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Black Box
01:44
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You don’t need to worry anymore
All your little troubles will be
As distant as the stars above
My love
And if my life crashes to the ground
Just listen to the black box in my heart
And you will hear how I loved you from the start.
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Somebody told me a long time ago
If you can learn to hang on, you can learn to let go
Well I let go, now I’m here in outer space
Through my telescope I can see your face
I can see our Santa Barbara nights
All those times we was too high to drive
Can’t believe we made it home alive
Don’t tell my parents what we did
They would disown me as their kid
Send me to a place where no one goes
And leave me searching for God in a godless world
Somebody said you got an autograph
Of a washed-up actress who was cut in half
Well I couldn’t help it, baby, I just had to smile
‘Cause I used to see that girl every once in a while
We would drive up to Santa Fe
Watch our spirit animals play
Eat candy bars under the Milky Way
Señorita took me to the bar
Where Carlos Castaneda played guitar
Singing those songs you only know
When you’re searching for God in a godless world
When I woke up this morning, couldn’t find my face
Now I know I must’ve left it ‘round here someplace
I don’t wanna scare the neighbors, so don’t call the police
Just go get me a new one, here take my keys
I wanna be an angel in disguise
Or a devil who mixes the truth with lies
Eyes as big and blue as the sky
I’ll change my name from Josh to Jack
Get a tattoo across my back
A picture of someone I lost long ago
Who was searching for God in a godless world.
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Go put on your darkest dress
Leave your hair a gorgeous mess
Let’s go out and see the sights
We’ll do anything you like
It’ll be alright.
We’ll go paint the town Marlboro red
Before the devil knows I’m dead.
We’ll go steal a fancy car
Go trash a fancy bar
Let’s do all the things tonight
That we never did in life
And it’ll be alright.
Get a belly full of alcohol and lead
Before the devil knows I’m dead.
Let’s go take a little trip
Down to the Sunset Strip
We’ll be superstars tonight
Amongst the city lights
And it’ll be alright.
Find an angel and bring her right back to our bed
Before the devil knows I’m dead.
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Welcome to my paradise
Where nothing escapes, not even light
When beggars die, there are no comets seen
Just shopping carts full of forgotten dreams
When I was alive, I was always on the run
Never knew where I was going or what I was running from
But now that I’m gone, I feel safe, I feel calm
It’s here in the darkness I finally belong
I’m the king of the void, I’m the lord of the black
I’m the lover of nothing and nothing loves me back
But there’s times when I laugh ‘cause I feel so alone
Just waiting on the first bus to come take me home
Welcome to my haunted house
If we make it till morning, I’ll let you out
The mayor of chaos and broken hearts
Still lives with his parents, still afraid of the dark
Never been a prom king, never been a drama queen
Never been, ever been much of anything
You make me feel like an astronaut in outer space
I want to spend the night orbiting around your place
And your legs and your arms and your fingers and your toes
And wherever you tell my spaceship to go
Just don’t send me away to the void, to the black
I’m afraid next time I won’t find my way back.
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The Devil Knows I'm Dead
02:20
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A stillness in the morning, the clouds are dressed in grey
Jesus in Gethsemane knows who’s on the way
The angels hold a place for me safe in Heaven’s bed
I can hear them calling
But the devil knows I’m dead.
All this life I’ve wandered through the fog and rain
Asking absolution, offering my own name
A stranger in the darkness beneath a moon of red
Delivered me to mercy
Now the devil knows I’m dead.
The oceans soothe your sorrows, the mountains shield your blame
The deserts know your loneliness, the forests hide your pain
Take to them, my darling, let your feet be led
For I am lost, my darling
And the devil knows I’m dead.
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My baby doll writes me letters in the spring
From the Duchess of Temptation
But in the winter
They’re from the Queen of Heartbreak and Destruction
I don’t know her
But she does oh so well.
My baby doll sees the future and tells it to me
In her letters from a country that loves its princess
But the queen
She longs for heartbreak and destruction
I don’t know why
But she does oh so well.
My baby doll
Or should I say, Her Majesty
She writes me letters
I burn them all
They’re filled with nothing but tales of heartbreak and destruction
From some queen that I don’t know
But she does oh so well.
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Baby tells me that she wants to get married
Hallelujah, hallelujah
She’s the only one who knows where all the bodies are buried
Hallelujah, hallelujah
I’m so in love, babe
The only way I’ll stay satisfied Is lying right by your side.
Hey Mamacita, I ain’t got any money
Hallelujah, hallelujah
She says, “You’ve got an ass that more than makes up for all that, honey.” Hallelujah, hallelujah
I’m so in love, babe
The only way I’ll stay satisfied Is lying right by your side.
