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Emilie Autumn - Opheliac - The Art of Suicide (acoustic version)
Opheliac
Disc 1
01. Opheliac
02. Swallow
03. Liar
04. The Art of Suicide
05. I Want My Innocence Back
06. Misery Loves Company
07. God Help Me
08. Shalott
09. Gothic Lolita
10. Dead Is the New Alive
11. I Know Where You Sleep
12. Let the Record Show
13. “Opheliac” Recording Out‐Takes
Disc 2
01. Thank God I'm Pretty
02. Dominant
03. 306
04. Gloomy Sunday
05. Asleep
06. Mad Girl (acoustic version)
07. The Art of Suicide (acoustic version)
08. Thank God I’m Pretty (shoegaze version)
09. Largo for Violin
10. Marry Me
11. Excerpt From “The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls”
12. Interview With EA
13. Poem: How to Break a Heart
14. Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches
The art of suicide
Nightgowns and hair
Curls flying every which where
The pain too pure to hide
Bridges of Sighs
Meant to conceal lover's lies
Under the arches
Of moonlight and sky
Suddenly easy
To contemplate why
Why...

Why live a life
That's painted with pity
And sadness and strife?
Why dream a dream
That's tainted with trouble
And less than it seems?
Why bother bothering
Just for a poem
Or another sad song to sing?
Why live a life?
Why live a life?

The art of suicide
Pretty and clean
Conveys a theatrical scene
"Alas, I'm gone!" she cried
Ankles displayed
Melodramatically laid
Under the arches
Of moonlight and sky
Suddenly easy
To contemplate why
Why...

Why live a life
That's painted with pity
And sadness and strife?
Why dream a dream
That's tainted with trouble
And less than it seems?
Why bother bothering
Just for a poem
Or another sad song to sing?
Why live a life?
Why live a life?

Life is not like Gloomy Sunday
With a second ending
When the people are disturbed
Well they should be disturbed
Because there's a story
That ought to be heard
Life is not like Gloomy Sunday
With a second ending
When the people are disturbed
Well they should be disturbed
Because there's a lesson
That really ought to be learned

The world is full of poets
We don't need any more
The world is full of singers
We don't need any more
The world is full of lovers
We don't need any more