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Cherish The Light Years Lyrics

cherish the light years album cover

2011

1. The Great Pan Is Dead

Tell me when the world is ending
You won’t be there still pretending
I was just someone you would love to love
But never love

I know people without substance
Will fill themselves with substances
But then, honey child
There was us
There still is

I will come running
Gunning through the years
Hunting heart
Crushing fear

I am still haunting
Down the roads I know
Of the hell that begs and burns
Below

Tell me that the stars exploded
Heaven caved in
Earth corroded
I was still breaking my body in when you first touched me

I know people will say
We’ve thrown our lives away
But is there a trail to salvation
Or salvation anyway?

I will come running
Gunning through the years
Hunting heart
Crushing fear

I am still haunting
Down the roads I know
Of the hell that begs and burns
Below

Their love laughs at locksmiths
We’re smashing through the windows
Of delicate dream homes
I feel so crowded alone

The empathy of breaking chains
The sympathy in crashing waves
Careful boy, caution girl
I do not think we were meant for this world

I will come running
Gunning through the years
Hunting heart
Crushing fear
Forever haunted
By the roads I know
And if not above
I’ll see you below

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2. Pacing Around The Church

Pacing around the church
There’s no one here
There’s just excuses
When the truth is nowhere near

Stars explode, you dream below
Oh god, a prayer and a broken home
You stare at a wall and think about your life
Your brittle, little life

Oh, you won’t make it out there alone
You may need me now
You may need me now and then

This was easy when we were young and free
And now we are anything but either of these
Oh, take you, take me

Chasing the ghosts around the planted towns
You have so much love to give
But nowhere to live
Frozen tear dying of thirst

The failure of the suffer with your past
Is not the last or the first
The wish is in the well, go to hell

Oh, you won’t make it out there alone
You may need me now
You may need me now and then

This was easy when we were young and free
And now we are anything but either of these
Oh, take you, take me

You can seldom count on love
You can often count on hate
You can always count on
Death as your fate

When you need a place for all three
Then darling, look for me
I take pleasure in bringing
Your enemies to their knees

This was easy when we were young and free
And now we are anything but either of these

Oh, you won’t make it out there alone
You may need me now
You may need me now and then

It was perfect when we were young and free
But now we are anything but either of these
Now take you, take me

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3. Confetti

Waiting for the stars to align
There is a restless raincloud in my mind
Heavy eyes fixed in the middle of the room
And you’re looking for the point to all that you do

I feel guilty being alive
When so many beautiful people have died
I never thought that we wouldn’t rule the world
I always think we will i keep my fist clenched still

Oh I’m coming
Oh I’m coming
When you see me you should run and hide
Oh I’m coming
Oh oh I’m coming
It’s important that evil people look good on the outside

I know the stars will align
If not tonight then some other time
Sleeping off the shame in the back of a car
I tried to get away but the car wouldn’t start

I may never get it right
My chemicals may balance in some other light
I never thought that we wouldn’t rule the world
I always think we will I keep my teeth clenched still

Oh I’m coming
Oh I’m coming
When you see me you should run and hide
Oh I’m coming
Oh oh I’m coming
It’s important that evil people look good on the outside

You look so good on the outside
You look so good on the outside
You look so good on the outside
I feel so good on the outside
You look so good on the outside
I feel so good on the outside
You look so good on the outside
I feel so good on the outside

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4. Catacombs

I know I’m buried down there
In the catacombs of your mind
Dig deeper and you’ll find

A haze of daisy chains and medicated pains
Good god, when acid rain floods your brain
From the dirt I will rise, I will rise

The precession’s ahead
The heart is behind
The future is fleeting
I’m out of time

Founds words of you [unverified]
With your [unverified] infatuation
My purity is you

Take you on midnight city
Walks on wretched blocks
Sick of humiliation
I’m still on the prowl behind you

The precession’s ahead
The heart has been had
The future is fleeting
I’m out of time

Remember how you moved and
I never heard from you again
Sometimes I do pretend

You said that one day you’d come back for me
Oh, that is the only reason why I’m still a part
Of this dreadful scenery

The precession’s ahead
The heart is behind
The future is fleeting
I’m out of time

Your hair will return
To its natural color
You’ll move to a new town
And off to another

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5. Underworld USA

They said the meek shall inherit the earth
Oh God that seems like so much work
I want to sing and dream and drink and cry
And let this night pass me by

Take me to the future I’m ready
My affection is so unsteady
I can think of tomorrow
I can sleep through today
As the sun melts the ice caps away

I’ll carry your cross now baby
It’s a blasphemous world today
We are the tender missionary
From the Underworld USA

