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PARANOID IMAGINATION

by THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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1.
LIFE IS VERY SHORT AND THERES NO TIME / RADIATION GLOWING IN YOUR EYES / IT’S GOING TO ROT AND RUIN YOUR BRAIN / UNDER THE CALIFORNIA RAY / EVERYBODY KNOWS THERES SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU / IT’S GOING TO ROT AND RUIN YOUR BRAIN / UNDER THE CALIFORNIA RAY / LIFE IS VERY SHORT AND THERES NO TIME for you / IT’S GOING TO ROT AND RUIN YOUR BRAIN / UNDER THE CALIFORNIA RAY / SWEET POISON COARSING INTO YOUR VEINS / UNDER THE CALIFORNIA RAY
2.
YOUR MOTHER EARTH IS FULL OF TRASH / I SPIT UPON IT AND I LAUGH / THE SAD REALITY IN FACT, JACK / IS YOU CAN NEVER BRING HER BACK / YOU RAN AWAY WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG / PICKED UP THE NEEDLE JUST FOR FUN / THE DISAPPEARING BLOOD WAS LOVE, LOVE / DRIED UP AND SUCKED OUT OF YOUR TONGUE / THERE IS NO HUMAN YOU SHOULD TRUST / WORLD PEACE IS NEVER WORTH THE FUSS / IT’S HARDER THAN IT FEELS FOR US, US / AND I’M STILL SHAKING OFF THE DUST, DUST
3.
THE TELEPHONE IS RINGING BRINGING ME UP / AND OUT OF A SLEEP THAT WAS MUCH TOO DEEP FOR DREAMING / IM OUT OF BED IT’S RINGING / DEAD TELEPHONE / AND NOW A VOICE IS SPEAKING / SCREAMING MY NAME / AGAIN LIKE BEFORE but MY EAR’S SO SORE IT’S BLEEDING / IT’S BACK AGAIN ITS RINGING / DEAD TELEPHONE / I’M OUT OF BED IT’S RINGING / DEAD TELEPHONE / I’M OUT OF BED IT’S RINGING / DEAD TELEPHONE / IT’S BACK AGAIN IT’S RINGING / DEAD TELEPHONE
4.
WELL IT SEEMS PURPLE ALMOST ALL THE TIME / WHEN I FELT THAT WEIRD SENSATION / IT was STRANGE TO ONLY ME / TO SEE JUST ONE COLOR / NOW IT’S PINK AND VANISHING AND SINKING IN THE DUSK / LIKE A WASH OF DIAMONDS GOING THROUGH THE WAVES / TO MEET YOUR LIQUID TOUCH / ALL I SEE IS ONE COLOR / AND IN TIME / I’LL GO INSIDE / AND INSIDE THERE’S ONE COLOR / WELL I DON’T USUALLY BOTHER ABOUT THINKING ABOUT NOTHING / I’M SLEEPING AND DREAMING IN THE PAST / TO FIND MYSELF SOME PEACE / but ALL I SEE IS ONE COLOR
5.
Missery 01:58
/ I WANT TO MAKE YOU HAPPY / MEET YOUR MAMA AND MEET YOUR DADDY / GET YOU ALL YOUR FAVORITE THINGS / I’LL GIVE YOU ALL MY MONEY / TAKE A TRIP TO SOMEWHERE SUNNY / TO A PLACE THAT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN / MISSERY / MISSERY / YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU BABY I NEVER WANT TO KEEP YOU WAITING / I’LL BE YOURS / FOR ALL OF TIME / MISSERY / MISSERY / MISSERY / MISSERY
6.
Medusa Bride 02:28
PURE / BORN WITHOUT A HEART / A BLACK AND ROTTING MIND / BLEEDING IN A SMILE / SEEN / THOSE / WHO SAY SHE HAS SCORNED / HAVE NEVER KNOWN OF HER FACE / AND NEVER SIGHED HER NAME / SEEN / HER EYES / RIVAL MORNING SKIES / SOFTER THAN HER PULSE / AND WICKED AS THE DAMNED / SEEN
7.
/ AFTER SCHOOL / AFTER SCHOOL / WE’LL STRIP THE CHILDREN FROM THEIR SOULS TO FEED / SOMEBODY YOU ALREADY KNOW / WE’LL SACRIFICE THEIR BEATING HEARTS AND BLEED / TOGETHER HAND IN HAND / AFTER SCHOOL (SATAN) / AFTER SCHOOL (CLUB) / AFTER SCHOOL (SATAN) / AFTER SCHOOL (CLUB) / WE’LL RIP THE CHILDREN FROM REALITY / AND SHOW THEM PARADISE IN HELL / THEY’LL BREACH THE CONSTRUCTS OF SOCIETY / AND THEY WILL LEAD YOU TOO / AFTER SCHOOL (SATAN) / AFTER SCHOOL (CLUB) / AFTER SCHOOL (SATAN) / AFTER SCHOOL (CLUB)
8.
Real Lies 02:43
