If I Burn lyrics - Emilie Autumn

[Emily, Ghosts:]

I could beg a thousand times

I could explain, I could use rhymes

And rhythms meant to catch your eye

But I know you won't see

I could cry a thousand tears

I could appease your secret fears

But the louder that I scream

The harder your machines close over me

But I don't care

Maybe I'm afraid, but still I swear

You could take my life with conscience clear

But you should still hear that

If I burn, you will see

The fire in your mind when you sleep

And if I rise up in smoke around your eyes

You'll know it's me

And the rain won't wash away

The ashes underneath your nails today

Doesn't matter where you go or what you do

'Cause if I burn, so will you

I could bargain but I'd lose

You'll sell the parts that you don't use

Yes, I could beg you to be merciful and set me free

I could threaten you with Hell

Or I could promise not to tell

But the softer I become

The harder your machines close over me

But I don't care

Maybe I'm afraid, but still I swear

You could take my life with conscience clear

But you should hear that

If I burn, you will see

The fire in your mind when you sleep

And if I rise up in smoke around your eyes

You'll know it's me

And the rain won't wash away

The ashes underneath your nails today

Doesn't matter where you go or what you do

'Cause if I burn, so will you

When you sleep you'll feel my icy fingers

Crawling down your back

And when you wake you'll find me right beside you

Waiting to attack

And when you walk I will be right behind you

Quickening my steps

And when you try to shut me out

I will be laughing in your head

Oh, I'll be there

Maybe I'm afraid, but still I swear

You could take my life with conscience clear

But you should still hear that

If I burn, you will see

The fire in your mind when you sleep

And if I rise up in smoke around your eyes

You'll know it's me

And the rain won't wash away

The ashes underneath your nails today

Doesn't matter where you go or what you do

'Cause if I burn, so will you

There are two sides to every story... except for this one!

It's not over 'til it's over, and it's never over

You can break me

Death can take me

But it's never over

It's not over 'til it's over, and it's never over

You can break me

Death can take me

But it's never over

Scavenger lyrics - Emlie Autumn

[Scavenger:]

I am a Scavenger

And I'll take what I need

This isn't personal

We've all got mouths to feed

Supply and demand...

Supply and demand...

I am a Scavenger

A Resurrectionist

Yes, I enjoy my work

I'm a perfectionist

Supply and demand...

Supply and demand...

One man's trash is another's treasure

One man's cash buys another's pleasure

I'll rob from the cradle

And I'll rob from the grave

It's just human traffic

And I'm just a slave

To the medical community

They gave me my start

They pay by the part

So I'll throw in the heart

I am a Scavenger

A vulture, if you will

And if the price is right

I'm not averse to kill

Supply and demand...

Supply and demand...

I am a scavenger

And as you decompose

My time is running out

And my excitement grows

Suply and demand...

Suply and demand...

But surely you understand

It isn't your diamonds that I'm after

But I'll take 'em

Don't mind if I do

They'll mean nothing to you

It isn't your kisses that I'm here for

But I'll take 'em

Why should we waste them?

Why shouldn't I taste them?

There's always one door that you forget to lock

And I will be waiting...

There's always one street that you know you shouldn't walk

And I will be waiting...

Your loved ones may sit upon your stone to prevent me

But I will be waiting...

I will be waiting...

Anticipating...

I am a Scavenger...

I am a Scavenger...

I am a Scavenger...

I am a Scavenger...

I am a Scavenger...

I am a Scavenger...

[simultaneously]

[Girl:]

I should be home by now...

Someone will come for me...

I should be home by now...

[Scavenger:]

Supply and demand...

[Girl:]

Someone will come for me...

[Scavenger:]

Supply and demand...

[Girl:]

Someone will come for me...

[Scavenger:]

Supply and demand...

Supply and demand...

Supply and demand...

