THE FRAGILE (LEFT)
1. somewhat damaged:
so impressed with all you do, tried so hard to be like you, flew too high and burnt the wing, lost my faith in everything, lick around divine debris, taste the wealth of hate in me, shedding skin succumb defeat. this machine is obsolete, made the choice to go away, drink the fountain of decay, tear a hole exquisite red, fuck the rest and stab the dead, broken bruised forgotten soar, too fucked up to care anymore, poisoned to my rotten core, to fucked up to care anymore, in the back off the side far away is a place where I hide where I stay tried to say tried to ask I needed to all alone by myself where were you? how could you ever think it's funny how everything that swore it wouldn't change is different now, just like you would always say we'll make it through then my head fell apart, and where were you? how could I ever think it's funny how everything you swore would never change is different now, like you said you and me make it through didn't quite fell apart, where the fuck were you?
2. the day the world went away:
I'd listen to the words he'd say, but in his voice I heard decay, a plastic face forced to protray, all the insides left cold and gray, there is a place that still remaines. it eats the fear it eats the pain, the sweetest price he'll have to pay, the day the whole world went away, na na nah, na na na, nah, na na nah, na na na, nah
4. the wretched:
just a reflection, just a glimpse, just a little reminder, of all the what abouts, and all the might have, could have beens, another day, some other way, but not another reason to continue, and now you're one of us the wretched, the hopes and prays, the better days, the far aways, forget it, it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, did it? it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, did it? now you know, this is what it feels like, now you know, this is what it feels like, the clouds will part and the sky cracks open, and god himself will reach his fucking arm through, just to push you down, just to hold you down, stuck in this hole, with the shit and the piss, and it's hard to believe it could come down to this, back at the beginning, sinking, spinning, and in the end, we still pretend, the time we spen, not knowing when, you're finally free, and you could be, but it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, it didn't turn out quite the way you wanted it, now you know, this is what it feels like, now you know, this is what it feels like, you can try to stop it but it keeps coming, you can try to stop it but
5. we're in this together:
I've become impossible, holding on to when, when everything seemed to matter more, the two of us, all used and beaten up, watching fate as it flows down the path we have chose, you and me, we're in this together now, nothing can stop us now, we will make it through somehow, you and me, if the world should break in two, until the very end of me, until the very end of you, awake to the sound as they peel apart the skin, they pick and they pull, trying to get their fingers in, well they've got to kill what we've found, well they've got to hate what they fear, well they've got to make it go away, well they've got to make it disappear, the farther I fall I'm beside you, as lost as I get I will find you, the deeper the wound I'm inside of you, for ever and ever I am a part of, you and me, we're in this together now, none of them can stop us now, we will make it through somehow, you and me, if the world should break in two, until the very end of me, until the very end of you, all that we were is gone we have to hold on, all that we were is gone we have to hold on, when all our hope is gone we have to hold on, all that we were is gone but we can hold on, you and me, we're in this together now, none of them can stop us now, we will make it through somehow, you and me, even after everything, you'er the queen and I'm the king, nothing else means anything
6. the fragile:
she shines, in a world full of ugliness, she matters, when everything is meaningless, fragile, she doesn't see her beauty, she tries to get away, sometimes, it's just that nothing seems worth saving, I can't watch her slip away, I wont let you fall apart, she read the minds of all the people as they pass her by, hoping someone can see, if I could fix myself I'd -, but it's too late for me, I wont let you fall apart, we'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide, I'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side,......but they keep waiting,.....and picking....., it's something I have to to, I was there too, before everything else, I was like you
8. even deeper:
I woke up today, to find myself in the other place, with a trail of my foot prints, from where I ran away, it seems everything I've heard just might be true, and you know me (well you think you do), sometimes, I have everything, yet I wish I felt something, do you know how far this has gone? just how damaged I have become? when I think I can overcome, it runs even deeper, and in a dream I'm a different me, with a perfect you, we fit perfectly, and for once in my life feel complete, and I still want to ruin it, afraid to look, as clear as day, this plan has long been underway, I hear them call, cannot stay, the voice inviting me away, do you know how far this has gone? just how damaged have I become? when I think I can overcome, it runs even deeper, everything that matters is gone, all the hands of hope have withdrawn, could you try to help me hang on? it runs..., I'm straight, I wont crack, on my way back, and I can't turn back, I'm okay, I'm on track, on my way, and I can't turn back, I stayed, on this track, and I can't turn back, I stayed, on this track, gone too far, and I can't come back, I stayed, on this track, lost my way, can't come back
10. no, you don't:
smiling in their faces, while filling up the hole, some many dirtly little places, in your filthy little worn out broken down see through soul, baby's got a problem, tries so hard to hide, got to keep it on the surface, because everything else is dead on the other side, teeth in the necks of everyone you know, you can't keep on sucking until the blood won't flow, when it starts to hurt it only helps to grow, taking all you need (but not this time), no, you don't, and just for the record, just so you know, I did not believe that you could sink so low, you think that you can beat them, I know that you won't, you think you have everything, but no, you don't, no, you don't, no, you don't, no, you don't, no you don't
