1. |
Showtime
01:35
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The devil’s on the mezzanine
wrapped in a murder of crows
waits for the black magic hour
and a killing kind of joke
in this house
there won’t be a dry eye
heads will roll, sparks will fly
before we tear it down
let the curtain rise
it’s showtime
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2. |
She's Outside
02:57
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She's a glamorous tragedy
Waxed & stitched to perfection
I'm the moth, she's the flame
She's the spider I'm the fly
Disempowered & disconnection
(she’s out…)
(she’s out…)
She's outside
She's outside
She's paid her admission
now she wants to take me for a ride
She's a bitch on the takeoff
She takes more than she deserves
figure out the mix, she'll let you slam it to the floor
And ease you into the curves
She's outside
She's outside
She's paid her admission
now she wants to take me for a ride
She's outside
She's outside
I can hear her transmission
She's hoping I wanna drive
She’s outside
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3. |
Love is for Suckers
03:33
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Not for the faint of heart
Not for the frail or weak
Not for the vulnerable
feeling incomplete
Not for the beautiful
Not for the sake of art
Not for the dignified
with room inside their hearts
Love is, love is for suckers
(ba da, ba ba ba-da da)
Not for the generous
Not for the kind
Not for the humble ones
respecting others time
Not for the quick witted
Not for the cool kids
We fools who think
we think things through
Love is, love is for suckers
(ba da, ba ba ba-da da)
Let me go
Let me close my eyes
Let me feel like someone who'll survive
for just a little while
Love is, love is for suckers
(ba da, ba ba ba-da da)
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4. |
High Time
03:18
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You talk a grand trash design
While co-opting all things mine
I'm wearing you down uptight
I'm wrong, you're always right
I live the work, you see the stars
a diamond kiss by gaslight
It's all my fault I'm sunshine to your
Shattered glass psychic vampire
You speak of your future stardom
While trampling on my garden
You think you want you know you need
it's high time you leave
high time you leave
it's high time you leave
take anything you want, but you can't take me
Now you perfected the dance
In which you play the victim
of success and circumstance
I’m always making you crazed
On a dime I turn a phrase
You say I got nothing to change
Save things I don't do your way
You bend my ear until it bleeds
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
high time you leave
it's high time you leave
high time you leave
take anything you want, but you can't take me
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5. |
Beautiful Drag
04:20
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stun/radiate
all your shock visual
all the while there's no grace
from which tramps like we can fall
colors fade, but never die
keep me in the back pocket of your heart
and the back of your mind
keeping score and keeping time
you're a diamond, a butterfly
it's all such a beautiful drag, an irresistible mess
signalling both lust and distress
such a beautiful drag, divine decadence
squander the remainder of my common sense
drive til we're crazy you're the times I'll never beat
fabulous freak shining in my suicide seat
sing to me, albeit born too late,
in your brand new key
I'll be your brand new roller skates
all roads lead to this
it's all such a beautiful drag, an irresistible mess
signalling both lust and distress
such a beautiful drag, divine decadence
squander the remainder of my common sense
cyan on the outside, magenta within
with a hazy delivery and a yellow, fuzzy chin
a beautiful drag, an irresistible mess
will you leave me all alone with my loneliness?
don't I know your soul? (beautiful)
don't I know your soul?
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6. |
Vampire Days
03:12
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I've long since come to grips
With your weak derisive scripts
A handful of hurtful stories on repeat
In time, the truth, she slips
Her arm 'round the protagonist
both friend & lover, she saved me from defeat
You're always so delighted
Obsession undivided
Revenge is cool,
but escape is warm & sweet
Your vampire days are over
Your vampire days are over
I'm tired of breaking my back
Looking over my shoulder
I may not know what I want
But this idiot savant
This ain't his first time at the rodeo
This monster I became
No longer taking blame
The conflict, the screaming,
the make-up, the afterglow
Find yourself uninvited
Your dramas unrequited
Bruises are hidden,
but crazy always shows
Your vampire days are over
Your vampire days are over
I'm tired of breaking my back
Looking over my shoulder
Looking over my shoulder
Looking over my shoulder
Your vampire days are over
Your vampire days are over
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7. |
L.I.E. (Do You Wanna)
02:25
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Do you wanna hear a lie?
Will it help you feel better?
Does that make it alright?
Do you wanna hear a lie?
Does that make it OK?
Will it help you sleep at night?
Do you wanna hear a lie?
Does that smooth things over?
Will it help you twist the knife?
Do you wanna hear a lie?
Will that give you confidence?
Does it suit your appetite?
I can power through, I can soldier on
Get over you, myself, and the fact that you’re gone
Do you wanna hear a lie?
Will it keep your conscience clear?
Does that make it justified?
Do you wanna hear a lie?
Does that make it OK?
Will you leave here satisfied?
I never look at your picture
I never wish you were the person
I believed the camera captured
I always knew you were a killer
Do you wanna hear a lie?
You can never get the best of me
You’re not on my mind
Not even part of a compiled minor player
in the movie of my life
I can power through, I can soldier on
Get over you, myself, and the fact that you’re gone
Do you wanna hear a lie?
Do you wanna?
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8. |
Whomever You Need
03:16
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With a scene in my head and a sound in my ears
Of grinding metal, pounding fists, and shifting gears
Where are we? Who am I?
