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Keep the Shadows Away

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[Verse 1] Rattling teeth in the back of my head Counting up the hours that I left in bed Ticking like a clock on a crowded street Every single step is falling out of beat I put my shoes on backward just to change the view Looking for a sign that is clear and true Got a twitch in my eye and a knot in my chest Listening to thoughts that won't give it a rest [Chorus] And the world is spinning in a spiral down Yeah, the ceiling is melting to the heavy sound Catch the smoke in your hand before it turns to gray I’m just trying to keep the shadows away Yeah, keep the shadows away! [Verse 2] Sunlight bleeding through the wooden frame Everybody’s walking with a borrowed name I tried to talk, but the words turn blue Stuck in the middle of a deja vu The floorboards warp and the pictures bend Can’t find the place where the walls begin Is it getting loud, or is it just me? Floating right out of my own body [Chorus] And the world is spinning in a spiral down Yeah, the ceiling is melting to the heavy sound Catch the smoke in your hand before it turns to gray I’m just trying to keep the shadows away Yeah, keep the shadows away! [Bridge / The Trip] (Tempo slows down abruptly, sound becomes heavily echoed and warped) Wait... hold on... Did the light just blink? Everything is thicker than the words I think... Colors dripping off the corner of the door... Floating six inches up off the floor... [Outro - Trippy Spoken Word] (Over reversed guitars, pitch-shifted feedback, and swirling phaser effects) Spinning wheel... dirt and stone... Are we going back, or are we coming home? Gravity bends... deep in green... Slipping right through the edges of the scene... (Echoing vocal fades out into fuzzy guitar feedback and room noise)