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Who Is Winter K. Banks?
00:59
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WHO IS WINTER K. BANKS?
CHARLES:
Who is Winter K. Banks?
HANNA:
Winter? Well, Winter is... weird. I mean, I like her! She's smart and she's funny and she's, well... she's my sister, I guess. But the thing about Winter is that you never know what she's about to do. She says that she loves somebody and then she hurts them, and then she says that she hates somebody and then they're the most powerful person in the world! She's kind of like me, in that she can control things and that she can manipulate things, but she never does what she wants with it. She's probably smarter than me, and that's why. She has a lot more thought put into things, and I have a lot more feelings, and we don't get along that much. I don't like her, but that's just me. My older sister wants us to get along better.
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Let's Be Friends
03:24
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LET'S BE FRIENDS
Hi there, how are you doing this lovely eve?
Hey, hey... why won't you talk to me? (talk to me)
Tell me, how are you feeling inside?
I can sense that you just want to cry (ow ow ow ow)
You've got pieces missing inside of you
And there's nothing that you can do (you can do)
You haven't said a word in reply to what I've gently spoken
We are both unreparably (broken, broken)
We both have trauma engrained inside our fragile brains
Sometimes the Pain feels like it never ends
We need to stick together, until we're dead forever
We're both emotional wrecks, so let's be friends
So you see that I am just the same as you
And one thing that you and I can do (I can do)
Let's form a bond that no one can break like they've done to us
Now I hope I've earned your trust (ow, ow, ow, ow)
We both have trauma engrained inside our fragile brains
I hope that our friendship will never end
We need to stick together, until we're dead forever
We're both emotional wrecks, so let's be friends
I've got these demons in me
And I feel so goddamn empty
Just like a vase
Without a bouquet
Cos life is complicated
And love is overrated
I just want you to know
That I'm not okay
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PAPERSTAR (ECHO INTO OBLIVION)
(Pretentious piano chords... pretentious, pretentious piano chords...)
(Pretentious piano chords... pretentious, pretentious piano chords...)
(Pretentious piano chords... pretentious, pretentious piano chords...)
(Pretentious piano chords... pretentious, pretentious piano chords...)
When our parents died
I kept you by my side
And now I want to help you
I hope this message comes through
Madelyn, I need you
I wish you needed me to
You never let me help you
I hope this message comes through
All I have are my paper friends
They live because I made them
Seth was always jealous
He was never quite good as the two of us
But we'd make such a great pair
You and me, fighting out there
Blink taught me what I know now
I wish you also taught me how
But I can breathe life into paper squares
And we'd make such a great pair
All I have are my paper friends
They live because I made them
Madelyn, I need you
I wish you needed me too
Cos we'd make such a great pair
You and me, fighting out there.
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4. |
Lost Soul Prison
02:41
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LOST SOUL PRISON
So this teenage girl is the queen of Hell
She's easy to manipulate
I think I'll take advantage of her
And put her in a vulnerable state
But first I need to gain her trust
It's so simple, I've done it before
I became the 7th Rafael
When I murdered my mentor
I'll throw her in a lost soul prison
And I'll make sure nobody knows she's missing
It's such a tragic fate for this girl
She's only 15, but I don't really care
It seems she's bringing some of her friends along
That's fine with me, the more the merrier
Let them all run into the fire
Cos that stupid little girl tried to end the world
So I'll make her into a martyr
I won't be subservient to a teenage girl
I'll toss them into a lost soul prison
And I'll make sure nobody knows they're missing
Hello there, young Kotoko
My name is Magnus, and I'm pleased to meet you
Let me into that heart of yours
For I will do whatever you wish me to do
You can instill your trust in me
We can be allies and I'll show you around
And all that stuff about ending the world is water under the bridge
So you might as well let your guard down
Now I'll toss you in a lost soul prison
And make sure nobody knows you're missing.
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5. |
Am I Dead Or Alive?
02:44
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AM I DEAD OR ALIVE?
Am I dead or alive?
You need to understand
I have two souls inside of me
One of them is alive, and the other is dead
Partially a wandering soul
Partially not
Half of it is my own soul
Half of it is a supernatural force
(Hotline) And whenever I close my eyes
(Wake me up!) I see the images
(Hotline) And whenever I cover my ears
(I can't wake up!) I hear the noises
(Letting the days go by) Why does my other soul do this to me?
(Save meeee) Should I see a psychologist?
