Closed For Art Fight (July)

A mask of my own face

I'd wear that

I'd wear that

I'd wear that mask of my own face

I'd wear that

I'd wear that

I'd wear it to a hoedown, and I'd dance with all the belles

And none of them would know that I was secretly myself

I'd rob my own apartment and I wouldn't give a damn

I'd blame it on the person that nobody knows I am

I look into my eyeholes, what do I see?

Look into my eyeholes, what do you see?

I look into my eyeholes and what do I see?

A handsome motherfucker, motherfucking looking back at me

A mask of my own face

I'd wear that

I'd wear that

I'd wear that mask of my own face

I'd wear that

I'd wear that

I'd wear it on Thanksgiving and I'd laugh in the parade

At all the people hissing, knowing I'm the one they hate

And at the big finale I would tear my face away

And smile as they grip their own and try to do the same

I look into my eyeholes and what do I see?

Look into my eyeholes, tell me what you see

I look into my eyeholes and what do I see?

A handsome motherfucker, motherfucking looking back at me

A mask of my own face

I'd wear that

I'd wear that

I'd wear that mask of my own face

I'd wear that

I'd wear that

I'd wear that mask of my own face

I'd wear that

I'd wear that

I'd wear that mask of my own face

I'd wear that

I'd wear that

I'd wear that mask of my own face

I'd wear that

I'd wear that

I'd wear that mask of my own face

I know that I will love again

I'll meet someone and we'll make amends

I'm sure she'll be a gentleman

And I will be content

And all that I will be fulfilled

See the world and pay my bills

Have a drink and eat my fill

Of dinners and free will

But if you come to me

In my home with my three kids

If you asked me to leave

To be with you and split

Well I'd at least

Have to think about it

You never loved the same amount

You spent a week at my mother's house

And honest I can tell you now

I love you more than my future spouse

And if you come to me

When I've promised to commit

If you told me that you loved me

And asked me for a kiss

Well, I'd at least have to think about it

You are my Achilles' heel

The weakness only I can feel

I've been a liar and you've been a pill

But I'd still have to think about it

Things

Just won't be the same

I'm scared to death I'll scream your name

And still there's not a thing I would change

That's okay

Pleasure to see you, invisible friend!

You think you can see

Me? It's only pretend!

It's funny, 'cause no

One is keen to my kind

So maybe the truth is

You're losing your mind~

Pleasure to be here, impossible friend!

So long as you see me

I'll stay till the end

I'm meeting myself, too, with every day

Promise to make sure

You don't look away~

Who are you?

(Who am I?)

What are you?

(What am I?)

Look at me

(Are you blind?)

Look again

(Never mind.)

Are you there?

(Stay away.)

There you are

(Stay away.)

Here I am

(Stay away.)

Come with me

(Take it away...)

Tell me your secrets

In case you forget!

And I'll be your back-up

Your faithfullest pet!

As cute as a kitten, as smart as a crow

Got nothing to hide here

And nothing to show

Turn off your worries

And leave it to chance!

We'll turn up the white

Noise and go for a dance!

Your favorite tune?

It's my favorite too!

You follow my lead

I'm following you!

Give in to nonsense!

There's nothing to fight

I step with my left foot

And turn to the right!

So what's coming next?

That's a total surprise

Join into the game now

Look straight in my FACE!

Who are you?

(Who am I?)

What are you?

(What am I?)

Look at me

(Are you blind?)

Look again

(Never mind.)

Are you there?

(Stay away.)

There you are

(Stay away.)

Here I am

(Stay away.)

Here I go

(No, I mean, stay...)

We may never know each

Other all that clearly

Really, will it matter

When we drift apart?

For as long as we can feign

Another moment loving dearly

I don't think I'll ever need

To see into your heart

Memories are burning to a fading ember

Fragments of the feelings

That were up to me

I'm sick of feeling sorry

Sick of trying to remember;

Cut my heavy conscience

I am ready to be free

I'm a little figment of imagination!!

Nothing but the sort-of

Person no one knows

For a face to be forgotten

Is the fate of every face

Then every pretty smile

Withers over like a rose

Then again, with wide and

Happy eyes, you see me

Play with me again upon another day...

And believing you believe

In me is making me believe

That maybe I'm a thing that

Doesn't have to fade away...

