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Sweet Release

by Titans of Filth

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1.
Big Plans 01:58
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Who's gonna win the race to lose the blues Coming through so confused I know it's a long way to go for a show Suffering all the things we've done Looking out for number one And too delinquent in paying your dues Big plans slipping through our hands Seeking solid ground in shifting sands Here's hoping that the band'll be okay See me when I'm far away On stage, a model of militant rage Sounds a little insincere Hell, I'm hardly here I'm gone, you live ones are left on your own. Big plans slipping through our hands Seeking solid ground in shifting sands "Now here we go again!" you hear me howl Hits whether fair or fowl Will fall, your name will be scrawled in the stalls The pain'll last, you'll pass away Bearing it with grace I'm torn, frozen where futures are formed Big plans slipping through our hands Seeking solid ground in shifting sands
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Jewels Carried to the Concert 02:06
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Out in the dark, search for a spark I'm afraid I missed my mark Sensitive scene, dubious dream Tired tradition, stale routine And we're here now Seeking our way out Jewels carried to the concert I leave 'em all alone Dust just like in the desert Dates carved into the stone Parts that we played, always afraid Timid wolves out on parade Fiending for fame, efforts in vain It's a shady selfish game That we won't win Well, that just depends Jewels carried to the concert I leave 'em all alone Dust just like in the desert Dates carved into the stone "Is that all there is?" I hear myself hiss There's so little left of this Circle around, my body breaks down And I can't say where I'm bound Or what I'll find Running out of time Jewels carried to the concert I leave 'em all alone Dust just like in the desert Dates carved into the stone
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Bitter Berries 02:03
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This present world is mine all mine It wastes the talent and the time Of billions of my fellow souls Who struggle hard but you already know How this must ever onward go There was no taste I wouldn't try There was no brand I wouldn't buy Our flock was fleeced and now we're cold We paid the high price for what was sold Just to stay within the fold We've been picking bitter berries Crush them for their juice Market it to upstarts on the move All my aspirations dashed Running low on luck and cash Wasted days now long gone They'll haunt me when I'm old and all alone The time I traded for a song All the words we use will change In a thousand years seem strange But for now we're trudging through Blind to answers obvious to you And your enlightened crew We've been picking bitter berries Crush them for their juice Market it to upstarts on the move
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Sad Songs 03:06
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Cars carry all the kids over highways into town They're displacing what we did Filling niches where we hid Spotlights shine on brave new sounds The heat hovers so intense and I long for autumn's breeze Another month of making rent Keeping track of money spent Is this how it had to be? We make our way through the worlds that we receive Sad songs We roam these paths alone Give us comfort as we sing along Sad, sad songs Bummed, I barely watch the news, the world is caving in I still enjoy the view As my cultivated blues Keep me far away from friends Mistakes hang heavy in my mind, the good times I forgot See me in decline Hear me as I whine 'Til I've given all I got Oh, the air outside is hot Sad songs We roam these paths alone Give us comfort as we sing along Sad, sad songs Pause, watch a cloud advance, did I ever have a plan? Did I really miss my chance? You can hear me at the dance Talking shit about the band The fan spinning overhead pushes down the air Stains across my bed Ambition mixed with dread In a world that doesn't care Why play a game if it's not fair? Sad songs We roam these paths alone Give us comfort as we sing along Sad, sad songs Claire, I'll meet you by the brook where the bugs are making noise What happened with your book? I'd like to take a look Will I be there with the boys? Spend the fading summer day in someone else's scene All the power plays Frustration and delays Of a dissipated dream Time advances past our chance to sing Sad songs We roam these paths alone Give us comfort as we sing along Sad, sad songs
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Left Behind 01:55
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Life is a gloom for the dungeon dormers Always aware we are near the end In this ballet we are all performers Dancing the role of dust in the wind Always uneasy among my companions Crippled in crowds where the pretty ones play Spending years afraid of damage Clinging to a time that fades away We built this up too high in our minds The world we've known is gone We're left behind Worried we're past the peak of our privilege Always afraid we were never enough Did we elect the course we've taken? Either way, the road got rough I posted my status surrounded by sadness But nobody wanted to hear that news Ignoring my cries of late-breaking badness Declining invitations to the blues We built this up too high in our minds The world we've known is gone We're left behind Always aloof up above the others The hostess refused to leave me alone Dragging me out onto the dance floor I'd hoped for so much more but now I'm gone
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Long Hot Night 02:18
