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There was a fie at the hospital, while we were drinking down at the old hotel.
And I could tell by your smirk and your little black dress,
That we were all going straight to Hell.
To Hell.
To Hell.
We scream (We scream!)
Tonight (Tonight!)
Fill your veins while you´re burning alive.
Kiss me (Kiss me!)
I’m right (I’m right!)
Hear the city sing the massacre begins tonight.
I’m on fie and invincible and I can tell this nights gonna go of track.
And I never really wanted to hold you back,
But my broken body, baby, is under attack,
So, we can´t fiht back, but we’ll...
We scream (We scream!)
Tonight (Tonight!)
Fill your veins while you´re burning alive.
Kiss me (Kiss me!)
I’m right (I’m right!)
Hear the city sing the massacre begins tonight.
We scream tonight, fil your veins while you´re burning alive.
Kiss me, I´m right, hear the city sing the massacre begins tonight.
We scream tonight, fil your veins while you´re burning alive.
Kiss me, I´m right, hear the city sing the massacre begins tonight.
We scream (We scream!)
Tonight (Tonight!)
Fill your veins while you´re burning alive.
Kiss me (Kiss me!)
I’m right (I’m right!)
Hear the city sing the massacre begins tonight.
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Give Me Til December
03:06
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I’ve been lying to your face, but the serums sinking in.
Don´t you know that in this place, it brings out all our sins.
I feel like I’m about to snap and take it out on you.
I feel like we’re gonna collapse, cos I don’t know what to do.
Can someone tell me what to do?
Hollow City, tell me what to do.
This is for every light we’ve destroyed together.
This is for every night that we can’t remember.
And the truth behind your eyes can’t be held forever.
Don’t you dare tell me tonight, just give me till December.
I´m ‘bout to take another dose, I don’t wanna stay awake.
Make sure your hands are close. If you could participate.
I feel like all the lights are off and I want them to stay dim,
Cos in the dark they can not watch as we fuck away our sins.
But darling, where do I begin?
Someone tell me where should I begin?
This is for every light we’ve destroyed together.
This is for every night that we can’t remember.
And the truth behind your eyes can’t be held forever.
Don’t you dare tell me tonight, just give me till December.
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Dead Eyes
02:55
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She can’t answer the door right now.
She’ll be out in a couple of hours.
She’s had another major row and let everybody down.
And if you still get the chills from a digital love song
Pressed up on the grills of your broken cellphone,
You’ll know she’s out tonight, you can see her in the light
Cos she’s got,
Dead Eyes
So she can’t read between the lines.
Was an optimistic girl but misplaces fate sometimes.
Yeah, she’s got
Dead Eyes
She never knew she was divine.
Was an optimistic girl but I think this time she’s crossed the line.
And the bruises they all fade away with time.
Can you pick up when I’m calling you, or do you
Still get the chills from a digital love song,
Pressed up on the grills of your broken cellphone.
I know she’s out tonight
I can see her in the light with my
Dead Eyes
So she can’t read between the lines.
Was an optimistic girl but misplaces fate sometimes.
Yeah, she’s got
Dead Eyes
She never knew she was divine.
Was an optimistic girl but I think this time she’s crossed the...
I see you climbing up the walls.
I know you’re heading for a fall.
Dead Eyes
So she can’t read between the lines.
Was an optimistic girl but misplaces fate sometimes.
Yeah, she’s got
Dead Eyes
She never knew she was divine.
Was an optimistic girl but I think this time she’s crossed the line.
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I Remember
03:40
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Close the door, I wanna be alone.
I can’t get the words out, don’t you already know?
It’s not the end, it’s just another way to find my place.
It’s not the end, light me up so I can start again.
And let the flmes burn out this hatred, wasted.
I’m messed up and afraid. Lay me in your arms,
I’ll stay there.
I remember the day you went away,
I lost my way.
I miss your laugh, holding your hand.
All the things they’ll never see.
All our ideas, time has outran.
There’s nothing left for you and me.
But I remember..
Tell me you remember the the flmes.
Burn out this hatred, wasted.
I’m messed up and afraid. Lay me in your arms,
I’ll stay there.
I remember the day you went away,
I lost my way.
Because the flmes burnt out this hatred, wasted.
I’m messed up and afraid. Lay me in your arms,
I’ll stay there.
I remember the day you went away,
I lost my way.
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Down To Your Bones
03:12
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This city’s got a pretty shitty night life,
And I’m tired of the regular tastes.
I wanna push you into the spotlight.
I wanna make you shake.
And this strobe lights lighting up your insides.
And you’re afraid I won’t like what I see.
But after two years of staring through your eyes
I think I know what you need…
If tonight’s forever, then we’re running out of time.
Girl, you’ll be fine.
