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I left the TV on so I wouldn't sleep alone.
Anxiety by moonlight is an awful way to go.
Everything I know, everything I thought I knew --
I'm wide awake at 3 a.m. and it all comes back to you.
And it's hard to get by sometimes.
And it's hard to close your eyes sometimes.
I'm tired.
I'm always waking up at sunrise every day
Looking for some magic in the color on the waves.
Everything I know, everything I thought I knew
Goes completely by the wayside when I'm staring back at you.
And it's hard to get by sometimes.
And it's hard to close your eyes sometimes.
I'm tired.
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Wax Figures
02:59
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Something’s not right
I set the needle down and turned off the machine
There’s still enough leaves on the lawn that fell from the same tree
You’ve got an act that I just don’t believe
I’m keeping axes sharp and in close company
If they let you down
If they let you down
If they let you down, swing from another branch and be free
Or hold on to your money and get out of the way
Laughed when I heard about the dead weight left on your shelf
Harder than it seems to try to separate the art for yourself
But there’s always someone who had it worse
Much more than paper and wax is worth
What have you got to lose?
Nine out of ten you’ll never feel a thing
If they let you down
If they let you down
If they let you down, swing from another branch and be free
Or hold on to your money and get out of the way
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4. |
First Frost
03:25
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There's a place I don't wanna be.
There's a word I don't wanna say.
And there's a face I can't remember.
There's a blur where I can see her.
There's a dream I don't wanna see
Where I'm choking on my teeth,
Sweating through a T-shirt
While my bones breathe in the winter.
There's a game I don't wanna play
Where I burn away another day
And the stain is growing deeper.
I'm born to be a dreamer, and I'm fine.
I wanna break away, make something of my own.
And I'm fine.
Yeah, I'm fine.
There's a star I don't wanna fade,
A grace I don't wanna say,
A star that's coming closer,
Space where there was closure.
There's a feeling I don't wanna know
Where I'm broken down and slow
And I'm praying for the thunder,
My bones breathe in the summer.
There's a place I don't wanna be.
There's a word I don't wanna say.
And there's a face I can't remember.
There's a blur...
I wanna break away, make something of my own.
And I'm fine.
Yeah, I'm fine.
Goddamn, nothing like some pocket misery
To wake you up before the snowfall covers everything.
All I ever needed was guitar string poetry,
A beat that you can dance to and some words you wanna sing.
I'll tear my throat to tatters and I'll throw it all away.
For the first time in a while, I think I'm gonna be okay.
I think I'm gonna be okay.
For the first time in a while, I think I'm gonna be okay.
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5. |
I Am So Dead Right Now
03:03
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I watched the sunset slink behind the sea
A chain link fence wrapped around the block kept everyone at bay
You saw the high rise come up from nowhere
A middle finger to your memories
After the rain water brought all the portraits down
And hats off to you to hold a ghost in high esteem
Leave your candles out at night for the body
I watched the sunset slink behind the sea
A chain link fence wrapped around the block kept everyone at bay
You saw the high rise come up from nowhere
A middle finger to your memories
After the rain water brought all the portraits down
And hats off to you to hold a ghost in high esteem
Leave your candles out at night for the body
And hats off to you if there’s nowhere else you’d rather be
Get your time in now before it goes back to the sea
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6. |
"Unity" Is A Construct
02:13
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I live in the real world
With the good, the bad and the Nazis.
Some bridges should be burned.
Allow me to light the fucking match.
"We're in this together,"
At least that's what I'm told.
But I should've known better
Than to trust commercial rock-'n'-roll.
If this is "punk rock," you can count me out.
If this is "underground," can someone dig me out?
There's no such thing as "unity."
There's no such thing as "unity."
And if we're gonna make it,
There ain't no time to hide
Because this may be the fight of our lives.
I live in the real world
And you're not fucking welcome.
Roll up the red carpet.
This is time for taking sides.
We're in this together
But you're tearing us apart.
Collapse under the pressure
Instead of speaking from the heart.
If this is "punk rock," you can count me out.
If this is "underground," can someone dig me out?
There's no such thing as "unity."
There's no such thing as "unity."
And if we're gonna make it,
There ain't no time to hide
Because this may be the fight of our lives.
I live in the real world
With the good, the bad and the Nazis.
I live in the real world
With the good, the bad and the Nazis.
I live in the real world
With the good, the bad and the Nazis.
And this may be the fight of our lives.
I live in the real world.
