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I need a leash
I need a leash
I need a leash
I need a leash
How does it feel now you're not welcome anymore? (Never gonna be here again)
How does it feel now nobody knows you anymore? (Who the fuck are gonna have our kids?)
How does it feel now you're loved anymore? (Not loved anymore)
You're not loved anymore (dirty double crossing -----)
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Tough Love
03:10
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Tough love
rejects you, infects you
suddenly you're not the person
you're used to, used to
Tough love
skin's pale, but on sale
for anybody out there listening
to your sad tale, sad tale
Lonesome
like gravestones, cold bones
neglected like a farm in a field
with no one home, one home
Here you are
staying silent, quiet
standing in the corner of a room
wondering why you went, went
Tough love
Thrills you, kills you
It never ends like the fairy tales
Everyone tries to sell you
Tough love
You're sickened, and stricken
With afflictions that will linger just like
words unwritten
Empty
Like dead trees, parties
With pumpkins carved for candles in the moonlight
In the fall breeze
Here you are
Saying goodnight, for the last time
handing me mementos that are stained
With our past life
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Mercy's Victim
03:16
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The Pressure
03:37
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(Do you have the pressure baby?)
(Now you're all perfect)
You didn't think I'd know about the inside job
Your little friend has been twisting this all along
And you may think I'm oblivious to your pain
But when I see you I can see that we are one and the same
So go ahead and run away because that's what you do
I'm just another trophy with your medals that define you
But if you really want something to run from
I got an army behind me, so don't jump the gun.
Just tap your foot
Along with me.
Yeah, just tap your foot
Help me keep the beat
Sweet darling (c'mon baby)
Did you cry? (to help me keep the beat)
Sweet darling (c'mon baby)
When we died? (to help me keep the beat)
You cut connections, and so did everybody else
I guess you're happier without me just loving yourself
You always said I was the only one in your heart
You're not as good at lying as you seem to think you are.
So go ahead an make excuses and ignore me now
I'm doing fine considering the way you let me drown
And you can smile fake smiles but I see the truth
I'm gonna prove you wrong if it's the last thing I do.
Just tap your foot
Along with me.
Yeah, just tap your foot
Help me keep the beat
Sweet darling (c'mon baby)
Did you cry? (to help me keep the beat)
Sweet darling (c'mon baby)
When we died? (to help me keep the beat)
At least I never filmed her (you're all perfect)
At least I never let her smoke (you're all perfect)
At least I didn't try and cheat on you (you're all perfect)
At least I held out hope (you're all perfect)
Oops.
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Good Witch
02:54
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Are you uncomfortable, baby?
Uncomfortable, baby?
Uncomfortable, baby?
Uncomfortable?
Are you uncomfortable, baby?
Uncomfortable, baby?
Uncomfortable, baby?
Uncomfortable?
I met a pretty witch
Who had a house out in the woods
Where the trees look like monsters
That watched you everywhere you stood
She had a book
With a symbol on the front
She said she could change the future
Into whatever I would want
So I went into her cottage
And we danced around the room
She murdered something quietly
And looked up at the moon
She told me that she hexed you
And you'd never feel a thing
I laughed a little
Cause I knew you'd be the same
Are you a good witch?
Yeah, you're a good witch
Yeah, you're a good witch
So if you ever feel anything, baby
Just let me know
Cause somewhere out there, the raven cries
And it's been telling me to go.
Oh pretty baby I am thinking that just maybe you're a good witch, you're a good witch
Oh pretty baby I am thinking that just maybe you're a good witch, you're a good witch
I didn't know that she would kill you, that she would kill you, that she would kill you baby
I never knew that she would kill you, that she would kill you, that she would kill you baby.
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Scream at the Night
02:57
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[Scream at the night
Scream at the night
Scream at the night
Scream at the night]
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Shallow
02:58
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I saw cathedrals burning down
On the afternoon news
800 years of standing strong
Reduced to ash and messages on telephones to me and you
But that's life, I guess
Nothing beautiful can last
While we go our separate ways
Why don't we take off these terrifying masks
When I know you feel the same way too
I know you feel the same way too
Yeah, I know you feel the same way too
You're so shallow.
Can you smile for me one last time?
Can you laugh at me for a while?
When I know you feel the same way too,
Shallow.
I never saw you so weak
Fading away without "goodbye"
You'd think that after 12 long years
You'd have the courtesy to look me in the eyes
But, that's life, I guess
It's a shame the way this had to go
Not even realizing the end of it
Until I asked you so that both of us would know.
When I know you feel the same way too
Yeah, I know you feel the same way too
Yeah, I know you feel the same way too
You're so shallow.
Can you smile for me one last time?
Can you laugh with me for a while?
Yeah, I know you feel the same way too,
Shallow.
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Desire
04:18
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Terrified
03:29
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Stuffed Animals
04:33
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Wicked Ways
04:06
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Heaven rejected me and left me here to die
Somehow I never thought that I would be the guy
To feel the heat beneath my toes
I guess that's just the way it goes
When I think back on all my former blunders
It's really no surprise I'm getting pulled under
The devil said to wipe my feet
He made the table now it's time to eat
Because I'm wicked
It's my wicked ways
It's all because I'm wicked
It's my wicked ways
It's cause I'm wicked
Cause I'm wicked
Because I'm wicked
It's my wicked ways
It wasn't long before I made it to the top
I got promoted June 6th at 6 o clock
The eye on my hand sees
The demon inside you and me
I hear them screaming in the caves of the damned
Suppose that it's balanced with supply and demand
In the souls that we're dealing
The dreams we are stealing
Because I'm wicked
It's my wicked ways
It's all because I'm wicked
It's my wicked ways
It's cause I'm wicked
Cause I'm wicked
Because I'm wicked
It's my wicked ways
I got ratted on for stealing from the pub
Stole a couple drinks from Beelzebub
You'd think they wouldn't care here
That's where you're wrong, dear
From these burning halls buried with sin
I got put back on the Earth in the end
That's the end of my story
Damn this purgatory
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Limit
02:55
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I don't what I should say
or how I should act
what are the rules
to making two things attract
I'm not that complicated
not smooth with words
Would you settle down
with this introvert?
See everything changed
and now I notice you
and your beautiful eyes
from across the room
When you smile at me
feel like I've got a chance
Even though I'm still weak
from all this song and dance
Hold up, now, wait
Just a minute
I think I answered both our questions, love
It's not too late
There's not a limit
On how much love a soul can take
And we both need
Someone to take the lead
And we both need
Somebody to love
Baby
Won't you come
Won't you come
and save me?
Lean over and suck
Your straw on the tabletop
Fill me with sin
It's the only thing left that I've got
Press yourself against me
Let me breathe your air
Let me touch your body
Let down your hair
She used to love me
But that's over now
Let me get to know you
Can you show me how
I'll admit
I'm a little green
But baby the ends
Will justify these means
Hold up, now, wait
Just a minute
I think I answered both our questions, love
It's not too late
There's not a limit
On how much love a soul can take
And we both need
Someone to take the lead
And we both need
Somebody
Need
Somebody
Need
Somebody
To love
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These Trying Times
03:20
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Eric Tyler Louisville, Kentucky
Eric Tyler is a Louisville, Kentucky based singer-songwriter who writes, plays, produces, and records everything entirely alone in the studio himself. Beginning to write when he was just 15, Eric has spanned multitudes of musical genres in the years since, always eager to up the proverbial game musically, stylistically, and artistically. ... more
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