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Shades of Greed(Intro)
02:59
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What makes you weak, is it the promise of luxuries? We've all got things that could bring us to our knees. Leave them behind, and rip out the roots to die. We'll plant the seed, you'll be everything we dreamed.
You are the puppet, we are the string.
You are the voice that we taught how to sing.
You are the canvas, we paint shades of greed.
You are the product, we are the machine.
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The Gentleman
04:19
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I try to sound poetic as I stumble to the door,and whisper in your ear to tell you everything you've heard before. Cause I'm a fraud, I'm everything that you abhor, but tonight I'll be everything that you adore. This is not, I repeat that this is not a game, it's strictly business, step in my office right this way. I'm so suave, my words will leave you breathless, blushing and left defenseless my witty word's are a naive girl's best friend.
Don't talk, you're just as guilty as me, If I go down I hope you know you're coming with me. With my luck, we'll end up stranded at sea, I'll be the anchor while you're trying your best to breathe
I ask you for forgiveness lord for I have sinned, but this confessional holds nothing but some walls and a hypocrite. He has the emptiest of eyes and the subtlest of grins, his voice seems in control but in his breath I smell three shots of gin. "Son, what do you need? The lord works and forgives through me" I said I'm sorry but I find this kind of hard to believe. See we're both frauds, we play this game of deceit, so I just can't understand what makes you better than me. He said this is not, I repeat that this is not a game, it's strictly business, you're not welcome here get on your way. (la la la… Ah shit, how'd the words go again?)
Don't talk, you're just as guilty as me, If I go down I hope you know you're coming with me. With my luck, we'll end up stranded at sea, I'll be the anchor while you're trying you're best to breathe.
May I have this dance? We'll waltz around the room. Take my hand, we'll follow the light of the moon. I'll be damned, if that boy you're with makes a move. I'll be damned, because he doesn't got what I do.
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The Beggar
04:00
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Do you ever stop and take a second to think before you run your mouth in search of attention? I pray this time you use discretion. I know you'll never learn your lesson cause girls like you thrive off the tension. Just know that if you want to play with fire and ice, both your worlds will collide.
You need peace of mind? Here's a piece of mine. Go live your life, in the spotlight.
We can fall to pieces, if you promise me, promise me that we can fall together again. 2x
Oh, I never was a dweller but I'm lost inside your gaze.
I never was a beggar, but now i plead for you to stay.
You never were an angel, like a siren you would sing.
Misguide my compass to lie that was your halo and your wings.
I know you'll never learn your lesson cause girls like you thrive off the tension. Just know that if you want to play with fire and ice, both your worlds will collide.
We can fall to pieces, if you promise me, promise me that we can fall together again. 2x
Raise your glass, and toast to what we've done.
These bonds won't last, these senses numbed.
Take my hand and we can run, or raise your glass now that we're gone.
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The Pessimist
02:16
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I am running out of words, to justify my actions with to this angel on my shoulder who keeps saying "Listen kid, you've got the heart of a saint, but there's one thing that you miss, you keep me sitting on your shoulder while the devil's working inside your lips," and I ain't got no control,I feel it's time to let go, before the dark inside me grows and consumes me whole.
Does this new boy make you happy does he seem to understand, every little thing about you that I couldn't seem to grasp? Do you walk along the ocean like we used to hand in hand? Does he sing you to sleep, while you're dreaming in the sand? Does the thought of me disgust you? Do you wish you could forget? Will you throw away your memories of me in every kiss? For a smile on your face I'd break myself against the brick, and you'd never have to see my face or hear my voice again. I am out of every option, I've failed every attempt to win your heart back from this monster that I used to call a friend and though I try my best to hear this angel out and make amends, I think this time i'll have to side with the devil on my shoulder instead.
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I never longed to make you weep, but I made a promise I can't keep. I sold my soul just get some sleep. I never knew what made a man, it's not the strength in his clenched hands. But when he falls, it's the way he learns to stand. I never was the one to speak, I held my tongue between my teeth, but recently, I feel a voice is what I need.
I've given all that I have had to give. My lungs bled dry, from screaming in the wind. I'll wait outside, until you let me in. I'll wait outside, and seek comfort in my sins. Take all my skin, do with it as you wish. Take all my bones, carve them into something you can use. I'll be alright, there's nothing I wouldn't give, you can have my life, if it means that you will live.
I never longed to make you weep, but I made a promise I can't keep. I sold my soul just get some sleep. I never knew what made a man, it's not the strength in his clenched hands. But when he falls, it's the way he learns to stand. I never was the one to speak, I held my tongue between my teeth, but recently, I feel a voice is what I need. I'll be alright.
I stand in silence with the noose wrapped around my neck. I see no man with a robe and a sickle but I feel the chill of death. Those who condemned me taunt me, "Boy, what have you learned? Tell these people what you know now, these are your final words." I screamed, "I've come in the spitting image, of how I was raised. I am my mother's kindness, and my father's rage. I'll never be your savior, I'll never be your friend. I stood up for myself for once, and this is how it ends. I don't belong here, you've made that very fucking clear. I don't belong."
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