Gaslight lyrics - Emilie Autumn

The wheels are turning

Broken machinery

It grinds below us

And all around I see

The crooked ceiling

The old familiar halls

The dirty paper

That’s covering the walls

The shattered staircase

The bed I’m bleeding in

We’ve tried to fight this

But we can never win

And in the gaslight that brings both life and death

If it’s like last night this could be my last breath

And so I hold tight to any hands I see

But nothing’s alright they’re always watching me

And no one’s coming, coming to take me home

And no one’s coming, coming to take me home

He takes my picture

Although I don’t know why

His hands are shaking

Although I see him try

To look collected

He thinks it doesn’t show

We are connected

But what he doesn’t know

Is when the guard comes

To take me away

I will be tortured

Until the break of day

And in the gaslight that brings both life and death

If it’s like last night this could be my last breath

And so I hold tight to any hands I see

But nothing’s alright they’re always watching me

And no one’s coming, coming to take me home

And no one’s coming, coming to take me home

He’s at the window

He’s always looking down

As we are beaten

How can this fucking town

Not know what’s happening

To all their little girls

They’ve got the Pirate

They’re cutting off her curls

And she is screaming

They won’t leave her alone

And I am dreaming

Of joys I’ve never known

At least I’m breathing

At least I have my wits

But when the cart comes

Who’s buried in the pits

Below my window

I hear a horse go by

And in the next cell

An inmate starts to cry

We try our best though

To quiet down the fuss

We know tomorrow

It could be one of us

And in the gaslight that brings both life and death

If it’s like last night, this could be my last breath

And so I hold tight to any hands I see

But nothing’s alright they’re always watching me

And no one’s coming, coming to take me home

And no one’s coming, coming to take me home

And no one’s coming, coming to take me home

The Key lyrics - Emilie Autumn

I hear her footsteps running towards me down the hall

And by the lantern light I see her body fall

She reaches out to me, the Ward Key in her hand

She speaks to me in noises I don't understand

The key that taunted me, the key that drove me mad

The key that murdered any freedom I once had

Is offered to me now, can this be but a dream?

My trance is broken by this woman's dying scream

The key now in my hand from Quarantine I race

And when I reach the landing every ghostly face

Is waiting for me there commanding me to RUN

The walls are lifting, lockdown's already begun

The staircase shatters as my fate I fly to meet

The wood is splintering beneath my stocking feet

At last I'm past the gate, at last I'm at the cell

That's kept me from the sun and hidden me in Hell

The key that locked us in is now what sets us free

The inmates have emerged and now they look to me

To lead them to the light, to lead them to the door

But as we flee I trip and fall down to the floor

Now, as I hit the ground, as painfully I land

The key for which I've waited years shoots from my hand

Then, quick as lightning strikes, the Doctor's heavy shoe

Comes down upon the key concealing it from view

His eyes are burning red with madness, this is when

He picks it up and turns to lock us in again

I leap upon him for I've nothing left to lose

He overpowers me and asks the girls to choose

He runs his blade across my throat as if to say

That he will take my life if they don't walk away

Retreat they do at once, without a second thought

They only know that we were free and now we're not

And then I feel my darling Annie's Master Key

From all those years ago, still tied above my knee

It glows against my skin but doesn't cause me pain

What happens next I cannot possibly explain

It pulls me from the floor, it pulls me towards the gate

It fits into the lock and every last inmate

Is breathless as the bars swing open with a creak

And no one's seen to move, and no one's heard to speak

Then, all at once, the clock from fifty floors below

Is loudly striking four, and suddenly I know

What must be done – there can be no one left alive

The doctors all must die if we are to survive

It's Time to show our strength

It's Time that we unite

It's Time to change the game

It's Time we learn to fight

It's Time this house is ours

It's Time we take it back

It's Time for bloody war

IT'S TIME FOR THE ATTACK!

Hell Is Empty lyrics - Emilie Autumn

[Emilie:]

Hell is empty...

And all the devils are here...

[Asylum Plague Rats:]

(The Rats devour Dr. Stockill)

Goodnight, Sweet Ladies lyrics - Emilie Autumn

[Emily:]

Goodnight, sweet ladies...

Goodnight, sweet friends...

You lie but sleeping

Someday we will meet again, sweet ladies...

Goodnight, sweet friends...

You lie but sleeping

Someday we will meet again

[Emily, Inmates:]

With rosemary green and bright

You're not forgotten, eternal night

Can't fade your memory, dim your light

You've made a difference, you've won your fight

We lift our branches and though we weep

No death could conquer, you only sleep

Goodnight, sweet ladies...

Goodnight, sweet friends...

You lie but sleeping

Someday we will meet again

Goodnight, sweet ladies...

Goodnight, sweet friends...

You lie but sleeping

Someday we will meet again, sweet ladies...

Goodnight, sweet friends...

You lie but sleeping

Someday we will meet again

With rosemary green and bright

You're not forgotten, eternal night

Can't fade your memory, dim your light

You've made a difference, you've won your fight

We lift our branches and though we weep

No death could conquer, you only sleep

Goodnight, sweet ladies...

