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{I usually try to structure the lyrics so that each line in a stanza corresponds to the same amount of time.
The way Maynard wrote the lyrics on this album makes that a rather poor (and difficult) method.
So, I instead tried a different means to the same end and attempted to write it in the manner easiest to sing.
Obviously this is more subjective and I apologize if it causes problems.

Throughout this album there are a great many echo effects used. I generally ignored these.
I made note some of the times it was rather pronounced.

Also, there were several times that a repeated line was faded out, When this happened I tried to write down the number of times it was audible, and then note it was fading.}


THIRTEENTH STEP

The Package - Weak and Powerless - The Noose - Blue - Vanishing - A Stranger - The Outsider - Crimes - The Nurse Who Loved Me - Pet - Lullaby - Gravity


[The Package]

Clever got me this far,
Then tricky got me in,
Eye on what I'm after,
I don't need another friend.
Smile and drop the cliché,
'Til you think I'm listening,
I take just what I came for,
Then I'm out the door again

Peripheral along the package,
Don't care to settle in,
Time to feed the monster,
I don't need another friend,
Comfort is a mystery,
Crawling out of my own skin,
Just give me what I came for,
And I'm out the door again

Lie to get what I came for,
Lie to get just what I need,
Lie to get what I crave,
Lie and smile to get what's mine

Eye on what I'm after,
I don't need another friend,
Nod and watch your lips move,
If you need me to pretend,
Because clever got me this far,
Then tricky got me in,
I'll take just what I came for,
Then I'm out the door again

Lie to get what I came for,
Lie to get what I need now,
Lie to get what I'm craving,
Lie and smile to get what's mine
-Give this to me

mine, mine, mine
Take what's mine,
Mine, mine, mine,
Take what's mine,
Mine, mine, mine-

Lie to get what I came for,
Lie to get what I need now,
Lie to get what I crave,
Lie to smile and get what's mine
-Give this to me,

Take what's mine,
Mine, mine, mine,
Take what's mine

Give this to me.

Take what's mine,
take what's mine,
Mine,
take what's mine,
take what's mine,
take what's mine,
This is mine,
mine
mine-


[Weak and Powerless]

Tilling my own grave to keep me level,
Jam another dragon down the hole,
Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren,
One that pushes me along and leaves me so

Desperate
and
ravenous,
So weak
and
powerless,
Over you

Someone feed the monkey,
While I dig in search of China,
White as Dracula as I approach the bottom

Desperate
and
ravenous,
So weak
and
powerless,
Over you

{echo effect through this section}
Little angel go away,
Come again some other day,
Devil has my ear today,
I'll never hear a word you say,
You promised I would find a little solace
and some piece of mind,
Whatever, just as long as I don't feel so

Desperate
and
ravenous,
So weak
and
powerless
Desperate
and
ravenous,
So weak
and
powerless,
Over

Over you


[The Noose]

So glad to see you well,
Overcome and completely silent now,
With heaven's help,
You cast your demons out

And not to pull your halo down,
Around your neck and tug you off your cloud,

But I'm more than just a little curious,
How you're planning to go about making your amends

to the dead,

to the dead

Recall the deeds as if they're all,
Someone else's atrocious stories,
Now you stand reborn before us all,
So glad to see you well

And not to pull your halo down,
Around your neck and tug you to the ground,
But I'm more than just a little curious,
How you're planning to go about making your amends

to the dead,

to the dead

With your halo slipping down,
Your halo's slipping
(Your halo's slipping down, 2x)
{Maynard 1}                      {Maynard 2}
(Your halo's slipping          More than just a little curious,
 down,                         how you're planning to go about making. 4x)
 Your halo's slipping down,    Your
 Your halo's slipping down,
 to choke you now


[Blue]

{lot of echo effect in this song}
I didn't want to know,
I just didn't want to know,
Best to keep things in the shallow end,
'Cause I never quite learned how to swim
I just didn't want to know,
Didn't want, didn't want, didn't want, didn't want {fading out}

Close my eyes just to look at you,
Taken by the seamless vision,
I close my eyes, (ignore the smoke, 3x)

Call it aftermath, she's turning blue,
Such a lovely color for you,
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue,
While I just sit and stare at you

Because I don't want to know

I didn't want to know,
I just didn't want to know,
I just didn't want

Mistook their nods for an approval,
Just ignore the smoke and smile

Call it aftermath, she's turning blue,
Such a lovely color for you,
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue,
Such a perfect color for your eyes,
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue,
Such a lovely color for you,
Call if aftermath, she's turning blue,
While I just sit and stare at you

I don't want to know


[Vanishing]

{more echoes in this one}
Disappear,
disappear,
Higher, higher,
Into the air,
Slowly disappear,
No, no longer here

Disappear,
disappear,
Thinner, thinner,
Into the air,
Never really here,
Wasn't ever

-Like a thought brushing up against a, a sigh-

sigh {whispered}

(Floating away 25x)

Vanishing like a
cyan Sunday,
Disappear,
disappear,
Vanish, vanish,
into the air,
Slowly disappear,
Never really here

{whispering, floating away mostly}


[A Stranger]

Cast the calming apple,
Up and over satellites,
To draw out the timid wild one,
To convince you it's alright

And I listen for the whisper,
Of your sweet insanity,
While I formulate denials
of your affect on me {echo}
You're a stranger so what do I care?,
You vanish today, not the first time I hear
all the lies

{it's quiet, i dunno here}

What am I to do with all this silence?

