1. |
Consultation
02:05
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2. |
Building Empires
10:56
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Welcome to this great city
Formerly a shell
It’s been ten years since
The bombs fell
I lost my family here
As so many did before
And on their ashes
We made this town
But no one here will ever
Die
They’re all being locked
Inside
Made into machines
Strapped to the floor
With no addiction
Anymore
Tear the old order down from above
We'll build the perfect society
Each of us will be connected here
Through the cables and the drugs
We're building empires out of us
The revolution has begun
The war to end all death
Accidents cannot
Happen anymore
Better to be connected
And interact in the wire
The order goes out
To all society
And we come here with
A knock
And our guns give them a
Shock
Lead them all away in
Chains
It’s for your own good
We change
Tear the old order down from above
We'll build the perfect society
Each of us will be connected here
Through the cables and the drugs
We're building empires out of us
Years of suffering
Chaos and decay
Pain and loneliness
All wiped away
In a chemical
Everything intertwined
A superhuman race
Scientific bind
And I am the chosen one
Feet on the ground
Building our empire
Solider without sound
Savoir of the people
I serve the good of all
Force you to sacrifice
A soul for the cause
At the blade of the knife
Either way you die
But most come willingly
To leave themselves behind
And join the link
Thinking all as one
No more death
It's time is done
Something about her shook me
That night I found her
Made me pause and she ran
The only one to get away
I won't forget her face
Burned with fear and horror
It never leaves me anymore
If I'm honest, I'm scared
To put the needle in me
Even though I know
One day it will be asked of me
Will I lose myself
And drown in a haze of data
I fight for us but I fear for me
I have a job to do
Building back a city
A moving cog
In the wheel of life
I do what I must
In memory of my family
Our unity
Stands on their remains
And behind you
There's a lock
And no reason
Ever to talk
Your thoughts become
Our own
With this unity
We are known
Tear the old order down from above
We'll build the perfect society
Each of us will be connected here
Through the cables and the drugs
We're building empires out of us
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3. |
The Savior
04:40
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The order goes out
To all who survive
Time to make a sacrifice
Time to be alive
Broadcast through the city
Can't escape the sound
No excuse for hiding
The word will get around
No more scathing enemies
No more thought aloud
It's my job to bring them in
It's theirs to turn them down
Feel the pain of laughter
Feel the mocking crowd
Soon we all will join them
Soon we will surround
And you run away from me
Your saving grace
Soon you'll be on your knees
Just the same
Escort the prisoner to
His waiting cell
I am your savoir
To bring you back from Hell
Scars are my secret
They make me who I am
Show what happened in the past
But the future is what I am
No more pain and death
The law states it clear
If only one life is saved
It's worth every tear
Life is about safety
Life is about love
We'll give you lots of both
In an interactive drug
You'll never be alone here
You'll never feel afraid
Your thoughts will be an open book
For the rest of your days
Can't you see its better
This way than before
Conformity means
No crime anymore
There are only a few left
Who survive
I am the hunter
And I own their lives
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4. |
Fallen
03:30
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The vision's in my head
I can't get it away
It's burning every hour
And for the first time I'm afraid
I went in search someone
Who I thought would have the answers
Through every lonely alley
And running there ever faster
Cornered in a basement bar
I found her in the darkness
One bullet in the chamber
Glowing eyes that would not tarnish
I explained what had been
Haunting me for months now
From that day we were together
The savior, O wherefore art thou
(Turn away)
From what I was before this
(Don't look back)
We are the fallen they are after
(Bleed and scream)
Repent for crimes against us
(Hear the chimes)
They're calling the fallen down
We'll make our place here
And pray that they never find us
And bring us to the light
Where they will torture us and bind us
We take a vow and say
Never to betrayal
The answers that I'm looking for
She gives me and are painful
(Turn away)
From what I was before this
(Don't look back)
We are the fallen they are after
(Bleed and scream)
Repent for crimes against us
(Hear the chimes)
They're calling the fallen down
(Turn away)
From what I was before this
(Don't look back)
