1.Moved As Mountains, Dreamt Of By The Sea
I've got the sun, she sleeps right next to me
I've got the stars kept in a hollow shell
And we met the kids who fled from cities to the soil
And flew from Arizona to the shores of Italy
To find a cure for all the curses that are dreamt up by the sea
Witch, nun, beggar
By what name do you feel whole?
We're swimming up now sugar, it's in your eyes
I'm swimming up to meet you caught in the tide
I met the mountains they were sworn to comply
I swam the depths and I found diamonds in their eyes
This is forever music, this is the stolen life
Give it time, give it time
These are the stories of dead men
These are the days of do or die
Forgiveness seems a mile away and distant from your home
But you must know that you will never die alone
Not die alone
2.Bright Lights
Bright lights, drifting in front of me
Heave up all the tar in your bones
Good luck with that apology
Never choose how you go
Got raped, dangled in front of me
Got raped now they're phoning your home
Good luck, with that apology
Never choose how you go
Gold from tin
You can't tell the difference
Can't you see all you need are different rules?
Can't you see that all you need, different bones?
All you do is fucking complain
'Bout being thrown to the wolves
Keep in mind the vermin you fear
Have all been wearing kid gloves
Fuck dreaming
Dead eyes drifting in front of me
Red eye is a sign that you're done
Passed out in the back of an ambulance
Maybe they'll take you home
All you do is fucking complain
'Bout being thrown the wolves
Keep in mind the hopes
That you have will all be better of lost
Get ready
Float me in a barrel down the river
Turn your bright lights on
Bright lights, drifting in front of me
Heave up all the tar in your bones
Good luck with that apology
You never choose how you go, the way we go
3.Knees, Toes, Teeth
Fucking new romantics, it's only rock-n-roll
This is our religion as heaven we'll never know
No, I'm not delivered
Architects as militants
Architects as crystal bones
Metal hearts as oil cans
Metal shoulders, knees and toes
In the spaces in our teeth
Lie the weapons of our youth
Bring them down without a sound
Bring them down and burn their towns
Fucking new romantics, it's only rock-n-roll
This is our religion as heaven we'll never know
No, I'm not delivered, I'm not delivered at all
We all kneel down at the feet of the sound
I was born an hour glass
Now, I'm skinny as a rake
I was born with silver spoons
But I'll die without a care but that's cool
Fucking new romantics, it's only rock-n-roll
This is our religion as heaven we'll never know
No, I'm not delivered, I'm not delivered at all
4.Canyons Of Static
Those marks around your neck
They're not letting your body go
I know it's crawling through your fucking body
We know, we've gotta let it go
My love, my skin is getting thicker
My lung, my heart is getting blacker
Cancer towers ahead
And it's not letting your body go
There's no escape or release or reform
We know we've gotta let it go
My love, my skin is getting thicker
My lung, my heart is getting blacker
You know I walk like you
Talk like a good son should
You know I scream like you
Scream as a good boy should
To let a good thing go
It's over
I've got a feeling, daddy, I don't know
What I've started, what I need
Let it go, kid, it's over
It's over
5.Split The Atom
There's a shadow on the bodies
Of the kids that we all grew up adoring
Can you whisper, can you stutter
Can you breathe whilst the smog climbs through our mountains?
