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Shell is Swell Lyrics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bailey/Nowottny(BMI) Published by Abaton. Use with permission. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Guillotine I dance with the devils In agony I scream out in silence When the world dies, when the world dies we will lead Easy enough to stop all this violence I can't wait, I can't wait to see you bleed Chorus: But now it's time to throw it at the dusk and hide it in the valley Feel the wind grab you in disgust Head down to the galley Go ahead, name the boy what you need but remember, remember that this cat is mine All you needed to do was plant the seed and I discovered my traitors of kind Chorus And you just don't understand You fought the truth and you threw it away And I took your hand But you didn't, didn't want to hear what I had to say The harlequin clowns in gray powdered wigs await the guillotine The mermaids singing behind the gray twigs with eyes sea urchin green Onward to the dismal clocktower reunion where somber dreams fall like dew on the hills Excuse me, I'm late for my next communion They all await me, pressing up to stained-glass window sills Chorus In My Blood Pressure on the babysitter Open the gates to the reaper Open the closet door to the sleeper Break me one more time Break me one more time Don't go yet, I'm still addicted to you I can't be detoxicated I can't let you be hated Said I need you in my blood I need you in my blood Pulling my strings once again I call you a million times You say you'll call back And you never do Break me one more time Break me one more time Said I need you in my blood Break me one more time Said I need you in my blood Break me Before the Eclipse Got a solution, Let's all die I'll meet you my darling on the other side Kiss Raven goodbye, kiss Raven goodbye Bridge: No one deserves me, no one preserves me No one cares, no one cares, no one cares Stab a question and bleed the answer I need you my darling so don't fade further In the zenith sleeps the moon the carraige is waiting, we should leave soon Before the eclipse, before the eclipse Bridge About me Chorus: Homicide, suicide, pesticide, choose a side Fuck your pride, life's a sinkhole, melt inside Suicide, homicide, pesticide, choose a side Fuck your pride, life's a sinkhole, melt inside Underneath the murky depths I surely have become your pet And this one is about nothing in particular Be sure not to carry this one too far Chorus I love to cry I must confess, Bury me in her wedding dress And I'm a mite petty to be confident And here I go to the covenant Bridge About me Chorus A hidden treasure lay beneath Was lost with with the sink With the sink of blood-stained teeth Little Hell In the psychotic mind of my world you can see the blackest little girl Whose power divided by three multiplied by your strongest enemy Chorus: A little hell with a faint smile Dye the eggs and put on the uniform that has been gone for a while She leaves to hang the unicorn A little love with a revelation So tempted to drive this stake through her heart of stone so cold as any nation I can't stand to be set apart Chorus Underneath the pale grey sky there's still something there, I admit I can't explain this guy But there's still something there in his shit Regrets of the future inside All the tears and the rage I try to hide Disarm you with this light in my eyes You just don't know how hard I try to show you my world and what I think it's worth Oh, I can't wait for my death and rebirth Take off the mask for just one second please All I can do now is get down on my knees Capture the captive in a pickle jar I can't see how we made it this far Nothing seems to help the pain that I feel Nothing seems to help the pain that I feel Regrets of the future inside All these tears and rage I try to hide You just don't know how hard I try to disarm you with this light in my eyes Chorus In the psychotic mind of my world you can see the blackest little girl Marz's Birthday Soldiers stop and regroup at noon Last person of the miner's stake The highwaymen unable to stop don't stick around to see me break This hurricane inside my mind likes to sneak up from behind Tears and anger and madness Drowned in a sea of sadness It catches me in a trap Put forth this tragic mishap This mask, it wears thin and everyone wants to peek in Chorus: Look into this confused mind Look into this broken heart Don't be surprised to find you're tearing me apart I forget what's important and real Go ahead, God, open your seal Go back to Seattle You're losing this battle I want to lay down in my coffin And I want to sleep forever And by my side this merciful weapon Not knowing what then might be You never used the book and you never gave a second look You just thought of a topic and hid it in your pocket Tears and anger and madness Drowned in a sea of sadness Chorus Go back to Seattle You're losing this battle Your bland words were spoken My wings were broken Ashes to Dust The contradiction of the perfect Christian The unwarned psychic takes her guest Ashes to dust, turn to salt Buried in her wedding dress First chorus: Fuck it, I'm happy where I am Nothing beats the high of now Are we cloning the Son of Sam We're letting the peace go somehow Bound by chains, I need the sleep I'm fading quickly, but I'm still here Death said "I am here, here to reap now. There's nothing left to fear." Second chorus: Beat me, kill me, sell me, push