CHIODOS LYRICS

1. Is It Progression If A Cannibal Uses A Fork?

Listen up sweetie
we all know that you're a beautiful girl
in this horrible world
and this suggestion of horror
the portraits on the walls

the look in your eyes
they always seem to follow

the look in your eyes
they always seem to follow me

out of tune this tale of terror
the slow tolling of the funeral bell
I want to know whats going on in that
pretty little head of yours
everyday is a bone palace ballet

biting the flesh from your finger
you know I just just cant help myself
I wish it were believe
but belief is a graveyard
may this light never see morning
its finally what were not

maybe you're the one thats overrated.
strike and scream much too horrified
to speak

out of tune this tale of terror
the slow tolling of the funeral bell
I want to know whats going on in that
pretty little head of yours
everyday is a bone palace ballet

this morning I woke up
I rubbed my eyes and I
took a quick glance around the room
and saw what happened here last night
there was blood on the walls
and the sheets smelled like sweat and sex
we have narrowed it down to a butcher knife
and the mockingbird with the blood.

out of tune this tale of terror
the slow tolling of the funeral bell
I want to know whats going on in that
pretty little head of yours
everyday is a bone palace ballet

2. Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot With A Monkey Face)

The fields are near and they wont trust the air with secrets
I can't stop holding this treasure in my arms
all the water in the ocean could never turn
the swans legs from black to white

let them say. let them say. let them say what they please

you wont be leaving my arms ever. I promise you that.
even if you want me to let go honey
even if you want me to let go
you wont be leaving my arms ever. I promise you that.
even if you want me to let go honey
even if you say the things that make me want to lose you

we went on drinking, celebrating something
I looked at you and said that I'm forever yours
you looked at me and said oh the idea of being in love
the idea. the idea. of being forever yours.

you wont be leaving my arms ever. I promise you that
even if you want me to let go honey
even if you want me to let go
you wont be leaving my arms ever. I promise you that
even if you want me to let go honey
even if you say the things that make me want to lose you

screaming from the inside of me, lonely and pleading phantasm
we only get what we see; gazing so desperately
between the things that we fear; gazing so desperately
alive with illusions; were watching segregating illusions
between the things that we see and the things that we fear
no no it wont make this easier.

you wont be leaving my arms ever. I promise you that
even if you want me to let go honey
even if you want me to let go
you wont be leaving my arms ever. I promise you that
even if you want me to let go honey
even if you say the things that make me want to lose you

even if you want me to let go honey...

3. Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered

I'm right here in front of you and I can't stop sh-sh-shaking
I can't stop sh-sh-shaking. come on and hold me still

did my heart love until now cause I feel as though
I've never seen beauty till this night
I'm forever, yeah, I'm forever yours.

you're wearing your skin like it's too tight.

and there she was; reflecting so brightly the warmth that she installs
and there she was; we were infinite for a moment

There's not one girl here that will be lead by her conscience
in a world where every girl wants to be a model
what's wrong babe? did daddy not give you enough attention.

did my heart love until now cause I feel that
I've never seen beauty till this night
I'm forever, yeah, I'm forever yours

take back what's mine. just leave me in it
and everything that I believe in.
shes shaking. shes shaking. please act surprised.
shes shaking. shes shaking. please act surprised.
shes shaking. shes shaking. please act surprised.
shes shaking. shes shaking.

and there she was; reflecting so brightly the warmth that she installs
and there she was; we were infinite for a moment
and there she was; we were infinite for a moment
and there she was; we were infinite for a moment

4. A Letter From Janelle

We make the sun shine, we make come on
move with me. move with me.

don't you think I could tell that you were trying to, trying to
make a fool out of me. a fool out of me.
don't you think I could tell that you were trying to, trying to
make a fool out of me. a fool out of me.

To remember who you really are.

it's so easy to get lost in constantly having to present
whatever face you believe a person wants to see rather than your own.

yet we hesitate to surrender all of our insecurities
move with me. move with me.
only the ones we are most comfortable relinquishing
move with me. move with me.

don't you think I could tell that you were trying to, trying to
make a fool out of me. a fool out of me.
don't you think I could tell that you were trying to, trying to
make a fool out of me. a fool out of me.

such a paradox,
isn't it, isn't it [x5]

5. I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was A Wizard

And the moment that she left the room
the album started skipping
Goodbye to beauty, shared with the ones that you love
A shadow that has fallen over this town
A shadow that has fallen over this town

Attention, all of my worst critics
Who were once the best of friends.
You're all just crows on the power lines
(Into romantic speculations)
(Into romantic speculations)

Sightings of shape shifting
Dissolved into the darkness
A final opinion is of less value
Than an appreciation of
And Tolerance for obscurity.

Theatrics, all made up of pianos all playing at once through the dust.
I found it difficult in my excitement to keep from floating off
to keep from floating off
(into romantic speculation)
(into romantic speculation)

Sightings of shape shifting
Dissolved into the darkness
A final opinion is of less value
Than an appreciation of
And Tolerance

(A shadow that has fallen over this town)
(A shadow that has fallen over this town)

I'll rest on nets made by spiders fed on drug dosed flies
the spider sings alone
the spider sings alone
he paced the room with hurried steps
and placed his hands upon his head
as if he were afraid
his thoughts were bursting from his brain

Sightings of shape shifting
Dissolved into the darkness
A final opinion is of less value
Than an appreciation of
And Tolerance

Sightings of shape shifting
Dissolved into the darkness
A final opinion is of less value
Than an appreciation of
And Tolerance for obscurity.

