Switchblade Symphony broke up quite a while ago, and this page really had nothing on it but album artwork and a couple of pictures, and all the links were dead. So i've decided to put the lyrics page here, and a link to the icons/event sounds collection i made ages ago in case anyone may still want it. I'll add any bits of news i may hear about former members, or anything Switchblade Symphony related to the page, but don't expect much anymore.
Speaking of: Tina Root has a MySpace account, and she posts new music from her band Tre'Lux. You can find that here.
-News-
Cleopatra Records has rereleased "Serpentine Gallery". The bonus disc included in the package is an exact recreation of the very limited edition CD "Scrapbook". So, if you were never able to pick it up, now is your chance.
This is an example of what it could look like on your desktop. There are three different wallpaper options, a full set of cursors, sounds, and icons, and four animated cursors (including one based on the cover of the limited edition "Scrapbook" CD). All sounds are from "Serpentine Gallery", "Scrapbook", and the "Drool" single.
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I did not transcribe these lyrics, any errors that might exist are not mine.
Serpentine Gallery
Bad Trash
Dissolve
Wallflower
Wrecking Yard
Clown
Cocoon
Dollhouse
Sweet
Gutter Glitter
Mine Eyes
Bloody Knuckles
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bad trash
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lilies may grow even through snow
the sun will rise sparkle your eyes
the wind shall blow bad trash away
when anguish is near
somebody please polish the stars
for their skin is dull
somebody please awaken the sun
and never let it fall
somebody please stir up the sky
emotionally so it must cry
dissolve
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can you see me going down
i am screaming out loud
and the fear of god is in me now
dissolve
in the moonshine
i leave no trace
my visions have gone
far away from this place
they've dissolved
can you see me going down
i am screaming out loud
and the fear of god is in me now
dissolve
wallflower
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underneath the soiled ground
slowly she moves underground
quickly now she's moving up
seed of need it will erupt
something is happening
underneath the ground
for she's been waiting to bloom
thinking and wondering
of her climb up to the sun
for she's been waiting to bloom
waiting for her
waking so slowly
the earth she has outgrown
for she's been waiting to bloom
stretching she's growing
on her climb up to the sun
for she's been waiting to bloom
waiting for her
let me grow
the soil it strangles me
let me grow
the soil it strangles me
something is happening
underneath the ground
for she's been waiting to bloom
thinking and wondering
her time has just begun
for she's been waiting to bloom
waiting to bloom
wrecking yard
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gather round to hear this tale
a story which has grown old
torn of their pride
stars crash and collide
the wrecking yard grows cold
they may laugh and they may say
this doesn't hurt them oh no
if you happen to see them just listen
take away some of their pain tonight
these are saddened times today
this sickened place we live
we walk right through
the wrecking yard
it's nothing that we give
memories of days gone by
eyes wet with pictures so bright
warm from the fire
the children they tire
they're burning out tonight
dancing in the night they're shining
up above the sky
laughing in their darkest times
you'll see them asleep in the rain tonight
these are saddened times today
this sickened place we live
we walk right through
the wrecking yard
it's nothing that we give
gather round to hear this tale
a story which has grown old
clown
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crying loud
you're crawling on the floor
just a beautiful baby,
you're nothing more
close your eyes,
you're crawling into sleep
i swear i won't break you
if you let me take you
where the willows never weep
where the willows never weep
coming quick into your wonderland
flying high on bleached white sand
tranquilized by lights
you lose your way
well just come with me
and i'll make you see
with me you'll want to stay
can baby come out to play
circus lights are shutting slowly down
but still you're up in the air,
and loving your wings
my dear you play the clown
you're still up in the air
and loving your wings
what's gonna happen when you come down
cocoon
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she is flying
soaring through the air up there
my butterfly
in the sky she loves to fly
from way up high
my butterfly
floating in the sky
is her state of mind
she is flying
soaring through the air up there
my butterfly
dollhouse
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pushing, pulling me down again
pushing, pulling me down again
it's getting bad i can't breathe
i won't let them in
i won't let them in
crushing, pushing me down again
crushing, pushing me down again
i need to get away
listen now to their hurting words
they rip and they do tear
pushing out all of my hidden things
