The Dillinger Escape Plan
Album • 2004
We wrote these plans Took the order the architecture And followed them to the end Until the gears ground cold and relentless There was no remorse We had none We kept on With no trace of a regret I never saw any blood No soul for the body Watch them turn her scab covered skin into stone Like a coal in the sky Searching for the dawn for the last time Bloated with white eyes wide We've come to an understanding You lose, I profit High noon and there ain't No secrets, no more excuses Now our number's up Let them lead us by the throat Now just smile While the rope pulls tighter Guilty is an understatement The hourglass is never right side up And all the time We try to tear the script up Forgetting all the sour for the sweet The paragraph has never been so empty The mother dies with infant in arms The lifeless test tube, Look what she's done Evolution gave us a clock That's always winding down
Submitted by Immortal — Nov 15, 2025
Cry your eyes bloodshot While there's still time Because soon it's gone And you'll be so shocked One queen-sized coffin That was built for two Is your death bed It belongs to you Tease me, baby, please me With the fresh disease Hope riding on a bullet Alive tonight You know we couldn't get it right Come save your life tonight You know we'll never get it right Don't try to swim to shore Because you can't go back Say three words Like they're the last you'll speak Curtains drop Concealing appearances of heaven Destroyer! There'll be another just like you You're not the only one, I'm not the only one Destroyer! Watching the fallout fly back up Walking where time stands still See how this love kills Love kills! Love kills! Love kills! Dropping, curtains down Concealing appearances of heaven Without my existence You are nothing! Without my affection You wilt You wilt! We fucked like a nuclear war Release Fuck off See how I let you down Watching Fallout Fly back up
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 21, 2026
You'd never imagine us bringing a loaded gun to the ballroom This party is about to kick off Tonight is the wrong night The devil's own are only starting up the first round of the fight So hang on tight Dear mother The needle is jabbing the womb draw back and release this child of disease, oh, oh, yeah This mob is a riot The outlaw youth are only emptying the first round of the fight Because everything's not alright I suppose you thought you had our hands behind our backs Wool over our eyes Now your pulse is in my palm and you stand hands to mouth Wearing your disguise It's pretty apparent this boy is a curse The Christ of the moment so blow him away Hey, come on And take the new number if you're next in line Then kid I got a really big fucking surprise There won't be a next time I suppose you thought you had our hands behind our backs Wool over our eyes Now your pulse is in my palm and you stand hands to mouth Wearing your disguise I suppose you thought you had our hands behind our backs Wool over our eyes Now your pulse is in my palm and you stand hands to mouth Wearing your disguise I suppose you thought you, I suppose you thought you I suppose you thought you put the wool over our eyes I suppose you thought you, I suppose you thought you I suppose you thought you put the wool over our eyes
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 21, 2026
Surprise! It's not what you thought as it runs It was a dead stop light as it runs Look what you've done, lie, you're the fool And we won't look back Let's tie those ankles to the railroad Don't stop to catch your breath I bet your foresight never saw this Train wreck is right on time A fucking punk, a fucking punk rock You fucking punk You fucking punk, you prostitute You fucking punk, you fucking punk rock You fucking punk prostitute Pick the open vein to shreds You should know that you're my death wish Bible thumping steeple, fuck you are the worst of all scum Train wreck right on time, you're my death wish, yeah We were young and we were god, far away from us now We don't want it, what you've got, we don't want it We don't want it, we don't want it We don't want it and you've got it She took my hand, she took my hand but I never took hers
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 21, 2026
Take fire out of heaven's clenched fist Cracks slip between my desire To keep your broken heart bleeding Just hold tight and tell another fucking joke To pacify the urge for suicide You know it won't keep waiting So say goodbye 'Cause I never want to hear another word about you And I, you know, you never stop Now we started out just running Out spreading like wings And we are one I pulled you right out of the gutter When I could have bee lined We started out just running Out spreading like wings And what were we supposed to do? You belong to me And what are we supposed to do? Suck it in, spit it out You know that two's a crowd? Expectant mother's stillborn baby beauty Cries aloud and tries to tell you what I'm about Now don't you worry about A little thing like this It only hurts just a bit I promise I'm going to take you a mile high So don't you cry 'cause it'll just be Baby, baby, baby, nonstop until the end of the night So keep your mouth shut We started out just running Out spreading like wings And we are one I pulled you right out of the gutter When I could have bee lined We started out just running Out spreading like wings And what were we supposed to do? You belong to me And what are we supposed to do? I can tell you're a good fuck Just by the way you wear that innocent look Don't you know that enough is never enough I made you now you are property I can't discard We started out just running Out spreading like wings And what were we supposed to do?
