1. |
Gimme
04:21
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Give me a reason to impress em’
Cuz fitting in don’t mean that much to me
It’s not a life without obsession
And it’s not love in high society
But all I ever do
Is what for you
I wait for you (x6)
I wait another day
For what I cannot say
My skin is turning grey
And time’s runnin away
So I will never say
All that I want to say
To you
Give me a reason to impress em’
Cuz fitting in don’t mean that much to me
It’s not a life without obsession
And it’s not love in high society
Give me the fame without the money
Give me a head that always knows who’s right
And give me sex without a body
Cuz I can’t bear to see myself tonight
But all I ever do
Is wait for you
I wait for you (x6)
I wait another life
I’m waiting for a sign
A devil in disguise
A savior down in the line
For you to realize
I only fantasize
About you
Give me a reason to impress em’
Cuz fitting in don’t mean that much to me
It’s not a life without obsession
And it’s not love in high society
Give me the fame without the money
Give me a head that always knows who’s right
And give me sex without a body
Cuz I can’t bear to see myself tonight
But all I ever do
Is wait for you
I wait for you (x6)
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2. |
Goblina
03:19
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I’m a little bit closer
I’m a little bit closer to you
I’m a little bit closer to the things that make you tick
I’m a little bit wiser
Got a little bit wiser for you
Grew a little bit wiser when you forced me to grow up
Picked my heart up off the floor
Dusted it off with a trip
Thought I could will you away
But you came back with a bang
And I’m still crazy my dear because I have
Goblins in my head
Having orgies with the demons in my bed and
Maybe I’d be saved
If I had a shred of hope there’s god
Forget yesterday
There’s still hell to pay
Oh we’re not dead yet
So let’s live today
Goblins in my head
Horrifying demons in my bed
We’re a little bit older
Grew a little bit over the years
But I’m still 25 and learning all the ropes
So you gotta be patient
Yeah you gotta be patient my dear
I promise I’ll try hard if you promise me too
But now you’ve gone through the door
And you’re heading down the stairs
And I am calling your name
But you can’t hear through my tears
Oh have we been here before
Or is it just the
Demons in my my head
Having orgies with the goblins in my bed and
Maybe I’d be saved
If I had a shred of hope there’s god
Forget yesterday
There’s still hell to pay
Oh we’re not dead yet
So let’s live today
And there’s no point to this
Silly thing that we call living
So let’s make up today
Cuz tomorrow you and I might die
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3. |
Bang Bang
04:41
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I took a red eye from the West Coast now I’m here to play your game
I’ve got my ammo packed and ready so that I can make it go
My little gun will go
I thought I wasn’t ‘sposed to know you but I recognize your face
Aren’t you that guy up on that sign, or have they taken you away
They took you all away
I love you always
I want your time
I love you always
Bang bang
Shot me down
Don’t look up
Singing on the ground now
Bang bang
It’s a game
Might be dead
But I got to play
Bang bang
Little guns will go bang bang
I wear their hearts upon my sleeve so that the world will know my name
I am a masochistic killer; I take pleasure in the pain
Take pleasure in the pain
See you and me were not that different, we’re both working for the knife
I’ve got my gun, you’ve got your suits, your ties, your suburbs and your wife
Your suburbs and your wife
I love you always
I want your time
I love you always
Bang bang
Shot me down
Don’t look up
Singing on the ground now
Bang bang
It’s a game
Might be dead
But I got to play
Bang Bang
Little guns will go
Bang Bang
Bang bang
Lose your mind
Lose your time with everybody
Bang bang
Be insane
Lose yourself inside the game
Bang bang
Bang bang
And don’t push me away
Let me stay
I’ve been here
I’ve been here
Don’t forget me please
I’ve been here
In your mind
In your mind
Bang bang
Shot me down
Don’t look up
Singing on the ground now
Bang bang
It’s a game
Might be dead
But I got to play
Bang Bang
Bang Bang
Bang bang
Lose your mind
Lose your time with everybody
Bang bang
Be insane
Lose yourself inside the game
Bang bang
Bang bang
Bang bang
Bang bang
Bang bang
Bang bang
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4. |
Oh Penny
03:49
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Oh Penny you’re fair
And Penny you’re fine
You took me away
And blew up my mind
I’ll never forget
Your clothes in the sand
And how we would stay forever
But now that you’re gone
It’s clearer than day
You weren’t the one
I wasn’t okay
You say that I’m wrong
You say that I’m vain
But how could you say I missed the
Point, when I gave myself in full
Gave my love, so unconditional
Oh all the things that I cried about
And all you said that I lied about
That’s not who I am
And I never was
so let’s get off the bus
Oh Penny you’re cruel
And Penny you’re mean
And after it all
You don’t even see
You don’t even talk
You won’t even fight
You won’t even say forever
So Penny my dear, it’s time I move on
It’s time that I learn to write a new song
The voices I heard
On top of that hill
Are calling me back to who I
was, when I lost myself in full
who I am underneath it all
Oh all the things that I cried about
And all you said that I lied about
It’s not who I am
And I never was
Oh yea you said that you found me out
But what was there to find out about
This is who I am
And I always was
So let’s jump off the bus
Nobody thought they would see
Someone like me
and someone like you
Oh no no no
They never thought they would see
Somebody like me
Someone like you
Oh all the things that I cried about
And all you said that I lied about
That’s not who I am
And I never was
Oh yea you said that you found me out
But what was there to find out about
This is who i am
And I always was
So let’s get off the bus
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5. |
Chloroform
04:47
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I fainted last night at a Cat Power concert
Underneath the bright red lights
Spinning heavens open, starry skies
Then I fell into the dirt
I promise ma'am I am alright
I just need a minute to sit here
At this Cat Power concert
You asked me if I was alright
You said that you were sorry, ain't it strange?
