I’m being chased by dirty robot cops

Yelling stop

But I won’t stop, I won’t stop, no way

Cause my life depends on getting out of here

If they catch me I’ll be locked up for a hundred thousand years

They wanna put me on stage and make me play so the people come and pay

Sing and dance, stop my foot

Check the boxes, break the rules

And I’ll ask you all if you are entertained

Do you like my songs or are they kind of lame

So I crawl in the dark crushed by the weight of this junkyard

Muffled voice, I try to shout

There’s got to be a way out

As my hand breaks through and reaches towards the sky

The circling vultures descend on me

I’m fighting for my life

Wanna put me on stage

But it’s getting hard to play

Mangled hands, melted face

But the people already paid

So I do my best to give you what you want

At the starting line while you all cheer the robots start their hunt

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I climbed the ladder, I’m at the top

Do I jump or do I stop

There’s no way out except straight down

My life force draining out

I loosen my grip, I’m leaning back

I let go, everything turns black

I open my eyes, I’m back on stage

What do you want?

…

You talked when I couldn't speak

You looked when I couldn’t see

But when you sang you set me free

And the things you’ve shown to me

The details and intricacies

Ripped the veil from the life I lived

Exposed the world for what it is

I’ll never live that way again

And now I’m fallin’ for you

I’d work my fingers to the bone

There’s nothing I wouldn’t do

To be

The one who gets to be with you

So we walked when I couldn’t run

You said smelling the flowers is half the fun

With each breath you’re in my lungs

And now I'm letting go of what I

Always thought was real life

Til I had you by my side

I’ll love you til the day I die

And now I’m so in for you

I’d work my fingers to the bone

There’s nothing I wouldn’t do

To be

The one who gets to be with you

And now I’m so in for you

I’d work my fingers to the bone

There’s nothing I wouldn’t do

To be

The one who gets to be with you

With a bag in one hand

She lifts the gate from the latch

She knows she’s never going back

And she feels so alone

Hollow pain makes her laugh

So she’ll rule all alone

An empty kingdom from her throne

In the place nobody goes

And she feels so alone

Where the summer’s cold

And she asking will you miss me

Baby when you’re lonely

When she leapt out into nothing

The sun was setting

She never made a sound

Just closed her eyes and smiled

we’re falling

She sits alone at her window

Waves crash on rocks below

She never thought it would be so cold

The place where no one goes

♪ ♪ ♪

And she’s asking will you miss me

Baby when you’re lonely

When she leapt out into nothing

The sun was setting

She never made a sound

Just closed her eyes and smiled

we’re falling

And calling her home

They met in high school

They were sweethearts

She liked to sing

He played the guitar

They’d get their own place someday on Alder Street

They had a rock band

They started playing gigs

She was a star

They started getting big

She got a contract but she’d have to leave

When he walked in she was lying on the floor

She looked at him said I don’t wanna have to go

But I gotta go

Someday I'll come home

She went on tour, she hit the big time

She had some flings, no time for love life

She’d write every song for the boy she left behind

He tried to date a bit, no one would ever stick

Other girls weren’t like her, they weren’t made for him

So he’d watch her through the magazine

What he didn’t know she looked for him at every show

What she didn’t know he prayed each day that she’d come home

So come on home

One day she reached out, said do you wanna meet

He said name the place, she said on Alder Street

Rain hit the pavement in time with their heartbeats

When they met she placed her hand upon his chest

With his arms around her they kissed like it was their first

Never alone, welcome home

The sun’s setting now

Promises are worn down

There’s not a sound in this house

I hear the door as you walk out

I look for you in the crowd

I’ve been searching all over town

After all these years I can’t sleep without you near

In this crowded space I call out your name

Baby baby baby please don’t fall asleep

I don’t want you to forget about me in your dreams

I got these nightmares they’ve been haunting me

Where you meet another man but he’s not what he seems

He takes you away and tears you apart

I’m searching for you endlessly in the dark

Bring you back to life with a piece of my heart

As I hold you in my arms

Kiss me at midnight

I find you on the beach

Staring out at sea

I pull you near to me

Looking up your eyes say please

Don’t leave me here

Cause I can’t sleep without you near

She said

