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Peaceful as Hell

by Black Dresses

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1.
(rook) when everything breaks down and we're drowning in blood even in the depths i treasure everything that we've become it's like a pearl formed from the pressure of all the blood in a world of nightmares it's feeding on love it's growing stronger and coming alive it's so scared and confused but it still wants to survive it dreams of a future: impending doom it clings to the hope that it might pull through and everyone stares at it with disdain but it's trying so hard every single day all we can do is try again all we can do is try again all we can do is try again all we can do is try again (rook+devi) all we can do is try again all we can do is try again all we can do is try again all we can do is try again (???) try..........again
2.
(devi) its just rock and roll, it's not that serious. worthless praying keep the music playing can you keep on singing with me as the hours stretch on so evil? hopeless loving shitty beat keeps thumping lets get one more song in I can't stand the endless silence dragging on (rook) fragile survival falling thru the cracks of what's left everything ends but i got 60% left battle-damage purgatory hell-world princess somehow everything's still unfolding somehow we're both still holding on (devi) die die for real burn in hell die right now kissed by fire in the night burn in hell stay alive hell is life stay... please. please stay. (devi) can u be as safe as u can? (rook) i know its not that easy (devi) can u stay alive if u can? (rook) i know its barely up to us (devi) there's a part of me that wants to keep destroying me there's a part of me that wants to keep destroying me there's a part of me that wants to keep destroying me I'll keep coming back together again I don't wanna be alone worthless dreaming in a dying world that I already love so I can't give it up yet AAAA!!!! (rook) everything ends but i got 60% left battle-damage purgatory hell-world princess somehow everything's still unfolding somehow we're both still holding on (devi) worthless praying keep the music playing can you keep on singing with me as the hours stretch on so endless hopeless loving (rook) holding on (devi) beat keeps thumping (rook) just hold on (devi) lets get one more song in (rook) fuck... (devi) I have one more song and...
3.
ANGEL HAIR 02:44
(rook) sticky sticky thoughts she thought she could be stronger quickly ticking heart shes not a quick responder pulling crickets out of her mind it kinda wanders busy busy girl she knows how bad u want her dead i know but i dont care theres feelings in the air i breathe i cant take it any longer i just wanna have a good time (devi) I just gotta let it go cover my head in sweet honey, love me I won't fight for air, just love me I won't fight for air I wanna fall apart my heart is sweet and mushy I never wanted anything or anything tied up in tangled angels hair (rook) itty-bitty worry a sign of something larger tryna chill and push it aside its getting harder sky inside her head quickly getting darker itchy itchy brain hang on a little longer it feels like the world has lost her drippy drippy dreams its all becoming water creepy creepy ship inside a spooky harbor dizzy dizzy world inside her dizzy heart her heart just falls apart (devi) I just gotta let it go cover my head in sweet honey, love me I won't fight for air, just love me I won't fight for air I wanna fall apart my heart is sweet and mushy I never wanted anything or anything tied up in tangled angels hair (rook) theres a dying world inside theres a dying world inside my head i cant find a way to get out everything is falling apart its alright alright theres a dying world inside theres a dying world inside my head i cant find a way to get out everything is falling apart its alright alright alright umm,
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(rook) i think i'm still alive i'm still recovering but there- so deep inside there's something slithering deeper, deeper, deeper in i know i know this feeling so once again here we go again it's all we have ok, (rook+devi) beautiful friendship burning up in this tiny little moment of time we will always try our best to shine bright!! (rook) MELT THE HURT AWAY BEAUTIFUL DECAY TRANSIENT CANT TAKE THIS SPARKLING RAINBOW MELT THE HURT AWAY BEAUTIFUL DECAY TRANSIENT CANT TAKE THIS SPARKLING RAINBOW (devi) beautiful friendship burning up in this tiny little moment of time we gotta do our best to to try to make it last we will always do our best to shine bright (rook) future burning bright FUTURE BURNING future burning bright FUTURE BURNING!! (rook+devi) beautiful friendship burning up in this tiny little moment of time we will always try our best to shine bright beautiful friendship burning up in this tiny little moment of time we will always try our best to shine bright!!
