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Queens of the Stone Age.

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♪ ♪ Where will you hide?

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Queens of the Stone Age.

[ Bell tolling ] -♪ When I was a little boy ♪ ♪ I looked under the stairs ♪ ♪ The king and the pawns ♪ ♪ Were caught unawares ♪ ♪ Standing in the shadows ♪ ♪ A whisperer to be ♪ ♪ Was fishing in the darkness ♪ ♪ Of possibilities ♪ ♪ Just look at you now ♪ ♪ Yeah, look at you now ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, look at you now ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Among such style and grace ♪ ♪ Our highest hopes ♪ ♪ None standing still ♪ ♪ The running joke ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Where goes the warm embrace ♪ ♪ It fades without return ♪ ♪ That lives to slip through fingertips and burn ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I don't care what you think anymore ♪ ♪ Doesn't matter anyway ♪ ♪ Joan of Arc, victim, perpetrator ♪ ♪ Just a paper machete, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ The truth is just a piece of clay ♪ ♪ You sculpt, you change, you hide, then you erase ♪ ♪ You think you're brave?

♪ ♪ All the plans you made ♪ ♪ Behind my back and from far away ♪ ♪ Truth is, face to face, you're a coward ♪ ♪ Sharp as a paper machete, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Now I know you'd use anything, anyone ♪ ♪ To make yourself look clean ♪ ♪ In sickness, no vows mean anything ♪ ♪ So long, cruelty ♪ ♪ So long, too late ♪ ♪ So long, my love is dead ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ But just look at you now ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, look at you now, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, look at you now, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, look at you now ♪ ♪ Ohh, ohh ♪ ♪ Look at you now ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, look at you now ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Look at you now ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I ♪ ♪ Never lie ♪ ♪ To myself ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ Rose ♪ ♪ Tinted eyes ♪ ♪ Color my sorrow ♪ ♪ A shade of wine ♪ ♪ Bye-bye, black balloon ♪ ♪ See you real soon ♪ ♪ Wave bye-bye ♪ ♪ Bye-bye ♪ ♪ Oh, why you so sad?

♪ ♪ What have they done?

♪ ♪ Forget those mindless baboons ♪ ♪ They're off playing God ♪ ♪ Copycats in cheap suits are playing it safe ♪ ♪ While cannibals of bad news consume a parade ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Is it wonderful?

♪ ♪♪ -♪ Kalopsia ♪ -♪ Ohh ♪ ♪ Ohh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Kalopsia ♪ ♪ Kalopsia ♪ ♪ Far, far from shore ♪ ♪ The land of nightmares ♪ ♪ Gone forevermore ♪ ♪ And I love you more ♪ ♪ Than I can control ♪ ♪ I don't even try ♪ ♪ Why would I?

♪ ♪ Oh, why the long face?

♪ ♪ You've got it all wrong ♪ ♪ Forget the rat in the race, we'll choke chain them all ♪ ♪ Fates favor the ones who help themselves ♪ ♪ The rest feel the sting of the lash ♪ ♪ As they row the boat ♪ ♪ To Hell ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ ♪ Ugh ♪ [ Laughter ] [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I miss you now, what's come over me?

♪ ♪ We're hostages of geography ♪ ♪ The wait is long ♪ ♪ And heavy too ♪ ♪ Despite what you're accustomed to ♪ ♪ I know life moves on ♪ ♪ That's what scares me so ♪ ♪ Have no intentions of letting go ♪ ♪ Only us ♪ ♪ No one in the world ♪ ♪ Only us ♪ ♪ No one in the world ♪ ♪ Mm-mmm ♪ ♪ Mm-mmm ♪ ♪ I'd better do something ♪ ♪ Move earth and sky ♪ ♪ And patiently, sweetly ♪ ♪ With all of my might ♪ ♪ I sing only for you ♪ ♪ To the beat of my footsteps in the night ♪ ♪ Close your eyes ♪ ♪ And dream me home ♪ ♪ Forever mine ♪ ♪ I'll be forever yours ♪ ♪ Always, evermore, and on and on ♪ ♪ Always, evermore, and on and on ♪ ♪ Always, evermore, and on and on ♪ ♪ Always, evermore ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Ohh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's no magic bullet ♪ ♪ No cure for pain ♪ ♪ What's done is done ♪ ♪ Till you do it again ♪ ♪ Life in pursuit of a nameless prey ♪ ♪ I've been so close, I'm so far away ♪ ♪ It's so hard to explain, so easy to feel ♪ ♪ I need you now, nothing is real ♪ ♪ Save me from the villains of circumstance ♪ ♪ Before I lose my place ♪ ♪ Close your eyes ♪ ♪ And dream me home ♪ ♪ Forever mine ♪ ♪ I'll be forever yours ♪ ♪ I'll be forever yours ♪ ♪ I'll be forever yours ♪ ♪ Always, evermore, and on and on ♪ ♪ Always, evermore, and on and on ♪ ♪ Always, evermore, and on and on ♪ ♪ Always, evermore ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ When you say ♪ ♪ It's dead and gone ♪ ♪ Yes, I know ♪ ♪ You're wrong ♪ ♪ Cut and slash ♪ ♪ Sharpest knife ♪ ♪ It won't die ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Poison cup ♪ ♪ Drank it up ♪ ♪ It won't die ♪ ♪♪ ♪ No fire, no gun ♪ ♪ No rope, no stone ♪ ♪ It won't die ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Why you gotta shove it in my face ♪ ♪ As if you put me in my place?