hold my hand and take me there
sickened eyes seem to mesmerize
they're melting as they glow
memorize your alibis
they're laughing in the snow
people climbing up the walls
breaking all of my wretched dolls
fingernails they scratch outside
in the attic is where i'll hide
people climbing up the walls
breaking all of my wretched dolls
fingernails they scatch outside
in the attic is where i'll hide
i won't let them in
sweet
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broken people, hollow and feeble
they're rolling up the hill
rotten ingrate, stupid mistake
they're rolling up the hill
wishing wells and cockle shells
they swim throughout my head
my eyes are closing slowly as i'm lowering my head
wanting and getting, silent setting
they're rolling up the hill
robbing, burning, wasted learning
they're rolling up the hill
wishing wells and cockle shells
they swim throughout my head
my eyes are closing slowly as i'm lowering my head
breaking in, in my eyes
i can't see like this
i can't let go, please help me down
i can't be like this
seeing them, them all around
how can they be so sweet
they panic so, just hold them down
i could live like this
i'm closing in, hey, all around
i could live like this
hearing them in my head
how can they be so sweet
they're all around
hey hear me say they're all around
they're so sweet
they're all around
they're so sweet
gutter glitter
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iridescent eyes of the seahorse rise
treasures she loves others despise
a shooting star shan't fall very far
dim fireflies held in glass jars
april showers bring may flowers
dazzling dust tossed in wind gusts
the trap door is open
the window half closed
the tapestry curtain vivaciously grows
london bridge did fall down
my fair lady nearly drowned
what is the reason to lock her up
when already she had such rotten luck
bracelets of silver adorn my wrists
candy kisses from sugared lips
candy kisses me kisses me
london bridge did fall down
my fair lady nearly drowned
london bridge did fall down
my fair lady nearly drowned
london bridge is falling down,
falling down, falling down
london bridge is falling down,
my fair lady
mine eyes
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will the angels sing tonight
or will they perish in the shadows of this newborn light
will we crumble into dust
will we blow away
like the ravens did yesterday
can we mend this broken reed
seal the doom of this house of cards
i only want to hear the angels laugh
are they sleeping on the edge of the sky
will the candles burn all night
or will the darkness engulf us and swallow our sight
can we go the same ground if a nightingale sings
gather round the fountain as the churchbells ring
i only want to hear the angels laugh
are they sleeping on the edge of the sky
i only want to hear the angels sing
are they crying on the edge of mine eyes
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songs on scrapbook
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rain
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A raindrop on the rooftops, a little girl
Dancing in her crystal gown, till she must go
A floating palace in the sky is where she'll be
And there she'll stay until she falls so peacefully
I roamed the hills so desperately to find where she can be
But every hill i searched today was empty
Gather all your roses, While you may
A chamber in the valley is where she lays
numb
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(Numb)
Lets all go in the river
A mirror for my disguise
To look at her makes me shiver
I can see right through her eyes in her mind
She is tongue tied, she wont make a sound
And believes she can only hide when i turn away
This imagery is haunting me
She wont fly away
She calls me so pleadingly
But i don't, but i don't know her name
Numb
I went down to the river
To wait for her to arise
I looked in the mirror
And sprinkled teardrops in her eyes
Numb, ahhhhh
Numb, ahhhhh
Numb, ahhhhh
Chain
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Chain
Chain heart, chain, chain
Leave us alone, leave us alone
Your shadow is drifting under the door
Your venom is trickling down the floor
My tears I will give them my trust
For when they hit you my friend, your powers will rust
I can't break away from chain
Fatal friend the chain
Your shadow is drifting under the door
Your venom is trickling down the floor
You are wicked and confining to me
Yet the lock you have created does have a key
I can break away from chain
Fatal friend the chain
Leave, chain
Ride
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I won't live forever, where will I go
Will I miss the war, will I miss the snow
I love the way the water comes down like acid rain
For when i'm gone they'll carry on
For when i'm gone they'll carry on
But in your head you're all dead
Your brains cold from whats been told
And there you sit, begging change
Don't you get it you're still in their shooting range
This is life not a game
And its getting real old
Your body is hungry for your souls been sold
And now you're trapped deep inside
My kind of ride, 69 stories down down better better run and hide
Run.......
