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Embrace the Wire
03:17
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To a man, we will die where we stand and the end is at hand
When they came for our titles and our blades we made a final stand
Cause the good old days are good as dead, carried off by smokestacks and train tracks
And all that's left is to retire
Raise your swords!
Embrace the wire
Two by two, bodies broken and bruised we stumble through the camp and out the gate
These bridges built upon our backs will never last, no they'll never take the weight
We've got one last chance at being free, let's saw through the bolts and stuff these termites in the beams
And when they hold your feet up to the fire, go on boys!
Embrace the wire
And I won't wait for the cruel hands of time
This choice too, it will be mine
Lightning flash, I tap my fingers on the dash to the sound of the radio and the rain
And in my rearview mirror are the needles and the fear and a life that could never be the same
It's been so long since I felt alive
I'll go up to the quarry cause I always loved a drive
And in a crash of steel and screaming tires, I go off to embrace the wire
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Murder To Go
03:06
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I stop by the bar to toss back a few
And stumble on home around a quarter to two
But that ain't no reason for you to be untrue
But you do, you do
We bicker and argue, you yell til you're blue
Spittin' and cursin' and throwin' your shoes
Yeah we got a whole mess of shit to work through
Yeah we do, we do
Runnin' in quicksand, yeah we're on the brink
The harder we struggle the deeper we sink
And we'll drown here together, cause this is what we know
It's torture to stay but it's murder to go
I can't quite remember when all this was new
Or how many times you told me we're through
Hell I know there ain't nothing left to pursue
But I do, oh I do
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Want You Gone
03:11
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I remember you and me we used to be on fire
And I believed you to be my one, my desire
But that was all before you went and spread your love all over town
You played me for a fool, yeah you left me cold and now
I want you gone by the time that I get home
I want you gone, just leave me alone
I want you gone, gone, gone
And don't you ever show your face 'round here no more
It's time to leave, so pack your things and go
I can't believe you're still standing at my door
I want you gone, gone, gone
Cause everybody's telling me that it's wrong that I want you
You called me up one morning and you told me that you'd changed
That if you had just one more chance things wouldn't be the same
But that bridge you burned is lying smoking smoldering and wrecked
With all the wicked things you done what the hell did you expect?
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Two Stars
03:09
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The spotlight is frozen
We're going through the motions
Every time we kiss we take a bow and bask in the ovation
And every show's consistent
Our eyes so cold and distant
We are focused on the task at hand to not fall in love again
We'll play the part of lovers
It's the role we were born to play
But as the curtain closes we'll shake hands and walk away
I'm sick before the curtain
I've rehearsed this scene so many times
But my understudy's ready, you'll do fine, you'll do fine
The silence is broken
When our lines are spoken
And the afterparty's winding down, our friends so proud and drunken
I'll find you in the corner
We'll walk across the floorboards
Where the program says we're best of friends until this engagement ends
You flubbed some of your lines and you stumbled slightly
I brought you flowers anyway
But your reviews are in and I don't think that they bought it
I don't think that you mean it
I don't need to be reminded
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Long Run
02:53
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I tell you honey this ain't nothing new
It's just the same old indecision blues
When it seems that I got everything to lose
And it all turns out the same either way I choose
I need a long run to clear my head
I need a long run just to think about anything else instead
Cause I can't do anything and you know I'll never change
I need a long run today
Well I can't say I didn't have a clue
I got this wicked case of deja vu
Tried to see things from a different point of view
But in the end I'll walk in these worn out shoes
You sat down in the wrong seat at the wrong bar at the wrong time
And I won't lie
There's something broken in me
But it's something you can't see with your naked eye
Now I know just what you're going through
Yeah I know cause it happened to me too
But I can't believe it's happening with you
These days it happens no matter what I do
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Nigel Grover Nagoya, Japan
I’m an American songwriter and music producer living in Japan.
I make music at HUMMING LIFE, Nagoya, Japan.
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