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THE END LYRICS
"Elementary" (2007)
1. Dangerous
2. The Never Ever Aftermath
3. Animals
4. The Moth and I
5. Throwing Stones
6. My Abyss
7. Awake?
8. A Fell Wind
9. In Distress
10. And Always...
1. Dangerous
Warning, the following sounds are more than just hazardous
So line up and become the next of the willing victims
Don't you think of turning away from me
As the rhythm pounds deeper and deeper it's filling you in
I feel resistance, but no friction
And now that violence has become your aural fixation
Obsess over the loss of all your Innocence
Don't you think of turning away from me
Your flesh looks so ripe for the picking
I'm dangerous
There is no point in pulling unches
I'm dangerous
And now it's time to face the music
Let's go
Deep down to that private place
Where you felt safe
I'm breaking the skin
Beneath your surface
You were so pure
You've let this sound surround you
And now it sits inside
You've let this sound surround you
And now I lay bedside
I'm under your skin without incision or syringe
And I can still see aprkle in your eye
Even from the inside
There are sounds that can shut down your senses
And render you helpless
Are you really listening?
They erode the awaareness of your surroundings
And distort your ordinary vision
Is it getting any clearer?
And where was teh caution printed ribbon?
And how could you have let this happen?
This cannot be stopped!
And if it's only a song then why are you so far gone?
I'm dangerous
There is no point in pulling punches
I'm dangerous
And now it is time to face the music
I'm dangerous
I'm dangerous
2. The Never Ever Aftermath
I was born in the year of the Bulls-Eye
And unless the headlines lie, then they prophesied
That this age was the one to detonate
So let's go
No more
I can't take another false alarm
So if the fuses have been lit, let's get this over with
I can't take another false alarm
And I don't want to wait another day for the countdown
Because I fell in love with my visions of the mushroom cloud
I was born and bred to bear witness
To a long awaited glimpse of the burdened titan's bliss
As he sheds the weight that was his suffering
Until now
No more
I can't take another false alarm
So if the fuses have been lit, let's get this over with
I can't take another false alarm
And I don't want to wait another day for the countdown
Because I fell in love with my visions of the mushroom cloud
With open arms
Standing on a target
I thought that i could catch it
I'll be the lucky one
I won't close my eyes
As I'm overloaded
By all the explosions
A spectacle of falling shells
So now it's bombs away
The blasting caps
Will all laugh last
With our collapse
The never ever aftermath
No more
I can't take another false alarm
So if the fuses have been lit, let's get this over with
I can't take another false alarm
And I don't want to wait another day for the countdown
Because I fell in love with my visions of the mushroom cloud
3. Animals
Feast your mind on this
Someone's eathing you
Your worth
At least it's being used
All praise the cannibals!
The food circle
All praise the cannibals!
Ignore the infidels
So sink your teeth into the systems teat and drown
Quit beating your brains, because this is where you belong
All hail the tangible!
Our stable walls
All hail the tangible!
The tether to the bulls
Cut the leash and heal me
Cut the leash now kill me
And I am clawing at, I am scratching at the chains
I am the selfish beast I am
The trough is filled with deep red lips and glutton smiles
And it tastes like home
And I am one amongst the masses of the herd
My skin has been branded and burned
I am so afraid of being all alone
I am safe here, I am home
Now I'm home
Just cut this fucking leash
Raise in captivity
Force fed on my fucking knees
For the feast
4. The Moth and I
Gazing out from within these strata
The Moth and I pressed to the window
Stop staring at the stars
Held down and bound by the spheres
Stop staring at the stars
I'll come alive as I move through the ether
It's time for a new life
Away from the made light
I'm not coming back
This moves too fast
And I think I've finally found a way
A way outside
All my life
I've been hanging on the comet's tail
Stop staring at the stars
Oh, celestial heavens
And orbit is a revolution
Stop staring at the stars
Oh, here comes the aphelion
The air is all gone
And orbit is a revolution
5. Throwing Stones
No, I couldn't wait for all the lies that you have spread
To come back around
They say that you reap what you sow
And all your fields have overgrown for too long
Sure, you tried and
No, you're not the one to blame this time
Oh, it could've been, we should've been more
But all the scores can't be settled
You couldn't wait to see the moment that
I came in crawling back for more
Because when the push comes to shove
You know I've never been the one to back down
Sure, you tried and
No, no, you're not the one to blame this time
Oh, it could've been, we should've been more
But the war is never over
I can't believe that this is happening
It was only a spark and now we're engulfed in flames
As the mercury rises why bother denying
You're kerosene and I'm the funeral pyre
The inferno burns, burns, burns
So that's how we became nothing
All of these sticks and these stones
Are bound to break our bones
But who threw rock number one?
