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AWKWORD
03:40
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Ideate: I'm in my head too much
If it smarts, why won't you wise up?
There are so many boxes left to fill
I'm an awkward crossword
And it was a wake-up call to me
A misgiving gave haphazardly
William Strunk
He makes me think that I use too many words
But I don't think I've told you enough
That it's been weeks since I've fell down drunk
So who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are to fall in love and risk it all on me?
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The captain he is married to the sea
He's got no room in his heart for folks like you or me
He was bound to hoist his sail 'til the ocean's roar prevailed
Now the captain's forever married to the sea
His love was enough to placate us
The pilot he is married to the sky
He won't risk crashing just to chat with curious you or I
He does not heed a thing when pinned to golden wings
Yes, the pilot he is married to the sky
His love is enough to placate us
His love love love love love love love will save us
From turbulence like a kick drum
The plane will dive like a ship capsized
And we can only cover our red eyes
The pilot's lost control we've begun that barrel roll
"This has got to be the end!"
His love is enough to placate us
His love love love love love love love will save us
It will save us
It will save us
It will save us
Who will save us?
Who will save us?
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3. |
Not As It Seems
03:10
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Things are not as they seem
The trees are full of disease
Their leaves they poison the stream
Bringing the village to it's knees
Sing sing sing sing sing to me
Sing sing sing sing sing to me
Things are not as they seem
Let's take down the wicked regime
While gunfire keeps the city agleam
And every person should be free
Sing sing sing sing sing to me
Sing sing sing sing sing to me
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4. |
I Never
02:45
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Nightfall
I'm appalled to see
My sun dip in the trees
And come soaring over me every time
I feel just fine
I never wanna be in love
I never wanna be in love again
Dim distractions surround us
It's true
For you the sun won't be outshined
I feel just fine
I never wanna be in love
I never wanna be in love again
Sleep tight
I'll fight to stay awake
In the sky I'll find a place
To stare up into space and find
I feel just fine
I never wanna be in love
I never wanna be in love again
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5. |
We Were There
03:41
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Your shoulder cradled the telephone
As you turned down the stereo
And casually mentioned you had to go
There was something pressing waiting for you
So just go, hang up, I don't want to keep you
From the friends you didn't want me to meet
So we hailed a cab on Christmas Eve
Where I held your hand in the backseat
And our driver spun his tires in the sleet
And I know, it's cold, here you can have my coat
I hope that the world ends in our lifetime so we can brag to all our friends how we were there
We were there
We were there
This is a song for the end of days
I thought this would be a nice way to say
That we, we were there
And we had a really great time
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Sunrise (Dawn Is Bright)
01:30
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There's a romance with the record, a conscious act to live inside of a song
To encapsulate a feeling even if each side is only twenty minutes long
And she told me she didn't light candles
Because her father lost his home to the flame
Dawn is bright dawn is bright dawn is bright
It'll wake us up again
And we'll act like we've just met
Often there’s a disconnect between the things I do and the things I say
I always make big plans only to leave small notes strung along the way
And she told me she didn't like my writing
Those maudlin words remind her of her own failed dreams
Dawn is bright dawn is bright dawn is bright
It'll wake her up again
And she'll smoke her last cigarette
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My Voice Is A Whisper
03:29
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My voice is a whisper sung beneath an open chord
The hum from the TV can easily be ignored
And I think we should get away to
A place where nobody knows our names
Where nobody knows our names
Shutter exposing landscapes of vast decay
Slowly eroding what I was going to say
So I'll read The Old Farmer's Almanac
To predict when sunlight will warm our backs
When sunlight will warm our backs
My neurons, they fire causing cells to perspire
As they struggle securing my skin to my frame
If you only knew how much you meant to me
Then you would join me, and we'd take the next train
Where I'll catch my breath and sink fast into my seat
You'll read me some translation from an elder cacique
And pine trees streak green as they pass me
You reach for my knee and ask "What is happening?"
Ask what is happening
Between the white caps on the mountains and the white caps on the waves
There are parts to our lives we simply can't save
Now at this point I'm bad at conversation
I stumble and I don't know what else to say
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We're Poised!
04:00
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I stepped inside
Lying awake at night
I nearly died
In that moment I felt so alive
I remember getting lost, I remember getting lost and getting mad
It would be
Feckless not to agree
That we're poised
Poised to destroy everything
I remember getting lost, I remember getting lost and getting mad
Relying on embers to warm this frozen December
Smoke fills the air with haze and blue
Let's swim the frozen oceans of Europa
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If you should come unglued
I'll be waiting in the wings
With my hands upon the string
To drop the curtain down
And I'll rush the stage
And I'll tear the scene
And if I am scared to death
Just relax
This is what's supposed to happen next
Just look at me
In front of fifty eyes and spotlights I'll sing
I'll sing
I'll sing
But only if you should come unglued
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10. |
Scenius
06:25
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I guess things will change
To remind us where we are
So batten down the hatches
I need space to create
I'm stuck like a postage stamp
But feeling right at home
It's a strange joke
A Miles Davis kind of blue
If you lived life differently
What would you change?
Quick - Find an answer
An instant comes in pieces
Cigarette stained fingers
Spark signals without light
Unplug the feedback
Our heads swirl in pretense
Heaven suffers
For the circuit rider
Heaven suffers
For the grand designer
Your static shape engrained
Is when I love you most
So feed the ego
My lungs are full of joy
A strange joke
A Miles Davis kind of blue
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