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Rise And Fall
03:39
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RISE AND FALL
People live in the rise and fall
People live through the rise and fall
Beat them down break their bones
They’ve seen it all
Cause they’ve lived through the rise and fall
People pray in the church of pain
People pray in the church of pain
They raise their hands
And rebuke the sins they’ve made
When they pray in the church of pain
People die from the rise and fall
People die from the rise and fall
They lay them down
In the bosom of the All
When they die from the rise and fall
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I SPOKE TO THE DEVIL ABOUT YOU
I spoke to the devil about you.
I spoke to the devil about you.
I spoke to the devil about you.
I spoke to the devil about you.
He told me of your secret sin
Of All the guilt you hold within
He sees beneath your soft skin…
Now I know--- ‘cause I spoke to the devil about you..
He didn’t want it another way,
He didn’t want it another way
There’s nothing left that I could say
He didn’t want it another way…
I tried to protest, tried to run
I tried to throw away the gun
But he just wanted some fun..
I don’t know… just spoke to the devil about you
I spoke to the devil about you
He hissed it softly in my ear
Told me I had nothing to fear
Next thing I knew I stood here..
Don’t know how… but I spoke to the devil about you
He said to watch you as you die
He said to watch you as you die
See the blackness in your eyes
Put an end to all your lies
When you see him say I said hello
Give me a wink when you get below
I’ll catch you both when I go
Now you know- I spoke to the devil about you
I spoke to the devil about you
I spoke to the devil about you
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3. |
Then She's Gone
03:48
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Then She’s Gone
She will make you swoon in your motel room
She’s the secret that you won’t tell
You don’t know her name she’s in every vein
Till she takes you to sweet hell- then she’s gone
It’s a hot affair see her everywhere
It’s not lust but obsession
The one you can’t ignore she’s your favorite score
But the soul of discretion
Then she gone
If you’re lost she’s found she will drag you down
Can’t resist her seduction
That faint whiff of sin let the darkness in
That delicious destruction
Then she’s gone…
Trapped with no escape- in her tight embrace
Searching for some restitution
See the gloating smile know you’ll stay awhile
Beyond any absolution - Then She’s Gone
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4. |
Is It Still The Same
03:19
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Is It Still The Same
Help me to my dressing gown and help me to my feet
Take me to the kitchen there might be something to eat
I haven’t been outside for maybe six or seven weeks
Tell me is it still the same?
Look inside the cupboard you might find some bread in there
You look sort of familiar- tho I remember darker hair
It’s getting pretty cold in here but I just don’t seem to care
Tell me- is it still the same?
Can you tell me what the hell is happening out there?
Mostly I stay in my bed or sometimes in my chair
Im aIways terrified but won’t succumb to my despair
Just tell me is it still the same?
I’ve hidden here inside my house since everything went wrong
I hope things can be sorted out and it won’t take too long
I don’t know how much time I have I’ve never been too strong
But tell me--is it still the same?
I hope that nothing happens to a fine young man like you
You look a lot like my first son when he was 22
I wish I could come with you but there’s nothing I can do
Tell me--is it still the same?
Just tell meis it still the same?
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The Perfect Storm
03:26
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The Perfect Storm
I had a dream about you
as the sky burst into flame
We boarded all the doors and windows
The ground below us opened
to a pit that glowed blood red
you laughed and said "jump in - that's where the sin goes"
There's no alms to give the poor
there's no calm to give the scorned
No tally for the gifts you gave in shame
I'd lie to give you faith
but I never learned that trade
It was the Perfect Storm that blew my love away
The scarecrows bore poor witness
to a future birthed in stone
The ground belched colder with each shovel's bite
The winds slurred with a sailor’s tongue
Kissed by a knucklebone
The soot grew blacker in that crow filled night
All the cradles in distress
Every face was uncaressed
The benevolent and righteous left maligned
I knew you when you cried
The finest moment of that night
It was the Perfect Storm that left my love behind
Every soul stared into space
Yearning for that better place
They licked the juice that life spilled on its shoe
The craters in your eyes
The feel of joy that I despise
It was the Perfect Storm that took my love from you
Spiders start your spinning
put your heart into your craft
Prepare to be desire's final doctor
I'll find my needed tenderness
inside a steel shaft
Abiding in the strong arms of my proctors
There's no song upon the hills
There's no river running still
I prayed and prayed to reach this state of mind
Grayed moments drop away
leaving nothing left to say
It was the Perfect Storm that left my love behind
