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The Dress Rehearsal Demos

by Exit Stage Left

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1.
I've got pictures hanging on the wall scenic landscapes glimpses, of how it was before and if you say there's a better way to wash the blood from yesterday I'll try, oh I'll try (these memories burn deeper still) Try to make amends for our sins for all our Fallout that burnt our world and tore it down scream for resurrection they built the bombs, we lit the fuse, there's nothing left to do the ends will never meet the means of cockroaches and war machines So many died, oh but we survived No more blue skies overhead the ash and dust covering the rest the way we never said goodbye to know that was our final night so please believe me, god forgive me I was so damn scared These hollow walls stained red with blood provide us shelter to give us shelter from the storm (this ain't living, you're not here) and muffled screams, pollute our dreams then silenced under dirt No more love and no more life the lies we weave are black and white I scream to walls but no ones listening Bury all we love under the dust that burnt our world and tore it down scream for resurrection they built the bombs we lit the fuse, there's nothing left to do the ends will never meet the means of cockroaches and war machines Cold, lying in my bed looking back at charred faces of the dead watching me with No more love and no more lies they drop like flies burnt alive I scream to walls but no ones listening Trapped and buried underneath our Fallout that burnt our world and tore it down scream for resurrection they built the bombs, we lit the fuse, there's nothing left to do the ends will never meet the means of cockroaches and war machines I've got pictures hanging on the wall glimpses, of how it was before
2.
We're going down to a place Where the sun won't ever grace The half empty bottles of Ketamine that neatly line the shelves Don't look away That is to say your eyes are yours still for today But come tomorrow they'll be sitting in a jar upon my bedside table Keep going down Who would've known That to draw outside the lines Would leave me so hard to define For men in white coats who never had the fucking time It's no acute disorder Girl, you're drop dead gorgeous When you're strapped down tight upon my table under fluro lights As she falls to the floor She thinks about the ones she has to live for The ones who'll identify her remains And anytime, and anywhere she could've been but here Well fate chose not to let this wait So serve her on a dinner plate And scream your little lungs out No one can hear you anymore The tears of horror I adore your insides, can't you see? I'm mastering anatomy Practice is the key Self-taught surgery I can justify Severed skin, severed ties Bone-saw lullaby You'll beg me to let you die Taking all that she has, Watching, waiting, dying for that moment A fleeting glance, a final chance to act The time is now to end the slaughter trend Her hand falls on the hope of steel And turns it on the one who deals For every gleam in your eye and every stain on your knife For every time you've gotten off while cutting into flesh and life I will not second guess this, no, I will not show restraint, And though you've taken my humanity,I am still humane These scars will never mend This night will never end I'll wear a mask like you A lie to see me through I'll use the open wounds to bury all the pain inside me
3.
Hearts 03:25
You said we both could run away, A better place but not today Just close your eyes I know you can If you would take me by the hand Time ticks away, but still you say "I've always wanted to believe That life so beautiful exists out there we just don't know where." Well, honey, don't just fantasize The world is right before your eyes Just take a chance You'll never know until you dance upon a moonlit night Times like these and times like those Nothing like the poets wrote I took your heart, you took my smiles The days were brighter for a while On distant shores the day awaits We can't leave living up to fate When luckless tragedies eclipse the moon in moments far too soon But life is not a two-way track And once we're there we can't come back With promised hope still comes dismay I guess that's what you mean when you say "I won't see you again" And I know what we had has to end Without a glance from your eye Just walk away, it's goodbye You said we both could run You said we both could run away You say "I won't see you again" And I know what we had has to end Without a glance from your eye Just walk away, it's goodbye
4.
So9 02:32
Welcome to a world where all your dreams may come to life (or so it seems) Imagination is the key to stretch the words beyond their meanings We embrace the tease Every pot of gold is painted so it won't reflect the shit that flows When nothing's left to overdose we're still here lying comatose Why stop when we're so close? The lines won't trace the same way Take your place in the herd We're just so high so we can- Sitting on your pedestal as all the world lies under you And to yourself you've gotta prove you're going off, so light the fuse You never wanted to compromise Can't keep the pace so I'm left behind As the night draws ever nearer See intentions become clear And things will never change The lines won't trace the same way Take your place in the herd We're just so high so we can fall Sell your soul for a word Now time's left gaping and stretched too thin With memory tainting my thoughts within Just take away from me Say you wanted to be Any and every thing I ever could need Wasted years haunting Dreams that kept me wanting A space within the distorted illusions of my mind So take your place

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Melbourne is hot in the summer, so is this demo. We were sweaty boys making it, so get sweaty listening to it.

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released March 20, 2014

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