1. |
Welcome To Darkview
03:24
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Will I shock and awe you with horror?
Well it depends on how you see yourself
Will the black hole in your stomach
be the reason that you're still alive?
You don't have to be clever
You don't have to be disguised
If your mind's trying to open
Maybe now is the time
You've come to the right place
You've come to the right place
Welcome all to Darkview
The carnival in your brain
We've got madmen, bards and magicians
anomalies, gamers and villains
we've got clowns and tellers of fortune
and you, so tell us your name
You've come to the right place
You've come to the right place
Welcome all to Darkview
The carnival in your brain
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2. |
The Wooden Man
03:47
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Once upon a time there was
a man they say was wooden
in this boring place at the slowest pace
your mind makes palace of ruin
when he came to town they remember the sound
of the creak his hand made to greet ya
he was old and thick and he carried a stick
he said was from his brother
he tries to mimic the people he sees
emotion doesn't come easily
oddly, peculiar he's afraid of the fire
fingers are too long to fit in the gloves
so he cut the tips and he curled his lips
as he watches the man on the t.v.
he grit his teeth as he plucked his leaves
until nothing resembled the forest
you can hide all you want from the fear in your gut
and eventually eat it for dinner
the seed will grow and in his show
you'll become one of his puppets
"he swears he sees these things I hope there never was
beneath the tourniquet and bound in leather glove
he made a wooden machine to operate his hand
there is no carnival and no wooden man"
if you want to know how I know these things
I watched him from my window
he turned around and stared at me
and waved his arm to come out
he said follow me through the winding trees
to a place that fills your hollow
cause he gathers the low and builds this show
and now he's coming to see us!
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3. |
Modern Times
04:06
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I think I'm on Black Mirror
If you've seen the show
A glimpse into the future
a modern Twilight Zone
You won't remember true happiness
when you've become a part of this
when all you wanted was a human kiss
now you're staring at a micro chip
and thats all you do
in these modern times
you're all static
in these modern times
you're all habits
in these modern times
you gotta love it
in these modern times
they say that all you'd ever want is yours
just imagine what you'd want to buy
i know it's just a show
but I think they're stealing our minds
all across the city
all across the night
wavelengths are digging
right behind your eyes
I'm in love with a lioness
she's got a mind like a scientist
you'd think they don't exist
by the way they're telling it
I imagine if i saw the world
through neural glasses
id be disturbed
you can't take my love
away from me
the only thing worth living
is not on tv
help me disconnect the drive
tell me there's nothing left to give them
anything if thoughts are now a crime
help me put in plastic eyes
blind me so there's nothing left to give them
anything i've got to understand
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4. |
Parlour Tricks
02:53
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I recall being blown away
a simple coin disappearing
all at once in a sleight of hand
part of me kept on believing
All along it was the mystery
kept me there, kept me fighting
which of my hands is the magic trick?
which of my hands is holding it?
I don't believe in destiny
don't believe in god's engineering
I've got myself to blame
for what part I am revealing
all my life I've been seen
practicing my old routine
wondering what I could have been
If only I had the time to spend
Which of my hands is the magic trick?
which of my hands is holding it?
all along it was the mystery
kept me there kept me fighting
I evolve opportunity
from the heart thats inside of me
from where I've come
to where I'll go
It's all a part of the traveling show
now I realize I'm the coin
one of these hands is still deceiving
all along you've had the choice
when nothing's there you start believing
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5. |
The Killer
04:36
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Sometimes I wonder what makes a man
turn his hands into a killer
I'm just trying to understand
conditioning to see right through it
you only see one solution
an ability to disconnect
when all your conversations futile
and all of power is a knee
you turn your hands into a killer
violence is a violent breed
you only see one solution
can you look them in the eye?
I shot the killer
I lost myself
I wanna know what it is like
to take a life forever
I've lost the feeling
Inside my soul
I wanna know what it is like
to take a life forever
please don't give in
please don't give in
it's just a voice inside your head
the devil's on your shoulder
oh what have I done?
oh what have i done?
What have I become?
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6. |
In Graves
03:30
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Woke up from a nightmare
7 foot deep
I was in a coffin
I could barely breathe
Is there somebody out there
still burying me?
Oh why even bother
If they can't hear you scream?
Woke up from a nightmare
but not this time
Way down in the dirt
I can see the sun
In my mind's eye
I can see the moon
through the wind
between the reeds
woke up from a nightmare
only to be torn apart
only this one question remains
how do i stop?
it cycles again
but this time
way down in the dirt
I can see the sun
The grave diggers are coming again
to pull me out from under the earth
they don't know I'm alive
they're looking for white
diamonds and gold
they're in for a surprise
this body's a different kind of cold
and now they're underground
their bodies take my place
way down in the dirt
Now I can see the sun.