I won't live forever, where will I go
Will I miss the war, will I miss the snow
I love the way the water comes down like acid rain
For when i'm gone they'll carry on
For when i'm gone they'll carry on
Where will i go
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songs on the drool single
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drool (mother)
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She's been standing in my place
Let's go out and slap her face
She's been sitting in my chair
Let's go out and pull her hair
Yes you scream and you shout
Girl you'll never get out
No you never will see what's new
Yes you scream and you shout
No you'll never get out
No you never will see what's new
Mother says to stay right here
Mother says to stay right here
Mother says to stay right here
Right here
Mother says to stay right here
Mother says to stay right here
Mother says to stay right here
Right here
She's been sleeping in my bed
Let's go out and shoot her dead
She's been dancing in my dress
Let's go out and make a mess
Yes you scream and you shout
No you'll never get out
No you never will see what's new
Yes you scream and you shout
No you'll never get out
No you never will see what's new
With you....
Iridescent eyes of the seahorse cries
Treasures she loves others despise
A shooting star shan't fall very far
Dim fireflies held in glass jars
April showers bring May flowers
Dazzling dust tossed in wind gusts
The trap door is open
The window half closed
The tapestry curtain vivaciously grows
Iridescent eyes of the seahorse cries
Treasures she loves others despise
A shooting star shan't fall very far
Dim fireflies held in glass jars
Mother says to stay right here
Mother says to stay right here
Mother says to stay right here
Right here
Mother says to stay right here
Mother says to stay right here
Mother says to stay right here
Right here
Tell me what's new with you
Yeah, you're that girl
Tell me what's new with you
Yeah, you're that girl
Is it her or is it me?
soldiers
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See all the faces
Out walking in the streets
Who will find the way to love
See how they run
See how they fly
ooh wah wah wah,
ooh ooh you,
1, 2, 3, 4
5, 6, 7, 8
Many more to obligate
See past the surface
To own the broken hearts
Beating much too slow
See how they run
See how they fly
ooh wah wah wah, etc.
ooh ooh you, etc.
1, 2, 3, 4
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songs on "Bread and Jam for Frances"
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Witches
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They ride on broomsticks
Ya know
Angels use wings
To catch the wind's blow
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
Skeleton's rite
They glow in the night
Goblins entrance
With their wicked dance
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
Your dreams are filled
With blood and gore
Now they're right outside your door
They're gonna get you
A spider's love bite
May find you tonight
Monsters they eat
Your kind of meat
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
Now it's getting hot, hot
Now it's getting hot, hot
Run for water
Now it's getting too hot
Me, me, me, me, me, me, ha ha ha...
Dirty Dog
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Keep a line for you
Keep a line for you
Get it all, waterfall
Wash it off of me
What do you think, little man
You could do to me?
And I'm feeling like I'm moving
I am flying, tonight
I am smiling, I am gliding,
And I'm feeling all right
Won't she wise up,
Stop going out and in?
Won't she wise up,
Stop going out and in?
Keep a line for you
Keep a line for you
What a way
A little fly
Can land on everything
Dirty ways
Sick and small
He is the insect king
And I'm feeling like I'm moving
I am flying, tonight
I am smiling, I am gliding,
And I'm feeling all right
Won't she wise up,
Stop going out and in?
Won't she wise up,
Stop going out and in?
Won't she wise up,
Stop going out and in?
Won't she wise up,
Stop going out and in?