As if he were afraid.

6. Teeth The Size Of Piano Keys

I dropped all of my lovers
I stood up and screamed 'I'm in love!'

You gave it to me through the eyes, hatred.
Centuries deep and true.
I was wrong, graceless, and sick.
All of the things that I had learned had been wasted.

There was no living creature as foul as I,
And all of my poems were false.
I could feel my soul, dropping down through the mattress.
I had to leap up before it hit the floor.
And I'm so alone.

Illumination held out in front of my reaching arms.
The darker things get the better I see.
I'm so alone and so are you,
We all live and die that way.

You gave it to me through the eyes, hatred.
Centuries deep and true.
I was wrong, graceless, and sick.
All of the things that I had learned had been wasted.

There was no living creature as foul as I,
And all of my poems were false.
There was no living creature as foul as I,
I could feel my soul, dropping down.
I could feel my soul, dropping down.

7. Life Is A Perception Of Your Own Reality

I'd like to take this time to detach my jaw,
And really take a look. I think that I'm tired.
Put away this old guitar and on my way
I'll hang my vocal cords up on the door.

If I could just do these things
(if I could do these things)
If I could maybe do these things
Each and every day wouldn't pass
The way that they so often do
That they so often do
Maybe just maybe
Life would be everything we wanted it to be.

I could even peel the skin right off my face
And blow a chance with the cartilage of my nose
Just to show you how to really move

I'll show you how to really move

If I could just do these things
If I could maybe do these things
Each and every day wouldn't pass
The way that they so often do
That they so often do
Maybe just maybe
Life would be everything we wanted it to be.

I'll show you how to really move
I'll show you how to really move

If I could just do these things
(if I could do these things)
If I could maybe do these things
Each and every day wouldn't pass
The way that they so often do
That they so often do
Maybe just maybe
Life would be everything we wanted it to be.

8. If I Cut My Hair, Hawaii Will Sink

you keep tugging on my shirt
just to pull me closer
one single step at a time
your skin against mine
I can just feel you under me
fit to be tight

fit to be tight
fit to be
fit to be tight

I feel weak
thrown in wide open spaces
we turn ourselves inside out
expose what were afraid to see
and I know what you're thinking
I told myself
you keep pulling
you keep pulling

now grown up petrified I think
no no you don't mean it
you simply say it
because you like the way that it sounds

I feel weak
grown in wide open spaces
we turn ourselves inside out
expose what were afraid to see
and I know what you're thinking

I feel weak
and I give up
and I give up
tell me why
go on and
and tell me
tell me
tell me why
tell me
tell me
I feel weak

9. Intensity In Ten Cities

I'm not the one that you want, I'll only let you down
And I'm pretty sure that you've caught on.
And you can say that 'oh, I'm just feeling sorry for my...'

I think it's everytime I walk into a room
a silence so sudden that I seem to hear it
(smiles turn to frowns)
Contact saying that you are the rain on their parade

And how long could you hang onto a word?
Tell me, how long could you hand onto a word?

I'm not the one that you want, I'll only let you down
And I'm pretty sure that you've caught on.
And you can say that 'oh, I'm just feeling sorry for myself.'

Or maybe it's all eyes on him
in love with ego and intention
the eyes that are just begging me for more.
This is gone and I can see it
your head is full of words
full of words that don't mean anything

And how long could you hang onto a word?
Tell me, how long could you hand onto a word?

I'm not the one that you want, I'll only let you down
And I'm pretty sure that you've caught on.
And you can say that 'oh, I'm just feeling sorry for myself.'

10. The Undertaker's Thirst For Revenge Is Unquenchable (The Final Battle)

My eyes are glistered with the ghost of my past
The memories that we once had

Now that you've turned the world against me
I'm only trying to win them back

With my eyes sewn shut
To shut down and bathe in these words about me
And now you're standing alone with your eyes to the sun
Standing alone with your eyes to the sun
That heaven and earth may strike their sounds together,
Worlds are ruined this way
And we've all been there time and time again.

Before the battle it always seemed so still
And I will see you someday again in the clouds
And I will see you someday again in the clouds

All the world's a stage
And all the world's a stage

With my eyes sewn shut
To shut down and bathe in these words about me
And now you're standing alone with your eyes to the sun
Standing alone with your eyes to the sun
That heaven and earth may strike their sounds together,
Worlds are ruined this way
And we've all been there time and time again

My eyes are glistered with the ghost of my past
And what we once had

And all the world's a stage
I existed because I dreamed and well, I dream no more
I've given up on the entire human race

[Spoken:]
Empty is the sky before the sun wakes up
Empty is the eyes of animals in cages
Empty are the faces of women in mourning
When everything has been taken from them
Me? Don't ask me about empty







CHIODOS LYRICS