Lights Out for Baby Grand
Fear the Dark
While my castle burns please do not hassle me
Yeah, we're safe on the street, but we lost everything
All my dogs are dead, my memories are melting
All that's in my head is my only thing
And, as nighttime falls, beauty breaks my tears
Sky-clad under stars, hiding all my years
If you want to love, don't expect returns
If you want to try, do it til it burns
If you need to laugh, do it til you bleed
If you want to cry, do it til you sleep
Cause I'm nobody's fool, but everybody's clown
Forever hold my breath, but I will never drown
If you need to breathe, you need to open wide
If you want to leave, first you come inside
If you want to fly, you need to fall first
If you want to lie, you need the truth to hurt
But if you want to burn, you need a little spark
And if you want to learn, you need to fear the dark
Powder Keg
When the night dies a painful death
when it's walking down the dark paths of regret
there's a killer on every corner
waiting with a little spark
we are just her latest mark
cause you and I are a powder keg
when the party's over, we wobble on two legs
and the slightest look, that fuse sparkles in the dark
too much to hold back the madness in the parking lot
words like fire burning through our hearts
we're lost in the inferno
ashes from the start
blanket statements, ad hominem attacks
our faces are blood-red, but the mood is vantablack
so strike a match, light the powder keg
two giant egos
they ain't too proud to beg
and all these desires come together at one time
too much evidence to carry away from the crime
gaze upon me
I am your house in flames
a screaming inferno crying out your name
don't call the fireman
you need to flood the plain
I'm hiding in our bedroom
I'm lost in smoke and haze
every crack spreads, let's keep it together
every joint breaks, we can keep it together
every flame dies, let's light it together
every house falls, let's keep it together
when the night sinks from memory again
do you write the stories as you wish they'd been?
Dark Corners of the night
Beelzebub Jones
Some days
I can feel the horns growing
Some days
I wake in a house of mirrors
most are concave
convex
none are crystal clear
did you see the witches in the woods?
did you see the witches in the woods?
wander
just be patient in the mazes
sometimes the path leads you to the strangest places
I see snakes in the garden
I hear wolves in the walls
in the cellar there's a doorway leading straight into hell
but I hardly ever go down there
no, hardly at all
my view
staring out from this black pit
what do I miss living in the abyss?
try hard not to smash a fragile piece
cloven hooves tap dance on thin glass sheets
we're standing on a jenga tower collapsing
the golden gate is breaking loose
someday the sun the moon the stars will all fall around our heads
is it a future that we're given
or a sickness we choose?
dirty ground hold me down
angel of light
my head hurts so bad tonight
and they're coming from the east
and they're coming from the west
from the belly of the beast
from the sparrow's empty nest
tell the children that they ought to settle down
tell the children that they ought to settle down
one day
we'll break through these mental fetters
instead of breaking we get better
one day
we'll step out from our house of horrors
finally start moving forward
The Phantom King
Galaxy of Doom
two way mirrors line the paranoia city
too much meat and not enough plates
when the black hole sucks all the life from your party
speak clearly in the mic at the pearly gates
fists held high as we face the flood
pinch hit mobs throw buckshot stones
washed in the water and stained in the blood
tower to the sky but we're stripped to the bone
galaxy of doom
spindle-legged star
melt into my arms
I'm slipping in the dark
make me a believe in the words of modern man
make me a believer in the hands of fate again
I stare at the stars and no one stares back
you put your tiny life in my hands
oh my god, it eats me alive
elusive dreamer, with the universe unplanned
make me a believer in those ghostly words again
if he speaks soft to you tell him I miss him like hell
I'm hiding underneath my umbrella
oh my god, it eats me alive
The Birth of a Star
my new bride, you wonder what the heavens plan for you
do signs align tonight for you?
when forces from beyond slam matter together
collapsing into one
the birth of a star is a curious thing
the dust clears, it's brighter than you've ever seen
so hallelu, my baby blue is a new star
wise men wandered through the sky for centuries
searching for the earth's reprise
a world born, an unknown form
some kind of new experience revolving in the night
the birth of a star is a dangerous thing
few souls get close enough to see
so hallelu, my baby blue is a new star
a new life, a universe
like fantastic voyagers, new lands to explore
and every night, and every day
another cosmic miracle
this planetary life support
the birth of a star is a marvelous thing
I never know until I saw it happening
so hallelu, my baby blue is a new star
The Funeral of the Siren
The Funeral of the Siren
perplexed lady miss shipwreck
finally laid to rest
a native ritual, a parable, a hunter's soft caress
all those maritime vanishings get pinned on the one
who dared to sing in the sun
teenage boys that fell in her trance
made her lies into a dance
can you hear the words of the songs you've never heard?
at the funeral of the siren nobody dared to sing
pandemonium possessed a natural woman's face
an elegant silence, a vulgar modern age
her last known portrait lost
in the maelstrom between hope and holocaust
onlookers armed
black suits and pride
feign respect while they laugh inside
bury her mystique
her ashes to the sea
at the funeral of the siren
as the throng trickles on that scene
her death rattle turns melody
madness takes a form
a shudder, then a storm
at the funeral of the siren
miles beyond the screams
two lovers touch their dreams
at the funeral of the siren
nobody dared to sing