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Cave In lyrics
Album: Antenna [2003]
| Stained Silver | |
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Pop culture with a pin
Watch it wheeze in the air like a dying balloon
A mistake dawned on me
And the rest of my tribe: "Your wish is my command"
No really, it's OK
Give yourself a group hug and a pat on the back
No really, it's alright
Pose your best for a shot from the firing squad
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven
Raiding tomorrow's prayers with a stained silver bullet
Oh how it kills me waiting to follow through
On a dare
Pop culture with a pill
Watch it make all the worms in your mind disappear
Maybe so, maybe not
Never sure if it's me underneath a white sheet
Halloween Halloween
With a mask I can be your new friend for a while
Trick or treat, trick or treat
There's a razorblade inside your candy bar
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven
Raiding tomorrow's prayers with a stained silver bullet
Oh how it kills me waiting to follow through
On a dare, dare
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
Pop culture on your skin
You cannot keep your fingers away from your face
Memories are haunting me
Like fish floating dead at the top of a tank
Sneak a gun through the gates of heaven
Raiding tomorrow's prayers with a stained silver bullet
Oh how it kills me waiting to follow through
On a dare, dare
Choosing my defence
I'll stay on the fence
On a dare, dare
On a dare, dare!
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| Inspire | |
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A vase of wilted flowers
For those of you who’ve lost their powers
No use in treading water
Where there’s no air to breathe in
Help me find a way to move on
Standing in the way of the sun
Help me find you (you you), help you find me
Now who inspires you?
Her moods are so abrasive
The sound is too persuasive
Curve of the earth has gone straight
Shall we go on one last date?
Help me find a way to move on
Standing in the way of the sun
Help me find you (you you), help you find me
Who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
I’m sorry to inform you
Sometimes love can deform you
No time for hesitating
Her rifle is cocked and waiting, cocked and waiting
Aimed at me
Help me find a way to move on
Standing in the way of the sun
Help me find you (you you), help you find me
Now who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
Who inspires you?
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| Joy Opposites | |
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He loves to hate; she hates to love
And all of the above
His dirty mind; she just stays clean and sober
True romance in joy opposites always is the case
When you only enjoy taking on all the colours that surround you
She's on the fence; he's on the ground
Laid out face down
She takes so long; he's hanging on forever
True romance in joy opposites always is the case
When you only enjoy taking on all the colours that surround you
Any sign of life you might want to share with me tonight?
Any sign of life you might want to share with me tonight?
He's always lost; she knows the way
Softly he'll say "Can you bring me at your pace?"
Bring me at your pace
True romance in joy opposites always is the case
When you only enjoy taking on all the colours that surround you
True romance, true romance, true romance after all
True romance, true romance, true romance after all
True love in joy opposites always is the case
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| Anchor | |
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Whatever makes you tired the resting always fails
'Cos anywhere you lay yourself's a bed of nails
Whatever you exhale I breathe in in the end
You offer me a seat in your electric chair
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
Every day you ask yourself, "Why was I born?"
'Cos every migrane feels like wearing a crown of thorns
And all the time I find you crawling on all fours
'Cos any movement sends you falling through trap doors
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
No tongue in cheek
To late it's already days and weeks
Before we can make ends meet
Am I right and you're wrong?
Too late it already takes too long
Too much to be flushed with you
Oh
Too much to be flushed with you
Whatever makes you tired the resting always fails
'Cos anywhere you lay yourself's a bed of nails
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
Are you safe to leave behind
Every anchor in your mind
You know better than I do
So pull me in
You know better than I do
So pull me in
You know better than I do
So pull me in
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| Beautiful Son | |
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Nothing in his mind, the rent there is much too high
It doesn't make him want to occupy this life
Hiding all the things he prays the world won't find
Still it makes him run away so paranoid
Beautiful son, without your guns, you'd be someone
Beautiful son, without your guns, you'd be someone
Nothing in his mind but childhood memories
It doesn't make him want to live those years again
Hair is finally growing back over his wounds
Still it makes him want to hurt the ones he loves
Beautiful son, without your guns, you'd be someone
Beautiful son, without your guns, you'd be someone
So the future never came while past is just the same
Though we both know you'll go far when you discover who you are, who you are
Still on a mountain peak of anger, well...