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In the mountains, out at sea
In the canyons, that’s the place for me
Across the bridges where time forgot
On the fringes
Well, so long my lady, yes, I love you a lot
But I’m sorry, pretty baby
Guess I’d rather be where people are not.
On the down low, far away
Beyond the rainbows, that’s where I wanna stay
Beyond the beltways, without a second thought
On the highways
Well, so long my lady, yes, I love you a lot
But I’m sorry, pretty baby
Guess I’d rather be where people are not.
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I Choose Darkness
03:05
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Laying here I pretend I’m six feet underground
The world goes on around me
But I don’t make a sound
I don’t have to worry about traffic or bills
All I need to do is lie here
And simply be still
Saturday nights are made for torture and fun
I sit in the parking lot playing with my gun
Flip through the stations
Try to find the right song
And slip into the shadows
That’s where I belong
The sun makes its way with its confident charms
Holds us and spins us around in its arms
Always there to guide us like a motherly friend
But I choose the darkness
Again and again
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Beyond Your Shrine
03:45
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When I imagine you
Giving me your love
Giving me your love
Giving me your love
All of this was my own fault
Star struck by a pretty face
And I think that she knows
This must be the place
From the chaos of the cosmos
Your star briefly danced with mine
When your orbit disappeared
Your star became a shrine
When I imagine you
Giving me your love
Giving me your love
Giving me your love
I’ve got you, babe, I’ve got you
Your shoulder to cry on
You’re friend and family all in one
And will always cheer you on
But if you become a stranger again
And move on past what’s been
I’ll still be in your galaxy
Wrapped up in your gravity
All alone
Beyond your shrine
When I imagine you
Giving me your love
Giving me your love
Giving me your love
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My Psychotropic Mistress
03:19
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Every now and then I hear disembodied voices
Saying I should just call your bluff
At three in the morning, I ain’t got too many choices
Stick it out, or say enough’s enough
‘Cause darling, I’m missing you
Baby I’m missing you
My psychotropic mistress floats in from the darkness
All her whispers sound like hurricanes
She feeds me lines that leave my nights blown to stardust
When the sun comes out, I’m left with what remains
Just me missing you
Baby I’m missing you
I got a heart that somehow was tangled in barbed wire
I got a soul from a secondhand store
I got an ego that roars louder than a tiger
And a mind that don’t know nothing anymore
Just that I’m missing you
Baby I’m missing you
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12. |
Wood Burning Fireplace
01:53
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Wood burning fireplace
All these words I want erased
Take these letters into your embrace
Send ‘em off into outer space
Wood burning fireplace
I don’t want to remember her face
Take these pictures into your embrace
Send her off, and don’t leave no trace
Wood burning fireplace
All these songs just make my heart break
Take this guitar into your embrace
Send it off into outer space
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Do you want to be alone?
Well maybe I don’t
Should I leave you alone?
Well maybe I won’t
Am I being rude?
Should I be more polite?
Am I killing the mood?
Should I kill all the lights?
Well...
Oh my love
I’m not afraid of the dark
Seems like the world went and lost its mind
Ain’t no big deal, I do it all the time
Seems like heaven is abandoned and cursed
Seems like hell has sent back all of its worst
Well...
Oh my love
I’m not afraid of the dark
Oh my love
But I know that you are.
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14. |
The Ends of the Earth
04:11
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I would’ve crawled on my knees for you
Naked through a swarm of bees for you
Knocked their hives down from the trees for you
Fed you honey with my fingers that were stung
I would’ve killed a thousand kings for you
Stolen all their shiny things for you
Forced their queens to bring them all to you
But you’re long, long gone
I would’ve taken all the blame for you
Set every bridge I had aflame for you
Changed my face and changed my name for you
And slept each night beside a loaded gun
I would’ve braved the gates of hell for you
Faced Satan and all his personnel for you
Oh, how they would’ve laughed that I fell for you
‘Cause you’re long, long gone
Oh well
I would’ve gone to the ends of the earth for you
Anywhere in the universe for you
I would’ve lived, I would’ve died for you
But you’re gone and there’s nothing I can do
I would’ve challenged wrong and right for you
Got into several barroom fights for you
Nearly died and seen the light for you
And left heaven as fast as I could run
Just to work a soulless career for you
Night after night, year after year for you
Until I all but disappeared for you
But you’re long, long gone
Oh well
I would’ve gone to the ends of the earth for you
Anywhere in the universe for you
I would’ve lived, I would’ve died for you
But you’re gone and there’s nothing I can do
I would’ve been a good man to you
Made lots of little plans with you
Never would’ve made demands of you
Except to be there when each day was done
I would’ve gone to the ends of the earth for you
Anywhere in the universe for you
But I can see what that was worth to you
‘Cause you’re long, long gone.
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