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Blackthoughts
03:20
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Here I am there’s nothing I can see
Nothing to hold or buoy me
Is it a gift? Or just a curse
First thing I remember as a child
Amazing moonwalk in black and white
They wouldn’t touch me afraid they’d see
I will never know who gave me my name, where I was born, if I’m alone
I want an answer only one, is there a difference?
Here I am there’s nothing I can say
I’m deep in blackthought
My name is Walter, fifty years old
And sinking under
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Watching those faerie lights flying around my bed
Tracing friendly forms
The other kids in the orphanage cannot seem to see
The one who’s watching me
She flickers in the twilight
Whisper in my ear many times
Gently speaking simple lines
A little rhyme…
Tum - tum - tum - tumble down
Stum - stum - stumble around
Humble lost humble found
Beg a penny leave a pound
Never break this spell
Thought I saw starry lights floating above my head
Hazy like a dream
At the playground the other kids are shouting along with me
Away we hide and seek
I can’t keep from singing
Who’s that girl just leaving? Run to hide
Still I hum the tune inside another time
Just one last time…
Tum - tum - tum - tumble down
Stum - stum - stumble around
Humble lost humble found
Beg a penny leave a pound
Never break this spell
Never break this spell
Tumble down
Stum - stum - stumble around
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3. |
Tie Breaker
04:12
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This is the day yeah I’ve got to be ready
Step it up show them what I can do
Jacket on knot my tie I’m a killer
Let’s go Walt gonna break it!
This will change my life
Hurry up! I can’t wait anymore
Cause this will change my life
Gonna do it (you can do it) this time
Seven years make me jump like a monkey
Wait in line now’s my time to break through
This new design’s gonna turn all the lights green
Gun it Walt Motor City!
This will change my life
Hurry up! I can’t wait anymore
Cause this will change my life
Gonna do it (you can do it) this time
On this day
Fortune smiles upon me
And I will walk on high
Supermodels at my side
And the world shall know my name
This will change my life
Hurry up! I can’t wait anymore
Cause I will change my whole damn life
I can do it (gonna do it) this time
Hurry up!
Gonna do it this time
I can do it
I’m wrapping up sealing the deal like a winner
Here come the boss he got a smile on his face
Walk up to me “Congratulations, put ‘er there boy!”
I feel the pressure going up in my head
This can’t be happening now not again no
Oh my lord oh yes he’s seeing it too
Just touch my hand and all the barriers fall down
Now he and I both know the way he’s gonna…… (YOU’RE FIRED!)
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4. |
Nobody Answers
04:44
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Every night after work when I wander back home
Lie on the sofa watching the lights
A bottle of whiskey a half filled glass
Stare out the window brace for a fight
Will I hear her sobbing in the space above?
The sound of the struggle freezes my blood
Then I feel through the floor dark vibrations
Climb up the old steps and tap on the door
Nobody answers no one’s there
Nobody’s living at the top of the stairs
In the hall when we pass by, the light of the day
I replay the words, I never could say
She’s barely concealed with her upturned coat
The black and blue circles ringing her throat
Changing my mind I turn back on my heels
Stretching a hand in the hope she can feel
But the lines of her face show no reaction
Fading away she just drifts through the door
Nobody answers no one’s there
Nobody’s living at the top of the stairs
Whenever I reach out she disappears
Nobody answers a ghost cannot hear
Night after night I spend watching the cars
In this hole underground boxed in alone
Home I keep drinking ’til the pictures stop
Let me lie sleeping endings unknown
Like the film on a window that filters the light
Her stark vision haunts all the days of my life
Nobody answers...
I might have saved her if I’d only dared
A touch on her shoulder a touch anywhere
She could have seen how the curtain would fall
Now nobody answers there’s no one
No one at all
A bottle of whiskey and an empty glass…
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5. |
The View Inside
04:09
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Oh after the dream subsides
The colors remain burned on my eyes
Look at the crumbling city outside
But I have a vision, a faithful guide
I paint the beauty, the view inside
I’m floating on endless sky
Cerulean shell eases my mind
Face in the clouds only I recognize
Hovering over the velvet white
Dreaming with angels, the view inside
Life can turn on a dime leave you wondering why it went wrong
Simple word in my ear I forgot how to hear and it’s gone
Could I quit these four walls I would undo it all
But to paint in this sweet isolation’s the price of my pride
So dreams be my guide
Oh after the dream subsides
The image remains burned on my mind
Here in this room I’m content to reside
Follow my vision, my faithful guide
Safe in the beauty, the view inside
Trust in my perfect unerring guide
I paint the colors, the view inside
Trust in my vision, my faithful guide
I paint the beauty, the view inside
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6. |
Flashback
04:18
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I read on a piece of paper
Written for me ten years later
Someone knocked upon my door
Left it lying on the floor
Strange words about my future
About my son about my daughter
But I ain’t got a family
No one living here but me
I reach for a glass of water
But standing up my balance falters
No capacity to feel
As if nothing here is real
Lie down on the floor I
Try my best to visualize
What my life was like before
I heard that knocking on my door
Flash back can you recall?
