1. |
What You're Made Of
03:13
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Don't pinch yourself this is not a dream
Yes it really is happening
So plug it in and turn up to 10
You may never get a chance like this again
Can't you see
It's not just you who feels it
They point and sneer you're not in their club
But who the hell made them the judge?
Get up and do something that you love
Who gives a damn if it's good enough to them
Can't you see
It's not just me who needs it
If you feel like there's something to prove
Act like you've nothing to lose
Aim high better to reach for the sky
Than wonder
If you fall when you're learning to fly
At least you gave it a try
Take heart that you're showing the world
Just what you're made of
Uncork the bottle unleash the beast
You know they're ready so set them free
You feel the music deep in your core
So throw your head back and
Raise those horns
Can't you see
It's not just you who feels it
Stand on the rooftops and scream your name
Someone out there will feel the same
You hid your light for far too long
Now hog the limelight and
Play that song
Can't you see
It's not just me who needs it
If you feel like there's something to prove
Act like you've nothing to lose
Aim high better to reach for the sky
Than wonder
If you fall when you're learning to fly
At least you gave it a try
Take heart that you're showing the world
Just what you're made of
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2. |
Are You Happy Now?
03:30
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Under lock and key
You sit there willing tears to fall
I climbed the tower
You wiped my footprints from the wall
After all these years you'd think that
something might have changed
But you're still wrapped in cotton wool
and the dragons roar beneath you unslain
Watch the pieces fall into place
Now you have
time to practise your poker face
When somebody's pulling your strings
You're not real
So tell me can you still feel a sting
Or are you happy now?
Hopeful perseverance can't push together
what's forced apart
Toxic sterile atmosphere
causing friction 'tween head and heart
Now I can see you never
cared for me at all
Keeping up appearances
a new miserable experience
Watch the pieces fall into place
Now you have
time to practise your poker face
When somebody's pulling your strings
You're not real
So tell me can you feel anything?
The choice was mine, you made it
Think of the time you wasted
Now and then I think of what might have been
I gotta tell you it makes me shiver
I've moved onto bigger and better things
and burned the clippings from the paper
You invite me back in your routine
to carry on as if nothing happened
As fickle as a fortune telling fish
but sorry honey you're no cracker
Watch the pieces fall into place
Now you have time to practise your poker face
When somebody's pulling your strings
You're not real
So tell me can you feel anything?
Watch the pieces fall into place
Now you have time to practise your poker face
When somebody's pulling your strings
You're not real
So tell me can you still feel a sting
Or are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
Because I'm happy now
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3. |
Pageturner
03:54
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Could've been
Should've been
Would've been
But you lied
To me
Didn't you?
You couldn't choose
Between the devil and the sea
All of the time
I never questioned you were mine
Fooled by scheming and device
What's out of sight is out of mind, oh
In your dreams of monochrome
Do you dance on graves or rake the bones
Are you happy with the path you chose?
Cause the other one you hungered for is
Gone gone gone
There's no more pages to turn
Sigh for the bridges you burned
Cold fingers tracing your spine
Filed in place, turn out the light
Jump on in
Over the rim
Take a chance that we'll swim
Not sink
Without a sound
You turned around
And whispered promises to him
Over coffee, cake and sympathy
I didn't see the irony
Of snowflakes etched into the glass
To pretty up the cracks, oh
Do you wonder what we're fighting for
When the battles escalate to war
Or imagine sitting on his horse
As you slip the noose to string this boy along
So wrong
There's no more pages to turn
Sigh for the bridges you burned
Cold fingers tracing your spine
Filed in place, turn out the light
I'll bet you tried to have your cake and eat it
Satan's advocate has taken the throne
Time expired, you made your choice
Do you regret it?