Roller Coaster
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We've been sailing
All through sick skies
Backbones breaking
So we all lie
We've been sailing
All through sick skies
Backbones breaking
So we all lie
We are laughing, you see
Ah ha ha ha
Please don't get in line again
For the ride of the rollercoaster
Please don't get in line again
For the ride of the rollercoaster
It's such a scream
It's such a scream
See the tracks
Bring them back
Don't you dare
Leave them there
We are laughing, you see
Ah ha ha ha
All the places
They're getting close to me
Coming around the bend
For all to see
And be
Situation #58
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...a lamb widows and humans and pits
and demons and boils and sleepwalkers
and bats and widows and humans and pits
and demons and demons and demons
designs and clarity in infants have the milking
of treasuries minimizing but Gorkenson bought
a pint of bourbon the vermin they were
multiplying out they come and make me misers
i will nab them covers and i will nab
them narrating the narrating of contradictions
contradictions i will narrate and i will have
the naturalizing of criminals and the
defecating of bats and planktons
and the non-fuzzy deities...
Soldiers
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See all the faces
Out walking in the street
Who will find the way to love
See how they run
See how they fly
ooh wah wah wah
ooh wah wah wah
ooh ooh
Who are you?
Who are you?
1, 2, 3, 4
5, 6, 7, 8
Many more to obligate
See past the surface
To all the broken hearts
Beating much too slow
See how they run
See how they fly
ooh wah wah wah
ooh wah wah wah
ooh ooh
Who are you?
Who are you?
1, 2, 3, 4
Sleep
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I don't feel good
I don't sound good
I don't look good
I wish I was right
I don't feel good
I don't sound good
I don't look good
I wish I was right
I watch you sleep
Away the time
I watch you sleep
Sleep tight
Am I a little liar
Hiding below your bed
Am I a little liar
Wish I was right
Am I a little liar
Laying below your bed
Am I a little liar
Wish I was right
I watch you sleep
Away the time
I watch you sleep
Sleep tight
I watch you sleep away the time
I watch you sleep
Sleep tight
Look at my bricks
My bricks I am laying
Look at my bricks
My bricks I am laying
Down, down, down
You'll fall
Down, down, down
You'll fall
Down, down, down...
Funnel
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The lady, poor lady
She lost all her things
For inside of her house now
The lady just stays
Anyone, anyone, anyone, anyone
Ah...ah...ah...ah...
Overflow, silver hair lays
Buckets of pills for days and for days
Anyone, anyone, anyone, anyone
The remover is coming to eat up the stale
Radio play beats and puppy dog tails
Anyone, anyone, anyone, anyone...
I am no lost no
Oh where can I be
Don't go near that
You'll find it empty
Scissors cut spaces
Perfect and right
Tongue tied rhythms
May find you tonight
She takes medicine medicine
Every damn day
For she thinks she is sick
She was brought up that way
Anyone, anyone, anyone, anyone...
Ah...ah...ah...ah...
Insect
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Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
I hear it
No buzzing
Be quiet
I hear you
In my head
Be quiet
Be quiet
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Where is the light
Where is the light
Let's get out of here
Let's get out of here
Where is the light
Where is the light
Let's get out of here
Let's get out of here
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Don't you ever, ever, ever, come out
Rampid
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Tomorrow
Will we all just fade away
And will the sun explode
Destroying everything
Tomorrow
Will we all just fade away
And will the sun explode
Destroying everything
We are lines too little
Fading fast away
Too little we all shine
We will find a way
We are lines, we are lines
Fading fast away, fading fast away
What happens
Will we all just fade away
And will the sun explode
Destroying everything
What happens
Will we all just fade away
And will the sun explode
Destroying everything
Sheep
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It's time to tell me what you saw
It's time to tell me what you saw
Where are all my little
Little lambs
Fast asleep
Where are all my little
Little lambs
Fast asleep
It's time to tell me what you saw
It's time to tell me what you saw
Did did did did da
Did did da ha
Did did did did da
Did did da ha
Oh, where can they be?
Did did did did da
Did did da ha
Oh, where can they be?
