Vanna

Dead Language For A Dying Lady


As her insides are screaming let me out
She speaks as if someone's in the room with her
(someone sits quietly on the ceiling tile)
Still facing the corner with eyes gouged out
These tears of blood fall, for blood is all she's crying now

Her heart beats on
She's just not giving up yet
Though blinded by the devil's touch
She rises above him

She races towards the light
Her heart beats on
She stares death straight in the face... heart beats on
These tears of blood fall, for blood is all she's crying now

As he cuts into her chest
Her heart beats on
She's just not giving up yet
Though blinded by the devil's touch
She rises above him (rise above)
She floats towards the light
The darkness recedes (let me out, let me live again)
In this most desperate hour (she cries)

In this crowded room
With an empty view

Save your goodbyes
We all know it's not the end

That Champagne Feeling


Short black dress falls off her shoulders
We're on top of the world
The evening air's intoxicating
We're on top of the world

We're on top of it!

Drink away, drown away your problems
Just move on
Drink away, drown away your problems
Just move on

All you can swallow
is still just a mouthful

Ready! Let's take our time
Bleed out our insides
One cut from this knife
and we'll bleed out our insides

Your eyes gut me like the sharpest of knives
You looked so much better then

I Am The Wind, You Are The Feather


This is an open ended sky
with open eyes too tired to look away
Say you'll stand forever by my side
and forever we'll be standing here

The dead still walk, walk the streets
This means war on everyone
You can't hear them lying to us
You can't see their fingers crossed

Let's keep our thoughts on guard this time
We'll keep on moving on
Just don't let them get too close

In the land where the dead still walk, walk the streets
This means war on everyone
You can't hear them lying to us
You can't see their fingers crossed

This is a test
We know our own strength
We'll take the east
and march on

Make our way, burning all our bridges
State by state we march on

And we march on leaving trails of hope behind us
With our hands to the sky
The wind will be our guide
At times like these
To be the last one standing
Hope is all we have left

(To be the last one standing)

Schadenfreude


Let's make this happen
Let's lay it all down now
You've been taken for granted
So let me show you around

(You'll never see the light of day again)

The walls were crawling with your insides

Your heart was shining like a chandelier

(They will never let you go!)

There's no escaping
You haven't the legs to stand on
And I'm so thankful
That I'm not in your place
And I'm so thankful
That I'm not in your place!

So that's what they call it these days!
OH!

The Search Party Never Came


We're as far as far can be
Let's take off our coats and stay a while
With nothing but the fire burning on

If we could stop ourselves right here
Then what would we do differently
In trying to make you see my point
I'll bury it deep into your chest

Can we let of past mistakes
Mistakes we made, or are they stronger
Stronger then the two of us

If we could stop ourselves right here
Then what would we do differently
In trying to make you see my point
I'll bury it deep into you

And in that moment
Time stood still
And from that point on
There was no turning back

There's a shadow on the wall
Moving slowly towards the door
Now the room is empty
and so are our lives

In the end
They'll never know

She waited and waited and waited
But they never came.

They never came!

She's A Real Battleaxe


He waits while the city is sleeping
She takes her time
He lost every ounce of patience
She takers her time

But they're catching on
They're watching us

Inside these walls
The ghosts still talk
Of death and beauty
Of times long since past

Don't forget your past

Through the window
Watching as he walks away
This time I've met my match

We're wrapped inside
Each others eyes
In this place that we call home
Let's take our time
And try to find
The things we love to fear the most

(Fear the most!)

This time you've let me go
There's nothing left for us
We'll keep our hearts to ourselves

(She fell like photographs)

The Alarm


A hard fall
On a rough path
Her body her betrayer
She spoke as she fought back
To lose is to lose
But I'll never die for you
And now I'm saved with
The flare, the spark, the alarm
I am willing this
I'm not alone in this fight
You've made a curse of it
There's no excuse for the trite
Not one
Would they believe
The things we've done
This gives my sleepless nights
A reason to be home
They're crying out
As they make their way down
In the midst of all this drowning
What will come of us
Swing now hard
The reveille sounds
Was it worth it
They set the fire
With eyes so wide
A sudden sense of comfort
Washed over them at once
They're crying out
As they make their way down
In the midst of it
What became
Swing now hard
With eyes so wide
Love is all there was

