1. |
Deep Dark Holes
06:31
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Chapter I?
Deep Dark Holes
Deep in The South
Where shadows tell lies
Each lonely stray
Cold and hard
A passerby
Screen doors slam
By light of full moon
Bleak wind blows
Through fresh cut lawns
Deep dark holes
Dug just for you
Deep dark holes
You could be one of them
Deep dark holes
Echo from the depths below
A creature slinks
From the trash of the countryside
It's nylon jacket
Stinks of cigarettes and engine oil
Deep dark holes
Dug just for you
Deep dark holes
You could be one of them
Deep dark holes...
'Tween the pines
Desperate screams and a wide open mouth
As they slip away
Washed ashore
Like tumbleweeds in dust
Souls haunt
The depths of the riverbed
Their rotten stain
A scar on the rural town
As her eyes
Go silent and dead
Her final moments
Married, secret
Play on in his head
Deep dark holes
Dug just for you
Deep dark holes
You could be one of them
Deep dark holes
Echo from the depths below
(Radio)
All alone he sits listening to the radio in an old Buick
Plotting his next dance of obscurum
Their shrill screams hidden somewhere beyond his wall of sleep
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2. |
Doppelgänger
03:50
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Chapter II:
Doppelgänger
As I look at these grainy pictures
I see a darkness in myself
A reflection on the bijou
Where murky water lies
Were I to have lived another life
Would I have been a killer
On an eeirie, ominous night?
I've met my doppelgänger
Before the morning light
A wild eyed man in a haunted cell
If I act like I seen a ghost
Sir, your mistaken
I seen the devil
In his long reptilian stare
Heaven knows she raised a creature
A beast with bat like wings
Cast the county in it's shadow
It breeds what bites
Leaves a path of dread in it's wake
It's pit of terror
Is this your fate?
Watch your back
Make no mistake
And if I act like I seen a ghost
Ma'm, you're mistaken
I seen the devil
In his long reptilian stare
'Till this day it chills my bones
Obsession hid behind a smile
The childlike innocence he wore as a mask
All alone in his locked room
Desires so starkly bizarre
Lust for power gone to extremes
He is the monster of your dreams
The unknown monster at the end of your dreams
As I look at these grainy pictures
I see a darkness in myself
A reflection on the bijou
Where murky water lies
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3. |
Neath the Hanging Tree
06:06
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Well the Texas sun was blazing hot
Joe sat on a rock in the middle of mesquite
The desert winds hit hard
On his back and worn out feet
He loads his shotgun
1... 2... 3...
Well he rested the barrel on his knee
For the men who killed his wife Shelley
Her flowered dreams caste to a dreadful sea
To be married and buried
'Neath the birch tree
Her ghost stands in the door frame
Of a kitchen in a condemned house
He's tied them up one by one
As he catches the killers by surprise
The smell of alcohol and cigarettes
On their rotten breath
As they whimper and plead with petty lies
He longs to ease the burden of blood that is on his mind
1... 2... 3...
Their screams don't keep the wounds at bay
Her garden of roses in summer rays
Sky blue eyes light his way
Caressing golden hair in bails of hay
This will be his final day
1!
To be married and buried
'Neath the birch tree
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4. |
Carcosa
06:51
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There's a killer in the wood
It's name is time
This raging cancer
Soaks our soul in the brine
Beasts await
Slithering in the swamp
Us fools stand alone
With the hunger in our haunt
Faded memory of a town
(See the moss cover kindred memories)
I'm spooked beyond belief
Dark stars are alight
(Feel the ghosts that are fading slowly in darkness)
Take a walk amongst the tombstones
Through vacant lots in the night
(On our graves)
Unnamed jungles roam
To the place I call home
'Neath the killin' fields
Of my father's dreams
And the ghost
In his eyes
Eminent decay
On signs of the freeway
You'll cling for your mind
Leaders keep you astray
For broken down homes
And dead end jobs
'Neath the blazing sun
While your childhood's robbed
Faded memory of a town
(See the moss cover kindred memories)
I'm spooked beyond belief
Dark stars are alight
(Feel the ghosts that are fading slowly in darkness)
Take a walk amongst the tombstones
Through vacant lots in the night
(On our graves)
Echo'd plight
Abandoned factory halls
Cobwebs eat
At whitewashed walls
With our hearts
In hometown pride
Memories die
Like the stars in the sky
(Radio)
Desperate love by the dirty roadside in a trailer
'Neath the lights and power lines of a backwoods town
Are you a monstrosity or beloved to the shadows within?
