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Praise the Empty Seats EP

by Tigress

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1.
Monsoon Moon 04:00
Who said you ever, you ever had to listen? Who said you ever, you ever had to listen? I run around the block like I own the place My heavy boots move my feet from place to place I burn a bridge, turn around, ask a question or two Saying who? what? where? who's done it for you? Ooh, who loves me? oh who loves me, loves me so? Ooh, who loves me? oh who loves me, loves me so? Pens, leather, grease on our skin These are the common knots we tie ourselves in Ourselves in Monsoon moon, rigged to blow Don't go don't go don't go so soon. Who said you ever, you ever had to listen? Who said you ever, you ever had to listen? I crawl around the room like I own the place My dirty veins pump lead, heavy heart intake I stoke the fire, spit a joke, get a number or two. Loose swagger, smooth moves, keeping things from you. ooh, who loves me? oh who loves me, loves me so? ooh, who loves me? oh who loves me, loves me so? Pens, leather, grease on our skin These are the common knots we tie ourselves in Ourselves in Monsoon moon, rigged to blow Don't go don't go don't go so soon. Who said you ever, you ever had to listen? Who said you ever, you ever had to listen?
2.
I sold my devil to the soul It might sound slightly confessional but I signed the papers, I broke the code I sold my devil to the soul I sold my devil to the soul His cage was heavy and made of stone He told me "Baby, don't let me go" but I sold my devil to the soul And now he's there where I am not And I could try to cry but I don't know how to fucking start I sold my devil to the soul He offered turquoise, he offered gold But all his assets had long been froze I sold my devil to the soul And now he's there where I am still not And I could try to cry but I don't know how to start And yes I'm scared and aware that this whole deal could be dropped But for now I'll sit down and let the water in my cup fill up. I sold my devil to the soul It might sound slightly confessional but I signed the papers, I broke the code I sold my devil to the soul I sold my devil to the soul
3.
Dignity dissolved before me Like a sugar cube applied to hot coffee But what scares me much more than villainy Is you don't know how to use the door So go back, back with the rest of the rats Go back, back with the rest of the rats Go back, back with the rest of the rats Go right back to your hole Secretly I hope you cut your thumb All in front of me, so I can watch it bleed Then my eyes will shine the most beautiful divine light Because I'll be witnessing roles reversing Go back, back with the rest of the rats Go right back to your hole Cause the high just shouldn't go Where the low have control You're just a thief trying to foot the bills You're slipping through my teeth Still the high just shouldn't stroll Where the low have full control Go back, back with the rest of the rats Go right back to your hole Cause the high just shouldn't go Where the low... You're just a thief trying to foot the bills You're standing six feet beneath the hills You're just a thief, You're just a thief You're just a fucking thief
4.
My first sin was beaten into me by outside men But that sin left latent and brewing may do me in Oh now I save my sleep for obvious reasons All my doubts have accrued a fresh new view But if I stake my claim for all the wrong reasons I may fade to a phase where I'm left riddled with blame but Oh, you won't care, you won't care, you won't care... Cause your mouth doesn't taste good when you Say what you mean It's cold sincerity And your lip gets a new twitch when you Say what you mean and you Mean what you say to me You'd stand around for a long time trying to make Some people wither away You'd take a break for a long time just to prove You have something to say You'd stand around for a long time trying to make Some people wither away You'd take a break for a long time just to prove You have something to say Calm and cold, Calm and cold What took you so long? When you sharpen your front teeth and you Praise the empty seats Just stay calm, Just stay calm and cold Cause your mouth doesn't taste good when you Say what you mean It's cold sincerity And your lip gets a new twitch when you Say what you mean and you Mean what you say to me
5.
Circuits 04:05
Prove to me that I really belong Cause our mother's dead, she's been sectioned and sold And it's new to me much like our former selves The truth to life is born upon new shelves And i'm never coming home... Pray to God I don't stay here too long Cause you're murdering the thoughts I wished I'd shared And it feels just like the wires are in my skin Connected lie to lie, electric sin Cause I don't want to live in my century I fear the circuits have drawn new dark clouds ahead Oh no I don't want to live in my century I fear the circuits have drawn new dark clouds ahead Spread the word I'm not coming along Cause your future calls for crows who can consume And it's safe to say that now the moral is code Implanted under skin and then re-sewn Cause I don't want to live, I don't want to live I don't want to live,I don't want to live In my century I fear the circuits have drawn new dark clouds ahead Oh no I don't want to live. I don't want to live, I don't want to live
6.
Please, I ask if it's worth it to draw dotted lines A place in which to cut the surface of opposing entities Cause we don't know where old ghosts really go The energetic apathetic, oh no The energetic apathetic, oh no Cease, I'm here to assist you There's something that you need to know The day the ground can steal the sunlight We'll turn the dial to g-o go Cause we don't know where old ghosts really go The energetic apathetic, oh no The energetic apathetic, oh no The energetic apathetic, oh no The energetic apathetic, oh no Oh can you give me a reason I should wipe up what has spilled? My skin's sticking to the pavement and the winter's setting in Oh can you hear the voices? I have paid for what I've done Oh those vultures finally won, those vultures finally won Cause we don't know where old ghosts really go The energetic apathetic, oh no The energetic apathetic, oh no The energetic apathetic, oh no The energetic apathetic, oh no We just...
7.
It's late again and the hour hand can't pretend There's a side of you shapeshifting There's a side of you shapeshifting You treat home like a snare and a knot throat will ask if you care There's a side of you shapeshifting There's a side of you shapeshifting Why turn the wheel to steer out of a cause? If fifty lie dead, forty nine touch a star You're beaming me backwards with bourbon burnt skies Oh the pope and the preacher, the parlor, the poor They all know that you'll never settle the score When you leave the bed with a lion instead

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released January 4, 2011

Written and recorded by Tigress with the help of Tobin Tanner in his ad hoc home studio fall 2010.

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