The Vanishing Orchestra


Under
Shelter
Of sins and secrets
Wait in silence
In silence
Four strangers
They approach
Not a word
Not a sound
The faces in the hill
Come alive
They won't take "no"
So we give it to them
Let your bad blood spill
The wind
Moans in the trees
When I lay down
On your bed
And your face is
Of an angel
Give my blade your wings
Find their hearts
Black as the devil's eyes
Smile back
Go like the wind
Like the wind in her hair
With your spear at their hearts
This is perfect

Surgical Tools


Damager
Oh damager
With glass in your eyes
How do you see
How do you feel with your hands so posed
Lets talk numbers
Lets talk themes
Now they've been ruined
See you next week
I missed the meeting
Oh no
I've been away
Lets be reborn
Oh yeah
Lets dig out graves and make them deep
Oh god its a fashion trend
Fortress lock your plague
Damager dig your grave
Though your pages
Are torn and tattered
They still read you like a book
Just close your eyes and walk away
We laid her down
Opened her with
The sharpest blade we found
Hoping inside
We'd find the cure
To our condition
But as graceful as the lady may have been
She still bled the blood that made her human
She shed roses on her bed
And she spoke in a winter wilted language
"I've sold my gold for blood red
She'll never cry another tear again"

The Things He Carried


Light it up
A flash so thin
Through a sky so grey
Look away
Our faces turned
Its a plea to the ear
Its a walk to my hands
Its a fall to my feet
To find sympathy
Now you're lost
In the dark
And nowhere to be found
But I know you'll be waiting there for us
His fortunes
Our futures at hand
We light
Light up like cities in the night
Light this
Like a happy scene
Its a set
Its all it takes
To trick our eyes
And fabricate
Honest
Honest goodbyes
Now you're lost
In the dark
And nowhere to be found
But I know you'll be waiting there for us
Our lives light up at times like these
At times
Our lives
Light up like cities in the night
His fortunes
Our futures at hand
We light
Light up like cities in the night
Like rivers
We splinter
You don't have to leave
Run away with me

Magnetic Knives


You have lost yourself
You will never be found
We'll cut from ear to ear
We will open you up
You have that look on your face
The kind that razors can trace
Can we cut to the point
Where have the carving knives gone
We will leave you underground
Screaming out so loud
You won't make a sound
Lost in love
Last in love
They'll need more than a shovel to dig you up

Trophy Wives


Scarlet
Ribbons fall away
She lets down her hair
So polished
Lips that tear
Your heart from
Your chest
All we are looking
All we are looking for
I found
Young love
Nursing an old soul
Goddamn
I'll lay my pride down
I am still for you
And with this heart of gold
I am still for you
I see them looking
The hearts
You've broken
You're their queen
They die for you
So darling
When we dance
And you sparkle my prize
Kiss me with that look in your eye
So they know that you're mine
Beg love
Take mercy
Beg love
Take mercy
Filthy is
Only skin deep
Mercy
Mercy on me

Country Boys... Goddamn


You sing just like
Uncaged birds
Till the trees are ablaze
The scribe licks his pen
Come fly with me
Rewrite our end
Still alive
Still, alive
This is peace
They will never send for us
These walls have taught us
Not to speak
Not to feel
Not to see
Sing me to sleep
Like this is home
Sing for me
While we're alone
Please stay
I need you here, my bird
Dear god
Call an ambulance
You sing just like
Uncaged birds
Still alive
Still, alive

Heavens To Betsy


Let's run like kids at play
Hold our breath
Until our hearts stop beating
Hearts stop beating
Let my last thought
Be something I hold dear
Let my last breath
Be something I hold [dear]
Something I hold to myself
Keep locked away inside
I tried my best
Is it enough
Hold your breath
Is it enough

We Ate The Horse You Rode In On


This is not
At all what it seems
There is no sorrow or regret
For the choices that we make
You'll be gone like them tomorrow
Goddamn I'm no killer
They'll be looking
They'll be searching for days
To find a trace of your body
I remember those confessions you made
When you drove to my house
Were you looking for trouble
I know all those houses look the same
We'll keep on moving
With the wind at our backs
I don't want to see you fall apart
When they come to get you
I know we can have at this head start
And I'm sure we'll pull through
Tell me that we'll make it out alive
I know this desert has got its ghosts
So know it's just a matter
A matter of time before they find us
Oh my my oh hell yes
You're being buried in your party dress
I'll hide my face from the sun
And the fire won't stop
Fire won't stop me
We'll keep on moving with the wind at our backs
Oh my my oh hell yes
You're being buried in your party dress
You're not my usual
My usual
You're not my usual victim
You're safe and sound
I'll keep you hidden with me

