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Remember raising lab rats
with fur of soft clean white
Remember not remembering
Remember letting them die
Dug a grave to bury
Was it you I put inside
Let go
I won't
You know
As well I don't
Remember you're my lab rat
Experimentally mine
Remember everything I do to you
is in the name of science
Tremble as I grasp you
Tuck those little legs inside
Let go
I won't
You know
As well I don't
Watch you run
It's like you don't think you're safe
Run, run, run
You'll only stay in one
Watch you run
It's like you don't think you're safe
Run, run, run
You'll only stay in one place
You'll only stay in one place
You'll only stay in one place
You'll only
Let go
I won't
You know
As well I don't
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We Were Rotating
03:21
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Why did the background move
while you remained in constant view?
We were rotating
Did I feel my joints pulling outward from the center point?
We were rotating, we were rotating
Elevating as we spin around
Geyser skyward on a molten wave of sound
We revolve
Why did the clouds exchange
from the jagged coast to mountain range?
We were rotating
Did my soul pass through other souls along the way to you?
We were rotating, we were rotating
Elevating as we spin around
Geyser skyward on a molten wave of sound
We revolve
Why did the background move
while you remained in constant view?
We were ro, we were ro, we were rotating
We were ro, we were
Rotating
We were ro, we were
Rotating
We were ro, we were
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You can look down on me
You can look down on me, but I will continue
And you can try to block me
You can try to block me
I will go thru you
I will go thru you
I will go thru you
I will get through
by shifting so that yours and my
molecules perfectly misalign
Showing your doubt in me
You're sharing your doubt in me
But I will forgive you
Why would you try to stop me?
You should not try to stop me
I will go thru you
I will go thru you
I will go thru you
I will get through
by shifting so that yours and my
molecules perfectly misalign
And I'm just passing through
It is the only way
I'm just passing through
Is it such a change?
You know we all occupy
We all occupy the same space
Running aground on me
Running aground on me, but I will release you
I promise you it's real
I'll show you how it feels
I will go thru you
I will go thru you
I will go thru you
I will get through
by shifting so that yours and my
molecules perfectly misalign
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What's living underneath you
Can it be extended and reduced?
Yearn to be something bigger
and indeed, this is something bigger than you
And stronger, hungry too
You open up that hole and fall right through
And nothing I can say will help you
Search for someone, anybody who cares
What crawls out from under vacant stares?
Search for someone, anybody who cares
We crawl out from under vacant stares
What's living underneath me
Is it something I'm supposed to know?
What turns the gears beneath the engine that
controls where all my thoughts go?
They're churning, chafing too
And look at what you've got yourself into
Nothing I can say will help you
Search for someone, anybody who cares
What crawls out from under vacant stares?
Search for someone, anybody who cares
We crawl out from under vacant stares
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Did you see the colors running
They were flowing from my eye
Even as the lids slide downward
I can see the shining sky
From my face (color falls)
In my weakness (color falls)
From my veins (color falls)
Pouring over every wavelength
Under ultraviolet sky
Pour another glass of shadows
Before you step into the light
From my face (color falls)
In my weakness (color falls)
From my veins (color falls)
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