It is so easy to confess
When you are guilty of nothing less
Than a crooked wretched stupid tepid
Indifference

Take me to your bedroom I’m ready
My complexion is so unsteady
I remember tomorrow
I forget yesterday
I want to move into your body and stay

I’ll carry your cross now baby
It’s a blasphemous world today
We are the tender missionary
From the Underworld USA

I’ll bury your pain now baby
Are you happier now, happier now
In the tender cemetery
Where we always are
Here to stay

They said the meek shall inherit the earth
I want to know what it’s all worth
With a knife in my back
And a star in my eye
Let this life pass me by

Can you take me to your heaven I’m ready
I know the weight of my heart is too heavy
I will love you with all of the love that I have
Even if that means there’s none left for me

I’ll carry your cross now baby
It’s a blasphemous world today
We are the tender missionary
From the Underworld USA
I’ll bury your pain now baby
Are you happier now, happier now
In the tender cemetery
Where we always are
Here to stay

A cosmic kiss in the dead of night
A curse lifted under streetlight
I will love you in the future forever
Until my heart explodes
And it will

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6. Icons Of Summer

Seasons change and passions change
But I live in a city with no seasons or passions at all
It’s awful

Trouble sleeping
The curse of feeling everything and nothing ever at all
You’re awful

Love will come easy with a face like that
You’ll never have to spend another single night alone

Years will disappear with a pain like that
You will find yourself alone again, alone

I don’t want to die until a little light inside is found
Every time I lift my eyes the sun is going down

Coded conversation
In a crowded club of
Crippled congregation
Impatience

Morning star’s been shedding light
On sleeping shame
I’m cold
I’m dirty
I’m thirty

Love will come easy with a face like that
You’ll never have to spend another shameful night alone

Years will disappear with a face like that
You will find yourself alone again, alone

I can’t keep falling down
My feet keep slipping
My head keeps tripping
The ground keeps giving out

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7. Alchemy And You

Murder, Love, Life and Death
I’m going back to dry the tears of the one I left
It’s a violent world and I don’t mind

Say boy, What are you doing here?
It’s the only town where the thieves run free
And everything is just what it seems

Dead Dreams

Lovely
I can see
The bombs burst above me
A rose in the street
Tints the decadence of dust at your feet

Arson, Lust, Blood and Theft
I’m coming back to give you all that I have left

It’s a vile world and I do mine

Say boy, How come you’re not here?
It’s so easy to say I’m a runaway
But not for nothing no one asked me to stay

Please Stay

Lovely
I believe
There’s no hope above me
In the broken Promised Land
I sing to bring bad choice a voice

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8. Burning Sage

I’ve been singing
With my tongue, black tongue
I’ve been breathing
With my lung, black lung

Oh reckless abandon
Loaded gun, black gun
I’ve been grieving
For all that is gone, he’s gone

I’ve been singing
With my lung, black lung
I’ve been aiming
At the sun, black sun

Oh present depressants
On my tongue, black tongue
I feel so old
But so young, so young

I’ve been breathing
With my lung, black lung
I’ve been staring
At the sun, black sun

Oh tasting the rain
With my tongue, black tongue
I’ve been leaving
Everyone, I’ve gone

People want to know
How we sleep at night
We don’t, we don’t, we don’t

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9. Villains Of The Moon

In the curtains of the cruel future
I can’t say just how I got here
Ruins somewhere in a black room
Someone’s singing
Who? I don’t know

Do you die in your dreams?
I don’t even have them
Have you ever known love?
You haven’t even seen me

Dream on, sister
Cherish the lodges
Wouldn’t want to stay too long here
People reaching on the platform
Someone will save you
When? I don’t know

Have you ever known love?
Have you even seen me?
At this pace I will go blind
By the time I find my vision

Angel, I do not know how long we’ll last
We have barely just made it through the past
Angel, we may have celebrated too soon
The villains of the moon are doomed

In the time of the empty throne
I can not remember what I’ve known
White knuckle in the dead of snow
Someone is calling
Why? I don’t know
Can you say what you want?
I never could
I’d be embarrassed to be buried here
To overstay my welcome

Angel, I do not know how long we’ll last
We have barely just made it through the past
Angel, we may have celebrated too soon
The villains of the moon are doomed

When you’re from nothing
You can do anything you want
When you’re from nowhere
You can go anywhere you want
But you’re here
Do you even know why?
Have you ever wondered
What I would do if I did not have you?

Angel, I do not know how long we’ll last
We have barely just made it through the past
Angel, we may have celebrated too soon
The villains of the moon are doomed
Angel, I do not know how long we’ll last
We have barely just made it through the past
Angel, we must have celebrated too soon
We are the villains of the moon and doomed

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