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Second Altar
05:55
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You let the power rise
You left no reason, no reason wanting
I laughed and held the silver mirror high
To end the grievous dire longing
Well you think it's the first
But you're wrong
Always worship the second
And the lights burn on
A strange kind of feeling
She said I ain't no human being
We remain unconscious of
The inevitable passage into
The scarlet night. Won't you sigh and
grant me the right? Hug the curves,
Hit the velvet, make it right
And though the melancholy never
really ends, your lap is always new
And though life can be oh so oh so long
Your lap is always new
Well you wait at the first
But you're wrong
I'll be there at the second
And the lights go...
A strange kind of feeling
You know you ain't no human being
...and you found me
in the dark/end/river
...and you found me
where the sunsets shiver
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Sleeping Behind
03:42
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I'm sleeping behind
my darkling hill
Jasper tells me,
You've hid it well
You left the light on,
You left the light on for me
This shifting pilot,
Has got to see this through
The laser light brings
The sorrow all back home
We don't ask questions
You negotiate your death
The hidden night, the half-lit death
The highway light becomes
Sleeping alone behind
The darkling hill
Were you followed?
Were you along
Just for thrills?
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The saddest little thing seeing the back of your head
Always looking, always searching
Time has come and friends are gone
And left only me for the taking,
For the taking
You don't care, you don't care, you don't care for me
But I'm alright while you're drinking
Ain't life so strange that you'll rearrange
What's alright, while you're sinking?
Take what you are now, bring it on down
Leave the suffering to me
The cruelest little thing seeing through your pain
In the sunlight, in the morning
Eyes so white and dreams do fly
Flimsy reasons send you running
You don't care, you don't care, you don't care for me
So long as you're sober
But you won't choose, so all paths you lose
To the seasons and their warnings
Time has come and friends are gone
And left only me for the taking, for the taking
So pick up that phone or you'll die alone,
No more waiting, I'm not faking
You don't care
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We Disappear
05:45
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Well, I saw you last night at the Eagle's Parlor
Throbbing inside from the death of your mother
Well the pain is yours, I won't get near
No matter what time passes, things don't wash clear
And when he drops you like a stone
You're running soon
And when the rest won't make it home
You wanted doom
And when they call you another name
You're running soon
And when he doesn't feel the same
You wanted doom
Now your wisdom, your chains are all that matters
Somehow make our lives feel less a disaster
You trade those cups for swords, your stars for iron
We all bow our heads hang sympathy domain
"You cannot wake, until you learn."
Baby, could you give your life away?
"The waves will cover up the land."
Your angel showed us all the end.
"You fell asleep, only to burn. Come with me."
We will disappear.
Well, I caught you last night in the Eagle's Parlor
Doing your damn best to fall into that mirror
What do you see? Where aren't you going?
Have they come? Is it the gloaming?
"You fell asleep, only to burn. Come with me."
We will disappear.
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Nothing here on Earth, out there I'm king
Sailing outer stars, watching the unseen
Came upon a sign, azure lunar lines that seem
Frost along by spine, calling from a dream
From a dream
Calling down the sky, descend to the glade
Skry along my bones, mirroring nerve trees
Vast, fast, and old - the ruins stretch untold, serene
Still the beacon calls five clicks to the east
To hear you say, "Can we break away?"
The cerulean serrates the tower
"Follow me and watch the fires burn."
Can we break away?
The cerulean serrates the spires
"Follow me and watch the stars go out."
Centuries of waiting live in me
Sunsets fall to dark/end/river dreams
Numenor awash in sorrow fails
Illendril still whispers true
Between the seams
In my asphyxiated high, I mistook the skulls for fruit.
Can we break away?
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Glory Road
04:26
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You were born for nothing
But you live for free
Always wanting, wanting in this society
You wanted power
You wanted rights
You waited long and took your chance upon the night
You were born for nothing
But you're not the first
Your low-life parents
Started you out upon this curse
A tincture of lust, an eye of lies
A serum of guilt to swallow each and every night
Waiting for your break
You've sealed your fate
Riding on the glory road
You were born for nothing
Now you live for free
Four walls and bars, for you a new society
They took your power
They took your rights
Left you a noose, to slip away upon the night
Waiting for your break
You've sealed your fate
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The Kept Wichita Falls, Texas
The Kept is a fuzzy rock group from Wichita Falls, Texas. We tune low and play
loud.
THE KEPT IS:
Brandon Arnold: Vocals
Tyson Arnold: Guitar/Vocals
Jeff Catlin: Guitar/Vocals
Nick Knowles: Bass Boss
Drew Johnson-Drums
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