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Tape 1: Beach song, Filth of youth, Bigbadwolf

from PE sdrawkcaB gniklaT 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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from PE sdrawkcaB gniklaT, released July 20, 2012

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