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The Last Cab Out Of Vegas
The heat makes everything wavy
that kicks up dust from the road
And as the sky turns from orange to brown to black
it feels a long way from home
I never did the math I never took the path
That leads to logical turns
You say it’s the last cab the last cab out of Vegas
There’s something big on the rooftop
The moon’s a sad silhouette
And every breeze is a teenager’s dare to go alone
Where the dark won’t forget
It’s inescapable and I’m not capable
Of saying “no” when I should
And this is the last cab the last cab out of Vegas
Every sound is an echo
Every light floats so slow away
they’re blown away
Like leaves into the night
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7. |
I Gave Her Coal
03:30
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I Gave Her Coal
She wanted something I could not be
She wanted more than just the finest out of me
She wanted rubies it took its toll
She wanted diamonds I gave her coal
I gave her coal I gave her coal
She wanted diamonds I gave her coal
She wanted something I couldn’t give
She wanted lifetimes but she wouldn’t let me live
She wanted silver she wanted gold
She wanted diamonds I gave her coal
I gave her coal I gave her coal
She wanted diamonds I gave her coal
I gave her coal I gave her coal
She wanted diamonds I gave her coal
She wanted something I didn’t have
She wanted stable but she wound up on a slab
She wanted endless - have and to hold
A warm forever I made her cold
I gave her coal I gave her coal
She wanted diamonds but I gave her coal
I gave her coal I gave her coal
She wanted diamonds I gave her coal
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Demon Road
02:47
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Demon Road
There are stories
Way past midnight
Where the road ends
Where no one goes
Is the wind blowing leaves around
Or something more alone?
Twirling to the howling waltz of the unknown
There are angels
That danced with devils
In a roadhouse
The desert swallowed whole
The walls are grey and crumbling
Where the sex and violence flowed
From the woeful hitching rides on Demon Road
There are markers
Maybe gravesites
Maybe tributes
To troubled heavy loads
Police won’t answer calls there
And dogs won’t chase the crows
Where the pavement ends begins that Demon Road
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9. |
Pass the Bottle
02:20
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Pass The Bottle
Pass the bottle back to me
You poor boy you look half dead
You know it’s very harazdous
To try to flee before your case is pled
Pass the bottle back to me
I hear you don’t like whiskey no more
After all the ghosts of all the damned
Started hanging outside your door
The verdict’s on the books
The grave’s already dug
Your body’s leaning on the brink
Life just passes by
In the blinking of an eye
There’s nothing left to do buy drink
Deny it all you want
Escape is not a choice
You heard the clanging of the gate
Every man’s a pebble
And every woman grist
When the grindstone starts to grate
Pass the bottle back to me
Won’t you let another man have a turn?
There’s no point in holding nothing back
When your bridges have all been burned
Pass the bottle back to me
You can whimper and you can plead
But there ain’t no place that you can hide
When the devils at last are freed
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THE RAIN’S NOT TRAVELING ALONE
I can hear each raindrop
Banging on the tin roof
Singing every saddest song
But you won’t hear a solution
Just another memory
‘Cause the rain’s not traveling alone
I can hear old crying
like a harmony
With new faces I blame it on
And I guess I’m on a pony running faster than me
‘Cause the rain’s not traveling alone
The rain’s not traveling alone
The rain’s not traveling alone
You can threaten and pray but it will return someday
The rain’s not traveling alone
I can raise my wishes to a higher place
Swearing I won’t repeat my wrongs
But that ghost of every retreat
Just sits and rattles his chains
And says “the rain’s not traveling alone”
Every fleshy second
Every breathing hour
Comes another test of hope
So I’ll button up my jacket
And I’ll cover my ears
‘Cause the rain’s not traveling alone
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11. |
Down In The Hole
02:31
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Down In The Hole
Enter the hangman
The law is just
My bones are gravel
My soul is dust
No time for protest the wind blows cold
As I go down down down down in the hole down in the hole down in the hole down in the hole
A thousand ravens make up my coat
A viper’s tongue lies inside my throat
My blood is sawdust my heart is coal
As I go down down down down in the hole down in the hole down in the hole down in the hole
And I go down down down down in the hole down in the hole down in the hole down in the hole
You can’t erase me I leave a stain
Bone deep tattoo of grief and pain
You burn my body - but I remain
And you go down down down down in the hole down in the hole
Yes you go down down down down in the hole down in the hole down in the hole
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HollywoodTrax / Masterclearmusic Los Angeles, California
Hollywoodtrax/Masterclearmusic is a small Independent label that provides an opportunity for artists to place music on Film and Television.
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