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BLACK IS THE COLOUR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HEART (Utley)
She's my bad addiction
Can't leave it alone
Jet black loose strap death trap
Can't leave it alone
She says love me
And I love her even though she lies
She says hold me
Darling, I will stay forever
We will always be together
She's slow-motion murder
Can't leave it alone
Blood red skin shed death bed
Can't leave it alone
She says hold me
And I drink the sorrow from her eyes
Fuck me holy
Can we stay this way forever
Can we always be together
I'm so alive when I'm in her arms
But it's all a lie
She's so close, but I can't hold her
She's my own Medusa
But my heart is the stone
Snow white skin tight last night
Can't leave it alone
She says warm me
For the night is black and I'm so cold
Hold me, hold me
Nothing ever lasts forever
We will never be together
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Lovestruck
02:20
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LOVESTRUCK (English)
I have no reason to be hopeful
That he could ever feel the same
How can he notice one so humble?
Why should he even know my name?
(I'm lovestruck) The music when he's speaking
(Lovestruck) The way his jackets fit
(Lovestruck) I don't know what he's seeking
(Lovestruck) I wish that I were it
For days on end I hope to see him
On the off chance his eyes meet mine
Walking with girls that don't deserve him
I watch him closely for my sign
(I'm lovestruck) My heart and soul are captive
(Lovestruck) My body feels so free
(Lovestruck) His presence brings on rapture
(Lovestruck) His absence tortures me
My friends all say that I am foolish
They say I'll have myself to blame
Once we're together I'll discover
Having and wanting aren't the same
I'm lovestruck
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Confession
03:58
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CONFESSION (Utley)
I cannot justify the things that I've done wrong
All I can do is try to do better from now on
I want to lay this burden down
I want to lay this burden down
I'm not the man I see reflected in your eyes
But I will try to be until the day I die
I want to lay this burden down
I want to lay this burden down
I've found a love that I can call my own
Day after day
I've found somewhere that I can call my home
And I want to stay
I stand outside your door and watch you while you sleep
So pure and beautiful, it drives me to my knees
I want to lay this burden down
I want to lay this burden down
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Married To Fate
03:35
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MARRIED TO FATE (English)
I want to be alone with you
And say the things that you would rather not hear
I want to be alone with you
And tour the corners where you keep your fear
I want to peel back layer on layer on layer on layer of personality
I want to hold in my hand that man that little toy fragile toy you must be
I'm gonna turn my back on you
Until you tell me what I want to know
I'm gonna turn my back on you
For today you reap what you used to sow
I want to break you on down, down around my feet like the dirt that you are to me
Want you to know how it goes when your lifeline crumbles at your feet like honesty
Oh, you should have played nice, now we both have a cross to bear
Why didn't you think twice? How could you be so unfair?
All I ever did was love you. Love surely makes for purest hate
With a single decision you married us both to fate
I've had about enough of you
Yes, I have satisfied my appetite
I've had about enough of you
Well, maybe I could manage one more bite
It seems the tide has turned have you learned you get burned if you play with fire long enough?
The Man of Steel has a heel like Achilles and it seems to me you never were all that tough
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Grinning Isis
03:59
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Invisible Fence
03:45
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INVISIBLE FENCE (English)
Don't you hide your face from me
There's something there that I might see
If I find that it's not there
I wonder if I'll even care
STRING ME ALONG, WILL YOU?
DAY AFTER DAY
I SPEND MY TIME BETWEEN
HOPEFULLNESS AND AGONY
WHY TREAT ME THIS WAY?
You and me, we once made sense
Before you put up your defense
You tell me that you still care
But when I call you're never there
STRING ME ALONG, WILL YOU?
TIME AFTER TIME
HOW CAN YOU INSIST
THE WEDGE BETWEEN US CAN'T EXIST?
I AM NOT BLIND
I guess I've finally seen the light
So this won't end with a fight
I'll have to be the strong one here
And make my own self disappear
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How (Do I Let You Go)?
03:33
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HOW (DO I LET YOU GO)? (Utley)
How do I stop the world from spinning 'round?
How do I stop the river's flow?
How do I stop the rain from falling down?
