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Wax Paper
03:16
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When you were up frying something like Cracker Jacks
All full of vigor to show me how you do it
Is it the left handle that I run?
Quality over quantity seems to be key around here
And I’ve misplaced my copy
Guess I’m headed for a bad burn
Tell me something else I’m wrong about
Line a shelf with all your growing doubts
To keep the wax paper on
Climbing the stairs, literally on my knees and hands
Medicine I don’t need is running through me
But I’m dizzy enough to smile
Beams of light shooting from my eyes
Lightning dodges, hey look, my hands are shaking
And I’m not sure which way to turn
Tell me something else you’re sore about
Pardon me, because I’m headed out
So leave the wax paper on and on
I didn’t mean to let you down
I didn’t mean anything at all
It turns out after all these years
I’m addicted to hanging around
Next time you’re here I’ll be slightly paralyzed
Waiting on someone ambiguous and faithful
Who has me locked down in GPS
Every day filled with acrobats
All full vigor to show me how they do it
And I’m all too eager to learn
Tell me something else you’re cold about
I’m not afraid because I’m holed up now
I’ll leave the wax paper on and on
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Shorting out on top of the busted bed that I made
Blowing down these walls and tragic candles I laid
All around your feet, trying not too hard to breathe
But I’m catching on the sleeves
Always on the sleeves, yeah
Was it worth it to compare
All your broken dreams to theirs?
When you locked them in your head
Did they feel like yours instead?
This time I’m not amused
We can only fall from here
This was not the world you built
This was built upon on your own fear
And I don’t believe a word you say
No I won’t believe a word
Good guys always beat bad guys
Good guys, they always beat bad guys
So grand on the market, a sunrise open mic
I could try the slightest bit harder
If that’s what you would like
I’m falling deep into your eyes again
And I’d be right, except that’s a lie
‘Cause I can’t swim
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3. |
Buy Bleach
03:38
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Take a walk through the neighborhood
People talk ‘cause it’s understood
Folks are looting through every town
Trying to hunt all the bargains down
On every street, on every corner
The people line up ready to place orders
The daughters and sons, the fathers and mothers
They nod in agreement as they say to each other
Yeah, yeah, you better go buy bleach
Every which way they’re telling me
What I need for an emergency
As for why, nobody explains
I just thought that it was for stains
The mob in the mist where everyone’s buying
I’d say I don’t care, but you know I’d be lying
The daughters and sons, the fathers and mothers
They sold this store out, guess I’ll go to another
Now I’m off to the hardware store
Just to find what I’m searching for
All the answers are out of reach
I just know I’m supposed to buy bleach
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4. |
Art Bomb
04:17
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Just remember the satellite sticking out of the gutter
Whatever you call out to, it calls back harder
This is the way we are
Don’t try to change a goddamn thing
No no no, no
Bid on your own trophy and you’ll lose out always
The deeper you dive, the deeper everyone else strays
But you can’t uncover it ‘cause we’re super secretive
And we thrive in hiding spots that you’ll never find
But if you have to go for it, then best of luck
‘Cause one day you’re gonna find out
We’re building you an art bomb, yeah
Baby, it’s an art bomb, yeah
And you know it’s gonna be all right tonight
You know it’s gonna be all right
Not everything you do has to be a journey
No matter what gems you find you’ll end on a gurney
This is the way things are, and soon the world will see
And you don’t believe in it, you don’t see the point of it
And I was once like you, so young and naïve
And the people stared at me like I was from Mars
But soon I learned to believe
We’re building us an art bomb
No one knows just why you’re here
But everyone wants to make it clear
And you can’t uncover it ‘cause we’re super secretive
And you can’t uncover it
But if you’d like to, give it a shot
You can’t uncover it
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Plainclothes
01:57
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Everything is going all right
But in your mind, that’s just all right
Gotta hold on tight to the changes
Mistakes that you’re gonna be making
Life’s yours for the taking
Back off to the bitter end
‘Cause you might have missed out on your only friend
Holy dividend on your weekend
Stop in the shop to say
Will these old routines pay?
Everyone knows something no one else knows
Don’t you think you ought to rather wanna be in
Plainclothes
Don’t you wanna be in plainclothes?
