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01. Cannibal

A burning crow gliding
A million drones diving down
Your eyes have gone hiding in your head
Of all your extinctions
I'm surely the worst you found
Your eyes have turned inside out and fled

You summoned a cannibal
You summoned an underfed animal
You summoned a cannibal
This sun is so incomplete always

A cyanide beehive
A fentanyl landslide plague
Your eyes have gone hiding in your head
You’re longing for earthshine
But I’m in a saltmine quake
My empathy chokes in clouds of dread

You summoned a cannibal
You summoned an underfed animal
You summoned a cannibal
This sun is so incomplete always

This sun is so incomplete always
This sun is so incomplete always

You summoned a cannibal
You summoned an underfed animal
You summoned a cannibal
This sun is so incomplete always
You summoned a cannibal
You summoned a cannibal
You summoned a cannibal
You summoned a cannibal
You summoned a cannibal
You summoned a cannibal

02. Break My Lying Tongue

Behind the cracks in your excitement
There is a pause or two
Another week of misalignment
A silhouette of you

Break my lying tongue
I ask of you
Break my lying tongue
I ask of you

A tiny fleet of my obsessions
I let it strike and play
Why do we sail into confessions?
I would have dared to stay

Break my lying tongue
I ask of you
Break my lying tongue
I ask of you

Break my lying tongue
Break my lying tongue
Break my lying tongue

Break my lying tongue

03. We Will Not Disband

Truth be told
I don't remember what went down but I'm still cold
Light the fuse
I won't be able to contain this canned youth

We saw the lights in this broken land
We saw the kites in the crystal bell
We crush the night with our broken hands
We will not disband

Truth be told
We found a trail across the roof in a blindfold
Amplified
We're louder than the universe on the inside

We saw the lights in this broken land
We saw the kites in the crystal bell
Wе crush the night with our broken hands
We will not disband

(Through thе flood) We will not disband
(Through the mud) We will not disband
(Through the blood) We will not disband
Through the

We saw the lights in this broken land
We saw the kites in the crystal bell
We crush the night with our broken hands
We will not disband

04. Glass Mannequin

Worthless
My inner vision is birthless
Holes appear on its surface
And move us further apart
Restless
I dream of solving the big test
Finding the flaw in your protest
That moves us further apart

I don't want to throw this glass javelin
I don't want to watch it fly
I don't want to break my glass mannequin, once again

Find us
The final map is behind us
We long for brightness that blinds us
And moves us back to the start

I don't want to throw this glass javelin
I don't want to watch it fly
I don't want to break my glass mannequin, once again
I don't want to throw this glass javelin
I don't want to watch it fly
I don't want to break my glass mannequin, once again
Once again
Once again

05. Bleed Out

Hey hey
Hey hey

We were born one day apart
I grew teeth, you grew a heart
We became a work of art, surely
You connected, I withdrew
You compiled the stones I threw
I'm a poison pushing through, purely

And all these casualties I can't explain
And all these sunken ships still move inside my vein
And all these bended trees that still remain
With all my mental ease they dancе inside my brain

What does it matter now, boy?
Our minds rеfuse to meet
We walk and then we bleed out
How do we turn around, boy?
We speak in future tense
Into violence

(Hey hey)
We were born one day apart
You got brushed and I got scarred
A peculiar drawing card, surely
I appalled while you amused
I avenged when you refused
I'm a poison pushing through, purely

And all these casualties I can't explain
And all these sunken ships still move inside my vein
And all these vultures in the window pane
With all my mental ease they dance inside my brain

What does it matter now, boy?
Our minds refuse to meet
We walk and then we bleed out
How do we turn around, boy?
We speak in future tense
Into violence

I'm covered in blood
I'm covered in blood
I'm covered in blood
I'm covered in blood
I am covered in blood
I am covered in blood
I am covered in blood
I am covered in blood

Your satellite observes me
You see the tide when I lay still
We can't divide this heartbeat
Your feet will slide on what I've spilled

What does it matter now, boy?
Our minds refuse to meet
We walk and then we bleed out
How do we turn around, boy?
We speak in future tense
Into violence
We walk and then we bleed out
We walk and then we bleed out

06. Paper Wolf

I cover my tracks and peel my layers
I gather my strength from thoughts and prayers
I empty my house too flee from chaos
I dream of a king that won't betray us, don't delay us all

You better watch out, the wolf is coming, save your soul
You better watch out, the wolf is coming, dig a hole

My cigarette ash converts to sparkles
My eyes are installed in walls of marbles
They told me to break my floating castles
I dream of the day your bones are fossils
Are you puzzled now?

