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by The Mantis Opera

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BEACH SONG The beach is pink and from it blades arise And they reflect the sun before they swim the night But they cut the waves Splitting, creating subtle shapes that melt into the sky Air is salt that stings our cotton eyes A burning sulphur breaks itself within the sky But it does no harm To us or anyone upon this rocky paradise Leave this place There's monsters all around you save yourself And run away Return to solid ground there's no-one else Cos nothing's real up here Crimson surf that stains your chestnut hair It leaves a mark embedded into what you wear But you'll never learn That no-one faithful will return from parties in the sky Little stones that cascade off your skin It never seems to stick or leave it's curse within But your shame is all thats needed to keep you from it all Keep the dust out of your eyes And I won't be the one to show you how to do it alone And I won't be the one to drag you out or carry you home And I won't be the one to keep you safe from all of us And I won't be the one that you should trust FILTH OF YOUTH Do I want to be alone again? Misery could be my oldest friend I could pretend that I have never fallen in love before It's pathetic but I can't ignore the past The times before, the lies before And I want to watch it burn Let it crumble in the air I have wasted these dreams They're the filth of my youth How could anyone go back instead? Don't they know that everything goes dead? Just like you said there could be nothing left for you to share Things that seven years could not repair So you just stare BIGBADWOLF Step into the moonlight Step into the ring of electric fire Step into a burning sky Step into the flames that put lights in your eyes And make you breathe smoke Living in the daytime I want to hurt, I want to corrupt I want to make noise and get rid of the worst Living in a cracked shell Living in another skin that twitches and turns and falls in on itself Space quivering, rippling A liquid to absorb sound I'm the big bad wolf I'm the cannibal I'll jump out of my skin And I'll eat you all Running in the woods Running on the other side to be safe from judging eyes Running from a ghost Running from a fabricated fantasy and I've got to wake up
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Don't get too bold Broken record Don't think How much are you worth? Family always comes first Calm down Raise your head Look at the walls instead Sympathy never works Like talking backwards Know this Things turn cold But were we ever told? I wish I could become someone Then I could safely travel home I won't have to hide my shame I won't have to suffocate Living with my family I could be comfortable at home Learning to drive again I could be just like you Seeing all of my friends again I could be confident back home Comparing new tattoos Look how mature we are I could get a job again Working for money back at home Save up for my first car I could be just like you
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released July 20, 2012

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Experimental, avant garde rockers based in London

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