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Obscurity
04:00
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EVERYONE
Here we are now
This is our town
This is the night life
This is our time
CILLIAN
I never know
I never see
The safest path
In front of me
I tried to show
What I could be
I’ve always feared
Obscurity
EVERYONE
Shadows crawl now
Death comes for you all
Here we are now
This is our town
This is the night life
This is our time
CILLIAN
I walk along
This lonely street
Is this the path
Where I am free
I want to know
I want to see
Will they laugh
At my obscurity
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Away
03:39
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CILLIAN
Well at last I’m here
Made it on my own
To the glittering streets
Far away from home
Well at last I’m here
Get my name in the lights
All along these streets
Far away I’m alive
EVERYONE
I guess I’m far away
From the boring life
Where all my friends sat around
They sat around at night
CILLIAN
Well at last I’m here
Time to make it my own
Walk the glittering streets
Far away from home
Well at last I’m here
Fame is in my grasp
On these busy streets
Far away from the past
EVERYONE
I guess I’m far away
From a wasted life
Where all my dreams waited
They waited there to die
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3. |
Ways
03:22
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ANYA
I heard you walkin
In the street
You’ve got a lot to see
The night is shakin
The drinks are waitin
So come on take your seat
Don’t stop waitin up
You gotta come in from the heat now
I heard you talkin
In the grapevine
You got a lot to say
The night is young now
And we’re just startin
You really gotta stay
Don’t stop waitin up
You gotta come in from the heat now
The way down in your heart
Way down in your soul
The way down in your heart
You’re gonna lose control
I heard you walkin
In the street
You got a lot to see
The night is shakin
The drinks are waitin
So come on take your seat
Don’t stop waitin up
You gotta come in from the heat now
The way down in your heart
Way down in your soul
The way down in your heart
You’re gonna lose control
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4. |
Lifetime
03:05
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ANYA
Daytime laying low
Gotta wake up for another show
Nighttime I come alive
Gotta wake up gotta be on time
Stage lights bright tonight
Gotta wake up gotta beat the line
I’m here come and see
Sit down have your dream
Drink up sing along
Gotta be fast gotta know the song
Moonrise you gotta try
Gotta keep up gotta be alive
Play hard don’t stay at home
Gotta get out don’t be alone
I’m here come and see
Sit down have your dream
CILLIAN
Fame will come and fame will go
Life is just another show
I played the game I have a dream
A lifetimes not enough for me
ANYA
Nighttime band is live
Gotta get up gotta dance tonight
Give in to what you want
Gotta wake up for the night to start
To live really fast you’ve gotta know
How long it takes til you gotta go
Nighttime I come alive
Gotta wake up gotta be on time
Stage lights bright tonight
Gotta wake up gotta beat the line
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5. |
Prey
06:30
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PRESTON
I don’t know how to live and breathe
I don’t know if I can ever leave
Can you see my empty shell
And understand what’s me?
Living in this gilded cell
And longing to be free
Heavy hangs the crown I wear
Responsibility
Catering to all your cares
For all eternity
I don’t know how to live and breathe
I don’t know if I can ever leave
EVERYONE
I don’t know how to face the day
When everyone I meet is prey
PRESTON
Time for you to pledge your souls
And drop down to your knees
I demand obedience
It’s all I ever need
Each of you can be yourselves
That’s why I have to lead
I’ve committed countless crimes
To save your right to feed
EVERYONE
I don’t know how to face the day
When everyone I meet is prey
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6. |
Problem
05:16
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PRESTON
You think it’s easy doing what I do. I don’t stand around hoping you
Approve of all the blood I have to spill to keep all we built from crashing down
Around us all
Every night I’m the one who fights
ANYA
You’ve got it bad, I’ve got it worse I feel the pain of everyone you hurt
Take it back. It’s what you deserve
(CHORUS) ANYA & PRESTON
You’ve got a problem you think I’m unfair
You can’t work this out well I don’t think you really care
You made a promise this just isn’t fair
We can’t work this out and I don’t think I really care
PRESTON
You whine about what I’ve had to be but
Have you ever thought what it means to
Me and what I lost in this endless life
Cleaning up all your little lies
ANYA
Really now? What makes you think that
I’ve ever been other than I am?