How easy those words came yesterday
I didn't need them now I do
But you won't play the game that's meant for two
I am so old today
The heavens spinning shooting stars
Catapulting rocks that pierce through Mars
And I just need you today
Please save my body save my soul
Before we grow too old to see this through
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Where is my mind?
Take it away
I cannot stand
Thinking today
Most of the time
I don't understand
The thoughts inside my head are crazy
Take your time, make it slow
And I'll wait til I'm nothing
Was I right, I have to know
The thoughts inside my head are
When it's our time, we'll have to go
And how will we live with ourselves?
Take your time I have to know
The thoughts inside
I fainted last night at a Cat Power concert
Underneath the bright red lights
Spinning heavens open starry skies
But it didn't hurt
I thought of you when all went black
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6. |
Mama
03:48
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She’s young and beautiful
Full of potential
And temperamental and confused
She gave herself to him
Dimmed all her lights for him
She’d trade her life for all
That he didn’t want
She’s okay
She could cry
She’s okay
She feels dead inside
Mama raised her for the fight
Forget the man
Forget his plight
Mama told her just move on
You learned your lesson
Now it’s done
I never thought I’d live to see
The Queen reject the mercenary
Mama saw it from the start
Listen to mama, not your heart
He’s so ambitious
Aspires for greatness
Blinded by faithfulness to the plan
He dreams of accolades (of accolades)
Life in a far off place (how far a place)
She knows she’d never fit anyway
Now she’s sad
And alone
Could it be
that her confidence grows
Oh oh
Oh me oh my
Oh my oh me
I need a sign
I need direction
Please give me direction
Oh me oh my
Oh my oh me
I need a sign
Please give me direction
Oh I need direction
No
Mama raised her for the fight
Forget the man
Forget his plight
I never thought I’d live to see
The Queen reject the mercenary
Mama saw it from the start
Listen to mama, not your heart
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7. |
Moth into Flame
04:35
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Blacked out
Pop queen amphetamine
The screams crashed into silence
Tapped out
Doused in the gasoline
The high times going timeless
Decadence
Death of the innocence
The pathway starts to spiral
Infamy
All for publicity
Destruction going viral
Light it up
Ah, light it up
Another hit erases all the pain
Bulletproof
Ah, kill the truth
You're falling, but you think you're flying high
High again
Sold your soul
Built a higher wall
Yesterday
Now you're thrown away
Same rise and fall
Who cares at all?
Seduced by fame
A moth into the flame
Twisted
Backstabbing wicked
The delusion absolution
Perjurer
Fame is the murderer
Seduce you into ruin
Death scene
Black hearse the limousine
A grave filled with seduction
Vaccine
Fame does the murdering
She builds up for destruction
So light it up
Ah, light it up
Another hit erases all the pain
Bulletproof
Ah, no excuse
You're falling, but you think you're flying high
High again
Guarantee your name, you go and kill yourself
The vultures feast around you still
Overdose on shame and insecurity
If one won't do that fistful will
Guarantee your name, you go and kill yourself
The vultures feast around you still
Overdose on shame and insecurity
If one won't do that fistful will
[Blacked out
Pop queen amphetamine
The screams crashed into silence]
Sold your soul
Built a higher wall
Yesterday
Now you're thrown away
Same rise and fall
Who cares at all?
Seduced by fame
A moth into the flame
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8. |
Forest Fire
03:42
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She’s down and out
She could’ve told me
But I never had her to my place
Out on the town
Don’t got any money
Panic is written on her face
Put her down
Pick her up
Throw her around
Put her down
Little girl
Lonely at midnight
She could be gone
Without a trace
Barbie doll
So blase
Dress her up
So passe
I toil in jest to keep the selfish night at bay
A fifth, a pill to get yourself through the day
If I’m a building, a structure
You are the burning leaves
Igniting riots and murdering all the urban trees
And when the dam breaks will it have been you or me
To blame for famine and war crimes and girlish jubilee
I am a consumer, entertaining for the bourgeoisie
I’m an artist, complicit in the rising sea
Put her down
Pick her up
Throw her around
Put her down
Don’t say it’s over x8
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9. |
It's Over
04:22
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Hey babe you think that it’s over?
You think that it’s really over?
Hey do you think you’ll get better?
I ask myself every day
I thought it’d never be over
How did it get so much colder?
I carved a hole in my ribcage for you
I’ll play if that’s how you want me to play
We never knew the right things to say
Was it our hubris that got in the way?
I’m losing stock of the things I know make me
That’s not what love is s’posed to be
And we resort to the things we know
And never reconsider anything
I took a train to the outer edge of my life and there
I saw the murder in her eyes
The gates of hell will re-open but I know
I think that it’s really over
So lay your head on my shoulder
And promise me you’ll stay sober
Tell me what you wanna say
There is no villain or savior
There’s no dichotomy either
I see we’re only two pawns who tried our best
I’ll say exactly what you want me to say
‘Cause it’s the lease I can do to repay
You for the years that we’re throwing away
I’m losing stock of the things I know make me
That’s not what love is s’posed to be
And we resort to the things we know
And never reconsider anything
I took a train to the outer edge of my life and there
I saw the murder in her eyes
The gates of hell will re-open but I know
Sometimes
I get so sad
And I wonder, is it me?
Or is the world around me?
And you can’t medicate the world
I broke a promise so long ago
I always knew the meaning of the dream
We thought it seemed like a miracle
But maybe we just wanted it to be
And now I’m over the cliff
Over the edge of the world
I see my downfall in its eyes
The gates of hell will re-open but
I know
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Madame Reaper & the Gentlemen's Club Chicago, Illinois
Vampire synth pop out of Chicago
Booking: mgmt@madamereapermusic.com
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