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Feb 21, 2026
Well they said we'd tear ourselves apart And it turns out they were right Cause I've never seen you so weak Weak and so far out of breath And I never saw the tide rise so high, so fast Watch this pawn capture the queen White picket drive-by Gargle the stench the storm brings You'll never get enough Watch this pawn capture the queen, yeah Now I can't shake you But I, I can't take you Empty skin bag you're my cum rag And now the flood gates overflow Now I see that too much is not enough (no) No this game has been playing for too long Yeah Yeah, you did it Yeah, you did it Yeah, you did it Did you get enough? My sweet child of fire This love affair is so lost This love affair is so lost Cut through the sea This pendulum swings near me We are the storm (We are the storm) So take your ship to port Oh, it's time to let it go (time to let go) Right now it's time to let it go Time to let it go Cause this feels like half a million years And I know you feel the same way I do Don't you Do you Well they said we'd tear ourselves apart Turns out they were right Tear ourselves apart Turns out they were right
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
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First off, let me say, you look so tired Rest your head and shut your eyes Empty ambition blankets the sky I'm thinking about another world Tonight, yeah, yeah, yeah You're right, you're right, you're right So drop the gown, the game's over Just push your face into the fight And it breaks my heart, like dancing up all night Ride so high, we both start thinking about another world tonight And it feels so wrong Like nothing we've ever felt before Yeah, yeah, yeah You're right, you're right, you're right The stranger's candy takes you where you ought to be In broken alleys, in the back of every street Close your eyes tonight Baby, you can have it Baby, you can have it Oh, baby, gnaw me down to the bone Soon you'll find I'm never gonna take you back home Well, there's so much you never told me And there's not much I want to know Because your pretty face will do just fine You'll be the star of my very last show Let's go for a long ride I'll show you places you won't ever want to leave The stranger's candy takes you where you ought to be In broken alleys, in the back of every street Stranger's candy, broken alleys Yeah, tonight We could bring it all down We could bring it all down They think this body's a dead note Dancing to the beat, but they'll never see this corpse Coming until it kills them
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
Dear God, protect us Come on, blackest heart She stares, forever and then some never again Polished barbwire smile Tricks and trade She's done, so cut her again, gut her again Dear God, protect us Come on, blackest Silence tells us we're damned Silence tells us we're damned Jesus we've gone and done it again Jimmy's got a new gun in his hand Jesus we've gone and done it again Jimmy's got a new gun in his hand You're being a liar You're being a liar You're being a liar You're being a liar How could you doubt? We would never find out You're being a liar, let's start the show You're being a liar, I'm ready to go You're being a liar You're being a liar You're being a liar You're being a liar How could you doubt? We would never find out You're being a liar, let's start the show You're being a liar, I'm ready to go The emperor is dead, the emperor is dead Goodbye to god Dead, so long Embrace, defeat You know we both agreed to it Stick the diamond to it, gust of wind to the face Never returning, favors take the prison to the man I could promise the world if we could travel through time Don't back out on me now, relax and remember The promise of the sign, I wish you could see yourself now You look at me like a child The way you glide across the room Instrument of seduction Let go of it, Rapunzel, let it down Wait for the signal then bring it down with a smile Now become the conductor The way you slide across the room How wonderful the connection Did the last kiss still taste as good as the first Or it's just the opening scene of a new play? I look at you like a child but not at all like you looked at me The grace is already dead Now is the time to come and face the master You should never say yes The grace is already dead Now is the time to come and face the master Grace is already dead The grace is already dead Now is the time to come and face the master You should never say "yes" when you really mean "no"
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