Baby baby baby don’t fall asleep

I don’t want you to forget about me in your dreams

I got these nightmares they’ve been haunting me

Where you meet another girl but she’s not what she seems

Takes you away and tears you apart

I’m searching for you endlessly in the dark

Bring you back to life with a piece of my heart

As I hold you in my arms

repeat chorus

I see you out with him again

He’s talking to another girl

You’re dancing by yourself

As the song begins

I see your smile across the room

I can’t help myself I’m drawn right into you

He can’t see your smile but I can

He can’t handle your wild but I can

He will never let you fly

Keep you in a jar until you die

He can’t love you the way that I can

That I can

He doesn’t hold the door for you, he walks right through

He doesn’t appreciate the little things about you

He wants you to look like a barbie doll

Like the ones he flirts with at the bar

He can’t see just how perfect you are

And you are just the way you are

He doesn’t know you love The Clash

He doesn’t know you paint your nails when you get mad

He doesn’t know you don’t drink red wine

Not since 2005

On that rainy Oregon night

Rainy Oregon night

He can’t see your smile but I can

He can’t handle your wild but I can

He will never let you fly

Keep you in a jar until you die

He can’t love you the way that I can

That I can

Our journey hides us from the sun

But we come with a thousand battles won

Our shadows whisper on the leaves

And I hear them calling out to me

I’ve loved you through a thousand lives

And each time I've had to watch you die

We’re stepping further in tonight

And you’ll be forever by my side

When you need a knight in shining armor I’ll play the part

I’ll help you fight all of the demons you keep in the dark

I’ll help you pull yourself together when you fall apart

And all the pieces you’re missing you can take from my heart

Rip me open, take what you need

I’ll offer myself willingly for you to feed

And when you’ve drained it all

There’s nothing left to bleed

Open your veins and share with me

When you need a knight in shining armor I’ll play the part

I’ll help you fight all of the demons you keep in the dark

I’ll help you pull yourself together when you fall apart

And all the pieces you’re missing you can take from my heart

Rip me open, take what you need

I’ll offer myself willingly for you to feed

And when you’ve drained it all

There’s nothing left to bleed

Open your veins and share with me

Got invited to a party and my girl really wants to go

She asked me what do I think?

I said I don’t know it could be fun

I still know how to turn it up and cut a rug

Even though I don’t drink

We get ready and off we go

It’s almost midnight when we show

I’m getting creeped on by some chick I don’t know

I hear some shit, I turn to look

And my girl’s ‘bout to knock out this hoe

Oh no

She takes a swing but she doesn’t hit a thing

As the girl disappears all I hear is laughing

I’m seeing red eyes from the shadows

Where they hide

As the room grows cold they’re moving in tight

And my girl whispers

You’re gonna die

A look on her face I don’t recognize

She’s got pure black smoldering eyes

I’m like baby, I thought we were cool

She said

There is no baby only Zuul!

Will you accept The Promise?

Do you accept you’re going to die?

I fall down on the floor

As they’re moving forward

I turn around and make a scramble for the door

I’ve gotta get outside, my only chance to survive

But they’re right behind me

Run

We ran for our lives in the dark

Chasing down a dying spark

The endless night

The amber flames

The burning house falling on forgotten names

We ran for our lives in the dark

With only a shell of a beating heart

The stars softly closed their silver eyes

We’re letting go of the night

And I never felt so high

An endless expanse

An ending life

On the edge of every knife

We turned away

Let it burn

Stood aside

Stepped in line to wait our turn

We ran for our lives in the dark

With only a shell of a beating heart

The stars softly closed their silver eyes

We’re letting go of the night

And I never felt so high

The falling lights creating puddles on the wall

Can you feel the stillness of the night

The beginning of the fall

All the pieces we need scatter in the breeze

While the sea is burning

And the world begins to freeze

No feeling, there’s nothing here

Nothing left to give

There’s nothing here

Nothing left to give

When there’s nothing left to fear

Just silence in this moment

It’s not ours if we don’t own it

Tonight I feel nothing at all

♪ ♪ ♪

No feeling, there’s nothing here

Nothing left to give

There’s nothing here

Nothing left to give

When there’s nothing left to fear

Just silence in this moment

It’s not ours if we don’t own it

Tonight I feel nothing at all