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"Tillin' my own grave to keep me level, jam another dragon down that hole. Diggin' 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".
It has an opening in the belly... A weary anger discouraged by resignation; it drags forward weakly, trying to lose itself in apathy.
"Ho osservato una lumaca strisciare lungo il filo di un rasoio. Questo è il mio sogno e il mio incubo... Strisciare, scivolare lungo il filo di un rasoio e sopravvivere".
There is a sort of quest for self-destruction, a frustrated aspiration that continues to keep it alive.
In "Thirteenth Step" A Perfect Circle maintain their expressive abilities unchanged; a magnetic CD. Dynamic outbursts come to life from a blend of arpeggios and enveloping riffs, each instrument synergistically finds its overall dimension, in a scenario of emotional states and contrasts.
"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".
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
01 The Package (07:43)
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 cliche
'Till you think I'm listening
I take just what I came for
Then I'm out the door again
Peripheral on 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, then 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'm craving
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
02 Weak and Powerless (03:17)
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.
Little angel go away; come again some other day.
The devil has my ear, today; I'll never hear a word you say.
Promised I will find a little solace and some peace 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 you.
03 The Noose (04:55)
So glad to see you well.
Overcome them, completely silent now.
With heaven's help,
You've 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 plannin' to go about makin' 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 plannin' to go about makin' your amends
To the dead, to the dead.
With your halo slippin' down, your halo slippin',
Your halo slippin' down, your halo slippin' down.
Your halo (I'm more than just a little curious)
Slippin' down (how you're plannin' to go about makin' your amends),
Your halo (I'm more than just a little curious)
Slippin' down (how you're plannin' to go about makin' your amends),
Your halo (I'm more than just a little curious)
Slippin' down (how you're plannin' to go about makin' your amends),
Your halo (I'm more than just a little curious)
Slippin' down (how you're plannin' to go about makin' your amends).
Your halo slippin' down, your halo slippin' down,
To choke you now.
04 Blue (04:16)
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...
Close my eyes just to look at you
Taken by the seamless vision
I close my eyes
Ignore the smoke
Ignore the smoke
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call an optimist, 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 an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a perfect color for your eyes
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
While I just sit and stare at you
I don't wanna know
05 Vanishing (04:54)
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 sigh.
Floatin' away, floatin' away,
Floatin' away, floatin' away,
Floatin' away, floatin' away,
Floatin' away, floatin' away.
Floatin' away, floatin' away,
Floatin' away, floatin' away,
Floatin' away, floatin' away,
Floatin' away, floatin' away.
Vanishing like a cyan soleil.
Disappear, disappear.
Vanish, vanish into the air.
Slowly disappear.
Never really here.
Floatin' away, floatin' away,
Floatin' away, floatin' away,
Floatin' away, floatin' away,
Floatin' away, floatin' away.
06 A Stranger (03:14)
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 effect on me
You're a stranger
So what do I care
You vanish today
Not the first time I hear
All the lies
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
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By KiccoLSD1
Absolutely noteworthy is Maynard’s voice in singing the chorus: it becomes an indispensable part of the song itself just as much as the guitar or the drums, in a word: Hypnotic.
It’s absolutely the song you would never expect to hear on an album like this; it’s the break from the past, it’s visionary: it’s like being in a lucid stream of consciousness.
