A Perfect Circle
ALBUMS / SONGS / LYRICS
Run desire run Sexual being Run him like a blade To and through the heart No conscience One Motive Cater to the hollow Screaming feed me here Fill me up again Temporarily pacify this hungering So grow Libido throw Dominoes of indiscretions down Falling all around In cycles In circles Constantly consuming Conquer and devour Cause it's time to bring the fire down Bridle all this indiscretion Long enough to edify And permanently fill this hollow Screaming feed me here Fill me up again Temporarily pacifying Feed me here Fill me up again Temporarily pacifying
Overcome by your Moving temple Overcome by this Holiest of altars So pure So rare To witness such an earthly goddess That I've lost my self control Beyond compelled to throw this dollar down before your Holiest of altars I'd sell My soul My self-esteem a dollar at a time One chance One kiss One taste of you my magdalena I bear witness To this place, this prayer, so long forgotten So pure So rare To witness such an earthly goddess That I'd sell My soul My self-esteem a dollar at a time For one chance One kiss One taste of you my black madonna I'd sell My soul My self-esteem a dollar at a time One taste One taste One taste of you my Magdalena
Don't disturb The beast The tempermental goat The snail while he's feeding on the Rose Stay frozen, compromising What I will I am Bend around The wind silently thrown about Again I'm treading so Soft and lightly Compromising my will I am I am I will So no longer Will I Lay down Play dead Play your doe in the headlights locked down and terrified Your deer in the headlights shot down and horrified when Push comes to pull comes to shove Comes to step around this Self-destructing dance that never would've ended till I Rose, I roared aloud here I will I am. I am I will So no longer Will I Lay down Lay dead Play this Kneel down Gun-shy Martyr Pitiful I rose, I roared I will I am
You're such an inspiration for the ways That I'll never ever choose to be Oh so many ways for me to show you How the savior has abandoned you Fuck your God Your Lord and your Christ He did this Took all you had and Left you this way Still you pray, you never stray Never taste of the fruit You never thought to question why It's not like you killed someone It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side Praise the one who left you Broken down and paralyzed He did it all for you He did it all for you Oh so many many ways for me to show you How your dogma has abandoned you Pray to your Christ, to your god Never taste of the fruit Never stray, never break Never---choke on a lie Even though he's the one who did this to you You never thought to question why Not like you killed someone It's Not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side Talk to Jesus Christ As if he knows the reasons why He did it all for you Did it all for you He did it all for you..
Metaphor for a missing moment Pull me into your perfect circle One womb One shape One resolve Liberate this will To release us all Gotta cut away, clear away Snip away and sever this Umbilical residue that's Keeping me from killing you And from pulling you down with me in here I can almost hear you scream Give me One more medicated peaceful moment One more medicated peaceful moment And I don't wanna feel this overwhelming Hostility Because I don't wanna feel this overwhelming Hostility Gotta cut away Clear away Snip away and sever this Umbilical residue Gotta cut away Clear away Snip away and sever this Umbilical residue that's Keeping me from killing you Keeping me from killing you
Threw you the obvious and you flew with it on your back, A name in your recollection, down among a million same. Difficult not to feel a little bit disappointed, and passed over When I've looked right through, see you naked but oblivious. And you don't see me. But I threw you the obvious, just to see if there's more behind the Eyes of a fallen angel, eyes of a tragedy. Here I am expecting just a little bit too much from the wounded But I see, see through it all, see through, see you. 'Cause I threw you the obvious, to see what occurs behind the Eyes of a fallen angel, eyes of a tragedy, oh well. Oh well, apparently nothing. Apparently nothing, at all. You don't, you don't, you don't, see me. You don't, you don't, you don't, see me. You don't, you don't, you don't, see me. You don't see me. You don't, you don't, you don't see me at all.
Delusional I believe I can cure it all for you, dear Coax or trick or drive or drag the demons from you Make it right for you sleeping beauty Truly thought I can magically heal you You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening Failing miserably to rescue Sleeping Beauty Drunk on ego Truly thought I could make it right If I kissed you one more time to Help you face the nightmare But you're far too poisoned for me Such a fool to think that I can wake you from your slumber That I could actually heal you.. Sleeping Beauty Poisoned and hopeless You're far beyond a visible sign of your awakening Failing miserably to find a way to comfort you Far beyond a visible sign of your awakening And hiding from some poisoned memory Poisoned and hopeless Sleeping Beauty
Humble and helpless Learning to pray Praying for visions to Show me the way Show me the way to forgive you Allow me to let it go Allow me to be forgiven Show me the way to let go Show me the way to forgive you Allow me to let it go Allow me to be forgiven Show me the way to let go Illuminate me, Illuminate me, Illuminate me, I'm just praying for you to show me Where I'm to begin Hoping to Hoping to reconnect to you..