SHES GOING AWAY YEAH / PLEASE STAY DON’T GO / YOU THOUGHT YOU’D HAVE YOURSELF A NICE LONG HAPPY TRIP / BUT THIS HOLY SHOW KEEPS ROLLING AND YOU AINT HELPING IT / REAL LIES / REAL LIES / YOUR NURSE IS PRAYING AND A HEARSE IS PARKED ON YOUR STREET / THERES NOTHING WORSE THAN BEING CURSED BY ALL THOSE YOU MEET / SO SIT AND EAT YOUR EARNINGS WHILE THEY FEED THE TUBE / AND YOU MAY GOING LOOKING JILTED / CAUSE YOUR JUICED / YEAH JUICED / REAL LIES / REAL LIES / YOU DRIVE A BIG BLACK CADDY THAT DADDY GAVE TO YOU / YOU AIN’T GOT HISTORY AND YOU DON’T KNOW MISERY LIKE WE DO / YOUR FROM ANOTHER TIME / SOME OTHER WORLD THAN MINE / AND YOU CAN TELL YOURSELF IT’S REAL BUT IT’S ALL LIES / REAL LIES / REAL LIES / AND YOU TELL ME IT’S REAL / TELL ME A LIE / AND YOU TELL ME IT’S REAL / TELL ME A LIE / TELL ME A LIE / TELL ME A LIE
9.
/ AT THE STAIRS I WAS STANDING / WHERE I AM / I’M BY THE LANDING / AT THE STAIRS / NO ONE CARES / THROUGH A HALL I WENT WALKING NEAR A WALL OF PEOPLE TALKING / THROUGH THE HALL / I FEEL SO SMALL / THAT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT THAT I MET YOU / I NEVER WOULD FORGET YOU / I NEVER COULD FORGET THE WAY YOU LOOK AT NIGHT / FROM THE SIDE I STOOD WATCHING / I TRIED TO HIDE THAT’S WHEN YOU SAW ME / FROM THE SIDE / I ALMOST DIED / THAT WAS THE LAST NIGHT THAT I MET YOU / I NEVER COULD FORGET YOU / I NEVER WOULD FORGET THE WAY YOU LOOK AT NIGHT / THE WAY YOU LOOK AT NIGHT / THE WAY YOU LOOKED AT ME
10.
LYING DOWN IN THE DAWN / I THOUGHT YOU’D NEVER GO AWAY / YOU LEFT ANYWAY / AND SLEPT LIKE A BABE / TOMORROW GROANS / IT TURNS ME OFF LIKE A RADIO / IM A RADIO WITH A HELLBOUND HEART / I THOUGHT YOU’D NEVER GO AWAY / BUT YOU FELL ASLEEP ANYWAY / WITH THE RADIO / YOU SLEPT LIKE A BABE / EATEN BEATEN AND STARVED FROM MY SLOW GIN FIZZ / VAMPIRE TEETH KEPT ME AWAKE / I THOUGHT YOU’D NEVER GO AWAY / BUT YOU FELL ASLEEP ANYWAY / WITH THE RADIO / AND A HELLBOUND HEART
11.
I’M A MACHINE / NO SYMPATHY / STARING AT THE SCREEN / SADO-SCHIZOPHRENE / I AM A MAN / BLOOD IN MY HAND / LAUGH AND CRY AND SCREAM / SADO-SCHIZOPHRENE / I AM A GOD / DO WHAT I WANT / HIGH DIVINE SUPREME / SADO-SCHIZOPHRENE
12.
Teenaged God 03:40
I GOT A TELEGRAM FROM HELL / SAID GOD HAD FELL / NOW I’M SUCCESSOR TO HIMSELF / AND I FEEL BETTER NOW / I THINK I’M BETTER NOW / I GOT A LETTER SENT FROM GOD / SAID I WAS WRONG / I WROTE A LETTER TO RESPOND / I’LL LIVE FOREVER NOW / IT’LL BE MY PLEASURE NOW / MY DAYS ARE CALM / AND NIGHTS ARE LONG / IN CLOUD / YEAR ROUND / AND I FEEL BETTER NOW / IT’S ONLY PLEASURE NOW / MY DAYS ARE CALM / AND NIGHTS ARE LONG / YEAR ROUND / IN CLOUD / AND I FEEL BETTER NOW / I THINK I’M BETTER NOW
13.
FILLING UP THE HOLES IN MY HEAD / FILLING UP THE HOLES IN MY HEAD / TOGETHER WE KNOW WHAT’S WAITING BELOW / FILLING UP THE HOLES IN MY HEAD / FILLING UP THE HOLES IN MY HEAD
14.
I’M HANGING FROM THE CEILING FAN / AND WONDERING WHERE I USED TO STAND / THERE WAS A TIME I USED TO KNOW / MAYBE YOU CAN HELP UNTIE THE ROPE / I’M HANGING FROM THE CEILING FAN / I DON’T REMEMBER WHO I AM / I LIVED A LIFE THEN TOOK MY OWN / MAYBE YOU CAN HELP UNTIE THE ROPE / UNTIE THE ROPE

credits

released June 6, 2019

Mastering By Dan Randall At Mammoth Studios / Produced & Mixed By Duane Burda At Indietopia Studios / Engineered By Duane Burda & Kyle Langlois / Songs & Design By Kyle Langlois / Music By Kyle Langlois, Andrew Mckenna, Patrick White / Add’l. Keys/synth By Duane Burda / Art By Heather Benjamin / Conceived In Portland, Oregon, USA / “Paranoid Imagination” By The English Language © 2019 / Englishlanguagemusic.com /

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