Metric - Pagans In Vegas Album Lyrics

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Lie Lie Lie

(Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie)

If it happened it was meant to be
Offer me a free lobotomy
Got to be sedated to be seen
On the cover of your magazine

(Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

If it happened it was meant to be
Got me a lobotomy for free
Now, I'm so sedated and serene
On the cover of your magazine

(Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

Oh, and I suppose I brought it all upon myself
Starting with the question no one wants to ask themselves
Naked in the movie, make me the director's pet
Everybody told me 'take whatever you can get'
Everybody told me 'take whatever you can get'

Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, lie, l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, l-l-l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, lie, l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, l-l-l-lie, lie

Holding off your freedom of speech
Rage against the dying of the light
Why you never say what you mean?
Rage against the dying of the light

Baby, you'll be safe with me
Rage against the dying of the light
Holding up a tattered dream
Rage against the dying, rage against the dying of the light

Oh, and I suppose I brought it all upon myself
Knowing all the questions no one wants to ask themselves
Naked in the movie, make her the director's pet
Your mother and your father wanna see you on the TV set
Everybody told her 'take whatever you can get'

Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, lie, l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, l-l-l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, lie, l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, l-l-l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, lie, l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, l-l-l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, lie, l-lie, lie
Lie, lie, l-lie, lie, l-l-l-lie, lie

(Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie) [x2]

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Fortunes

Tell me in the morning that you love me, show me
Only if you got it bad enough,
She cracked right on the dance floor
She cracked, but I won't

Tell me in the morning that you miss me, show me
Only if you got it bad enough,
It's for your own good, girl
You've been such a good girl, such a good girl

Stay to soften the blow
Hand over fist
To drink and to smoke
My blood from a stone

I do expect fortunes to fold
Hand over fist
To soften the blow
Blood from a stone

Seven in the morning, do you miss me, baby?
Only if you got it bad enough,
It's four on the West Coast, girl

They tell me it's a magical world
It's a sinister world
It's too late to leave, too late to leave
It's too late to leave, too late to leave
It's too late to leave, too late to leave

Stay to soften the blow
Hand over fist
To drink and to smoke
My blood from a stone

I do expect fortunes to fold
Hand over fist
To soften the blow
Blood from a stone

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The Shade

I'm following the sun
That's setting in the West
We're floating on a bed of fading lights

A canopy of trees
Bears witness to the breeze
I'm falling like a feather, soft and light

Baby, there's no better time
No better time, baby, we can't find
Oh-whoa-whoa, oh-whoa-whoa

[Chorus:]
With eternal love, the stars above
All there is and ever was
I want it all, I want it all
I want it all, I want it all
A blade of grass, a grain of sand
The moonlit sea, to hold your hand
I want it all, I want it all
I want it all, I want it all

The embers of a fire still burning as they die
Stay bright to keep us side by side

Baby, there's no better time
No better time, baby, we can't find
Oh-whoa-whoa, oh-whoa-whoa

[Chorus x2:]
With eternal love, the stars above
All there is and ever was
I want it all, I want it all
I want it all, I want it all
A blade of grass, a grain of sand
The moonlit sea, to hold your hand
I want it all, I want it all
I want it all, I want it all

We got the sunshine
We got the shade
We got temptation
We got it made
We got rewarded
We got refused
We got distorted
We got confused
We got the sunshine
We got the shade
I want it all, I want it all
I want it all, I want it all

[Chorus x2:]
With eternal love, the stars above
All there is and ever was
I want it all, I want it all
I want it all, I want it all
A blade of grass, a grain of sand
The moonlit sea, to hold your hand
I want it all, I want it all
I want it all, I want it all

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Celebrate

I'll be standing tall
When you call, I'll be at your side
Don't even think of giving in
Know all your fears keep creeping into your mind

Even the darkest hour soon will be over
My friend, it will be over

I've been blessed and I've been cursed
I've been the best, I've been the worst
Now I'll take what's mine

Who wants to celebrate?
And who's just fine to sit and wait?
I gave it everything
Cause I just wanted you

Who wants to celebrate?
I don't have time to sit and wait
I gave it everything
And I just wanted you to feel the same

We've all so often heard it said
There's a road up ahead
That's just beginning

It's hard to see from where I stand
There's a future close at hand
And it's worth living

I've been blessed and I've been cursed
I've been the best, I've been the worst
Now I'll take what's mine

Who wants to celebrate?
And who's just fine to sit and wait?
I gave it everything
Cause I just wanted you

Who wants to celebrate?
I don't have time to sit and wait
I gave it everything
And I just wanted you to feel the same [x2]

Who wants to celebrate?
And who's just fine to sit and wait?
I gave it everything
Cause I just wanted you to feel the same

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Cascades

Just keep going strong
With whatever it is, yeah
That's compelling you on, yeah
Don't be afraid when I'm gone
Keep whatever it is, yeah
That's compelling you on, yeah

Cascading waves of emotion
Cascading over us still
From leaving feelings unspoken
The way we always will

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For Kicks

It's all, but it ain't
It's all, but it ain't
So where do I start?