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Consider a success: Another night's party I was hooking up with one who wasn't right I wrote it in my diary: "Shared a strange bed for an awkward night." Hoping for the best but no, not quite My notions of the world are not very nuanced Tend to rate encounters either win or lose And lately mostly the latter Avoid a situation if I have to choose Follow fear of failure to the bitter blues I was so uptight that I left all the work to you Down at a dance where we could move On a long hot night that might be all that we would do Now we just pray that it improves I had no desire to be like the others Still I always thought I'd end up just the same Vague plan to turn out normal Marry, reproduce, carry on a name Assuming that my life would be a simple thing I go on alone, abandon the burden Can't compromise the way I thought I could Who do I think I'm fooling? Feelings and philosophy misunderstood Suffering in silence for the greater good I was so uptight that I left all the work to you Down at a dance where we could move On a long hot night that might be all that we would do Now we just pray that it improves
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Virgin Soul 01:19
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The scene on the show on TV was so funny You tried to describe it for laughs at the party The chuckles you heard were pity or politeness Despite your way with words, the people didn't like it Oh, there you go, virgin soul You had a dream, it was more like a vision A great revelation in high definition What seemed so important left only traces And feigned looks of interest fading from faces Oh, there you go, virgin soul
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Everything Should Be So Much Better Than It Actually Is 03:06
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Just to try and pass the time, I keep finding things to do 'Cause there's too much on my mind after messing 'round with you I really am the worried kind, that should come as no surprise But I'm trying to unwind so let's hear the lovely lies I was ready for romance, you were the man who would be king I could join you for walks, we could get rough in the ring Oh, we had terrific talks, once I even tried to sing It's a very modern world, I have seen it in my dreams Everything looks the same As I wander life's lonely lane There's a face That I chase Through the pain I know I may be second rate with a mediocre mind There's a dim dusty film where I spend too much time The story gets grim and I act like it's fine But the laughter of the crowd keeps drowning out my lines The police await outside, getting ready for their bust A potential point of pride in the minds of folks like us Did I fit you like a glove? Did I burn you like a brand? At the mercy of a love that I fail to understand Everything looks the same As I wander life's lonely lane There's a face That I chase Through the pain
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The Grave and Its Decay 01:58
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You're too busy to see me It sure got easy to hide away I got it all together Not sure whether I should stay I heard more wedding bells today I heard the shouts of kids at their schoolyard games Growing up to be somebody strange Hope for a future day We can work around the price we have to pay The grave and its decay Through the great exhaustion Go with caution, watch the time Each day will pass more quickly Cried a sickly friend of mine I heard the New Year's churchbell chime I heard the whispered pleas of teenagers in heat Growing up to bravely face defeat Hope for a future day We can work around the price we have to pay The grave and its decay
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Survival 02:31
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Sit and stare at my devices Wonder how to make them work Can I summon up surprises Where the tired and lonely lurk Often suffer late night visions And awake alone and scared In this paradise, a prison For the one who wouldn't dare Say it's all survival As we make that compromise We're expecting revival Lies, lies, lies I know that illness overtakes us Can't forget how this will end Can't forget the grave awaits us While we're out collecting friends Deny a life, deny receiving Its implausible array Deny what talent risks achieving And you're ready for your raise Say it's all survival As we make that compromise We're expecting revival Lies, lies, lies
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The Mighty Ones 03:04
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See you in church, all the little things Deadly poison in our veins Back in school, it's still the same Put it down, your hour's up Sipping from the crystal cup Time arrives to call your bluff And that is all, the story's ending For even mighty ones will fall A blast, a gas, the party's over For ones who laid out on the lawn Disappointment's VCR Broken bottles, totaled car How I wonder where you are Tell me what we're coming to Tattered tale of me and you Cross your heart and speak the truth And that is all, the story's ending For even mighty ones will fall A blast, a gas, the party's over For ones who laid out on the lawn Lessons that the bad times bring I needs some news to make me sing The way you speak, it sure does sting Banished from the trophy case Winners bet we'd lose the race See you where stockbrokers stay And that is all, the story's ending For even mighty ones will fall A blast, a gas, the party's over For ones who laid out on the lawn
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The Scroll Unrolls 02:04
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Idle and exhausted, up to nothing new Ready for redemption, turning 32 Life is hanging heavy but you keep on going steady Making decent tracks in yesterday's shoes Start out with a pleasant way to pass the time End up in an essay on a life of crime People talk brave, but they act afraid Oh Prudence, you're probably fine First thing you do is you choose a career Hup one, hup two, you're out of here The scroll unrolls and no one knows What one fine day they'll claim they saw so clear The prince in the palace with the finer things The perks and the privilege his position brings A circle 'round him and a circle 'round them Crowding up close just to kiss his rings Meanwhile in the silence of a somber shack A moldy little tomb that you painted black Sacrifice is nice and you pay the price These hours aren't coming back First thing you do is you choose a career Hup one, hup two, you're out of here The scroll unrolls and no one knows What one fine day they'll claim they saw so clear

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released May 3, 2015

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