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Ash colored tiles
Stained glass memories
Slipping down the pane like yesterday
Bullets in the background
Bleeding in the background
Funny how deep these memories run
And they sting
They sting and they shiver like the nightmares I lie to you about
She remains my favorite even though I haven't seen her in decades
And the colors are bleeding violet vertigo
I used to dream in ash colored tiles
I went blind on Valentine's Day
She'll never rule my world again
Optimism falls bleeding to the floor
I've been wrapped in grey forever
Uncertainty, smoke, and ash
But sometimes there are unexpected miracles
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Whisper / From Sugar
04:47
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My footprints are dirty so I wipe them away
Like the tears I lie to you about
When the phone has stopped ringing
The clock gets too loud
And my ears try to tune it all out
Cuz the ticking only reminds me of how long its been
Since the last time you made my telephone ring
So I walk away after you kick me out
And wipe away the tears I lie to you about
My language is rusty so I let you speak
But you're not speaking to me anymore
I should've spoken sooner but I didn't know how
As I told you I love you you were slamming the door
Confusion and fear become my best friends
As another episode of happiness ends
And I walk away after you kick me out
And wipe away the tears I lie to you about
My nightmares get worse and I dream only of you
And now I'm too scared to sleep
But when I'm awake I'm haunted by my words
Promises I thought I would keep
I try to make sense of what's in my head
Try to sort out all the things I never said
And I walk away after you kick me out
And wipe away the tears I lie to you about
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Ash colored tiles
Run circles around my mind
Waiting for the light to change
But it stings
It stings and it stinks like memory
Paint it red, she says
Only I'm shivering too slowly and I can't find her anymore
She remains my favorite even though I just met her
And the colors are screaming for me to shut up
I can't see her
Her dreams are too thick
I've let her become the world again
I remain largely terrified
I remain largely in denial
I don't believe in miracles
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Whisper (1995)
03:40
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It's all about love
Yeah baby!
I'm still as loud as you can be and I'm mad as hell(o)
I whisper to the nightlight
I utter your name
So the shadows it casts on my wall will dance the dance you taught me
I whisper to the nightlight
I tell it your secret name
So the shadows that creep up my wall won't haunt me
I whisper to the nightlight
I cry out your name
And coax the shadows on my wall to hold me and rock me to sleep
Like you do
I whisper to the nightlight
It already knows your name
And the shadows that dance on my wall dance the dance you taught me
The sacred dance you taught me
I whisper to the nightlight
I call it by your name
It takes my hand and leads me in the shadow dance you taught me
The dreamland dance you taught me
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My footprints are dirty so I wipe them away
Like the tears I lie to you about
When the phone has stopped ringing
The clock gets too loud
And my ears try to tune it all out
The ticking only reminds me of how long its been
Since the last time you made my phone ring
So I walk away after you kick me out
And wipe away the tears I lie to you about
My language is rusty so I let you speak
But you're not speaking to me anymore
I should've spoken sooner but I didn't know how
As I told you I love you you were slamming the door
Confusion and fear become my best friends
As another episode of happiness ends
And I walk away after you kick me out
And wipe away the tears I lie to you about
My nightmares get worse and I dream only of you
And now I'm too scared to sleep
But when I'm awake I'm haunted by my words
Promises I thought I would keep
I try to make sense of what's in my head
Try to sort out all the things I never said
And I walk away after you kick me out
And wipe away the tears I lie to you about
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Mayhem Lettuce Port Byron, Illinois
Mayhem Lettuce was formed in Port Byron, IL in 1993 when two sad teenage boys decided to channel their angst into music.
That music sits at the crossroads of King Missile and Portishead with a dash of The Cure and a pinch of They Might Be Giants.
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