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Excite the Light
06:42
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I am always afraid
I am always concerned
But not today
Not in this life
I feel it's time
To calm the dark
It's not what you think
A little white pill just to pull me under
Just to make me sink
I guess I need it
My wits and charm
Not enough today
I can't get by
On humour
I trust you all
Let's see where
This path goes
Hello normality
Excite the light
Invite your demons into play
Excite the light
Pop a pill, then say hey
Excite the light
Invite the dark to stay
Excite the light
There's more to life than happiness
I'm always first
To notice the little things
No questions
Just answers
Nothing is a mystery to me
Well... Except maybe everything
I know it may seem, I make no sense at all
Believe me, I'm working on it
Hello normality
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A Moment of Lucidity
04:46
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I'm listening for
All the empty conversation
The thoughts of isolation
Still I know
I'm not alone
Free from me
Who I was and who I'll be
Free from pain
My moment of lucidity
I then falter
I'm not an honest man
Just a copy of who I am
Still I know
I'm not alone
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Apocalypse... #LOL
05:30
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A reoccurring dream
Where we fly and talk about Mars bars
I do love to sing and I cherish seeing selfies
Explosions everywhere
A Starbucks over there
I didn't mean to end the world
Am I supposed to care?
Cockroaches will die tonight
No life left in sight
This is all your own fault
It's the reason you die!
There's a bar here in the afterlife
No phones are allowed
All we do is drink gin
And we poke a solemn clown
There's a little dog named Lilly
And she likes to chew your hair
Rivers run like chocolate
And we all like to share
Hey! Put down that phone!
And look into my eyes!
Try some human emotion!?
And nothing that's synthesised!
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No Compromise
05:04
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Stop and listen
Now, I'm the one to hear
You, angry still you're driven
We, unrefined yet clear
No Compromise
From the premise
I set
No compromise, from the premise I set
No compromise, and times I will forget
No compromise, a journey for us all
No compromise, I'm destined to fall
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Online and In Line
04:47
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My friends aren't really real
They live inside a screen
Telling me they like me
It's really dull and clean
Pointless engagement
Intrusive means
Some things we don't need to know
Life is now delusion
Switch off and tune in
To a purer source, you'll see
Synthesising experience it's not the way to be
Morons are everywhere
Endless updating
Posting. Look at me!
Like I really care?
A masked identity
A means of getting by
Social surroundings
Where the stakes are high
A cyber world
Filled with players and cons
No one is who they say they are
I really don't belong
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6. |
Night Light
05:28
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Lyrics:
Tell me I'm normal and now I am happy
Tell me it's all gone away
Give me the answer and don't you shoot me down
I just want to sleep
I'm always writing and searching
It's just to fill the time
I don't know where I am going
Everyone has their answer
A silent truth I should hear
A sharing of wisdom
Spouted without any fear
Tell me I'm normal and now I am happy
Tell me it's all gone away
Give me the answer and don't you shoot me down
The night is all one week to me
A need for routine will never suffice
It just boxes me in
And hurts my pride
And I can't get away
Everyone has their answer
A silent truth I should hear
A sharing of wisdom
Spouted without any fear
Tell me I'm normal and now I am happy
Tell me it's all gone away
Give me the answer and don't you shoot me down
Everyone has their answer
A silent truth I should hear
A sharing of wisdom
Spouted without any fear
Tell me I'm normal and now I am happy
Tell me it's all gone away
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Hatred Is A Virtue
09:28
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Poison glitters the roof
That reaches on forever
A temple to those people
Who aren't exactly clever
Shops consumed with greedy eyes
Filled with goods to choose
A mammoth obsession
To which, you will only lose
I need to buy
Need to try
Need everything I see
Unless you convince me
Then I guess I'll leave it be
I'm a stranger to myself
Hatred is a virtue
Unless you use it well
I'm always fighting someone else
Hatred is a virtue
Unless you use it well
Walk around your palace
Delusions of grandeur
Don't worry about me
I have music, I have life!
Just run along guys
You were always right.
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If you like the sophisticated musical arrangements of Rush
and Toto, the cinematic soundscapes of Yes or Marillion and the melodic brilliance of Boston, then you’re going to absolutely love Twisted Illusion’s debut album ‘Temple of Artifice.’
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