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Undertow (instrumental)
02:28
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Break
03:03
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You think things are fine around you
but I've been locked inside my head
The sky is falling down upon you
all the black becoming red
Crack the glass and smash the mirror
I no longer want to see
The fragments of my fate seem clearer
..and there is not much left of me!
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Mine
04:09
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I don't know what you want from me
I don't know what you are
I don't know why I do these things
or why it goes too far
So you gave to me what you will never ever see
and you will never know.. what it did to me
how bad it felt when I put the knife inside
but you'd never believe me
but you say I didn't try
I did not do what you want to
then it wasn't my idea of what to put you through
This thing that wasn't mine
I could show you the door and you'd walk through it
but you wouldn't like what you would find
You could bring me down with just one word
and then the only thing that's left
is the emptiness that's inside
Then you gave to me what you will never ever see
and you will never know.. what it did to me
how bad it felt when I put the knife inside
You said you'd never deceive me
but you said you didn't lie
You did not do what I want to
you know it wasn't my idea of what I want from you
This thing that wasn't mine
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Down in the park
where the machmen meet
the machines and play 'Kill by numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called 'Five'
I was in a car crash
Or was it the war
But I've never been
Quite the same
Little white lies
Like 'I was there'
Come to 'Zom Zoms'
A place to eat
Like it was built
In one day
You can watch the humans
Trying to run
Oh look
There's a rape machine
I'd go outside
If he'd look the other way
You wouldn't believe
The things they do
Down in the park
Where the chant is
'Death, death, death'
Until the sun cries morning
Down in the park
With friends of mine
We are not lovers
We are not romantics
'We are here to serve you'
A different face
But the words never change
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5. |
Rewired
03:50
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Out by the wall where the snakes all crawl and I know
Damn little moles in the hole
I can't give'em any more
and the sounds they will make it's like a bad mouth seventh son
and it drones when they come in the night past the fading sun
The machine's all crawling down your back
now you cannot stand
for the hack that leads you to the black-top
down where you land
Taking all your parts
dis-assembling your heart
now you'll redefine
we have no room for any liars
so we're taking all your wires
until you fall in line
Your thoughts of what you would never
never want to do anything
The scrapes on your hands
you never bother
they're healin' anyway
Now you're breaking apart
and you can't see the park through the fog
Why you never finish what you start
with your digital/analog
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6. |
A Dream-Like State
05:02
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Move along the passage dreaming aimlessly
asleep on the pillow
they come crawling back to me
the rabbit goes down the hole
lying I try to breathe
intentionally escaping
as far as the mind can see
a weak faded image
fragile symmetry
following all the mystery
that reveals itself to me
the rabbit goes down the hole
conspiring to deceive
cleverly masquerading
see what you want to see
tumbling down the hole
all that I can perceive
I think I'll soon be trapped here
they'll never let me leave
but the tape is now running empty
it's grip is now loosening
returning to old reality
and all that I used to be
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Love
04:58
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there is a hole that finds a way
through the hollowest of hearts
it lightens up your day
while it's tearing you apart
it wants to take away
all the hope that you've been stealing
it tries to make you free
from the burden of your feelings
i don't care if you need love
i don't care if you speak love
i don't care if you feel love
i don't care if it's real love
there is a time and there's a place
for all the emptiness to start
scoring lines upon your face
and dropping blood into your art
bittersweet the aftertaste
and all the parts that you've been healing
all the warmth that time erased
on the floor you'll soon be kneeling
all your demons giving chase
all the shadows creeping in
over the pool of your disgrace
the final notes of violin
lasting memories will fade
all the time that you've been wasting
only wish that you could trade
for one more moment left embracing
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8. |
Nobody Else
03:59
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descending
the delicate hope of my whole endeavor
the shape you take
expecting me not to notice
and I hide
inside myself
without a sound
without emotion
my mind
inside
biding my time
and I will be fine
even though my heart is broken for the millionth time
I won't be fallen
self-sustained I will find a way to live
until the pain subsides
grace and purity you never had
not at all convincing
they look upon your empty promises
and fail to see
you cheat
out for yourself
no one else
no one important
nobody else
no one at all
even though my heart is broken for the millionth time
I won't be fallen
self-sustained I will find a way to live
until the pain subsides
and when you think you can judge someone in your pathetic life
know you're nothing better
your narcissistic self-importance
will never lead you right
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The Static Architect is the noisy alter-ego of Nick McLaren, based out of Southern California. Sounds consist of an amalgamation of noise, guitars, and electronics. A sonic hack into your virtual soul.
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