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Alive & Divided
03:56
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Turn down the silence / You’re above the charade
Distill the jealousy in your eyes
I like the violence / Oh I know you’re afraid
But they will never proclaim you’re right
When the lights beginning to fade / Discover in your eyes (Your eyes)
When the love starts melting away / Discover in your eyes
You’re alive and divided
I thrive on crisis / Intuition is vague
You’ll find the remedy in your eyes
Trade touch for violence / If your conscience is claimed
Concede the answer in your eyes
When the lights beginning to fade / Discover in your eyes (Your eyes)
When the love starts melting away / Discover in your eyes
You’re alive and divided
When the light’s beginning to fade/ Discover in your eyes (Your eyes)
When the night starts making mistakes / Discover in your eyes
You’re alive and divided
No I don’t wanna / I don’t wanna / I don’t wanna / play games
With a look that’s meant for me it’s all the same
No I don’t wanna / I don’t wanna / I don’t wanna / know why
But the rain has come and you and I will / Dance across the lies
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The Safe Word (Is Don't)
03:59
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She was looking for the answers / When the voices came a callin' down the hall
She had stitches from another / And a picture of her mother on the wall.
It makes for dirty conversation / When the moment comes a knockin' and you want to.
Then there’s the moment you discover / What was underneath the covers all along
What’s the matter / What’s the matter / Will you shatter
It’s your emotion.
What’s the matter / What’s the matter / Say you matter,
If you’re alright
She didn’t know to mind her manners / She couldn’t name a safe word (or flag a code)
But she knew just what she wanted / And she knew she couldn’t do it all alone
It makes for dirty conversation / When a lover makes an offer and you want to.
Then there’s the moment you recover / What was hid beneath the covers all along
What’s the matter / What’s the matter / Will you shatter
It’s your emotion.
What’s the matter / What’s the matter / Say you matter,
If you’re alright
Feel / don’t feel / don’t feel / don’t feel at all
Let go and watch her as she falls
Let yourself decide who’s in control
Her pain will free her to be bold
Feel / don’t feel / don’t feel / don’t feel at all
Let go and watch her as she falls
When you can’t take anymore / make the call
It’s time for the safe word
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Eventualities
03:51
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I want to fall in love with you / I want to shudder when the night starts calling
I want to fall in love with you / I want to stutter when I bleed this story
It could be something in the air / Another symptom of this cruel affair
I want to fall in love with you / I want to trespass on the one before me
You can banish all of your sins
But once you try it / You cannot deny it
Eventualities
I want to fall in love with you / I would consider it a splendid foray
I want to fall in love with you / I will desire what does not restore me
It could be something in the air / Another method to define despair
I want to fall in love with you / I want to bury what was lost before me
You can banish all of your sins
But once you try it / You cannot deny it
Eventualities
Standing next to you / I have no doubt / I am your cause for change
A seemingly indulgent joke / a sigh / I’m addicted to your lie machine
The pain / I won’t regret it
Shout!
It only stands to reason
Oh what are we talking about / Oh what are we talking about
You can banish all of your sins
But once you try it / You cannot deny it
Eventualities
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I’m not afraid of you / I must be lying
The things I have seen / You were lead to believe / Rest assured
This is precarious / So smile
I’ll give to you / give to you / give to you
What you deserve
Because I will forget it / If you don’t deny it
I will forget it / If you don’t deny it (Hush)
I’m your untested lover / But let’s not define it
I’m not a stranger / To what you know
It all leads to nothing, this setting, this life, don’t you know?
I’m not a stranger / To what you know
Disguised in this science / This fiction is out of control
I was unlocked for you / Why don’t you like it?
The lonely are leaving / and I won’t be given a choice
Oooh / I’m just a shell of you / I’m done tryin’
You got to give to me / give to me / give to me
What you destroy
Because I will forget it / If you don’t deny it
I will forget it / If you don’t deny it (Hush)
I’m your taste for another / But let’s not define it
I’m not a stranger / To what you know
They capitalize / on the selling of lies / don’t you know?
I’m not a stranger / To what you know
Disguised in this science / This fiction is out of control
This loving you / It leaves me cold
I’m not a stranger / To what you know
It all leads to nothing, this setting, this life, don’t you know?
I’m not a stranger / To what you know
Disguised in this science / This fiction is out of control
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What you’re becoming / It sets me off
I bet you think I got it wrong
But since you had another / Can’t shake it off
I’m not your cause / I’m not the reason / I’m just your patient
A little something to regret
I’m not a character / In need of defamation
I bring the noise
The subtle machinations of love
I wish that only jealousy was enough
The subtle machinations of love
I wish you would exonerate / Give it up
I know / I know
What you’re becoming / Won’t get me off
I bet you’ve heard it all before
But since I seem to stutter / I’ll monetize a thought
I’m not your cause / I’m your reason / I’m just the razor
A little cut beneath the skin
I’m not the paranoid / trippin’ on allegations
I bring the noise
The subtle machinations of love
I wish that only jealousy was enough
The subtle machinations of love
I wish you would exonerate / Give it up
I know / I know
Want you better / When you’re not sorry
Want you better / When you’re awake
Want you better / When you’re not sorry
We’ve been severed by these mistakes
Want you better / When you’re not sorry
Want you better / When you’re awake
Want you better / When you’re not sorry
We’ve been tethered by this heartache
So liberator (liberator) / liberator (liberator) / Deliberate
The subtle machinations of love
I wish that only jealousy was enough
The subtle machinations of love
I wish you would exonerate / Give it up
I know / I know
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The Charm Offensive Vancouver, British Columbia
Hatch Benedict, frontman for Vancouver musical pillars Sex with Strangers, leads this unabashedly hook-filled dance fodder known as The Charm Offensive. Lyrical content comes from Benedict and his wife Trish Kelly, and includes songs about your favourite HBO show, your least favourite American president, and of course, Benedict’s favourite theme, the night. ... more
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