Norma Jean : Meridional

Metalcore / USA
(2010 - Razor And Tie)
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1. LEADERLESS AND SELF ENLISTED

Enslavement wasn't my first choice
My will is greater than that, believe me
I'd scratch away to the center
I'd bite it down to the blood
I want to rip out the foundation
I want the axis to rupture

I never wanted to tell you since we know you've heard it before
Yeah, I never wanted to show you since we know you've seen it before
I break your heart
I know, I know you've felt it before

Yeah, too many things try to pull me down
Life seems to be like a dropping cloud
Believe me, I'd scratch away to the center
I'd bite it down to the blood
I want to rip out the foundation
I want the axis to rupture
I'd scratch away to the center
I'd bite it down to the blood

I never wanted to tell you since we know you've heard it before
Yeah, I never wanted to show you since we know you've seen it before
I break your heart
I know, I know you've felt it before
So many times before, before

I'd scratch away to the center
I'd bite it down to the blood, the blood

I'd scratch away to the center
I'd bite it down to the blood
I'd scratch away to the center
I'd bite it down to the blood
I'd bite it down to the blood


2. THE ANTHEM OF THE ANGRY BRIDES

I have nothing left to prove
No demonstrations, no explanations
There was never any intention for me to convince you

It's just another case of you
With your formless sense of importance
You’re breathing fire
And your words are burning in hell
This rebellion is marching to its disarray
It talks in circles
And its words are burning in hell

You are every inch of neutral
So avert your senses from my dedication
Wash my skin down to my stubborn and proud skeleton hands

It's just another case of you
With your formless sense of importance
You're breathing fire
And your words are burning in hell
This rebellion is marching to its disarray
It talks in circles
And its words are burning in hell

You're not getting under my skin!
Yeah, you're not getting under my skin!
You're not getting under my skin!
You're not getting under my skin!
You're not getting under my skin!
You're not getting under my skin, under my skin!


3. DEATHBED ATHEIST

Watch it all change and watch it go away
Watch it all never be the same again
Watch it all all be nothing like we thought before
Watch it all, watch it
Watch it all be lies, damned lies, statistics
Lie to me, lie to me, lie to me

Take it all in and take it all from me
Take it all and bury it deep inside of you
Take it all and run away
Take it all forever
Take it all
Take it all

Bury your hands in the sand
You'll never use them on me again
Bury your hands in the sand
You'll never use them on me again

Lie, take it all
Take it, take it all, take it
Lie, take it all
Take it, take it all, take it

Bury your hands in the sand
You'll never use them on me again
Bury your hands in the sand
You'll never use them on me again

I'm exhausted from shaking hands with your meat hook fingers

This is my nightmare, this is my nightmare
This is my nightmare, this is my nightmare
This is my nightmare, this is my nightmare
This is my nightmare, this is my nightmare
This is my nightmare, this is my nightmare
This is my nightmare, this is my nightmare
Lie to me, this is my nightmare
Lie, this is my nightmare, to me
This is my nightmare
This is my nightmare

Bury your hands in the sand
You'll never use them on me again
Bury your hands in the sand
You'll never use them on me again

And I'm exhausted from shaking hands with your meat hook fingers

Lies, damned lies, statistics
Lie to me, lie to me, lie to me

Lie, bury your hands in the sand
Lie, you'll never use them on me again
Lie


4. BASTARDIZER

Someday you'll pass with relief from the tossing sea of despair
Onto the solid ground of truth
Nothing you can say will prove me a bastard
I'm left with everything, still stray to question
"Why?", "why?", "why?" "why?" "why?"

Our hands were on the same spear that drove into his side
And we're the ones that wound up paralyzed, paralyzed and loved

Endlessly we drift inside your distractions and no one is safe
Nothing is safe from you, from you
Nothing you can say will prove me a bastard
I'm left with everything
Still stray to question "Why?", "why?", "why?"

Our hands were on the same spear that drove into his side
And we're the ones that wound up paralyzed, paralyzed and loved

You're like a never-ending soap opera
And we're ready to find out who kills J.R

We found a better way!
We found a better way!
We found a better way!
We found a better way!

We found a better way!
We found a better way! Yeah
We found a better way!
We found a better way!


5. A MEDIA FRIENDLY TURN FOR THE WORSE

They provide their nectar and then I am released
I am a grain of sand underneath the floor
And so far out of reach, but I am safe from harm
Against this shelter they are always hammering
Against these ears they are always deafening

I too know an angry language
Our pain is always accurate and striving to evade its only design
It wants to strike you down to fall into its arms again
Blood is thicker than water, but which one did you drink?

