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The Sad Charade

by Random Parade

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1.
Start & End 04:26
crestfallen glare there's nothing left to say at a loss for words we turn our separate ways now i'm driving ninety seven on the four oh five thinking of another drug i'd like to try and its true i start and end with you it was june when our eyes first met tender charms we traded on cassette amorous affections came so easily we didn't know it then but it was destiny and its true i start and end with you hold my heart tightly in your hand tied to my arm with a rubber-band the finger-marks don't fade from where you squeezed it tight i know you said you wouldn't but i thought you might and its true i start and end with you now we stand there's nothing left to say you turn and you walk away i wonder if i'll ever see your face again or hold your hand and walk together just as friends and its true i start and end with you
2.
Sad Charade 05:04
i see your walls all fall away a gripping fear, my life escapes flashback to days when we were two i don't owe anything to... you are not the one who brought me through when you gave into (chorus) and now you're leaving another life you leave behind to long for you and its the same and now I'm grieving cast aside reveal to me the sad charade your laugh becomes a cackle your smile an evil grin the sparkle in you eyes an icy chasm wherein blackness bleeds from within your soul consumes my heart for toll to pay for all your life of sin that you gave into and now you're leaving another life you leave behind to long for you and its the same and now I'm grieving cast aside reveal to me the sad charade that you led me to and now I'm bleeding cast aside I'm cast aside and left for dead and it's the same and now I'm grieving cast aside I'm cast aside and left for dead
3.
i hear those chimes again pounding steel bells sound rings around my head its too early to tell if I'm slipping slipping into a spell i saw your face today so close that i could smell the fragrance of content oh yes, i can tell now i'm slipping slipping into a spell don't run when you can hide crawl deep inside your mind step back before you fell slip into a spell it grabs me from behind no one hears silence yell my pocket's picked of it's esteem no, i'm not doing well now i'm slipping slipping into a spell don't run when you can hide crawl deep inside your mind step back before you fell slip into a spell
4.
Daydream 06:11
it was the middle of my thoughts when the stranger turned to me and talked unexpected unprepared i answered with a lifeless stare she must have thought, "how impolite" and made me out a troglodyte "so conceited and unfair just a creep with a lifeless stare" (chorus) fancy me a daydream fantasy in moonbeams fancy me a daydream fantasy in moonbeams my thought they turn to me and you your delicate features come into view my fingers touch the clothes you wear as i drift into a lifeless stare
5.
No. 1 Crush 04:28
6.
Holy Water 02:16
holy water look at me covered in the grime of my sin lord make me clean as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water make me clean its and addiction by thy precious blood has anyone seen my balance the blood is the drug as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water it's my drug i'll dig to china i'll find a priest his divining rod will bless me and chase away the beast as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water kill the beast as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water as the devil loves holy water make me clean
7.
Unstable 04:51
god fearing unstable rip off my head and lay it out on the table open it up to see if I can find why my friends have left me and I want to die god fearing unstable got a hold of my mind but i'm still unable to shake the fear that drove me insane left you behind and brought the rain my insecurities have made me a criminal my soul is scarred with lies i once thought minimal spiral in the dark my colors turn deep searching for a look in you that i can keep god willing dissection open my brain to find the fear of rejection give me repentance slam the gavel and deliver my sentence i stand here gaping at this edge (get on your knees and raise this cross) i carry so much weight but i still have a sense of loss let me out set me free i've had enough of this manic retreat my psyche's sick but my mind is well i lost control got scared turned ran and fell
8.
shiny white cold porcelain figure set on the rug your not quite ready take a drink the water tastes like poison your walls are rounding and you've locked yourself in after one you can feel the buzz glow it wasn't long before you let yourself go in a fog of smoke and technicolor lights blaring sound-waves crush your brain tonight churn churn dear your stomach turns your body shakes with fear spin spin love your eyes whirl... the taste rushes with a vengeance to your mouth churn, spin and shake it just wants to get out what's in is out and you pass out once more your giving in as your head slams on the floor churn churn dear your stomach turns your body shakes with fear spin spin love your eyes whirl...
9.
Reason 05:04
just give me a reason to talk to gods just give me reason haunt my dreams with screams of pain in blissful sadness pretend to pray if you read us in your books where would i stand when i reached the end drinking from some vial or twist and bent as we watched if fall apart the plaque spread fast a dark eclipse no excuses it can't be fixed in wild grey eyes i wade through emotional swamps i paid my dues to my country in cash when will my peace come at last if you read us in your books where would i stand when i reached the end drinking from some vial or twist and bent - (lend me your mind) as we watched if fall apart the plaque spread fast a dark eclipse no excuses it can't be fixed blow my mind out in a comic book while heroes and kings, gods and crooks bleed on my soul and stain my eyes don't need reasons to live because I'm living a lie if you read us in your books where would i stand when i reached the end drinking from some vial or twist and bent - (lend me your mind) as we watched if fall apart the plaque spread fast a dark eclipse no excuses it can't be fixed
10.
Mirrors 03:55
i'm on the mezzanine with my thorazine just trying to get my stride i'm reading magazines to assess the scene i might just take this ride I'm learing how to feel so take the wheel i'm hanging off the side i thought we had a deal loud, mangled steel self images collide (chorus) these mirrors try to trap your souls steal away to a great unknown reflecting futures reflecting pasts close your eyes a mirrors only glass spirituality our specialty we fix old, broken souls you won't need currency heaven is free empty your pockets in this bowl what's looking back at me i'm afraid to see how others might perceive what's looking back at me is a fallacy reflections can deceive (chorus) don't try to hide your face when your mirrors shake you that's coming from within and you are free to let it all rush in (chorus)
11.
Cynic 05:22
Hold me back Hold me back Let emotion take over me let me steal my soul away hide my voice hide my fear just want to sing and be left alone in the music wandering lose myself again love can't take me as high as the poisons in my mind the tragedy makes me feel so alive hold me feel me burn you with my hidden caustic smile i am the beautiful anger you bottled up inside

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Alternative rock project, Random Parade, playing smoldering post punk, indie gloom rock, singed with some shoegaze guitars for good measure. Dark driving rhythms, reminiscent of She Wants Revenge, amid swirling guitars calling to mind Catherine Wheel and nerve tingling vocals somewhere between Peter Murphy and David Bowie.

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released July 14, 2015

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Alternative rock project, Random Parade, playing smoldering post punk, indie gloom rock, singed with some shoegaze guitars for good measure. Dark driving rhythms, reminiscent of She Wants Revenge, amid swirling guitars calling to mind Catherine Wheel and nerve tingling vocals somewhere between Peter Murphy and David Bowie. ... more

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