You’re not really here at all
Look past the scene before your eyes
It’s just a flashback in disguise
I read in the morning paper
About a man named Arnold Slater
Woke up from a ten year dream
To find his life had never been
This story it’s so familiar
But that’s not me my name is Walter!
I don’t know who is who
If one and one are even two
Flash back can you recall?
You’re not really here at all
Look past the scene before your eyes
It’s just a flashback in disguise
Flash back can you recall?
You’re not really here at all
Look past the scene before your eyes
It’s just a flashback recognize…
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7. |
Dream Seller
03:28
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Tell me what you want now
Cause I’m the dealer
The dream wheeler
Choose a destination
Close your eyes
And put your hand on mine
You will feel a little pain
Like heroin in your vein
Satisfaction guaranteed
Give you what your hunger needs
Selling dreams to anyone payin’ cash
I don't care had enough of bein’ trash
I can send your head trippin’ first class
Pay the man and step inside
Dream seller
Give me all you got now
Cause I’m the dealer
Soul stealer
Think you’re gonna fly high?
Well shut your eyes
And kiss your mind goodbye
Man you got no freakin’ clue
What this thing will do to you
Bring you to your sorry knees
Live your death in ecstasy
Selling dreams to anyone payin’ cash
I don't care had enough of bein’ trash
I can send your head trippin’ first class
Pony up and take a ride
Dream seller I'm your dealer
Dream seller
Like heroin in your vein
Satisfaction guaranteed
Live your death in ecstasy
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8. |
Keep In Touch
04:57
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Gone crazy I lose control
Of my body and of my soul
I refuse, this cannot be
The walls are falling down around me
I feel a certain euphoric fire
Nobody can cut my wire
Come close my friend
And we’ll behold your flaming end
Keep in touch…
Salutations how’s it going
And would you like to die this morning?
What’s your fancy front or back
Bullet brain or heart attack?
Do you want to know your fate?
Well sorry bud, but it’s too late
Ran out of time
Embrace the blackness in your mind
Keep in touch…
Time out something’s wrong I think you’re losing it
Been given all of this power you just abusing it
This stupid shit is gonna hit you like a ton of bricks
So time to switch it up and show you what you’re really screwing with
I refuse….
To even listen to your jokes so
I’m plottin’ my revenge until they hang me from a rope
I’m a strangle I’m a choke ’em makin’ ‘em look until they broken
Better take a step back I’m on edge I might snap
Another day another play
Prepare yourself to fly away
Surrender now return from life
It’s time to make a sacrifice
No other day no other way
Those phantom words have blown away
There was a girl or was she not?
My only memories are shot
Another day another life…
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Paradox
06:04
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I touched her hand and worlds went flashing
Vision crashing over on me
And from her lips the words like water
My passage back from purgatory
I know her…
A million faces on the platform
She went down a step before me
Out of time I leapt to save her
Engine screaming down upon me
Over and over it goes
I see her face in the mirror
I hear my voice when she talks
Paradox…….. it’s a paradox
I knew her for a thousand lifetimes
The girl that only I could see
We fit the pieces of the puzzle
Together in eternity
Over and over it goes
I see her face in the mirror
I hear my voice when she talks
Paradox…….. she’s a paradox
Over and over I know her
Over and over I know her
Over and over again
I see her face in the mirror
I hear my voice when she talks
It’s a paradox
Is she in me? Or am I inside her?
One key that fits in two locks
It’s a paradox…….. a paradox
over and over again
over and over again
over and over again
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10. |
Blackout
02:31
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11. |
From The Ground
06:43
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All through the night I had a strange dream
A fine rain was falling down from my ceiling
Now that it’s light I’ve got a feeling
Something is coming something I need and
One thing is sure I’m gonna soon know
Can’t stick around here I’ve got to be gone
Walk through the walls pulling my tie on
The voice in my head says “time to be leaving”
Open my front door what am I seeing?
After the rain here comes the rainbow
You can take me now far from the ground from all I’ve known
Bridge of colored light you lead me on you bring me home
Higher I climb lighter my head feels
Merge into color my figure surreal
She’s waiting for me out in the halo
Gone undercover we act like we don’t know
After the rain there comes a rainbow
You can take me now far from the ground from all I’ve known
Bridge of colored light you lead me on you bring me home
You can take me now far from the ground from all I’ve known
Bridge of colored light you lift me up you lead me home
Ready as I’ll be to say goodbye, to sever ties, to let it go
Up this shining path I’m glidin’ high, a ray of light, a brilliant glow
I’m coming home……..
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