Pleasure to see you! I waited a while

You look like a grown up

But still like a child!

Don't worry about me. I

Think I've been fine

I remember your face

You remember mine?

What's with the mood now?

You're frozen in fear

Like you’ve seen a stranger

Inside of a mirror

This isn't at all like

The face that you showed

The first time we met

On the side of the road

Sooner or later was anyone's guess

So maybe a new start

Would be for the best!

You look in my eyes, yet

You're looking too far

"Pleasure to see you"...

Shut down communications relays

Lock off all corridors to the core

Dry heaving on the sonic shower floor

One to beam directly to sickbay

Full power to jettison thrusters

Chuck out my ocular implant

Drop me between galaxy clusters

I need

I need

I need space

I need space

I hate so many things

I hate hating so many things

I'm so negative

I hate so many things

I hate hating so many things

I'm so negative

I need

I need

I need space

I need

Syzygy to take a vacation

Relieve me to realign with my

Hermit Warbler inclination

Found a soundproof Farpoint Station

Melancholia to make a memento mori flyby

Terrify and transform me from a troglodyte

To a Social Weaver overnight

'Til a Voortrekker and a Familiar Chat

Remind me to hop an escape pod

Lest I have to chew the fat

I hate so many things

I need space

I hate so many things

I hate hating so many things

I'm so negative

I need

I need

I need space

I need space

I need space

I wish I knew you

Back when we were both small

I wish I knew you

But I have gotten too tall

I wish I knew you

When touch was innocent

I wish I knew you

Before it felt like a sin

Felt like a sin

Before it felt like a sin

Felt like a sin

Before it felt like a sin

There's nothing for me

Here, where the world is small

But how you touch me

For that I'd leave it all

Back in the city

Cold eyes and lips of dust

So turn and face me

Turn to the altar of lust

Felt like a sin

Before it felt like a sin

(Pray for me on your knees)

(Pray for me on your knees)

(Pray for me on your knees)

Before it felt like a sin

Felt like a sin

Before it felt like a sin

(Pray for me on your knees)

(Pray for me on your knees)

(Pray for me on your knees)

Before it felt like a sin

Stay through the night

I'd spend the mornings by your side (pray for me in your knees)

Time slips away (pray for me on your knees)

(Pray for me on your knees) before the hillside turns to grey

Pray for me, kneel with me

Soak in the crystal stream

Wash the sin from your back

Cleanse my soul, make me whole

Dance in the morning glow

Hold me, we can't go back

Before it felt like a sin

Felt like a sin

Before it felt like a sin

(Pray for me on your knees)

(Pray for me on your knees)

(Pray for me on your knees)

Before it felt like a sin

Felt like a sin

I don't like your tone

It's not helping much

But I'll stay and such 'cause I think it's love enough

You call me baby but I double as your punching bag

At least the bruises heal fast

I'm yours enough that I come back

So, blame me 'cause I am nothing

Hate me at least it's something

A gasp of air is all I need

What kind of person needs to breathe?

A healthy one I'm sure but that's not me

Some water if I'm lucky but I would never ask that much

Don't wanna start a war so I'll let it be

Whatever makes you happy

I know it's all my fault

I should say when it's too much

But I keep my stupid mouth shut so you won't give up

Oh, I can't find myself

I'm slowly disappearing

Getting lost in the "I'm sorry's"

That I thought would make you want me

So, blame me 'cause I am nothing

Hate me at least it's something

A gasp of air is all I need

What kind of person needs to breathe?

A healthy one I'm sure but that's not me

Some water if I'm lucky but I would never ask that much

Don't wanna start a war so I'll let it be

Whatever makes

You look me in the eye while you take what isn't mine

Gotta save you before I can save myself

Don't think that this is love but if it's not, it's good enough

I don't deserve anything but

A gasp of air is all I need

What kind of person needs to breathe?

A healthy one I'm sure but that's not me

Some water if I'm lucky but I would never ask that much

Don't wanna start a war so I'll let it be

I'm sock-footed, sick and selfish

Holding strangers' hands

Eating riders, sliding on the floor

That looks like white crayons

Josephine, do you watch me?

Do you know what's coming?

I keep getting the feeling that I sold something

I wake up holding a nightmare

Remember nothing but the fear

I'm forgetting something, Josephine

Where are you, my dear?

