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The Shores of Acheron

by Ivan Figgs

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When midnight murmurs circle And dance around your head You hear what they are saying And you wish that you were dead Your mind is streaming forward But your brain just can't go on And you wake up washed up, stranded On the shores of Acheron The blinding sunlight pierces The deepest regions of your mind And the blasting heat it causes Your frozen heart-strings to unwind You take your listless dignity And the crutch it rests upon And you leave it there forgotten On the shores of Acheron If you can't pay the boatman's toll You'll have to wait there You're just a shade It hurts you, you just want to go But it's to late The world's begun to fade And when your logic centers Have fused into your eyes To cry your nameless feelings And melt them into lies You call out to worshiped idols But they've already gone They've left you wandering blindly On the shores of Acheron
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In the desert with the Devil and the Ace of Spades I had my colors burning And though they tried to keep me still Well I just kept on turning When I turn from Side to Side Loosen up my grip Saw that handle coming I tried to let it slip Well Satan he pointed out the sun I did not think it funny And when I turned to take a look You know he pulled out all his money I said the cash is fabulous An offer you can't refuse Except that when you lose you win And when you win you lose Well the Ace of Spades he just fell right down Lay there on his back I stretched out my hand to help him up He just said, "Get back"
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Interlude #1 02:42
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I don't know just What to do My brain's full up with Thoughts of you I just can't get you Out of my mind It don't matter you were So unkind You got me running myself so Far up the wall You go me so close to the edge I'm ready to fall Sometimes it's so hard to Stand the pain If I don't see you I'm gonna Go insane And if you wont see me well then I'm gonna come see you There's nothing that you could Do or say Would make me want to Go away I love you far more than You can see And I know deep down You still feel something for me And you know that I don't Want you to be mine I don't want to own you Or make you walk the line And if you truly want us To be apart I'll stay away though it Tears out my heart But until you say those words I'm gonna come see you
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Interlude #2 01:19
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I'm leavin' tonight on that midnight train I'm leavin' tonight on that midnight train I'm leavin' tonight on that midnight train Being with you has driven me insane I keep on going 'cause I want to live I keep on going 'cause I want to live I keep on going 'cause I want to live And baby you want what I just can't give You tell me you don't know what I mean Well I guess that's true You were never with me when we were down on the scene You were always fucking 'round with You know who You'll never know what I've been through You'll never know what I've been through You'll never know what I've been through And I haven't got the time to waste on you I still think about you know and then I still think about you know and then I still think about you know and then But baby I hope that I never see you again
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I'm walking on the backroads of time But I can't seem to find my way It’s dark and my feet are getting tired And I just want to see another day The forests burn and earth dissolves But I just keep walking on My shoes are gone, my feet are full of holes And I just want to see the dawn The forests darken and I can hear Distant laughter from the golden shore But as I walk the laughter fades And the flames they burn once more On the sands of sweet serenity The calm and warming sunlight gleams But I am here, and here I’ll stay In this land of forgotten dreams

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released May 7, 2013

Devil & the Ace of Spades lyrics by George Figgs

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