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Stop making the eyes at me
I’ll stop making the eyes at you
What it is that surprises me
Is that I don’t really want you toAnd your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
Oh, but you’re an explosion (you’re dynamite)
Your name isn’t Rio, but I don’t care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-ohI bet that you look good on the dance floor
I don’t know if you’re looking for romance or
I don’t know what you’re looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984I wish you’d stop ignoring me
Because you’re sending me to despair
Without a sound, yeah, you’re calling me
And I don’t think it’s very fairThat your shoulders are frozen (cold as the night)
Oh, but you’re an explosion (you’re dynamite)
Your name isn’t Rio, but I don’t care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-ohI bet that you look good on the dance floor
I don’t know if you’re looking for romance or
I don’t know what you’re looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984Oh, there ain’t no love, no Montagues or Capulets
Just banging tunes and DJ sets and
Dirty dance floors and dreams of naughtinessWell, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
I don’t know if you’re looking for romance or
I don’t know what you’re looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Said, from 1984 -
It’s a fine line between courage and fear
You can’t see the ghosts, but you know that they’re here
Blame it on the sinners, blame it on saints
Blame it on the pills, you‘re pouring down the drain
Blame it on the truth, lights you tracked away
Blame it on the pressure, but all we want is pain
Didn’t see you coming, didn’t see the signs
Didn’t see tomorrow stare right in my eyesI, I never ask why the wicked live and the good ones die
Time, time ran out of time, we all kill to survive
I would take a bullet for you, my heart is made of stone
I would take a bullet for you
Bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet
I would take a bullet for you
Bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet
My heart is made of stone
Bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet
I would take a bullet for you
Bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bulletBlame the politicians, the corporations too
Blame it on the immigrants, cuz they dont look like you
Blame it on the money, blame it on the fame
Blame it on the love and fools that play that game
Blame it on your mother, cuz daddy walked away
You can keep on running, but you can’t them make ‘em stay
Blame it on the drummer, said one, two, three
Marching down the hallway, coming after meI, I never ask why the wicked live and the good ones die
Time, time ran out of time, we all kill to survive
I would take a bullet for you, my heart is made of stone
I would take a bullet for you
Bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet
I would take a bullet for you
Bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet
My heart is made of stone
Bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet
I would take a bullet for you
Bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet, bullet
My heart is made of stoneI, I never ask why the wicked live and the good ones die
Time, time we’re out of time, we all kill to survive -
Bury me with a sword, with a chain and ache
I’m alive with the flyers, with the flames at stake
To be gone in a thought that’s arranged by you
To be formed by a shape that’s innate of youI will wake from the rain from the light of you
Take a knife to my chest, I’m alive by youOoh, ooh, ooh, my witness
Ooh, ooh, ooh, my witnessMake the fall, take the fire
Fuck the law nicely
Tint it all with desire
Shape the form I seeI’m alive with a knife, with a wife in me
I’m a crane looking out at the hypocrisyOoh, ooh, my witness
Ooh, ooh, ooh, my witnessTake the sting from the sky
Make their love in an eye
Take the sting from the sky
Make their love in an eye
Take the sting from the skyOoh, ooh, ooh, my witness
Ooh, ooh, ooh, my witnessTake your wars of your faiths
Of your bitterness, please
Take your wars of your faiths
Of your ignorance and leaveI will wake from the rain from the light of you
Take a knife to my chest, I’m alive by youOoh, ooh, my witness
Ooh, ooh, ooh, my witnessTake the sting from the sky
Make their love in an eye
Take the sting from the sky
Make their love in an eye
Take the sting from the sky -
Whole stage is set like always
Won’t be long before I’m gone
See them coming through the doorway
Wonderin’ whose side they are on
So I take one shot in the darkness
And move alongI was on the way to Memphis
Got no love from Caroline
How much longer can I do this?
