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My Ghost Town

by Arrested Decay

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1.
What did I put you through? What did this mean to you? It hurts to even try... All I ever do is make you cry... And I don't need another minute of this, and I wish that it would stop, because a little is a little, but a little is a lot of trouble if you don't appreciate what you've got. I will destroy myself, because I don't know anything else. I will destroy myself, and sooth my soul in nothingness. I wont give up the ghost, but I wont let it move. So many ways to fail... I refuse to choose. And I don't need another minute of this, and I wish that it would stop, because a little is a little but a little is a lot of trouble if you don't appreciate what you've got. Self-sabotage anthem Self-sabotage anthem I will destroy myself, because I don't know anything else. I will destroy myself, and soothe my soul in nothingness. Save me, save me Broken down and analyzed, I think it comes as no surprise, that there's no way to run, but there is a way that I can hide What you do... catches you... and you lose... Everything. I will destroy myself, because I don't know anything else... I will destroy myself, and soothe my soul in nothingness... I will destroy myself, (I will destroy myself) because I don't know... Because I don't know. I will destroy myself, and soothe my soul in... and soothe my soul in... ...Nothing.
2.
Judgmental 05:19
Now look what you've done... Told them you're the one. False hope through a lie, gave them a reason to live and to die. Tell them they belong, sing your little song. Say we're all the same. Give their darkness its own name. And I know just what you will ask. "Why are you so judgmental?" Because life isn't that simple. "I just give their lives more thrill..." No, you don't, you take away their will. The halo above your head, if the light were going dead, I'd point for all to see... Past your distorted reality. And I watch you struggle... Think. Fast. "Why are you so judgmental?" Because life isn't that simple. "I just give their lives more thrill..." No, you don't, you take away their will. All we want is to belong All we want is to belong All we want is to belong All we want is to belong All we want is to belong All we want is to belong All we want is to belong All we want is to belong All we want is to belong All we want is to belong
3.
"But I'm not a monster!" "Nonsense, you're the greatest monster of them all!" The monster was her father, abandoned its own daughter. Craving so much power, inside, just a coward. Claiming divinity in its insanity, tearing worlds apart, heartless, it departs. I don't mean to trouble your mind, but I have lived a world that you left behind. If this is your heaven, if this makes you feel alive... Just let it be known that you're the god I deny. You... left me with just your name. You... This will never be the same. You... left me with just your name. You... This will never be the same. I don't mean to trouble your mind, but I have lived a world that you left behind. If this is your heaven, if this makes you feel alive... Just let it be known that you're the god I deny. "See, I'm not a monster... I'm just ahead of the curb." I don't mean to trouble your mind, but I have lived a world that you left behind. If this is your heaven, if this makes you feel alive... Just let it be known that you're the god I deny. I don't mean to trouble your mind, but I have lived a world that you left behind. If this is your heaven, if this makes you feel alive... Just let it be known that you're the god I deny.
4.
She lived her life... So full of fear... She held on tigth... Kept feelings near... Hiding in her room, hopeless thoughts consumed, try to rest her weary head upon a sleepless bed... I can never have peace of mind, 'cause I wonder, I wonder... Even basking in the sunshine, I hear thunder, I hear thunder... I can never have peace of mind. She would read the end, just to see it coming. Had no faith in friends, except for in them running. Double lock all the doors, batten all the hatches... Stay away from love and war, and any bug that catches. I don't know why you just run... Don't you know your story's just begun? I can never have peace of mind, 'cause I wonder, I wonder... Even basking in the sunshine, I hear thunder, I hear thunder... I can never have peace of mind. "We both knew it didn't really matter, because we knew it was different, it would always be different, it would never be the same. And that was where we were, and that was where we would be. You have to accept where you are and make the most of it, because otherwise, I think you'd lose your mind. But believe me... One thing to keep in mind... Never lose hope." But I will be there, I will hold what I can bear. I'll see you through it all, I'll catch you if you fall. I can never have peace of mind, 'cause I wonder, I wonder... Even basking in the sunshine, I hear thunder, I hear thunder... I can never have peace of mind, so afraid that you'll leave me behind. I can never have peace of mind, I just feel like I'm wasting your time. I can never have peace of mind, so afraid that you'll leave me behind. So afraid that you'll leave me behind... So afraid that you'll leave me behind... So afraid that you'll leave me behind... So afraid that you'll leave me behind... So afraid that you'll leave me behind...