In the end you settled for what you'd known
There's no more pages to turn
Sigh for the bridges you burned
Cold fingers tracing your spine
Filed in place, turn out the light
Could've been
Should've been
Would've been
But you lied
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4. |
Thumb Print Head
04:02
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Beat your chest
Fly your flag
You're off to war
A somnambulant parade
The unconscious know no conscience
Lest ye forget your place
Your mind is confined by design
Constrained by the lines they sold
Don't question and you'll have no regrets son
You did what you were told
You failed the Turing test
No sign of intelligence
Now
Dance on the graves of those they label scum
They are your enemy
Product of what you learned and where you came from
You're programmed to obey
March to the beat of someone else's drum
The melody of slavery
One more perfect little soldier
Thumb print head till you are dead
This is what you were always meant to do
Or so they'd have you believe
Your servitude will reap their gratitude
Oh the tangled web they weave
Punch drunk and scared you look to your corner
All pleas for mercy are ignored
They wash their hands as they give the order
To fall upon your sword
Congealing, growing cold
That's what the future hold when you
Dance on the graves of those they label scum
They are your enemy
Product of what you learned and where you came from
You're programmed to obey
March to the beat of someone else's drum
The melody of slavery
One more perfect little soldier
Thumb print head till you are dead
Left 2 3 4
Right 2 3 4
Left 2 3 4
Right 2 3 4
Left 2 3 4
Right 2 3 4
Die
Dance on the graves of those they label scum
They are your enemy
Product of what you learned and where you came from
You're programmed to obey
March to the beat of someone else's drum
The melody of slavery
One more perfect little soldier
Thumb print head till you are dead
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5. |
Bluebottle
03:26
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Suck
Suck it all up
Don't waste a drop
You know you've a reputation to uphold
Win
You'll never win
That's such a shame
Because you always like to be on top
Dream
Follow your dreams
Chase down those dreams
Meanwhile your nightmares are pursuing you
All
You know it all
You think you're perfect darling
But you're not indispensable
Sail without a rudder
From one mess to another
Feigning independence
Don't realise you're helpless
Pass the open window
Cause the devil's better you know
Get yourself entangled
Then die like a blue arsed fly
Jump
Jump right on in
Mock those who question
Why you never wait for instruction
Black
Down goes the black
You sink the black
Before the colours and forfeit the game
Sweet
Sticky and sweet
It all looked so good
Until you touched it and it turned to this
Waste
Wasting away
You life's such a waste
Counting the days down until the end
Sail without a rudder
From one mess to another
Feigning independence
Don't realise you're helpless
Pass the open window
Cause the devil's better you know
Get yourself entangled
Then die like a blue arsed fly
Buzz buzz buzz
Buzz buzz buzz
Buzz buzz buzz
Buzz buzz buzz
Sail without a rudder
From one mess to another
Feigning independence
Don't realise you're helpless
Pass the open window
Cause the devil's better you know
Get yourself entangled
Then die like a blue arsed fly
Buzz buzz buzz
Buzz buzz buzz
Buzz buzz buzz
Buzz buzz buzz
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6. |
A Mountain To Nothing
03:16
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Almost there
You see the summit
With both hands
Reach out and touch but
Watch your step
It looks so easy
One false move
You're tumbling downwards
Rising star
Chosen one
Promised all
It seems you were bluffing
Crashed and burned
No return
You'll never learn
We thought you were something
All your plans
All your dreams
All your goals
Add up to nothing
Hardest climb
Shortest fall
Ended all
A mountain to nothing
No contest
You're bound for glory
Effortless
The same old story
Arrogance
The chink in your armour
Ego bruised
You fell at the last
Rising star
Chosen one
Promised all
It seems you were bluffing
Crashed and burned
No return
You'll never learn
We thought you were something
All your plans
All your dreams
All your goals
Add up to nothing
Hardest climb
Shortest fall
Ended all
A mountain to nothing
We hold the power
We set the bar
So high that you can never reach it
Blow up your hopes
Holding a pin
Daring you to fly
Shaking your hand
We secretly plan
To trip you up and stick the boot in
Building you up
Tearing you down
Cause you don't belong
Where gods reside
Rising star
Chosen one
Promised all
It seems you were bluffing
Crashed and burned
No return
You'll never learn
We thought you were something
All your plans
All your dreams
All your goals
Add up to nothing
Hardest climb
Shortest fall
Ended all
A mountain to nothing
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7. |
I'm Sorry It's You
04:31
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Sitting pretty in your shoes
You can't see beyond yourself
Queuing up the next excuse
Feeling powerless to help
You can only do so much
When there's so many others
Worse off than you
You could ease their burden
If you'd only try
But the plug has been pulled
And the well has run dry
What can I say
From miles away?
What can I do?
This much is true
I'm glad it's not me
But I'm sorry it's you
Close the door on the outside world
But the darkness still seeps in
Push notifications
Breaking news
Under constant bombardment
Survivor's guilt
Never having lived
Through this vivid horror show
Power down
But you'll find no respite
The drama is over
The trauma lives on
What can I say
From miles away?
What can I do?
This much is true
I'm glad it's not me
But I'm sorry it's you
What can I say
From miles away?
What can I do?
This much is true
I'm glad it's not me
But I'm sorry it's you
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8. |
Fishing For Humans
04:43
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Reaching for something that I never had
Sensing a killing, you held out your hand
I grasped it tightly the way that you'd planned
This is how it all began
Fishing for humans to batter and gut
Lonely and gullible, ripe for the cut
Manipulating and gaining their trust
Hook line and sinker, you caught yourself a chump
Sold me your story and now you sell mine
Hooked on your lies, you were biding your time
You set me up for maximum exposure
Drafting your ransom to sardonic laughter
I believed
You deceived
Let me see
What you have on me
Crippled by stage fright or too camera shy
Never a signal, you can't perform live
Always a reason to stay out of sight
I wish I had hid from you
I added colour to your black and white
Plot twists and turns like a knife in my side
Sick of the drama and desensitised
I grew determined to rid myself of you
Sold me your story and now you sell mine
Hooked on your lies, you were biding your time
You set me up for maximum exposure
Drafting your ransom to sardonic laughter
Joining the dots it just doesn't add up
Too many gaps now I'm calling your bluff
Missed ultimatums conclusive enough
Checkmate's the end of the game
Beneath the mountain or up in the clouds
Wherever you say you are, you're never found
Back in the woodwork or under that rock
Get the hell back whence you came
I believed
You deceived
Let me see
What you have on me
Told them your story, well now I tell mine
Fell for your lines once but then I got wise
You stick your head up and I will expose you
I'll make you suffer from now to hereafter
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9. |
Tabula Rasa
04:20
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How can I be introspective?
