Oh Beautiful Town-IAMX

[ti:Oh Beautiful Town] [ar:IAMX] [al:Volatile Times] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Oh Beautiful Town - IAMX [00:44.50]I grew up blind just like everyone's child [00:48.30] [00:49.20]In the warmth of milk and deceit [00:51.89] [00:53.99]Smothered by love and the chemical dust [00:57.44] [00:58.33]There was never enough to believe [01:01.04] [01:03.48]They chewed me up they spat me out [01:06.82] [01:07.56]Of their system and onto their street [01:10.73] [01:12.58]And the rest of my life was a spring to forget [01:16.23] [01:17.06]All the greatness that could never be [01:19.77] [01:22.89]Oh beautiful town [01:24.79] [01:25.84]I remember you blacker than night [01:29.50] [01:32.42]The whores and the sick-mouths the bad taste [01:37.06] [01:38.29]And the neon lives [01:39.54] [01:41.36]Oh beautiful town [01:43.93]Where are you now with your binge insecurities [01:48.68] [01:51.44]I shut you down beautiful town [01:54.75] [01:55.63]Because you tear your children [01:57.79] [02:00.81]Into pieces [02:02.06] [02:10.89]Absence twisted with fondness [02:14.24] [02:15.00]Is the horror I couldn't forget [02:17.85] [02:20.08]Programmed in the great art [02:23.30] [02:24.52]Of family lies and debts [02:27.63] [02:29.33]Too much expectation [02:32.60]Followed by hope and then a hate in the mess [02:36.69] [02:38.48]And the rest of my life was a glorious test [02:42.07] [02:42.76]Of my will and my selfish neglect [02:46.09] [02:48.79]Oh beautiful town [02:50.75] [02:51.77]I remember you blacker than night [02:55.35] [02:58.15]The whores and the sick-mouths the bad taste [03:03.01]And the neon lives [03:05.30] [03:07.26]Oh beautiful town [03:09.30] [03:09.83]Where are you now with your binge insecurities [03:14.87] [03:17.15]I shut you down beautiful town [03:20.75] [03:21.38]Because you tear your children [03:23.47] [03:26.29]Into pieces [03:27.61] [03:37.03]On the floor boards under insolent feet [03:40.00] [03:41.32]I mapped the hopscotch to my parents retreat [03:44.80]With a lavender bag in my hand [03:48.90] [03:50.53]And words of desperation on my tongue [03:53.68] [03:55.31]Good night father good night mother [04:03.19] [04:05.67]Are you still awake