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A Ballad of Thaelus
03:19
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'Gather 'round and listen up, I got a drink that will fill your cup! Light a smoke and sit right here cause this is for you, my dear.'
I am the king of circumstance,
I'll turn offense into romance.
I've got a pocket full of gold
and I'll turn diamonds into coal.
(instrumental chorus)
I don't know what I'm gonna do
but if I could I would kill you.
I've got a castle made of sand
and I'll make ashes from this land.
(instrumental chorus)
(instrumental outro)
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Take a drink it's cold outside.
Wear your coat and I'll wear mine
and act as if we don't have a clue.
Study your cold breath,
drink what's left and sing you along to sleep;
not knowing what lies beneath...
SOLD OUT BY THE NIGHT!
JUST YOU AND I, WE'LL FIGHT...
Our teeth sharp and hungry for love
and blood.
I see you, you see me -
maybe we can make babies,
then climb up to the sky
and watch them die from there.
I know you, you know me -
maybe we can build a family,
then climb up this here mountain
sit back and watch them die of fear...
SOLD OUT, BY THE NIGHT!
JUST YOU AND I, WE'LL FIGHT...
Scratching and clawing endrudged
by blood...
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Say what you what, this is my apathy -
Arms held diffused, a smile of empathy.
Say what you want, this is my apathy -
Be not confused by this dagger behind me.
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4. |
Dormir Bien
00:31
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(inaudible)
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...to the deep.
04:36
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They've seen you disappear far away, far away from here. Your eyes were painted black & blue. Your heads been tied on wrong with the crown of the meek strapped on; they killed the priest just for you.
I'LL TAKE YOU OUT AND SET YOU FREE...
In the nature of this kiss - your crooked smile and your plastic lips, "Votre amant ami echappe." My god it's been so long since your heads been tied on wrong. They'll burn your corpse at the end of the day.
I'LL TAKE YOU OUT AND SET YOU FREE...
AND BURY YOUR BONES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA!
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(instrumental)
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7. |
Skin & Bones
03:38
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We'll take our refuge here in time
but meanwhile we'll drink this jug of wine.
I've got something that you want but nothing that you need, give me just a little bit and I'll be your enemy.
I'll make you mine and cross the line, you're locked inside this hell and in the morning, I'll give you warning - you'll feel it just as well!
I find you're never alone.
In this place an empire of frail skin & bones.
"La-da-da-da-da-da-die-die-die-die."
...and in your face a book that reads
-A FACT IS JUST A LIE-
"La-da-da-da-da-da-die-die-die-die."
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Laverna
04:38
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Amanchara's gone, been gone too long.
The creature that was once bare was holding on.
I feel the disdain, it drives me insane
like a banshee that keeps screaming my name.
The breeze of a wave, the end of the day,
the death of a man who was barely awake.
His skin is so cold, his breath was like mold.
It's hard to find a way to escape.
(instrumental chorus)
Is this what you wanted? I can't seem to shake this disease.
Open up your filthy mouth and swallow all that you need!
Today's rotted away by insufferable amounts that you take.
Today's taken away by the one fell swoop of your blade.
(instrumental chorus)
LAVERNA, I'm coming home!
You and me, we're finally all alone!
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9. |
Gallow's Pole
04:21
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This cell is my last stand,
I pace the helmer's land.
Counting down the days.
Lest I forget all the ones that have stood in my way!
Down the sinner's sun!
I AM EVERYONE.
A promenade of impish souls
hangs from the Gallow's Pole.
I'm alright this day,
in my wayward grace.
Bound and gagged with greed -
Garrote please come set me free!
Dusk disparaged the sun!
I AM EVERYONE.
The sky taunts a wicked droll
behind the Gallow's Pole.
'TAKE THIS MAN, HERE AS HE STANDS; MERCY WAS CLEANSED WITH THE BLOOD ON HIS HANDS!'
'FILCH HIS BREATH AND BURN WHAT IS LEFT - WE LUST FOR A BRUTAL, MALEVOLENT DEATH!'
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10. |
Bordeaux's Bordello
01:56
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(instrumental outro)
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