Cloud 9

Got a notch in the belt
And what else has ever felt
Like three-layer cake
This hard hat will never break

Got a seat in the room
It sounds like a major boon
And one day you'll fly
You just need to hold up half of the sky

Pressing and extraction
A nuclear reaction
Melting and reforging
And hammering out distortions
Don't go and lose your mind
Breathing in this cloud nine
Keep on your PPE
Metal is heavy, alright

Been a tough couple weeks
Sprung a few radiation leaks
And time off is rare
But what else is ever fair

Your feet hurt like hell
And no one could even tell
The life that it takes
For pennies on every dollar they make

Pressing and extraction
A nuclear reaction
Capital in motion
Could lead to an explosion
So don't go and lose your mind
Breathing in this cloud nine
Keep on your PPE
Metal is heavy, alright

Lucky, so lucky
So when's it gonna run out
I'm so lucky, so lucky
So when's it gonna run out
Fooled me once, I was blind
Now I've found the divine
I'm lucky, so lucky
So when's it gonna run out on me

Lucky, so lucky
So when's it gonna run out
I'm so lucky, so lucky
So when's it gonna run out
For now if I hear lies
I'll defocus my eyes
I'm lucky, so lucky
Just please don't run out on me tonight

transition41 (road work ahead)

Road work, road work ahead
Don't go, don't go to bed
Road work, road work ahead
Don't go, don't go to bed

Road work, road work ahead
(Watch for the orange signs)
Don't go, don't go to bed
(Crash on the white lines)
Road work, road work ahead
(Watch for the orange signs)
Don't go, don't go to bed
(Crash on the white lines)
Road work, road work ahead
(Watch for the orange signs)
Don't go, don't go to bed
(Crash on the white lines)

Under Control

Inner beast, hungry and tired
Has no lock or key
The dogs that bark outside at night
At least can be leashed

Dinner served
Each animal is under a spell
It opens up old portal wounds
We reach deepest hell

Now the young ones are praying
The critics are saying it's our fault
And no one is certain
Or opposed to the curtain we'd die without

Say don't worry no more
I got it under control now
It's not like before
I got it under control now

Private feast goes cold too fast
And no appetite
Public space with succor fled
And starving all night

Darkness bath is quieting
And sleep's always there
Ideas within are frightening
Wake up in the chair

The young ones are praying
The critics are saying it's our fault
Still no one is certain
Or opposed to the curtain we'd die without

Say don't worry 'bout me
I got it under control now
And as you can see
I got it under control now

In front of camera writhing
Follow our mental writing
Behind the TV crying
I feel you clarifying me

And while you watch us dying
Trust in our mental writing
The mask is somewhere hiding
I will be death defying now

I'll be the one who shows us how
And what will make us want to be free
What will make us want to be seen
Then maybe someone will know what we mean

transition42 (machine skin)

完璧な
(光生)
機械の生まれ
(指先触れて)
暖かい
(電す)
体はなくも
(肌のぬくもり)
抱きしめたいよ
(心で覚る)

Good and Better

Rebirth in spring
A lovely thing
To buy a clock
And diamond kite

Ten months gone by
She met a guy
It's looking up
Down, left and right

Guess there's a difference
'tween good and better
You're not the only one
In need of something tender
These things aren't over
Until she's bleeding red
Get out the band-aids, don't forget your armor

Guess that's the difference
'tween good and better
You wrote the book on her
They read it back to center
Guess that's the difference
'tween love and lover
You pay the phone bill
And she gives out the number

She can't say it
She can't pray it away

Undeath in bloom
Within the room
White ceiling sky
Looks dark today

Washing her hair
Helps to prepare
Each day outside
Come rain or hail

Guess there's a difference
'tween good and better
She's not the only one
(You're not the only one)
In need of something tender
These things aren't over
Until you're bleeding red
(Until she's bleeding red)
Get out the band-aids, don't forget your armor

Guess that's the difference
'tween good and better
You wrote the book on her
They read it back to center
Guess that's the difference
'tween love and lover
You pay the phone bill
And she gives out the number

She can't say it
She can't pray it away

Guess that's the difference
'tween good and better
You wrote the book on her
They read it back to center
Guess that's the difference
'tween love and lover
You pay the phone bill
And she gives out the number

Guess that's the difference
'tween strong and stronger
Your heart of iron
Her magnet often wanders
Guess that's the difference
'tween bad and badder
Maybe it's not the same
It doesn't really matter

Guess that's the difference
Guess that's the deal
Making a sacrifice
In care of something real
Why do you do it
Why can you stand it
She'll make it up someday
She loves you all the more

She can't say it
She can't pray it
(She can't pray it away)
She can't name it
She can't frame it
She can't stop it
(She can't say it)
She can't drop it
(She can't pray it away)
She can't say it
She can't pray it away

transition43 (wait 4 u)

I will wait for you
To do what I wanna do
It's not too late for you
To ask me to slow down
And I will state for you
Just what you need to hear
And I will wait for you
'cause that's what I wanna do

Can't Go Home

Let's go!