It's time to tell me what you saw
Tell me
It's time to tell me what you saw
Please, Mister
If you see them
They're missing
Won't you help them find
Their way
Find their way home
Before
The wolves find them first
_________________ bad trash _________________ lilies may grow even through snow the sun will rise sparkle your eyes the wind shall blow bad trash away when anguish is near somebody please polish the stars for their skin is dull somebody please awaken the sun and never let it fall somebody please stir up the sky emotionally so it must cry dissolve _________________ can you see me going down i am screaming out loud and the fear of god is in me now dissolve in the moonshine i leave no trace my visions have gone far away from this place they've dissolved can you see me going down i am screaming out loud and the fear of god is in me now dissolve wallflower _________________ underneath the soiled ground slowly she moves underground quickly now she's moving up seed of need it will erupt something is happening underneath the ground for she's been waiting to bloom thinking and wondering of her climb up to the sun for she's been waiting to bloom waiting for her waking so slowly the earth she has outgrown for she's been waiting to bloom stretching she's growing on her climb up to the sun for she's been waiting to bloom waiting for her let me grow the soil it strangles me let me grow the soil it strangles me something is happening underneath the ground for she's been waiting to bloom thinking and wondering her time has just begun for she's been waiting to bloom waiting to bloom wrecking yard _________________ gather round to hear this tale a story which has grown old torn of their pride stars crash and collide the wrecking yard grows cold they may laugh and they may say this doesn't hurt them oh no if you happen to see them just listen take away some of their pain tonight these are saddened times today this sickened place we live we walk right through the wrecking yard it's nothing that we give memories of days gone by eyes wet with pictures so bright warm from the fire the children they tire they're burning out tonight dancing in the night they're shining up above the sky laughing in their darkest times you'll see them asleep in the rain tonight these are saddened times today this sickened place we live we walk right through the wrecking yard it's nothing that we give gather round to hear this tale a story which has grown old clown _________________ crying loud you're crawling on the floor just a beautiful baby, you're nothing more close your eyes, you're crawling into sleep i swear i won't break you if you let me take you where the willows never weep where the willows never weep coming quick into your wonderland flying high on bleached white sand tranquilized by lights you lose your way well just come with me and i'll make you see with me you'll want to stay can baby come out to play circus lights are shutting slowly down but still you're up in the air, and loving your wings my dear you play the clown you're still up in the air and loving your wings what's gonna happen when you come down cocoon _________________ she is flying soaring through the air up there my butterfly in the sky she loves to fly from way up high my butterfly floating in the sky is her state of mind she is flying soaring through the air up there my butterfly dollhouse _________________ pushing, pulling me down again pushing, pulling me down again it's getting bad i can't breathe i won't let them in i won't let them in crushing, pushing me down again crushing, pushing me down again i need to get away listen now to their hurting words they rip and they do tear pushing out all of my hidden things hold my hand and take me there sickened eyes seem to mesmerize they're melting as they glow memorize your alibis they're laughing in the snow people climbing up the walls breaking all of my wretched dolls fingernails they scratch outside in the attic is where i'll hide people climbing up the walls breaking all of my wretched dolls fingernails they scatch outside in the attic is where i'll hide i won't let them in sweet _________________ broken people, hollow and feeble they're rolling up the hill rotten ingrate, stupid mistake they're rolling up the hill wishing wells and cockle shells they swim throughout my head my eyes are closing slowly as i'm lowering my head wanting and getting, silent setting they're rolling up the hill robbing, burning, wasted learning they're rolling up the hill wishing wells and cockle shells they swim throughout my head my eyes are closing slowly as i'm lowering my head breaking in, in my eyes i can't see like this i can't let go, please help me down i can't be like this seeing them, them all around how can they be so sweet they panic so, just hold them down i could live like this i'm closing in, hey, all around i could live like this hearing them in my head how can they be so sweet they're all around hey hear me say they're all around they're so sweet they're all around they're so sweet gutter glitter _________________ iridescent eyes of the seahorse rise treasures she loves others despise a shooting star shan't fall very far dim fireflies held in glass jars april showers bring may flowers dazzling dust tossed in wind gusts the trap door is open the window half closed the tapestry curtain vivaciously grows london bridge did fall down my fair lady nearly drowned what is the reason to