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All she wants is a sign
One to make her feel more than a dime
She’s normal, apparently
But no, something’s changing
She’s talking in her sleep
Her violent ways showing
Nobody knows just where you are
And they don’t even know what you’re thinking
When you’re lying in your bed
You may not even know that you’re bleeding
Oh Lady Velvet
Open up your eyes
You may think you’re so special
But I see through your disguise
Walking around the town
Always down
What’s wrong with you girl
Oh god, something’s changing
She’s a killer more than a queen
And she won’t let me this quirky dream
Nobody knows just where you are
And they don’t even know what you’re thinking
When you’re lying in your bed
You may not even know that you’re bleeding
Oh Lady Velvet
Open up your eyes
You may think you’re so special
But I see through your disguise
The killer
Is on the loose
Lock your doors
Her true self is breaking through
Something’s changed
Something has changed
Nobody knows just where you are
And they don’t even know what you’re thinking
When you’re lying in your bed
You may not even know that you’re bleeding
Oh Lady Velvet
Open up your eyes
You may think you’re so special
But I see through your disguise
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Ghost Girl
05:17
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Bleeding from my pores as I lie in my bed
Watching endless horses racing through my head
Tossing and turning while the lights stay on
And voices start talking to me saying I’m wrong
Please don’t go
Oh please don’t go
Times are tough when you’re drinking alone
Staring at the digits running from your phone
Turning off lights after several hours
Stabbing away the pain while I cower
Please don’t go
Oh please don’t go
She’s watching over me as I sleep
And I dream of a release sinking into the deep
Shadows climb the wall as I’m filled with fear
And she comes into the room to start another year
Please don’t go
Oh please don’t go
She’s always with me endlessly
But she never sees what I can see
As I drink once more and I face the sun
And she says I may as well be done
Saying things are fine as I choke once again
Shutting mouths of lions, no more angels in the den
Watching her leave through the window bare
And I know when I wake up no one was ever there
Please don’t go
Oh please don’t go
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Lana
03:55
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She was my enemy someone to hate
But then she got sucked into an awful fate
She never ever let your mind forget
All the people that she loved but never met
And how she’ll change her mind one day but not yet
So goodbye Lana goodbye
You never do nothing but cry
And rip up the pictures of your lover’s friends
So goodbye Lana goodbye
You never let me ask why
You love me while you push your man to his end
She ridiculed all things that you’d do
But when she’s alone she’s no different from you
She loved but hated you in so many ways
And then she’d try and cut my ties away
While she’d look in my eyes and beg me to stay
So goodbye Lana goodbye
You never do nothing but cry
And twist the truth of what is wrong and right
So goodbye Lana goodbye
You never let me ask why
You lived in darkness while you loved the light
Then while you died she was wrecked with dread
By all of the demons that lived in her head
But she got over everything so fast
She wasn’t even there when you breathed your last
She burned us down and left us trapped in the past
So goodbye Lana goodbye
You never do nothing but cry
And pick up the pieces of your shattered heart
So goodbye Lana goodbye
You never let me ask why
You tried to make your own life fall apart
So while you stand so tall and face the waves
You reflect the feelings you would never say
While I only see what’s long passed away
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Man Sized Crow
02:45
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As I was down at the pub, a man walked in
He was short and fat, yet tall and thin
He sat at a table and he ordered a beer
And I saw the waiter’s eyes widen with fear
There was smoke billowin’ out of the man’s throat
And a dark stain upon the check he wrote
The man got up and he walked out the door
Trailing black remnants on the floor
He was a man sized crow, a man sized crow
He had long black wings and a dark blue cloak
He was sadly wading through some sickly oceans
As he led his life going through the motions
But he didn’t even know that he was a man sized crow
As I saw him leave my skin turned green
And I chased him down as the crew changed scenes
I walked up to the man and I asked him to see
But he refused and retreated to his lonely tree
His eye was light and it was full of depth
But he was dark all over down to his breath
The man told me to leave him then
So I dropped dead then I rose again
He was a man sized crow, a man sized crow
He had long black wings and a dark blue cloak
He was sadly wading through some sickly oceans
As he led his life going through the motions
But he didn’t even know that he was a man sized crow
As I picked up a stone on that day to toss
I spotted a creature that was made of moss
It was hidden amongst the trees and pollen
And beneath it all was a mass of dead skin
The tomb in the pond was empty and bare
With the stone rolled away as the man left there
And when he picked up his stone to throw
He’s not a man at all, but a man sized crow
He was a man sized crow, a man sized crow
He had long black wings and a dark blue cloak
He was sadly wading through some sickly oceans
As he led his life going through the motions
But he didn’t even know that he was a man sized crow
He was a man sized crow, a man sized crow
He had long black wings and a dark blue cloak
He was sadly wading through some sickly oceans
As he led his life going through the motions
But he didn’t even know that he was a man sized crow
No he didn’t even know that he was a man sized crow
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Wipe The Tapes
03:57
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When I came over to your house you were stuck inside a wall
Your life had changed from green to red like leaves on trees in fall
There were pieces of your lonely mind scattered all across the floor
And the look in your eyes had been long gone as your soul walked out the door
You had been a very lucky man, had all that some hold dear
But you turned away, locked out the world, all because of your own fear
Just wipe the tapes and start again
And find yourself another friend
You’ve got the walk, you’ve got the talk
But won’t break through when you hit a rock
Just wipe the tapes and start anew
And pretend that nobody loved you
So when times are bad you won’t be sad
You just won’t know the life you had
When I would listen to your words, you would always bleed so open
You cut dark things into your heart, and you’d make so many new friends
You’d write about the fucked up world, and you told such tragic stories
While the ones who loved you glorified the dead future you teased
All the people you saw in your life, just killed you by mistake
So you never found a reason to be happy when you wake
Just wipe the tapes and start again
And find yourself another friend
You’ve got the walk, you’ve got the talk
But won’t break through when you hit a rock
Just wipe the tapes and start anew
And pretend that nobody loved you
So when times are bad you won’t be sad
You just won’t know the life you had
When I walked up to your hotel room it was hollow, barren and empty
There was no trace left of you that day since you left and took a taxi
You drove around your old neighborhood and were dropped off at your car
Gathering old mementos for a trip that wasn’t very far
After parking near an old bridge that was just outside of town
You vanished on that winter day, leaving just your written sounds
Just wipe the tapes and start again
And find yourself another friend
You’ve got the walk, you’ve got the talk
But won’t break through when you hit a rock
Just wipe the tapes and start anew
And pretend that nobody loved you
So when times are bad you won’t be sad
You just won’t know the life you had
Oh the legacy you left behind it shone so far and wide
So you look down on all of us wishing that you really died
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Owen Radford Dayton, Ohio
Singer-songwriter from Dayton, Ohio.
Solo artist, frontman of Dr. Deceptive, and the man behind Fly’s Eyes.
Link to the Dr. Deceptive and Fly’s Eyes Bandcamp pages are below, as well as my social media pages.
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