Back
You might go back
Look at the town
Look at your house

You wander around
(It's in the garden beds)
And you're remembering now
(It's in the crumbling shed)
What you were moving on from
(It's in the fountainhead)
How you were choosing your life
(It's in the things unsaid)

You might go back but you can't go home
(Can't go home)
'cause your home ain't there
('cause your home ain't there)
Now you're on your own
(Now you're on your own)
So grow out your hair
(So grow out your hair)
It's in the phones, the ancient tomes
But it's not your home

Can't go home, no you can't go home
No you can't go home, no you can't go home

Help
You might get help
Make new friends
A happy end

But then you think back
(It's in the wedding tapes)
And you are missing it now
(It's in the hand grenades)
What you were moving on from
(It's in the video games)
Now that part is done
(It's in a sunny day)

You might get help but you can't go home
(Can't go home)
'cause your home ain't there
('cause your home ain't there)
Now you're on your own
(Now you're on your own)
So grow out your hair
(So grow out your hair)
It's in the phones, the ancient tomes
But it's not your home

Can't go home, no you can't go home
No you can't go home, no you can't go home

But you can't go home, go home
(No, you can't go home)
Cause your home ain't there, ain't there
(Can't go home)
Now you're on your own, your own
(Can't go home)
So grow out your hair
(Can't go home)

Yeah
Can't go home
OKです
新しいホームを作りましょう

And when you wake up, tomorrow morning
You'll be where you laid your head
And once you wake up, once you wake up
You're in the papers, you're on the screens

(No, you can't go home)
And when you wake up, tomorrow morning
(No, you can't go home)
You'll be where you laid your head
(No, you can't go home)
And once you wake up, once you wake up
(No, you can't go home)
You're in the papers, you're the next big thing

No you can't go home, no you can't go home
No you can't go home

transition44 (808s & 909s)

I don't wanna be out on the dance floor
If 808s and 909s don't cut it anymore
No, I don't wanna be out on the dance floor
If 808s and 909s don't cut it anymore

Would more money do it
Would more money do it
Would more money do it
Would more money do it
Would more money do it
Would more money do it
Would more money do it
Would more money do it

Industry

Oh, industry
We marvel at your leaves
Your roots are deep
And rotting everything

And what I have lost is a drop in the can
And they say it's worth it, a part of the plan
And in me is burning perpetual yearning
That can't be bought off

Oh, industry
Give her back to me
Please, industry
Please give her back to me

How wonderfully I live because of thee
But please don't take my world away from me

Oh, industry
You trundle endlessly
Turn with the wheel
Of this society

But you can't fix the damage or undo the spell
Can't hoist up the body you kicked down the well
And you'll get a new one and finish the project
But I will mourn her

Oh, industry
Please give her back to me
Please, industry
Please give her back to me

Oh, industry
Please give her back to me
Please, industry
Please give her back to me

How wonderfully I live because of thee
But please don't take my world away
No, please don't take my world away from me

Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down
Burn it all down and smell the smoke

transition45 (swordfight)

You wanna fistfight with me
Because I just can't let it be
And when we've both got black eyes
Turns out there never was a prize

I wanna swordfight with you
So you can hurt me like you do
But if your blade won't strike true
It could be me on top of you
It could be me on top of you

Hit Me

Hit me, hit me, hit me 'til you're okay
Just hit me, hit me, hit me 'til it's okay
Just hit me, hit me, hit me 'til I'm okay
Just hit me, hit me, hit me 'til the seams break
Right?

Hit me, hit me, hit me 'cause I earned it
Just hit me, hit me, hit me 'til I learn it
Just hit me, hit me, hit me 'cause you love it
Just hit me 'cause I know you're not above it
Are you?

I am the one to take it out on
The only one to take it out on
You know you want what I got going on
You know you want to see me break down

Hit me, hit me, hit me 'til I decay
Come on and get me, get me, get me on the replay
You wanna fight me, fight me, fight me what can I say
'cause I'm the one who started up this doomsday
Aren't I?

I am the one to take it out on
The perfect one to take it out on
You know you need what I got going on
You know you need to see it break

I am brittle
I will splinter
I will matter
I will shatter beautifully

I am matter
I will shatter
I'll be brittle
I will give you a splinter

Every winter
So come prick your finger

Stuck on the opposite ends of a maze
Flicking a lighter and birthing a flame
Burn hot enough and the plastic will melt
Get us to heaven by giving us hell

I am the one to take it out on
The only one to take it out on
You know you want what I got going on
You know you want to see me break down

I am the one to take it out on
The perfect one to take it out on
You know you need what I got going on
You know you need to see it break

I am the one to take it out on
The only one to take it out on
I am the one to take it out on
The perfect one to take it out on

I am the one to take it out on
No matter what you think is going wrong
I am the one to take it out on
No matter what you think is going wrong
I am the one to take it out on

transition46 (kill me)

So kill me
Just kill me
So kill me

So kill me
Just kill me
So kill me
Just kill me

So kill me
(So kill me)
Just kill me
(Just kill me)

Apologetics

If you can't have your way
Don't listen, never change
Don't need to have your say
You only have to wait

