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01. From Zero (Intro)

From zero?
Yeah
Like, from nothing?
Oh, wait your fir...

02. The Emptiness Machine

Your blades are sharpened with precision
Flashing your favorite point of view
I know you're waiting in the distance
Just like you always do
Just like you always do

Already pulling me in
Already under my skin
And I know exactly how this ends, I

Let you cut me open
Just to watch me bleed
Gave up who I am for who you wanted me to be
Don't know why I'm hoping
For what I won't receive
Falling for the promise of the emptiness machine
The emptiness machine

Going around like a revolver
It's been decided how we lose
'Cause there's a fire under the altar
I keep on lying to
I keep on lying to

Already pulling me in
Already under my skin
And I know exactly how this ends, I

Let you cut me open
Just to watch me bleed
Gave up who I am for who you wanted me to be
Don't know why I'm hoping
For what I won't receive
Falling for the promise of the emptiness machine

I only wanted to be part of something
I only wanted to be part of, part of
I only wanted to be part of something
I only wanted to be part of, part of
I only wanted to be part of something
I only wanted to be part

I let you cut me open
Just to watch me bleed
Gave up who I am for who you wanted me to be
Don't know why I'm hoping
So fucking naïve
Falling for the promise of the emptiness machine
The emptiness machine
(I only wanted to be part of something)
The emptiness machine
(I only wanted to be part of)
The emptiness machine

03. Cut The Bridge

You're too ignorant to fail, I can look you in the eye
And I can't even tell if you've been telling me a lie
Every time you start, it's like the 4th day of July
Reckless like you're making rockets just to blow up in the sky
Feeling like it's chemical
All under my skin like it's medical
Stuck on repetitions that are only hypothetical
Acting like the truth and your opinion are identical
And I can't seem to let it go

Everything was perfect
Always made me nervous
Knowing you would burn it
Just to watch it burn

Cut the bridge we're on
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down
Going till it's gone
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down
Sabotage it all
Just to watch it fall
Cut the bridge we're on
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down

I'm too gullible to win, I don't have a way to choose
Grew up thinking trying meant you never really lose
Didn't put the powder in the keg, and when it blew
I was sitting on the dynamite for you to light the fuse
Ooh, looking like a criminal
Sneaking in the dark, you're invisible
Hidden, you're wrapped around my neck just like a tentacle
Acting like the truth and your opinion are identical
And I can't seem to let it go

Everything was perfect
Always made me nervous
Knowing you would burn it
Just to watch it burn

Cut the bridge we're on
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down
Going till it's gone
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down
Sabotage it all
Just to watch it fall
Cut the bridge we're on
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down

Something in my head feels broken
I'm the gas from a burner left open
I'm a tightrope held up by a clothespin
Holding out, but the pressure keeps growing
Wanna go to the light and not the shadow
But the branch isn't shiny as the arrow
You don't ever find a way around a battle
You will always choose
Just to watch it burn
Just to watch it burn

Cut the bridge we're on
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down
Going till it's gone
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down
Sabotage it all
Just to watch it fall
Cut the bridge we're on
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down
Cut it down, cut it down, down, cut it, cut it down

04. Heavy Is The Crown

It's pourin' in, you're laid on the floor again
One knock at the door and then
We both know how the story ends
You can't win if your white flag's out when the war begins
Aimin' so high, but swingin' so low
Tryna catch fire but feelin' so cold
Hold it inside and hope it won't show
I'm sayin' it's not but inside I know

Today's gonna be the day you notice
'Cause I'm tired of explainin' what the joke is

This is what you asked for, heavy is the crown
Fire in the sunrise, ashes rainin' down
Try to hold it in, but it keeps bleeding out
This is what you asked for, heavy is the, heavy is the crown

Turn to run, now look what it's become
Outnumbered, ten to one
Back then should've bit your tongue
'Cause there's no turnin' back this path once it's begun
You're already on that list
Say you don't want what you can't resist
Waving that sword when the pen won't miss
Watch it all fallin' apart like this

This is what you asked for, heavy is the crown
Fire in the sunrise, ashes rainin' down
Try to hold it in, but it keeps bleeding out
This is what you asked for, heavy is the, heavy is the crown

Today's gonna be the day you notice
'Cause I'm tired of explainin' what the joke is

This is what you asked for

This is what you asked for, heavy is the crown
Fire in the sunrise, ashes rainin' down
Try to hold it in but it keeps bleeding out
This is what you asked for, heavy is the, heavy is the crown

Heavy is the crown
Heavy is the, heavy is the crown

05. Over Each Other

This is the letter that I, I didn't write
Lookin' for color in the, the black and white

Skyscrapers we created on shaky ground
And I'm tryna find my patience

But you won't let me breathe
And I'm not ever right
All we are is talkin'
Over each other
There's nothin' underneath
It's all a waste of time
All we are is talkin'
Over each other (Over each other)
Over each other