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7. |
Au Revoir
03:18
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and just like this
thats all you've left behind
no warning or goodbye
so goodnight
you can learn a lot from the thorn
thats been in your side
If not for the heir
to the throne of your pride
I'm not the only one
who feels this way
I'm not the only one
Au Revoir
Into the sky
I adjust the sun
to radiate
the past is not undone
But it's over
Au Revoir
this is goodbye
so when you're gone
and just a memory
how will you leave them to feel
about it
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8. |
The Luckiest
03:38
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These children gather in the raw
their loss is shared right to the bone
a thousand times he builds the walls
"never seemed wrong to me"
til eyes I'll never even know
they begin to follow along
have we lost ourselves again?
some things we can't let go
as long as it's somebody else
"then its not my decision"
they could have had everything
but they're not the luckiest
they're not the luckiest
these kids grow bitter like me
"they'll bring more problems along the way"
have we've wasted our time on better things than this?
guess we're not the savviest
under a different moon
the darkness surrounding you
they could be just like your son
but after everything you've done
here's the last chance you get
if we are the luckiest
if we are the luckiest
so we sing
How long? /til they break their sanity
How long?/ til the darkness covers me
How long?/ til we've lost all of our control
How long?/ til we follow the steps of Rome
How long?/ I've the last man stands alone
How long?/ I'll never comprehend
How long// the plight of the human hand
strangling another man
cause they're not the luckiest
cause they're not the luckiest
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9. |
These Heavy Hands
03:18
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Well I'll leave this on the table
take it as you may
you can't break my heart again
it's been too many times
but its not time to give up yet
lift these heavy hands
from the scars
we've got too many sides we'll never know
the shadows never make a sound
mom almost lost one
he looked down
the barrel of a shotgun
he could see himself as more
so he put it down
mom almost lost one
he was lost
the barrel of a shotgun
now he's found himself alone
the shadows are nearly gone
follow all the edges through
the sharp and subtle curves
illuminate the fringes
of your bodies mental curse
you've got a lot of things going
you've just failed to see
every lumen is further
from the dark inside of me
all i ever wanted was
proof that i existed
when I found myself alone
the heavy hand was lifted
I've got my misery
where I want it to be
trace back the symmetry
of all I am and used to be
the lines are beautiful
and its plain to see
I guess the shadows are never gone
and thats fine with me
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10. |
Face In The Fire
04:36
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Strapped in
there's a stream
in the corner of his mind
floating along this cosmic reprieve
without his eyes
so much is seen
the giver flies above
but time is like a waterfall
laying on the tracks again
offering every part of me
waiting on the silver bullet
I'm tied to the steel
I can't remember when I was
this honest with me
I can't remember what
I was trying to be
I still recall there was a fire inside of me
though I can't recall the place of no reserve
take a light and stand there instead
there's no plan I can tell in store
you'll never feel like this again
I am inside of the game
I've had my soul in the wrong before
there's no place else to go, my friend
you knew this was bad
when you read the palms of those tiny little hands
there's no repeating patterns left
to show what comes next
face in the fire
hold me again
face in the fire
love me again
face in the fire
show me again
I'm on my knees
wanting to realize
the rest of me
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11. |
III
03:41
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There's a storm brewing
beneath every boy and girl
like a bomb ticking
from every corner of the world
Ive seen promised futures
and know how it really ends
we should stand in the mirror
and remember all of history's dead
III III
Don't know where the hell we are headed
III III
Don't think we ever did
III III
Ive got a sneaking suspicion
that you've got plans
for when were all dead
III
In the middle of the wall
where the mortar's worn away
see the children and the mothers
of the ones we put in graves
just like me
just like me
propaganda leads brutality
just like me
just like me
were all the same
III III
Ive never been more afraid
III III
Ive never seen darker shades
than right now
these times are so strange
i wonder if well ever get out
III III III III
Don't know just where we headed
but Ive seen the trouble were in
and right now Ive got a sneaking suspicion
that you've got plans for when were all dead
these times are so strange
like I've never seen or been more afraid
I wonder if we'll ever get out
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12. |
Dead Roommates
04:07
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I made a deal with the devil
Some might think it's strange
How I live with the haunted
all of these things at bay
2 eyes glowing in the corner
2 eyes looking my way
that I still won't acknowledge
as I lie wide awake
I've got the shivers
It pulled the covers
away from me
I'm not one believing
but something's breathing
next to me
and I'm on my way
to another gorgeous day
cause my house may seem strange
when you've got dead roommates
Maybe i'm living in denial
maybe I'm curious of death
but I don't hear a disturbance
I can't see a damn thing
2 guys walking up the driveway
2 guys waiting in the street
"you can't kill us all, there's too many.
you can't run far away"
I can't deliver
the cult a gift to
stay away
I've got the cellar
filled with bodies
haunting me
and I'm on my way
to another gorgeous day
cause my house may seem strange
when you've got dead roommates.
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13. |
The Outsiders
03:26
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Something here has changed
Its not the place I'm used to
People don't act the same
Like the town never even knew you
no need to crack a smile
no need to know your name
I know it's been awhile
but not one familiar face?
I gave it all I had to give didn't I?