All that he can do is yell
To all of us down far, far below
But we all know
Beautiful son, without your guns, you'd be someone
Beautiful son, without your guns, you'd be someone
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| Seafrost | |
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Dreaming lightly on your own
I wouldn't mind you being alone
Nothing here has been the same
Ever since this winter came
Seized the engine in my heart
And the cold could break my soul apart
Frozen on my knees I pray
Love will melt this all away
Dreaming lightly on my own
I wouldn't mind to be alone
I'm freezing (X4)
Freezing
Dreaming lightly on your own
I wouldn't mind you being alone
Thought I may have spoke too soon
Now confusion fogs the moon
Dying for a yes or no
Life is full of maybe so
Anything to break the ice
Love would more than just suffice
Dreaming lightly on my own
I wouldn't mind to be alone
I'm freezing (X7)
Freezing
Dreaming lightly on your own
Dreaming lightly on my own
Dreaming lightly on my own
Dreaming lightly on my own
Dreaming lightly on your own
My own, my own, my own, my own, my own yeah
On your own, On your own
I'm freezing
Freezing
Freezing
Love would more than just suffice
Dreaming lightly on my own
I wouldn't mind to be alone
I'm freezing
I'm freezing
I'm freezing
I'm freezing
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| Rubber and Glue | |
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She's rubber and i am glue
She had a lot to say and stuck it to my brain
She is recovered and i am screwed
She had a lot to say and i'll take it to my grave
If I could make all of my words count
I'd ditch numbers all together for sure
Voice reversed yelling a curse towards
The way-back of my skull
Over and over again
She had a lot to say
Came by to water my flower bed
Oh what a big mistake, it rains here everyday
Damage-needle pinned to red
She had a lot to say and i'll take it to my grave
If i could make all of my words count
I'd ditch numbers all together for sure
Voice reversed yelling a curse towards
The way-back of my skull
Over and over again
This is more side effect than i expect
That boy is so glum
This is more side effect inside this wreck
That boy is so dumb
If i could make all of my words count
I'd ditch numbers all together for sure
Voice reversed yelling a curse towards
The way-back of my skull
Over and over again
She had a lot to say
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| Youth Overrided | |
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Voices keep me small
And tongue-tied to the wall
Breast-fed by the moon,
I've grown up too soon
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Heart is the mind of he matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Old and decided
Youth overrided
I just need something
I don't want to fear every dying year
Don't you dare tell me
I cannot be made to believe
That the rings under my eyes
Are really blessings in disguise
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Old and decided
Youth overrided
I just need something
I don't want to fear every dying year
All these memories bailing out on me
Gone into the void
God must need them more anyway
Old and decided
Youth overrided
I just need something
I don't want tofear every dying year
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
Heart is the mind of the matter
What's the matter?
Is your heart palpitating yet?
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| Breath of Water | |
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It's time to tell the truth to anyone who cares to know what brought him to
this point
Curled up into a ball, his ??? the only things that could break his fall
Almost out of air, far beyond repair, doomed
The time is wearing thin, the technicolor's gone
See it all now in black and white
So now, please, it's your last drop of air
So now, breathe, and take your very first
Breath of water
Allow yourself this one
Breath of water
Allow yourelf this one
Allow yourself this one last breath
He ran away from home, leaving a trace for friends to hunt and find him in the
snow
But a scent is not enough, and we're barely sure he's strong enough to survive
the cold
Almost out of air, far beyond repair, doomed
The time is wearing thin, the technicolor's gone
See it all now in black and white
So now, please, it's your last drop of air
So now, breathe, and take your very first
Breath of water
Allow yourself this one
Breath of water
Allow yourelf this one
Allow yourself this one last breath
I'd rather spare the truth from anyone who cares to know exactly how we found
him
But it's time to share the truth with anyone who cares, he goes out too deep
alone
So now...
...breath of water
Allow yourself this one
Breath of water
Allow yourself this one
Allow yourself this one last breath
Water, breath of water, breath of water, water, water, breath of water
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| Lost in the Air | |
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Radar, you lost me
An impossible disguise
Men all around are searching hard
Nevermind, he's so long and gone
Boy, he's really hard to find!
And by design you know he won't be found
Lifted away
What a day to be lost in the air!
They won't come across me
Hiding in the sky
'Cause nobody walks without their heads
Pointed down at the ground in a daze
Well, it's amazing what you'd find
And by design you know i won't come down
Otherwise i'll crash into the ground
Lifted away
What a day to be lost in the air!
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| Penny Racer | |
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I finally learned to spit it out
and with that alone ive said too much
cause anything a secret
is willing to be kept that way
your looking for the truths of mine
they're found in every other line
your looking for the truths of mine
many is a mood of mine
Penny Racer gone to mars in flames
ready as ever to survive
well everyones an editor
trying to get a read on me
the less complete a sentance is
the more i guess i tried to say
your looking for the truths in mine
they're found in every other line
your looking for the truths in mine
many is a mood of mine
Penny Racer gone to mars in flames
ready as ever to survive
we'll survive
Everythings a problem
is that why everybody answers all at once?
Everythings a problem in my mind
so why,so why make it any harder on me?
we'll make you make it, make you make it alright
Penny Racer gone to mars in flames
ready as ever to survive
we'll survive
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| Woodwork | |
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My Roman numeral came
As "one" and "I" are both the same
She curves just like the wick
Of a burning candle's dancing flame
These vultures were in love,
Always circling high above
Picked each other apart,
Hungry for the other's heart
Real fun, let's all underachieve
Failed to dispel the myth
Every time is always ending with
The sharp end of a star
Stabbing me right through my heart
She's gone and I'm beyond
A color scheme of loneliness
Now my Roman numeral is lost
As "one" and "I" are now divorced
Your wishes are my command
Real fun, let's all underachieve
Crawling out of rotted woodwork
It stings to breathe
When I don't even know what to do with myself
Real fun, let's all underachieve
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