NOWHERE BABY
You’re nowhere baby, going nowhere fast
Caught up in the need of the speed you were after
And the right names, the right games
Playing for keeps in this losing streak
You’re nowhere baby, going nowhere slow
Caught up in a rut of what you already know
And the safe bet, the safety net
Nothing on the line but a good time
You might get lucky tonight
If you try real hard not to be left behind
You’re nowhere baby. And baby, that’s a fact
But I believe you achieved just what you were after
Now your past is gone, you know you belong
It’s taken all this time to catch this ride
I know you’re feeling alright
Well, you try real hard not to be left behind
You’re going nowhere.

YOU DESTROY ME
I know I’ve been led on, all along it was a setup
But every time I get wrecked like this
I tell myself you gotta be down to get up
And you, you destroy me
Daily and nightly
You destroy me
Completely and thoroughly
You destroy me
Overtake me like a kinda disease
You destroy me
I’m taking precautions, I’m waitin’ and watchin’
Uncovering clues with espionage
Searching for signs of sabotage, when you....
Obliteration never felt so good

STRICT DENIAL
Simple man or is it stupid man?
The day you destroy yourself is at hand
Cash in or die for our sins
Your guilty cross is fixed and you nailed yourself in
I like how you bleed for me
Show me the depths of your misery
Always one thing left unsaid
Always something else to condemn
Two lives you cannot reconsile
No matter how strict your denial
Honestly - I can’t comprehend
The way you hang this guilt over your head
Or is showing the world sisterly understanding
Just a way to get your end in?
I like how you cry for them
Telling us all how to be good men
Always one thing left unsaid
Always something else to condemn
Are you lost, are you hiding? Just timid or petrified?
I know you’re tiring - yeah, you’re tired
Always one thing that you have to hide
Always one thing weighing on your mind
Always crucified by strict denial

HELLTOWN
This is helltown, just look around
The devil made every brick laid down, In helltown
It’s a tired town, with tired folk
Could never find a reason to ever find a hope
In helltown
Don’t you think you’ll ever see a way to get out of
Helltown
In helltown they sure learn young
To make damn sure there’s sinnin’ done
Yeah, they sure learn how
To make damn sure their sinnin’ counts
In helltown
This is helltown, just look around
The devil owns every inch of ground, In helltown
Don’t think you’ll ever see a way to get out of
Helltown

SING WHILE THE WORLD SINKS
Sing hallelujah alpha omega
We’ve done gone and sprung a leak
The time has come now to take it to the high ground
To every rooftop, treetop and mountain peak
And we will...
Sing while the world sinks
Tra la while the bottom drops from under our feet
When all is said and done you’ll find your time to sleep
So c’mon and sing while the world sinks
Sing hallelujah omega omega
The water’s risin’ up to our knees
The time has come now to find what couldn’t be found
Could it be found under newborn seas
The difference it makes when everyone’s involved is amazing
It’s like the difference it makes when everyone involved is crazy
So don’t you worry ‘bout rhyme
And don’t you worry ‘bout pitch or key
You see the key is to step off that line
And sing while the world sinks baby

GOLDEN FORKED TONGUE
Golden forked tongue hissin’ in my ear
Bury me in sweet sound, keep your motives unclear
Smoke and mirrors, shadows and alibis
Are the tools you use to make me think otherwise
Yeah, oh yeah
Golden forked tongue
Golden forked tongue, what have you done?
Golden forked tongue keep in mind your goals
No, don’t get discouraged. I’m almost sold
Keep your eyes on the prize and your mind on the mission
And maybe then you’ll get what you’ve been missin’
Golden forked tongue where did you go wrong?

DRIVE-BY POLITICS
And I get frustrated when words don’t get their point across
And I get frustrated when every movements watched
It’s all just strategy and maneuvering and stupid plots
It’s all just games we play, but we refuse to say
Who among us here has the courage to finally stop?
It’s all just strategy and maneuvering and stupid plots
It’s all just wasted talk and pointless action, but no connection
And you expect to have some sort of magical reaction
It’s all just strategy and maneuvering and stupid plots

WITH TEETH
Gimme wings, make me an angel
Make me your devil, that’s fine with me
Gimmie wings, don’t be afraid now
I’m nobody’s devil I don’t want to be
Gimme teeth, make me an animal
Though I may tire of this hunt after all
Gimme teeth, but don’t be surprised to
Find your babies in my jaws
Over and over, over again
I’ve been greeted with both smile and fist
Felt the sting of both kick and kiss
Motives for both were amiss
So gimme wings, make me an angel
Make me you devil, that’s fine with me

LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR BACK
You’ll give up everything when you catch that fever
Enough to make a holyman into a nonbeliever
It’s easy to fall under the weight of it’s attack
But you gotta beware, love can break your back
But before you fall under it’s attack
Love can break your back
You were once a strongman
You were once a leader
But you say love came one day and now you’re neither
You’ll give it away, can you get it back?
Paralyzation sets in. Love can break your back
You’ve been paralyzed again
Love can break your back

NOT YOU
Tell me, why don’t you tell me
Do you really know me anymore?
Or was there ever a time when you knew me at all?
Several times along the line you made up my mind for me
Was it really in my best interest or just to make it easy for you?
Not you, you never had anything to lose. Not you
Well, you told me - yeah, you told me
We weren’t in any competition at all
But why do I always find you keepin’ score?
Not you. You never had anything to prove

WHERE THE RIVER RUNS
Many times I’ve seen that ocean stake it’s fateful claim
But I vowed it’s undertow would work against me in vain
I’m not going down that same way
No, I’m not going down that way
You can flee to the sun
Or to the land where the river runs
But you will never flee your shame
No, you can never be free of your shame
So I asked all around me, what can I do to save myself?
Against this risin’ tide? Mutate, disintegrate or flee from this hell?
And I listened closely. Yeah, I listened well
You can flee to the sun
To the land where the river runs

ONE MORE
One more of many lost
Another name added to the list
Of discarded teachers and apprentices
They thought we’d make it last
But we never fell for that
Pride and ego always share the last laugh
One more crossed out, one more let down
Waste a frown, one more got gone
And one more leavin’, spare a feelin’
So many slip away
There’ll always be one more
Are we really magnets or just psychic whores?
With guns set to attack
We know our best defense
Against any real or imagined offense

MISSED CONNECTION
I thought my missed connection
Was just a circumstance of confusion
Little did I know way back when that
Any common bond was nothing more than illusion
And any open doors had to be kicked in
And even that doesn’t guarantee admission
Their world doesn’t want us or belong to us, my friend
And I can’t tell if that’s a curse or a blessing
Well, all I ever see is so much distance
If I had my chance then I guess I missed it
And I thought this constant conflict
Was just a symptom of my suspicion
But it happens much too often
For me to believe it’s just a nervous condition
And again we find ourselves on the outside
Never getting easy what they get for free
Well, they wanted me to learn and Lord knows I tried
Every lesson learned was like pulling teeth

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