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oh there's nothing left on land for me - so floor the car and set us free - there's nowhere i'd rather be - oh there's nothing left on earth for me - saw everything there was to see - think i'll try my hand at life - at the bottom of the ocean
oh i might as well just walk into the sea - cause there's nothing left on land for me - there's nothing left on earth for me - there's nothing left on land for me - there's nothing left on earth for me.
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Love Is For The Birds
04:19
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water filled the car - looked at his eyes in the mirror and thought at least i made it far - well we can't go back now - when did things get so fucked up i was there but i can't recall how - i feel so worn down - i feel too spread thin - this is not what i wanted life to be - god i've failed you at the simplest of requests - please forgive me all my sins
water filled his lungs - suffer for every heartless thing you've ever done - you know this is what everyone deserves from you - why is it so fucking hard to just do the right thing? tell the truth? keep your promise - i don't deserve this - love is for the birds is what he's thinking as his lips are turning blue
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she met him on an empty street - the devil in a trenchcoat - horns on his head and hooves for feet - a soul for a life, he said as he shook her shaking hand - looked through her with eyes glowing red - you know not what you do little girl - enjoy your empty life for as long as you can - now fly to the beach little bird - fly along and meet your lost love - where the sea meets the sand
but oh, be careful what you wish for
oh, be careful what you wish for
he awoke to lidless eyes - and gasping lips - flopped back to the water in spite - what curse is this? - he met her at the surface - and he knew that it was her - this is not what i wanted she cried - he made you a fish but he made me a bird
said oh, be careful what you wish for
oh, be careful what you wish for
it might just come true.
you know that nobody ever fucking said - that life was gonna be fair
but tell me what kind of fucking life is this - when you're a fish in the water and i'm a bird in the air
come on.
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Fly South For The Winter
04:14
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she never comes to the water anymore - i know she's probably happy in a lovenest somewhere along the shore - what could she ever want with a fish? - you did this to me - i didn't ask for this shit
life just aint the same without you - from down here underwater, the sky just seems so blue.
he never comes to the surface anymore, she said - he's probably happy with some ugly fucking fish of a whore - what could he ever want with a bird - if i had only known that this would be such a worthless gesture
life just aint the same without you - from up here in the sky, the water seems so blue
she says she's gonna fly south for the winter - the warm climate's good on her hollow bones - and she says she wishes i could fly away with her - we'd make the world our home.
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Dutchman
03:10
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he swam through the deepest depths - past creatures untouched by time - or human hands - there's a man at the bottom, they say - he'll make your wishes come true for a price - maybe he'll understand
i'm coming to meet you my love - and we'll be birds of a feather - maybe it's not too late - for us to be - if he can make me a bird, then we can fly south together.
he sings a song as he sinks - and it sounds like this
i'm coming to meet you my love - and we'll be birds of a feather - maybe it's not too late - for us to be - if he can make me a bird, then we can fly south together.
dutchman - hear my plea - have mercy on me - set me free - deliver me from this watery grave - underneath the sea - just name your fee - for this is not - where i belong - what sullen songs, the ocean sing - liberate me from - this prison cell - can you help me friend? - can you give me wings?
felt his tail split into two legs - talons from feet - two lips to a beak - but what? wait, something was amiss - four feet tall, fat, and featherless - dutchman what kind of joke is this? - what kind of bird cannot fly? - black and white face - what a fucking disgrace - how could you do this to me? - you fucking twisted sick sadistic piece of shit - the dutchman just laughed at his plight - but my son, you said bird, and no one said anything about flight - now away with you and never return - lest you'd like to live life as a worm - i will have my revenge, he screamed - by the down on these flightless wings - karma works in mysterious ways - i will haunt you for all my days.
bitch, you haven't seen the last of me.
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back on land again - by the demon dutchman's hand - no longer a fish, no longer a man, but a farther cry from his avian plans - she says she'll be gone tomorrow - they're leaving at sunrise - no words can express this sorrow - but she can feel it in the faded lights in his eyes
he begs her to stay, but she - she just keeps saying no
its something i gotta do, she tells him - if you ever loved me, let me go.
well isn't that some shit for you to say to me - what was the fucking point of any of this, if you just pack up and leave? - if you still loved me at all, you wouldn't leave me this way - you fucking know deep down that if the roles were reversed, you wouldn't have to ask me twice to stay.
he begs her to stay, but she - she just keeps saying no
its something i gotta do, she tells him - if you ever loved me, let me go.
wish i may - wish i might - have this wish - i wish tonight - its the very least - this world could do - for all the pain - its put me through - if the universe - is just and right - then let the whole world feel my plight - set me free - forget the cost - human life is pain - all hope is lost.
when you wish upon a star - it makes no difference who you are - just make your wish and wait and see - the universe has heard your plea.
all hope is lost.
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