Reaching for satellites, but all along
Under your breath, you're sayin' that I was wrong, oh

The skyscrapers we created are comin' down
And free-fallin' to the pavement

'Cause you won't let me breathe
And I'm not ever right
All we are is talkin'
Over each other (Over each other)
There's nothin' underneath
It's all a waste of time
All we are is talkin'
Over each other (Oh)

Are we over each other? (Oh)
Are we over each other? (Oh)

I can't go to sleep
I lie awake at night
I'm so tired of talkin'
Over each other (Over each other)
So say what's underneath
I wanna see your side
We don't have to be talkin'
Over each other (Over each other)
Over each other
Over each other
Over each other
Over each other

You got it
That's the one
Are you recording this?
Can you get your screamy pants on?

06. Casualty

Let me out, set me free
I know all the secrets you keep
I, I won't be
I won't be your casualty

I got too complacent
Bleached in the eyes
Put through the paces
But I got left behind

But I'm not running
'Cause something's coming
It's only a matter of time

Let me out, set me free
I know all the secrets you keep
I, I won't be
I won't be your casualty

You drew the first blood
Like playing God
Closing the doors up
While I'm fed to the dogs

But I'm not running
'Cause something's coming
It's only a matter of time

Let me out, set me free
I know all the secrets you keep
I, I won't be
I won't be your casualty

It's only a matter of time
It's only a matter of time
It's only a matter of time
It's only a matter of time

Stop
Telling me you're something that you're not
I can see the greed right in your eyes
Hanging on a barefaced lie
It's only a matter of time

Let me out, set me free
I know all the secrets you keep
I, I won't be
I won't be your casualty

I won't be your casualty
I know all the secrets you keep
I won't be your casualty

07. Overflow

It's all the same to me
It's all the same to me
It's all the same to me

We're all dressed up for a riot
Catching fire fighting fire
I can feel the pressure coming
End the world and push the button

It's all the same to me
We're going down, we're going down
We're going down, we're going down
It's all the same to me
We're going down, we're going down
We're going down, we're going down

Turning from a white sky
To a black hole
Turning from the sunlight
To a shadow, oh
I know I can't make it stop
I know I'm out of control
I keep on filling it up
To overflow

Looking up the sky is falling, falling
I can hear the future calling, calling
Ground is shaking as it opens up to pull me in
Fall into oblivion
Fall into oblivion

We're going down, we're going down
We're going down, we're going down
It's all the same to me
We're going down, we're going down
We're going down, we're going down

Turning from a white sky
To a black hole
Turning from the sunlight
To a shadow, oh
I know I can't make it stop
I know I'm out of control
I keep on filling it up
To overflow
To overflow
To overflow
To overflow
To overflow

08. Two Faced

[Reversed:]
I can't hear myself think
I can't hear myself think

Get right!

Last time, I was hanging by a thread
Tryna say I'm not, but I'm in it over my head
That's when I figured out where it led
Beginnin' to realize that you put me over the edge

Your truth's not rigid, your rules aren't fair
The dark's too vivid, the light's not there
I start to give in, but I can't bear
To put it all behind, I run into it blind like

Two-faced, caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Too late, countin' to zero
Countin' to zero
You should have recognized
It's too late for choosing sides
Two-faced, caught in the middle
Caught in the middle (Two-faced)

Last time, you told me it wasn't true
And pointin' every finger at things that you didn't do
So that's why I kept missin' the clues
And never realized that the one that did it was you

Your truth's not rigid, your rules aren't fair
The dark's too vivid, the light's not there
I start to give in, but I can't bear
To put it all behind, I run into it blind like

Two-faced, caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Too late, countin' to zero
Countin' to zero
You should have recognized
It's too late for choosing sides
Two-faced, caught in the middle
Caught in the middle (Two-faced)

I can't hear myself think
I can't hear myself think
I can't hear myself think

Stop yelling at me
I can't hear myself think, yeah
Stop yelling at me
Stop yelling at me
Stop yelling at me

Two-faced, caught in the middle
Caught in the middle
Too late, countin' to zero
Countin' to zero
You should have recognized
It's too late for choosing sides
Two-faced, caught in the middle
Caught in the middle, caught in the middle
Caught in the middle, caught in the middle
Caught in the middle (Two-faced)

Is that what it is?
That's what it is
Ha-ha
We're on the same page right now

09. Stained

Hand on my mouth, I shouldn't have said it
Gave you a chance, already regret it
Trying so hard to be sympathetic
But I know where it's gonna go if I let it
And I let it

Knowing you're hiding what no one else sees
Close-lipped smile 'cause there's blood on your teeth
What you forget you are gonna repeat
You don't get to make amends like your hand's still clean