I’ll shake you down to your bones.
This is where the night turns to the dark side
So, don’t let her hear what I said
You’re not sure if you believe all their lies
Or if it’s all in your head.
And I said, no one’s coming to help you
Jimmy? Becca? The Pause?
They all resent you.
And all those songs in your head that you invent to
Keep yourself safe in your bed
They won’t protect you.
If tonight’s forever, then we’re running out of time.
Girl, you’ll be fine.
I’ll shake you down to your bones.
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Jimmy
03:52
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It’s about 3:35, and the last ones left alive
Are huddled ‘round imaginary fies.
The streets are such a mess,
And the host and the hostess
Have told us that we have to come inside,
But you stare at me,
Poison dripping from your lips saying.
“Jimmy, won’t you please tell me my name?
I can’t recall a thing that you’ve said.
Cos everybody here treats me the same.
I’m something for the pain.”
Now it’s about 3:44, and the jokes we made before
Are turning into stunning premonitions.
And all my prayers are done, and the bad guys on the run
Are haunting my apocalyptic visions.
But you stare at me,
Poison dripping from your eyes saying.
“Jimmy, won’t you please tell me my name?
I can’t recall a thing that you’ve said.
Cos everybody here treats me the same.
I’m something for the pain.”
You stare at me,
Poison dripping through your lungs saying...
“Jimmy, won’t you please tell me my name?
I can’t recall a thing that you’ve said.
Cos everybody here treats me the same.
I’m something for the pain.”
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The Pause
02:57
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You should have stole that car,
They should have back home.
She should have stayed in bed.
Cos now I´m all alone.
You got your lipstick on,
You’re flrting down the phone.
You turn me on and off
That’s why I call you The Pause!
Go back and steal that car,
I don’t wanna go home.
Take us to our beds.
Right through the quarantine zone!
You got your lipstick on,
You’re flrting down the phone.
You always turn me on and on and on and on and on.
That´s why I call you The Pause!
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I know you wanna be the-wanna be the-wanna be the one
I know you gotta see that-gotta see that I’m not having fun
With you, and your crew.
It’s time to find something new.
Check behind me, not for my sake but yours.
I gotta make sure we’re not aligning.
I clap my hands, but don’t expect an applause
For needing to go back in time.
It’s simple as: I felt bad before so I changed the normal status quo.
Our paths are set.
Gimmie-gimmie-gimmie-gimmie s-s-s-s-s-sound!
I know you wanna be the-wanna be the-wanna be the one
I know you gotta see that-gotta see that I’m not having fun
With you, and your crew.
It’s time to find something new.
So, clap your hands if you’re feeling what I´m feeling,
Cos I wanna dance in the streets that were misleading,
When I held your hand and accidentally meant to say that
I had plans, “I have plans”.
Our paths are set.
Gimmy gimmie. Gimmie Jimmy.
Y by X.
Blast that dirty s-s-s-s-sound!
I know you wanna be the-wanna be the-wanna be the one
I know you gotta see that-gotta see that I’m not having fun
With you, and your crew.
It’s time to find something new.
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Quarantine Zone
01:07
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This City Will Never Die
05:21
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I remember all their faces, pressed up to the broken glass.
Special names for secret places, train stations, an underpass.
In the square where we last kissed I thought I saw a shooting star.
How do I move on from this, this city she pushed me too far.
But…
This City Will Never Die
Now I feel the smoke in my lungs, colour fading from my eyes.
Where did all these memories come from?
And where will they go when we die?
Will these songs and voices live on? Will these streets find love again?
Every time we try and chase that night I think we just pretend that…
This City Will Never Die.
Not death, nor light, not fire or time.
No voices or reasons from Pauses or demons.
It ends tonight, my friends, tonight,
I gave them a beacon, I needed to keep them
Here by my side, it dies tonight but...
This City Will Never Die.
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Sunglasses
03:09
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Well I said it was nearly the end, but I lied.
And you said we’d be better of dead, but I’m fie.
Cos the voices from inside of my head have subsided
And I feel it rising, I’m alive again.
Now, I don’t know if you know that it’s the end.
(Na Na Na Na)
But everytime I step aside I lose a friend
(Na Na Na Na)
And my heart is beating fast while you pretend.
Na Na Na Na.
(HEY! HEY!)
Goodbye.
Well I said it was nearly the end, but I lied.
And you said we’d be better of dead, but I’m fie.
Cos the voices from inside of my head have subsided
And I feel it rise, I’m alive again.
Now, I don´t know if you know that it´s the end.
(Na Na Na Na)
But everytime I step aside I lose a friend
(Na Na Na Na)
And my heart is beating fast while you pretend.
Na Na Na Na.
(HEY! HEY!)
Goodbye.
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