Thats all I had left
Looking back on everything we've done
thats all we had left
I guess it had to happen
I'm not bitter with regret
just too caught up to notice
how things are different
Something here has changed
its not the place I'm used to
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14. |
American Death
03:41
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I was wrong before
and I'm not ashamed
i've seen bigger men fall
afraid to change
I've had ideas with flaws
and thoughts that rearrange
I've said terrible things
I didn't understand
I'm a man who is flawed
bowing his head
I'm a man who is flawed
trying to make a change
American life
is American death
there's no difference between
as long as there's strife
we're only one man
we're only one land
with only one dream
pursue happiness
or American Life
is American Death
Or American Life
might as well be dead
I swear I'd make amends
with all of your demons and gods
and those who I've upset
Cause American Life
Is American death
American Life might as well be dead
under the covers
were not encumbered
no loss of sleep
no feel for another
somethings the matter
something must change
the rungs of the ladder to gain
American Life
is American Death
or American Life
might as well be dead
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15. |
Time Capsule
03:57
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"This is the last time, that this will happen to me"
I wish this mountain was under me
If I had a suitcase packed for the moon
would I ever make it there?
or give up too soon
when every little last drop of summer is gone again
put me in a time capsule
til I can feel alive again
"Is that what you wanted?
Is that what you see?"
"All the stars are gone
when all the curtains drawn"
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16. |
The Shapes
04:22
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In the darkest of the houses
on a road he used to live
there's a secret in the basement
I felt in the wind
I could see none of their faces
but I knew it happened here
like it burned so deep within them
charred the strands of time with fear
now I've got a bad feeling about this
cause wherever I go
there's a man or ghost just behind my ear
and I'll wait
for someone to explain the things I know
are hiding in the shapes
all my friends tell me I'm crazy
it was nothing to fear at all
it's your chemicals
a misfire between the cortex halls
you might think you're inside
there's a reason that'll make it go away
but I'm not bought so easy
i'd be the first one to agree
but something had my spine up
it was standing there with me
I'm not saying what could be
or who is right or wrong
But I'm quite sure that I felt it
in that place we don't belong
I went back alone
convinced that logic had a place
in that dreadful awful feeling
thats been picking at my brain
now if i could find that shiver
could i see more than frame
and then I heard a whisper
someone there knew my name
Ive got a bad feeling about this
wherever i go theres a man or ghost
just behind my ear
and i'll wait
for something to explain the things I know
are hiding in the shapes
and I'll wait
for someone to explain the things I've seen
hiding in the shapes
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17. |
Man On Stilts
03:41
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God rest my soul with the rest of em'
kinda needed this to be said
I would bite my tongue at the river's mouth
while my horse is up to his knee
and I just can't forgive you
no, you left me out to dry
as our hearts filled with nothing
now their down at that part of the sea
I saw my destiny
as it moves like a river of silk
I keep my eyes on the coming hill
as I lost my will to die
and it takes time to walk around
but I know my bodies there
for the time I lived in revelation
almost made me ill
I could kill my thoughts in the living room
I could find my place in the dark
but the times I went to the river's mouth
no view could ever compare
I saw my destiny
as it moves like a river of silk
I keep my eyes on the coming hill
as I lost my will to die
If you want to cross the river there
then become the man on stilts
you can push yourself to the limitless
you perceive as what you will
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18. |
Paralyzed
02:48
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How many times will I get stuck in this rut again?
How many lives must I lead to stop tumbling?
I will ask myself these questions
but they don't have any answers
Will I ever stop looking over my shoulder?
Will I ever feel like I am invincible?
You will never see the world through another's eyes
You will never know why they do it
I won't thread myself with a needle
I won't thread myself with a needle
Paralyzed. You're paralyzed.
How many times will I get back on the stage again?
How many songs will I draw lines through the pages?
I will ask myself these questions
but I don't have any answers I guess it's time I realize there's no winner
I guess we're all just born to wither and suffer
You will always be the back of another's climb
you will always wish the world was a different time
But I won't thread myself with the needle
i won't thread myself with the needle
Paralyzed. you're paralyzed
and now we bury ourselves in
a grave with symbols above
that no one cares to read
cause it's got nothing to do with them
the bottle's at my lips
or the bottle's at my throat
I promised I wouldn't quit
I promised I would stay
so here we are
so here we are
so here we are
so here we are
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19. |
Satisfied
04:28
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one shot at love
beginner's luck
straight to the heart
i fell right in
somebody tell me i'm yours
i can't trust anything I see anymore
I can't believe its me
cause I was always born to lose
but now I'm satisfied
Satisfied
cause no one can see the way you look at me
and no one will know the places we'll go
and we're satisfied
one shot at love
beginners luck
I found my place
with you
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20. |
The Last Laugh
05:19
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He ties another balloon
in the shape of a knife
he pretends to murder
everyone in the room
everybody laughs at the clown
nobody knows the darkness quite like him
for the last time
he puts on a colorful face for the crowd
"can't wait to get out of here
and let it out
oh what a waste of my time
and for so many years"
everybody laughs at the clown
nobody knows the darkness quite like him
for the last time
he puts on a colorful face for the crowd
and now he'll show you all
what he's been waiting for
it's been a long time coming
The last laugh
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