I lost something, I sold it

I only remember the ache

And all I can sing about are the floorboards backstage

I give them teeth, I give them sound

Yeah, I'm consuming your hometown

They scream to ash, their chests bend down

I thought I saw you in the crowd

I'm waking up late

Just offended my idol

They ask me how I feel, they hand me title after title

Josephine, every success I get I think about your reaction

And I make myself more and more into a tourist attraction

'Cause in the end, I still feel the cut off thread

The little kid who doesn't know what she did wrong or said

I wonder if you know how much it fucked with me

Is that what you wanted, Josephine, Josephine, Josephine?

I give them teeth, I give them sound

Yeah, I'm consuming your hometown

They scream to ash, their chests bend down

I thought I saw you in the crowd

I'll be every news flash, every place

A blaring fever that won't break

On every screen, on every face

'Til we're both something neither of us can ever escape

(Josephine, Josephine, Josephine)

(Josephine, Josephine, Josephine)

(Josephine, Josephine, Josephine)

(Josephine, Josephine, Josephine)

(Josephine, Josephine, Josephine)

You're in the same exact place

Breathing the same flavor of U.S. air

The only thing changing is the color of your hair

And I'm flashing like a chameleon song after song

It's a form of begging something that I'm proving you wrong

I'm proving you wrong

I'm proving you wrong

Oh, please, please, please, please

I'm proving you wrong

I'm proving you wrong

I'm proving you wrong

Oh, please, please, please, please, please, please

I'm drinking everything I ever wanted like scotch

And, baby, baby, I'm gonna make you watch

I'm drinking everything I ever wanted like scotch

And, baby, baby, I'm gonna make you watch

I keep dreaming you're in that blue darkness

You're in that crowd of worms

You watch me get everything you don't think I deserve

I know you watch me, Josephine, I know that you do

I'll run in circles finding other ways to say "I miss you"

I miss you, Josephine, but I won't respond

Your call grows old as the lawn turns blonde

I saw your doppleganger in a fan at MSG

I found out what I sold as she looked up at me

[Verse 1]

So I burn away my fears

Holding in my tears till I get home

They said love is the key

Maybe you're the one mistake I need

To know no one's right for me

I'm regretting every choice

Destroying all the things that I hold dear

And a dark cloud hovers near

[Chorus]

And all I need's to get out of my funk

You broke me down, I build myself back up again

Feeling more vulnerable than I have ever been

Find something that you love and hold it within

Your bloody hands

[Verse 2]

And I'm running through the dark

Afraid to ever stop, or I'll fall down

And no one will hear thе sound

I'm buried fairly deep

Underneath things I'vе searched for, but never found

But I'm holding that shovel now

[Chorus]

And all I need's to get out of my funk

You broke me down, I build myself back up again

Feeling more vulerable than I have ever been

Find something that you love and hold it within

Your bloody hands

[Verse 3]

And though my past is stained with blood

And scars from all the ones that I've ever loved

I'm cutting through the thorns this time

Leaving nothing undone

[Chorus]

And now I am all out of my funk

I can breathe again, learn to love someone else

Standing tall amongst the clouds even though I'm scared

I can't wait to hold you with my two hands

Cause you're all I have

You're all I have

[Verse 4]