Let’s just clarify for a sec
Holy living heck, you’re a living wreck
Let’s get that fixed now
No, I don’t know how you can get around
All the pills you choke down
Business is booming
Death is looming on your armchair
So you’re gonna pretend he’s not there
You’re a fixer-upper to the nth degree
So won’t you sing it with me
Lift your spirit up to the sky and let it fly
Let the fur fly as soon as you stop asking
Why life’s gotta be an uphill battle
In a herd of cattle
Going along with a Mastercard in hand
Don’t you understand this could be a little bit grand
In the grand scheme of your master plan
Come on, man
Don’t you think you ought to rather wanna be in
Plainclothes
La la la la, nice lady
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6. |
On And Off And On
04:15
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Move along, I can’t help, it’s your problem, not mine
Well, I could, but it might strike a blow to my pride
As you dream of a future that you can’t afford
Hitch a ride in a rental to a stolen award
It goes on and off and on
The wicks you light are burning out
And so on and off and on
I’m by your side to help you out
Yesterday you said that you’d do well on TV
But you need capital, that’s why you’re telling me
And you’re green and you’re kind and you look like a star
That’s between your explaining how modest you are
You’ve been digging a hole all your life up to now
And you’ll dig yourself out if you ever learn how
But you won’t learn how
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7. |
Gun Doth Plan
03:04
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Lycra limitations brought down on my head
For the damages left unspoken
I will disguise myself in a veil of red
Bred curt, all the seams are starting to hurt
Aw, goddamn deadbolt
And I can’t stand it, this endless silence
Brought up on beer nuts and slathered violence
I look away and my target’s sighted
Open fire but please don’t feel slighted
And the gun doth plan to radiate
My intention springs to hate
Exit wounds I’ve found are the worst to wake up to
When looking to improvise
Sometimes that’s all there’s left to do
And when you’re trapped, you need to fill some gaps
The trigger finger itches slightly
I hear the sirens, they’re on the rooftop
A showdown wasted, a bulletproof cop
A lecture missed out and another held
Let the mission just be dispelled
All this is compulsion, none of it is emotion
All this is pollution
Give me a gun, I gotta get one now
All this is abduction, none of it is corrosion
All this is destruction
Give me a gun, I gotta get one somehow
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8. |
Blithering Idiot
03:27
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I’ve got a plan that’ll take us all up
To a whole new level of pride and wealth
But I gotta be crazy if I think for one second
Of enacting the plan myself
It’s gonna be high risk but it’s worth it in the end
Just as long as we don’t get caught
But we all know the downside so what we need to find
Is somebody else who does not
Once in a while there’s a fruit of the ages
That we’re all gonna call
And when the going gets tougher than tough
We can swear it’s not our fault
You gotta remember that it’s easier to surrender
When you think that you’ve done something right
We’re right in this instance but the ultimate difference
Is that he believes his own hype
I’ve got to announce the ins and the outs
And say don’t you try this at home
But it doesn’t matter when you hear the warning bell
Because someone always goes it alone
Hello, blithering idiot
I’m not going to know you long so I’m leaving it at “hi”
Hello, blithering idiot
It’s not going to be too long until we bid you goodbye
There’s so many times I wonder if it’s worth it
To pull him into what we do
But then I recall he thinks it’s one for all
And he’d do the very same to you
Yes he would, now
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Look At The Sky
04:10
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I held a bank up yesterday
I don’t remember any of the tellers’ names
I left with the skin of my teeth intact
But when they threw the handcuffs on
I knew that times had changed
I look at the sky for the very first time
And it feels like I’ve been sleepwalking
And I cannot place exactly where I’ve been
But finally I think I’ve woken
From an eon spent in someone else’s skin
I pulled a rabbit from my hat
And for the life of me, I don’t know how I did that
But everybody gathered to applaud
I guess they all mistook me as an autocrat
I dream of heaven every night
And for the longest time, it didn’t seem right
‘Cause that future’s not yet in my sight
I’m still down here on earth and have to live my life
So I look at the sky for the very last time
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10. |
Hats Off
02:31
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Well, there’s so many plans that can easily go awry
When you’re taking a bite out of the apple of your eye
And it’s sweet as sugar with a bitter aftertaste
But you gotta grab for what you can, don’t you let it go waste
Hats off to the girls I’ve been romancing
Crawling, kneeling for the chance to make another stay
That’s how I get through my day
Hats off to their mothers I’m romancing
A hole that no one understands is what I fell into
And that can’t be good for you
You’ll be feeling woozy and more than a little numb
Soon you’ll be bending over backwards for a crumb
And it seems so clever when you’re up and down the line
But if you want something more than that
Well, your guess is good as mine
Time out as you scream and shout ‘cause nobody can see
How can you look good tonight when your arms are empty?
And it sucks your soul into a blender spinning ‘round
But just as soon as you let one go
There’s another one to be found
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11. |
Super Zero
03:45
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He takes his cape off and sits down
Beside the light of the greater man
Walking the streets, he has no current
Without flight to a foreign land
And the super zero takes off far away
If someone in his bloodened peril
Cries for help, maybe he’ll appear
But no damsel had been told to save herself
Get away from here
And the super zero stays out of the way
Where no superhero flies, there the super zero walks
Where no superhero lies, there the super zero talks
Radiating toxic waste could never wait
Filling up the room
The super zero looks down at his empty plate
Everyone is doomed
And the super zero’s never meant to stay
So the super zero takes off far away
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