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Correct Buried By The Buzz / Carnival / Another Bag Of Bones Lyrics
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Correct Buried By The Buzz / Carnival / Another Bag Of Bones
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[[Buried By the Buzz]] [Verse 1] I got a sweet tooth sunk in a soft spot That busts my jaw loose and makes my mouth rot I caught a bad break, the same one you caught That turned your hair white and choked your breath off [Chorus ] I'm buried by the buzz of a year gone numb I'm buried by the buzz of a year gone numb I found gossip in the ivy that's been swallowing my house And I found bones in the foundation that I'm just picking out now I'm buried by the buzz of a year gone numb [Verse 2] I got a fistful of shattered seashells That scream like soldiers stuck down an oil well And I saw a bad sign lit up like Broadway And I watched my head spin And I heard my voice shake [Chorus] I'm buried by the buzz of a year gone numb I'm buried by the buzz of a year gone numb So I found trouble in the ghost town that I've been building with my hands But I found comfort in the snowstorm that I've been piling on my past So I'm buried by the buzz of a year gone numb [Instrumental Interlude] [Chorus] I'm buried by the buzz of a year gone numb I'm buried by the buzz of a year gone numb I see symptoms of a sickness in every stranger on the street And I see danger in the distances speeding straight for you and me I'm buried by the buzz I'm buried by the buzz I'm buried by the buzz of a year gone [Chaotic Transition] [[Carnival]] [Verse 1] I quit the carnival It moved next door I thought I had enough But I want more So now I'm sneaking out at night I paint my face and shine my shoes Go where I'm not supposed to 'Cause I tamed a lion once I stole his roar I stripped his pride away But he found more So now he's back to take what's his And shove my future in my face Scare me back in my place So soon, so soon You've got it beat 'til it beats you [Verse 2] I left my flaming sword beside your bed I woke to find it pressed against my neck You wept "suggestion never works" So now I'm trying something else I shut my eyes, ho hum, oh well I felt a feather fall, a tree trunk split Inside my lion laughed, played violin He said " Hey! You should give up on your voice Before we both end up destroyed" I quit alright, he purred "Good boy" [Chorus] So you believe anything And we went and copped You' fall for anyone I said "N-n-n-n-no, see, that's not exactly true I only fell for you I'd do whatever you asked me to" [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 3] You wake in the hospital You're in a thrift store suit Hear your lover's voice (fuck!) from the waiting room So you shut your eyes and then you pray for peace You think that I'm not here, you think that is not me Is-is it something that I would do? See I kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-kn-know the complicated truth Was a make up mask and then a lion's roar A big top tent, a firey sword But they're not real, they never were And soon she won't be real either [Verse 4] This is the life you went and earned Because you never fucking learn And you could waste all of your years Fixing the mess you're making here So as her nervous breath draws close Her dress heels click off their approach You clutch your chest, you whisper out "No! no! what will I doooooo? My love! My love!" You say "what will i do?" You say "what will i do?" "You'll wake up, just wake up!" (whoah-oh, ohhh-oh) (whoah-oh, ohhh-oh) [Bridge] Uh-whoah-oh-oh, oh-uh-whoah-uh-oh-oh Uh-whoah-oh-oh, oh-uh-whoah-uh-oh-oh No, no, no, oh No, no, no, you say to leave me here Don't leave me here Don't go, oh Don't go, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh No, no, no [Chaotic Transition] [[Bag of Bones]] [Verse 1] It's a brushfire spreading, feeding as it moves It's a disappeared glacier, it's an airborne flu It's your disbelieving eyes locked in concrete miles It's your yawning conscious and your lawyer's smile It's an occupied country, foaming at the mouth No smoking gun, no mushroom cloud A military mother with a boy in hell And it's a flag draped casket down an oil well It's an Argentine school girl, gagged and bound It's a torture camp, it's a long way down It's the constant bracing shock of now It's the whole damn world turned inside out All right It's not too hard to see If you wake up and open your eyes [Verse 2] It's a march to extinction with your God in step It's His name in your mouth, it's His cross on your neck Farm boy sprinting over desert dirt And he's panting the 'Our Father' in staccato spurts Now that's his automatic rifle and it tells no lies That's his truth in your stomach, it's no alibi But the trouble lies on the other side With an equal truth prepping for his holy night He sees his crescent and the star in the virgin sky He hears the call of milk and honey from the afterlife As he eases to the check point, he is calm and sure It's collateral damage, it's the cost of war It's another bag of bones for the gods to sort It's another bag of bones for the gods to step up and sort [Verse 3] It's the species disappearing, all the birds fly south A January heat wave and a pulsing crowd It's an African militia, kids with submachines It's a conflict diamond on your bride to be It's the dispossessed lining up at every gate It's the facts worth facing, faced way too late It's the mission of modernity, go get what's yours' 'Til there's nothing leftover to get no more It's not what were owed but it's what we've earned It's closer than we realized that it's time now, to burn Oh, It's time now to burn Oh and it's time now to burn Oh and it's time now to burn To burn (whoo!) [Instrumental Outro]
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