There's nothing there to see
Under the microscope
The lowest form of life on land or sea
Enjoy the spectacle
My self esteem has gone
I've plumbed the depths and come up empty
Tell me that I'm wrong
I bring nothing to the table
And take more than my share
This empty vessel makes no sound
So fill me with your noise
I yearn for company
Yet sit there silently
Absorbing everything around me
Giving nothing back
There are no marks on this blank slate
The words I write, you will dictate
Why should I struggle to create
When I can steal from you instead
Suck the lifeblood from your veins
He who gives shall never gain
But still the emptiness remains
Don't ask me for a story
I can't even make one up
They whisper Mr. Boring
I hear them well enough
Barbed tongues behind their teeth
Truth hurts but still I seethe
I've locked the door and turned the lights off
But I'm still at home
Like a roach trapped in the spotlight
I wish the earth would swallow me
Small talk and conversations kill
And I'm dying on my feet
If only I could change
Be recognised without the fame
A shadow longing for the darkness
Where it can't be seen
There are no marks on this blank slate
The words I write, you will dictate
Why should I struggle to create
When I can steal from you instead
Suck the lifeblood from your veins
He who gives shall never gain
But still the emptiness remains
There is no me in me
There are no marks on this blank slate
The words I write, you will dictate
Why should I struggle to create
When I can steal from you instead
Suck the lifeblood from your veins
He who gives shall never gain
But still the emptiness remains
There is no me in me
There's only you
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10. |
The Torch
03:56
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I rolled a six so you could start
But that doesn't mean I'm done
I have a future, present, past
The same as you my son
Behold these cracked and calloused hands
The signs of lessons learned
So wait your turn to seize the torch
Or get your fingers burned
Fuck the natural order of things
I'll teach you to fly while clipping your wings
Witness my paternal decree
To live your life vicariously through me
I lay the tracks for you to follow
Or branch off on your own
I light the way and cast a shadow
I am no rolling stone
Setting examples good and bad
And I'll continue on
Resisting time and slow decline
A fleshed out skeleton
Fuck the natural order of things
I'll teach you to fly while clipping your wings
Witness my paternal decree
To live your life vicariously through me
Surrender the fire that burns in my hands
A white dwarf conceding its light to the dead
Spitting out vulture bones I'll make my stand
I'll bite till they pull the last tooth from my head
Fuck the natural order of things
I'll teach you to fly while clipping your wings
Witness my paternal decree
To live your life vicariously through me
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11. |
Stay
04:35
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You made me doubt myself
So much I gave you control
Of idle hands and addled brains
The breeding ground for wicked things
Shackled to the misery
Of neverlasting victories
Eggshells crushed beneath my feet
How I wish that you could bleed
You wanted more, I gave you more
It's not enough as usual
How dare you
Criticise, antagonise, apologise again
And then say
I need you
Stay with me
Stay here with me
Incubus inside o me
Growing exponentially
I take what I can get for free
I know I'll pay up in the end
It's a neverending farce
To make believe that I'm in charge
Blackened heart and pallid skin
Sallow fingers digging in
Why do I reach out for you
When you're the one who put me here?
God damn you
Push away then pull me back
I know that it's insane
But I can't condemn you
Stay with me
Stay here with me
Why do I reach out for you
When you're the one who put me here?
God damn you
Criticise, antagonise, apologise again
And then say
I need you
Stay with me
Stay here with me
Stay with me
Stay here with me
Stay
Why won't you
Stay
Why won't you
Stay
Why won't you
Stay
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12. |
Dead In The Water
04:58
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I gave you life and watched you grow
Adding strings to your bow
Out of nothing came a spark
And now you're closest to my heart
Draining and sustaining me
But is this healthy?
Stubbornly refusing help
I need to do this by myself
I alone this cross to bear
Why should I share when no-one cares?
As if they'd ever understand
That you complete me
Cutting cords and apron strings
The more I give, the more you cling
If you love them set them free
And reminisce on memories
But I'm still holding on
I can't lose you
I pushed you out into the waves
To no applause and no acclaim
No ripples heard, no echoes seen
You disappeared without a trace
Let them take you where they may
At least I loved you
Giving up and letting go
Keeping busy fills the hole
I turn at every open door
But I can't hold you anymore
It seems like you were never there
I hope that someone hears you
Starting over, moving on
To build a bridge, a verse, a song
This silent brooding bitter mess
Is feathering an empty nest
Cause I'm the lonely one
The only one who'll miss you when you're gone
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WhiteRoomNightmare Belfast, UK
WhiteRoomNightmare is a one-man rock/metal musical project from Belfast in Northern Ireland.
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