What I know was divided and broken down by the ignorance of others
Spoken from their lips, but with the lungs of another
Sounds great but tastes like blood
These rumor sessions are assembled by us all, by us all
They are the earth and we are the breath of life

Your pain is always accurate and striving to evade its only design
I want to strike you down to fall into my arms again
Blood is thicker than water, but which one did you drink, did you drink?

Put down that retribution, I don't need your absolution, yeah
Put down that retribution, I don't need your absolution
Put down that retribution, I don't need your absolution
No, no, no


6. SEPTENTRIONAL

Your messages of sorrow and your message
Your messages of sorrow and your message


7. BLOOD BURNER

It's been years of waiting here for you, you,
And I'm not waiting anymore here for you, you, here they burn for murder
So now I want to see the world burn in flames, flames
And I'll light the match, till you respect me, till you respect me
Until you respect me
Burn for

It's been years of waiting here for you, you
And I'm not waiting anymore here for you, you
'Cause here they burn for murder
So now I want to see the world burn in flames, flames
And I'll light the match, till you respect me, till you respect me, till you respect me
Till you respect me
'Cause I will not speak until you respect me
'Cause I will not speak until you respect me, till you respect me

Fiction is me and I'm my own apathy
I have done nothing with my pistols
They say it just takes a second to die, but I was set up to be knocked down
Well, it's all over now

Somewhere a violin plays as I watch this ship capsize
But I am a long mean streak of independence
And between you and I
There's no difference, no difference, no difference, there's no difference


8. HIGH NOISE LOW OUTPUT

And I sat through a thousand suns, much sooner than you arrived
And I know what you're thinking:
"Just pull the ripcord and let's descend."

You put your parachutes on parade
And you left the pilots on the ground
But if you're calling me in
Then you better believe I'm gonna call you out
(If you're calling me in, I'm gonna call you out)

Who knows the cost and what may escape you and I
'Cause it's a long way down from here
I have a feeling that we won't be landing soon

Parachutes on parade
And you left the pilots on the ground
But if you're calling me in
Then you better believe I'm gonna call you out

We're standing at these doors
Whether cowards or conquerors
They make no promises
They just provide an opening
And your speech is a thunderous noise
And my ears are catching a dreadful static

You put your parachutes on parade
And you left the pilots on the ground
But if you're calling me in
Then you better believe I'm gonna call you out
Out, out, out, out, out

If you're calling me in, I'm gonna call you out


9. FALLING FROM THE SKY : DAY SEVEN

You have never taken any inspiration
In a direction
That won't end up with the death of you
Do you really think all the saints are just lying
Just lying
Just lying in their graves?

Where are we supposed to go?
I want you to remember this
Just because I understand
Doesn't mean I really care

Have you become smarter than your own father?
Are you ready
To lead with no lesson?
Your death will bring you all the answers
That you've been looking for
How does it feel to kill?

Where are we supposed to go?
I want you to remember this
Just because I understand
Doesn't really mean I care

The fruit has been tasted
And their blood is on your hands
You won't know the truth soon enough my friend
Did you think that ended it?
Do you really think it's over?

You will have all of the answers
Soon enough my friend
You're standing near the edge
Falling from the sky
Day one: You never learned to fly
Falling into the ocean
Day seven: You never learned to swim
Sinking to the bottom of the ocean
Day twenty: How could you see the bottom?
Sinking to the bottom of the ocean
Day one hundred
Day one hundred
Day one hundred

Why can't you see the bottom?
Why can't you see the bottom?
Why can't you see?
Why can't you see the bottom?
Why can't you see the bottom?
Why can't you see?
Why can't you see?

Why can't you see?
Why can't you see?
Why can't you see?
Why can't you see?
Why can't you see?


10. EVERLASTING TAPEWORM

The countless times we fall to ruin
These myriad days are so relentless
It isn't everyone's frailty to stop functioning and stop breathing

Sway with the waves, with the waves change
And we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over

The never content sensation of a tapeworm drug looking for its angry fix
Will mutual fear bring us peace?
Is ruining your day ruining your life?

