Make an example of me
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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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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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Victress
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You pulled the wool
Over our eyes
You stole the wind
From my sails
I pushed her too hard
I dreamed too big for my
Landlocked world to contain
Here I sit with head in hand
I sing elegies to lessons I will never learn
I pushed her too hard
All men will be
Sailors until the sea
Shall set them free
I close my eyes and
All men will be
Sailors until the sea
Shall set them free
I close my eyes and
All men will be
Sailors until the sea
Shall set them free
I close my eyes and swim
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Terra Nova
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How could I,
have led these men to their demise,
and they just follow?
Exploration's last great prize,
it wasn't mine.
CHORUS:
and mores the shame
you will remember my name
Great god,
this is an awful place,
and I do not think that we can hope,
for any better things now,
oh the end,
cannot be far,
it cannot be far,
I cannot wait.
Explorations last great prize,
a saving grace,
it wasn't mine
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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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Spencer Perceval (1st Encore, 1st Encore Opener, 1st Encore Closer)
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You could have saved yourself
I gave you more than one chance
"I Am Murdered, I Am Murdered" you cried
Well, well,
You could have survived
I will rot, a broken man, in this green and pleasant land
Your position can't save you now
(Your position can't save you)
You were the finger on my trigger
And the rope around my neck
As you were as well
Your position can't save you now
You could have saved yourself
I gave you more than one chance
"I Am Murdered, I Am Murdered" you cried
Well, well,
If the truth be told
It is I that will meet my demise at your hands Mr. Perceval
I am murdered
You will hang a guilty man in England's green and pleasant land
Your position (you were the rope around my neck) can't save you now (you were the finger on my trigger)
Your position can't save you now (you were the rope around my neck)
Your position can't save you now
As the bullet flies, you cannot hide behind
Your position (you were the rope around my neck) can't save you now (you were the finger on my trigger)
Your position can't save you now (you were the rope around my neck)
Your position can't save me now (you were the finger on my trigger)
Your position can't save me now
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