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dark blue

by Orca

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1.
and this is your life and it's ending one second at a time so grab onto everything that you can't leave behind and this is just a song and you're welcome to sing along i wrote it with you in mind so you could pass the time and if you want a better life i guess that i could take you away from this place but it won't solve a fucking thing we'd just be running from our shadows, into the sun and this is just a phase so don't hold onto it for too long you're not a special pretty princess you're just along for the ride and if you want a better life i guess that i could take you away from this place but it won't solve a fucking thing we'd just be running from our shadows, into the sun 'cause there's no such fucking place where you can hide from all of your old hateful ways no, i suggest you smile for a change and stop blaming everyone else for all the things you've done
2.
and in time you may realize that it’s not quite what you thought it would be but you’ll light your candles anyway, ‘cause you know without them you can’t see and you’ll mount them all over the walls and you’ll scatter them across the floor ‘til every inch is all taken up and you can barely move around anymore but you know this is not your life, no, it’s just a dream so you’ll whisper into the breeze secrets you’re saving for all of the trees you know this is not your life, no, it’s just a dream but you’re too scared to wake up and see what’s on the other side of things and in time you may lose your sight as you get older and you’ll go blind and you’ll keep your arms spread far apart and you search your way through the dark ‘til you might regret being alone and you’ll eventually turn into stone and children will gather around you to see the still life that you’ve come to be but you know this is not your life, no, it’s just a dream so you’ll whisper into the breeze secrets you’re saving for all of the trees you know this is not your life, no, it’s just a dream but you’re too scared to wake up and see what’s on the other side of things and in time you may realize that it’s not quite what you thought it would be but you’ll keep lighting your candles anyway, ‘cause you know without them you can’t see and you’ll mount them all over the walls and you’ll scatter them across the floor ‘til every inch is all taken up and you can barely move around anymore but you know this is not your life, no, it’s just a dream so you’ll whisper into the breeze secrets you’re saving for all of the trees you know this is not your life, no, it’s just a dream but you’re too scared to wake up and see what’s on the other side of things
3.
load up on guns and bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend she's over-bored and self-assured oh no, i know, a dirty word hello, hello, hello, hello, how low hello, hello, hello, hello, how low with the lights out it's less dangerous here we are now, entertain us i feel stupid and contagious here we are now, entertain us i'm worse at what i do best and for this gift i feel blessed i met a group who's always been and always will until the end hello, hello, hello, hello, how low hello, hello, hello, hello, how low with the lights out it's less dangerous here we are now, entertain us i feel stupid and contagious here we are now, entertain us and I forget just why i taste oh yeah, i guess it makes me smile i found it hard, it's hard to find Oh well, whatever, never mind hello, hello, hello, hello, how low hello, hello, hello, hello, how low with the lights out it's less dangerous here we are now, entertain us i feel stupid and contagious here we are now, entertain us
4.
and she's a pretty snowflake you gotta have her so you reach out and grab her you put her in a glass inside the freezer if it ain't love it's something better and it ain't nothing real but you still want it it matches all your colors, so you flaunt it you feel it in your bones, beneath your skin your blood is always running, and running thin you tape a pair of wings onto your arms you glue such pretty feathers, like lucky charms so that you never fall or hit the ground to the sound of airplanes all falling down you take her out at parties show her around 'til she melts into a teardrop on the ground and it ain't nothing real but you still want it it matches all your colors, so you flaunt it you feel it in your bones, beneath your skin your blood is always running, and running thin you tape a pair of wings onto your arms you glue such pretty feathers, like lucky charms so that you never fall or hit the ground to the sound of airplanes all falling down
5.
at last my love has come home in a bardboard box full of ash and bone and it may not be what you want it may not be what you expected and it won't be coming very soon but it's something to look forward to no, it's not much of a solution it's probably not the change you need and it won't be coming very soon but it's something to look forward to
6.
i am the sand i feel the waves and the waves i am a rock i grind down and farther down and i could be a sunset if i wanted to if i felt like it but i don't i am the rain i erode and erode and i could be a sunset if i wanted to if i felt like it but i don't and i could be beautiful if i wanted to if i felt like it but i don't
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human nature 03:57
looking out across the night-time the city winks a sleepless eye hear her voice shake my window sweet seducing sighs get me out into the night-time four walls won't hold me tonight if this town is just an apple then let me take a bite if they say why, why tell them it's just human nature why, why does he do me that way reaching out to touch a stranger electric eyes are everywhere see that girl, she knows I'm watching she likes the way i stare if they say why, why tell them it's just human nature why, why does he do me that way looking out across the morning the city's heart begins to beat reaching out, i touch her shoulder i'm dreaming of the street if they say why, why tell them it's just human nature why, why does he do me that way
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sever the sun from the monotony of gravity just an empty cavity in a dark and endless black sever the moon from the melody and the tune of a million whiny poets crying for what they'll never have maybe some day we'll love one another without buying diamond rings dug up by black slaves in the middle of a civil war maybe some day we'll fuck one another without hoping that it ends so we can just go to bed and pray that we'll never wake up sever the child from the umbilical chord for a while jesus mom, you've got that kid on the nipple like pappa binges on the bottle sever yourself from the things that you can't do without and watch yourself survive exactly as you once did maybe some day we'll love one another without buying diamond rings dug up by black slaves in the middle of a civil war maybe some day we'll fuck one another without hoping that it ends so we can just go to bed and pray that we'll never wake up
9.
she's lonely, she's wasted, she's all used up she's broken, she's smoking 'til all her weed's used up she's looking for something that doesn't exist she's asking the man on the crucifix and you know you can come to my door any time that you like and waste all of my time and we'll drink my wine for a while 'til i can see you smile and i'll go to bed with that image in my head she's pretty, i know that, i've known her for a while well enough to take care of myself and leave it at that and you know you can come to my door any time that you like and waste all of my time and we'll drink my wine for a while 'til i can see you smile and i'll go to bed with that image in my head and you know you can come to my door any time that you like and waste all of my time and we'll drink my wine for a while 'til i can see you smile and i'll go to bed with that image in my head
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power lines 03:47
i feed the ghosts of pigeons on the power lines in my mind with all the scraps and discarded thoughts i can find so go on, go on and sing a pretty song just sing and dance and play and never worry about today and go on, go on, forget about being strong 'cause there's no reason to lift more than you can anyway i'm setting fires in the floating beacons that i push out to sea telling all the fisherman that if they find this, just leave me be so go on, go on and sing a pretty song just sing and dance and play and never worry about today and go on, go on, forget about being strong 'cause there's no reason to lift more than you can anyway

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released September 25, 2011

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