And I was the last stepping stone

To being better than I've ever been before

And when I cry, I'll cry

I'll laugh, then I'll die

But I won't waste another second dwelling on

I'm too much or not enough

Maybe everyone else is messed up

Well, anyway, I can't seem to stay in just one state of mind

Waiting round for something better

I'm the one that wouldn't let her

Now I'm back and forth, I get bored when she's no perfect find

'Cause it's one thing or another

I don't even know why I bother

One thing just tears her down

'Cause it's one thing or another

I don't even know why I bother

Something I just can't get around

Consider the possibility that you've been had, but not by me

We're just kids, don't worry about this

My course is run and I'm so tired, until the next one comes inspired

I feel bad and I should

I made her sad and I knew it would

'Cause it's one thing or another

I don't even know why I bother

One thing just tears her down

'Cause it's one thing or another

I don't even know why I bother

Something I just can't get around

I need to learn to wait in turn

'Cause now I just step blindly

And I'm only happy when

I can close my eyes and I just dive in

And forget about about acting kindly

'Cause it's one thing or another

I don't even know why I bother

One thing just tears her down

'Cause it's one thing or another

I don't even know why I bother

Something I just can't get around

I love you all but sometimes

You boys are way too much

Been gone too long and this place

Could use a female touch

Oh you've been waiting for me

Oh gosh you make me blush

Let the show begin

1 2 3 and 4

I got the taste for stardom and a set of horns

And then a 5 6 7 8

Give me the beat a mic and then get off the stage

And I will take it from here

So don't you have any fear

Your glowing darling angel star has appeared

Yeah I'm the hand to your glove

Headlining act to your love

The little gift the devil sent from above

The show

Goes all night

Halo

Shines so bright

I'm your starlet

Brought to life

And summoned from the page

I crave

The limelight

Give me

The spotlight

'Cause you know

That they're all here to see

The angel of the stage

The angel of the stage

The angel of the stage

I sing and people line up

To hear my melody

I dance, my feet like thunder

Controlling your heartbeat

How can something so devilish, be this heavenly

Let the show begin

1 2 3 and 4

I'll knock your socks off honey leave your begging for more

And then a 5 6 7 8

I'm like a dancing demon so get out of my way

And I will take it from here

So don't you have any fear

Your glowing darling angel star has appeared

Yeah I'm the hand to your glove

Headlining act to your love

The little gift the devil sent from above

The show

Goes all night

Halo

Shines so bright

I'm your starlet

Brought to life

And summoned from the page

I crave

The limelight

Give me

The spotlight

'Cause you know

That they're all here to see

The angel of the stage

The angel of the stage

The angel of the stage

Baby I am going places

You will see

Just you wait

I was born to entertain them

Feels so good

On that stage

The show

Goes all night

Halo

Shines so bright

I'm your starlet

Brought to life

And summoned from the page

I crave

The limelight

Give me

The spotlight

'Cause you know

That they're all here to see

The angel of the stage

The angel of the stage

See, I was born the second child

With a spirit running wild, running free

And they saw trouble in my eyes

They were quick to recognize the devil in me

See, I was born a restless child

And I could hear the world outside calling me

And Heaven knows how hard I tried

But the devil whispered lies I believed

Can you hear it hanging on the wind?

Can you feel it underneath your skin?

You've got to go on, further than you've ever gone

You've got to run far from all you've ever known

You've got to go on, further than you've ever gone

You've got to run far from all you've ever known

You've got to run far from all you've ever known

Early morning

Set fire to the toaster

Looking at deadlines

I can't seem to focus (can't seem to focus)

Early evening

Just sat on the sofa

Maybe I'll get it

When I'm wiser and older

Oh-ooh, it's quarter to two

Sitting in bed I'm just not in the mood

Oh-hi, it's quarter to five

Got nothing done but you know that's alright

Oh-ooh, it's quarter to two

Got nothing better to do

Nothing better to do

So I take a load off

A load off

My executive decision

Sit and chill out in the kitchen

Sick of playing Mr Business

When nobody even listens

So I'm sitting back

'Cause I'm the CEO of watching television

Ayyyyy (aaah)

Oooooh (aaah)

In my own sweet time

Taking a load off

Da-da-da-da-do-do-da-da

Yeah yeah yeah

Eyes are staring through the wall

I've run out of material

I should've got the groceries

So for lunch I'm eating cereal

It's always pick the phone up quick

Working hard is how it is

Well 'scuse me I got bigger fish

Got a business meeting with my fridge

Ohh

Oh-ooh, it's quarter to two

Sitting in bed I'm just not in the mood

Oh-hi, it's quarter to five

Got nothing done but you know that's alright

Oh-ooh, it's quarter to two

Got nothing better to do

Nothing better to do

So I take a load off

A load off

My executive decision

Sit and chill out in the kitchen

Sick of playing Mr Business

When nobody even listens

So I'm sitting back

'Cause I'm the CEO of watching television

Ayyyyy (aaah)

Oooooh (aaah)

