WHAT’S REAL?
Launch into the void
A lonesome destination
Between shadows
And sharpened grins
A hidden hand slides
Carving up the scenes
From a house up on the hill
Point the wicked finger
And chill us to the bone
Innocently standing by
For an honest horror show
These champions of disguise
Are never gonna let us go
What's real?
Digging in the dirt
What's real?
Down on our luck
What's real?
No one seems to know
What's real
I can smell it from here
A species in decline
And ignorance is the bliss
That kills
Mystery awaits us
From a dark and checkered past
When a car pulled up and we go in
Now we're going much too fast
What's real?
Lost in the wilderness
What's real?
Losing faith in ourselves
What's real?
The more you learn the less we know
What's real
Darkness is falling down
Around the corners of the room
Karma slips through the back door
When the players are getting paid
Money the motivator
Devil in the leading role
Charge for information
A subscription to the soul
What's real?
Now you've got my attention
What's real?
I can't believe I'm saying this
What's real?
Where did we go wrong
What's real?
CRY
When you love someone
You let your guard down low
And then you come to do
What you've come to know
As your favorite trick down the darkest road
I'm gonna make you cry
I am gonna make you cry
I have waited for this high to come
Not the kind you find with just anyone
Now I'm gonna make you cry
I am gonna make you cry
It's a nasty trick It turns a true love sick
When bad habits just don't die
Quite hard enough
And we make a mess of the precious stuff
I'm gonna make you cry
I am gonna make you cry
I have waited for this high to come
Not the kind you find with just anyone
Now I'm gonna make you cry
I am gonna make you cry
I can't help myself
Or anyone else
The world extends to the skin I'm in
While mercy lies behind these green blue eyes
I'm gonna make you cry
I am gonna make you cry
I am gonna make you cry
I am gonna make you cry
I am gonna make you cry
PERFECTION
Gave up on laws of love
Now we're feigning perfection
When the joke of nature Is a constant temptation
I wanna be wrong
I wanna be wrong
So we feel the shame
That is crowding the sequence
When there's no compassion
We despair in our weakness
I wanna be wrong
I wanna be wrong
Perfection
Perfection
Perfection
Perfection
There are echoes in
This crowded conversation
Of who is more perfect
And are you ready for
Perfection
Perfection
Perfection
Perfection
Stick to your guns
And sink with the treasure
A senseless victory
Cause we're helpless to failure
I wanna be wrong
I wanna be wrong
Perfection
Perfection
Perfection
Perfection
WHO U KNOW
Anyone
Anybody with eyes can see
I'm not in the club no
No I'm not in the club
I could care
I could care less to play by your rules
I don't play the game no
No I don't play the game
I don't know who u know
So I belong to those who don't belong
I don't care who you know
Cause I belong to those who don't belong
Bang your drum
You can go on and bang your drum
But I don't dance to your beat no
No I don't dance to your beat
I can't pretend
I can't pretend that I want in when
It's not what you know now
It's only who u know
And I don't know who u know
So I belong to those who don't belong
I don't care who you know
Cause I belong to those who don't belong
Who u know
Who u know
Who u know
Who u know
Who u know
DAWN CHORUS 66
The night comes to life
Right before the dawn
A riot before the storm
When the world can wear you down
Birds can sing blue murder
To the shadows in the room
I'm not giving up I've been here before
A beggar at the door
With the moonlight in my eyes
A rider in the night
I'm just trying to sleep
So I can fall into a dream
Forget what I was doing here
Get back to somewhere I belong
I look across the bed
And see the world unfold
The tidal wave foretold
There's a room within you lover
A secret suit of armor
I'm just trying to sleep
So I can fall into a dream
Forget what I was doing here
Get back to somewhere I belong
Every night the song bird cries
For the loneliness inside us
And as it floated by me slowly I could tell that it was holy
And lonely
The night comes to life
Right before the dawn
A riot before the storm
No one stays the same
So there's nothing there to find
Just treat your love like treasure
Before the poison hits your heart
And learn to live with violence
Before the world wears you down
(Hang onto me)
Before the world wears you down
(Hang onto me)
Before the world wears you down
(Hang onto me)
Before the world wears you down
(Hang onto me)
Before the world wears you down
(Hang onto me)
Miracle myth
Idolize
Liberty
Worship
Celebrity
Power
Avarice
No soul
Hollywood
Poverty
Politics
Excess
No less
The cult of the individual
We built this miracle myth
A temple to ourselves
Gods in the anthropocene
We made this spiritual mess
That nothing else can live in
Pervert
Overdose
Metropolis
Bankrupt
Jesus
Say your prayers
Racist
Rat race
Hypocrisy
Empire
Arrogance
Atom bomb
The cult of the individual
We built this miracle myth
A temple to ourselves
Gods in the anthropocene
We made this spiritual mess
That nothing else can live in
The cult of the individual
We built this miracle myth
A temple to ourselves
Gods in the anthropocene
We made this spiritual mess
That nothing else can live in
SOMETHING STRONGER
Wine and coffee
Don't work for me anymore
Nothing seems to get me
Down or up off the floors
I'm gonna need something stronger
I'm gonna need something new
I try and I try and I can't help but lose
I'm gonna need something stronger for these blues
Whips and leather
Don't excite me like they used to
Pain without pleasure
Has lead me here to you
I'm gonna need something stronger
I'm gonna need something new
I try and I try and I can't help but lose
I'm gonna need something stronger for these blues
Faith has no meaning
When I'm standing in gods shoes
A myth without feeling Is reality I abuse
I'm gonna need something stronger
I'm gonna need something new
I try and I try and I can't help but lose
I'm gonna need something stronger for these blues
LAURA
Cross my heart till I die
Nothing can come between you and I cause
Even if we tried to replace it It's a love so big we could never erase it
You are a lioness, you have my desire
You are a fortress, you're all that I admire
And if it's fleeting then nothing will compare
But you'll wanna hang on when you find a love so rare
Laura
Nothing can come between you and I
Laura
Nothing can come between you and I
You and I
You and I
It's not always easy and I'm sure we've paid a price but
For a love so monumental I'd gladly pay twice
You've heard me say that I don't sing love songs but I
Just wanna remind you of my devotion
Just wanna remind you of my devotion
Laura
Nothing can come between you and I
Laura
Nothing can come between you and I
You and I
You and I
RED GIANT
Goodbye I'm gone
I don't need you around to never be wrong
Goodbye so long
I don't need you this time, I can go it alone
I proposed a truce, an end to this war
This blood ain't getting thicker for the family I adore
Give yourself a chance
We've both been deluded by this sense of regret
Give yourself a chance
I waited so long to hear you say what I wanted you to say
Goodbye I'm gone
I don't need you around to never be wrong
Goodbye so long
I don't need you this time, I can go it alone
As soon as I admit that peace is never gonna come
Will likely be the moment when you see where I'm coming from
Give yourself a chance
Your logic has become too rich for my blood
Give yourself a chance
The closer I look the more I see what I didn't want to see
Goodbye I'm gone
I don't need you around to never be wrong
Goodbye so long
I don't need you this time, I can go it alone
Give yourself a chance
Before this son sets in the west
Give yourself a chance
Before this son sets in the west
Give yourself a chance
Give yourself a chance