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(rook) i just wanna be nice but everything is freaky everyone is walking a tightrope so easy-peasy i dont wanna fall but more than that, i dont want them to see me fall ive practiced so hard ive tried it all believe me (devi) i just wanna be nice conversations flow like murky waters thru a stream everybody struggles, words get tangled twisted, sounding mean when they don't even mean to be fucked up but it could still be really badly fucked up but that's ok everyone makes mistakes unless it's not a mistake unless it's not a mistake I just wanna be nice I just wanna be nice I just wanna be nice (rook) im so cute and well-adjusted i know exactly what to say i hope no one discovers i struggle with it every day how the FUCK does language work what do people like to hear?? i dont wanna be uncool but i need TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE i know u can see my soul i know u can see right thru the hole i know u can see my soul i know u can see right thru the hole i just wanna be nice i just wanna be NICE I JUST WANNA BE- (devi) I wanna give people a chance but they keep letting me down I wanna be wrong again I wanna be wrong about being wrong this world shouldn't need to feel so lonely is it because I'm too angry to be around anyone again? ummmm... FUCK THIS SHIT! I'm so cute and well-adjusted I'm so cute and well-adjusted I'm so cute and well-adjusted I'm so cute and well-adjusted I'm so cute and well-adjusted I'm so cute and well-adjusted I'm so cute and well-adjusted
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(devi) it's ok to keep your soul hidden keep a secret to yourself it's ok to be a bad singer you can sing a special song all by yourself it's ok if your soul is h... it's ok it's um I don't wanna speak a word caught in a sunbeam of purity rewarded for my bad behavior burnt down bridge to recovery (rook) i don't wanna speak i'm caught in sunlight is it right to be burning so many bridges what's right for me? (devi) BLISS AND STUPIDITY IF LIFE IS DEATH THEN I'll just live IF IT'S REALLY GONNA BE THAT SHIT UHUH IF IT'S REALLY GONNA BE THAT SHIT I'LL WRITE ANOTHER SONG I TIED IT UP IN RIBBONS I PUT THE SPARKLE ON I thought it would be enough but I was wrong (rook+devi) i just wanna be liked by everyone i just wanna see the stars the moon and the sun and feel at peace with the world no enemies but i'm still falling down (rook) still chasing lucidity (devi) still chasing bliss and stupidity (devi) alright um she comes in looking kinda scary I'm looking kinda zoned out They say "love suffers from a guitar" I say throw the fucking guitar out but every day is the same it's just more of the boring shit from before I thought it could be something different but no it's the same thing only much more (rook) i keep making enemies out of situations that i don't understand i just try to keep it basic but everything's so (rook+devi) complicated i get so frustrated trying to figure it out out out out out (devi) i just wanna be liked by everyone (rook+devi) i just wanna be liked by everyone i just wanna see the stars the moon and the sun and feel at peace with the world no enemies but i'm still falling down still chasing bliss and stupidity (devi) i just wanna be (...) by everyone i just wanna see the stars the moon and the sun and feel at peace with the world no enemies but i'm still falling down still chasing bliss and stupidity (rook) if life is death then i'll just live if it's really gonna be that shit if it's really gonna be that shit i'll write another song another song i tied it up in ribbons i put the sparkle on is it enough? it's just a song. (devi) still... yo k
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MiRRORGiRL 02:17
(rook) tell me i can be anything tell me i can be what u want tell me i just have to try hard enough hard enough tell me i can be anything tell me i can be what u want tell me i just have to try hard enough hard enough (devi) a ghost-like shape (rook) is this everything i am? is this everything i am? (devi) a paper doll (rook) can i be anything more than this? (devi) a shadow-soul (rook) is this everything i am? is this everything i am? (devi) your mirror girl (rook) can i be anything else? CAN I BE ANYTHING ELSE?? tell me im just fucking confused show me all the things ive done tell me i can clearly do anything i want cant u see the look in my eyes...? cant u see the look in my eyes?? cant u see THE LOOK IN MY EYES CANT U SEE THE LOOK IN MY EYES (devi) just like TV (rook) is this everything i am? is this everything i am? (devi) not real at all (rook) can i be anything MORE THAN THIS?? (devi) the image blurs (rook) is this everything i am? is this everything i am? (devi) your mirror girl (rook) can i be anything else? CAN I BE ANYTHING ELSE?? (devi) a ghostlike shape (rook) can i be anything else? can i be anything else? (devi) a paper doll (rook) can i be anything else? can i be anything else? (devi) a shadow-soul (rook) can i be anything else? can i be anything else? (devi) your mirror girl (rook) AM I TRYING HARD ENOUGH?!??
