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Coin-Operated Boy

The Dresden Dolls

The Dresden Dolls

2004

the point
That is why I want a coin operated boy
With a pretty coin operated voice saying
That he loves me, that he's thinking of me
Straight

All I fucking want
Is some peace and quiet
These voices in me just be screaming, crying out
Mercy, mercy, lord have mercy
I ain't strong enough for

they're hearing sirens 
No suffering in silence
Now they're hearing sirens 
Struggling to fix their loose wiring 
Wiring 
Now they're hearing sirens 
No

White noise
My voice
Shadow of life in light's void
I know my life my home and my choice yeah
White noise
My mental wiring has strayed from the lines
I've

Maybe it's my wiring
But every time I try to sing
It just don't feel like how it used to
When we had hope it would improve soon
Maybe it's my wiring

a ton
I'm but a fraud, aprivate eye sent down to blend in with the crowd

Coin-operated sentinel fell for the nation
Voice-activated carousel, aimless

said before I join the morning prayers my husband had been operated on because of brain cancer
And then she said while coming for the prayer her faith

Writing lines to stay inspired
Hearing voices in my mind
Inviting and inciting me to rise up from my plight
Repair my wiring taking flight
Born entitled

was throwing stones at Hercules
Throwing them so perfectly
Circles at the Chevron
I can't be forever young

Empty choir, operated from above
My

Messy wiring
Flashing images
Neurons firing
Hidden messages
Thoughts expiring
Brain cells in distress
Oh so tiring
Oh so limitless

I'm coming home

out at me
Cut me with your voice
And beat me
With your rushed reflections

But hey
At least you're contrite
And continue
To have a lot of sway
Over my

The Edison Museum

They Might Be Giants

No!

2002

the voice of Thomas Alva
Recites a poem on a phonograph
Ghosts float up the stair, like silent moving pictures
The loyal phantoms of his in-house staff

Cooling on the big night m-m-m-mmm
Cooling on the big night maybe it's the hum
Of our parents' voices
Long ago in a soft light m-m-m-mmm
Long ago in

and showed me what unconditional love is
The voice of a goddess, the stars twinkle in your eyes
My heaven on Earth or angel in disguise
If you was here I'd

The hunger for knowledge has always been the trigger to freedom 
Ignorance can make you stay under devil's dome 
For centuries he operated with

Masquerade

k-os

Exit [Original]

2003

opuses and alibis
And I'm with you, oh oh oh 
If I could starve from falling
And I bet you, oh oh silenced the
Voices in your head but there's no place

shitty. Operated by crimewaves the shit is wicked. The system backwards, and if you lacking you’ll be a victim. Too many times I watch the news, another

If you taste it long run in the making Eternal
Operated

I guess too many things dangle in
Your face your heart be racing
Can't catch a break
Be

sounding rude
Feeling more understanding, cuz he been in niggas shoes

Friends showing fake love but what it mean to a nigga
Tried to voice his opinion but

Bluejay warning
It's a beautiful morning
It's the late afternoon
I hear the voice of a stranger say
"I'll be home soon."

From where I'm sitting

Controlled by unbodied voices
Mechanical forces take hold
Held hostage under our creators
Yet wired to carry out commands

Slowly over time unwinding

running
Back to our shared disarray

We slowly pieced it back together
Your voice became my own again
The distance dissolved
Hearts grew closer
A chance

All Black

clipping

Splendor & Misery

2016

he's in the galley screaming

(All black everything)
He shouts at the dark, stands back
Counting the seconds before his voice returns
(All black

Inner light remix

Her voice in me is healing
It trips inside the wiring
Golden radiance glaring mirrorlike
Blatant, naked , brazen is your spark
In