1. WHEN THE CITY IS OURS

This town doesn’t love us

They laugh as they cut us

If nobody wants us, my dear

We’ll tear down the border

And when the city is ours

The freaks will be free

The werewolves will turn them

The witches will burn them

The zombies will learn how to steer

We’ll shake the world order

And when the city is ours

The freaks will be free

The stars will burn brighter

And the freaks will be free

We’ll storm through the streets, love

We’ll wake all the creeps, love

We’ll climb until heaven is near

And topple it over

And when the city is ours

The freaks will be free

The stars will burn brighter

And the freaks will be free

With no one to stop us

The freaks will be free

2. AMETHYST

Amethyst

You’re a purple fist

You wanna punch my mouth

You wanna steal my kiss

Ruby Red

You wanna cut the thread

You wanna see me suffer

you wanna see me dead

I dare you 

You dare me 

I want you 

You scare me

This crown ain’t big enough for the both of us

Amber Stone

Did you come alone

You wanna hit my heart in

You wanna rattle bones

Sapphire

You’re a cold liar

You wanna play the victim

You wanna play with fire

I dare you 

You dare me 

I want you 

You scare me

This crown ain’t big enough for the both of us

This crown ain’t big enough for the both of us

Pearly white

Is your soul alright

You wanna pray to saviors

You wanna be the light

Pearly black

Are the bags all packed

You wanna take the kids with you

You wanna never come back

I dare you 

You dare me 

I want you 

You scare me

I want you 

You scare me

This crown ain’t big enough for the both of us

This crown ain’t big enough for the both of us

3. THE BURNING GROUND (THIS IS FIRE)

It was a hot day

The sky was stark white

I couldn’t think straight

For all the bright light

My clothes were soak’d wet

My mouth was suck’d dry

I stank of hot death

I cracked a black eye

You left me broke’ neck’d

You left me ship wrecked

These heart strings

Cut like a wire

This isn’t love

This is fire

Burns so clean

There’s nothing for miles

Nothing but ecstasy

And fire

I staggered to my feet

I hobbled through the pain

I caught you on the street

Your face a mess of flames

I clapped you on the back 

You whipped your head around

A thunder cloud c-rack’d

The rain began to pound

You threw the first punch

I popped your sweet face

It didn't take much

To trash up the place

The fists were flying fast

The guns began to blast

These heart strings

Cut like a wire

This isn’t love

This is fire

Burns so clean

There’s nothing for miles

Nothing but ecstasy

And fire

When God is away

The devils go wild

This is hell

This is fire

Just broken bones 

And little bits of wire

Everything else burned

In the fire

And now we lie here

Staring out in space

And Mars is so clear, oh

I can see his face

We could’ve laid low

We could’ve played meek

We could’ve let it go

Or turned the other cheek

But it was too late

The world had run red

We couldn’t fight fate, no

It was a made bed

These heart strings

Tangles and briars

We burn at the stake

Tied to the fire

See my eyes

And call me a liar

It’s only gasoline

For the fire

This burning ground

Kiss it goodbye

And feel yourself float, float, float

Oh-oh

We built this house

On vengeance and ire

There’s nothing here for us

But fire

There’s nothing here for us

But fire

4. BACK COUNTY GHOST

Midnight I drive

Twist, climb and dive

Roll through red lights 

Cut turns too tight

Snap go my wires

Slack go these tires

Skid down back county road

My whole life on fire

And I’m burning 

And I’m floating

And I’m turning 

And I’m choking

Pain cleans my mind

Eyes see through time

Body spills out 

Heart stains like wine

And I’m reeling 

And I’m reaching 

And I’m steeling 

And I’m breaching

And I’m flying 

And I’m dreaming 

And I’m crying 

And I’m screaming

Quiet and still

Violent and shrill 

No one sees me 

Ghost on the hill

Kiss me good bye

Give me this lie

Tell them how tried

Lived free and died

And I’m soaring 

And I’m sailing

And I’m warring 

And I’m wailing

And I’m flying

And I’m dreaming 

And I’m crying

And I’m screaming

And I’m dreaming

And I’m screaming

And I’m dreaming

And I’m screaming

5. SO RUNS THE BEAST

From the cage I’m unleashed

I move like a beast

I tear back the curtain

I pound through the streets

I hunt with the wolves

I swim with the sharks

I stare down the light and

I howl in the dark

You can be my 

Hallelujah

You can be my 

Saving grace

You can be the one to ride me

As long as you can keep the pace

I slide through the deep

I slouch and creep

I coil and I wait for

The city to sleep

I’ve got tails, I’ve got horns

I’ve got fire in my breath

I’ve got wires in my brain

I’ve got bombs in my chest

