A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step lyrics
- The Package
- Weak And Powerless
- The Noose
- Blue
- Vanishing
- A Stranger
- The Outsider
- Crimes
- The Nurse Who Loved Me
- Pet
- Lullaby
- Gravity
The Package
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
Weak And Powerless
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.
The Noose
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.
Blue
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
Vanishing
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.
A Stranger
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
The Outsider
Help me if you can.
It's just that this is not the way I'm wired,
So could you please help me understand
Why you've given in to all these
Reckless dark desires? You're...
Lying to yourself again, suicidal imbecile.
Think about it, put it on the faultline.
What'll it take to get it through to you, precious?
Over this, why do you wanna throw it away like this?
Such a mess; I don't want to watch you...
Disconnect and self-destruct, one bullet at a time.
What's your rush, now? Everyone will have his day to die.
Medicated, drama queen, picture perfect, numb belligerence,
Narcissistic, drama queen, craving fame and all its decadence.
Lying through your teeth again, suicidal imbecile.
Think about it, put it on the faultline.
What'll it take to get it through to you, precious?
Over this, why do you wanna throw it away like this?
Such a mess; I don't want to watch you...
Disconnect and self-destruct, one bullet at a time.
What's your rush, now? Everyone will have his day to die.
They were right about you.
They were right about you.
Lying to my face again, suicidal imbecile.
Think about it, put it on the faultline.
What'll it take to get it through to you, precious?
Over this, why do you wanna throw it away like this?
Such a mess; over this, over this!
Disconnect and self-destruct, one bullet at a time.
What's your hurry? Everyone will have his day to die.
If you choose to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere,
Do it somewhere far away from here.
Crimes
One...two...three
Four...five...six
Seven...eight...nine
Nine...nine...nine
Ten...ten...ten...ten
The Nurse Who Loved Me
Say hello to the rug's topography.
It holds quite a lot of interest with your face down on it.
Say hello to the shrinking in your head.
You can't see it, but you know it's there, so don't neglect it.
I'm taking her home with me, all dressed in white.
She's got everything I need - pharmacy keys.
She's falling hard for me; I can see it in her eyes.
She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys.
Say hello to all the apples on the ground.
They were once in your eyes, but you sneezed them out while sleeping.
Say hello to everything you've left behind.
It's even more a part of your life now that you can't touch it.
I'm taking her home with me, all dressed in white.
She's got everything I need - some pills in a little cup.
She's falling hard for me; I can see it in her eyes.
She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys.
She's got everything I need - pharmacy keys.
She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys.
Say hello to the rug's topography.
Pet
Don't fret precious I'm here
Step away from the window
And go back to sleep
Lay your head down child
I won't let the boogeyman come
Counting bodies like sheep
To the rhythm of the war drums
Pay no mind to the rabble
Pay no mind to the rabble
Head down, go to sleep
To the rhythm of the war drums
Pay no mind what other voices say
They don't care about you, like I do (like I do)
Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils
See, they don't give a fuck about you, like I do
Just stay with me, safe and ignorant
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Lay your head down child
I won't let the boogeyman come
Count the bodies like sheep
To the rhythm of the war drums
Pay no mind to the rabble
Pay no mind to the rabble
Head down, go to sleep
To the rhythm of the war drums
I'll be the one to protect you from
Your enemies and all your demons
I'll be the one to protect you from
A will to survive and a voice of reason
I'll be the one to protect you from
Your enemies and your choices, son
They're one in the same I must isolate you
Isolate and save you from yourself
Swayin to the rhythm of the new world order and
Count the bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums
The boogeymen are comin'
The boogeymen are comin'
Keep your head down, go to sleep, to the rhythm of the war drums
Stay with me
Safe and ignorant
Just stay with me
Hold you and protect you from the other ones
The evil ones
Don't love you son
Go back to sleep
Lullaby
Go back to sleep...
Go back to sleep
Gravity
Lost again
Broken and weary
Unable to find my way
Tail in hand
Dizzy and clearly unable to
Just let this go
I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live
I fell again
Like a baby unable to stand on my own
Tail in hand
Dizzy and clearly unable to just let this go
I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live, I choose to live, I choose to live
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun
Help me survive the bottom
Calm these hands before they
Snare another pill and
Drive another nail down another
Needy hole
Please, release me
I am surrendering to gravity and the unknown
Catch me, heal me, lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live, I choose to live