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Artist: IAMX
Canonical path: /iamx/the-alternative
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The Alternative
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Alternative
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Lay back
For me
You are just exactly what I need
In this cold town
Lay back
For me.
The three of us in circus
And in liberty
It's been too long
So throw your guilt religion
To the liars and the weak
This is the politics and war
Of ecstasy
And all the nonsense of that vision
That is failing every test
It's the comedy and death
Of your senses
The alternative to real world
Is just time for me and a fantasy
Be blind to myself
To idolize
The alternative to real world
Is just time for me and a fantasy
I'm blind to myself
And idolize
You work
So deep
Astonished and in rapture
I can barely speak
These are hard times
Hormones
In key
A slow whispered wet confession
From our body heat
There's no return
The alternative to real world
Is just time for me and a fantasy
Be blind to myself
To idolize
The alternative to real world
Is just time for me and a fantasy
I'm blind to myself
And idolize
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