There's no sense in pounding our fists
On the mirrors surface
But we can't get it through our skulls
We're insane
It was only a spark and now we're engulfed in flames
As the mercury rises why bother denying
You're kerosene and I'm the funeral pyre
The inferno burns, burns, burns
So that's how we became nothing
6. My Abyss
So this is really how it goes
When you believe in something
So much that it hurts
It was my solemn oath
to achieve the near impossivle
And I paid the toll
Perdition was never too far off
Close to the top
The ideals that had carried me so far
Would not be stopped
Higher than the height of all reason
I couldn't let go of the notion that one day I'd reach it
If I kept believeing
It was a one way track
I made the choice of never looking back
A dead end path
My undeniable truth
That could never be disproved
Such an earnest fool
Perdition was never too far off
Close to the top
The ideals that had carried me so far
Would not be stopped
But at the end of the tunnel
I saw a light that wasn't guiding, I was blind
It was the bottom of the well
I was so caught up in my own reflection
And into my abyss I fell
I got just what I wanted all along
And in the course of my descent, I discovered weightlessness
It became evident
As I neared oblivion
That I had one two options
Most fall feet first like cowards
But I dove headlong into the byond
Higher than the height of all reason
I couldn't let go of the notion that one day I'd reach it
If I kept believeing
But at the end of the tunnel
I saw a light that wasn't guiding, I was blind
It was the bottom of the well
I was so caught up in my own reflection
And into my abyss I fell
I got just what i wanted all along
I'd reached the apex of hope's spires
The furthest point from non-belief
The altitude was perilous
And temptation surmounted gravity, and now I'm gone
7. Awake?
Oh baby, borne just yesterday
The world has been waiting for a new child crying the future
A tomorrow that may never ever come
Today is the day to take
If you can last that long and run
Down in (to) your fate
Down and on to face
The pitfalls and trials that may lie across
The breaking path of your wake
The sordid taste of sensuality
Mixed with the salt of another's sweat
Innocence won't ever leave your bedside
Precious, you're of virtue limitless
Are you awake?
Your worst nightmares aren't just your dreams
So feel secure when you sleep
Pain is a gift of pleasure's will
To be borne and reveled in
Dusk was always upon you my darling
Swallow the light with open eyes
For soon the night will headline
So when the world you knew has left you
With aches and distant memories
So many you have loved have gone before you
Most without soliloquies
Be brace and be human
Be fairy-tale valiant
The stage is set, the lights are dimming
And so begins the final scene
Goodnight and sweet dreams
8. A Fell Wind
9. In Distress
Said the metropolis to the ocean depths, amidst its vast and murky expanses
For how much longer must we all hold our stale breaths?
Our lungs are stretched
And will we ever stop feeling anxious, and when will we rest?
Our laurels have been picked
And then the tides boldly replied in chorus the waves did roar
Against the open shores
Timelessness is but a mere instant and you missed it
It slipped right through the cracks and in between your calloused fingertips
And there it goes again
Said the blind fawn to the circled pack of predators that had gathered in the wooded clear
I never once questioned my life's purpose or my self worth
And as the saliva strands soaked into the earth, she spoke these final words
And a serene hush fell throughout the forest
Her infant voice was ominous
Timelessness is but a mere instand and you missed it
It slipped right through the cracks and in between your calloused fingertips
And there it goes again
Fuck it, it cannot be caught
There are no pauses in this bleak and tragic drama
You've only got a minute so what will you do with it?
Oh, fuck it, you've missed it once again
It died within a breath
The eleventh hour
It's now or never
You'll lack luster when it's over
At least then feign despair
It's a brilliant flicker, the point of the pen
The jagged peak of the fabled mountain
Now you can say you've been
Down, down, down into a dismal dire spiral
Follow the arrows they will show us all the way
Down, down, down were not getting any closer
But at least it feels better than standing still
Down, down and lost within the segments of the circle
All the radians are as brilliant as the sun
Down, down, down without a hint of feeling remorse
For the mirriage of the chasm to the falling swan
10. And Always...
You've been bedding with the down and below
On your toes peering out of the hole
The void offers sweet release
The void offers sweet release
And always the thought of defeat, it has lessened you
Mortar and bricks have cut off your air
And always the fire that burns deep and down within you
Has left you so afraid of love
The things you don't say have weighed without wait
Impatient and persistent, not fleeting, not for a moment
When it seems like all you're made to do is suffer
You'll be pleased to know that miracles do occur
You never chose this
This place you don't fit
You're just misplaced
A pet with no trick
A wreck
Broken in need of a fix
And always the feeling of failure has trailed you
Nothing you've tried keeps the vultures at bay
So restless and weary, you desperately struggle
But it's all to no avail
The mirror of mirth lies shattered in pieces
So long to the image, now you'll never see it
And the leaden ball that's been chained to your ankle
Has kept you running in circles
You never chose this
This place you don't fit
You're just misplaced
A pet with no trick
A wreck
Broken in need of a fix
How numb have you become?
Now that you've lost all connection
Your bottle's filled up to the brim
Who will be left to clean the spill?
And when your breaking point pierces the surface tension
You're sure to overflow all at once
And see how brittle becomes you
And there is no escaping this
All of the memories haunt your flesh
There is no trace of the events
Only the ones you recollect
Relax and arrest the arrythmia within your chest
The bells toll not for your atonement
And you can't make them stop
And always the thought of defeat it has lessened you
Mortar and bricks have cut off your air
And always the fire that burns deep and down within you
Has left you so afraid of love
And the things you don't say have weighed without wait
Impatient and persistent, not fleeting, not for a moment
When it seems like all you're made to do is suffer
You'll be pleased to know that miracles do occur
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