Take it back I won’t ask again
CHORUS
CILLIAN
He thinks its easy holding on to love that she’ll stick around no matter what he’s done
To her or all the other ones he’s just another man holding on too long she’s gotta go…
I’ll make her understand
PRESTON
You walk away like all the other times but you have to know I’m sick of all your lies
About your precious little innocence that’s just a cheap facade
You’ll always be another broken fraud
ANYA
You can talk. You think you’re some kinda
Big shot man among your lowly thralls
That’s the lie. It’s time you make it right
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7. |
Understand
04:00
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ANYA
This is not what you think
This is not what you know
I’m alive, a living muse
There’s nothing else to show
CILLIAN
You don’t understand
ANYA
You can’t understand
CILLIAN
You don’t understand
ANYA
He’d rather be damned
CILLIAN
You don’t have to stay
ANYA
You can’t be here today
CILLIAN
You don’t have to stay
ANYA
There is no other way
CILLIAN
You’re lost but you’re right in front of me
You can’t survive on your own
You’re lost but you’re right in front of me
You can’t survive all alone
ANYA
This is not your place
This is not your home
I’m not free to make a choice
There’s no where I can go
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8. |
Fall
05:00
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CILLIAN
I walk alone in the dead of night
There’s something wrong, I don’t know what’s right
A chill wind bites to the bone
The streets are empty yet I’m not alone
JEAN
Take him now
It’s only life
A quick pinch and you close his eyes
Move fast we’re all alone
Let him bleed on the frozen stone
CILLIAN
Hey you there can you hear me? Hey you there
What’s your story?
There’s someone there I can hear their breath
It sounds like fire and impending death
A chill wind bites to the bone
These streets are empty yet I’m not alone
JEAN
Take him now
Don’t be afraid
It’s his own fault he should not have stayed
Strike now we’ve gotta go
Make it fast no one will ever know
CILLIAN
Hey you there can you hear me? Hey you there
What’s your story?
JEAN
Why’d you bite him? You had to know
We can’t leave him on the side of the road
Grab his legs I think I know a place
Where we can dump him without a trace
CILLIAN
I’m lying down in the frozen mud
There’s nothing left but the taste of blood
Weightless dreams I can’t recall
The world goes dark as I start to fall
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9. |
Control
04:16
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CILLIAN
I’m lost is this the afterlife?
I’m awake and on my own
This thirst is pain it’s starting in my brain
It’s going down into my bones
Filthy walls they seem to ooze and crawl
They fill my mind and soul with dread
The moon is high it’s bringing down the light
On the bodies of the dead
EVERYONE
Oh, I never thought I’d know
What it’s like to lose control
Oh, I never want to know
What it takes to feed my soul
CILLIAN
Time to climb
Before I lose my mind
I gotta find someone I know
Claw and scrape until my nails break
Until the filth is in my soul.
I stand upright I’m not quite alive
But someone dropped me down that hole
My body aches questions will have to wait
There’s something clawing at my soul
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10. |
Forgive
02:58
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CILLIAN
This is not me
Not how I want to live
This is not me
Doing what I can’t forgive
This is not me
Not how I want to live
This is not me
Doing what I can’t forgive
Every day every night everything falls apart
Everywhere every bite everyone seems to hurt
Every prayer every night every place I could hide
Every day every night everyone seems to die
This is not me
Not how I want to live
This is not me
Doing what I can’t forgive
Oh what I’d give to be what I used to be
Oh what I’d give to be something pure and free
AVERY
Every day every night everything comes alive
Every nerve every sense everything you thought died
Every day every night every year every time
Every plan every goal every single thing you know
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11. |
Undead
04:56
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AVERY
There’s a line of saviors up and down the street
There’s a sign of danger in everyone you meet
Everyone here has something to sell
They’re peddling heaven but send you to hell
Take it from me you caught a big break
Anything you want now you just take
This is not the end it’s just what you need
Living on and on you’re finally free
Grab at this chance and make it your own
Be the next thing and let your fear go
EVERYONE
Voiceless Mislead
Never been alive until I was undead
Hopeless In Dread
Never was alive until I was undead
AVERY
There’s a line of sinners everywhere you go
There’s a line of haters in everything you know
Everyone here can bring you right down
If you don’t fight to keep above ground
Take it from me you gotta be smart
Gotta own the space to make your own mark
AVERY
There’s a line of saviors everywhere you go
There’s a false messiah in every lie they told
Now that you know what you and I have
Pick yourself up and do what you can
All your hopes and dreams can become true
As long as you feed, you can be you
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12. |
Reach
05:13
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13. |
Alive
08:06
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CILLIAN
When the darkness fell I tried to stay
Thought I heard your voice swore I saw your face
Never thought I’d be the same I could never live this way
Not without you in my life When I’m with you I survived
Come on take a chance with me you don’t need him we’ll be free
You don’t have to sacrifice all the things you hide inside
You don’t have to be alone
ANYA
You don’t know what he will do to me
You can go but this is where I’ll be
You don’t know what all he’s done for me
You can go but this is where I’ll be
You don’t know what he can do to me
EVERYONE
You make me feel like I’m alive
Look in my eyes you’ll know I’m right
Come down from there and be with me
He’s coming to make us bleed
You make me feel like I survived
Look in my eyes you’ll see a light
He’s lost his grip on you and me
He won’t quit until we bleed.
