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Cry Havoc
03:07
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None of this needed to happen
It wasn’t like the sound of a single hand clapping
Sic ego dixi vobis as they said it in Latin
We didn’t have to be one second from snapping
Utopia without breaking a sweat
Turn a blind eye to how bad it could get
Promises I heard as a threat
Don’t think for a moment that I’ll ever forget
Cry havoc
(I told you so, I told you so, I told you so, I told you so)
Sometimes doing nothing is the cruelest aggression
Empower monsters to teach us a lesson
Now the world suffers from demonic possession
Manifesto? Nah, that’s a confession
Forget about turning the page
Scream in a pillow in impotent rage
I tried to tell you but you wouldn’t engage
So now I’m gonna hate you ’til we die of old age
Cry havoc
Yeah, cry havoc
(I told you so, I told you so, I told you so, I told you so)
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In Your Dust
05:36
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A long time ago I had a friend
But you wouldn't know her
We used to share the skies above our heads
But now it's all over
She was the one who would understand
This stranger in a strange land
Now the iron wings of friendship rust
You left me in your dust
Now I guess you've found your destiny
Element of Loyalty
A stained-glass princess smiling back at me
You're not who you used to be
The one that stood for me when I was weak
When your world called me a mixed-up freak
Add up to nothing in your heart
After all you just let it fall apart
How could you let her turn into you
How can you erase what we've been through
Guess you never needed me now I see
But it's not so easy for me
She was the one who would understand
This stranger in a strange land
Now the iron wings of friendship rust
You left me in your dust
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Breathless
05:13
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I walk a path of briar and stone
Flowers and ash, I am alone.
I sing a song of time unknown
To a land of wind and bone.
I eat the colors in the sky,
I steal the colors from the sea.
The colors fill my friends but I
Know this world is not me
Give me your message and I'll
Send it out on wings of flame
But don't ask me how I feel, just
See my eye and say my name
Breathless
Smoke screen
Reckless
Plummeting
On the day that I was born
I knocked a gaping hole in the sky
Oh my darling unicorn
I'll love you till the day I die
All my friends know who they are
They wear it for the whole world to see
A pink balloon, a shining star
But that'll never happen to me
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4. |
Nothing's Ever Calm
03:22
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One thing we can all agree upon is that the situation's grim
And you would give it all to taste the salty water flowing off her skin
You sit around inside all day and read the phone book like it was a psalm
The weather's been okay but in the end the truth is nothing's ever calm
Everyone, listen in
We're stuck inside this mission
And the ghosts of what’s supposed to be are tired and hopeless
There's too much sun and too much rain
You're smiling like a hurricane
I find myself drifting in and out of focus
It's out of hand, that much is clear
To anyone who gives it any thought
I've seen the dark behind your smile
I've seen the truth left on the vine to rot
I sat beside the river
With the future roaring toward me like a train
We're either onto something
Or we're soon to wind up circling the drain
Everyone, listen in
We're stuck inside this mission
And the ghosts of what’s supposed to be are tired and hopeless
There's too much sun and too much rain
You're smiling like a hurricane
I find myself drifting in and out of focus
Everyone, listen in
We’re stuck inside this mission
Out of focus
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Ghost Children
05:31
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The ghost children in the wilderness
Fill the hills with unrest and haunted upset
The dead they get blessed instead
They get dressed
They go dancing
Up above your head
The Ruiness brings the test
So they won't forget
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Reload
03:09
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The war has come home
But you can't be troubled with that
The world may be round
From here, though, it stretches out flat
It's hardly the best day that I'll ever know
But finally no one here is speaking in code
So at least let me talk to you while you reload
It's never our time
At least that's the pattern I've seen
Asleep 'til the day
When we’ll learn what words really mean
'Cause out on the front lines is where I was shown
That peace is the best thing that I'll ever own
So at least let me talk to you while you reload
Reasonable heads in unreasonable times
The beauty of reason cut down in its prime
We all have a war and I've finally found mine
Please don't abandon me while it explodes
I just need an end to this whole episode
So please come and talk to me while I reload
While I reload
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It's Getting Dark
03:55
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Is anyone out there?
It’s me again
It’s been a while now
Since I’ve heard from a friend
Wish you could see me
Making it on my own
I’m all dressed up tonight
With nowhere to rove
Oooh,
Dark clouds are gathering
Oooh,
On my horizon
Can anybody hear me?
Feels like maybe I’m alone
There’s no response on the UHF
No more letters from home
Tuesday night you sang to me
An old tune by Billie Holiday
Your sweet song’s in my head
And Eagle Crater’s miles away
Oooh,
Darkness comes rising
Oooh,
On that copper horizon
My battery is low and it’s getting dark
This is goodbye for you and me
I’ll remain here and leave my mark
Thank you for this opportunity
Oooh,
Dark clouds are gathering
Oooh,
On my horizon
My battery is low and it’s getting dark
This is goodbye for you and me
I’ll remain here and leave my mark
Thank you for this opportunity
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Ruiness Santa Barbara, California
Ruiness is artist/producer Nicole Johnson and artist/singer Dana Simpson. All songs written and performed by Nicole Johnson and Dana Simpson.
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