How do I melt the winter snow?
How do I let you go?
How do I stop my heart from shattering?
How do I face another day?
How do I stop these thoughts that torture me?
How, how do I turn and walk away?
Tell me how do I let you go?
Nobody ever took me higher
Or ever laid me quite as low
You are my one and true desire
I never dreamed that you would go
How do I stop the world from spinning 'round?
How do I stop the river's flow?
How do I stop the rain from falling down?
How, how, how do I melt the winter snow?
Please tell me how do I let you go?
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8. |
It's In Your Head
02:38
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IT'S IN YOUR HEAD (English)
If wading through the bullshit seems to be a full-time job
And every chance at happiness is stepped on by some slob
If apathy and rudeness are reflected everywhere
And you would die of shock to meet another soul who cares
Hold on to what you know is true
What's coming at you comes from you
Do not forget why we're all here
The answer's clear
If love for fellow men and women seems a trite cliche
And tolerance for others' flaws ebbs lower every day
If life exhausts your energy and leaves you without hope
And you are sliding backward down depression's slippery slope
Hold on to those who you can trust
You'll leave the losers in the dust
Just like all things, this too will pass
It just won't last
If people seem like robots with computer chips for souls
And every baby starts its life from six feet down a hole
Before you throw your hands up or complain that you're not free
Wake up and realize perception is reality
Hold on to knowing right from wrong
What doesn't kill you makes you strong
Why wait for heaven 'til you're dead?
It's in your head
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In Answer To "A"
04:35
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IN ANSWER TO 'A' (English)
Here we are drowning in a river of dreams
We are alive, yet we're not living it seems
Fear strikes deep
So routine we keep
If we took a chance we could end up hurt
If we left the ground we'd long for the dirt
Days, years, pass without their promise realized
Talents fade. One day we'll look up as though surprised
Youth and beauty gone
Others carry on
In another world would it be the same?
Can you change a thing if you change its name?
Stop the car, the scenery is rushing by too fast
I can't seem to find out how to make the good times last
Courage comes so late
Can we change our fate?
If I knew the words I would cast the spell
But the ones who know aren't the ones who tell
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Nothing
03:34
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NOTHING (Utley)
I got it bad, girl, this evening
Nothing much to say
My eyes are filled with night time but the stars have gone away
I've got a hole the size of you inside my heart
And there is nothing I can do
It's torn apart
Now every day lasts a lifetime and everyone is strange
Nothing's really different
Only everything has changed
I've got a hole the size of you inside my heart
And there is nothing I can do
It's torn apart
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11. |
Sufferin' Bastard
02:14
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SUFFERIN' BASTARD (English)
A sufferin' bastard walks down my street
Instant karma chained to his feet
He's got no lovelife, he can't find work
Even his mother thinks he's a jerk
No matter what he tries, it always fails
He's on the lighter side of Justice's scales
It's like a bad dream between his ears
If he weren't funny, he'd bring you to tears
He's got no talent, he's got no skill
He could be dangerous if he had will
If not for charity, he'd surely die
But better it be him than you or I
Sufferin' bastard can't get a break
No second chances he can take
He's got no friends and he's got no class
Even his dreams are purely crass
If not for charity, he'd surely die
But better it be him than you or I
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12. |
Stay Awake
06:07
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STAY AWAKE (English)
Leave your bed behind, in the night go wandering
Out here you will find the searchers are gathering
Thin, silvery lines connect to the other world
Out here you can fly with a breath and a word
In the daytime, you won't believe
So stay awake tonight
Your own Neverland glows in fields of white and black
It awaits your hand exploring its every track
Others you will meet, pure soul without substance
You look at your feet and grin at their absence
In the daytime, you won't believe
So stay awake tonight
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Stop The Car Cincinnati, Ohio
Neo-psychedelic graveyard garage music. STOP THE CAR was formed in 1984 in Evansville, IN. Their music and theatrical live performances enjoyed considerable local success. They relocated to Nashville in 1989, split up in 1991, and reformed in Cincinnati from 1997-99. They performed reunion shows in 2005, 2006, and 2007, and now have a 2019 reunion show in the works. ... more
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