♪ ♪ 'Cause I don't care if you or me is wrong or right ♪ ♪ Ain't gonna spend another night ♪ ♪ In your bed ♪ ♪ In your bed ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ The laws of men ♪ ♪ Are just pretend ♪ So what, you know?

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ Love so good ♪ ♪ Love so bad ♪ ♪ It won't die ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Some talk too long ♪ ♪ They know it all ♪ ♪ Well, I just smile ♪ ♪ And move on ♪ ♪ Words ain't free ♪ ♪ Like you and me ♪ ♪ Mmmm ♪ ♪ I don't mind, yeah ♪ ♪ Why'd you have to be so mean and cruel?

♪ ♪ The dogs are loose, I'm on to you ♪ ♪ You ball and chained together from the dawn to dusk ♪ ♪ Can't call it leavin' 'cause it's just ♪ ♪ I never came ♪ ♪ I never came ♪ ♪ I never came ♪ ♪ I never came ♪ ♪ I never came ♪ ♪ I never came ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Vocalizing ] ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Ohh ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ -Follow the light.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Ohh ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Once you're lost ♪ ♪ In twilight's blue ♪ ♪ You don't find your way ♪ ♪ The way finds you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Ahh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Tempt the fates ♪ ♪ Beware the smile ♪ ♪ It hides all the teeth, my dear ♪ ♪ And what's behind them ♪ ♪ Ahh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Ahh ♪ ♪ So glad you could stay forever ♪ ♪ So glad you could stay forever ♪ ♪ So glad you could stay forever ♪ ♪ So glad you could stay forever ♪ ♪ Ohh ♪ ♪ He steps between the trees ♪ ♪ A crooked man ♪ ♪ There's blood on the blade ♪ ♪ Don't take his hand ♪ ♪ Ahh ♪ Oof!

♪♪ ♪ I got what was ♪ ♪ I want to take what's left ♪ ♪ No talk will cure ♪ ♪ What's lost, or save what's left ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ I... I remember... I remember like it was yesterday.

I remember like it was yesterday.

It was the last day I was a small boy, the years lined up in a row.

The years lined up in a row like -- like little shoes on a mantel place over the fire.

One year larger than the next.

Or was it smaller than the next?

I don't even care.

♪♪ All I remember was looking up at the top of the water through my eyes, drowning.

Do you remember the last day you were a child?

It happens in a flash.

♪♪ Like a flash before your eyes.

You can kiss it goodbye.

You don't have to kiss it goodbye.

But it kisses you goodbye.

You think to yourself, "Where did I go?"

But you can't go home.

You can't go home.

And as the years grew on and the pathway into the forest got smaller, I realized -- I realized I don't want to go home.

The world I knew shrunk every day.

And if I stayed inside, I'd just... get smaller.

Until I -- Smaller until I... Until I vanished.

So there is no way to go home.

There's no way to call home.

Maybe it's a good thing now.

Maybe it's a good thing now.

I don't even -- I don't care.

It's been so long since I left it behind.

♪♪ It's been so long since I left it behind.

♪♪ And I realized something.

♪ To face down your demons, you've got to free them ♪ ♪ To seize all your demons, Carpe demon ♪ ♪ To face down your demons, you've got to free them ♪ ♪ To seize all your demons, Carpe demon ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Ahh ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Ahh ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ Sing it!

-♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Ahh ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ Ahh ♪ -Louder.

-♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ Ahh ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ -Sing it up there.

Let me here you.

-♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ Ahh ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ Ahh ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ Ahh ♪ -♪ Whoa ♪ -♪ Ahh ♪ -♪ The look in your eyes ♪ Says, "I love you" ♪ And, oh, I love you too ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Whoa-oa-oa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oa-oa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oa-oa ♪ ♪ Whoa-oa-oa ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.

Hello, Austin.

Hello, Austin City Limits.

How are you?

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I know, I know the sun is hot ♪ ♪ Mosquitoes come and suck your blood ♪ ♪ And leave you there all alone ♪ ♪ Just skin and bone ♪ ♪ When you walk among the trees ♪ ♪ Listening to the leaves ♪ ♪ The further I go, the less I know ♪ ♪ The less I know ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Where will you run?

♪ ♪ Where will you hide?

