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Mala Domus
03:31
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The cycle's not disparaging
It's the rule of common law
In a tight winded establishment he'll lose his call
It's a part of growing old they say
And there's just one thing to impart:
"Do your best and you'll be salvaging mediocre results"
Your disciple's thought experiment
It's the rule of what you want
And despite all your embarrassment
He'll prove his cause
It's designed to be a throwaway
And there's nothing to regard
Worth your time, so you'll keep salvaging mediocre results
Did you really plan on doing it yourself?
If you're really bent on going it alone
You should be prepared to lose until it hurts
Your worst is not a bad place to call home
You need to run from yourself
And be the adaption
Of what you've come to accept
About the end of everything
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Coup!
03:14
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Stalling for an answer
Backbreaking enhancer
Of this sad disease called "synergy"
Strapped with obligations
Backed into libations
On a solid spree, kamikaze
Starting to breathe at the same old pace
I fall into a patterned apex
Taking a seat at the same old place
I tear apart what once read "Say yes"
Calling for disaster
Feeding off the crowd's stare
Bad news for people we can't see
Slashed improvisations
Gifting honest rations
Instead of the lies I sold to me
Starting to breathe at a brand new pace
I fall into a patterned apex
Taking a seat at a brand new place
I tore apart what once read "Say yes"
Today I'm not just covering my share
I am alive and I gotta get outta here
I'll face the consequences of error
As long as I can see what I'm after
Until the next coup comes...
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Aboard the Billy Ruffian
02:42
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Well it was humbling
To be the last one in the room
I hope you're ok
With living life in soaking ruins
Who needs a fight
Don't be a hero
It's quite alright
To feel it's peaceful
Climbing the heights
Enjoy your freefall
The safest option
Was met with hatred and rebuke
Defacing caution
From emissaries you abused
I say goodbye to you
I don't know what to do but find a place to sleep tonight
Once inspirational
I'm doing nothing well, I guess I'm swallowing my pride
Await the darkness
As if preparing for a feud
Now hope's an option
Careening down a centrifuge
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St Helena
04:21
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It's the only escape
Paranoia is creeping up on me
I live all alone in a place
Haunted by memories
Please don't ever repeat that name again
Now it's my turn to take
For granted a philosophy rooted in keeping
What you shouldn't break
There's nothing to explain
You should never expect to breathe again
St Helena is caught in the rain
And I'm drowning in puddles that I could have drained
Trying to breathe but I'm gasping in vain
No one hears what I'm feeling here
Oh what a shame
Watching over the lake
Filled with promises precipitating
From everything I yearned to make
From its negligent streams
Flows abandonment. Dreams, this is the end.
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