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The Illusion [+ hidden track 'Narcoleptic']

from Kill It With Fire by Cause of Accident

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THE ILLUSION

A man stands alone onstage with a box
He invites the audience up to engage
The curious onlookers examine the box
The fastenings, the locks, the walls and the base…

Eyes on the box
Eyes on the stage
Eyes on the box
For what will be erased…

The assistant steps forward and opens the box
The man helps her inside, and wraps her in chains
The audience smiles as he closes the box
Looking for the trapdoor hidden under the stage…

Eyes on the box
Eyes on the stage
Eyes on the box
He’s hiding his face

Eyes on the box
Eyes on the stage
The light hits the box
And she’s gone without trace…

But she was never in the box
And she was not beneath the stage
While every known witness was buying the lie
No-one was watching the lake…

Drag every inch of the lake
Drag every inch of the lake
Drag every inch of the lake

If there’s no body, then there’s no crime
No body, then there’s no crime
No body, then there’s no crime
No body - nobody…

Drag through the lake and you’ll find
No body, so there’s no crime
No body, so there’s no crime
No body - nobody…

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NARCOLEPTIC

Sleep awake
Adrift for days

The firmament’s dying on lone frontiers
A hundred-step mile away from here

She’s seen this place
A dream repaid…

And then her eyes reveal the endless lure of sinking sands
They’re shifting tides, and I no longer try to understand

I’m tired of you not wanting me
I’m tired of no guarantees
I’m tired of what life could be

And we will cry no more in sorrow now for what might have been
I’ll relinquish all our promises and float out to sea
I watch the light fade at your window where the angels sleep…

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from Kill It With Fire, released May 5, 2023
Music and lyrics by Chris Carter. Produced and recorded by Tim Reid, with additional recording and mixing by Chris Carter. Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio, NY.

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