Lying all alone and restless unable to lose this image sleepless, unable to focus on anything but your surrender Tugging a rhythm to the vision that's in my head Tugging a beat to the sight of you lying So delighted with a new understanding Something about a little evil that makes that Unmistakable noise I was hearing Unmistakable sound that I know so well Spent and sighing with a look in your eye Spent and sighing with a look on your face like Sweet revelation sweet surrender sweet, sweet surrender Surrender... Tugging a rhythm to the vision that's in my head Tugging a beat to the sight of you lying So delighted with a new understanding Something about a little evil that makes that Unmistakable noise I was hearing Unmistakable sound that I know so well Spent and sighing with a look in your eye Spent and sighing with a look on your face like Sweet revelation sweet surrendering Sweet revelation sweet Thinking of you, thinking Thinking of you, Thinking of you, Thinking of you, thinking... Sweet revelation sweet surrendering Sweet revelation
My reflection Wraps and pulls me under healing waters to be Bathed in Brena Guides me Safely in Worlds I've never been to Heal me Heal me My dear Brena So vulnerable But it's alright Heal me Heal me My dear Brena Show me lonely and Show me openings To lead me closer to you My dear Brena (Feeling so) vulnerable But it's alright Opening to... heal... Opening to... heal... Heal.. Heal.. Heal... Heal me
been over, been over this before been over and over been over this before And over, been over this before so over this. Been over this. So over this. Been over this. Over this before
Screaming at the window Watch me die another day Hopeless situation Endless price I'll have to pay Diary of, of a madman Walk the line again today Entries of confusion Dear diary, I'm here to stay. Sanity now and beyond me I will always love you. However long I stay I will always love you. Whatever words I say I will always love you. There's no choice. Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I'm hopeless Voices in the darkness Scream away my mental health Can I ask a question To help me save me from myself? Sanity now and beyond me I will always love you. However long I stay I will always love you. Whatever words I say I will always love you. There's no choice. I will always love you. [repeat 6x] Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I'm whole again Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I'm whole again I will always love you There's no choice
Clever got me this far Then tricky got me in Eye on what i'm after I don't need another friend Smile and drop the cliche 'Till you think I'm listening I take just what I came for Then I'm out the door again Peripheral on the package Don't care to settle in Time to feed the monster I don't need another friend Comfort is a mystery Crawling out of my own skin Just give me what I came for, then I'm out the door again Lie to get what I came for Lie to get just what I need Lie to get what I crave Lie and smile to get what's mine Eye on what i'm after I don't need another friend Nod and watch your lips move If you need me to pretend Because clever got me this far Then tricky got me in I'll take just what I came for Then I'm out the door again Lie to get what I came for Lie to get what I need now Lie to get what I'm craving Lie and smile to get what's mine Give this to me Mine, mine, mine Take what's mine Mine, mine, mine Take what's mine Mine, mine, mine Lie to get what I came for Lie to get what I need now Lie to get what I'm craving Lie to smile and get what's mine Give this to me Take what's mine Mine, mine, mine Take what's mine Give this to me Take what's mine, take what's mine, mine... Take what's mine, take what's mine, take what's mine, This is mine, mine, mine
Tilling my own grave to keep me level Jam another dragon down the hole Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren One that pushes me along and leaves me so Desperate and Ravenous I'm so weak and powerless over you Someone feed the monkey while I dig in search of China White as Dracula as I approach the bottom Desperate and Ravenous I'm so weak and powerless over you Little angel go away Come again some other day The devil has my ear today I'll never hear a word you say He promised I would find a little solace And some piece of mind Whatever just as long as I don't feel so Desperate and Ravenous I'm so weak and powerless Desperate and Ravenous I'm so weak and powerless over you over you