♪ ♪ Lullabies ♪ ♪ To paralyze ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Fat and soft, pink and weak ♪ ♪ Foot and thigh, tongue and cheek ♪ ♪ You know, I'm told they swallow you whole ♪ ♪ Just skin and bone ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Cutting boards and hanging hooks ♪ ♪ Bloody knives, cooking books ♪ ♪ Promising you won't feel a thing at all ♪ ♪ Swallow and chew ♪ ♪ Eat you alive ♪ ♪ All of us food ♪ ♪ That hasn't died ♪ ♪ And the knife says ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Ohhh ♪ ♪ Ohhh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, oh, ohh ♪ ♪ Ohhh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, ohh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Simmering, pick and pluck ♪ ♪ Tenderize bone to dust ♪ ♪ The sweetest grease, the finest meat ♪ ♪ You'll ever taste ♪ -♪ Taste ♪ -♪ So you scream, whine, and yell ♪ ♪ Supple sounds of dinner bells ♪ ♪ We all will feed the worms and the trees ♪ ♪ So don't be shy ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Where will you run?

♪ ♪ Where will you hide?

♪ Lullabies ♪ ♪ To paralyze ♪ Thank you so much.

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Scared, aren't you?

♪♪ Me too.

♪♪ ♪ Don't look, just keep your eyes peeled ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Thoughtless, traipsing my mind's field ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Shotgun, never behind the wheel ♪ ♪ Anymore ♪ ♪ Danger, monsters of smoke and mirror ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Slowly, can one so lost be found?

♪ ♪ Well, I know you'll never believe ♪ ♪ I play as though I'm all right ♪ ♪ If life is but a dream ♪ ♪ Then wake me up ♪ ♪ Fallen leaves ♪ ♪ Realize they are ♪ ♪ No friend of autumn ♪ ♪ The view from Hell is blue sky ♪ ♪ So ominously blue ♪ ♪ Daydream until all the blue is gone ♪ ♪ Well, I know you'll never believe ♪ ♪ I play as though I'm all right ♪ ♪ If life is but a dream ♪ ♪ Wake me!

♪ ♪♪ ♪ Underwater ♪ ♪ Is another life ♪ ♪ Disregarding ♪ ♪ Every myth we write ♪ ♪ Rag doll churning ♪ ♪ Over and over and gasping in horror ♪ ♪ So breathless you surface, and just as the next wave hits ♪ ♪ Big smile ♪ ♪ Really a show of teeth ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Without a care in a world ♪ ♪ No fear ♪ ♪ Lonely ♪ ♪ You don't know how I feel ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ Nothing is as it seems ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Once ♪ ♪ Out in the rain ♪ ♪ I was able to strangle my shadow, unshackle the chain ♪ ♪ Chain ♪ ♪ What ♪ ♪ What will you do?

♪ ♪ Is it safe to play God in the garden or king of the zoo?

♪ ♪ Holes ♪ ♪ Well, they need to be filled ♪ ♪ Positions available ♪ ♪ Some are quite hard to get out of, or in ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ Spinning in the daffodils ♪ ♪ Dizzy from a dozen twirls ♪ ♪ Spinning in the daffodils ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Cold ♪ ♪ Alone and alive ♪ ♪ You're afraid but that's not what I asked ♪ ♪ Wanna go for a ride?

♪ ♪ Sharpen your teeth, my darlings ♪ ♪ Sharpen your minds ♪ ♪ Take a finger if the hand feeds you... ♪ ♪ Take one scalp at a time ♪ ♪ Get 'em, boys ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Fail ♪ ♪ As big as a whale ♪ ♪ Like a canine that chases the bone that's tied to its tail ♪ ♪ I wish I was a beautiful balloon ♪ ♪ I would rise up above it all and then fade out of view ♪ ♪ Gracefully fade ♪ ♪ Fade out of view ♪ ♪ What have you turned me into?

♪ ♪ Spinning in the daffodils ♪ ♪ Dizzy from a dozen twirls ♪ ♪ Spinning in the daffodils ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ What have you gone ♪ ♪ And done again, my love?

♪ ♪ Incinerated ♪ ♪ In the morning sun ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ Yeah, yeah!

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ohhh ♪ ♪ Ohh, oh ♪ ♪ Ohh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'm ♪ ♪ So high ♪ ♪ I just ♪ ♪ May never come down ♪ ♪ I'm ♪ ♪ So high ♪ ♪ I just ♪ ♪ May never come down ♪ ♪ I'm ♪ ♪ So high ♪ ♪ I just ♪ ♪ May never come down ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm ♪ ♪ So high ♪ ♪ I just ♪ ♪ May never come down ♪ ♪ I'm ♪ ♪ So high ♪ ♪ I just ♪ ♪ May never come down ♪ ♪ I'm ♪ ♪ So high ♪ ♪ I just ♪ ♪ May never come down ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -We love you so much.

Thank you.

[ Cheers and applause ] -♪ The truth is just a piece of clay ♪ ♪ You sculpt, you change, you hide, then you erase ♪ ♪ You think you're brave?

♪ ♪ All the plans you made ♪ ♪ Behind my back and from far away ♪ ♪ Truth is, face to face, you're a coward ♪ ♪ Sharp as a paper machete, yeah ♪ ♪♪