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Skeleton Key

by Pyrophoria

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1.
Shell-Shocked 02:44
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She gave me her heart with the lock I, too, am keyed and behind like a clock A radio in my head begins to talk (it won't turn off) The rain came down after the shell shock I'm locked out of my own life I reflect off of the kitchen knife A little girl cries wolf somewhere The wolf inside her is well-aware Captives broke out in guerrilla warfare (I prepare) I knock from inside and there's nobody there I'm locked out of my own life I reflect off of the kitchen knife I said what can I use this for? She said the key is hidden amongst the war I'm in your house beneath a trap door I've a ring of keys that won't work in a downpour I lie back down again on the floor The soldier writes back home to the whore I am a deserter at the core I am a deserter at the core
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Gridlocked 03:36
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I came off and had lost my place A year had gone to waste What was it that I chased It was an open and swallowed case Today I walk home in the rain I don't remember my name I'm overturning and hydroplaned I'm the rails that shake off the train I'm gridlocked and key phrased They stopped me for a ways A label is the gauze nowadays I'm driving home, expecting delays Today I walk home in the rain I don't remember my name I'm overturning and hydroplaned I'm the rails that shake off the train I am explosive to the touch I'd offer, but I'm not worth much The medicine cabinet crutch The false hope that I clutch Today I walk home in the rain I don't remember my name
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Perfect Day 03:23
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I don't want to know anyone alive The misery is broadcasted live They want me on in five Where's the party now that I've arrived You already know I'll cry inside Hell on earth is how I thrive Just another perfect day All my dreams ran away People are really just fucking dumb I scream at a screen til I'm numb Lord help me overcome What about parts and their sum I think your work here is done You go and take everyone Just another perfect day All my dreams ran away Please do not speak to me anymore I'm walking away to the package store Use your wit; that's what it's for I say as I eat my feelings off of the floor Don't find heart in the whore Don't come knock on my door
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Agitator 45 03:12
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Eat the rich, but clown man is poor He lied about what the dream stands for Well, the dream doesn't exist anymore The fearmonger takes the floor So starts the civil war If you don't like it leave Turn a blind eye and believe Clown man gets stirred up by the crowd The ignorance was loud Black man is shot while he's down They say we're armed and we're proud Fearmonger bowed If you don't like it leave Turn a blind eye and believe The stupid fucking majority won They go out with a loaded machine gun Clown man clan had some fun Screaming go back to where you came from An immigrant family is torn from their son Where's my liberty, well there is none Our shithole country isn't how it's spun Fearmonger treats you like a hit-and-run He says my work here is done My work here is done
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Apocalypse 02:52
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All rise for the national chant That says those who should can't The divine leader begins to rant Kill the ones who recant The sky falls down and chaos reigns The devil shakes hands and campaigns A flag rises with fresh bloodstains People everywhere eat their brains No abortions, but lobotomies are free This is the land of it's all about me There's a virus on a killing spree Divine leader says it just can't be The sky falls down and chaos reigns The devil shakes hands and campaigns A flag rises with fresh bloodstains People everywhere eat their brains Someone with a megaphone declares we're fucked A black man standing is shot for disorderly conduct A genocide squad came and I ducked If this is man-made, then we should self-destruct
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Destiny 03:24
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Sad stories get boring to tell Goodbye, old friend, I wish you well I dream and they say not to dwell I dream and they say not to dwell My train is taking me somewhere called home For me that destination is unknown Dear child, I cannot go free My past is back and has hold of me Sorry, she said, I lost your key Sorry, she said, I lost your key My train is taking me somewhere called home For me that destination is unknown I woke up today and didn't know where I was I have a calendar but don't know what it does I feel l'm living just because I feel I'm living just because
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Throwaway Key 02:38
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There's a cage I frequent when I go free Lock me up and throw away the key I am born again, who is she? Washed in the blood of being me I wake up every morning with someone I don't know One drink down and a cabinet full to go There are two sides to the stories you outgrow There's one mark for the knife you throw I didn't use the key to get out of the cage I used a pretty penny's worth of rage All the jailhouse is your stage I'll take the key now and a page I wake up every morning with someone I don't know One drink down and a cabinet full to go There are two sides to the stories you outgrow There's one mark for the knife you throw
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Skeleton 02:30
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I've got a ring of keys but none for you I've got a prison cell you lead me into Skeleton key didn't push through My closet is filled with a skeleton crew The jailer sits here all alone She is jimmied to the bone I hate the genuine way you look I'm heartbroken and I wrote the book You stole my keys off of the hook But the key to your heart I never took The jailer sits here all alone She is jimmied to the bone
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Keyhole 03:39
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Have you been spying on me from outside The locksmith tried and tired You can leave 'cause I died Crashworthy girl was just pried There's a hole in me ocean wide I locked myself in here to hide You can't be locked onto me There's wreckage as far as you can aww I gave it away, and she lost my key Now my heart can't go free Keyhole once let anyone in You could jimmy it with a bobby pin What's it worth if everyones been Now I leave them out against the wind Knocking is a deadly sin I'll open up, but do not ask when You can't be locked onto me There's wreckage as far as you can aww I gave it away, and she lost my key Now my heart can't go free I am the ghost; death like a moth I am crashworthy and soft I am a ringer that's been keyed off The skeleton key didn't unlock
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Caged 03:46
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I am the caged bird, but for you I will not sing I am the conquered, but you are not the king I am the knives in the eyes of a plaything I am the jailer, you just have my key ring I grew up on a ship that had already sailed I grew up bookmarked and hung up by a nail I grew up seeing red and screaming in Braille I grew up to be a 10 on the Richter scale That's why they cauterized and put me in jail They think explosion girl tells a tall tale They said in this life you're only out on bail Your sentence about me should start with all hail I am the caged bird, but for you I will not sing I am the conquered, but you are not the king I am the knives in the eyes of a plaything I am the jailer, you just have my key ring
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Jail-Breaker 03:02
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Jailbird writes home like a wanted ad I want more 'cause loving you is sad I thought I'd be sorry but I'm just bad I combusted and I'm glad I'm gouged out, not mad I was a ringer all along They said she is trapped inside a song The oracle had it wrong These shackles won't last long The day of reckoning came to town Kill the man that holds you down I beat him after he fell to the ground They can't take me when I can't be found I'm the jail-breaker that wears the crown I was a ringer all along They said she is trapped inside a song The oracle had it wrong These shackles won't last long I drove away in your car with nowhere to go I sped up before the jailhouse could blow I guess you learned that you reap what you sow I made you a key; there's no use for it, though
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Deus Ex Machina 03:12
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The guilty ones always deny Caught mid-sentence in a lie The joke on you was wry You can't touch me, said the bad guy It takes a thief to know one in the night You were never doing this right I stood beckoning at the sky She came to me from on high I started singing by and by I started singing my oh my It takes a thief to know one in the night You were never doing this right I'm home free at last, I sigh I won and only she knows why The executioner had to die Caged will be my alibi
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Ricocheted 03:09
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I woke up this morning and didn't cry I looked the pain straight in the eye It was empty and I wondered why My old friend silence felt like a reply The hopelessness had all been a lie She said Little Red, villains often die I think explosions are all I know I'm the jailer but I let everything go I looked in the mirror and I was fine On the pain scale I'd been a nine The foot off the brake was a promising sign The pages had just come off of the spine Ricocheted was always baseline All my life I fight for what's mine I think explosions are all I know I'm the jailer but I let everything go I found the key in the door I closed The chaos had just run unopposed The chaos had just run unopposed

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released September 15, 2020

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