You can be 

La bella donna

You can be 

The knight in white

You can be the hand that feeds me

As long as you don’t mind the bite

From the heart I’m released

I flood through your streams

I swell with the tides

And I stride with the steeds

I’m a primal sc-ream

I’m a wet, hungry dream

I’m a grip on the clothes

And a rip at the seams

You can be the blushing beauty

You can be the shepherd meek 

You can be the dragon slayer

But tell me, can you slay a beast

I fight like a beast

I bite like a beast

I feed like a beast

I need like a beast

I’m built like a beast

I move like a beast

I love like a beast

I’ll die like a beast, so to live

I will live like a beast

From the pit I upheave

I shake off the fiends 

I stand on my four legs

And stretch out my wings

I’m a scourge in the north

I’m a plague in the east

I’m a war in the south

I’m a western disease

You can be my common logic

You can be my moral ground

You can be the voice inside me

As long as you don’t make a sound

You can be the righteous lover

You can be the dirty freak

You can be the tragic figure

As long as I can be the beast

You can be the devil’s spider

You can be the angel’s wings

I will be a thing of beauty

I am a beast

And so runs the beast

And so runs the beast

And so runs the beast

6. THE CREEPER-MAN (NOBODY, NOBODY)

I’ve got one leg chained to the other

Bound at the waist and bound at the collar

Bag on my head and my face is smothered

Gag in my mouth, rope burns like a mother

And the creeper-man is coming

And the creeper-man is coming

And the creeper-man is coming

He’s dangerous and stunning

He’s ludicrous and cunning

He sends the angels running

Nobody, nobody gonna hear me scream

Nobody, nobody gonna wake this dream

Nobody, nobody gonna shake this fear

Nobody, nobody gonna find me here

Floating in the ocean, bobbing in the water

No blood left so the sharks don’t bother

Thinking of my little boy, thinking of my daughter

I wonder if they’re out there looking for their father

And the creeper-man is coming

And the creeper-man is coming

And the creeper-man is coming

Nobody, nobody gonna hear me scream

Nobody, nobody gonna wake this dream

Nobody, nobody gonna shake this fear

Nobody, nobody gonna find me here

Sitting in the back room, sitting in the corner

This bar is a prison cell, brick and mortar

Lovers all around me, future, former

But nobody will touch this heart of horror

Alone in the dark tonight

Alone in the dark I wait tonight

Alone in the dark tonight

And the creeper-man is coming

And the creeper-man is coming

And the creeper-man is coming

Nobody, nobody gonna wake this dream

Nobody, nobody gonna hear me scream

Nobody, nobody gonna shake this fear

Nobody, nobody gonna find me here

And the creeper-man is coming

And the creeper-man is coming

And the creeper-man is coming

7. A PRETTY MIND (I THOUGHT I WAS BETTER)

I had a pretty mind

But I had an ugly heart

I had to change the tide

Before I broke apart

I called the doctor

I called the shrink

I took it slow and

I thought I was better

I quit my job

I quit the drink

I worked the program 

I thought I was better

We had a pretty life

But we had an ugly love

We set the world alight

’Til we took off the gloves

I tried to keep us

I tried to stay

I made the promise

I thought I was better

But an ugly heart

Will not obey

It bled dishonest

I thought I was better

I thought I was better than sore

I thought I was better than bruised

I thought I was over being scared and confused

I thought I was better

I still had a pretty face

But I had an ugly soul

I had to hide away 

I dug an ugly hole

And there I festered

There I decayed

Falling to pieces

I thought I was better

Some kind of monster

A sad cliche

Crippled and speechless

I thought I was better

I thought I was better than sore

I thought I was better than bruised

I thought I was over being scared and confused

I thought I was better

I thought I was better than before

I thought I was better than used

I thought I was over being shamed and abused

I thought I was better

Ooh, I am in this cage 

and I can't escape

and I cannot change

I had a pretty dream

I won the pretty prize 

I saw a pretty world

With my two ugly eyes

But still in heaven

Nothing changed

My ugly features 

I thought I was better

And all the angels

Were just the same

Such ugly creatures

I thought I was better

I thought I was better than sore

I thought I was better than bruised

I thought I was over being scared and confused

I thought I was better

I thought I was better than before

I thought I was better than used

I thought I was over being shamed and abused

I thought I was better

I thought I was better than torn

I thought I was better than refused