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5. |
Be Here For You
04:51
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Chapter V:
Be Here For You
Well, I know it's men
Built a callous round your heart
Loneliness
Has really got you down
But I'm here for you
Through the black and blue
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
With my tender heart
Through the black and blue
I'll be here for you
Well I know the world
Has built you up
As an object
Of their own desire
And you've fallen
Into their loathsome trap
But I'm here for you
Through the black and blue
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
With my tender heart
Through the black and blue
I'll be here for you
Livin' reruns
Of golden past
Thoughtless girl
Behind a mask
The outer dark
Where your enter fears lie
But I'll still love you babe
I'll be by your side
And someone
Musta' made you a monster
Kept you caged below
You were the light
In my dyin' world
Now you've faded into headlights
The rain keeps pourin' down
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
I'll be here for you
Whenever you want me to
Through the black and blue
Against the darkness you yourself
I'll be here for you
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6. |
Find Your Way Home
03:35
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'Mongst the rainstorm
Tryin' to keep peddles on flowers
And keep the rocking boats at bay
Yet the voices keep calling
From inspiration we stray
Listen to them
Bring them to life
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
'Neath the marshes of mediocre decay
With thoughtless distractions in the way
Don't let the money changers bring you down
The truth is inside
If your soul hits the ground
You have one life to live
This is your own
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
The light versus the dark
The hope versus the stark
You have it in you
A bright shining star
In a dark looming sky
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
Find your way home
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7. |
Dream Within a Dream
05:33
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Chapter VII:
Dream Within a Dream
The crooked walls
Of this cafe
Peel away
Like veins on an ol' oak tree
It's branches
Claw at my restless spirit
A spotted mirror
Reveals the face that I fear
Been workin' this juke joint
For many a year
Time and again
It never fails
To produce a tear
And you'll find yourself
Weeping at the moon
That some miracle
Will happen upon this tomb
Then you'll find yourself
In an empty room
Where there's no way out
No way out
Even in your dreams
No way out
No way out
Like a steady conscious stream
Past dreams
Haunt my bed at night
And breathe
On the scars
Of my heart
I pray heavenly Father
Why have you forgotten this place?
Where the soulless
Stand above mass graves
Walls get dustier
And grimier every day
When there's no way out
No way out
Even in your dreams
No way out
No way out
Like a steady conscious stream
You may sing praises
To the restless sun
Say prayers to the desert wind
But always
Arrive back here
A flat circle
Time and again
And you'll find yourself
Weeping to the moon
That the darkness
Caresses you soon
So you can start again
Another life
Where there's no way out
No way out
Even in your dreams
No way out
No way out
Like a steady conscious stream
No way out
No way out
Even in your dreams
No way out
No way out
Like a slow drying stream
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8. |
La Llorona
07:31
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Chapter VIII:
La Llorona
(Radio)
There lived a man who wasn't there
Within a gaping house of madness
Plagued by the voices of lonely souls
Dead and gone
He laughed
He cried
He lived
He died
(Whisper)
Awake
Cold air
Arise
Thick mist
Pleading Voices
Reveal antebellum houses
You wanta turn
On a light but you'll see
Letting go
Of all sanity
Spectre
The dark
Shape that leers
Beside you
You can only
See
It's smile
The thing
That laughs
And chills
You
It can only
Do you harm
As it's chills you
Gravely to the bone
You wanta turn
On a light but you'll see
Letting go
Of all sanity
Spectre
The dark
Shape that leers
Beside you
You can only
See
It's smile
The moon
Hangs behind
Pillowed
Ominous clouds
Haunting
The slithering bog
As dark shadows
Weep for the light
(Voice)
You wanta turn
On a light but you'll see
Letting go
Of all sanity
Spectre
The dark
Shape that leers
Beside you
You can only
See
It's smile
(Radio)
As this circular carousel went on and on
'Till it swallowed him whole
Making of him
A permanent fixture on the wall
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9. |
Sacrifice to the Beast
04:52
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Chapter IX:
Sacrifice to the Beast
(Radio)
Are we really in control?
