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I walked down to the oceanAfter waking from a nightmareNo moon no pale reflectionBlack mirror, black mirror
Shot by a security cameraYou can't watch your own imageAnd also look yourself in the eyeBlack mirror, black mirror, black mirror
I know a time is comingAll words will lose their meaningPlease show me something that isn't mine-But mine is the only kind that I relate to
Le miroir casse,The mirror casts mon reflet partoutBlack mirror, black mirror, black mirror
The black mirror knows no reflectionIt knows not pride or vanityIt cares not about your dreamsIt cares not for your pyramid schemes
Their names are never spokenThe curse is never brokenThe curse is never broken
Un! Deux! Trois! Dis: Miroir Noir!Black mirror!Un! Deux! Trois! Dis: Miroir Noir!Black mirror!
Black mirrorBlack mirror
Their names are never spokenThe curse is never brokenTheir names are never spokenThe curse is never broken
Mirror, mirror on the wallShow me where them bombs will fallMirror, mirror on the wallShow me where them bombs will fall
Black mirrorBlack mirrorBlack mirrorBlack mirrorBlack mirrorBlack mirrorBlack mirror
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Every night my dream's the sameSame old city with a different nameMen are coming to take me awayI don't know why, but I know I can't stay
There's a weight that's pressing downLate at night you can hear the soundEven the noise you make when you sleepCan't swim across a river so deep
They know my name 'cause I told it to themBut they don't know whereAnd they don't knowWhen it's coming, when it's coming
There's a fear I keep so deepKnew its name since before I could speakAaaah aaaah Aaaah aaaah
They know my name 'cause I told it to themBut they don't know whereAnd they don't knowWhen it's comingOh! when, but it's coming.Keep the car running
If some night I don't come homePlease don't think I've left you alone
The same place animals go when they dieYou can't climb across a mountain so high
The same city where I go when I sleepYou can't swim across a river so deep
They know my name 'cause I told it to themBut they don't know where and they don't know whenIt's comingOh, when is it coming?
Keep the car runningKeep the car runningKeep the car running
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A vial of hope and a vial of painIn the light they both looked the samePoured them out on into the worldOn every boy and every girl
It's in the neon Bible, the neon BibleNot much chance for survivalIf the neon Bible is right
Take the poison of your ageDon't lick your fingers when you turn the pageWhat I know is what you know is rightIn the city it's the only light
It's the neon Bible, the neon BibleNot much chance for survivalIf the Neon Bible is right
Oh God! well look at you now!Oh, you lost it but you don't know howIn the light of a golden calfOh God, I had to laugh
Take the poison of your ageDon't lick your fingers when you turn the pageIt was wrong but you said it was rightIn the future I will read at night
In the neon Bible, the neon BibleNot much chance for survivalIf the Neon Bible is true
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We can reach the seaThey won't follow meShadows they fear the sunWe'll make it if we run
Run from the memoryJe nage, mais les sons me suivent
Left my name with the border guardsA name that I don't needCe sera un long voyageSur les vagues de l'oubli
Run from the memoryJe nage, mais les sons me suivent
Stop now before it's too lateBeen eating in the ghetto on a hundred dollar plateNothing lasts foreverthat's the way it's gotta beThere's a great black wave inthe middle of the sea for me
Stop now before it's too lateBeen eating in the ghetto on a hundred dollar plateNothing lasts foreverthat's the way it's gotta beThere's a great black wave inthe middle of the sea
For meFor youFor meIt's always for you
Stop now before it's too lateBeen eating in the ghetto on a hundred dollar plateNothing lasts foreverthat's the way it's gotta beThere's a great black wave inthe middle of the sea
Stop now before it's too lateYour lover was for hirehave you noticed he's been late?
