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Quicksand
04:44
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Twist and turn and pull, I'm stuck
But as it is I've had good luck
See, there's a vision I kept when I was feeling inept
And now the plane ticket's bought whether I like it or not
You can take my heart and shove it around
And I'll search for the damn thing underground
When all the rain comes, drowning in the sand
Well, that won't tell you who I am
Calm your nerves, have some hors d'oeuvres
I'm having a tough time with words
There's people skating aloft with my recycled thoughts
And the old journal I hold has now been packed and sold
You can fill me up with the words you shout
And then tie me to a post and knock them out
These fleeting words are almost unnecessary
Well, you could drag me to the docks
And then show me your hooks
How much I crave you, well it's so very very
And everybody's lookin' 'round at the way everybody looks
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2. |
Meteor
04:17
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Thursday afternoon in the middle of the winter
Rock salt and traffic fumes as the blood, it gets thinner
Not much to do outside, even less on TV
Feels like this mellow is fixing to dominate me
But I could be wrong again
Suddenly a static bang shooting down from above
Can't say it was the kind of thing I'd ever heard of
Sprinted out of the house, stood barefoot on the lawn
Scratching my chin like I know what's going on
Overhead, through the sky
'Round the mountain, there she flies
Called away from her life
Set to touch down, watch us die
The air was stagnant but only at first
Craned my neck up, took a turn for the worst
Kind of like an orange ball, all flume and enormous
Lookin' like a demon dog and heading right for us
Never been a smart man, never had a lot of friends
Now I'm stuck in limbo, that's the way this thing ends
Run low on options and so I turn to prayer
But I keep on looking up and that fucker's still there
Yeah, I hope I'm wrong again
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3. |
I Can't Fly
03:40
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I can't fly
Do you ever hear the way that it sounds when you speak?
What's the point of being strong when it's easier to be weak?
'Cause I spent my life saving miracles
For the things that I believe
And I spent my life saving miracles
That I could have spent on me
Do you ever consider what's coming out of your mouth?
'Cause it seems that the birds
Aren't the only things heading south
Now I've spent my nights just wondering
If it's all a giant hoax
And I've spent my time just wondering
If it's one big fucking joke
I turn around and then I've been
In the same place that I'm always in
'Cause I spent my life saving miracles
On these things that I can't see
And I spent my life wasting miracles
That I could have spent on me
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4. |
Cat And Mouse
04:17
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If you have to ask, then the answer's no
'Cause the time goes fast, but it feels so slow
Every day I read all the words you write
And I hope that they get you through the night
Find a way to float on forever
Through the gray, whatever the weather
Hold ghosts that bind us together
Read your notes, and the ties they will sever
You can take a look through a window pane
But it doesn't mean that it's all the same
This is not the time to play cat and mouse
Through the corridors of my giant house
Whatever the hell gets you through the night now
Whatever the hell makes you feel all right now
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5. |
Starting A Witch Hunt
03:57
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When I see the look that you once gave me
Attached to other entities
Well it's not right, but I can't fight
I just can't stand the upset
To mess with these thoughts in my head
The sultry voice behind my bed
I just can't take it, but I'll have to grin and bear it
The enemy is calling
The hurt in me is calling, yeah
Now which one of us is starting a witch hunt?
I'd like to abort this mission
But it's all quiet on this front
And I'm waiting patient, the missive
The opportunity this kid
Has brought will soon be twisted
And twisted
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For the people that stay in, this is where you will begin
The mind bends and then it breaks
From the crunch of paper plates
All the ones with roller-blades come to put them in my face
And it's weird because they've got a funny aftertaste
Got a reason in this lifetime to be best friends with yourself
And it's good to climb the ladder for more than just your health
I like seeing the apparitions
Watching their tour groups come in
For the people that stay in, this is when you will begin
I've been choking back the words
For the baked brains of the birds
Moving off the stationary objects when the window passes by
My counterparts and my pajamas are one and the same
They're the only ones who've ever truly tried to learn my name
For the people that stay in, this is when you will have a hunch
That things won't always be the same
I've got a hunch that things won't always be the same, yeah
For the people who sit up and patrol the perimeter
Every now and then I look over and I swear I can still see her
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7. |
Forbidden Fruit
03:45
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Every time you come around
You always seem to drag me down
You've got that sparkle in your eyes
As my sparkle slowly dies
From the mouths of babes, I learn
Oh, how I learn
Now you're telling me to shush
All you ever do is push
First you shove me far away
Then you're crawling back, crawling back that day
You've always got your claws in me
It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy
But no more time will I spend on your games
And I'm telling you now that life will never ever be the same
I've been fooled by you before
But I won't be fooled anymore
And even though you think it's cute
I'm done with your forbidden fruit
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8. |
Bear Food
03:53
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And I went into the woods with you
And we were both bear food but we didn't know it yet
And I felt so discouraged
By all that you'd said to me, whatever it meant
And it's cold
After days of wandering aimlessly
You sat down and said to me, "I'm giving up here"
And I wish, I wish I had said something
But logic notwithstanding, I choked back the fear
You set a precedent that I could not explain
But when I go out hunting in the shining light
I'd do it over again
And I yelled, "What the hell are we looking for?"