Because you're stained
You try to hide the mark but it won't fade
You lie and lie like I was nothing
Pretend you're spotless
But I don't wash away
And now you're stained
And now you're stained

Sweat in your hands while the time starts ticking
Sweat in your hands while the time starts ticking
Tripping on words, alibi starts slipping
Tripping on words, alibi starts slipping
Wanna wake from the nightmare you've been living
Wanna wake from the nightmare you've been living
But we both know forgotten doesn't mean forgiven
Doesn't mean forgiven
Forgiven

Knowing you're hiding what no one else sees
Close-lipped smile 'cause there's blood on your teeth
What you forget you are gonna repeat
You don't get to make amends like your hand's still clean

Because you're stained
You try to hide the mark but it won't fade
You lie and lie like I was nothing
Pretend you're spotless
But I don't wash away
And now you're stained

And someday
Knowing you're hiding what no one else sees
And someday
Close-lipped smile over blood on your teeth
And someday
What you forget you are gonna repeat
Trying to make amends like your hand's still clean
But we both know that your hand's not clean

And someday
Your hands will be too red to hide the blame
You'll realize you had it coming
Pretend you're spotless
But I don't wash away
And now you're stained
And now you're stained
And now you're stained

10. Igyeih

...question

I give you everything I have
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I give you everything I have
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I give you everything I have

Yeah

I give you everything I have

Help, I'm cracking and opened wide
Dying for one drop
Your remedies hypnotize
I never say stop

And the clock keeps ticking, the rules aren't written
I'm trying to remember how to make up my mind
The clock keeps ticking, the rules aren't written
Forgotten doesn't mean that it's forgiven this time

I give you everything I have
All you give me is your ugliness
You're not as honest as you act
Just a devil with a "god complex"
I'm not the enemy
You make me out to be
And I'm so tired of this
Wishful thinking
Drowning, sinking
Left with nothing left
I give you everything I have

I write all the memories down
All over my skin
Hoping it'll snap me out
When this happens again

And the clock keeps ticking, the rules aren't written
I'm trying to remember how to make up my mind
The clock keeps ticking, the rules aren't written
Forgotten doesn't mean that it's forgiven this time
Forgotten doesn't mean that it's forgiven this time

I give you everything I have
All you give me is your ugliness
You're not as honest as you act
Just a devil with a "god complex"
I'm not the enemy
You make me out to be
And I'm so tired of this
Wishful thinking
Drowning, sinking
Left with nothing left
I give you everything I have

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I give you everything I have
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I give you everything I have

From now on, I don't need you
From now on, I don't need you
From now on, I don't need you
From now on, I don't need you

From now on, I don't need you
From now on, I don't need you
From now on, I don't need you
From now on, I don't need you

From now on, I don't need you
From now on, I don't need you
From now on, I don't need you
From now on, I don't need you

From now on, I don't need you
From now on, got amnesia
From now on, got amnesia
From now on, got amnesia
From now on, got amnesia

11. Good Things Go

Feels like it's rained in my head for a hundred days
Feels like it's rained in my head for a hundred days
Stare in the mirror and I look for another face
Stare in the mirror and I look for another face

And I get so tired
Of putting out fires
And making up lies
Checking my eyes
For some kinda light
But nothing's inside

And it feels like it's rained in my head for a hundred days

And I say I hate you when I don't
Push you when you get too close
It's hard to laugh
When I'm the joke
But I can't do this on my
Only you can save me from my lack of self-control
Sometimes bad things take the place where good things go

I've asked for forgiveness a hundred times
I've asked for forgiveness a hundred times
Believed it myself when I halfway apologized
Believed it myself when I halfway apologized

And it's not unfair
I'm asking for prayers
But nobody cares
Going nowhere
Like falling downstairs
While everyone stares

No one's there when I've asked for forgiveness a hundred times

And I say I hate you when I don't
Push you when you get too close
It's hard to laugh
When I'm the joke
But I can't do this on my
Only you can save me from my lack of self-control
Sometimes bad things take the place where good things go

No. I'm just taking a shot, ah
Maybe I'm just too eager, oh
Maybe I lost the plot, ha
I used to pity some people, I
Said they were missing a spine, yeah
Maybe the problem is ego
Maybe the
Maybe the problem is mine
Really I'm fine

Don't get too intimate, don't get too curious
This is just feeling like it's not that serious
Stare at the ceiling, feeling delirious
Fuck all your empathy, I want your fury
'Cause I will just
Tell you I'm better then, better then
Spit out my medicine, medicine, aye
Drunk on adrenaline, 'drenaline, aye
And I don't know why I

Say I hate you when I don't
Push you when you get too close
It's hard to laugh when I'm the joke
But I can't do this on my
Only you can save me from my lack of self-control
And I won't make excuses for the pain I caused us both
So thank you for always standing by me even though
Sometimes bad things take the place where good things go