Nothing lasts foreverthat's the way it's gotta beThere's a great black wave inthe middle of the sea
For meFor youFor meIt's always for you
The sound is not asleepit's moving under my feetThe sound is not asleepit's moving under my feetThe sound is not asleepit's moving under my feetThe sound is not asleepit's moving under my feet
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The king's taken back the throneThe useless seed is sownWhen they say they're cutting off the phoneI tell 'em you're not home
No place to hideYou were fighting as a soldier on their sideYou're still a soldier in your mindThough nothing's on the line
You say it's money that we needAs if we're only mouths to feedI know no matter what you sayThere are some debts you'll never pay
Working for the churchwhile your family diesYou take what they give youand you keep it insideEvery spark of friendship and lovewill die without a homeHear the soldier groan, "we'll go at it alone"
I can taste the fearLift me up and take me out of hereDon't wanna fight, don't wanna dieJust wanna hear you cry
Who's going to throw the very first stone?Oh, who's going to reset the bone?Walking with your head in a slingWant to hear the soldiers sing
"Been working for the churchwhile my family diesYour little baby sister's gonna lose her mindEvery spark of friendship and lovewill die without a home"Hear the soldier groan, "we'll go at it alone"
I can taste your fearIt's gonna lift you up and take you out of hereAnd the bone shall never heal;I care not if you kneel
We can't find you nowBut they're gonna get theirmoney back somehowAnd when you finally disappearWe'll just say you were never here
Been working for the church whileyour life falls apartBeen singin' hallelujah with the fear in your heartEvery spark of friendship and lovewill die without a homeHear the soldier groan, "we'll go at it alone"Hear the soldier groan, "we'll go at it alone"
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In an ocean of noiseI first heard your voiceRinging like a bellAs if I had a choice, oh well
Left in the morningWhile you were fast asleepInto an ocean of violenceA world of empty streets
You've got your reasonsAnd me I've got mineBut all the reasons I gaveWere just lies to buy myself some time
In an ocean of noiseI first heard your voiceNow who here among usStill believes in choice?-Not I!
No way of knowingWhat any man will doAn ocean of violenceBetween me and you
You've got your reasonsAnd me I've got mineBut all the reasons I gaveWere just lies to buy myself some time
I'm gonna work it out'Cause time won't work it outI'm gonna work it out'Cause time won't work it out for youI'm gonna work it on out
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I'm serving timeAll for a crime I did commitYou want the truth?You know I'd do it all againLeft for deadHeaven is only in my head
I heard a voiceCalling from down inside a well"See that silver shine?"She said to come claim what was mineSo down I fellDown into the water blackMy prison cellOnly the moon was shining back
If I seem lost, well I weighted the costAnd chose my crime-Now it's mine all mine!
I heard the voiceCalling from just outside the wellShe said "You fool, now thatyou know your end is near;You always fallFor what you desireor what you fear!"
Resurrected, living in a lighthouseIf we leave, them ships are gonna wreckResurrected, living in a lighthouseThe lions and the lambs ain't sleeping yet
ResurrectedLiving in a lighthouseIf you leaveThem ships are gonna wreckResurrectedliving in a lighthouseThe lions and the lambs ain't sleeping yet
ResurrectedLiving in a lighthouseIf you leaveThem ships are gonna wreckResurrectedliving in a lighthouseThe lions and the lambs ain't sleeping yetThe lions and the lambs ain't sleeping yetThe lions and the lambs ain't sleeping yet
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I don't wanna work in a building downtownNo, I don't wanna work in a building downtownI don't what I'm gonna do'Cause the planes keep crashing always two by twoI don't wanna work in a building downtownNo, I don't wanna see when the planes hit the ground
I don't wanna work in a building downtownI don't wanna work in a building downtownParking their cars in the undergroundTheir voices when they scream, well they make no soundI wanna see the cities rustAnd the troublemakers riding on the back of the bus
Dear God, I'm a good christian manIn your glory, I know you understandThat you gotta work hard and you gotta get paidMy girl's thirteen but she don't act her ageShe can sing like a bird in cageOh Lord, if you could see her when she's up on that stage
You know that I'm a God-fearing manYou know that I'm a God-fearing manBut I just gotta know if it's part of your planTo seat my daughters there by your right hand
I know you'll do what's right, LordFor they are the lanterns and you are the light
Now I'm overcomeBy the light of dayMy lips are near but my heart is far awayTell me what to sayI'll be your mouthpiece!