How could you? Don’t ask why
Whomever you need, he is never me
I do nothing, but fuck everything up
Whomever you need, he is never me
In the final cut, loving nothing but
Faces that we wore demand one more encore
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9. |
Diamond in a Trash Can
04:01
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I can and I will
from a view to a kill
pick your switch
crack the whip
the world is my oyster
no no guilt trip
I just go
with the flow
I follow
the yellow brick road
eyes like lights
stars at night
mannequin disco
one man show
a vamping velvet hammer
not your woman, not your man
You're a palace in shambles, darling...
I'm a diamond in a trash can
subvert and control
do the work, play the role
celebrate, give them face
accept the consequence without complaint
be a girl, be a boy
be whatever, but not destroyed
look them all in their eyes
do not let your work be compromised
You’re a passing fad
If you have no long-term plan
You're a palace in shambles, darling...
I'm a diamond in a trash can
She told me...
“We’re not perfect. We all have things people might not like to see...
It takes a lot of hard work, clear thinking, & good makeup to be accepted as a freak.”
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10. |
D.I.R.T.Y.
03:25
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I spy with my black eye
A thousand ways to be true
and I die every time
You say I don't believe you
A nightly dream where in fear I hide
The body of a star that recently died
Is it guilt? Shame? Repressed memory?
None of the above: the dead star’s me
My my dragonfly
D. I. R. T. Y.
My my dragonfly
My my my...
We're D. I. R. T. Y.
Perfection to rejection
in the blink of an eye
I spy with my black eye
A million little pieces
and I like the flashing lights
as tension increases
My my dragonfly
D. I. R. T. Y.
My my dragonfly
My my my...
We're D. I. R. T. Y.
Perfection to rejection
in the blink of an eye
We're D. I. R. T. Y.
Use at your own discretion
if you think you can fly
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11. |
Rhinestone Cluster
03:03
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When it’s in your hands you see yourself
Fragmented & only at flattering angles
In a spell
Laid out, reflected, refracted, and raw
I believe in a vow
I believe zen and now
I believe in eternity
There’s a time to collide
There’s a time to divide
I believe there’s a time to leave
Love is a rhinestone cluster
The light only serves to blind you
Love is a rhinestone cluster
Mesmerizing it pulls you in
a lullaby only when lit for the stage
Glistening
trapped in a sham diamond serenade
Plastic don’t shatter
It don’t fall apart
It warps, it distorts, it degrades
The littlest friction, the thin shimmer surface
Each facet begins to fade
Love is a rhinestone cluster
The light only serves to blind you
Love is a rhinestone cluster
Love is a rhinestone cluster
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12. |
Little Belle
03:32
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little belle… do their prayers keep you company?
little belle… was that you making noise at all the boys coming then going down on first street?
little belle… guardian angel
smile… watching over the golden child
safe in the arms of passed relations
little belle… we'll join you soon; it won't be long
when time's measured in oblivion
little belle.. guardian angel
smile… watching over the golden child
oh won't you smile… watching over the golden child
now I never knew you
neither did he -- my future boyfriend
I never knew he existed
til kitten faxed me his picture
was that your influence?
was that your spell?
aww aww aww...
little belle… baby doll kisses sweet
little belle… will you watch over me the next time in NYC when I go down on Christopher Street?
little belle… guardian angel
smile… watching over the golden child
aww aww aww smile… watching over the golden child
oh won't you smile?
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13. |
Crashing
03:40
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I wanted you to fall into my arms
The rain, the storm, the sun, the moon transforms
Horizons, failing borders
Shimmering dreamlands and their destroyers
Crashing is the easy part, but patching up your shattered heart
Means bonding the fleshy parts with precious metal
Coming to know the afterglow collapse
On with the show, the satire overlaps
Horizons, failing borders
Glittering screen time and its disorders
Crashing is the easy part, but patching up your shattered heart
Means bonding the fleshy parts with precious metal
I wanted you to fall into my arms…
Crashing is the easy part, but patching up your shattered heart
Means bonding the fleshy parts with precious metal
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14. |
Pigs in the Power Room
04:24
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You can make a scene, you can blow all your lines
Steal the show, break their hearts, lie by design
You can die upon the stage, it happens all the time
Ugly can soak in the spotlight, beauty can rot on the vine
"We don’t dance. We don’t sing.
We don’t walk in the door before clocking the exits.
We don’t give a damn, but we’re lovely when we need you,"
Babyface said, slithering across the floor to the pigs in the powder room.
But all I saw was the shadow of someone I thought I knew.
Pawn all your trophies all your golden candy coatings
Go down in flames, drop out, give up, shoegaze
You can put in the fix, turn all your tricks. Which turn was mine?
We can move forward in disgrace, it happens all the time
"We don’t dance. We don’t sing.
We don’t walk in the door before clocking the exits.
We don’t give a damn, but we’re lovely when we need you,"
Babyface said, slithering across the floor to the pigs in the powder room.
But all I saw was the shadow of someone I thought I knew.
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15. |
No Road Home
03:18
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You’re on your own, you’re on your way
Voicing words you thought you’d never say
‘Goodbye’, ‘so long’, so cruel, so wrong,
but you’re gonna do it anyway
This unfinished mansion
In disrepair and long since abandoned
We moved in with all the hope of spring
Now we’ve the bitter chill of autumn
Selfish and so vain
I made my wish, I said my prayers, I do not beg forgiveness
All my happiness depends on me and the ugly truth is
When it comes to success, just like you I’m ruthless
and I know there is no road home
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