We are the fallen they are after
(Bleed and scream)
Repent for crimes against us
(Hear the chimes)
They're calling the fallen down
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5. |
Traitor
05:39
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November nights
Were so cold but you were there
All we had right then
Was each other and what we shared
On the run
And hidden away far from the law
We live in shadows
Where their eyes have their flaws
If we stay alive
I think we’ve got a second chance
If we stay away
The drug won’t take us in forever
My heart beats fast
I see a demon in the drawer
Dripping syringe
And spots of blood dried on the floor
And there you are
Bloodshot eyes that stare at me
What happened to you my love
They turned you can’t you see
If I help you now
I think we’ve got a second chance
But it’s too late
I hear the marching of my capture
I reach out through the glass
To hold you
Tell you it's all right
With a touch
Sending you to die
With cold steel eyes
Your decision
A traitor to your soul
Leaving you
Was the hardest thing to do
My only friend
But it’s them who now come through
They feed you all day long
Trying to get to me
The Wire kills your soul
That’s what it’s meant to be
What good is a man alone
Against humanity
The blade will come down hard
Given with a kiss
Standing on the steps
For my ending
Waiting on the crowd
For the roar
Sending me to die
With cold steel smiles
He is guilty
A traitor to us all
Breaking through
I see your face in front of me
Moments of clarity
Shine again
Fading with my struggle
Drowning in the pain
I am guilty
A traitor to my love
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6. |
Session One
02:41
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7. |
Serenity
05:24
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What's wrong
I see it in your face
I've known you far too long
You've slipped once again
Maybe
You're having hallucinations
Nightmares, perhaps
Of that normal life
Finally
Finally peace for me
I tried all my life
For this serenity
You were there
Or was I deceived
I fell in love with a dream
Not reality
I could not tell you
My real name
It was lost in a haze
With all those other days
Well now
You need an operation
Some drugs, some blades, some knives
To stitch you up just right
What would you do
Without the connection
We'll hook you back up to the Wire
And feed you once again
Fantasy
This is just fantasy
But perfection in one side
Is reality
You were there
My guiding light
Leading me through this maze
Of monotony
And I could not tell you
Just what was wrong
The words were lost in a shell
Of my former self
And I could not tell you
The reason why I'm here
It's been totally erased
With the rest of me
And there is no beginning
Or no end to me
I could just break free
If you come to me
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8. |
Circuit Dreams
03:45
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Why did I ever feel
This would be the end
It's the end of me
But a new beginning
Why did I ever feel
Afraid of what it was
Joining society
Becoming the same as all
We speak as one
We think as one
We act as one
As it is here
None shall escape
This ever present mind
Here I am now
I don't know how
How I got here
Now that there's no memory
Of anything of me
Before this
I am us and you are we forever
Why did I ever feel
Her love was enough for me
For I have seen true love
It lies in the hate of outside
Why did I ever feel
Life was meant for living
We live in our minds forever
And we shall never die
We speak as one
We think as one
We act as one
As it is here
None shall escape
This ever present mind
I remember what you said
About the dreaming in your head
And now I see it
Now I'm part of circuitry
Where the love and hate feed
And I can't stop it
We gave you all my soul
And everything it told
All my secrets
Now I'm in the circuit dreams
And nothing else is needed
Forever
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9. |
Session Two
01:26
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Feel me
I am here
I am here
I am watching myself decay
To be witness to one's own death
I shall not be
I shall not be
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10. |
Freedom
04:41
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Take the next step
Round and round we go
Cell broken open
Cables on the floor
Flash of the knife
Hand over mouth
Follow in their footsteps
Into the unknown
Who is this who takes me
From my living dream
Away from the comfort
Away from the screens
Suffering withdrawals
Rapid beating heart
Still covered in darkness
Running out of time
Breathe the free air
See the open sky
Forget who you are
Time for goodbye
Where are we now
Or am I still inside
Of my damaged mind
Or someone else
Impossible to see
Why I am the one
That they should choose me
Out of millions of them
