1. To die for

I stared until you were no longer in view
Just dust in my eyes
A dot on the horizon
Blends with the sky
Fades out of sight

2.Stranger in you

If I could let you in
To greet the vermin inside
I'd find a way through your heart
And raise some hell again
Or maybe just settle down
I'd be the one
Someone you could remember

The trail went sideways
You'll find me out some day
When the ice has burned
Standing here in cold blood

And I would come up for air
If it was not for my pride
I'd be the one
Or maybe not, it's alright

I'll find you out someday
After all the trials
I see the stranger in you.

3.Arcades

Swimming with piranhas in my gut
Feeding on the hand that waves good night
For I am also what I have lost
And I have it all except mercy

So I wait in line
And I wait my turn in line
You're getting away
You're slipping away from me
And I know that soon
You will be out of my hands

Be assured we will not be ashamed
For a second there it all made sense
Standing naked so that they can see
All the scars inflicted
by the blade of my dreams

and I know that soon you will be happy again.

in my defense I never promised you the world
in my birth marks I've begun to decode my fate
I read the signs but got caught out by the hidden clues
Another second too late

4.Between us

I let you go and now I am light
As scattered ash
My solar plexus pulled to the ground
I'm pulled to the ground
With my arms in the air

Diamond shaped craft above
Beckons us to ascend
A spectacle of light
And fluorescent halogens

This lingering pain, they take it away
They take me away
One on each arm
Waiting for you to come out and play
To bury the weight of yesterday

Nothing can stay like this
What's here now has already gone away
And as hard as I try
To keep my grip on its sliding tail
I am drifting away now
Carried out with the tide

5.You've got hopes

I have died here once before
And I will die here once again
And they will put me in the ground
To be eaten by the things I now feed on
Alongside the queen
And all of your prayers
Will fall on our ears
And all of your tears will moisten this mud
That keeps us in place

6.My protector

You've been keeping your distance
Infected as I am
I'll come wounded and careless
Crawling back to you
Crumbling down under spotlights
For I am weak like you
Scent of placenta
We're heading back to the source

The houselights fade out
A perfect warm death
The worms have crawled in
And made us who we are

Radio out
Dancing to a silent tune
Stand up and shout
For all we are is innocent
Turn the lights out
This could be the final hour
And we're on time

I see hundreds of faces
Staring back at me
An armory of human shields
To protect me from the truth
The truth as I never told it
For I'm a liar like you
Nothing quite like a transplant
To erase the past

Tie your blindfold
This could be the final hour
And we all count

7.Hands up!

i was hoping I would find you hear
but instead I found myself struck dumb
by the ease with which you could say no

and you can't shoot me my hands are up
my hands are where you can see
and you can trust me my hands are up
my hands are up for all to see

and I know you meant no harm to me
but it feels like cold hands round my neck
getting tighter with each draw of breath

and I'm walking with my hands above my head
it's what you said
it's how you wanted it to be

don't ask me why

8.Into the blood

Ghost town, watch it all come back to life
With a vengeful smile
Into the blood, drowning into the blood

Midnight, I heard them whispering
Soft ground, be careful where you tread
Wasteland, watch it all come down on your knees
We'll drown in you now

We will not go quietly
Once more into the firing line
Disguises all washed away
These ruins will rise again

9.Only the ridiculous will survive

You are myself in some one else's head
Fragments I can no longer fit

Touching something
Far out of reach, close as I can

Is this what you call consciousness
Between the chills and fits of rage
Come lay your hand upon my head
Your ice cold eyes so full of life
And death

10.Once and for all

With open arms, take me in
Grip like iron, keep me close

You were my puppeteer
By your hands I could dance
Through your mouth I could sing
Without word you cut the strings
All at once ushered in
A change of guard

And you said once and for all

Hoisted up like a prize
Looking like a murder trial
Begging for a second chance
Mark this spot with a cross
Digging for cover with monster like claws

And with open arms, take me in
With open arms pass me by
With guilty eyes
With guilty eyes
With guilty eyes