Into the light of a bridge that burnsAs I drive from the city with the money that I earnedInto the dark of a starless skyI'm staring into nothing and I'm asking you whyLord, let me make her a starSo the world can see who you really are
Little girl, you're old enough to understandYou'll always be a stranger in a strange, strange landThe men are gonna come while you're fast asleepSo you better just stay close and hold onto meIf mama's mockingbird don't singThen daddy won't buy her no diamond ring
Dear God, would you send me a child?Oh God, would you send me a child?'Cause I wanna put it up on the TV screenSo the world can see what your true word meansLord, would you send me a sign?'Cause I just gotta know if I'm wastin' my time
Now I'm overcomeBy the light of dayMy lips are near, but my heart is far awayNow the war is wonHow come nothing tastes good?
Oh you're such a sensitive childYou know you're such a sensitive childI know you're tired but it's alrightI just need you to sing for me tonightYou're gonna have your day in the sunYou know God loves the sensitive ones
Oh, my little bird in a cageOh, my little bird in a cageI need you to get up for me up on that stageAnd show the men that you're old for your ageNow ain't the time for fearBut if you don't take it, it'll disappear
Oh, my little mockingbird, singOh, my little mockingbird, singI need you to get up on that stage for me, honeyAnd show the men it's not about the money
Wanna hold a mirror up to the worldSo that they can see themselves inside my little girl
Do you know where I was at your age?Any idea where I was at your age?I was working downtown for the minimum wageI'm not gonna let you just throw it all awayI'm through being cute, I'm through being niceOh tell me, Lord, am I the Antichrist?
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I don't wannna hear the noises on TVI don't want the salesmen coming after meI don't wanna live in my father's house no more
I don't want it faster, I don't want it freeI don't wanna show you what they done to meI don't wanna live in my father's house no more
I don't wanna choose black or blueI don't wanna see what they done to youI don't wanna live in my father's house no more
Because the tide is highAnd it's rising stillAnd I don't wanna see it at my windowsill
I don't wanna give 'em my name and addressI don't wanna see what happens nextI don't wanna live in my father's house no more
I don't wanna live with my father's debtYou can't forgive what you can't forgetI don't wanna live in my father's house no more
I don't wanna fight in a holy warI don't want the salesmen knocking at my doorI don't wanna live in America no more
Because the tide is highAnd it's rising stillAnd I don't wanna see it at my windowsill
I don't wanna see it at my windowsillI don't wanna see it at my windowsillI don't wanna see it at my windowsill
MTV, what have you done to me?Save my soul, set me freeSet me free, what have you done to me?I can't breathe, I can't see
World War III, when are you coming for me?Been kicking up sparks, we set the flames free
The windows are locked now, so what'll it be?A house on fire or a rising sea?
Why is the night so still?Why did I take the pill?Because I don't wanna see it at my windowsill
I don't wanna see it at my windowsillI don't wanna see it at my windowsillI don't wanna see it at my windowsill
I don't wanna see it at my windowsillI don't wanna see it at my windowsillI don't wanna see it at my windowsill
I don't wanna see it at my windowsillI don't wanna see it at my windowsillI don't wanna see it at my windowsill
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(Hey!)(Hey!)
We know a place where no planes goWe know a place where no ships go
(Hey!) No cars go(Hey!) No cars goWhere we know
We know a place no spaceships goWe know a place where no subs go
(Hey!) No cars go(Hey!) No cars goWhere we know
(Hey!)(Hey!)(Hey! Again!)(No go!)
(Hey!) Us kids know(Hey!) No cars goWhere we know
Between the click of the light and the start of the dreamBetween the click of the light and the start of the dreamBetween the click of the light and the start of the dreamBetween the click of the light and the start of the dream
"I don't want any pushing, and I don't want any shoving.We're gonna do this in an orderly manner.Women and children!Women and children!Women and children, let's go!Old folks, let's go!Babies needing cribs, let's go!"