Leaving half my heart behind
It takes one shot in the darkness
To change my mindAnd the years are passing by me
Oh, the years are running on
The fire below is coming and it won’t be longGot enough left just to get there
Not enough to make it through
If I cannot live without this
I don’t know what I’m gonna do
So I’ll take one more shot in the darkness
Aim for you
Oh, I’ll take one more shot in the darkness
Ooh -
Don’t need a guest list
No names inside a hat
Forget the presents
No minimums, no max
Tonight I’m thinking we
Should do this differentlyLet’s light a fire
To fight the winter cold
Red wine and cider
You know where this will go
Kristopher Kringle’s got nothing
On you and meLet’s play Secret Santa in the dark
Don’t tell anybody where we are
There’s no limit to the ways that we can celebrate
A midnight gift exchange of heartsLet’s play Secret Santa through the night
You’re the only one that I’ll invite
You don’t even have to RSVP back to me
Get over here and hold me tightDon’t need a wish list
You’re all I really want
This year for Christmas
Just keep me up ’til dawn
Wrap me in kisses
I will be your Mrs. ClausLet’s play Secret Santa in the dark
Don’t tell anybody where we are
There’s no limit to the ways that we can celebrate
A midnight gift exchange of heartsLet’s play Secret Santa through the night
You’re the only one that I’ll invite
You don’t even have to RSVP back to me
Get over here and hold me tightLet’s play Secret Santa through the night
Let’s play Secret Santa in the dark
Don’t tell anybody where we are
There’s no limit to the way that we can celebrate
A midnight gift exchange of heartsLet’s play Secret Santa through the night
You’re the only one that I’ll invite
You don’t even have to RSVP back to me
Get over here and hold me tightLet’s play Secret Santa through the night
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Don’t ask me
What you know is true
Don’t have to tell you
I love your precious heartI
I was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never tear us apartWe could live
For a thousand years
But if I hurt you
I’d make wine from your tearsI told you
That we could fly
‘Cause we all have wings
But some of us don’t know whyI was standing
You were there
Two worlds collided
And they could never, ever tear us apartI (Don’t ask me)
I was standing (You know it’s true)
Mm, you were there (Worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (We’re shining through)
And they could never tear us apartYou (Don’t ask me)
You were standing (You know it’s true)
I was there (Worlds collided)
Two worlds collided (We’re shining through)
And they could never tear us apartI-I-I
I was standing
You were there -
I’ve made mistakes
The Lord struck me down
Caught in a landslide
Lost underground
I hear them gates
Swing open wide
Come close to midnight
Hell sent me downAnd then my eyes got used to the darkness
And everyone that I knew
Was lost and so long forgotten after youNow would you break before you twist the knife?
Yeah, would you take my hand and take a life?
I’m too damn young to give up on the light
I’m used to the darkness
I’m used to the darkness
I’m just a man, I’m only flesh and bone
I can’t bring it back on everything I’ve done
And now there’s no-one else left to love
I’m used to the darkness
I’m used to the darknessSweet smell of roses
Have come at last
One fist of earth fights
To come join the rest
And then my eyes got used to the darkness
And everyone that I knew
Was lost and so long forgotten after youNow would you break before you twist the knife?
Yeah, would you take my hand and take a life?
I’m too damn young to give up on the light
I’m used to the darknessI’m used to the darkness
I’m just a man, I’m only flesh and bone
I can’t bring it back on everything I’ve done
And now there’s no one else left to love
I’m used to the darkness
I’m used to the darkness
I got used to the darkness too
I got used to the darkness for you
I got used to the darkness tooYes I did
Would you break before you twist the knife?
Would you take my hand and take a life?
I’m too damn young to give up on the light
I’m used to the darknessI’m used to the darkness
I’m just a man, I’m only flesh and bone
I can’t bring it back on everything I’ve done
And now there’s no-one else left to loveI’m used to the darkness
I’m used to the darkness
I’m used to the darkness
I’m used to the darkness -
When the heat of light melts into the speeding time
When the king returns to the ivory cityside
Let the Magnet Mages wave the signals
Flashing oh so fast
Then you’ll meet me there under the moonshine
In a lover’s heaven, we’ll keep our promises at last
In a lover’s heaven we’ll forget the past
Do you want to dance with me
Through one of those lonely nights
It’s more than a dream
Maybe we’re reaching the gardens of delight
Do you want to dance with me
Through one of those lonely nights
It’s more than a dream
Maybe we’re drowning in empires of delightIn the stardust dawn underneath the crystal roofs
Where the solar boys are playing games
They never lose
Where the sailors are swaying
Through the lightdomes shining in the sky
There you’ll meet me, darling, anyway
In a lover’s heaven, we’ll keep our promises at last
In a lover’s heaven we’ll forget the past -
Did you notice
We sleep through the night
Did you notice babe
Everything is alrightYou need me
Rest easy
I’m here
How weirdThought I’d hide
Maybe leave something
Secret behind
Never thought
I’d sing outsideYou need me
Rest easy
I’m here
How weird -
Paralytic Trance
there’s a specter at the end of my bed
there’s a wakefulness
there’s a book in my drawer filled with pages I ignored
a lack of reverance born into text, a malevolence
I could never repentI conjured the fantasies when I was younger
heard god call in a murmur, faith planted by my mother
but that plant wasn’t watered, and my hope never flourished
I never found a foundation in anything you worshippedNo verses just curses
bearing down on my mind as my trust worsens
you said your love for me was shadowed
by your god, your canon, i am unhallowedunhallowed
I am aloneguardian, step aside let no light shine in
I’ll sleep forever if it means I could speak to you again