This Map Is Proof


I don't
Love what I've done
All these months of wear
I don't know where I was
And now
At this anchor like an altar
I tie and tie and tie
If this never ends
At least I'll stay alive
Learn to forgive myself
Now press west
Cover your footsteps
Climb your hill
Like a mountain
You are not a wall on which I lean
I am not the man you thought I was
Is there more to this than what I see
I've been wandering
And for this I ache
I should have told you
I loved you back
This wasn't a dream
Set adrift
Ill advised, ill equipped
Sleep safe
Thinking well
We can only hope he makes it
We can only hope
He makes it somewhere

You Were Never Lovelier


My amber furnace breathes
I've got an ear to the wall
If we sat forever in this house
The wind would take us
So take me
Ride all night
Like a bullet from a gun [x3]
Get to me
Your eyes don't lie
Take me, take me
Goddamn perfect eyes
Spill the embers
Fan the fire
I'll fill it floor to ceiling
Escape with a price on my head
I'm a wanted man
A wanted man
I'll meet you in the front seat
Headlights off
I'm a fugitive
A victim and
A criminal
We'll make our getaway
Invented colors
To hide us in the dark
Hide us in the dark

Let's Have An Earthquake


I am no stranger to loss.
I've seen more than my eyes can bare.
We are both love and hate.
Lead by hearts and taken like dust to the air.
Our paths may crawl like vines.
Held high and left for the wind to taste.
But our names mean nothing if we fail.
And we will run ourselves withered and raw.
Make the earth shake.
We will.
Make the earth shake.
Make the earth.
Make the earth.
Make the earth shake.

nto Hell's Mouth We March


I've got everything I need
To keep you at my side
A new reason every day
To keep my head up

And this will be the last time
You get to see my face
Till winter's end comes crashing down (comes crashing down)
I never understood what living like this does
Part of me was lost so long ago

If we move with the waves
I'll breathe in the air
We'll walk till the sea is all that we're near
With worn empty hands and tired eyes
Will hope be all we have left

As I keep myself away
I'll stay my course
Words come so hard but you're with me
When I sleep

Keep moving
I've tried so hard
Keep moving
This can't be it
Keep moving
Remind myself its worth the fight
You will meet my hands
If this takes me
I'll leave my words on the wind

When it all comes down
To a frozen ocean between us
Keep me alive
You're everything that keeps me

I've got more than just pictures to keep you at my side
When distance becomes clear
I'll keep my head up

If you move with the waves
I'll breathe in the air
We'll walk till the sea is all that we're near
With worn empty hands and tired eyes
Will hope be all we have left

Will hope be all we have left
Will hope be all we have left tonight

The Same Graceful Wind


what a brilliant plan. to steal a heart.
carve your name. carve your name.
she will learn it well. you let her down.
you let her down. so gently.

and now she looks. only straight ahead.
lie to me. lie to me.
tell me you never expected. her to leave.

and it cuts you deep. right where you wanted.
and it cuts you deep. where it hurts the most.

i hope it cuts you deep. where it hurts the most.
but the sad thing is. it's just what you fucking wanted.

and now she looks. only straight ahead.
lie to me. lie to me.
tell me you never expected. her to leave..

i'm breathing the life back into love.
she's coming around.
i'm breathing the life back into love.
she's waking up.

and the same graceful wind. that carried her to me.
will turn cold on you. will bring you to your knees.

when the stage caves in. what part of you will live.
and who would pay to watch you die.

tell me you never expected. her to leave.

i'm breathing the life back into love.
she's coming around.
i'm breathing the life back into love.
she's waking up.

i've been looking. for you in my dreams.
been waiting. for you to wake up

Like Changing Seasons


call it done and easy. over and over.
but we'll never learn.
how to slow down. how to slow down.
done easy. over and over.
but we'll never learn.
how to slow down. not to slow down.

until you cower like a lie gone wrong.

just say the words. and let me know.
we can't survive. if we both let go.

there might be love. buried somewhere.
far beneath our pride. its worth finding.
if you'll breath life. in it with me.

you told me all that you've known. are the lonely places.
so lets get closer now.
we're holding on to. the things we need the most.
hold on as close as we can.