In my own sweet time

Taking a load off

Da-da-da-da-do-do-da-da

Yeah mmm yeah

Take a business meeting in my PJs

Hey I G2G I'll BRB

When I can see straight yeah

Things can get on top of me

So time to change the scenery

No one died that time last week

When you took a break

So you could breathe

A load off

A load off

My executive decision

Yeah this is my own admission

Say goodbye to old editions

I'm relaxing yeah I'm chilling

Take a load off

A load off

My executive decision

Sit and chill out in the kitchen

Sick of playing Mr Business

When nobody even listens

So I'm sitting back

'Cause I'm the CEO of watching television

Ayyyyy (aaah)

Oooooh (aaah)

In my own sweet time

Taking a load off

Da-da-da-da-do-do-da-da

You say, you wander your own land

But when I think about it, I don't see how you can

You're aching, you're breaking

And I can see the pain in your eyes

Says Everybody's Changing, and I don't know why

So little time

Try to understand that I'm

Trying to make a move just to stay in the game

I try to stay awake and remember my name

But Everybody's Changing, and I don't feel the same

You're gone from here

Soon you will disappear, fading into beautiful light

'Cause Everybody's Changing, and I don't feel right

So little time

Try to understand that I'm

Trying to make a move just to stay in the game

I try to stay awake and remember my name

But Everybody's Changing, and I don't feel the same

So little time

Try to understand that I'm

Trying to make a move just to stay in the game

I try to stay awake and remember my name

But Everybody's Changing, and I don't feel the same

[Verse 1]

Deep down, hear the pounding of a heartbeat

Sink into your ears: a mere machine

Maintaining an air of motivation

How much of "my best" is left in me? A revolution

[Pre-Chorus]

Fun fact number one: I have nothing but delusions

Fun fact number two: I don't know what I got into

Fun fact number three: Stopping now would all too easy

I'll believe in me and set myself free

[Chorus]

Chemicals and artificial tissue reborn, ah

Cooking up a life a bit more mischievous

Daydreaming delusions taking shape out the door, ah

Looks like I've an appetite for dissonance

[Verse 2]

Break down all the doubts 'causе it's a good day, I'm finally alive

'Bove ground is a masqueradе of bias so baby unwind

[Pre-Chorus]

Fun fact number four: Never had this feeling before

Fake it, make it, none of that anymore

[Chorus]

Enter new dimensions, pixels left unexplored, ah

Nothing can be said to be coincidence

Flashy bright ideas and a shiny new norm, ah

Time to brave the stage and reach the infinite

[Bridge]

Hi! Come one, come all, to one Eimi Isami fanchant practice session!

(わーい! パチパチパチパチ)

Um… repeat after me, or something, I dunno…

Three, two, one, woo!

Pop quiz! Who's your one and only? (Eimi!)

Fufu, everybody loves me! Wait, what? (No!)

Running forever, you're cursed for eternity

Stop (Hey!) this (Hey!) self (Hey!) mutiny!

Words my heart never bleeds, the worst of all of my dreams

A girl to face a reality a touch more sweet

[Pre-Chorus]

Fun fact number five: I just realised I'll be alright

Wing it, bring it, live it, make it my own

[Chorus]

Chemicals and artificial tissue reborn, ah

Cooking up a life a bit more mischievous

Daydreaming delusions taking shape out the door, ah

Looks like I've an appetite for…

[Outro]

Standing up proud, despite the heart of a coward, see

Fighting the truth and shaping my own reality

Solid results for such a sordid experiment

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear

But much more for the touch of your whips, dear

You can raise welts like nobody else

As we dance to the Masochism Tango

Let our love be a flame, not an ember

Say it's me that you want to dismember

Blacken my eye, set fire to my tie

As we dance to the Masochism Tango

At your command before you here I stand

My heart is in my hand, ugh

It's here that I must be

My heart entreats, just hear those savage beats

And go put on your cleats, and come and trample me

Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany

That's why I'm in such exquisite agony

My soul is on fire, it's aflame with desire

Which is why I perspire when we tango

You caught my nose in your left castanet, love

I can feel the pain yet, love every time I hear drums

And I envy the rose that you held in your teeth, love

With the thorns underneath, love sticking into your gums

Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches the last time I needed 20 stitches, ah

To sew up the gash that you made with your lash

As we danced to the Masochism Tango

Bash in my brain and make me scream with pain

Then kick me once again and say we'll never part

I know too well I'm underneath your spell

So, darling, if you smell something burning, it's my heart, 'scuse me

Take your cigarette from its holder and burn your initials in my shoulder, ah