This is bleeding us dry, this is cutting us up
We're the kids who see the world as an empty cup
With a death note and a black stare
And a pardon from a government that doesn't care
We sleep, our locks are picked apart and analyzed
Here's your weapon, here's your secret
Here's the pieces of the puzzles you have hidden
Here's your money, here's your gun
Here's the funeral you've earned only son
Well, we're all drinking alone, we're all singing a tune
We're the kids in the blacked out hospital rooms
With the lights on and our eyes shut
As the bricks and the timber fall around us
We sleep our locks are picked apart and analyzed
Pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up the damn phone
There's a chance we'll make it tonight
Run on, run on, run on, this is an island
Not a tomb for the likes of you and I
Yeah, we've got the pigs skin
Yeah, we split the atom
Yeah, we lost the one good thing we made
Yeah, we're drinking alone, yeah, we're singing a tune
We're the kids in the blacked out hospital rooms
With the lights on and our eyes shut
As the bricks and the timber fall around us
See that bitch swing, fucking treason
Split the atom, split it
6.Neptune
Put me to sea
Raise the flag on my eulogy
Put me to sea
Better off with the waters deep
Raise the flag, raise the flag
Tell the preachers the sky's gone black
Salt the earth, raise the trees
Tell the preachers there's nothing left of me
I've been carved from stone and rock
They chip right into me it's fucking pitiful
I was saved when I met these guys
They chip right into me it's fucking true
Put me to sea
Raise the flag on my eulogy
Put me to sea
Better off with the waters deep
Here's the future they have sold us, clean, safe
It is nothing to be proud of
Coal burns beneath us and rots
We've got charity, we've got motor oil
There's no substitute for that hope
You'd better drop to your knees
These are the songs of the molten lava
This is the whinging of the galley slave
This is for souls with their homes divided
For the fathers who don't know their kids
This is the home for the broken hearted
This is for the passing of the bright idea
Sleep at the bottom of the sea
7.Small Mercies
(Instrumental)
8.Nobody Likes A Hero
It's just a common cold, brought on by a lack of trust
It's just a small stone hanging from an iron cross
It's just a black mark picked up by a fucking nurse
We walk away, walk away like it's not our fault
Can't see, mouth fills up with tar
Black tar, if only you could see
I can't see it, my mouth fills up
It's just that we're dazzled in the homes of the magistrates
Tongue, whip, gold
No choice, we're dazzled in the homes of the magistrates
Can't see it, my mouth fills up with tar
Black tar, if only you could see
We're dazzled in the homes of the magistrates
We're dazzled in the homes of the magistrates
We're dazzled by the magistrates
9.Running On Empty
I'm dead in my mother's eyes
This band barely keeps me alive
This band is the source of all my troubles
All worries
This battleship has struck the tide
Its sailors thrown up on my side
Black water flows through all I know
And all I know is burials
Oh, no future? I'll risk it
At least the risks we take are as a unit
When all we've got is pride
My futures upped and died
I'll cherish every second we're together
I won't remember all the starlight in your skies
I'll just remember all the black tar round your waistband
We pushed the bodies in the lake but it's a train wreck
We never tangle with the weak
No future? I'll risk it
At least the risks we take are as a unit
When all we've got is pride
My futures upped and died
I'll cherish every second we're together
When all we've got is pride
My futures upped and died
But god it left a corpse so pretty
Cherish every second with you
10.Fed To The Ocean
Whale bones, small stones
Flags waving in the hands of the broke and homeless
Dig deep, dig fast
We're screaming for the kids that 'll finish last
This is the sound of the worthless drunk's son
These are the cards of a vulture culture
This is the sound of the right place wrong time
This is the mark of a victimless crime and
Our limits, will be our killer but I'm bored of being afraid
So much for the kids that never quit
I won't regret it, I won't forget it
These are the days were the good die undiscovered
This is a cause won't be fucking bought, not the ones buying
Dead hearts, false starts
Clean the oceans while the whales sleep on their backs
Fall hard, fall down
Dig the tunnels while the worms sleep undisturbed
These are the towers of the kingdoms falling down
This is the sight of the queens blood drenched crown
This is fall of the kings we're killing now
This is the mark of a fingerless town and
Our limits, will be our killer but I'm bored of being afraid
So much for the kids that never quit
I won't regret it, I won't forget it
These are the days were the good die undiscovered
This is a cause won't be fucking bought, not the ones buying
11.Good Old Fashioned Loss
Bring him home, bring him home, bring him in
I've been here many times close to tears
We brought a bunch of reserves
I'm scared the earth won't keep
Safe, warm, shrouded in the dark
We bought a shed load of coal, my family home
Bring him home, bring him home, bring him in
We bought a bunch of reserves
I'm scared the earth won't keep
Bring him home, bring him home, bring him in
I've been here many times close to tears
Bring him home, bring him home, bring him in
I've been here many times close to tears
I want to see the beauty in the world
I want to feel a kinder guiding hand
I want to see the world as Jesus Christ
Or Gandhi or Buddha, Mohammad, whatever and it's done
The message is the message is a fraud and it's done
The question is which question you are asking is a dud
And I'm just a mannequin with your love tacked on
And this is all a failure from the moment that you're gone
This is all I've got from the moment that you're gone
I need to see the health return to you
I need to see forgiveness in your eyes
I need to let you know that you're the only shining light
That keeps my view of heaven as unnecessary slums
And this is all just a failure from the moment that you're gone
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