8.
(rook) can you believe that we're still here and not in hell? or maybe this is some other world after it fell? somewhere far away that just could not be saved and all their dreams came crashing down can you believe that we still believe we can be saved? but we just try to make the best of the time that's left try to care for the ones who are special to us drowning in blood drowning in love the tiny worlds that we've become and we just try to make the best of the time that's left try to care for the ones who are special to us drowning in blood drowning in love the tiny worlds that we've become
9.
(devi) scared to death, death scared to death, death bloody worm goddess you look so pretty when you're scared to death it'll never change burning bright with fear and hopelessness tearing thru me again tearing thru me again trapped in amber again (rook+devi) scared to death of the hole scared to death of the whole world it's all true it's all true scared to death of the dream scared to death of the seams that you try to ignore it's all true it's all true (devi) IT'S ALL TRUE!!! (rook) trapped inside it again i don't sleep anymore i don't have any dreams i don't have a true form (rook+devi) trapped inside it again i don't sleep anymore i don't have any dreams i don't have a true form (devi) we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about (devi+rook) we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about (rook) we're gonna see its true form true form true form (devi) we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about (devi+rook) we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about (rook) we're gonna see its true form true form true form (devi) i always hope for the best in people (rook) find out find out find out true form true form find out find out true form true form true form (devi) we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about i always hope for the best in people (rook) true form TRUE FORM what its gonna be about true form TRUE FORM TRUE FORM find out what its TRUE FORM what its gonna (devi) we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about i always hoped for the best in people we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about we're gonna find out what it's gonna be about i always hoped for the best in people
10.
(devi) }}}}}} }}}}}} }}}}}}/// in hell where all the church bells sing demons take wing can't feel anything (rook) how do we get to the world inside our heads? how do we get to the world inside our heads? can we go there yet? (devi) come with me, haven't you healed your wounds already? don't you get what you need? why are you still weak? is it ok for me to be happy? is it really ok for me to happy? is it ok for me to be happy? turn up the radio play us a happiness song is it ok to be happy? is it really ok for me to happy? is it ok for me to be happy? hand me the aux let me play you a happiness song like confetti to a hurricane thru pain, i tried but things still stay the same in hell where all the church bells sing demons take wing (rook) how do we get how do we get to the world inside our head? come on girl, haven't you learned how to express yourself? why is it so hard to get you out of your shell? is it ok for me to be messy? is it really ok for me to be messy? is it ok for me to be messy? i don't know how to let it go i don't know is it really ok to be messy? is it really ok to be messy? is it ok for me to be messy? i don't know how to let it go how to let it
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SHARP HALO 02:49
(rook) i got a halo i got a halo i got a halo i got a halo (???) i'm an angel (rook) i'm spinning, burning, holy please do not say you know me only angels truly know me only angels truly slow me down so bright so cool so friendly and so nice so chill so fun n_n so sharp blood. (devi) games and destruction of life, what do you know about it? what do you know about it? what do you know... I just wanna HIDE WHERE GOD CAN NEVER FIND ME all my prayers are from the depths from the darkness FROM THE WOODS CRYING PRAYING WISHING for something better than this (rook) i got a halo i got a halo i got a halo i got a halo (???) i'm an- i'm an angel (devi) angel I hear you no need to scream so loud reach out and touch my hand I'm going to pull you down does it get any better than this? it doesn't get any better than this it d- it doesn't get any better than this does it get any better than this? (???) I DONT KNOW (rook) spinning burning burning spinning halo halo halo halo