11. la mer:
and when the day arrives, I'll become the sky, and I'll become the see, and the sea will come to kiss me, for I am going, home, nothing can stop me now
12. the great below:
staring at the sea, will she come? is there hope for me, after all is said and done, anything at any price, all of this for you, all the spoils of a wasted life, all of this for you, all the world has closed her eyes, tired faith all worn thin, for all we could have done, and all that we could have been, ocean pulls me close, and whispers in my ear, the destiny I've chose, all becoming clear, the currents have their say, the time is drawing near, washes me away, makes me disappear, I descend from grace, in arms of undertow, I will take my place, in the great below, I can still feel you, even so far away
The Fragile (right)
1. the way out is through:
All I've undergone, I will keep on, underneath it all, we feel so small, the heavens fall, but we still crawl, all I've undergone, I will keep on
2. into the void:
tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away, talking to myself all the way to the station, pictures in my head of the final destination, all lined up, (all the ones that aren't allowed to stay), tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away, tried to save a place from the cuts and the scratches, tried to overcome the complications and the catches, nothing ever grows and the sun doesn't shine all day, tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away, tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away
3. where is everybody?:
did you ever happen to catch, or did it happen so fast, what you thought would always last, has passed you by, is everything speeding up, or am I slowing down, just spinning around, and I don't know why all the pieces don't fit, thought I really didn't give a shit, I never wanted to be like you, but for all I aspire, I am really a liar, and I'm running out of those things I can do, I'd like to stay, but everyday, everything pushes me further away, if you could show, help me to know, how it's supposed to be, where did it go? pleading and needing and bleeding, and breeding and feeding, exceeding, where is everybody? trying and lying, defying, denying, crying and dying, where is everybody? well okay, enough, you'ev had your fun, but come on there has got to be someone, that hasn't yet become, so numb, and succumb, and, god damn I am so tired of pretening, of wishing I was ending, when all i'm really doing is trying to hide, and keep it al inside, and fill it with lies, open my eyes? maybe I wish I could try, pleading and needing, and bleeding, and breeding, feeding, exceeding, where is everybody? trying and lying, defying, denying, crying, and dying, where is everybody?
5. please:
this is how it begins, push it away but it all comes back again, all the flesh, all the sin, there was a time when it used to mean just about everything, just like now, breath, echoing the sound, time starts slowing down, sink until I drown, (please) I don't ever want to make it stop, and it keeps repeating will you please complete me? never be enough to fill me up, watch the white, turn to red, it fills up the hole but it grows somewhere else instead, all my life, yeah yeah yeah yeah, but it just left me dead, (well guess what?) the world is over and I realize it was all in my head, now everything is clear, I erase the fear, I can disappear, (please) I don't ever want to make it stop, you can never let me, will you please complete me, never be enough, to fill me up
6. starfuckers inc.:
my god sits in the back of a limousine, my god comes in a wrapper of cellophane, my god pouts on the cover of the magazine, my god's a shallow little bitch trying to make the scene, I have arrived and this time you should believe the hype, I listened to everyone now I know that everyone was right, I'll be there for you as long as it works for me, I play a game, it's called insincerity, starfuckers, starfuckers, starfuckers inc., starfuckers, I am every fucking thing and just a little more, I sold my sould but you don't dare call me a whore, and when I suck you off not a drop will go to waste, it's really not so bad once you get past the taste, yeah (asskisser), starfuckers, starfuckers, starfuckers inc., starfuckers, all out pain, how did we ever get by without you? you're so vain, you probably think this song is about you, don't you? don't you? don't you? don't you? now I belong I'm one of the chosen ones, now I belong I'm one of the beautiful ones
8. I'm looking forward to joining you, finally:>
as black as the night can get, everything is safer now, there's always a way to forget, once you learn to find a way how, in the blur of serenity, whre did everything get lost? the flowers of naivete, buried in a layer of frost, the smell of sunshine, I remember sometimes, thought he had it all before they called his bluff, found out that his skin wasn't thick enough, wanted to go back to how it was before, thought he lost everything, then he lost a whole lot more, a fool's devotion swallowed up in empty space, the tears of regret, frozen to the side of his face, the smell of sunshine, I remember sometimes, I've done all I can do, could I please come with you? sweet smell of sunshine, I remember sometimes
9. the big come down:
there is a game I play, try to make myself okay, try so hard to make the pieces all fit, smash it apart, just for the fuck of it, bye bye oooh, the big come down isn't that what you wanted? bye bye oooh, find a place with the failed and forgotten, bye bye oooh, isn't that really what you wanted now? there is no place I can go there is no way I can hide, it feels like it keeps coming from the inside, there is a hate that burns within, the most desperate place I have ever been, try to get back to where I'm from, the closer I get the worse it becomes, the closer I get the worse it becomes, there is no place I can go, there is no place I can hide, it feels like it keeps coming from the inside
10. underneath it all:
all I do, I can still feel you, numb all through, I can still feel you, hear your call, underneath it all, kill my brain, yet you still remain, crucified, after all I've died, after all I've tried, you are still inside, all I do, I can still feel you, you remain, I am stainded
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