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Correctional Institute
03:15
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I needed correction, I kinda went mad
Natural selection weeding out the bad
No more insurrections, no more starting fires
Permanent detention’s all that I require, I’m leaving
I’m going to the institute for all the psychos, freaks and
fruitcakes will be served Wednesdays and Saturdays
If I take my medicine on time and take good care to toe the line
Then I’ll be out of here on time
They just wanna make me better
We see this infection inside of your head
Worth some more inspection, strap you to this bed
On the intersection of Washington and Vine
You lost all connection, be thankful you’re alive and breathing
You’re going to the institute for all the psychos, freaks and
fruitcakes, every low-down, burned-out mystery
If you rest assured we’re on your side and that to be cruel is to
be kind, then you’ll be out of here on time
We just wanna make you better
I’m on the moon, I blew my fuse
I can’t be here with you, I’m grieving
To soothe my blues, I’m breathing fumes
Now I could use some true attention
I’m going to the institute for all the psychos, freaks and
fruitcakes will be served Wednesdays and Saturdays
If I take my medicine on time and make damn sure to toe the line
Then I’ll be out of here on time
They just wanna make me better
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Mourning Becomes You
03:58
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I’d never wish for you to see it like I do
For only Hell could ever tell me what is true
My thoughts escape and all my pain is running clear
There is no answer for you here
I’m left alone to feel my fear
You kill the germs and walk away without a scratch
‘Til somewhere deep inside your mind she calls you back
It’s just that part of me that you could never do
I wish that I could be like you
I wish that I could be like you
Kill the time and watch the sky go by
It’s just the reason that I cry
Is that I haven’t got the time for you
Inside my mind, it’s burning up within me darling
If I cannot hide, I know I’ll have to try and help it
For you
Come P.M., it’s time to walk across the floor
Where all the bad things move around inside a drawer
If I was just a place for you to lay your head
I’d read between the lines and lose my mind instead
It’s just that part of you that nothing could undo
The part you’re tired of thinking through
I wish that I could be like you
Kill the sky and watch the time go by
It’s just the reason that I cry
Is that I haven’t got the time for you
Inside my mind, it’s burning up within me darling
If I cannot hide, I know I’ll have to try and help it
When mourning becomes you, well if this be true
I’ll say my part and then I’ll pay my dues
But when you look to me you know I’ll see you through
Until the day comes when you know what I will do
But until then, I love you
Kill the time and watch the sky go by
It’s just the reason that I cry
Is that I haven’t got the time for you
Inside my mind, it’s burning up within me darling
If I cannot hide, I know I’ll have to try and help it.
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3. |
Love Away
03:10
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I took your love away
And now it's here to stay with me
The things I used to see
were never even meant to be
I'll love you for a time
You'll promise me a lie
But who are we to never reach
and falter in our prime
They'll chide you from behind
And criticize your mind
You'll teach your eyes to see
and think the world is on your side
Don't push me
Don't you see
That I'm falling off the edge of time again
You've been here once before
and now you're back for more
But you and I know peace of mind
won't be behind that door
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i'm up on a ledge baby
you've got me on edge baby
i'm talking destruction
waiting for instruction from you
i'm wrapped in your chains baby
i'm feeling deranged baby
if you wanna know me
quit trying to own me
say you know i will although we know i know i won't
and maybe we'd be crazy not to know it though we don't
i say i will, you say you will and then we don't
we can't stop loving the darkness
keep thinking you're with it, til you wanna quit it
keep trying to grip it, til you give the slip to it
we say we have it coming even though we know we don't
and maybe we'd be crazy not to know it though we don't
but every time i see you there i'm sinking til i float and get
shot down into where i'll keep on, keep on, keep on
keep on loving the darkness
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