If I'd known then, I could have changed your past 
If I'd known then, could have dragged you back 
Ma, my matriarch 
Ma, my matriarch 
I feel the clouds 
I feel them screeching 
We watched you drown 
Couldn't stop you bleeding 
Did you see my face before your last breath sighed? 
You couldn't say what ripped your soul from mine 
Ma, my matriarch 
Ma, my matriarch 
I feel the clouds 
I feel them screeching 
We watched you drown 
Couldn't stop you bleeding 
Could have taught me so much more 
Before you hit the floor 
Could have taught me so much more 
Before you hit the floor 
Ma, my matriarch 
Ma, my matriarch 
Ma, my matriarch 
Ma, my matriarch 
I feel the clouds 
I feel them screeching

Matriarch

I'm the son of a devil and an angel too 
I just miss that deep end that you took me through 
Break the latch, unstick me like you always do 
Sunday fundays, and missing Mondays 
Maybe I (never knew you), left you behind (couldn't find you) 
Maybe I (never knew you) 
Shoulda tried, shoulda tried to find you 
At the neon, 
At the neon, 
At the neon ballroom I lost you 
Could you hear me screaming through the wall behind you? 
At the neon ballroom I lost you 
Hang your heart up, then you let them tear it down 
I've been dreaming, dreaming of a hole in the ground 
Use the way you're raised to save you getting too loud 
I don't care I'm crawling with you right back 
Maybe I (never knew you), left you behind (couldn't find you) 
Maybe I (never knew you) 
Shoulda tried, shoulda tried to find you 
At the neon, 
At the neon, 
At the neon ballroom I lost you 
Could you hear me screaming through the wall behind you? 
At the neon ballroom I lost you 
At the neon, 
At the neon, 
At the neon ballroom I lost you 
Could you hear me screaming through the wall behind you? 
At the neon ballroom I lost you 
At the neon, 
At the neon, 
At the neon ballroom I lost you 
Could you hear me screaming through the wall behind you? 
At the neon ballroom I lost you 
At the neon ballroom I lost you 
At the neon ballroom I lost you

Neon Ballroom

I left the bedroom window open 
I lay there in the cold just hoping you'd 
Find your way back through 
I'll prosper in your sphere if you let me 
Get lost amongst the fear that sets me off 
Come and set me off 
She got the strange stuff, she knows 
I got it so bad, take me under 
Help this washed up soul find its way back 
I got it so bad, come take me under 
Help this washed up soul, help this washed up soul find its way back 
I took the leather off your notebook 
I let the record show just what you said 
Just what you said 
We followed close keeping things clandestine 
We shared your favourite Monday moonshine, ohhh 
And we fell down hard 
She's got the strange stuff, she knows 
I got it so bad, take me under 
Help this washed up soul find its way back 
I got it so bad, come take me under 
Help this washed up soul, help this washed up soul find its way back 
She's got the strange stuff, she knows 
I got it so bad, take me under 
Help this washed up soul find its way back 
I got it so bad, come take me under 
Help this washed up soul, help this washed up soul, 
Help this washed up soul find its way back

Strange Stuff

Have you heard the sound 
Of the ground as it cracks 
From all the tact I lack? 
The magnificence 
Of your aura strikes 
With your dynamite-stick smile 
You spark me back to life 
Head to head with her halo 
Pulls me up when I'm too low 
She takes me right 
She takes me right 
She takes me right 
Out of the dog fight 
We've been up for days 
I never had to ask her 
And she's still standing after 
Another day-two disaster 
Head to head with her halo 
Pulls me up when I'm too low 
She takes me right 
She takes me right 
She takes me right 
Out of the dog fight 
Gimme fury and second chances 
Gimme bloodlines and circumstances 
I remember your rapid rebuttals 
Do you remember I wasn't so subtle? 
3am hits I'm still standing at your door 
I'm standing at your 
She takes me right 
She takes me right 
She takes me right 
Out of the dog fight

Dog Fight

Couldn't see what I wanted to see 
Couldn't feel how I wanted to feel 
Those screams at dawn, yeah, they leave their mark 
But silence scars you in the dark 
Ohhh, I've never seen it before 
Ohhh, you'll find me broken 
On your bathroom floor 
She said I'll show you if you take one more 
Got up to dance and I hit the floor 
There's nothing sacred in this wasted waltz 
Nothing sacred in a weekend lost 
Ohhh, I've never been here before 
Ohhh, you'll find me broken 
On your bathroom floor 
Ohhh, I've never seen it before 
Ohhh, you'll find me broken 
On your bathroom floor

