Splitsville

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WHITE DWARF

We begin now in medias res
At the speed of a black light
Particle

I wish I could
Show you my idea of heaven

Like a dead star I'm burning out
And I scream in the vacuum
Wonderful

I wish I could
Show you my idea of heaven

Now on I'll keep my feet
On solid ground
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BRINK

I'll get there late
Don't get me wrong
I like your band
But hate your songs
The parts that suck
Are obvious
Need I explain
Them to you

You're always on the brink
Of something I can't take
It's everything you want...

Straight from our van
Onto the stage
Where we will
Dance the night away
If you are not
About to rock
Then we will not
Salute you

It almost makes you think
There's something wrong
With fate
If everything you want
Is stuck upon delay
It's never a big deal
And that's your big mistake
Don't get me wrong

You're always on the brink
Of something too half-baked
It's everything you want
But nothing we can't
Fake
It's never a big deal
It's everything I hate
Don't get me
Don't get me wrong
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HEART ATTACK

He was born in the Heartland
Raised on American Bandstand
Now you'll find him
In the cutout rack
He was serious
As a heart attack

He never knew what hit him
I think I'm gonna dance now

She was an American beauty
The kind you find in the movies
Now cue the sound
And fade to black
She was serious as
A heart attack

She never knew what hit her
I think I'm gonna dance now

Break it down for me, fellas

I went on a seven day bender
The message said
'Return to sender'
It took a long time
To find my way back
I was serious as a heart attack

I never knew what hit me
I think I'm gonna dance now
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HEADACHE

Always such a big concern
All this aggravation
And fretting over a
Penny saved a worry earned

Is it really such a crime
Ever such a scandal
To spend a little
My money's not the same as time
Your time is not the same as mine

Yes I know
And it's ruining my day
Yes I know
And you know it's
Giving me a headache

Keys will turn and
Dead bolts slide
TV drone to drown out
What shuttered windows hide
Something's going on outside

Tempted just to let it burn
Crumble into rubble
And quash the buzzing of
All the news I haven't heard
And nothing's gonna
Change my world

Sometimes it's hard enough
For the two of us
To speak without
Using that tone
If not for distances
Would we have anything
Between us at all

Yes I know
And it's ruining my day
Yes I know
And you know it's
Giving me a headache

Yes I know
And it's raining on my day
Yes I know
And you know it's
Pushing me to panic
It's cramming my attic
Full of static
And you know it's
Giving me a headache
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THE NEXT ONE

I'd do anything
To get you out of here
Stained in chemicals
Soaked in mother's tears
Faceless criminals
Are puncturing your skin
Life is pouring out
But love is rushing in

I'd do anything
To get away from here
Drowned in alcohol
Choking on stale beer
Searching for the door
I fumble for my keys
You wanted everything
You never wanted me

You're the next one

Waking up in the middle
Of a nightmare
And knowing that
Everything has changed
Search so long for
Something to hold on to
Then watched it go
Oh, I never liked you anyway
Loaded, hoping, that someone's
Going to turn your ship around
But, you're the very next one
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SASHA

No one's perfect
Don't you know that
This is part of the design
Close your eyes
And try to remember
That everything
Will be alright

Big productions
A bad performance
Can you make it
Through the night?
Close your eyes
And try to remember
That everything
Will be alright

Though I
I see in your eyes
You run away from
People who love you

You're forgiven
Absolutely
And my arms are open wide
Close your eyes
And try to remember
That everything
Will be alright
In time

Please remember
You can't hide
When you run away from
The people who love you
Please consider you and I
When you run away from
The people who love you

Yeah I love you
You should know that
'Cuz I tell you all the time
Close your eyes and
Try to remember
That everything will be alright
Though I
I see in your eyes that
You run away from
People who love you
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CALIFORNIA

Can't you see the fires rise
To San Fernando Valley skies
What a sight
A comedy of panic and flight
As crows alight
On Indio and Mecca and Blythe

Now you're over, done
You're undermined
Last cigarette on the firing line
You're into the blue
You're out of mind
Now we have California

Can't you hear the sirens scream
On Sacramento's acrid breeze
Shakes the leaves
From Mendocino's rattling trees
As blackouts seize
San Bernardino down to its knees

I've seen those wraiths
Of Hollywood
Falling down in heaps
On La Cienega
I've seen them kneel
At the chopping block
All this blood and carnage
And me without a camera

Can't you feel the tremors now
In San Francisco's
Fragile ground

Now you're overdone
You're undermined...
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THE MENTALIST

The object you're holding now
Is tragically incomplete
Decaying like radium
Unstable as kerosene
It used to belong to me
But now it is yours to keep

And it's hard
It's hard to be the strong one
Reaching out for something
You don't even know what
And it's hard to
Penetrate the darkness
Voluntarily blindfolded
Knowing when you see it
Doesn't matter

The problem with being used
You feel like the guilty one
And put the blame on yourself
'Til you don't trust anyone

Uncomfortable in my skin
I want to relive this life
Blissfully ignorant
And easily satisfied
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TROUBLE

Cathy the things
That you're saying
You're preaching
Yeah you're praying
Two cents
Will get me double
And it's nothing
Nothing but trouble

Trouble with the east coast
Trouble with the west coast
Trouble with the blacks and
Trouble with the whites
Trouble with the goosestep
Trouble with things bumping
In the middle of the night

You catch me when
I least expect it
My good mood
Well you wrecked it
Two cents
Will get me double
And it's nothing
It's nothing but trouble

And another thing
Did you get that down
And another thing

Cathy the things
That you're saying
I'm smelling the shit
That you're spraying
Sorry for bursting your bubble
But you're nothing
You're nothing but trouble
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I WISH I NEVER MET YOU

I wish I never met you
Cause I don't want to
Feel this anymore
I'm never going to get you
And knowing this can only
Make things harder
I'm hoping for a breakthrough
I think I'm going to break soon
Because you never show me
The poetry you keep
Under your bed
The sentimental stories and
Bitter words you wish you
Might have said
That crawl up through
The top sheet
And penetrate my sweet dreams
'Til I'm the one
That can't sleep

And in time we will end
Up as dust and we'll float
Through the stars
And we'll look back
And we'll shine

I'll meet you at the Side Door
And you can wear your
Baggy leather pants
And talk about your boyfriends
And I will be the
One who understands
I never want to hate you
I think I'm going to hate you
I wish I never met you
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