Album: Tyranny (2014)
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  • Put money in my hand
    And I will do the things you want me to.

    Vanity, overriding wisdom,
    Usually common sense.

    Should I delete it,
    You said you'd read it
    You promised you would never ruin it with sequels,

    I wake for you, on and on

    Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field,
    I will be meeting you there.

    The moon's a skull, I think it's grinning
    The room is full of people now I think it's spinning

    Wanted you, didn't ask for nothing.
    Wait for you, on and on

    And I don't need your tie, I don't need to, tired of saying it.
    We don't need more talk, don't empty out your canteen on the desert floor.
    Ahhh, it's all my fault

    Never wanna spell it out,
    I just want to say that it is all my fault,
    I could never spit it out,
    I don't wanna fix your tie.

    Never want to say we're sad,
    Thankful that we got some chance,
    I know you won't get back your time,
    I wish that you could take it back.

    Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field,
    I will be meeting you there.

    He wanted it more than me, I suppose
    I was in a rush to wait in a line.
    Now I hear echoes of my old self,
    This is not the way to be.
    All at once,
    I lost my way.

    Is it not true, the things that we did?
    Come here at once and look what they did
    Come here shut down and tune in tonight,
    Learn the words that they teach you without you realizing it
    Come here sit down and watch some TV

    Mine all mine, wait your turn,
    Cross my cross, slice his hand,
    Not your son, not your friend, not your enemy.

    I rely on the little things to get me by,
    Conscience says, "I'm okay",
    You don't hear what they say.
    "He's not my son, search his home"
    Off to war,
    It's time to go hide inside.

    Soft skin,
    Weak chin,
    Just walk me thru it, tell me what to do I'll do

    Hurry hurry, that's my baby
    Ohh, do what you can.

    All the time he waits for me.
    And now we talk from time to time,

    Hits you on the head when nobody's there,
    Then he says, "come here could you fix my tie?"

    It's never gonna be,
    To be is not the way to be.

    Show me where to go, don't get angry so quickly,
    Fuck depression.

    Beyond all ideas of right and wrong there is a field,
    I will be meeting you there

    Understanding is more important than love,
    If not money will always trump justice

    All is lost,
    I'll find my way.
    So I say,
    To be is not to be.
    To be is not the way to be. Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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