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Seven Lives

by Jumpiter

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1.
Treehouse 06:28
TREEHOUSE ((( Man # 1 ))) When God destroyed the Sun I cursed His name in anger I called Him bad and made Him mad My fate's in danger I've been damned to Hell For losing my faith in Him That's fine as long as I can Keep my lovely girlfriend Until one of us dies I want to spend all my time with her I'll go to Hell a happy man Since I've been damned to Hell I'll do anything that I like I'll keep sinning while I can I've been fucking I've been cursing I've been stealing To find relief from the aggression I've been feeling But when I'm holding her So innocently near me Sometimes forget We'll separate eventually I want to live a good life But I've been damned to Hell I must take advantage of my fate I'll follow all my instincts No consequences to fear The human urge to sin's innate High above the ground We sleep together She wakes up thirsty And she says: "I'm going for a drink of water and a swim. Do you still love me?" And of course I tell her: "Yes." A ladder made of wood Stretches to the ground My girl starts to descend The treetop tall Climbing down the ladder From the treehouse The ladder breaks I see her fall If I've been damned to Hell I might as well just kill myself Can't live without her So I'll die (yes I'll die) (I guess I'll die) [words & music by Sean Schuyler]
2.
DRINK TO DEATH ((( Man # 2 ))) I went down with the Mountain And tumbled into the ocean I sank deep 'til I fell asleep in the sea My mind fell asleep in me It woke up when she said she loved me It all came back to haunt me I'm alive for the second time And she's here I knew her for less than a year Somehow she found me once again I now recall I watched her fall I couldn't deal with life at all And so I ended it for good I thought I could But I was wrong I feared my life Would be too long The word love is a killer I wonder if I should tell her The last time that we fell in love I was blind And there was darkness in humankind I was odd with the Maker He felt it justice to take her In a year she was gone And I fear that this time Punishment will resume for my crime I didn't mean to call Him bad I didn't mean to make Him mad I felt so sad that she was dead It should have been my death instead But she's alive a second time And so am I And I can't lie She has to know That she could die Drink to Death He drinks to you now But when I tried to wake her up After the night we drank so late I told her of her treehouse fate We drank so much I never thought she'd asphyxiate But I was wrong We felt so sad She drank too long Drink to Death He drinks to you now [words & music by Sean Schuyler]
3.
WHEN BUILDINGS COLLAPSE ((( Man # 3 ))) When buildings collapse There's nothing you can do But pray your loved ones die quickly Doing laundry in the basement Of our tall apartment building Nothing clean to wear I went out to buy some groceries Left you waiting in the laundry room Content to sit and stare At the washer spinning round and round And round and round and round When buildings collapse There's nothing you can do But pray your loved ones die quickly Earthquake shakes beneath the pavement Left you waiting in the basement The building's falling down If you're not dead, hope you die quickly Even though I love you dearly The circle's spinning round Like the washer underground It's underground You're underground Spinning round and round and round Two times I lost you Died within a year I know this time you won't last any longer I wish my faith was stronger But it wasn't strong enough Separation is incredibly tough to survive So I died by my hand Born again to relive losing you Haunted with knowledge of our past Lives Our past loves Our past hopes Our past dreams Our past nightmares And the days in-between Now I don't know If you're still alive under there But I know you won't last more than a year 'Cause the Lesson is in session And the session is closed To be without you girl is all that I fear When buildings collapse on your true love When buildings collapse There's nothing you can do But pray your loved ones die quickly [words & music by Sean Schuyler]
4.
Leap Year 02:15
LEAP YEAR ((( Man # 4 ))) We spoke our love the first time February 28 But I refused to speak a word Of her impending fate I thought it might be better If she didn't know That at any sudden moment She could go I've won her love and lost her For three times already, why? I think I've paid the price already Why does she have to die? I thought it might be better If He let her live God is stubborn But I know He must forgive But how long does it take? And so I waited In terror for the year to pass From what I gathered A year's the longest we could last A year had passed to the day February 28 365 days passed her by This had to be the date She never lasted Longer than a year Which means this is the day I've always feared The 28th it came and went My girl was still alive A year had passed I paid the price Or else she would have died I told her everything 'Cause she was fine She said: "It's February 29, And Leap Year's almost over." Afraid of dying Within a day She lost her mind And so she leaped from The tallest building she could find [words & music by Sean Schuyler]