CILLIAN
Never thought I’d be the same
I could never live this way
Not without you in my life
When I’m with you I’m alive
ANYA
You don’t know but this is what you see
A lost girl waiting to be free
But you don’t know what this means to me
I won’t go cause this is where I’ll be
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Eternity
06:46
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PRESTON
I know what it is you’re thinking
I had to live with my share of lies
I know what it is you’re wishing
I feel the same when I decide who dies
PRESTON
You think you know the truth
Well you don’t
There isn’t a villain for you to blame
You think this is black and white
Well, it’s all gray
You’ve taken a role in our long dark play
EVERYONE
Everyday and every night
We play a game called eternal life
Countless nights an endless dream
Forever more this is eternity
ANYA
I know what it is you’re thinking
I tried like hell to make it alright
I know what it is you’re wishing
I never wanted this for your life
CILLIAN
I don’t know what you’re all thinking
This place was built on a bed of lies
I don’t know what you’ve been doing
You’ve taken countless dreams and more lives
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15. |
Reality
05:12
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CILLIAN
The city called to me. It offered everything
I fell into its trap and there’s no turning back
The lights have flickered out creating fear and doubt
You say it lingers on but then it ends at dawn
ANYA
You think this isn’t fair you think that I don’t care
But I’ve been through it too and here I am with you
I wish you understood I doubt you ever could
It’s time to play the game you’ll never be the same
EVERYONE
All the lost minds locked in a dream
This is not my reality
All the lost lives get in the way
When everyone turns into prey
CILLIAN
I fought to save myself I thought that you could help
But then you lied to me I can’t trust anything
I fell in love with you I thought you knew it too
But this is just a game you never felt the same
ANYA
I’ve seen a thousand lives I’ve heard them die
You think you’ve got it bad you’ll never understand
I see inside your soul you struggle for control
You think that I’m to blame for every single thing
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16. |
Unafraid
05:29
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CILLIAN
I built a life I thought I was free
But now I can never leave
I built a life of tragedy but now I have eternity
EVERYONE
What’re you waiting for?
What do you pray for?
What’ve we done to you?
There’s no one to run to
What’re you crying for?
This is what you begged for
What’ve we done to you?
There’s no one to run to
CILLIAN
I’ve made it work I thought this was me
But now I’ve always gotta feed
I left my life I chased a dream
But now I’m just a craven thing
EVERYONE
All alone unafraid
In the crowd I never fade away
All alone unafraid
In the crowd, I always see your face
CILLIAN
Built a life I thought I was free
But not as a celebrity
I made it work I got my dream but not without impurity
I built a life for you and for me
But now I’m just a lonely thing
This bitter sweet success story
Has robbed me of my victory
EVERYONE
All alone, unafraid
In the crowd I never fade away
All alone unafraid
In the crowd, they always look the same
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Founded by Robert Hazelton, formerly of Abney Park, and Erica Hazelton, DNBS is a goth rock dark wave project.
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