Goodnight, sweet friends...

You lie but sleeping

Someday we will meet again

Let no voice falter, let die no flame

Let all remember your every name

Let faces turn to the starry sky

Let songs be sung 'til our throats are dry

Let no voice falter, let die no flame

Let all remember your every name

Let faces turn to the starry sky

Let songs be sung 'til our throats are dry

Dry... dry... dry... dry...

[Simultaneously]

Four o'clock, four o'clock...

Never let me sleep...

Four o'clock, four o'clock...

Never let me sleep...

[Simultaneously]

The art of suicide...

Nightgowns and hair...

Curls flying every which way...

[Simultaneously]

I close my eyes and pray for the garish light of day...

Like a frightened child I run from the sleep that never comes...

[Simultaneously]

If I burn you will see the fire in your mind when you sleep...

[Simultaneously]

The pain too pure to hide...

Bridges of sighs...

Meant to conceal lover's lies...

[Simultaneously]

I close my eyes and pray for the garish light of day...

Like a frightened child I run from the sleep that never comes...

[Simultaneously]

Under the arches of moonlight and sky...

Under the arches of moonlight and sky...

Start Another Story lyrics - Emilie Autumn

[Sir Edward, Ambassador of the League of Asylum Plague Rats:]

Start at the beginning, finish at the end

Everything you'll tell them is true, nothing is pretend

But when you long to come running back, remember

This is now, that was then

Yesterday will find you, where you've been before

Let the past remind you what's done

Now look for something more

There's a place I can almost see before us

Never if, only when

Start another story, tell it as you go

Make a happy ending, or sad

Tell it how you know

Just remember a day gone by is never really gone

If your tale goes on

If your tale goes...

One Foot In Front Of The Other lyrics - Emilie Autumn

How did I get myself into all of this mess?

How did I end up with this deadly home address?

How did I come to this, where every song I sing

Is nothing but a list of pain and suffering?

We never will forget, and no, we will not forgive

We fought hard not to die, yet we don’t know how to live

How do we change our world to what we want it to be?

How do we move beyond all of this misery?

One foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one…

I’ve been in chains since I was nothing but a kid

We don’t know freedom, not quite sure that we ever did

Now that we have it, how will we make use of it?

We’ve been committed — now to what do we all commit?

I used to have a home, now I don’t even have a name

I’m nothing but a number, here we are all the same

We’ve lost so much, so many of those we love are dead

How do I get these memories out of my fucking head?

One foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one…

How do we bear this burden, far too much to carry?

How do we change our prison to a sanctuary?

We’ve been kept from the light, no one ever gave a damn

If I’ve no one to fight, how do I know who I am?

One foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one…

We waged a war with Hell, and look, we still survive

But just because we live does not mean that we’re alive

We’ve won the final round, but how to enjoy the win

When we’ve been broken down and we’ll never know what could have been

Heaven help us, where do we begin?

One foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one foot in front of the other foot

In front of the one!

One!

One!

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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun lyrics - Emilie Autumn

(originally by Cyndi Lauper)

I come home in the morning light

My mother says

"When you gonna live your life right?"

Oh, mother dear

We're not the fortunate ones

And girls, they wanna have fun

Oh, girls just wanna have fun

The phone rings

In the middle of the night

My Doctor yells

"What you gonna do with your life?"

Oh, Doctor dear, you know

You're still number one

But girls, they wanna have fun

Oh, girls just wanna have

That's all we really want

Some fun

When the working day is done

Oh, girls, they wanna have fun

Oh, girls just wanna have fun

Girls, they wanna, wanna have fun

Girls wanna have 

Some boys

Take a beautiful girl

And hide her away

From the rest of the world

I wanna be the one

To walk in the sun

(when the working day is done)

That's all they really want

Some fun

When the working day is done

Oh, girls, they wanna have fun

Oh, girls just wanna have fun

Girls, they wanna

They wanna have fun

Girls wanna have

They just wanna, they just wanna

They just wanna, they just wanna

That's all they really want

Some fun

When the working day is done

Oh, girls, they wanna have fun

Oh, girls just wanna have fun

Girls, they wanna

They wanna have fun

Girls wanna have

When the working

When the working

When the working day is done

Oh, when the working day is done

Oh, girls, they wanna have fun

They wanna have fun