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Take this note...
Paddle faster as the ship begins to sink
and be swallowed by the tide,
or prepare to sleep with the sharks.
Now, who here is ready to call it quits?
Not we, the damned without a guide.
We're so damned and we're so blind.
With our heads in the earth,
we're the ostrich, blind to see
the imminent shipwreck and sudden drowning.
There's water in my lungs,
but I can breathe.
There's rust in my veins,
but my heart still beats.
There's water in my lungs,
but I can breathe.
There's rust in my veins,
but my heart still beats.
There's dementia in my brain,
but my mind still thinks.
Do you still think that
Functioning on the verge of instability
breeds chaos permeating a crash?
What a decadent display of indivine divinity,
a paradox thicker than thee.
Just keep swimming as the spotlight shines,
but that fucker won't shine on you.
I thrive in the fucking deep.
I thrive on the fucking weak.
Break me, break me.
Fuel my desire.
Break me, break me.
Throw me onto this fire.
Take this note
to the grave.
And you should pray
that a passing ship
will rescue me.
I'll see you in the headlines.
I'll see you in the headlines.

Caged like an animal,
guard dogs left astray.
I'm happier here in isolation,
a framed capsulation of a life I never lived,
I never even lived.
If this picture's worth a thousand words,
then why are my ten thousand
only one picture to you?
I'm no Van Gogh, but I can see straight
without the aide of hallucinogens.
Settle? Settle?
I will succeed.
Settle? Settle?
I will be free.
Settle? Settle?
I will succeed.
Settle? Settle?
I'm finally gonna be free.
Envisioning nothing may be near impossible to do,
but we're as close as we can come to a negative substance.
It's like dreaming without lucidity.
It's like dreaming without my lucidity.
I'm done here.

The more I look at you, my friend,
the more entrancing you become.
Let's just keep hitchhiking
to a place that doesn't know
who we are or where we once were.
It's time to start again.
Tabula Rasa, Tabula Rasa.
Oh, how sweet it would be.
Rebirth.
Rejuvinate.
Revigorate.
Save me.
Oh, how sweet these fresh flakes taste, falling on my teeth.
With the sound of snow falling onto these streets,
Silent Surreal Tranquility that just can't be beat.
Let's shield our eyes so we can't look back to see
the footprints leading a search crew
to who we are today and who we've always been.
Why is it that this one-souled flight
takes longer to amend than the arguments of old men?
(Look at us, how far we've come.
Our hearts are made of gold.)
I've always been a fan of silver,
but not much longer.
This heart is made of gold.
(Look at us, how far we've come.
Our hearts are made of gold.)
Impurities cast aside,
we all have the same gears grinding
inside our minds.
(Look at us, how far we've come.
Our hearts are made of gold.)
It's just a matter of who can hold out longer,
and who is stronger.
Who is stronger?
(Look at us, how far we've come.
Our hearts are made of gold.)
It's just a matter of who can hold out longer,
and who is stronger.
Who is stronger?
(Look at us, how far we've come.

Take this note...
Paddle faster as the ship begins to sink
and be swallowed by the tide,
or prepare to sleep with the sharks.
Now, who here is ready to call it quits?
Not we, the damned without a guide.
We're so damned and we're so blind.
With our heads in the earth,
we're the ostrich, blind to see
the imminent shipwreck and sudden drowning.
There's water in my lungs,
but I can breathe.
There's rust in my veins,
but my heart still beats.
There's water in my lungs,
but I can breathe.
There's rust in my veins,
but my heart still beats.
There's dementia in my brain,
but my mind still thinks.
Do you still think that
Functioning on the verge of instability
breeds chaos permeating a crash?
What a decadent display of indivine divinity,
a paradox thicker than thee.
Just keep swimming as the spotlight shines,
but that fucker won't shine on you.
I thrive in the fucking deep.
I thrive on the fucking weak.
Break me, break me.
Fuel my desire.
Break me, break me.
Throw me onto this fire.
Take this note
to the grave.
And you should pray
that a passing ship
will rescue me.
I'll see you in the headlines.

How much joy can a man find
in a quiet secluded enclosure?
Don't let size by deceiving...
I'd be happy if I never left this room.
It's a hypothetical shelter
until the nuke is dropped
and we'll go down in flames.
The end of this dying nation won't begin with me.
Shut down all the power and ignore the media.
The newspaper brings worse news every day.
Shut down all the power and ignore the media.
I can't stand to watch the news of these dying troops.
Wasted money and wasted lives; get us out of war.
I can't stand to watch this dying anymore.
Wasted money and wasted lives; get us out of war.
Living under tyrants is no way to live.
Wasted money and wasted lives; get us out of war.
Once it's 2009, we'll rejoice.
Wasted money and wasted lives; get us out of war.
Democracy is lost... Let's bring it back ourselves.
Wasted money, wasted lives.
We've gone to hell in a handbasket overnight.

Anticipation will only heighten the tension
and lessen the sensation.
"Relax, relax, relax."
I don't want to fucking relax.
This is my experiment.
I'm finally going to be free.
Strung up and strung out,
I'm caught on your hook.
What have I gotten myself into this time?
Let the adrenaline rush and seize my mind.
Raise me, raise me up to the sky.
I want to know how it feels to fly.
Raise me, raise me up to the sky.
How does it feel to finally fly?
The higher I soar, the sorer the high.
Let the toxins rush my mind.
There's nothing that compares
to the height of this flight.
Cast your doubts aside,
this is reality.
I'm untouchable.
I'm untouchable, cast your doubts aside.
(Cast your doubts, I am invincible.)
I'm untouchable.
I'm untouchable, cast your doubts aside.
(Don't bother saving me now, I am invincible.)
Despite the idiotic method
in which this is carried out,
this is something I have longed so long for.
I feel no pain, I feel no happiness.
Take me down, bring me down.
I'm heavy as a man...
But lighter than a feather,
lighter than a feather,
(Don't bother saving me.)
lighter than a feather,
lighter than a feather,
(Don't bother saving me now.)
lighter than a feather,
lighter than a feather,
(Don't bother saving me.)
heavy as a man,
but lighter than a feather.

Into the head or out in the cold.
Into the head or out in the cold.
Into the head or out in the cold.
Into the head or out in the cold.
Into the head or out in the cold.
Into the head or out in the cold.
Ahead of us lies this epic fucking mountain.
Do you think the view from the summit is grand?
On the other side may lie green gracious valleys,
or could be the pit of despair.
Will you walk beside me?
I can't reach the top alone.
Even the most talented man
can't perform a duo alone.
Can you carry me while I carry you?
Keep your feet up to speed
while you run for the summit.
The top of the world should look so pristine.
Keep your feet up to speed
while you sprint for the summit.
Be sure to avoid the cougars up ahead.
The scent of our blood will only infuriate.
We must, we must trick them.
Spread the blood around the faux crash
to lead them off our trail.
Lead them off our trail.
Keep the cougars at bay.
Keep the cougars at bay.
Keep the cougars at bay.
Keep the cougars at bay.
Keep the cougars at bay.
Keep the cougars at bay.