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Undertow
03:37
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Wasn’t I warned of the undertow at sea?
Didn’t I know about you and the life you lead?
But what did I care, you’re just too tempting
Thought that I was invincible
Oh yeah I could touch the moon
Thought I knew you but I don’t
Damn your lies and all your empty songs
That keep me enslaved
My heart aches, oh it aches
Oh what a rush to jump the wall installed by kings
Plunged in a world, I was drowned in ecstasy
Out of this place where all that we feed on is sin
There’s no escape once you’re carried off by the rushing wind
What may seem like pleasure at first starts to scrape beneath the skin
Never thought I could fall so far down and not be caught
Never thought I could fall so far down and not be caught
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Carry Me Away
04:06
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Well is it throwing life away?
The routine games we play all day
Of tongue in cheek and hide and seek
And this and that to make ends meet
And all the books upon the shelves
Of love, adventure, life itself
Well shyness always held him back
The books remained upon the stack
Tell me there is more (tell me there is more)
There must be more
Trying to taste that sunshine
Been waiting for a lifetime
Take me to the grass it’s greener
On the other side
Feeling like I’m flying
But maybe I’m just trying
To call upon an angel
To come and carry me away
Yeah, carry me away
So what’s the good life after all?
If we all know we’re gonna fall
Adventure, mission, game or art
Nirvana story; beating heart
And tell me is it set in stone?
Or be it that we freely roam?
Until our glory day is done
Even if it’s only just begun
Tell me there is more (tell me there is more)
There must be more
Calling upon the angels to carry me away
Calling upon the angels to carry me away
Calling upon the angels to carry me away
Calling upon the angels to carry me away
Carry me away, carry me away
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The Veil
03:41
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Sleepless nights and heavy early mornings can’t evade me
Trying’ to escape from all this hell that I’ve been living lately
Is there no haven, no sanctuary from this?
Children brainwashed, led astray from all their intuitions
Can’t comprehend why we are placed in such cruel positions
I’m playing darts on the wall outside the rim
Oh, the devils drink
Oh, inhaling misery
Out of despondency
The impossibility
To dismantle this veil
It’s like a cloud has fallen, fogged up all the rear view mirrors
Now where’s the line I drew to separate me from the others?
Well it’s disappeared along with all the rest
And for a while I feel like I’m atop the highest mountain
Look down below at all the world; feel like I’m really something
If I only knew the next step I’d take, I’d fall
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I met the devil round ‘bout 2am
With long red hair and that porcelain skin
Well I’ve been thinking about it ever since then
I was a fool to think I’d never give in
And like a mermaid waiting there in the sea
She called to me with songs of ecstasy
And being me I couldn’t help but agree
When she said
Hey baby won’t you come around here
And I’ll show you how to live my dear
I’ve been watching you and I can see
That you are surely the one for me
I close my eyes and try to cope with the pain
But pain is pleasure, it will drive you insane
And she will haunt you till you give up your name
You’ll rue the day you let her into your brain
When she said
Hey baby won’t you come around here
And I’ll show you how to live my dear
I’ve been watching you and I can see
That you are surely the one for me
And so I danced into, yeah right into her arms
And it feels like a lovers hold but that’s just the start
Now we’ve been dancing way too long
And now I know that it’s killing me
I rub my hands like Lady Macbeth
But still I taste her on my quickening breath
And is it still a sin if I regret?
Is it over will I turn back yet?
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