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Midwest Blues
05:11
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Do you wanna go outside, breath the air, and see the sites?
We could stay up all night, and be around to greet the light.
There ain't no mountains, ain't no sea, so everyone's just killing time.
There ain't much to see but it's better with you by my side.
Try and catch me now.
I'm getting out of this dead end town.
Try and catch me now.
You can't catch me.
No fun and nothing to do, I've got the Midwest blues.
No fun and nothing to do, but there's still me and you.
You've gotta grow or die, or you'll never know you're alive.
Sick of snow, sick of rain, sick of waiting for things to change.
Let's get the hell out of here before I forget life with fear.
Yeah, I fell, but I got back up. I won't forget life with love.
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Persephone
04:08
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You left me on my own.
You were taken from my hands.
You sit on a black throne with your new husband.
You were kidnapped by death himself.
The sky, he brought you back from the pits of hell.
Although you're free, you still leave me, Persephone.
Your mother, she weeps,
For those six seeds you crunched between your teeth.
Deceived by Hades.
I know you love me, but you still leave me.
I still love you, but you still leave me.
I will love you like a griffin loves, and no one will take your place.
Years from now when you have had enough,
And the eyes close on your face.
I will live my life all alone, and never find another mate.
To be devoted like a turtle dove, that alone will be my fate.
Fuck you, Hades, you stole my lady.
I have felt the cold, too.
I'm willing to die to get to you.
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Dream
05:16
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In Shadowland I was haunted by a man,
Who knew I could see the blood upon his hands.
So I hid inside in a place he couldn't find.
I hid my lovely soul.
You said we would be together til the end, but now where are you?
When I'm dead, does that mean I can do what I wanted to?
Father and son, the same bad habit,
Same old race between the tortoise and the rabbit.
What will happen to us?
I don't care very much.
I saw you in a dream, on the TV screen.
You've got me on my knees saying,
"Pretty please, won't you be with me?
We'll live happily for all eternity."
In Summerland I held my lover by the hand.
We lay where river bleeds, and stayed for all eternity.
For the first time in my life I felt at peace inside.
I felt complete and whole. No need to hide my lovely soul.
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Bo Diddley bought his baby a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring don't shine,
He's gonna take it to a private eye.
And if that private eye can't see,
He better not take that ring from me.
Bo Diddley caught a nanny goat,
To make his pretty baby a Sunday coat.
Bo Diddley caught an alley cat,
To make his pretty baby a Sunday hat.
Mojo come to my house with a black cat bone,
To take my pretty baby away from home.
Ol' dumb Mojo, where you been?
Up your house and gone again.
Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley, have you heard?
My baby says she wants a bird.
I walk 47 miles of barbed wire,
I wear a cobra snake for a necktie.
I've got a brand new chimney made on top, made out of a human skull.
Now come take a walk with me, Arlene, and tell me, who do you love?
Who do you love?
Tombstone hand and a graveyard mind,
I'm just 22, but I don't mind dying.
I ride around town, use a rattlesnake whip,
Come on, Arlene, don't give me no lip.
The night was dark, but the sky was blue.
Down the alley the ice wagon flew.
Hit a bump and someone screamed,
You should've heard just what I've seen.
Arlene took me by the hand,
She said, "Oh Bo, I understand."
Who do you love?
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River of Blood
06:15
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Let my liver bleed, let my liver bleed.
It's not what I need, but it's what I recognize.
Like a whiskey fine or a wasted seed,
It's how I smoke my burning time.
Cut the bud from it's vine before it's able to grow,
Never able to know the warmth of morning light.
Let that city burn, so maybe they will learn,
Not to build their kingdom so Goddamn high.
Cuz the Lord likes to teach with lightning strikes.
I'm living young and recklessly,
Acting like death can't get to me.
But it can and it will,
I'm just a man, It's just a thrill.
Cuz time is always on the move,
And it might be coming soon.
So why should I slow down for you?
Winter's riding close behind,
It's teeth will soon be in my hide.
It's jaws will soon be at my neck,
It's claws will soon be in my chest.
My body will lay in the snow,
And slowly rot and decompose.
And when spring comes around,
The snow will melt but my body won't be found.
Let my liver bleed, let my liver bleed.
It's not what I need, but it's what I recognize.
Let my heart race free, at extraordinary speeds.
Let it burst at the seams and form a river as it bleeds.
Let my lungs collapse cuz nothing ever lasts,
Like a glacier piece falling to the sea.
Tear down the damn that was put their by a man,
Cuz it 'll happen eventually, so let this river bleed.
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Demon's Whisper
04:18
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I think about her almost always all the time.
She's in and out of my head like a demon's whisper.
And if I didn't have that, then what would possess my mind?
So I'd rather be alone, than ever be with her.
So what've I got to lose?
Cuz I've already got this permanent blue bruise.
So what've I got to lose?
Cuz I've already lost you.
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Purgashorty
05:07
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Tie me up tight with a rabbit-eared bow,
Parade me around town for a show like you know.
I'll buzz around like a fly tied to a string,
I'll fight like a beta fish in an underwater ring.
Ring, ring of smoke around me,
We'll dance all night in the hot lava springs.
In Purgatory where no one is holy, but no one gets lonely.
No one dies, they just realize that they're already dead.
So why do I try to make you realize?
You'll still all dread the end.
Ring, ring of fire inside me,
I'll sleep all night in the flames willingly.
I should've died, but my body did rise,
I weep on my knees but my cheeks, they stay dry.
No one lives, they learn to give,
To give up on their dreams.
So why forgive ourselves,
If we haven't lived up to our dreams?
Life isn't what it seemed.
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