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Promises
03:28
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Disguised in a black light
Discreet shadows share me with you.
You sway between her and me and me and you.
The beat a thin veneer--
A hum hovers over a faint boom--
A strobe reveals a severed seal and a certain doom.
The pace remains the same,
Although the song makes you retrace your steps.
The smoke becomes a shroud.
Your feet sinks into the beat until the truth is drowned.
In warm and lofted air,
Like clipped wings beating in staggering spheres,
I spun away into forgotten days then you disappeared.
And then there was only her--
She severed the sound with a subtle sneer.
Then there was only her--
She trounced triumphant but trapped by tears.
Love is a gentle noose.
You tightened it with a sweet caress
Then you cut me loose.
I will never let you be.
If I let you think that you are free,
You won't come back to me.
Tonight, we will dance like it's the end of the world.
The mirrorball explodes--
Pieces shatter across the floor.
I dance paralyzed while the beats pulse thrusts our love out of the door.
The bond which bends is fake--
Bliss binds fools to love's abstract rules.
The shard that reflects you is the one that pierces straight through.
And then there was only me,
Eyes blinded by the morning light,
And then there was only me,
A dark heart illumined by a black light.
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Comfort Colored in Black
03:46
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Your stare is a coward's lair--
There's no turning back--
There's no looking back--
There are only depths,
Comfort colored in black.
Desire is lifted in the coffined air.
You roil and you recoil away,
You knew that you weren't going to stay.
Sounds and visions of you fade away.
Your eyes a camera's shudder permanently stuck in place.
No one was wrong, but no one was right,
We misled each other in well-shrouded lies.
You must let me get out of here!
You must let me get out of here!
The evening smiles on our crippled fate.
The sun disappears as you walk away.
No one was wrong, but no one was right,
Leprous memories retreat into the night.
Love is a Lazarus cave.
Love is a floating grave.
Love is a cameoed sun.
Love is a sentimental shun.
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A Secret I Can't Decode
05:38
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I no longer have the courage for this any more--
I can no longer try.
You can't be honest with your feelings.
The silence softens your lie.
I showed restraint with you that evening.
Thus, this much I deserve to know:
Why did you let me hold you so closely?
A secret I can't decode.
This shouldn't hurt,
I am the one who should walk out of here first.
This shouldn't hurt,
Let's not say anything that can't be reversed.
I won't let you get away with this--
Not this time.
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Death by a Thousand Cuts
07:27
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Illegal Wiretaps Houston, Texas
Our beauty is buried deeply beneath the surface. Underground artists from Houston. Voted 2013's best noise/experimental act
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Stephan Wyatt: Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals
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