So glad to see you well Overcome and completely silent now With heaven's help You cast your demons out And not to pull your halo down Around your neck and tug you off your cloud But I'm more than just a little curious How you're planning to go about Making your amends to the dead To the dead Recall the deeds as if They're all someone else's Atrocious stories Now you stand reborn before us all So glad to see you well And not to pull your halo down Around your neck and tug you to the ground But I'm more than just a little curious How you're planning to go about Making your amends to the dead To the dead With your halo slipping down Your halo slipping Your halo slipping down Your halo slipping down Your halo slipping down Your halo slipping down to choke you now
I didn't want to know I just didn't want to know Best to keep things in the shallow end Cause I never quite learned how to swim I just didn't want to know Didn't want, didn't want, Didn't want, didn't want Close my eyes just to look at you Taken by the seamless vision I close my eyes, Ignore the smoke, Ignore the smoke, Ignore the smoke Call an optimist, she's turning blue Such a lovely color for you Call an optimist, she's turning blue While I just sit and stare at you Because I don't want to know I didn't want to know I just didn't want to know I just didn't want Mistook the nods for an approval Just ignore the smoke and smile Call an optimist, she's turning blue Such a lovely color for you Call an optimist, she's turning blue Such a perfect color for your eyes Call an optimist, she's turning blue Such a lovely color for you Call it aftermath, she's turning blue While I just sit and stare at you I don't want to know
Disappear Disappear Higher Higher Into the air Slowly disappear No, no longer here Disappear Disappear Thinner, thinner Into the air Never really here What that never Like a thought brushing up against a sigh Floating away Floating away Vanishing like a cyan sunday Disappear Disappear Vanish, vanish into the air Slowly disappear Never really here Floating away Floating away
Cast the calming apple Up and over satellites To draw out the timid wild one To convince you it's alright And I listen for the whisper Of your sweet insanity while I formulate Denials of your effect on me You're a stranger So what do I care You vanish today Not the first time I hear All the lies What am I to do with all this silence Shy away, shy away phantom Run away terrified child Won't you move away you fucking tornado I'm better off without you Tearing my will down
Help me if you can It's just that this, this is not the way I'm wired So could you please, Help me understand why You've given in to all these Reckless dark desires You're lying to yourself again Suicidal imbecile Think about it, you're pounding on the fault line What'll it take to get it through to you precious I'm over this. Why do you wanna throw it away like this? Such a mess. Why would I want to watch you, Disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time? What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die Medicated, drama queen, picture perfect, numb belligerence Narcissistic, drama queen, craving fame and all its decadence Lying through your teeth again Suicidal imbecile Think about it, you're pounding on the fault line What'll it take to get it through to you precious Go with this, why do you wanna throw it away like this Such a mess. Why would I wanna watch you... Disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time? What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die They were right about you They were right about you Lying to my face again Suicidal imbecile Think about, you're pounding on the fault line What'll it take to get it through to you precious I'm over this. Why do you wanna throw it away like this Such a mess, over this, over this! Disconnect and self destruct, one bullet at a time What's your hurry, everyone will have his day to die If you choose to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere, Do it somewhere far away from here
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Say hello to the rug's topography It holds quite a lot of interest with your face down on it Say hello to the shrinking in your head You can't see it but you know its there so don't neglect it I'm taking her home with me all dressed in white She's got everything I need pharmacy keys She's falling hard for me I can see it in her eyes She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys Say hello to all the apples on the ground They were once in your eyes but you sneezed them out while sleeping Say hello to everything you've left behind It's even more a part of your life now that you can't touch it I'm taking her home with me all dressed in white She's got everything I need some pills in a little cup She's falling hard for me I can see it in her eyes She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys Say hello to the rugs topography...