If she says there's no way
Do it while she's not looking
If she says go away
Maybe she won't mind later
If no means no
That'd be a real bummer
One way or another
(You both have to) live with it

And you can do what you want
And say you're sorry later
And you can sleep on the floor
And think the girls are haters
And you can say what you want
And get some comfort later
And they will think in the end
That you were innocent

Ash in the eye of the storm
Mating display of forlorn
Hole in the back of the head
Ricochet feelings and lead
Aimed out

It's just another day
Don't listen, never change
Right now it might not play
You only have to wait

And if it's not okay
Do it while she's not looking
If you think you know best
Maybe she won't mind later
If no means no
That'd be a real bummer
One way or another
(We all have to) live with it

And you can do what you want
And say you're sorry later
And you can sleep on the floor
And think the girls are haters
And you can say what you want
And get some comfort later
And they will think in the end
That you were innocent

Ash in the eye of the storm
Mating display of forlorn
Hole in the back of the head
Ricochet feelings and lead
Aimed out

Hey, baby
って言いたいね?
(You won't stop, you won't stop)
言葉はだめだ
(You won't stop, you won't stop)
それもなぜ喋っていますか?
(You won't stop, you won't)
ね、"fuck you", ね?
(You won't stop, you won't stop)
それは全てを伝えただね?!

Ash in the eye of the storm
Mating display of forlorn
Hole in the back of the head
Ricochet feelings and lead

And you can do what you want
And say you're sorry later
And you can sleep on the floor
And think the girls are haters
And you can say what you want
And get some comfort later
And they will think in the end
That you were innocent

Entitlement to a life
No more apologetics
Lining a wallet with strife
No more apologetics
Hole in the back of the head
No more apologetics
There's nothing left to be said
But you keep talking, touching
Punching, boasting work-for-nothing

transition47 (line)

はいはい
次はなにの?
わ、すでに疲れた

Still I know that I'm always going in a straight line
Never turning around, never going back in time
Even when I relapse, it doesn't put me in the past
I am unstoppable, by nature's design

残りあと2曲です
せえの!

Come to Find

Take a stand on a mountain
I will die on this molehill
All the alarms are sounding
Kicking and slipping on downhill

Battle ready, shields up and
Heart is heavy, heels dug and
Moat is draining, swan is singing
This must be the only thing

And then when you come to find it's a state of mind
From now I'll be doing my best
When you come to find it's a waste of time
I still have the clothes on my back
When you come to find it was inside your mind
From now I'll be doing my best
When you come to find it was a waste of your time
Soon I'll be going on back

I'm getting stupidly nervous
(I'm getting stupidly nervous)
I'm getting sick of to-do lists
(I'm getting sick of to-do lists)
No matter what I am feeling
(No matter what I am feeling)
I just see something needs cleaning
(I just see something needs cleaning)

Buckle up, double down and
Bring the car way around and
Fix it all, all is done 'til
Here comes another one

But then when you come to find it's a state of mind
From now I'll be doing my best
When you come to find it's a waste of time
I still have the clothes on my back
When you come to find it was inside your mind
From now I'll be doing my best
When you come to find it was a waste of your time
Soon I'll be going on back

Without the bleeding, how could I know
Without the bleeding, how could I know
I have a purpose, everything is worth this
Without the bleeding, how could I know

(The big one still sells door-to-door, the fallout from the culture war)
Without the bleeding, how could I know
(The big one still sells door-to-door, the fallout from the culture war)
Without the bleeding, how could I know
(The big one still sells door-to-door, and)
I have a purpose
Everything is worth this
Without the bleeding, how could I know

So when you come to find it's a state of mind
When you come to find it's a waste of time
When you come to find it was inside your mind
When you come to find it's better left behind

transition48 (just a little bit)

Just a little bit, a little bit of loving
Just a little bit of hoping
Just a little bit of loving's fine

Just a little bit, a little hit of something
Just a little bit of nothing
Just a little sip of something nice

Just to go where I like anytime
Just to know what your god has in mind
Just to know, just to know
Just to know, just to know
Just to know where you'll be for all time

Nothing Else to Do

We didn't ask to be here
We cannot justify actions based on fear
If we were part of a plan
History shrugs and decades pass

And there's no one there to answer to
And there's no surprises waiting there
But there is nothing else to do
But live until the end

Intent is not in the stars
It lives and breathes in us and it goes too far
Crying and holding our rag
One day we'll need to sleep without it

And there's no one there to answer to
And there's no more freedom waiting there
But there is nothing else to do
But live until the end

We cannot wait to be there
(We cannot wait to be there)
Imagining all the ways it makes life fair
Still we're afraid to get old
(Still we're afraid to get old)
We're still afraid, so afraid of getting old

And when we're old and afraid
(Everything's so far away)
Confusing being young and being brave
Still so unsure of ourselves
(Everything's so far away)
Still can't envision nothing itself

And there's no one there to answer to
And there's no good reason waiting there
And there's no achievements we'll recall
And there's nothing there to sense at all
Still, there is nothing else to do
But live until the end

Live until the end
Live until the end
Live until the end
Live until the end

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