Is the can half-diseased or is the disease half-canned? And is the man half-machine, or is the machine half-man? Well, I'm unretrofied for you Is the can half-diseased or is the disease half-canned? Or is the man half-machine, or is the machine half-man? I'm unretrofied for you So come on, so come on I'll (I'll) just fake it in the end Just save it for a new song, and leave dead in the end Time (Time) is wasted in the end Wood-paneled wagon carpool dragons killing me again Now they're looting our holes until there is nothing left Calloused intentions it seems, coward's invention at best Well, I'm unretrofied for you Now they're looting our holes until there is nothing left Calloused intentions it seems, coward's invention at best I'm unretrofied for you So come on, so come on I'll (I'll) just fake it in the end Just save it for a new song, and leave dead in the end Time (Time) is wasted in the end Wood-paneled wagon carpool dragons killing me again We're all dead Jesus can't play the music 'cause he's nailed to the cross And over gnawed-off feet, I find that I can't walk I can't walk I can't even walk I'll (I'll) just fake it in the end Just save it for a new song, and leave dead in the end Time (Time) is wasted in the end Wood-paneled wagon carpool dragons killing me again I'll just fake it in the end Just save it for a new song, and leave dead in the end Time is wasted in the end Wood-paneled wagon carpool dragons killing me again We're all dead
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
Motions that make gods cringe Running in circles as fast as we can Take what you can because now it's all over Run hot and cold to break the skin, break the skin And we won't take no for an answer For just when the door slams The pill drops, oh, my sweet unknowing partner The perfect design The pill drops, so start the silent dance Slumping silhouette, unforgiving hands Harboring regret Play it just once more for old times Yeah, you know, you know, you know, you're all I ever wanted Yeah, you know, you know, you know, you're all I'll ever want How we laughed when we first saw each other? How you screamed when I saw your eyes melt? This is the end of every rainbow and now your face shatters Every waking second I know your face shatters Every waking second I know your face shatters
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
I smell that whore, whoa! Bring me back Bring me a brick Take my bottle and break it Pour it all out I pushed you too far Take my bottle, I pushed you too far Self-absorb that pity, I want to I just want to knock you off your horse I just feel it, everything's fine Spit on yourself, you're so beautiful Spit on yourself, so beautiful Crack and chip off Like the sun won't shine down Down Down Yeah Crack and chip off! Take your medicine like a champ That sting can last a million years Self absorb that utopia So bad, I just feel it I just feel it, everything's fine Spit on yourself Like the sun won't shine down Down I pushed you too far (You pushed me too far) You pushed me too far Yeah (Yeah) You pushed me too far Yeah, yeah!
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
No lyrics have been submitted for this track yet.
I'm the best you'll ever have You're the best I'll never have Pain... Gone Rain... Stop Sun... Shine You're... Mine Here kitty, kitty, kitty Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy Here kitty, kitty, kitty Ooh Listen Listen through the walls The sound of quick footsteps sneaking down the hall Whispers The pages turning The leaky roof, the toilet flushing, numbers on the license plate I'm nothing more than The best you'll never have A speck on your bedroom wall A blood-red waterfall The best you will never ever The best you will never ever Your dead things are locked up inside Blow smoke rings straight back in time Roses floating out with the tide Dance and sing under gunfire Open wings slowly take flight Around these parts a fly can live A fly can live a thousand years But a man cannot die soon enough, true enough A smiling drunk nursing a glass of milk A girl with a face like prison bread Over the kitchen noise I hear them howl at me A scabby ketchup bottle and a two-dollar bill I guess it's time to pay the bill, but you know I never will I'm hungry still Run away, run away, run away, run away Mercy killing on the way Never thought I'd hear you say Falling to your knees and pray now Run away, run away, run away, run away Mercy killing on the way Never thought I'd hear you say Falling to your knees and pray now In this crowded place I could swing a cat And not even hit a soul It's just the lonely vacuum of human black holes And I'm as dry as these thirsty trees With big city thoughts in the dirty breeze Promising to set me free "Waiter, check please..." Run away, run away, run away, run away Mercy killing on the way Never thought I'd hear you say Falling to your knees and pray now Run away, run away, run away, run away Mercy killing on the way Never thought I'd hear you say Falling to your knees and pray now Ooh Listen I'm the best that you will never ever know that you will ever have
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
What rounding out breaks the silent barrier Wait, wait, wait! Can I pick your modest waste? I expect no more than... did I stutter, did I stutter, did I stutter? Simple regret You deserved it, and you earned it Take a bow, you deserve it Eat shit, you earned it Life would be so much better if you did not exist Take a bow, you deserve it Eat shit, you earned it (Life would be so much better) and god bless you, fucking queen And god bless you, fucking queen So now you've started, wide awake What pawns we have become in this bland little play? What pawns we have become in this bland little play? Sugar (sugar) coated... sour!