She said, "I don't know anymore," and that was the end
I should have fought back all that fear in my lazy heart
I should have ripped it into pieces and torn it all apart
I shouldn't have left you out to die in this crazy cold
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9. |
Entrepreneurial Blues
03:53
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Skills to make them dollar bills
To bring the bacon home
That's what you want, that's your thrill
But you got them entrepreneurial blues
And every time I fall, you could catch me if you choose
As you will run imagination
You will soak up the fun at your station
You need a vacation
Sealed, the top scientist in your field
And if them bad boys come to knock you down a peg
They'd better yield
And I'm just a hunk of washed up slime
And I can't understand why you would bother
Giving me your time
As you will run imagination
You will soak up the fun at your station
Thanks for being so patient
Let me find out the hard way please
I wanna find out the hard way please
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10. |
I Take It Back
03:21
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One, two, three, four
You're quite complacent with your looming social effigy
You time your frolics with the spirit of a worker bee
And every single lingering thing you've ever said to me
Will be erased from history and then I'll be set free
You've got the heart of an enigma in a poison cloak
When all your premonitions gather dust, you go for broke
And I'm not one to speak in tongues around the maiden folk
So I can't do a thing to stop you when you gasp and choke
Whatever nice thing I may have said about you, I take it back
I can't believe all the actions that you've vowed to do
You're awful cunning, awful careless and just awful too
The broken glass that I once walked on just to hang with you
Has been ground down into a powder sprinkled on the pew
And this world is always clamoring with light
But sometimes the clamor doesn't come out right
And the fear that hides so deep behind your eyes
Will take over in a moment, leaving you as its disguise
A fantasy sits in your future 'cause you left behind
A harsh reality that still managed to treat you kind
And maybe if I took a second look then I would find
That taking second looks can make a motherfucker blind
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11. |
A Conversation
02:48
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One, two, three, go
Well I sprang the king of cineplexes staring down my throat
A tangled mess of hairspray in the wind
And I've blown up southern hostels with a flicker of my tongue
If I had the chance I'd blow them up again
So many dare correct me with their challenges of will
You'll find them in a vagrant's jar
With velveteen and laminates on the hill
And they sing
Well I flanked the Starship Enterprise and skidded to a halt
And buried all the leptons in the ground
And I've strode into the galleries with dollar signs in tow
A teardrop shape that forms when I'm around
A golden crust of cellophane that hangs above my head
Some people wish I'd tear it down
And others simply wait until I'm dead
And they sing
A million trials of atmospheric content residue
And each one rendered meaningless
When I dream of the angel that is you, that is you
And I sing
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12. |
Blast Radius
04:49
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Well I got scared of taking your hand
'Cause it seemed so very grandiose
And then you latched onto mine
And now I'm feeling so ashamed that I ever felt that way
It's gone, oh yeah, it's gone
And I don't think it's coming back again
Gone, oh yeah, it's gone
But I'm better off for having dealt with it
My eyes betray, they dart back and forth
No they won't stay locked on course
You're not inept, you notice offhand
But you pull me in to dance along to our new unwritten song
And now your implication's catching me off guard
Why does something so easy have to seem so hard?
I'm like a tiny mouse just swaying to the beat
Of your pied piper routing that you've been playing for me
And all the city limits open up
And you and I can raise our cups to nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing at all
We throw away the lives we hated
Let's throw our past into the blast radius
Gone, oh yeah, it's gone
And now I'll say good riddance to the bitch
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13. |
Feathers
04:11
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There's a cliff over which I have slipped
And I fell into the river of the ways that I love you
And there's a song that I've been singing wrong
For so very long, but now I know that I love you
This is the way it is, from now on we'll be together
And I hope you'll be fine with all my feathers
There's a paper on the side of the table
And it finds in favor of letting me love you
And there's a sky in which I will write
For a million miles all the ways I love you
If I could take a dream, you know that I would
I'll try hard not to scheme
But you could be my queen if only you would
And we could reign supreme
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