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New Fiction

by The Smyrk

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1.
You'll try to paint me into the lines of a past love But the tint won't saturate, won't match, when the two shots are lined up But that's still six months away And clear as a picture I'll capture everything you say And I'll still remember And though I wanna forget Time makes intentions irrelevant Until we all fall victim But I'm still tempted I'm trying to attempt it Wanna pre empt this tonight I'll try to make you into who I wanna see But you won't change, I'll recut the frame until it works for me But that's still six months away And clear as a picture I'll capture everything you say And I'll still remember
2.
I was your armor But you disappeared And yes I woulda loved for you to stay You were never there I persisted You insisted you weren't made for me So close, you had to be free I blinked and you fled the scene I just looked up, you were gone It's so wrong because I can't It's criminal, I just can't get over you lately But I'm tryin to, baby I want to but I can't It's criminal, I just can't get over you lately But I'm tryin to, baby Forgive me, but I Where are you now? Can we pretend this never happened You're a rorschach spot in my mind All black and white, it's a sign I see the sleight in your red right hand (tap tap and thumbs out) Through the cracks Your precognition is lackin Although, it's such a secretive war And I want to but We could have been so perfect You and I We could have been so perfect So tell me why I sheltered you from the dark Nothing could keep us apart It was perfect I was so deep in a love Close as the blood It was perfect Perfect
3.
It seems my mistakes Are scratched in ink never erased An angel with a hip to break when I just wanna move on Cause she knows It precipitates the friction My baby got a conflict addiction It's wrong To go on This time I tried to compromise She likes it best when we fall So tell me what it feels like getting over I tried I tried to make it right She won't accept it at all So tell me what it feels like getting over She knows what it takes To make my patience shake Accusatory glances whisper And upset the tone Cause she knows It precipitates the friction My baby got a conflict addiction It's wrong To go on
4.
Aphasia 02:35
You said I had every reason to trust you You said there's no way that you would ever let me down But you put doubts in my head Wonder what's underneath my bed, so I can't see any reason to trust you now Cause if I just stand by, I deserve Whatever I get but I can't help but be concerned You won't make this better... I could get involved but it's like I don't even care I don't feel, I don't feel right I'm at war with myself I would get involved but it's like I don't even care I'm at war with myself You failed You missed your calling I should scream at your gates til I'm crawling I think it's sick I think it's appalling Cause I need you to lead but you're stalling
5.
My Weakness 02:37
Honestly, I never believed in love at first sight (Now I know better) Because you got my eyes, my heart and my tongue Locked in a dogfight (I can't get it together) 'Cause you're so strong and tan And lean and lovely I can't stand when you walk by Your eyes take, trap me in the colour and the shape You make it difficult to talk right But, forgive the delay I just had to make sure it's real I know I can assure you, this is how I feel I got a crush on, Hope I don't overstate what I'm about to (What I'm about to say, my) My time is less worth the livin' if the livin' is Without you Forgive the delay I just had to make sure it's real I know I can assure you, this is how I feel I got a crush on you, I do, I do on you (Couldn't you tell? I just assumed you could tell) I got a crush on you, I do, I do
6.
New Fiction 03:13
Maybe it's the taser talkin But that feels like an illegal hold And though your synapses fire I know your heart's still cold Maybe it's the sarcastic smile From the man on the screen And when he presses face against the glass I'm not listening Keep us all contained and paranoid Dependent won't you Keep us in the dark and just destroy our common sense Won't you just Feed us what you want us to hear Stop all the statements you make And justify what you break Cause we're not above suspicion These days, all we get is New Fiction Maybe it’s a short in the wire From the satellite feed And all the pistols on stun Clocked to radio speed Anyway the world is on fire But you're never gonna let us see Cause you wanna stand on hot coals Panic is what we need

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released March 10, 2007

music by: C. Barone, N. Logan, A. Sadowitz
lyrics by: D. Flake
produced by: B. Kenney & A. Mendel

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