I thought I was over being blamed and accused

I thought I was better

I guess I’m ugly 

And what a shame

Such pretty promise

I thought I was better

8. THE DAY I BLACKED OUT ALL MY DREAMS

It was a dark and violent night

I lost a long, long vicious fight

It was the crime of the century 

The day I blacked out all my dreams

I rolled my car down a crooked road

I heard the crash and the tank explode

I threw my keys into the night

I turned my back on the burning light

I walked a year into the trees

Another ten under the sea

I trekked the mountain to its peak

I felt the ground fall from my feet

I tried to read from the book of old

I tried to buy what the prophet sold

I tried to preach what the cult would say

I tried to wash my brain that way

I couldn’t dam those rapid streams

I couldn’t pipe down pressured steam 

I couldn’t pen my pacing rage 

It only bit right through its cage

And so I soaked my life in bleach

I sold my blood to a hungry leech

I broke my back and I burnt the rest

And still I bear this beating chest

I sewed my eyes so they couldn’t seek

I bit my tongue so it couldn’t speak

I tied my throat so I couldn’t breathe

I cursed a god I could not believe

And now I run from the blazing sun

I’m gonna run ‘til the blazing’s done

I’m gonna crash through a million walls

I’m gonna thrash 'til the towers fall

The day I blacked out all my dreams

(The day I blacked out all my dreams)

The day I blacked out all my dreams

(The day I blacked…out…all)

I told my son I would always stay

My little girl, I would never stray

And even though I’m standing here

I haven’t been right here for years

It was a dark and violent night

I lost a long, long vicious fight

It was the crime of the century 

The day I blacked out all my dreams

The day I tore down all my beams

The day I ripped out all my seams

The day I silenced all my screams

The day I blacked…out…all…

9. ONE MISTAKE (THE RAY, THE CLOUDS, AND THE SHIMMER)

Just like the story of Matthew

That shepherd was battered and run through

They tied him to a fence

They left him there defenseless

They claimed that his love was an issue

Sometimes I feel afraid

Just being how I’m made

Sometimes I lie awake

And pray to God I make

No mistakes

Just like the march of the Queen

Her riots caused millions to dream

She lead the great parade

She kept her children safe

They found her like driftwood downstream

Sometimes I feel afraid

Just being how I’m made

Sometimes I lie awake

And pray to God I make

No mistakes

Just like the ballad of Joan

Her armies were mighty as stone

She proved her loyal faith

And still they lit the flames

They claimed she can not wear their clothes

Just like the prophet of peace

They whipped him and hung him with thieves

A ray of light cracked through

The clouds of white drew to

A shimmer of angels cried sweetly

Sometimes I feel afraid

Just being how I’m made

Sometimes I lie awake

And pray to God he takes me

Sometimes I feel ashamed

I’m cursed. I’m sick. I’m blamed

My life and soul at stake

I can’t afford to make

One mistake

10. THE SPARK OF LIFE (BRIDE OF THE BEAST)

The art of the wait

To know when to strike

You can’t rush the storm

You can’t push the pull of the tides

The monster will wait

’Til he’s ready to rise

He’ll dream of his lover

He’ll shudder and open his eyes

Maybe tonight

Maybe tonight

We’ll meet in the dark

Between time and space

We’ll tear down the walls

We’ll dance ’til were dripping with grace

We’ll fall hand in hand

Our cold lips will touch

Our tongues will embrace

Our bodies will grapple and clutch

Maybe tonight 

Maybe tonight

The spark will ignite

We’ll open our wounds

We’ll undo our seems

We’ll trade all our parts

Be something the world’s never seen

You’ll be the man

And I’ll be the wife

I’ll give you my body

You’ll give me the spark of life

Maybe tonight

Maybe tonight

Maybe tonight

Awaken the creature

Awaken the beast

Awaken the wild one

Awaken the witch

Awaken the priest

The wires will fray

The currents will cross

The shackles will break

The scaffolds will fall

We’ll laugh through it all

We’ll break through the bars

We’ll bathe in the stars

This lightning in jars 

It all could be ours

The power to be

The power to give

The power to change

The power to live

The world is electric

The world is aflame

To live is our duty

To live is our game

The creed of the scarred

To dream is an art

A scream from the heart

The stream and the spark of life

We’ll be what we are

This beauty bizarre

Regal and naked 

And wired to the spark of life

We’ll love like machines

Fruitful and clean

Our children will lead

With their hearts and the spark of life

Until the night

We walk to the light

And shine in the sky 

Like the gods and the spark of life