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(devi) many bodies form a strange creature looks like faces blooming into nature everything bleeds into everything else I just wanna live I just wanna be whatever I am the impossible dream of having a skin everything crawls on, everything soaks in I'll be eaten by ants but I won't feel that bad I just wanna have my body to my Self while I still Am and I don't wanna be polluted by all the violence that already twisted me up the impossible dream of having a skin everything crawls on, everything goes in
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(devi) you could say anything that you want you could say anything that you want to you could say anything that you want you get to choose choose what matters to you you could say anything that you want I could say anything that I want to you could say anything that you want it's up to you to choose what's important to you (rook) but don't be weird, don't be mean you're on my computer screen it's my world, it's my life i'm a person please be nice (devi) I thought it was easy but everyone killed me I'm dead in the ground (rook) i don't even know who you are (devi) I breathe in so deeply the spring breeze kissing all my wounds (rook) please be nice it's really not that hard the sun is rising over my grave again i promise you'll be okay if i'm not your friend you can say anything you want you can say anything you want to it doesn't mean you're bad but sometimes love is holding back (rook+devi) you can you can say anything you want you can you can say anything you want to (rook) it doesn't mean that you're bad (devi) that you're good (rook) but (rook+devi) but sometimes love is holding BACK (rook+devi) but don't be weird, don't be mean you're on my computer screen it's my world, it's my life (devi) she's my world, she's my life (rook) i'm a person please be nice (devi) I THOUGHT IT WAS EASY BUT EVERYONE KILLED ME I'M DEAD IN THE GROUND (rook) i don't even know who you are (devi) I BREATHE IN SO DEEPLY THE SPRING BREEZE KISSING ALL MY WOUNDS (rook) please be nice it's really not that hard
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CREEP U 05:07
(rook) what do you know about my world? am i just a normal girl? am i something to be treasured or destroyed or pushed aside? what is the reason that you stare? do i make you feel scared? i'm a building that's condemned with only bugs living inside (devi+rook) do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? (devi) hiding in spiderwebs haunted dolls will turn their heads and look at you and wonder what it's like outside empty windows shine so strange like there's someone behind the pain of glass... that's my idea of a joke, did it make you laugh =_= (rook) and in the wind and pouring rain i'm so full of empty space and the water drips and rots my boards and shingles all away and in the rain and howling wind i think i feel my body sink into the mud and slime... will i ever truly feel alive? (devi+rook) do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out out do i creep u out? do i out do i creep o o o o o out out do out d a o i creep aaa a out c cc do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out? do i creep u out?
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666 02:46
(devi) even in hell sound spirals down alone in our torment our songs can reach to each other (rook) even in the void words bounce around echoes compound into another world that we can escape to (devi) that we can escape to at least i hope there's somewhere left to go and that we can all make it thru my heart always ached for a thing and I never even knew what it was my broken heart my broken soul my broken songs people made fun of the songs but... (rook+devi) and its true we're broken (rook) but we blend in with all of this debris so as long as were together hell's the safest place on earth for us to be (rook) thats all i got so far (devi) [coughing] sorry its pretty good... its ok (rook) i kinda like it... (devi) i mean i dunno... (rook) hmm... (devi) maybe, maybe we could fix it later (rook) yeah... sounds good

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