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Borrowed Time

by Strangeletter

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1.
Well I know it's waiting to carry us over and I see you smile Bridging the chasm that rages below with the ease of a child I stood there waiting for news Dragging this terrible weight to cut loose While you choose to Break the spell to Bid farewell to This illusion I know it's waiting to drag us alone down the great divide Thrashing and eager to swallow us whole like an angry tide I saw you waiting for news Frozen in stasis My feet couldn't move when I need to Stand beside you Over the rainbow, the fires and terminal lights I'm on a mission Bound to the heart while the body is on borrowed time I saw a vision Recalled back to life Will I see you there on the other side? I know the artifice waits Crashing down on me like a powerful wave when its time When its time I'm staring back through the gates The body is willing but the mind hesitates to arrive To arrive We are a vanishing breed A rusted cog in a dying machine But I choose to Stand beside you Over the rainbow, the fires and terminal lights I'm on a mission Bound to the heart while the body is on borrowed time I saw a vision Recalled back to life Waiting patiently on the... Will you wait for me on... Standing naked there on the other side
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Step forward Off a bell curve Now come and claim your prize You're throwing sparks in a field of matches Yeah, you shouldn't be surprised One moment of weakness One for the rank and file Too many nights spent running for cover and you, You'd wear a cynical smile What once was forgotten Is pouring up from the ground Back-scattered by the wind Would it matter? Would you lose it and forget? Forget it. You were never going to read the letter Still, I wanted you to see it anyhow Don't take what you believed had awakened you and Forget it You were never going to read the letter Still, I wanted you to see it anyhow Whatever you believe has forsaken you is Forgiven Forgiven
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Live On 03:46
He lit the fire all by himself Fought like nobody else He lives on borrowed time One man's illusion is one man's truth A man with nothing to lose A man on borrowed time Ooooo ... Illuminated by the flame He's got nothing to gain Trading on borrowed time No force of will, no sacrifice Will change the roll of the dice Living on borrowed time Ooooo .... He lit the fire all by himself Fought like no one else He lives on borrowed time.
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Crimps 04:05
Francis was a very bad merchant but a fine fine liar Francis was the paramount voyeur of his heart's desire Midnight, he is good and ready The peep show down in the tunnel city Kilbourn broke the cardinal rule for a contact high He thought it was a bad decision when he named his price Mainline 'til you're good and skinny It drips right down to the tunnel city The deadfall, it was good and ready We're the big bad men from the tunnel city Conrad wore the emerald glasses to preserve his pride Conrad he wore the fashion of the civilized He thought he was a paranoid fool 'til his own prying eyes Saw the deadfall The shanghaied Well this time, no he wasn't pretty The price he'll fetch is always plenty The deadfall, it was good and ready We're the big bad men from the tunnel city
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Big Fat Lie 04:35
You set me up for a big surprise To fill your cup with a taste less bitter You sold it all for a big fat lie You sold it all, now you're getting thinner Well here comes a devil dressed up in disguise You should have known it was a big fat lie You should've known You should've known You should've read between the lines You should've recognized the signs You should've left well enough alone You should've known Yeah you should've known You should've known it was a big fat lie You should've known it was a big fat lie You should've known it was a big fat lie A taste is never enough A taste is never enough A taste is never enough for me Hey, I wouldn't follow in your footsteps I wouldn't wallow in your weakness for providence again Hey, yeah, I wouldn't follow in your footsteps I wouldn't wallow in your weakness for providence again When I see it was a big fat lie When I see it was a big fat lie When I see it was a big fat lie When I see it was a big fat lie
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Ashes fall around, around, I’m ready to believe it I’ve walked this canyon, followed it down I hope that you can see it too Forty days and forty nights I was a dead man walking For every mile and mountain I climb I am a dead man Walking back to you No matter what you say The fear shall pass away No matter what you say I’m a dead man Across the edge of time Across this narrow line You seek and you will find Yeah, I’m a dead man (I will know when to face it Give me strength to embrace it here alone I will walk to the end of the road like a ...) Dead man walking I’m a dead man (Dead man) Dead man walking to you No matter what you say If life is but a dream then I am lying wide awake No matter what you say I’m a dead man (Dead man) Dead man walking I’m a dead man (Dead man) Dead man walking No matter what you say Yeah, I’m a dead man
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The Wait 03:37
Waking from a lullaby I've been waiting a long time Changing like Attis on the pine I have waited a long time Oooooo I have waited a long time Naked below a frozen sky And I've been here a long time Patient cold familiar eyes They've been watching a long time For you I've waited a long, long time I've waited a long, long time I've waited a long, long time I've waited a long, long time For you I've waited a long, long time I've waited a long, long time I've waited a long, long time And I've waited alone I've waited alone I've waited alone I've waited alone
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Monopoly Man 04:14
He only lies when he opens his mouth Walled up inside of his generous house He said how many does it take? How many does it take? He's shredding documents two at a time Cooked up the balance sheet and selling as prime How many does it take? How many does it take? Are you ready, you ready, you ready for deliverance? Did they really, they really, believe it was coincidence? He knew the market like the back of his hand He played the game like monopoly man He's like a Robin Hood who robs from the poor Of course he only steals what isn't nailed to the floor He said How many does it take? He said how many fools we make You know it's never, it's never, it's never going to be enough But how many?
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Drive 05:00
Can you hear the crashing sound? Riding high above the wave Driving fast and westward bound You were there but far away Well it seemed just like a lifetime ago It was a glorious sight Just for a moment we were fighting back the storm I saw the future in your eyes Let's take a drive Nobody told me Until it hit me I didn't know I didn't know That I was sinking like a stone Just like a stone But nobody told me
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Lay Dormant 04:05

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released September 17, 2013

Written, produced, and mastered by Steven James Bayless.
Drums on Borrowed Time, Stalk The Earth, Crimps, Big Fat Lie, Dead Man Walking, and Drive by Phillip Ferrier, recorded at Behind the Curtain Studios.
Drums on The Bell Curve by Andy Worley.
Published by Strangeletter Music (BMI).
Graphic design by Steven James Bayless.

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