"The Package" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013) Clever got me this far then tricky got me in Eye on what i'm after, I don't need another friend Smile and drop the cliche, 'til you think I'm listening I take just what I came for then I'm out the door again Peripheral on the package, don't care to settle in Time to feed the monster, I don't need another friend Comfort is a mystery, crawling out of my own skin Just give me what I came for, then I'm out the door again Lie to get what I came for, lie to get just what I need Lie to get what I crave, lie and smile to get what's mine Eye on what i'm after, I don't need another friend Nod and watch your lips move if you need me to pretend Because clever got me this far then tricky got me in I'll take just what I came for then I'm out the door again Lie to get what I came for, lie to get what I need now Lie to get what I'm craving, lie and smile to get what's mine Give this to me, mine, mine, mine, take what's mine, mine, mine, mine Take what's mine, mine, mine, mine Lie to get what I came for, lie to get what I need now Lie to get what I'm craving, lie to smile and get what's mine Give this to me, take what's mine, mine, mine, mine, take what's mine Give this to me, take what's mine, take what's mine, mine... Take what's mine, take what's mine, take what's mine, this is mine, mine, mine... "Weak and Powerless" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013), Stone and Echo (2013) Tilling my own grave to keep me level, jam another dragon down the hole Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren One that pushes me along, and leaves me so desperate and ravenous I'm so weak and powerless over you Someone feed the monkey while I dig in search of china White as Dracula as I approach the bottom so desperate and ravenous I'm so weak and powerless over you Little angel, go away, come again some other day, Devil has my ear today I'll never hear a word you say He Promised I would find a little solace and some peace of mind Whatever, just as long as I don't feel so desperate and ravenous I'm so weak and powerless over you "The Noose" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013), Stone and Echo (2013) So glad to see you well, overcome and completely silent now With heaven's help, you cast your demons out And not to pull your halo down around your neck and tug you off your cloud But I'm more than just a little curious How you're planning to go about making your amends to the dead, to the dead Recall the deeds as if they're all someone else's atrocious stories Now you stand reborn before us all, so glad to see you well And not to pull your halo down around your neck and tug you to the ground But I'm more than just a little curious How you're planning to go about making your amends to the dead, to the dead With your halo slipping down, your halo slipping, your halo slipping down Your halo slipping down, your halo slipping down...your halo slipping down to choke you now "Blue" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013), Stone and Echo (2013) I didn't want to know, I just didn't want to know Best to keep things in the shallow end, cause I never quite learned how to swim I just didn't want to know, didn't want, didn't want, didn't want, didn't want Close my eyes just to look at you, taken by the seamless vision I close my eyes, ignore the smoke, ignore the smoke Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, such a lovely color for you Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, while I just sit and stare at you Because I don't want to know, I didn't want to know I just didn't want to know, I just didn't want Mistook their nods for an approval, just ignore the smoke and smile Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, such a lovely color for you Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, such a perfect color for your eyes Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, such a lovely color for you Call it aftermath, she's turning blue, while I just sit and stare at you, I don't want to know "Vanishing" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013) Disappear, disappear, higher, higher, into the air, slowly disappear, no, no longer here Disappear, disappear, thinner, thinner, into the air, never really here What that never like a thought brushing up against a sigh, floating away, floating away... Vanishing like a cyan sunday, disappear, disappear, vanish, vanish into the air Slowly disappear, never really here, floating away, floating away... "A Stranger" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013) Cast the calming apple, up and over satellites To draw out the timid wild one, to convince you it's alright And I listen for the whisper of your sweet insanity while I formulate Denials of your affect on me, you're a stranger So what do I care, you vanish today, not the first time I hear, all the lies What am I to do with all this silence, shy away, shy away phantom Run away terrified child, won't you move away you fucking tornado I'm better off without you, tearing my will down "The Outsider" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013), Stone and Echo (2013) Help me if you can, it's just that this, this is not the way I'm wired So could you please, help me understand why You've given in to all these, reckless dark desires You're lying to yourself again, suicidal imbecile Think about it, put it on the faultline What'll it take to get it through to you precious over this Why do you wanna throw it away like this, such a mess I don't want to watch you disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die Medicated, drama queen, picture perfect, numb belligerence Narcissistic, drama queen, craving fame and all its decadence Lying through your teeth again, suicidal imbecile Think about it, put it on the fautline What'll it take to get it through to you precious Go with this, why do you wanna throw it away like this Such a mess, I don't wanna watch you...disconnect and self destruct one bullet at a time What's your rush now, everyone will have his day to die They were right about you, they were right about you Lying to my face again, suicidal imbecile, think about it put it on the fautline What'll it take to get it through to you precious, over this Why do you wanna throw it away like this, such a mess, Coalesce, Coalesce Disconnect and self destruct, one bullet at a time What's your hurry, everyone will have his day to die If you choose to pull the trigger, should your drama prove sincere Do it somewhere far away from here "Crimes" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan, Josh Freese, Jordie White Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013) One...two...three...four...five...six...seven...eight...nine...nine...nine...nine...ten...ten...ten...ten... "The Nurse Who Loved Me" m. and l. Greg Edwards, Ken Andrews Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013) Say hello to the rug's topography, it holds quite a lot of interest with your face down on it Say hello to the shrinking in your head You can't see it but you know its there so don't neglect it I'm taking her home with me all dressed in white, she's got everything I need pharmacy keys She's falling hard for me I can see it in her eyes, she acts just like a nurse with all the other guys Say hello to all the apples on the ground They were once in your eyes but you sneezed them out while sleeping Say hello to everything you've left behind It's even more a part of your life now that you can't touch it I'm taking her home with me all dressed in white She's got everything I need some pills in a little cup She's falling hard for me I can see it in her eyes, she acts just like a nurse with all the other guys Say hello to the rugs topography... "Pet" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013) Don't fret precious I'm here, step away from the window Go back to sleep, lay your head down child, I won't let the boogeyman come Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums Pay no mind to the rabble, pay no mind to the rabble Head down, go to sleep to the rhythm of the war drums Pay no mind what other voices say, they don't care about you, like I do, like I do Safe from pain and truth and choice and other poison devils See, they don't give a fuck about you, like I do. Just stay with me, safe and ignorant, go back to sleep, go back to sleep Lay your head down child, I won't let the boogeyman come Count the bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums Pay no mind to the rabble, pay no mind to the rabble Head down, go to sleep to the rhythm of the war drums I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices son They're one in the same, I must isolate you, isolate and save you from yourself Swayin to the rhythm of the new world order And count the bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums The boogeymen are coming, the boogeymen are coming Keep your head down, go to sleep, to the rhythm of a war drums Stay with me, safe and ignorant, just stay with me Hold you and protect you from the other ones The evil ones, don't love you son, go back to sleep "Lullaby" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013) Go back to sleep...go back to sleep... "Gravity" m. and l. Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan, Josh Freese, Troy Van Leeuwan, Paz Lenchantin Thirteen Step (2003), Thirteen Step Live (2013), Three Sixty (2013) Lost again, broken and weary, unable to find my way Tail in hand, dizzy and clearly unable to just let this go I am surrendering to the gravity and the unknown, catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live, I fell again, like a baby unable to stand on my own Tail in hand, dizzy and clearly unable to just let this go High and surrendering to the gravity and the unknown Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live, I choose to live, I choose to live, catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun Help me survive the bottom, calm these hands before they snare another pill And drive another nail down another needy hole please release me I am surrendering to the gravity and the unknown, catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live, I choose to live