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slipping in the bile,
hear the moan of something vile,
as you suffer, feel it smile,
bringing rot into your life.
if you catch a problem,
you can blame it on the goblin,
pulls you back when you are crawlin
from the night.
ahhhooooo
the ghost alone is tragic
bangin chainz around an attic
people shiver at the static,
wonder where he’s headed to.
better than the gore,
better than the endless chore,
reach to open up a door,
watch your fingers slippin through
poor you,
boo hoo,
boo
Well I know you know the dragon,
wonder he’s bad and,
if the shadow that he’s castin
hides a fire his eyes,
thought it only mythic,
what a shame for those who wish it,
could be true, but then dismiss it
as a lie
on my leash,
on your
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Cherry Parke - Evelyn
02:19
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Evelyn I hope to remember
The nights we tried in vain
Evelyn I told to pretend her
Her life was just a game
But now I see its really only what you see in me
Evelyn, nothing’s wrong with you
Evelyn I hope to remember
The nights we tried to shine
Evelyn I told to pretend her
Her life was in the prime
But now I see its really only what you see in me
Evelyn, nothing’s wrong with you
And you know that we can find
A place to call our own
Its a little safe inside
And our kids will all be grown
And you know its just my pride
Evelyn
Evelyn I hope to remember
The nights we tried in vain
Evelyn I told to pretend her
Her life was just a game
But now I see its really only what you see in me
Evelyn, nothing’s wrong with you
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Andy's Mints - Unaware
02:12
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Enlisted but never learned to fight
Now I work some dumb assembly line
Never learned what weapons we contrive
I dream what fantasy I like
Unaware, unaware, unaware
Unaware, unaware, unaware
Twisted shapes clack down the factory belt
Which ones crash? smash? I couldn’t tell
Feel I’m laying a curse that I never could spell
Unaware, unaware, unaware
Unaware, unaware, unaware
Unaware, unaware, unaware
Unaware, unaware, unaware
Feel I’m laying a curse that I never could spell
It’s a heck of a curse in the rhythm of hell
And I’m laying a curse that I never could spell
It’s a heck of a curse in the rhythm of hell
Unaware, unaware, unaware, unaware
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yuckwad - Dragon_Gost
02:44
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Dragon_Gost
Verse:
The struggle is real 😩
Baby all of the feels
Fuck around with a dragon 🐉
Find out you’re a meal
Skies on fire, the ground bleeds
Autumn dancing on the breeze 🍃
Blowin’ in through naked trees
Princess on her scabby knees 👸🏻
Pre-chorus:
See you on the other side ✌️
You don’t miss when you’re alive
Fantasies coming through 🔮
seance in your living room
Demons are a ghoul’s best friend
Down the street to a dead end ☠️
Party on the astral plane
Free your body from the pain 💊
Chorus:
Apparition 👻 ooohoooohooo
Old tradition 👵🏼 la la la
Superstition 🐈⬛ ooohooohooo
Television 📺 la la la
Algorithm 👨🏻💻 ooohooohooo
Mechanism ⚙️ la la la
Skepticism 🤨 ooohooohooo
Exorcism 📿 la la la
Verse 2:
See a neon tumbleweed 🏜️
rollin’ down the cybernetic
substitute what you need 👨🏻🔬
switch raw for inauthentic
current running up and down your spine
attention slipping in and out of time ⏳
ghost in the shell on a sea shore
catch more flies bumptin’ 4 on the floor boards honey 🍯
Pre-Chorus 2:
Fire-breathing 🔥 go inside
Cave-dwelling cold slither
Claw-scraping 🫣 run and hide
eyes glowin’ teeth glimmer
Shadow on the quantum wall 👤
voices echo down the hall
glitches spread out in the code 👾
hollographic, gold
Chorus:
Apparition 👻 ooohoooohooo
Old tradition 👴🏼 la la la
Superstition 🪜 ooohooohooo
Television 📺 la la la
Algorithm 👨🏻💻 ooohooohooo
Mechanism 🪤 la la la
Skepticism 🤔ooohooohooo
Exorcism ✝️ la la la
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Mazeika - Choreography
03:39
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This is the way it goes
Tap the little desk bell
Check-in after six
Suffer through the back-and-forth
Waiting for the fix
Custom leather luggage
Propped open on the bed
Set right
New dress
Zipped tight
Seeing cherry red
A new week in the wild
Some time to take some chances
A simple slice of life
Simple games of passing glances
You know all the classic steps
And any move they’ll make
You know how to bring them in
to give…to take…
This is the way it goes
Right after the sun sets
You’re down the lobby stairs
The last survivors of a wedding party
Waiting there
How about that?
How about some easy questions?
Soft suggestions?
Fizzy chat and party lies
The best man tries to catch your eye
And you let the joke hit
Let him think he’s in control
For a bit
The rest clear out
And you take him by the neck
Pay the check
Stumble toward your suite
A total wreck
The friction starts
And you’ve barely even won
Then a twitch, a shudder…
It’s over
Done
This is the way it goes
How about that?
He‘s gone quick as he came
Leaving you in that dead room
In nothing but your name
Stuck in the subjunctive
Every shot’s a miss
Even when things should connect
They always end like this
Close to choreography
Your practice really shows
One more day of falling down
Waiting for another round
Ready for the starting count
You suppose
This is the way it goes
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Daddy says he runs the world
And he knows exactly what you’re worth
You’re nothing, a waste of time, second son
Daddy says you’re not enough born to late too for the golden cup
sip your silver far from the crown, second son
You swore one faithful night
To take everything under the light
bury father and the false heir
The world will burn but you don’t care
Second son, second son
Brother begs for his life, but you’ve come to far to end the strife
You drill deep, and he falls. second son, second son
Daddy says he’s had enough. You’ve gone too far, you took too much.
You’ll rule only over ash, second son, second son
Like the pig he is you cut his throat
Burn his towers down and dance in the smoke
Empire is all yours
Oceans boiling billions gone from the joyous war
Second, son
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