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                                           THE WAR GOES ON  —                                                           Harrowed bones and headstones, 

                                 WE ARE THE NAMES ON PLAQUES AND MAUSOLEUMS

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01. Victorious

“Tonight we are victorious.” “Let me be your killer king.” “It hurts until it stops; we will love until it’s not.” “I’m a killing spree in white.” “My touch is black and poisonous.” “I know you need it.” “Do you feel it?” “Drink the water.” “Drink the wine.” “We gotta turn up the crazy; livin’ like a washed up celebrity.” “It’s all up the sleeve.” “Fifty words for murder and I’m every one of them.” “All my friends were glorious.”

02. Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time

“It’s a helluva feeling though .” “Who are these people?” “I just woke up in my underwear.” “I should probably introduce myself.” “You shoulda seen what I wore.” “I was the king of this hologram.” “Memories tend to just pop up.” “Don’t think I’ll ever get enough.” “Champagne, cocaine, gasoline and most things in between.” “This night is heating up.” “If you go out you might pass out in a drain pipe.” “Don’t threaten me with a good time .” “What are these footprints?” “Now I wish that I could find my clothes.” “Can’t even tell if this is a dream.” “How did we end up in my neighbors pool?” “I usually don’t fall when I try to stand.” “I’ve told you time and time again.” “I’m not as think as you drunk I am.” “I think we’ve had enough.”        

03. Hallelujah

“A moment you’ll never remember.” “A night that you’ll never forget.” “Show praise with your body.” “And if you can’t stop shaking, lean back; Let it move right through ya.” “My life started the day I got caught.” “Who was I tryna be?” “Then the time for being sad is over.” “Missin’ them like you miss no other.” “Being blue is better than being over it.” “I was drunk and it didn’t mean a thing.” “Stop thinking about the words from my mouth.” “I love the things you hate about yourself.” “Just finish the daydream.” “Who were you tryna be?” “No one wants you when you have no heart.” “You’ll never know if you don’t ever try.” “Let’s try.”  

04. Emperor’s New Clothes

“Finders keepers, losers weepers.” “Welcome to the end of eras.” “Done my time and served my sentence.” “It must be mine.” “You just might see a ghost tonight.” “And if you don’t know now you know.” “I’m taking back the crown.” “I’m all dressed up and naked.” “I see what’s mine and take it.” “So close I can taste it.” “I’m so much more than royal.” “Mortal kings are ruling castles.” “Welcome to my world of fun.” “Flip the switch.” “Watch them run.” “Heroes will always be remembered.” “Legends will never die.”

05. Death of a Bachelor

“Do I look lonely?” “I see the shadows on my face.” “People have told me I don’t look the same.” “Maybe I lost weight.” “Put my heart on your chest so that you can see it too.” “I’m walking the long road.” “I’m watching the sky fall.” “The lace of your dress tingles my neck.” “How do I live?” “How could I ask for more?” “Feels like my heart is going to burst.” “I just want to be served.” “And when you think of me, am I the best you’ve ever had?” “Share one more drink with me.” “Smile even though you’re sad.”

06. Crazy=Genius

“You can set yourself on fire.” “You’re so normal that you disappear.”  “There’s no residue of torture in your eyes.” “Crazy equals genius.” “If crazy equals genius, then I’m a fucking rocket scientist.” “If crazy equals genius, then I’m a fucking arsonist.” “The wine seems to play tricks on my tongue.”  “You don’t seem to have changed.” “The cut of your knife never hurts.”

07. LA Devotee

“You got two black eyes from loving too hard.” “I wouldn’t change ya.” “I wouldn’t ever try to make you leave.” “Just another LA devotee.” “You got bleached out eyes from the valley sand.” “I couldn’t ever try to make you see.” “Always on the hunt for a little more time.”   

08. Golden Days

“I found a pile of Polaroids in the crates from a record shop.” “They were sexy.” “Sexy, looking back from a night that time forgot.” “Don’t you wonder when the light begins to fade?” “The clock just makes the colors turn to grey.” “Forever younger growing older just the same.” “All the memories that we make will never change.” “We’ll stay drunk, we’ll stay tan.” “Let the love remain.” “I bet they met some diplomats on Bianca Jagger’s new yacht.” “The air was sauna hot.”

09. The Good, The Bad, and The Dirty

“Truth is that it was always going to end.” “True; all of the good girls act so good, til one of them doesn’t wait their turn .” “If you wanna start a fight, you better throw the first punch.” “Make it a good one.” “You better say my name.” “I know what it’s like to have to trade the ones that you love for the ones you hate.” “Don’t think I’ve ever used a day of my education.” “There’s only two ways that these things can go; good or bad.” “I’ve got the last judgement.” “You’ve been gone so long, I forgot what you felt like.”

10. House of Memories

“If you’re a lover, you should know: the lonely moments just get lonelier.” “Memories turns into a daydream.” “It becomes a taboo.” “I don’t want to be afraid.” “It takes my breath away.” “Baby, we built this house on memories.” “Take my picture now.” “I think of you time to time, more than I thought I would.” “They’ll always haunt me.” “I wish I could believe you never wronged me.” “Will you remember me in the same way I remember you?” “Promise me a place in your house of memories.”

11. Impossible Year