5.
Othello 02:58
I can't stand the thought of him holding you, I can't stand the thought of him wanting to, I can't stand the thought of him holding you, I can't stand the thought of you wanting to. I can't stand the thought of losing you, I can't stand the thought of wanting to, I can't stand the thought of losing you, I can't stand the thought of him holding you. Claim my love is a whore, face my wrath, my wrath, my wrath. Claim my love is a whore, face my wrath, (my wrath) my wrath, (my wrath) my wrath. If after every tempest comes such calm, may the wind blow till it's wakened death... And if I wake to find that she is gone, I'll know a pain no man forgets. I can't stand the thought of him touching you, I can't stand the thought of you wanting to, I can't stand the thought of him touching you, I can't stand the thought of him holding you. If after every tempest comes such calm, may the wind blow till it's wakened death... And if I wake to find that she is gone, I'll know a pain no man forgets. If after every tempest comes such calm, may the wind blow till it's wakened death... And if I wake to find that she is gone, he'll know the pain that pain begets.
6.
Waking in a castle in the clouds, reeking of some evil long disavowed. All the dead now rise, vacant serving eyes, dark in which they drown, no souls dwell there now. All the dead now rise, vacant serving eyes, chaos will be unbound, when the sun goes down. All these souls lost, the unholy cost for one among us; heir to chaos. Tall, looming, missionary man. Preaches apocalypse, and a master plan. Says he has come to reclaim his throne, what was always his, what he's always known. All these souls lost, the unholy cost for one among us; heir to chaos. All these souls lost, the unholy cost for one among us; heir to chaos. All these souls lost, the unholy cost for one among us; heir to chaos.
7.
Dark Corners 02:10
*Instrumental*
8.
Dust... In the wind... The sun... Sets again... This town stands all alone, in this desert that I call my home. Dreams... I drift through... Those... I wish I never knew... Towns folk in their homes... Always wished I could be alone. I... never trusted them... I'm better off... Without people, I heard their whispers in, churches and steeples. Woke up one morning and the noises were gone, I got out of bed and put my slippers on, I walked to the window where I gazed upon a world now abandoned at the break of dawn. Woke up one morning and the noises were gone, I got out of bed and put my slippers on, I walked to the window where I gazed upon a world now abandoned at the break of dawn. "Late breaking news today, a small town in New Mexico has been completely evacuated on government order. They're not answering any questions, and we've not been allowed access to any witnesses or the occupants of the town. But we have heard reports of multiple brutal murders... Stay tuned for details. For now... Here's the weather." And I don't know.... Where they went... I searched the buildings... Every apartment. Disappeared, out of here, all the people went away. My life... in a state of arrested decay. But then I wondered... Should I be scared? Whatever happened to them? Is something out there? Disappeared, out of here, all the people went away. My life... in a state of arrested decay. "I remember thinking about that, and my heart rate rising and rising, and... and I couldn't- I couldn't breathe. I kinda lost track of where I was going, I... I think I walked around for hours. The town looks so different empty, you know? No noises.. No.. noises... I actually miss the noises. I... I swear, though, I heard someone- someone laughing. But I'm always worried about hearing laughing... Hearing.. laughing... (Laughing at me!) And... and it's... it started getting dark, I need to find shelter, I don't know where I am, I don't know where anyone is, I-" I shield myself from the night, and I wait for daylight. I shield myself from the night, but to sleep, I lose the fight... "You're not alone", whispers intone, "Wake up, old bones... To the unknown." Panic, agony, cold sweat, and fright! Movements in darkness, where is my light?! Gasping, thrashing, fight or take flight, reaching outward, can't find my knife! I swear, I hear that same laughing. I cannot see myself lasting. Knocked to the floor, I wish I could see... Screaming for help as if anyone is listening.

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Songs about self-sabotage, cults, bad parenting, anxiety, jealousy (complete with gratuitous Shakespeare references), Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow, and waking up to your town having been emptied by unseen forces? This album has it all!

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released October 31, 2012

ARRESTED DECAY IS...
Michael - Guitar, Vocals
Stephen - Guitar
Justin - Synth/Keyboard/MIDI
Chey - Vocals

GUESTS...
Daniel Mirtes - Bass
Luke Cobb - Guest Vocals On "Heir To Chaos"

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