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Believe Me Now
03:46
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I'm a runner
I've been running every day
I can always run away
There has never been a night I could not miss
Except for this
I'm a runner
I've been running since I learned
Every bridge is better burned
I can always find a way out down the line
Except this time
Do you believe me now
When I say that there is nothing for me here
Do you believe me now
I don't know how I can make myself more clear
I'm not stupid
I know nothing comes for free
But sometimes I'd rather be
Getting by so narrowly without a thought
To what I ought to be
I'm not stupid
But sometimes I wish I was
I could do as stupid does
And forget about the possibilities
And just fucking feel the breeze
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2. |
Fly Me Away
04:27
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If life was a battle of intentions you'd make the list
And every word you forgot to mention would sorely be missed
This starry gaze is gonna take us all the way there
It's a sorry state but you've got to be somewhere
Chasing a notion facing an ocean right back to the start
But breaking it open and wasting the moment aren't so far apart
Over my dead body
If you're gonna battle for my affection let's give it some space
You have attracted my attention now hold it in place
Disguise your ambition hold your position keep them at bay
Embrace the attrition break with tradition fly me away
What I want is not the point of this discussion baby
Close the door we don't need no interruption baby
In January 1967......
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3. |
Coming Home
04:38
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Haven't been up to see it myself but they say it's all the rage
What the hell did you expect from a kid who's half your age
Only seen a couple of tours but I've heard his wisdom is sage
Gonna need a bigger bottle of that cause I'm about to turn the page
Tell everyone you know
That we're not coming home
You know our analyst says that we've hit a critical stage
Though he's getting by alright living life on minimum wage
I can't fall asleep not knowing how many clicks I engage
Analyze the myriad ways to get myself out of this cage
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4. |
Sometimes
04:52
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Raw emotion is a speck on the sun
Pure devotion to the effortless one
I'm just looking to go out in style
She's holding my thoughts for a while
Hold me out just above all the grime
Stop your running it's a victimless crime
Placate me cause I'm ready to turn
And people say we never learn
How can I know that there's a space beyond the wall
How can you say that there's a theory for it all
I like to leave my sight sometimes
Locked windows over wide open doors
Square tile laid across hardwood floors
It's a new prison in an old industry
You keep it so religiously
Outrunning all my proclivities
My weakness for the greatest of ease
Could crush me down to a bump on the road
You got to live and die by a code
How can anything in this world open my eyes so wide
How can we ever hope to see it from the inside
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5. |
Slow Cove
03:43
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If I could lock and bar the door
Then I would sleep for ever more
If I could only take so long
Then I would fall together wrong
When they recognize it all
How will they televise the fall
Can they paint it out on every passing cloud
And every bit of sky that doesn't boast a mall
But you say you already had a bitter heart
And you don't need anybody's help to tear that final piece apart
Anyway you judiciously exploit a friend
Can we expedite that process and skip right on to the end
When time exists to suit your needs
And you're busy chasing all the leads
I'll send you my proposal and you can do with it what you will
Surreptitiously avoiding recognition as a shill
Leave it out when you talk about the good old days
You never understood that you could get there in so many ways
Now and then I'll remember what that mystic said
And I don't believe that anyone would pay more for the truth instead
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6. |
Candles R Burning
04:37
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There's a glass candle burning in my eyes and it comes as no surprise
I got a heavy chain around my neck but darling what did you expect
I'll meet you by the tallest tower
What does everybody always say about power
I have never had it any easier than this
And I know it's a lie but I still have to try
We can just pretend and ride out to the end
Sanctify my mission with your cold and calculated acquisition
I'm headed to the epicenter
Don't pretend like you know better
She'll forget about you if you let her
Everybody made to feel like
They can wear the crown or they can burn it down
Let me wear the crown or let me burn it down
Let me wear the special special crown
You know they're coming for you
Just like they always do
To whisper in your ear
The things you've got to fear
But don't forget what you were born into
You got to wear it
I've put every little piece in its place
And I feel the magic returning to the world when I see your face
And I know they'll open up a space
For you
Cause what else can they do
We did it all for ourselves
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7. |
Push / Mind
06:31
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I wake up and I don't know what to do with my mind when it's frozen in time
I call up a friend I haven't seen in years but we don't have the time
And I know I'm gonna end up back here anyway
Everybody needs a little push
Yeah it's gonna hurt but one in the hand is like two in the bush
And you're gonna want that extra padding on you when you fall
You can close your eyes but you're gonna see it all
I'm losing
Oh my mind
You're calling it temporary I know that you've been to the front of the line
Don't make me an emissary to every state you left behind
You've seen their penitence for residents it's self-defense
You know they're reticent but everybody wants a share
Rolling to the party with the stick-up kids
Don't you know you'll get caught up in their plans
Everybody wondering where the next one is
So throw it up there and see where it lands
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8. |
Counting Backwards
03:41
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Been counting backwards since a day I barely recall
They say it's different but that means nothing at all
I've dreamed of every world except the one that I know
I've thought of every life that I could live except mine
All the while life passes me by
Nothing out there scares me more than the feeling I get
When light comes rushing in and I'm so quick to forget
When scenes become shadows the black and white's all that's left
But I don't want to come back yet
Don't say that we can't be right
Don't say that we can't be more
I could hear every word you spoke
I could read every word you wrote
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Alive
05:28
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When I fall asleep I do not dream
I have no visions of familiar scenes
I see the water level rise
I see it reaching to my eyes
All you've learned along the way
Will turn into nothing some day
And when you've got nothing left to say
Then I guess you learn to stay
It's a long way to get to the light at the end
Long time to count every moment you spend
But there's a writing on the wall
And it was never there at all
All signs point you where you have to go
But your mind pulls you even though you know
There's a darkness up ahead
You won't turn away instead
Instead you watch the beach erode
And take back everything it's owed
And when the coast has overflowed
You're gonna see it down the road
All you've learned along the way
Will turn into nothing some day
That day is not so far away
The ocean's flowing to the bay
Oh when will you realize
You've got no time to be surprised
You're fighting just so you survive
We're leaving nothing else alive
And I know that it's the only way that this is gonna go
It's a pity all it takes is a state of open war
In an open state of mind til you're lying on the floor
You say you got nowhere else to go
I'm not saying you're lying but I don't know
Evidently all it took was a Plymouth Belvedere
Salute the centennial then get the hell out of here
You're looking like you're about to cry
I'm not optimistic but I've got to try
And it's a sorry state my friend but we live it every day
What else are we gonna do to keep the dark at bay
.......
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10. |
Redefine
03:53
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Remember the saviors hold on who are they
Addictive behaviors put aside for a day
I'll call in a favor when they haul me out in a fit of pageantry
Got something to savor on those lonely nights you could lose so easily
How can we last when the years have made their mark
I know how it gets so bright after dark
Inside your mind is there a quiet place you go
I'll trade up for a minor place if it's a minor place I know
Maybe you can give me something that time won't redefine
Calling all the pieces to the edges of the board
Dying trite and bored is worse than living by the sword
Maybe you can give me something that time won't redefine
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