You better watch out, the wolf is coming, save your soul
You better watch out, the wolf is coming, dig a hole
You better watch out, the wolf is coming, save your soul
Give in to the crowd and turn to nothing, bells will toll tonight

You better watch out

I won't drown, I can't hold down my head
(Formed so inconsistently, extending this misery lane)
So you better watch out
I will swim with phantom limbs instead
(Breathing out the ever-present tragedy born on the plane)
I was never in doubt

You better watch out, the wolf is coming, save your soul
You better watch out, the wolf is coming, dig a hole
You better watch out, the wolf is coming, save your soul
Give in to the crowd and turn to nothing, bells will toll tonight

07. I Don't Know How We Got Here

A boy was killed in the arcade
The ice cream spilled down on the blade
A thousand lights starting to fade
Down where he played
A girl got lost in the old mall
Her coat was found out by the wall
A thousand ghosts starting to crawl
Easing her fall (Ah)

Hey
I don't know how we got so far down here
I don't know how the silence broke our ears
I don't know how we got so far down here
Choking slowly
I don't know how we got here

A birthday card flew into space
The red balloons cold and disgraced
A thousand words leaving this place
No one's embraced

Hey
I don't know how we got so far down here
I don't know how the silence broke our ears
I don't know how we got so far down here
Choking slowly
I don't know how we got here
I don’t know how we got so far down here
Choking slowly
Far down here
Altered and lonely
I don't know how we got here

08. Hollow Kid

Death doesn't matter
Breathe out while you shatter
Gods laughing at her
Clench your fears and climb the ladder
Life doesn't matter
Breathe in while you shatter
Seeds you will gather
Take this soil and sow the dagger

He will be running with his eyes closed all night
He will be picturing the scarecrows all night
Though there isn't a shadow he hasn't tried
The kid remains hollow

Love doesn't matter
Detach while you shatter
Hounds flying at her
Dress your face in stoic lacquer
Dense liquid splatter
Absorb darker matter
Halt the attacker
Once again your pieces scatter

He will be running with his eyes closed all night
He will be picturing the scarecrows all night
Though there isn't a shadow he hasn't tried
The kid remains hollow

The kid remains hollow
The kid remains hollow
There's a voice falling out of transmission (The kid remains hollow)
He will stick to his old repetition
There's a boy letting go of ambition (The kid remains hollow)
He will stick to his old repetition

He will be running with his eyes closed all night
He will be picturing the scarecrows all night
Though there isn't a shadow he hasn't tried
The kid remains hollow
The kid remains

09. Tray

You gave up my repair months ago
Now I'm breathing your air down below
There's a dog in the bay left unbound
Will you greet me the day I come around?

Excuse my while I strain my blinded eyes
Excuse me while I drain another life
My terrain is slipping away, ah
And your champagne is still on a tray, ah

I gave up my distress years ago
You were never impressed, feeling low
In the bright chandeliers bottles burst
From illusions to peers and then reversed

Excuse my while I strain my blinded eyes
Excuse me while I drain another life
My terrain is slipping away, ah
And your champagne is still on a tray, ah

Lost in waves and never found
The covenant fails
Reaching for a higher ground
With seven inch nails

My terrain is slipping away, ahh
My dark horse refrains from the day
My terrain is slipping away, ahh
My dark horse refrains from the day, ahh
All my rats are begging to stay, ahh
And your champagne is still on a tray
Still on a tray
Still on a tray
Still on a tray
Still on a tray
Still on a tray