Don't fret precious I'm here, step away from the window Go back to sleep Lay your head down child I won't let the boogeyman come Counting bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war drums Pay no mind to the rabble Pay no mind to the rabble Head down, go to sleep To the rhythm of the war drums Pay no mind what other voices say They don't care about you, like I do, like I do Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils, See, they don't give a fuck about you, like I do. Just stay with me, safe and ignorant, Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Lay your head down child I won't let the boogeyman come Count the bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war drums Pay no mind to the rabble Pay no mind to the rabble Head down, go to sleep to the rhythm of the war drums I'll be the one to protect you from Your enemies and all your demons I'll be the one to protect you from A will to survive and a voice of reason I'll be the one to protect you from Your enemies and your choices son They're one in the same I must isolate you Isolate and save you from yourself Swayin to the rhythm of the new world order and Count the bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums The boogeymen are coming The boogeymen are coming Keep your head down, go to sleep, to the rhythm of a war drums Stay with me Safe and ignorant Just stay with me Hold you and protect you from the other ones The evil ones Don't love you son, Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep... Go back to sleep
Lost again Broken and weary Unable to find my way Tail in hand Dizzy and clearly unable to Just let this go I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live I fell again Like a baby unable to stand on my own Tail in hand Dizzy and clearly unable to just let this go High and surrendering to gravity and the unknown Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live, I choose to live, I choose to live Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun Help me survive the bottom Calm these hands before they Snare another pill and Drive another nail down another Needy hole please release me I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live, I choose to live
From dehumanization to arms production, For the benefit of the nation or its destruction Power, power, the law of the land, Those living for death will die by their own hand, Life's no ordeal if you come to terms, Reject the system dictating the norms From dehumanization to arms production, To hasten the nation towards its destruction Power, power, the law of the land, Those living for death will die by their own hand, Life's no ordeal if you come to terms, Reject the system dictating the norms From dehumanization to arms production, To hasten the nation towards its destruction Power, power, the law of the land, Those living for death will die by their own hand, Life's no ordeal if you come to terms, Reject the system dictating the norms From dehumanization to arms production, To hasten this nation towards its destruction, It's your choice, your choice, your choice, your choice, Peace or annihilation
Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today... Imagine there's no countries, It isnt hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, No religion too, Imagine all the people living life in peace... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one. (Imagine all the people sharing all the world) Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man, Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one.
As I walk on through this wicked world, Searching for light in the darkness of insanity, I ask myself, Is all hope lost? Is there only pain, and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I wanna know, What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?, What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? And as I walked on through troubled times, My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes, So where are the strong?, And who are the trusted?, And where is the harmony?, Sweet harmony 'Cause each time I feel it slipping away, just makes me wanna cry, What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?, What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? So where are the strong?, And who are the trusted?, And where is the harmony?, Sweet harmony 'Cause each time I feel it slipping away, just makes me wanna cry, What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?, What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?, What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?
Mother, mother, There's too many of you crying, Brother, brother, brother, There's far too many of you dying, You know we've got to find a way, To bring some loving here today Father, father, We don't need to escalate, You see, war is not the answer, For only love can conquer hate, You know we've got to find a way, To bring some loving here today Picket lines and picket signs, Don't punish me with brutality, Talk to me, so you can see, Oh, what's going on, What's going on, Yeah, what's going on, Ah, what's going on, Father, father, everybody thinks we're wrong, But who are they to judge us?, Simply because our hair is long, You know we've got to find a way, To bring some understanding here today, Oh Picket lines and picket signs, Don't punish me with brutality, Talk to me, So you can see, What's going on, What's going on, What's going on, What's going on,
�Dead as dead can be,� my doctor tells me But I just can�t believe him, never the optimistic one I�m sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don�t play dead cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, �You disappoint me,� Maybe you�re better off this way Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been It's your right and your ability To become�my perfect enemy� Wake up (why can't you) and face me (come one now), Don�t play dead (don't play dead) Cause maybe (because maybe) Someday I�ll (someday I'll) walk away and say, �You disappoint me,� Maybe you�re better off this way Maybe you�re better off this way Maybe you�re better off this way Maybe you�re better off this way You�re better of this; you�re better off this; Maybe you�re better off! Wake up (can't you) and face me (come on now), Don�t play dead (don't play dead) Cause maybe (because maybe) Someday I�ll (someday I'll) walk away and say, �You fucking disappoint me!� Maybe you�re better off this way Go ahead and play dead I know that you can hear this Go ahead and play dead Why can't you turn and face me? Why can't you turn and face me? Why can't you turn and face me? Why can't you turn and face me? You fucking disappoint me! Passive aggressive bullshit
Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, I need some more, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie Don't ask what for Sitting here like a loaded gun, Waiting to go off, I've got nothing to do, But shoot my mouth off Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie I need some more, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie Don't ask what for I know the world's got problems, I've got problems of my own, Not the kind that can't be solved, With an atom bomb Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie I need some more, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie Don't ask what for You know I'm gonna go out, Get something for my head, If I keep on doing this, I'm gonna end up dead Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie I need some more, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie Don't ask what for
We're different colors, And different creeds, And different people, Have different needs, It's obvious you hate me, Though I've done nothing wrong, I've never even met you, What could I have done? People are people so why should it be? You and I shouldn't get along. People are people so why should it be? You should hate me. People are people so why should it be? You and I shouldn't get along. People are people so why should it be? You should hate me. You're punching and kicking, And you're shouting at me, I'm relying on your common decency, So far it hasn't surfaced, But I'm sure it exists, It just takes a while to travel From your head to your fist. I can't understand, What makes a man, Hate another man, Help me understand, People are people, So why should it be?, You and I shouldn't get along, People are people, So why should it be, You Should Hate me People are people, So why should it be?, You and I shouldn't get along, People are people, So why should it be, You Should Hate me I can't understand, What makes a man, Hate another man?, Help me understand, I can't understand, What makes a man, Hate another man?, Help me understand, I can't understand, What makes a man, Hate another man?, Help me understand,
We're victims of sedition on the open sea. No one ever said life was free. Sink, swim, go down with the ship. Just use your freedom of choice. I'll say it again in the land of the free Use your freedom of choice, freedom of choice. In ancient Rome there was a pawn who followed along and watched it fall he cast a stone he felt secure he felt that he would never be heard. Freedom of choice it's what you've got Freedom of choice You're given a voice you don't want it seems to be the rule of thumb don't be tricked by waht you see you've got two ways to go I'll say it again in the land of the free: Use your freedom of choice, freedom of choice. Freedom of choice it's what you've got Freedom of choice... In ancient Rome there was a pawn who followed along and watched it fall he cast a stone he felt secure he felt that his voice would never be heard. Freedom of choice it's what you've got Freedom from choice it's what you want. Freedom of choice - it's what you've got. Freedom from choice. It's what you want. Freedom from choice It's what you want. Freedom from choice.
There's so many of us, So many of us, So many, there's so many, there's so many Let's have a war, So you can go and die, Let's have a war, We could all use the money, Let's have a war, We need the space, Let's have a war, Clean out this place It already started in the city, Suburbia will be just as easy Let's have a war, Jack up the Dow Jones, Let's have a war, It can start in New Jersey, Let's have a war, Blame it on the middle-class, Let's have a war, We're like rats in a cage It already started in the city, Suburbia will be just as easy Let's have a war, Sell the rights to the networks, Let's have a war, Let our wallets get fat like last time, Let's have a war, Give guns to the queers, Let's have a war, The enemy's within It already started in the city, Suburbia will be just as easy
Don't fret precious I'm here, step away from the window Go back to sleep Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils, See, they don't give a fuck about you, like I do. Count the bodies like sheep Count the bodies like sheep Counting bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war drums Count the bodies like sheep Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Counting bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war drums Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Counting bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war drums Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Counting bodies like sheep Go back to sleep Go to sleep [x14] Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Counting bodies like sheep Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Counting bodies like sheep Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Counting bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war drums Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Counting bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war drums Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Counting bodies like sheep To the rhythm of the war drums To the rhythm of the war drums I�ll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices son They're one in the same, I must isolate you� Isolate and save you from yourself �
If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break, If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break, And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan, Well all last night I sat on the levee and moan, Thinking about my baby and my happy home, If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break, If it keeps on raining, levee's going to break, And all these people have no place to stay Now look here mama what am I to do?, Now look here mama what am I to do?, I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to I works on the levee mama both night and day, I works on the levee mama both night and day, I ain't got nobody, keep the water away Oh crying won't help you, praying won't do no good, Oh crying won't help you, praying won't do no good, When the levee breaks, mama, you got to lose I works on the levee, mama both night and day, I works on the levee, mama both night and day, I works so hard, to keep the water away I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me, I had a woman, she wouldn't do for me, I'm going back to my used to be It's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan It's a mean old levee, cause me to weep and moan Gonna leave my baby, and my happy home
And so once again, My dear Johnny, my dear friend, And so once again you are fighting us all, And when I ask you why, You raise your sticks and cry, and I fall, Oh, my friend, How did you come?, To trade the fiddle for the drum, You say I have turned, Like the enemies you've earned, But I can remember, All the good things you are, And so I ask you please, Can I help you find the peace and the star?, Oh, my friend, What time is this?, To trade the handshake for the fist And so once again, Oh, America my friend, And so once again, You are fighting us all, And when we ask you why, You raise your sticks and cry and we fall, Oh, my friend, How did you come, To trade the fiddle for the drum You say we have turned, Like the enemies you've earned, But we can remember, All the good things you are, And so we ask you please, Can we help you find the peace and the star?, Oh my friend, We have all come, To fear the beating of your drum