Bathroom Floor

Head down, mind up, shirt-tail always untucked 
Coffee breaks, got the shakes and I'm coming unstuck 
Tryna hide from the eyes that have caught me before 
Tryna climb down the side of the 40th floor 
Find a room, lock the door, set the snoozer for ten 
This old lock keeps me safe, lets me kinda pretend 
Nothing's easy, nothing works, time slows down 'til it hurts 
Only way I can deal 
I'm high at work 
High at work 
I'm high at work 
High at work 
Death stares from my screen, send a surgeon or priest 
So long, so far 'til I get me some peace 
Conversations with myself, pickled brain starts to melt 
Burning up, coming down, gotta fear for my health 
Mirror shows me what I don't, what I don't wanna see 
I'm a cacophony of scumbaggery 
Nothing's easy, nothing works, time slows down 'til it hurts 
Only way I can deal 
I'm high at work 
High at work 
I'm high at work 
High at work 
I know what scene awaits 
When I stumble into that place I hate 
Those hands go by like days, the clock's laughing in my face 
I know what scene awaits 
When I stumble into that place I hate 
Those hands go by like days, the clock's laughing in my face 
I'm high at work 
High at work 
I'm high at work 
High at work 
I'm high at work 
High at work 
I'm high at work 
High at work

High at Work

Let down, messed up, washed up ashore 
Found you broke, spilling guts up on the floor 
Point to your glass, said "just one more" 
Could never stop the urge to pour 
Oh, marigold 
We've been here once before 
Oh, marigold 
Swept you right off the floor 
Oh, marigold 
Oh, marigold 
And now you're back for more 
You get by on such ill advice 
You tell them who to demonize 
How long will your fake charm remain? 
How long 'til it turns to dark disdain? 
I'll board your boat, sail through the night 
Style of your violence hits just right 
Oh, marigold 
We've been here once before 
Oh, marigold 
Swept you right off the floor 
Oh, marigold 
Oh, marigold 
And now you're back for more 
And now you're back for more 
And now you're back for 
It would heal me 
If you'd hear me 
Can't promise I'll be more 
I've been tryin' 
Caught me flyin'
Right through someone else's door 
Oh, marigold 
Oh, marigold

Marigold

Sing to me like it's the first time 
I'll scream right back like the devil you grow 
You, you think I lack shame 
But I just lack restraint 
Mine's a glass of wine for breakfast 
Yours, a pill to dull the pain, your pain 
Sans regret 
Sans sorrow 
Nothin' earned 
Nothin' borrowed 
So I'll be tryin' 'til I'm sore 
You'll find my heartbreak on the floor 
I found a crack through which to fall 
Crossed every bridge and burned them all 
Smash the point of no return 
Call before you crash 
Talking dirty counts as good clean fun 
Break the bottles 
Raise a glass, your glass 
Sans regret 
Sans sorrow 
Nothin' earned 
Nothin' borrowed 
So I'll be tryin' 'til I'm sore 
You'll find my heartbreak on the floor 
I found a crack through which to fall 
Crossed every bridge and burned them all 
So I'll be tryin' 'til I'm sore 
You'll find my heartbreak on the floor 
I found a crack through which to fall 
Crossed every bridge and burned them all 
Burned them all

Sans Regret

From the top down 
Blue blood 
Banging on my door 
Between the boots and the shovels, they'll keep you poor 
From the top down 
Don't you dare ask for more 
They'll take what they want, then you'll get yours 
From the top down 
We all know what you've done 
You're paying fake-praying princes to take down your young 
From the top down 
Storm the grounds where they breed 
With a baying mob rampant, we'll take what we need 
What are we paying for? 
Why don't we try for more? 
What's underneath the floor? 
The honey never flows 
Top down 
From the top down 
From the top down 
From the top down

Top Down

I'm frightened by the sting your limit brings 
Phonetics fall hard whenever you sing 
I'm overrated, but you just hold it in 
I'm nothing, so tell me everything 
When I fall behind 
Happens every time 
I'm not scared, I just wish that I was you 
I'm not drowning, I just wish that I was you 
Hate myself, I just wish that I was you 
I just wish that I was you 
Hostel walls, Camden crawls, every meeting we hide 
Stairway halls, I can feel our secrets collide 
Showed me more, as you watched me falling for days 
I get sore, you just keep me fixed on your gaze 
When I fall behind 
Happens every time 
I'm not scared, I just wish that I was you 
I'm not drowning, I just wish that I was you 
Despite your friends, I just wish that I was you
I just wish that I was you 
It would heal my mind 
If you'd just match my stride 
I swear I'm not all bad news 
I just got starstruck by you 
I just got starstruck by you 
I'm not scared, I just wish that I was you 
I'm not drowning, I just wish that I was you 
Hate myself, I just wish that I was you 
I wish that I was you

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