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
Motions that make gods cringe Running in circles as fast as we can Take what you can because now it's all over Run hot and cold to break the skin, break the skin And we won't take no for an answer For just when the door slams The pill drops, oh, my sweet unknowing partner The perfect design The pill drops, so start the silent dance Slumping silhouette, unforgiving hands Harboring regret Play it just once more for old times Yeah, you know, you know, you know, you're all I ever wanted Yeah, you know, you know, you know, you're all I'll ever want How we laughed when we first saw each other? How you screamed when I saw your eyes melt? This is the end of every rainbow and now your face shatters Every waking second I know your face shatters Every waking second I know your face shatters
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
Soft, soft fade Circled around Turn loose goodbye Switch off Turn loose Switch off Switch off Goodbye Yeah No attempt to look failure is king Are we ready? Close those lips Try to lose me 3 more time Hush baby, now don't say a word 6:53 and where are you? Run home, run far Throw your face in a pillow Scream out what you can't 6:53 and where are you? Run home, run far Throw your face in a pillow Scream out what you can't Cover your tracks Fix that makeup cover your tracks Yeah you're an angel Avoiding what games, games to play Less or more or more or less Coward Wisk away the fear Clear the air Clear the air and slide Closer to the edge Say goodnight Final curtain call Switch off, goodbye
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
We wrote these plans Took the order the architecture And followed them to the end Until the gears ground cold and relentless There was no remorse We had none We kept on With no trace of a regret I never saw any blood No soul for the body Watch them turn her scab covered skin into stone Like a coal in the sky Searching for the dawn for the last time Bloated with white eyes wide We've come to an understanding You lose, I profit High noon and there ain't No secrets, no more excuses Now our number's up Let them lead us by the throat Now just smile While the rope pulls tighter Guilty is an understatement The hourglass is never right side up And all the time We try to tear the script up Forgetting all the sour for the sweet The paragraph has never been so empty The mother dies with infant in arms The lifeless test tube, Look what she's done Evolution gave us a clock That's always winding down
Submitted by Pestilence — Nov 15, 2025
Take fire out of heaven's clenched fist Cracks slip between my desire To keep your broken heart bleeding Just hold tight and tell another fucking joke To pacify the urge for suicide You know it won't keep waiting So say goodbye 'Cause I never want to hear another word about you And I, you know, you never stop Now we started out just running Out spreading like wings And we are one I pulled you right out of the gutter When I could have bee lined We started out just running Out spreading like wings And what were we supposed to do? You belong to me And what are we supposed to do? Suck it in, spit it out You know that two's a crowd? Expectant mother's stillborn baby beauty Cries aloud and tries to tell you what I'm about Now don't you worry about A little thing like this It only hurts just a bit I promise I'm going to take you a mile high So don't you cry 'cause it'll just be Baby, baby, baby, nonstop until the end of the night So keep your mouth shut We started out just running Out spreading like wings And we are one I pulled you right out of the gutter When I could have bee lined We started out just running Out spreading like wings And what were we supposed to do? You belong to me And what are we supposed to do? I can tell you're a good fuck Just by the way you wear that innocent look Don't you know that enough is never enough I made you now you are property I can't discard We started out just running Out spreading like wings And what were we supposed to do?
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
Such worthless crust and crazed Now cring to slap the wrist, I sense you cracked and weak The nonexistent won't care When you fail to wake, I sense you cracked and weak I wonder if you would I wonder if you could Please just a small taste Of the offer unrefused Bonded by a muddy crippled story And now I wonder if you really ever could I wonder if you could I wonder if you would You're no good Self-sodomize once more Whore, slut, yet fragile and tight A reckless mangled conscience With only the imbalance of evils Wait for guidance, end it all now
Submitted by Nargaroth — Feb 21, 2026
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