lock her up when already she had such rotten luck bracelets of silver adorn my wrists candy kisses from sugared lips candy kisses me kisses me london bridge did fall down my fair lady nearly drowned london bridge did fall down my fair lady nearly drowned london bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down london bridge is falling down, my fair lady mine eyes _________________ will the angels sing tonight or will they perish in the shadows of this newborn light will we crumble into dust will we blow away like the ravens did yesterday can we mend this broken reed seal the doom of this house of cards i only want to hear the angels laugh are they sleeping on the edge of the sky will the candles burn all night or will the darkness engulf us and swallow our sight can we go the same ground if a nightingale sings gather round the fountain as the churchbells ring i only want to hear the angels laugh are they sleeping on the edge of the sky i only want to hear the angels sing are they crying on the edge of mine eyes ________________ songs on scrapbook ________________
rain _________________ A raindrop on the rooftops, a little girl Dancing in her crystal gown, till she must go A floating palace in the sky is where she'll be And there she'll stay until she falls so peacefully I roamed the hills so desperately to find where she can be But every hill i searched today was empty Gather all your roses, While you may A chamber in the valley is where she lays numb _________________ (Numb) Lets all go in the river A mirror for my disguise To look at her makes me shiver I can see right through her eyes in her mind She is tongue tied, she wont make a sound And believes she can only hide when i turn away This imagery is haunting me She wont fly away She calls me so pleadingly But i don't, but i don't know her name Numb I went down to the river To wait for her to arise I looked in the mirror And sprinkled teardrops in her eyes Numb, ahhhhh Numb, ahhhhh Numb, ahhhhh Chain _________________ Chain Chain heart, chain, chain Leave us alone, leave us alone Your shadow is drifting under the door Your venom is trickling down the floor My tears I will give them my trust For when they hit you my friend, your powers will rust I can't break away from chain Fatal friend the chain Your shadow is drifting under the door Your venom is trickling down the floor You are wicked and confining to me Yet the lock you have created does have a key I can break away from chain Fatal friend the chain Leave, chain Ride _________________ I won't live forever, where will I go Will I miss the war, will I miss the snow I love the way the water comes down like acid rain For when i'm gone they'll carry on For when i'm gone they'll carry on But in your head you're all dead Your brains cold from whats been told And there you sit, begging change Don't you get it you're still in their shooting range This is life not a game And its getting real old Your body is hungry for your souls been sold And now you're trapped deep inside My kind of ride, 69 stories down down better better run and hide Run....... I won't live forever, where will I go Will I miss the war, will I miss the snow I love the way the water comes down like acid rain For when i'm gone they'll carry on For when i'm gone they'll carry on Where will i go ________________ songs on the drool single ________________ drool (mother) _________________ She's been standing in my place Let's go out and slap her face She's been sitting in my chair Let's go out and pull her hair Yes you scream and you shout Girl you'll never get out No you never will see what's new Yes you scream and you shout No you'll never get out No you never will see what's new Mother says to stay right here Mother says to stay right here Mother says to stay right here Right here Mother says to stay right here Mother says to stay right here Mother says to stay right here Right here She's been sleeping in my bed Let's go out and shoot her dead She's been dancing in my dress Let's go out and make a mess Yes you scream and you shout No you'll never get out No you never will see what's new Yes you scream and you shout No you'll never get out No you never will see what's new With you.... Iridescent eyes of the seahorse cries Treasures she loves others despise A shooting star shan't fall very far Dim fireflies held in glass jars April showers bring May flowers Dazzling dust tossed in wind gusts The trap door is open The window half closed The tapestry curtain vivaciously grows Iridescent eyes of the seahorse cries Treasures she loves others despise A shooting star shan't fall very far Dim fireflies held in glass jars Mother says to stay right here Mother says to stay right here Mother says to stay right here Right here Mother says to stay right here Mother says to stay right here Mother says to stay right here Right here Tell me what's new with you Yeah, you're that girl Tell me what's new with you Yeah, you're that girl Is it her or is it me? soldiers _________________ See all the faces Out walking in the streets Who will find the way to love See how they run See how they fly ooh wah wah wah, ooh ooh you, 1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 7, 8 Many more to obligate See past the surface To own the broken hearts Beating much too slow See how they run See how they fly ooh wah wah wah, etc. ooh ooh you, etc. 1, 2, 3, 4 _______________ songs on "Bread and Jam for Frances" _______________