5.
BENEATH THE FLOORBOARDS ((( Man # 5 ))) A sudden vibration Beneath the floorboards There's something happening Unplug the light cords It can see you moving It can hear you breathing If it senses our fear We won't be leaving Try not to panic Just relax Just close your eyes I'll watch our backs We'll bow our heads until we know There's no more vibrations below An infestation of apparitions A confirmation of superstitions The dead have risen Bow your head It isn't nice to raise the dead We'll bow our heads until we know If they're unhappy down below And if they are, do they blame us? Their rotting bones have turned to dust If I were them I'd be upset The meanest ghost you've ever met I'd make you suffer for your sins Until the end of time begins But I'm not dead so I don't care If they're unhappy But beware of them my darling Our year is just beginning They won't kill me 'cause I have died And I remember how it feels But you've forgotten The perfect target for them You cannot beat the living dead Especially when they're invisible I'm sorry Should have told you You were doomed to die You're dead I always wonder where you go to Between the time you die and our next Life I hope you're happy up in Heaven Until it's time to come back down and die [words & music by Sean Schuyler]
6.
FASTER ON THE DRAW ((( Man # 6 ))) The girl moved in across the street I made sure I was first to meet her The guys consumed with jealousy They wondered why was she with me I told them they should have been Faster on the draw She fell in love with The first guy that she saw And now we're both together And there's nothing you can do 'Cause she fell in love me And not with you ((( Other Guys ))) We think that guy should be replaced He has the most unfair home base Location we could never beat The girl moved in across the street He told us we should have been Faster on the draw We never had a chance To see what he saw And now they're both together And their love is under trust Seems she fell in love with him And not with us (under trust) (faster on the draw) ((( Bad Guy ))) I met her second I want her more I was rejected twice before If I can't have her No one can I'll shoot her faster than Superman You told me I should have been Faster on the draw I drew so fast You didn't see what she saw A bullet coming after her The path becomes her head Her hand is torn away from yours You see her fall down dead You ask me why did I kill her And let you live instead I tell you that you'd suffer more This way than scattered red You ask me if I'm sorry That my jealousy became An act of senseless violence But the truth is very plain I'm mad she fell in love with The first guy that she saw So I killed her and let you live To prove that I was Faster on the draw (under trust) (faster on the draw) (I hope the girl goes to Heaven) [words & music by Sean Schuyler]
7.
Seventh Hell 07:57
SEVENTH HELL ((( Narrator ))) She can't remember 'til she dies Then she remembers everything A better memory than her man He thinks she's always in the dark But there's a time between her Lives She sees some things he never can She sees the future but it's hazy She knows she isn't happy The past is so much clearer in her head Her private Hell Is cold and dark and lonely She always stays there when she's dead Her man feels guilty and she knows She doesn't blame him 'cause she sees What he goes through when she is gone She killed herself in number Four She understands she shares the blame She now knows suicide is wrong It all began because her man Said God was bad and made Him mad And so God took her From her man as punishment He killed himself and so began the Lesson Now back and forth Her tortured soul is sent And now... Her tortured soul is waiting In Seventh Hell Her Seventh Life was washed away She loved her man for just a day She went swimming after sundown And when she swam too far she drowned Woke up in solitude again She never knows how long she'll spend It all depends how soon he dies Because they always share their Lives She knows next time she won't remember The Lesson God has taught her It's not her fault her memory doesn't last It's hard to learn a lesson from the Lesson Without her memories of the past The future's hazy and unhappy She knows her Eighth Life Will be trouble more She hopes it's happier than Seven And the Six that she lived short before She lived through Seven Lives Lost the same man seven times It's true, he lived the same Lives too If her Eighth Life is shared again By the same man she knew back then She fears she'll cry herself to death And come back here She hopes it's happier than Seven Seventh Hell Her cold dark lonely private Hell [words & music by Sean Schuyler]

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released July 2, 2013

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