Houdini Blues - Blacklisted

I see you there with your long black hair

Glowing viper eyes and pale skin

The one who took the father of my friend

Crawled under his skin and made him beg for it

Or when you stole my friend

Put the rope around their neck and kicked the chair from their feet

I awoke when you tried to take my brother

The right pill couldn’t put him right to sleep

I’m floating on my own

I’m floating on my own

I’m floating on my own

(So just let me go)

I know what hiding is

Know what surviving is

I know what dying is

(I tried to kiss her twice)

So, you are a magician?

Or so they say

Well perform light as a feather stiff as a board

Sold out shows for life until death

But somehow I’m not impressed

Take off your mask, no need for costumes

And look me in my face

I was there when you dug her grave

And stripped her of her dancer’s grace

Remember I laid in her bed

And held her hand when you made her feel she wasn’t thin enough

While her hair fell out and her bones showed

Made her believe she didn’t want to live enough

I’m floating on my own

I’m floating on my own

I’m floating on my own

(So just let me go)

I know what hiding is

Know what surviving is

I know what dying is

(I tried to kiss her twice)

So, you are a magician?

Or so they say

Well perform light as a feather stiff as a board

Sold out shows for life until death

But somehow I’m not impressed

This dark needs to be illuminated

I’ll gladly kick over these candles to light up this room

I’ve flirted with you my whole life

You stayed out of reach, just close enough so your touch would loom

When everyone around me grew into

Mothers and fathers, brides and grooms

I asked you to dance but you denied me the chance

You took my friend

Shot through his windshield car, wrapped 'round a pole

I’m floating on my own

I’m floating on my own

I’m floating on my own

(So just let me go)

I know what hiding is

Know what surviving is

I know what dying is

(I tried to kiss her twice)

So, you are a magician?

Or so they say

Well perform light as a feather stiff as a board

Sold out shows for life until death

But somehow I’m not impressed