Songs I've written for The Operators and The Quincunx...in vaguely chronological order:
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(1) watch yourself awakeask me what's at stake now you want it all to end you'll never sleep again |
(2) you call yourself a friendwell I guess you can pretend did you think that I would stay? live to see another day?...you may...but WATCH ME WALK AWAY |
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(3) so you wanna make amendsyet you'd do it all again you think that it's okay? well I guess that's all it takes |
(4) you say it's a mistakeat least it's yours to make and you call yourself a friend? well I guess it all depends...amen... ASK ME HOW IT ENDS |
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(1) slow me downwe haven't far to go me-ow! the tiger by the toe behave! i hardly even know ye now but i will |
(2) o my stars!it happened long ago by now, i think you oughta know release me baby let me go but maybe make it slow |
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(3) holy cow!it's starting to get old relax you wanna take it slow fast track me baby I don't know before it's time to go |
(4) hold me downwe haven't far to go me-ow! the tiger by the toe behave i hardly even know ye know but fixing to grow old by now i think you oughta know ME-OW! |
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(1) DaybreakOn the last leg Of this old world Of this rat race Mayday From the fast lane And I break down I'm in last place It gets old There's better places to go And I've learned enough to know It's all a matter of show |
(2) (uh-oh) MêléeOn the center stage Of this backwater The eyebrows raise Save face In the only way That I know how In the worst case And I don't wanna know Why you gotta go and make it so unright And I don't wanna go But it seems to be the only thing untried Enemy! Hiding in your apple tree rotting all my teeth Entropy! Slide into ignominy... Anonimity |
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(3) I get oldI've better places to go And I've learned enough to know It's all a matter of show Back break It's the last mistake As you well know You will ever make |
(4) WaylaidOn the astral plane And I melt down To a wet paste And I don't wanna know Why you gotta go and make it so unright And I don't wanna go But it seems to be the only thing untried Enemy! Subtlety's not for me You get what you see Entropy! Puddle of apathy Where I used to be |
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(5) I'm so oldThere's nowhere left to go But I've learned enough to know It's all a matter of show |
(6) Enemy!Entropy! Enemy! Entropy! |
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(1) i am the rising tidewith briny depths and siren cries i spit on the fire it spreads like a well-timed lie and i! will heed the signs! and walk the line! i am the mighty lion with shining teeth and wiry hide i eat your smile it spreads like a wildfire and i! will walk the line! and fight the fight! |
(2) I am the violent nightwith sharp white stars and satellites i twist in the knife it spreads like the sky and i! will fight the fight! into the night! i am the white knight with iron heart and diamond eyes i beat back the en'my line it spreads like the maiden's thighs and i! walk through the night! into the light! |
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i! will fight!
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(1) I woke up in the nightand froze in the lights with the knowledge I had stolen from your eyes and now I see both sides |
(2) tho I am blindI see through your eyes I hit the mark |
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(3) Strapped to the bow, ripped by the tidesand sank without a sign I washed up on the shore and hanged out to dry but I left all that behind |
(4) Still I think twiceI paid a handsome price I bear the mark |
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(5) I am mild like this milkand cold as the ice but I spoil in the air and burn by the light I am all this combined |
(6) yet I am fineturned and mild at the same time I make my mark |
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(1) (...i will sail to)Meet the Horizon Heave to 'n' Helms Alee The Trident of Poseidon Drowns out the Roiling Sea (i know, you're slow...that's okay tho... i will wait here... til the dead end...i am patient... but it's wasted) Scorpio Rising Blots out the Galaxy From the Belt of Orion To Alpha Centauri I HAVE WAITED IT WAS FATED |
(2) (i know your way...that is okay...i will wait here... in this nowhere...it is unfair... but it's fate) Like the 9 Heads of Hydra We're Cut off at the Knee The Sting of the Sign On Our Heel of Achilles IT WAS FATED I WILL WAIT WHERE Stars Meet Horizon And Set Our Destiny The Scorpion Poison Our Teleology |
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(1) Faraway...Tripped me up, Caught in the quagmire Strip me down, Down to the wire Swept away, Under the carpet Suck me down, Into the tarpit |
(2) Went astray... Sent away...Misled me, Bird in the foxhole Miss Pretend, Wrapped in her mink stole Mystery, Lamb to the slaughter Mr. X and the prodigal daughter |
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(1) Barely awake when I heard the alarm(Sleepwalk Murders) Fairly unsure til you twisted my arm (Solved them Backwards) And then you were looking my way (I didn't ask, it fell into my lap) I know I should have done it that day (Without a clue, I walked into yr trap) Early bird up and all over the worm (Party Crashers) Lately I'm warming up to a slow burn (Locking Antlers) Stayed where I should never have gone (If I had known, I'd take a different tack) Played out to a familiar song (I take you on, you stab me in the back) Crap shots, Wipeouts (in fact) Whitewashed, Kaiboshed (hacked) Blackmailed, Blueballed Searing White-Hot (you doublecrosser) (In the end, it's all the same you're not to blame in the end) |
(2) Slowly warm up to the idea at last(Striking Matches) Maybe at first, but then I fell fast (Fire Crackers) What I knew, I never could say (You'd hold me to it, make me take it back) So til things are going my way (I'll play along, until the next attack) Then when I looked, you were coming undone (Chipping Plaster) Fall apart if you want after I'm gone (Falling Faster) Then when you were turning away (I looked at you, and knew it wasn't right) I know I should have done it that day (But I was stuck there, sleeping through the knife) Crap shots, Wipeouts (the slice) Whitewashed, Kaiboshed (nice) Blackmailed, Blueballed Searing White-Hot (you doublecrosser) (In the end, it all makes sense there's no defense in the end) |
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(1) Washed up, Under the millSliced up, Under my nails Came down from a black place Beamed down from outer space We watch the light turn as you Turn on me But I'm still here and I'm staying near I'm not dead; gotta new head Stayin close to you Watchin you; you'll get yours too Right here with you Cuz we're cousins Identical cousins Identical cousins I was, I was I was... Identical cousins |
(2) Washed up, We're underwaterSliced up, Your only daughter Came down into the pines Beamed down into your mind We watch the light turn Red, yellow, green But I'm still here and I'm staying near I'm not dead; gotta new head Stayin close to you Watchin you; you'll get yours too I'll get you two Cuz we're cousins Identical cousins Identical cousins I was, I was I was...Cousins Identical cousins |
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(Maddy loves to rock-n-roll
A hot dog makes her lose control)