It's only so vain
So what did I gain?
I gave it my heart

I told myself, if I had the wealth
I could buy my way out of everything

Why'd I have to be such trouble to please?
It wouldn't be me, oh if it was easy, if it was easy
Such trouble to please
It wouldn't be easy, if it was me

Why'd I have to go and break your heart for kicks?
Why'd I have to go and break what can't be fixed?

It's all, but it ain't
It's all, but it ain't
So where does it start?

I want what I had
I want it so bad
I gave it my heart

I told myself, if I had the wealth
I could buy my way out of everything

Why'd I have to be such trouble to please?
It wouldn't be me, oh if it was easy, if it was easy
Such trouble to please
It wouldn't be easy, if it was me

Why'd I have to go and break your heart for kicks?
Why'd I have to go and break what can't be fixed?

Why'd I have to be such trouble to please?
It wouldn't be me, oh if it was easy, if it was easy
Such trouble to please
It wouldn't be easy, if it was me

Why'd I have to go and break your heart for kicks?
Why'd I have to go and break what can't be fixed? [x2]

Why'd I have to go and break your heart for kicks?

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Too Bad, So Sad

Take me out of this state I'm in
Go somewhere I've never been
Got something trapped inside
Still alive, where's that paradise?

I thought by now I'd find
Rough justice is a long lifeline
Back and forth between the desert and the sea
Who I was and I will always be

Oh yeah, woo-hoo
Too bad, woo-hoo
So sad, woo-hoo

Get me out of this state I'm in
When I spiral down, it's a vile spin
Got something I can't hide
Still alive, it's an overwhelming drive

To prevail and get out of this jail
Dust in my eyes and a tear in my sail
Back and forth between the desert and the sea
Who I was and I will always be

Oh yeah, woo-hoo
Too bad, woo-hoo
So sad, woo-hoo

Take me out cause I'm all alone
Hair undone, despair unknown
Got something trapped inside
Still alive, it's a momentary ride

I've been on a thousand years too long
A thousand years too late for everything that's wrong
Back and forth between the desert and the sea
Who I was and I will always be

Oh yeah, woo-hoo
Too bad, woo-hoo
So sad, woo-hoo

Oh yeah, woo-hoo
Oh yeah, woo-hoo
Oh yeah, woo-hoo

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The Other Side

Ten tonnes may fall, down from the fallen sky
Onto the other side
My heart may break, don't look the other way
Don't look the other way

Fools may rise - all fall in their time
Burning with the forest fires
And all we want is to feel like all we got
Didn't cost us everything
Even if we never win

(Who am I on the other side?
You were mine on the other side) [x2]

Free my mind, on with the other loves
On with the other lives
And all I want is to feel like all I got
Didn't cost me everything
Even if I never win

(Who am I on the other side?
You were mine on the other side)

(You were mine on the other side
You were mine on the other side)

(Who am I on the other side?
You were mine on the other side) [x2]

Ten tonnes may fall, down from the fallen sky
Onto the other side

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Blind Valentine

Whatever I want, whatever I do, whatever I say
Whatever I make, whatever I spend, whatever I save
The sound of the club, the kiss on your lips, it should be mine
The people you meet, the people you trust, the people you find

That's the difference, baby, between you and me
That's the difference, baby, between you and me

Sky high, in better times
When love was hard to find
Sky high, in better times
With my blind valentine

Sky high, in harder times
When love, my friend, was blind
Sky high, in harder times
With my blind valentine

Your house in that town
The window that frames the view that you saw
You keep racing down that hill
But you never fall

That's the difference, baby, between you and me
That's the difference, baby, between your life and mine

Sky high, in better times
When love was hard to find
Sky high, in better times
With my blind valentine

Sky high, in harder times
When love, my friend, was blind
Sky high, in harder times
When love was hard to find

Sky high, in better times
When trust in love was blind
Sky high, in better times
With my blind valentine

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The Governess

Who did you say you were?
I didn't catch your name
Falling down to earth
Down from a higher plane

Oh, it's been decades
Say, what did you see?
Oh, I've been so lonely
Won't you keep me company?

Do you remember me?
We met out on the farm
By the fire, you spoke to me
And held me in your arms

The songs you played for me
I long to understand
All along the watchtower
And castles made of sand

When there was a wilderness, we wandered wild and free
Guilt, she is the governess that guides me back to grief
What if we were dumb enough to spend eternity
Gathering the garbage washed up on the beach?

Do you remember me?
We spoke by telephone
The bad connection had a meaning of its own

Of all the good and all the stupid shit I've done
The worst was all for me
Not hurting anyone

When there was a wilderness, I wandered wild and free
Guilt, she is the governess that guides me back to grief
Wish that I was old enough to end the century
Gather all the garbage washed up on the beach

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The Face, Pt. I

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The Face, Pt. II

[Instrumental]

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Office Towers Escalate

[Instrumental]