Sway with the waves, with the waves change
And we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over
Sway with the waves, with the waves change
And we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over

What happened to my noisy planet?
When did the sun go nova?
In dim light I can tell by the hollow look in your eyes
Using technology to live on this slow night
I'm starting to realize I'll die long before
I'll die long before we become extinct
I'll die long before we become extinct
The sun will do all its interesting end of the world things
Crunch the numbers till we become sick

Sway with the waves, with the waves change
And we'll find our way back to the shore when it's over
Sway with the waves, with the waves change
And we'll find our way back to the shore when it’s over


11. OCCIDENTAL

This outline is according to a thought I imagined you to have
Violated and arranged
Disfigured and on display

In the shape of an ornament
A vapor human, breathing molecular air
Disarrangement never ceasing


12. THE PEOPLE THAT SURROUND YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS

This is pain draped in excellence, and there's no way to bury it
I awake resolute and numb, climbing 15 stories just to fall asleep at the edge
And I'm praying for a sleepless night
And how does this darkness always find me?
This is the time for you to leave in peace or stay and die

We're crashing down and burning out with every word you say
We're burning through the atmosphere and we hope
We hope you never find us, we hope you never find us anywhere
We're crashing down and burning out with every word you say
We're burning through the atmosphere and we hope
We hope you never find us, we hope you never find us

I have nothing left but to let you lay there and die for it
So just give up and write it down
If you're paying for it, yeah, you might as well wager it

We're crashing down and burning out with every word you say
We're burning through the atmosphere and we hope
We hope you never find us, we hope you never find us anywhere
We're crashing down and burning out with every word you say
We're burning through the atmosphere and we hope
We hope you never find us, we hope you never, no

We hope you never find us, cover your shallow grave
We hope you never find us, cover your shallow grave
We hope you never

Anywhere
We're crashing down and burning out with every word you say
We're burning through the atmosphere and we hope
We hope you never find us, we hope you never find us anywhere

We're crashing down and burning out with every word you say
We're burning through the atmosphere and we hope, we hope you never find us
We hope you never find us anywhere, anywhere, anywhere
And we hope, we hope you never find us, we hope you never find us


13. INNOCENT BYSTANDERS UNITED

These tears are carving trenches in my skin
Put down the microscope, rip off my scales and take a look inside
'Cause I feel like, like Jesus don't, don't come around much more these days

Skeletons are falling out through every fracture
Look away, look away, there's nothing to see here

Lies and mistakes all know me by my name, and
And now they refuse to leave me alone, haunting me with their mutiny

But there's no future in, in being a dinosaur, and
And there's no future in the way I have been living
But there's a hell of a past, so pull up a chair and I'll give you a good story
Because I know you're not attracted to the truth

Skeletons are falling out through every fracture
Look away, look away, there's nothing to see here
Skeletons are falling out through every fracture
Look away, look away, there's nothing to see here

There's a hell of a past, so pull up a chair and I'll give you a good story


14. ORIENTAL

(Instrumental)


15. KILL MORE PRESIDENTS

I don't believe you can be troubled
Another day, another customer paying
For it. I'll swallow every knife on this table
Another day, another year with you would shake the ground in the sea

Scarcity of lust, heartlessness prevails
I guess we'll kill more presidents!
We'll need their faces for all the cash we'll get from selling our family

Where are you now?
We've waited so long and our hearts will never be the same...
Our hearts never will be the same
Remember, it's a buyer's market when you sell your soul, sell your soul

Scarcity of lust, heartlessness prevails
I guess we'll kill more presidents!
We'll need their faces for all the cash we'll get from selling our family

Where are you now?
We've waited so long and our hearts will never be the same...
Our hearts never will be the same

Our hearts will never... hearts will never... hearts will never... hearts
Will never....

Scarcity of lust, heartlessness prevails
I guess we'll kill more presidents!
We'll need their faces for all the cash we'll get from selling our family

Where are you now? (Where are you now?)
We've waited so long and our hearts will never be the same...
Our hearts never will be the same
Where are you now?
We've waited so long and our hearts will never be the same...
Our hearts never will be the same...
The same...
The same


16. DISTANCE TO PLANETS

You're burning like a sun and it's safe to say that I can't look away
That I can't look away
These lights are calling out my name
And I want nothing more than to attach attach attach, then try and get away

Can't we get in over our heads?
Can't I just try and breathe?
Can't I just try and breathe?
Can't we drive in the wrong direction?
Can't we erase this map and always stay away?
Stay

Dig around and rid this place of distractions
And we will wash our hands clean until it's over
I'll clear away the miles and drain the sea
Then jump on the next dragon to the center of nowhere and consume you

Can't we get in over our heads?
Can't I just try and breathe?
Can't I just try and breathe?
Can't we drive in the wrong direction?
Can't we erase this map and always stay away?
Stay

Can't I just try and breathe?
Can't I just try and breathe?
Can't I just try and breathe?
Can't I just try and breathe?

Can't we get in over our heads?
Can't I just try and breathe?
Can't I just try and breathe?
Can't we drive in the wrong direction?
Can't we erase the map and always stay away?


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