Heard about the uprising
The beauty and the beast
of brothers, sisters, bottles grand finale

The cheating musketeer
The loathing and the fear of failure
that haunts the band tonight

I've had it up to here
It won't last another year
I've had a good time,
but the good days made me blind

So I fly away on hijacked wings
I left my keys upon the shelf for you to find
I'm not ok, this is not what I intend to do
Just a thing between me and this sheet of paper

Heard about the blood last night
You saw him swinging a baseball bat,
and you convinced me
that the violence made you numb

It's not a pretty scene,
you know this city's all but clean
Is there a place in your heart
where we could pull the curtains down

I've had it up to here
It won't last another year
I've had a good time,
but the good days made me blind

And now I fly away on hijacked wings
I left my keys upon the shelf for you to find
I'm not ok, this is not what I intend to do
Just a thing between me and this sheet of paper

You duck and cover
'cause your luck won't turn the other cheek
This war is barely over,
just reaching for it's final peak
First blood

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TONIGHT I DON'T SLEEP

Tonight I don't sleep
Tonight I don't dream
Tonight I get no signs,
tonight I'm all wiped clean,
tonight

I don't close my eyes
I don't move my arms
Here comes tomorrow
and it flashes like a silent alarm

Oh, bullshit and fake!
Oh, stupid mistakes!
This crooked heart that pounds and pounds
inside of me tonight

I can't make it straight
I can't make it rest
And when tomorrow comes,
I'll wear like a stone in my chest

Come all this way...
to take me over...
and shine her light on me again

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COLD WAR CLASSIC

Can I hear an apology?
The Cold War was torture that left me cold
The truth was whispered but stayed untold
Great Wall of Berlin out of ruins between me and you

Knock, knock, knock
How many of the devil's horns stand up?

The years go by and every day I send a blessing
To the beautiful ruins that shelter me
Pure like a hope keeps me healthy and clean
The truce was big news in the blue but we kept busy in our trenches

Knock, knock, knock
How many of the devil's horns stand up?

Take the war out of the soldier
Take his whole life, too
And every day leaves us one day older
Every morning one inch smaller
And every night time one more coward
In all directions but fast forward
Every day leaves us one day older
and I'm afraid I'll never tell her

Can I hear an apology?
The Cold War was torture that left me cold
The truth was whispered but stayed untold
Great Wall of Berlin out of ruins between me and you

Knock, knock, knock
How many of the devil's horns stand up?

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