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Rail
03:42
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Rail in the face of all that you fear
Rail when your heart's been cut ear to ear
Rail when your gods have stolen away
Left you a debt you never could pay
Oh, rail against the whirlwind
And the rising winter sun
Rail against the madmen we've awoken
Let them come
Rail for the dog that won't have its day
Flesh that the vultures picked clean away
Rail in the face of unyielding time
Wait not for those who chose to be blind
And rail against the whirlwind
And the rising winter sun
Rail against the ruthless
Frozen, heartless Babylon
Rail against the rabid
Foaming mouth and forked tongue
Come unchain your choices
Nevermore has just begun
Rail against the madmen
We've awoken
Let them come
Let them come
Let them come
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Sugarplum Fairy
04:22
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Where blood has fallen on cedar
That's where you're likely to meet her
Wild eyes, red as strawberry
Here lies the sugarplum fairy
Soft wings that never cast shadows
Bear you away to bright meadows
No pain that she can't bury
Cold flame, the sugarplum fairy
"Rise," she sighs
Oh, with the woods in her eyes
"There now, don't cry. Fly."
Dark wounds that no one can measure
They'll fade away at her pleasure
No weight that she can't carry
It's never too late for the sugarplum fairy
Oh, my bleeding hearts
She's prepared a place for us
(Somebody's watching over you, over you)
Oh, my smothered sparks
She's prepared a place for us
(Somebody's weeping over you, over you)
Oh, my homesick braves
She's prepared a place for us
Underneath a free and fearsome sky
"Rise," she sighs
Oh, with the woods in her eyes
"There now, don't cry. Fly with the woods in your eyes."
"Alive," she cries
Oh, with the woods in her eyes
"There now, don't cry. Fly, fly, fly, fly, fly"
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Clickbait
03:29
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An empty heart where the rats are sleepin'
A spider hole where the sun can't leak in
A false smile, but you wear it well
A hollow nothing in a gilded shell
The core is rotten, but the apple's golden
It's worth nothing if it can't be stolen
And every time they start a revolution
You know it just becomes another institution
You better run, you better run somewhere
I caught your scent hangin' heavy in the night air
You'll never shine, never gonna twist fate
You're just clickbait, it's just clickbait
You better kneel, you better kneel face down
I'll plant my flag in the center of your dead ground
Proud shame, disposable keepsake
You're just clickbait
A squealing whine masquerades as thunder
Deaf, dumb and blind is the spell you're under
Behold, the riches of the modern age
A pile of ashes in a circus cage
The core is rotten, but the apple's golden
It's worth nothin' if it can't be stolen
And every time they start a revolution
You know it just becomes another rusted institution
Give me something pure, something pure to hold onto
Wash my hands of the lost soul revenue
Give me something pure, something pure to hold onto
Cleanse my mind of the meme-rape residue
Give me something pure, something pure to hold onto
Storm-borne sky overcome by a patch of blue
Give me something pure, something pure to hold onto
You better run, you better run somewhere
I caught your scent hangin' heavy in the night air
You'll never shine, never gonna tempt fate
You're just clickbait, it's just clickbait
You better kneel, you better kneel face down
I'll plant my flag in the center of your dead ground
Proud shame, disposable keepsake
You're just clickbait
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4. |
Autumn Waltz
07:12
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When the leaves gently fall
Scarlet swirls, rusted gold
And the wind whispers strange melodies
There we'll be, there we'll be
Fading gray, feigning bold
As the chill nestles down through the trees
And the daylight's fading
Weathered eyes are straining
And the wolves are gaining still
Let them find us waiting
Unafraid, unshaken
We remain and always will
So waltz with me, my darling one
There lives no reason to hide
For these leaves that fall
Are red with blood
And winter's right by our side
There's a boy lost in time
Glimpsing dreams of your face
You cried out, and your pain led him here
Follow me, follow me
One more dance to embrace
Courage blooms from the roots of your fears
And the daylight's fading
Weathered eyes are straining
And the wolves are gaining still
Let them find us waiting
Unafraid, unshaken
Love remains and always will
So waltz with me, my darling one
There lives no reason to hide
For these leaves that fall are red with blood
And winter's right by my side
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5. |
Play Me Out
03:34
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Play me out when I am gone
Play me out with laughter
Play me out when I am gone
Into my everafter
With faces I love and things that I knew
Were true, were true
'Cause they'll never die
With faces I love and things that I knew
Were true, were true
'Cause they'll never, ever die
Play me out when I am gone
Play me out with kindness
Lift your light, shadows be gone
We'll leave all pain behind us
With songs that we played
And music we made
Behold, the day all things are made new
With smiles unafraid
And blood that flows free
We'll go, we know
But we'll never, ever go
Quietly, quietly, quietly
The night is bright
And full of wonder
The vultures have gone
Every fear forgotten
The roses bloom on
Like the flower of Scotland
The wolf spares the fawn
Yeah
With faces I love and things that are true
With faces I love and things that are true
With faces I love and things that are true
They're true, they're true
And they'll never, ever die
They'll never, ever die.
Here are the remnants of the summer
Here's where I open my eyes
Play me out when I am gone
Play me out with laughter
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Thomas Kercheval
Thomas Kercheval plays hard-edged, anthemic, celtic-tinged, electric folk music with big guitars. Lots of big guitars. That is all.
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