me, you can't resist Crack the case, crack my skull, break my heart and slit my wrist Here I am more comfortable than ever Overcame a great endeavor Found peace outside the bars Found peace outside the scars First chorus Hail Mary, full of grace You leave a bittersweet aftertaste Where did you buy a halo so fluorescent Better watch your lamb now, it's pubescent Second chorus The Prey The course of action somewhat denied Love strange anchoring and the barge in the tide Checkpoint, move in, take off, take down Don't remind me of what we really are An exposing invitation could take it that far Chorus: Oh, it's just the same ancient game And someone's got to be the prey Someone's got to be the prey Um, the whole ex-wife thing is tearing me apart, but, you know, I'm seeking therapy and, um, me and Andy Walzer stopped drinking together because we have a, a bad habit of, like, just last night we were on the back of a Krispy Kreme truck in midtown, fell off and then we ended up in my apartment with two Swedish models throwing up, so... Victory and victim The tainting and the sanctum The will of the way The will o' the wisp Chorus Call me up on the bloodline Call me up on the bloodline Call me up on the bloodline I'll answer (repeat) The Blink Chorus: Tell me where does this path go Unto the eyes of golden blue the scars I'm so afraid to show to anyone even you Memories come back in a flash and in a flash they are gone Wake up and bat an eyelash However was I so strong? Chorus Getting along without anyone's help The land it was and it was my own But I remember being by myself and I remember being alone Chorus Documenting doesn't help and bits just keep coming back About to stack another one on the shelf Add a memory to the stack Just more primitive land Over and over until the end But did I take your hand? Did I embrace you back then? Chorus Chorus Mausoleum Mausoleum, a stone home for the restless child you can come out when you can settle down Mausoleum, I'll close the door and sleep the millenium through Away from gray and away from you Mausoleum man with a shovel in his hand Grin-hidden, disease-ridden boy Chorus: A tisket, a tasket, a precocious casket I'm tortured by a question, but afraid to ask it Plastic flowers litter the sacred ground How does it feel to be so earthbound? Popes and bishops, riding on fascist covers to hide their alterboy lovers Nuns and drugs don't mix Sister selling her crucifix for just one more fix By the mausoleum, she buys all her dope and does lines with the Pope in Cuba Chorus "Man's fate is like that of the animal The same fate awaits them both As one dies, so dies the other All things have the same breath Man has no advantage over the animal Everything is meaningless All come from dust and to dust all shall return." Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 Centipedes Have Needs, Too We missed the last stagecoach We're stranded in the sky Vine-covered bathtub dream In winter she would die Is your bed tiger-proof? The time is slipping by The alter of the shoe Igloos of Eskimo whores and none are left but two Is your head prosthetic? What is the purpose of John's head? We should put it up for sale We asked the gypsy and she said "To inhale." What is Shell? But a name Where is hell? Beyond the flame Run with me fast into the wall Donna just dropped her pen And if this does any good at all No kisses for Ben, no kisses No kisses for Ben Perfectly Good Sugar It was perfectly good sugar so why did you throw it out? Our child in the garbage can I'm sure she's just fine Steve's keeping it in once again I could cradle you But I'm cradling Raven now John's just too far away Chorus: Oh, oh, no, you don't know how much you hurt me Oh, oh, no, you don't know how much you hurt me I should send him a telegram But would he write back? He never has any stamps I just have too many He always says "Tomorrow." Tomorrow becomes yesterday It was perfectly good sugar so why did you throw it out? Chorus Chorus Numb me 'til your ready I can't keep the cradle steady Sweet and sour, now's the hour Numb me 'til your ready Chorus Chorus My Maze Tell-tale faces of routine Maidens bathe in cocktail river Composers eat with tuning forks and young junipers so libertine Loss an American pastime grows up the labyrinth kettles of rusty nails And the ghost in the machine Chorus: I'm amazed how much your mind is a maze And I tell you I get lost in these days I spend with you Ease off the trapeze melt by the lore this ballroom swims a name and trail of into your woods of words unveil a dynasty of a thousand mocking birds Chorus Baby, you're everything I need Baby! Oh! You make my skin crawl And it's crawling over to you! Another Day You've got me walking on a wire You're turning age-old bottle wine But I know if I don't keep building my wall higher I'll be a piece of fruit rotting on the vine and Chorus: So closes another day and I think we're all a little older And I suppose the closing of today makes you a little colder makes you a little colder These days will be soon to pass You're as numb as wood to me But I suppose I'll have to make them last You'll be as good as dead to me Chorus Come hither, I'll never be your bride And stay as long, as long as you please You'll forget those days that I died Unbound to all beyond the seven seas Perhaps a mite of turpentine would let me loose today And all of your ambition is pulling you away Chorus | |||||||||||||||||
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