you're pushing. all the doubts.
from my head. like you need them.
but you paint yourself the victim.
you're pulling. at my hand.
like you're ready to fall.
but there's no stopping this at all.

there's so much to say. but nothing comes out right.
its best that we leave it. to our movements.
we move so well. your lips speak no words.
its best that we leave it.
its best that we leave it.
behind close doors.

just say the words. and let me know.
we cam't survive. if we both let go.

you told me all that you've known. are the lonely places.
so lets get closer now.
we're holding on to. the things we need the most.
hold on as close as we can.

this time. we'll keep it all to ourselves.
we're keeping it quiet. this time.
we'll keep it to ourselves.
though we know this isn't right. at all.

you're pushing. all the doubts.
from my head. like you need them.
but you paint yourself the victim.
you're pulling. at my hand.
like you're ready to fall.
but there's no stopping this at all

Trashmouth


"Don't panic," she said, "just hold tight,
To the sky my love. We're the lonely ones."
We are the lonely ones.
I'm sure that there will be no sleep tonight.
So I'll just keep filling up my lungs.

Save for a few long nights,
And a slow dance with a bad idea.
I've never been more buried in trouble,
Than the day that I met you.

Motherfucking yeah.

You know I've always said,
Your mistakes are something you can't forget.
And when your past comes back around,
You gotta face it.

How could it feel so right,
When I'm doing you wrong?
How could it feel so right,
When I'm doing you wrong?

You know I've always said,
Your mistakes are something you can't forget.
And when your past comes back around.
You gotta face it.

How could it feel so right,
When I'm doing you wrong?
How could it feel so right,
When I'm doing you...

All of the lines we cross,
Are blurring into one big fucking mess.

Safe To Say


Lets leave this place behind
when we finally decide
What's it gonna take
to make you feel alive (feel alive)
Whats it gonna take
To open up your eyes
To open up your eyes

It's time to get out of this town
This torture (this torture)
Your fear holds you down
Bring closer
Move forward
Your silent sound

These words
Don't always come out right
But I feel that were wasting time
Letting go of the troubles we're still holding tight

All these words
don't always come out right
But I feel that were wasting time
Are we wasting our time
Are you still holding tight

It was only fair
To look towards the sky
To breathe in the air
To wait in the shadows
When the day ends
no sense of pride
Would you give up
If we've all given up
Till the east is ours,
We drew the lines that divide
Stapled these badges of pain to our sides

To our sides

We've all had our enemies
We'll leave the past behind

I don't feel like losing sleep
I know you can see it in my eyes
We've all had our enemies
We're leaving the past behind
I don't feel like i'm losing sleep
I know you can see it in my eyes

you can see it in my eyes,
you can see it in my eyes.

All these words
Don't always come out right
But i feel that were wasting time
Letting go of the troubles we're still holding tight

All These words
don't always come out right
But I feel that were wasting time
Are we wasting our time
Are you still holding tight

I'll leave my heart there
by your bedside
If you swear that your eyes wont stray
to be honest, i've been hoping,
To find the words to say
I'll leave my heart there
by your bedside
If you swear that your eyes wont stray
And honestly honestly,
I only let go for the sake of you.

We Are Nameless


our lives are theirs now.
and they've buried our love.
they thought that we'd forget.
they thought that we'd forget.

come alive.
just to see her face again.
if not in this life.
than the next.
you spoke it oh so well.

after all the ink is gone.
the letters fade and the page goes on.
after all the ink is gone.
the letters fade.

out falls the sun.
giving proof. to our hope.
we will echo. forever.

dear general. reflect glory.
we will find a way to their hearts.
reflect glory on us.
we will fight our way tho their hearts.

we are nameless. in this place
and should the wind blow.
let it carry us home.
we are nameless. in this place
and should the wind blow.
let it carry us home.

we are alive.
you'll never see this place again.
let them know you are love.

after all the ink is gone.
the letters fade and the page goes on.
after all the ink is gone.
the letters fade.

out falls the sun.
giving proof. to our hope.
we will echo. forever.

we will find a way. to speak on our regrets.
that we've been holding inside ourselves.
the storm has arrived at the worst of times.
there's nothing on the ground.
but it's all coming down.
for now we'll lay here.
trying to see. when we fall from this winter.
what will be underneath.

this is our chance. to give all we have.

we are nameless. in this place
and should the wind blow.
let it carry us home.
we are nameless. in this place
and should the wind blow.
let it carry us home.