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7. |
Clock Runs Fast
02:02
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Clock runs fast
I squeeze in little breaks, whatever fits
Cup of coffee, get up, stretch my legs
Red light blinks for unchecked messages
Now caffeine fills the gaps on my creative lapse
Turn the power off and back on
Feels like nothing I do matters at all
Back in the cave
Fluorescent lights aren’t so flattering
If you love it, does it feel like work?
Is that the best thing we deserve?
I oscillate around the room
Try to find my next best point of view
Turn the power off and back on
Feels like nothing I do matters at all
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Love In The Time Of...
02:58
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There's a ___.
There's a ___.
There's each other
In a world
That's burning 'em up from the outside in
So fast they can't go home again.
They stare into each other's eyes
And watch the sky catch fire.
They sing in the light pollution:
"What's the point of falling in love when the world's falling down around us?
What's the point of sticking it out when the world's getting torn in two?
I guess I'd rather go down with you."
And then there's you
And there's me
And the endless summer catastrophe.
Always war
And disease
And we're losing grip on reality
And it's burning us up from the outside in
So fast we can't go home again.
Let's stare into each other's eyes
And watch the water rise.
We'll sing in the light pollution:
What's the point of falling in love when the world's falling down around us?
What's the point of sticking it out when the world's getting torn in two?
I guess I'd rather go down with you.
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Grew up tough but born with fragile bones
Heard from older brothers how the world should work
Can’t help but think of you in a parking lot
With your sharp tongue spitting poison barbs
You’ve got so much left to figure out
You’ve got so much left to learn
Now everything looks different down a narrow scope
And their best defense is “learn to take a joke”
Soon teeth will fall out, and backs get sore
Come around to visit but you don’t live here anymore
You’ve got so much left to figure out
You’ve got so much left to learn
Tiptoed around the jaws of dinosaurs
You’re got so much left to learn
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On A Hook
02:37
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I got overheated, head explodes
Steam came out my ears, got me provoked
Smell of burning rubber in the air
Soles got all torn up, threads worn and bare
Sitting on the sidewalk getting weak
While you’re inside the house counting sheep
Skin is flaking off from the weather
Give me less to do or get your shit together
We’re all just on a hook getting dragged along
Maybe yours looks just like mine
Things were going good and I knew you would
Catch me on another at some time
I got overheated, head explodes
Steam came out my ears, replaced by smoke
Bed made out of concrete in the yard
Part me out and leave me in the dark
We’re all just on a hook getting dragged along
Maybe yours looks just like mine
Things were going good and I knew you would
Catch me on another at some time
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11. |
Perfect World
05:07
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Another day, another dozen children fall
Another recurring nightmare in America.
They're screaming for their lives.
"How many need to die before you open up your eyes?"
Another day, another moral quandary
Another chance for him to show humanity.
His phone's ringing off the hook
And in a perfect world he finally makes good:
"I swear to god, I'm gonna take a stand this time.
I swear to god, I'm gonna give back every cent.
If it's the last thing I ever do, I'll draw a line in the sand
And say 'never again.'"
Another week before the dominoes start to fall
Another week before the breaking down the wall
They heard 'em loud and clear
"There's not a reason why you should have to live in fear."
Another week, another month, a year away
Celebrating the first Independence Day
Since the body count slowed down
In a perfect world, in a perfect world...
"I swear to god, I'm gonna take a stand this time.
I swear to god, I'm gonna give back every cent.
If it's the last thing I ever do, I'll draw a line in the sand
And say 'never again.'"
Another day, another dozen children fall.
Another recurring nightmare in America.
They wake up from their fantasy
And wish for a day without a daily tragedy.
Another day, another dozen children fall
Another recurring nightmare in America.
They're banging down the doors
Because a perfect world, that's worth fighting a fucking war.
And you can choke on the Constitution.
They're just fucking guns
And your thoughts and prayers help no one.
You let the terrorists win,
Caved to the NRA -- my god, you let those terrorists win.
Another day, another dozen children fall.
Another recurring nightmare in America.
Another day, another dozen children draw
A line in the sand and say, "Never again."
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The man on the TV says that it’s gonna rain all day
But if you looked outside you’d see the patterns never change
Now you’re sedentary and nothing makes you happy
Tapped on the glass but it never made a sound
Don’t go falling in
Shift the blame but you know what you did
Come close to the edge
Shouting curses in the dark again
I don’t want to carry home
The nervous preparation for every thought you can’t have on your own
Always been the same way
Something in the blood that I can't forgive, hope it never brings me down with it
Could’ve said I knew what to expect
But the worst thing hasn’t happened yet
Could’ve said I knew what’s inside your head
But the truth is anybody’s guess
Don’t go falling in
Shift the blame but you know what you did
Come close to the edge
Shouting curses in the dark again
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