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I am chameleon, I learn to change my shape
My skin is crawling, my voice will fluctuate
You live above me, you have a normal day
I live beneath you, but I can pay my way
Alive in Shadows
Reciprocation, it is a two way street
Humiliation, it is the food I eat
You feed it to me, I lay down at your feet
Do I belong here in your society
Alive in Shadows
We creep along like shadows in the night
To hide in corners you will never find
I am chameleon, I learn to change my shape
My skin is crawling, my voice will fluctuate
You live above me, it is the price you pay
I live beneath you, but I can pay my way
Alive in Shadows
We creep along like shadows in the night
To hide in corners you will never find
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2. |
Drop The Pieces
02:45
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Now that we're dead
And the dogs have our bones
We can laugh at our ink
Our hubris, our phones
In come the scribes
Like hunters and prey
Fishing for clues
To rewrite the days
Drop the pieces
Now that we're gone
The ghosts in our beds
Howl all the names
We held in our heads
Out went the logic
To make room for the saints
The patrons' new masters
With fresh cans of paint
Drop the pieces
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3. |
Reaction
03:07
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You call my name
turn your back
you don't hear me
To place the blame and feel
attacked and defeated
It's not the same with us
this depravation
So jump this train, this bus
I'll find you a station
Never felt right this reaction
This reaction to me, repeated
We run and turn and hide
I don't believe it
We read between the lines
make up these meanings
We learn to live, we die
give, give up
feel defeated
We spend to fill our time
each day is repeated
Never felt right this reaction.
This reaction to me, repeated
Read between the lines
Now it's lost it's meaning
It’s how I spend my time
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4. |
This Currency Exchanged
03:15
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Hit me like a wave
A feeling too uncommon
Every look we trade
Just pulls us deeper in
This currency exchanged
We're no longer shopping
We're on a different plane
A new start begins
Can't put a price on it
We know it's still worth something
It's worth this conversation
Worth unravelling
Don't like what's underneath
Just add a different topping
These games we have to play
No time to question it
Now we trade in flesh to bury our frustration
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5. |
Elapsed Remaining
03:56
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I took a number
I took a seat
And from where I'm sitting
It’s all out of reach
If you find me on the steps
With my chin to my chest
It's because I've been waiting
Waiting like the rest
Time elapsed, time remaining
So much time, time just wasted
I live by the letter
I live by a creed
Waste not, want not
I live within my means
Waste not, want not
Because nothing's ever free
Time elapsed, time remaining
So much time, time just wasted
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6. |
Early Western Traders
03:03
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Early western traders
Landing on these shores
Late night Cretans
Knocking in our doors
Befrienders of the glorious
Feasting in our fields
Lovers and their sidekicks
Busy making deals
Coffins for the gentlemen
So we all believe
Gather all our sorrow
And sell it to the plebes
No agreement in this nation
Confusion in the streets
We fill our shelves with expensive shit
No dignity, just grief
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7. |
Knock Don't Run
03:30
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Knock, don't run
Tripping on a history
Of wars not won
Can't define this mystery
If I'm the one
Tell it to your vanity
Prodigal son
Sell it
Sell it to your family
Sell it all at once
Darkness hides
Right behind TV light
In bars at night
Drinking for our sanity
Will we decide
Or will we languish in this dream
Of empty lives
Living
If I'm the one
Tell it to your vanity
A father's pride
Falling from his family tree
Sell it to your family
Sell it all at once
Knock, don't run
You are just your father's son
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8. |
Burned By A Fever
03:18
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Burned by a fever, lost all reason, lost our heads
Want to believe her when she's lying in my bed
Like two hot wires controversial to connect
Full of desire and an ego to protect
The smell of fire, something burning brought you in
Dying to know what's underneath the surface
Look for a feeling, something warm to the touch
Nothing to see here, move along, your time is up
Is this real? Is this a dream?
Have I lost my memory?
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Like a dog in a fight
Don't know wrong from what's right
The blind leading the blind
No longer careful with words
I can't believe what I heard
Perception is so disturbed
Now her pen is hot
Your middle finger is not
So just go piss in the wind
Look, you hit a wall
No more callers to call
You were so blind in the light
I reject your pretext
my reflex to your lame excuse
Like a dog in a fight
Don't know wrong from what's right
Lost in the darkest of times
No longer careful with words
I can't believe what I heard
Lost in a vacuum of sound
Now her pen is hot
Your middle finger was not
You won't let anyone in
Look, you hit a wall
No more callers to call
It's time to call it a night
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10. |
Split Decision
02:49
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Outboard motor, harbor view
Sun on the bay, blinding you
Out on the water there are no regrets
Want to be free, want to forget
Giving notice, in from the cold
No ever-after, no getting old
Need to commit, need to revise
A trace of bourbon and a cube of ice
Across the border, out of view
Sun on the bed, silhouette of you
Walk on water, lost all bets
You make me free, you make me forget
Give me purpose when I grow old
Can’t live forever, I can’t let go
I can’t commit, I can’t revise
A trace of bourbon and a cup of ice
No clear vision
Split decision
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SAVAK Brooklyn, New York
Formed in 2015 by members of The Obits, Holy Fuck and The Cops.
SAVAK is Sohrab Habibion, Michael Jaworski and Matt Schulz.
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