Hurry around the corner
Head held below
My heart left behind
Even after all this time
Where did she go
Who is she now
Or is she just absorbed
A traitor into one
Breathe the free air
See the open sky
Forget who you are
Time for goodbye
I can see the fire in your eyes
I finally feel like I'm here and now untied
Standing up outside the walls of pain and fear
Freedom comes with a price of something clear
Waking up to a place I once called home
Waking up in my head and all alone
Getting back what we once gave away
Freedom comes with a price that I must pay
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11. |
Stains
04:33
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Feel that drowning
It's all a part of it
You know I've tried to escape
There's nothing I can do
Feel that wiring
It's all a part of you
You have your new life now
You can throw the old one out
Stick me with it
Your needle tip in
Stop your talking
Stop your screaming
I know I want it
I've been told it
Stop this crashing
I'm self-destructing
Show me how
To love me
Again
Rescue me
From my dying self
Dig in deep
To find me
Again
Pull it out
Uncover my own stains
Feel that trembling
It's all we are now
Standing on this shaking ground
So dive in once again
Feel that dreaming
It's where I hide out
You know I've tried to listen
There's nothing I can hear
Pulsing pulsing pulsing
With the energy that makes us real
Running through the cables of desire and life
With the liquid fire
Helping me to find my favorite friends and dreams and see them now
I've never felt like this before and never will again
Which I can never lose it from your wretched mind
Give it up to me, give me what you have,
All oh all of it no matter what I can never have enough
It is ours to take without cause
Can't you see we need it more than you do
After all what is one compared to millions
Stick me with it
Your needle tip in
Stop your talking
Stop your screaming
Teach me how
To see me
Again
Take my hand
And hold it one more time
Stab at them
To save me
Again
Free my mind
To give it one last chance
Show me how
To love me
Again
Rescue me
From my dying self
Dig in deep
To find me
Again
Pull it out
Uncover my own stains
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12. |
Heaven
05:34
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There was love and confusion
I traded grace for sanity
Letting go of the problems
Of plagues and empty seas
Betrayal in a stare
And emptiness in a kiss
When time came for calling
Unbound from me and adrift
I did all I could to find you
Feeling my way through the dark
The chemicals are those that bind me
Heaven must be more than this
I swore it would not happen
I said I would be the last
Then I found myself imprisoned
By the hiding place I built
And every hint of pastime
And every glowing note
Was a stabbing reminder
Of what was not left behind
I did all I could to find you
Feeling my way through the dark
The chemicals are those that bind me
Heaven must be more than this
Heaven was so close to us
But was broken in a word
When the glass fell you couldn’t catch it
And it shattered on the floor
What was left of that life before
I gave away long ago
I couldn’t find all the pieces
As I walked through the new door
As one, we saw our last
And turned back ever since
We made a choice to say that
Heaven must be more than this
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13. |
The Creator
06:58
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The sky came crashing down
The time was near to me
My people gone
And I am the only one
Look to the stars I see
Fire coming down
I have to find a way
A way to stay alive
Hammer, steel and nails
All within a code
I write my world here
A way to escape this dying earth
Cities drawn from in my mind
All built by a pen
Fill them all with life
So this crushing loneliness is gone forever
With this life
I saw another chance
At things I never had
A feeling that I longed for
I wrote her perfectly
And she became my own
Everything I wanted
A queen for all eternity
Time was scarce
And these two worlds
Lived concurrently
I checked from time to time
Before I made my final trip
I looked around, said goodbye
To my former home
And stepped through the gate
Never to return again
Searching out
For you
Searching out
For my only
Searching out
For you
Searching out
Finding
I made the stars, the sun, the moon
But I could not make you love me
I built your world and gave you life
But I could not take it from you
This paradise of mine is prison
But only for the creator
I have the power of life but the heart of man
So it shall be
I cry to heaven
My former home
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14. |
Existence
02:21
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Avenue X Arlington Heights, Illinois
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