Shy away, shy away phantom,
Run away terrified child,
Won't you move away you fucking tornado,
I'm better off without you tearing my will down


[The Outsider]

Help me if you can,
It's just that this
is not the way I'm wired
So could you please,
Help me understand why,
You've given in to all these
reckless dark desires You're
lying to yourself again,
Suicidal imbecile,
Think about it, put it on the fault line,
What it take to get it through to you precious?,
I'm over this, why do you want to throw it away like this?,
Such a mess, why would I want to watch you?

Disconnect and self-destruct, one bullet at a time,
What's your rush now? Everyone will have his day to die

Medicated,
drama queen,
picture perfect, numb belligerence,
Narcissistic,
drama queen,
craving fame and all this decadence
Lying through your teeth again,
Suicidal imbecile,
Think about it, put it on the fault line,
What it take to get it through to you precious?,
I'm over this, why do you want to throw it away like this?,
Such a mess, why would I want to watch you?

Disconnect and self-destruct, one bullet at a time,
What's your rush now? Everyone will have his day to die {echo}

They were right about you,

they were right about you

Lying to my face again,
Suicidal imbecile,
Think about it, you put it on the fault line,
What it take to get it through to you precious?,
I'm over this, why do you want to throw it away like this?,
Such a mess, over this, over this!

Disconnect and self-destruct, one bullet at a time,
What's your hurry? Everyone will have his day to die,
If you choose to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere,
Do it somewhere far away from here.


[Crimes]

-One,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six,
Seven,
Eight,
(Nine, x4)
(Ten, x14)- {fading out}

{background recording, sounds kinda like a trial, hear "jury"}


[The Nurse Who Loved Me {Failure cover}]

Say hello to the rug's topography,
It holds quite a lot of interest with your face down on it

Say hello to the shrinking in your head,
You can't see it, but you'll know it's there, So don't neglect it

I'm taking her home with me,
all dressed in white,
She's got everything I need,
pharmacy keys,
She's falling hard for me,
I can see it in her eyes,
She acts just like a nurse
with all the other guys

Say hello to all the apples on the ground,
They were once in your eyes, But you sneezed them out while sleeping,

Say hello to everything you've left behind,
It's even more a part of your life now that you can't touch it

I'm taking her home with me,
all dressed in white,
She's got everything I need,
some pills and a little cup,
She's falling hard for me,
I can see it in her eyes,
She acts just like a nurse
with all the other guys

She's got everything I need,
pharmacy keys,
She acts just like a nurse
with all the other guys

Say hello to the rug's topography


[Pet]

Don't fret precious, I'm here.
Step away from the window
-away from window-
and go, back to sleep.

Lay your head down child,
I won't let the boogeyman come,
Counting bodies like sheep,
To the rhythm of the war drums

Pay no mind to the rabble,
pay no mind to the rabble,
Head down, go to sleep,
to the rhythm of the war drums

Pay no mind what other voices say,
They don't care about you,
like I do. -like I do-
Safe from pain, and truth, and choice,
and other poison devils,
See? They don't give a fuck about you,
like I do.
Just stay with me,
safe and ignorant, Go
back to sleep, go
back to sleep.

Lay your head down child,
I won't let the boogeyman come,
Count the bodies like sheep,
To the rhythm of the war drums

Pay no mind to the rabble,
pay no mind to the rabble,
Head down, go to sleep,
to the rhythm of the war drums

I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons,
I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason,
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices son,
They're one and the same, I must isolate you,
Isolate and save you from yourself

Swaying to the rhythm of the New World Order and,
Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums

The boogeymen are coming, the boogeymen are coming,
Keep your head down, go to sleep to the rhythm of the war drums

Stay with me,
safe and ignorant,
Just, stay with me,
Hold you and protect you from the other ones,
the evil ones,
Don't love you son,
go back to sleep

[Lullaby]

(Go back to sleep 7x) {continues, fading out}

{vocalizing}


[Gravity]

Lost again, broken and weary,
Unable to, find my way,
Tail in hand, dizzy and clearly unable to
just let this go

I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown,
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun,
I choose to live

I fell again, like a baby unable to stand on my own,
Tail in hand, dizzy and clearly unable to
just let this go,
High and surrendering to gravity and the unknown,
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun,
(I choose to live 3x)

Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun,
Help me survive the bottom

Calm these hands before, they,
Snare another pill, and
drive another nail, down
another meaty hole, Please release me

I am surrendering to the gravity and the unknown,
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun,

I choose to live,

I choose to live



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