(Into the blue again) I don't like these hallucinations it sends to me
Maybe I might be schizophrenic
(What's love got to do, got to do with it?)
These headphones I wear over my neck
(What's love got to do, got to do with it?)
Help me drown out the hallucinations
But
(Hippos hop from helicopters) The soul keeps harming me
(Hippos hop from helicopters) It's harming my physical body
(Hippos hop from helicopters) This parasite keeps harming me
(High) It's harming my physical body
(I've been living a lie,
(I feel so used) Why the hell is this soul here?
(I feel so used) What the fuck even is it?
(Take me to the moon) I just want this little piece of shit gone
(Cos I feel so used) I only want to listen to my songs.
I only want to listen to my songs.
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6. |
Ian And Ophelia
02:43
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IAN AND OPHELIA
[instrumental]
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7. |
Father Father
02:50
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FATHER FATHER
Only 17 and Heaven's aligned with me
It took me a while to get here with my sister Ellie
I took it upon myself to revive the dead Lord Achlys
I couldn't have asked for anything like this
I am overflowing with hate
So I'm going to steal my father's mace
Don't let anybody up in Heaven know what I'm about to do
This is something that I should have carried out a long time ago
I don't need those angels up in Heaven knowing what I'm gonna do
This is simply something I should have done a long time ago
Now my sister found out and she's at my tail
Nobody else knows we're headed straight to Hell
That's where he isolated me when I was a kid
I'll find that castle where I was hid
I am overflowing with hate
So I'm going to put him in his place
Don't let anybody up in Heaven know what I'm about to do (don't let 'em know)
This is something that I should have carried out a long time ago (long time ago)
I don't need those angels up in Heaven knowing what I'm gonna do (don't let 'em know)
This is simply something that I should have done a long time ago
We had a fight, no, we had a battle
Causing destruction in Hell's ninth circle
And just when he was about to knock me out and call it done
Ellie used her enchanted pistol, shot him, and we won
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ROGUE'S WORKSHOP (SLOWED + REVERB)
Rogue toils away in his workshop
He never gets a break
He made deals with both the heroes and villains
He's got some gear to make
He does not feel conflicted
Though he's got a moral compass
Rogue doesn't like getting his hands dirty
He just stays in his shop
Laser guns and death rays galore
Completely unknown to the cops
He makes bank from selling to villains
Though he's got a moral compass
Rogue wears a mask when he goes out
It covers his entire face
Then he goes back into his workshop
He never gets a break.
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Bloody Hands
03:05
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BLOODY HANDS
When I first met you, you were just nine
Standing alone, you were trying to find
Your mom on that rainy night
You said your name was Yanny White
I stood silent in the rain
But somehow you'd guessed my name
So I took you to my house
And pretty soon, you slept it out
Hey, you know, you don't have to worry
Even though the rain may not stop
I'll take you back home to your mother
Surely, it can't be far away
For two weeks, you stayed in my home
We heard my brother on the radio
How can he say the things he said
So casually about the dead?
Your mom called me on the phone
So I drove you to your home
She wanted me to stay for brunch
And I have a nasty hunch
Hey, I know I just shouldn't worry
Even though my heart's beating fast
Soon, I heard you screaming out to me,
Telling me to move
The psychopath tried to murder me
Even though she's never heard of me
She may have missed her first attempt to swing
My back felt a sharp sting!
When I awoke from the empty black
I still felt that sting in my back
I limped my way back inside
You killed your mother, and you cried
She taught you everything that you know
About how to stoop so low
Until now, you didn't understand
You said, "I have blood on my hands".
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10. |
Crying In The Rain
01:53
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CRYING IN THE RAIN
I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting me
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain
If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from heaven
Could never wash away my misery
But since we're not together
I look for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see
Some day when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool but till then darling you'll
Never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain.
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11. |
Fluffy's Lullaby
01:53
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FLUFFY'S LULLABY
You may be weak but your heart is strong
I hope I can get through to you by singing this song
I don't think I can trust anyone anymore
But I've never trusted anyone like you before
The corpses of the other kids lie still in their beds
I'm just happy that you haven't ended up dead
Why don't you come with me instead?
Let's play a game and we'll run away
I won't let you get hurt if we go outside to play
And spend the rest of our days living like normal kids do
I just want a better life for you.
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Charles Michael
If I don't release something on June 13 or October 31 of any given year, please assume something dreadful happened to
me.
Hi, I'm Mx. Charles Michael (they/them) and I make music for my Universe.
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