Somewhere deep inside
There's still that thing we all share
That somehow
We won't be okay
That the beast is out there
Ready to consume us
(Singing)
If these woods could speak
What a story they would tell
'Bout the children
Caste under his spell
They kept ol' Sylvia
Alone for day
Tied to an ol' oak tree
In the summer haze
Their crooked smiles
As they scream in ecstasy
Sacrifice to the beast
Pull a name out of the hat
Now you're gone
Where silver tongued devils
Lick away
Soft minds to...
Sacrifice to the beast
Gather those who've gone wrong
Where corrupt hands
Peel their way
To child like dreams
The bloody barrens
Where rotten children play
As the sun bakes on their dirty skin
In a circle
Doing naughty things
Cult personality
Gone insane
Whilst in control
Of a teenager with a lizard brain
Sacrifice to the beast
Pull a name out of the hat
Now you're gone
Where silver tongued devils
Lick away
Soft minds to...
Sacrifice to the beast
Gather those who've gone wrong
Where corrupt hands
Peel their way
To child like dreams
The only way
To please their hateful god
Is by beating
Upon soft hide
Brambling wood
Tell me no lie
Innocent fear
Takes 'em for a ride
Thin stinking body
In a swamp the day she died
Sacrifice to the beast
Pull a name out of the hat
Now you're gone
Where silver tongued devils
Lick away
Soft minds to...
Sacrifice to the beast
Gather those who've gone wrong
Where corrupt hands
Peel their way
To child like dreams
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10. |
Bungelosenstraße
04:48
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Chapter X:
Bungelosenstraße
(Radio)
She's dropped off 'side the freeway
In a greasy brown case
By the man she trusted to protect 'er
After leavin' a decrepit hotel room
As the birds chirped at dawn
(Singing)
Rage
Is a killer high
Once you pop
You cannot stop
And death
A one way street
And life
Is but a dream
But a dream
But a dream
Life
Is but a dream
I saw her
On the path
A burning
Crept up in me
What I've got
Can't be cured
I'm the sum
Of all your fears
All your fears
All your fears
The sum
Of all your fears
She had somethin'
I never had
An innocence
Deplorable
Snuffed 'er out
Young daffodil
The world
One giant hill
Giant hill
Giant hill
A hill
Young daffodils
Paper hearts
Drenched in dago red
Lilac fields
Soaked in fantasy
As the children
Bathe in mysterious sleep
Perchance to dream
Or not to dream at all...
Rage
Is a killer high
Once you pop
You cannot stop
And death
A one way street
And life
Is but a dream
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11. |
Killing Fields
06:12
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Chapter XI:
Killing Fields
There is a void
A black hole
That sucks the flesh
Off unwilling girls
It scythes 'em down
One by one
'Midst foreplayed fear
Sadistic fun
Where swamplands conspire
To keep murder silent
It's mesquite jaws
Devour the innocent
Lie human bones
Without their meat
How can an animal
Have socks on it's feet?
There's a void 'neath the freeway
That rips the flesh
Off wayward girls
It scythes 'em down
One by one
'Midst foreplayed fear
Sadistic fun
Beside the rumbling highway
Where beasts live
Hiding their greasy faces
Silently killing
The graying light
Emerged in marshes
In various places
The things that you
Hold so dear
Now escape you
Umbrellas of
Your families love
Vanished without a trace
'Neath a street light
A grimy gas station haunt
There is a void
A black hole
That sucks the flesh
Off unwilling girls
It scythes 'em down
One by one
'Midst foreplayed fear
Sadistic fun
You will wail all night
But you won't be heard
'Neath oil refineries gloom
Milk carton effigies
Of the missing herd
'Mongst the years
Of questioned doom
(Radio)
Life and death are the only truths
Good and evil?
Right and wrong?
We are all one step away from decency and that deranged abyss
One leap away from sanity into chaos
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12. |
Eternal Void
04:20
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Eternal Void
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