1. |
Picture Yourself
04:40
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picture yourself in the most forgiving way
like when everybody cares what you say
like it's your birthday
picture yourself in the most familiar light
got your finger on the pulse
ear to the ground alright
cause everybody wants to leave together
but every day the wait could be forever
til you stop looking to see what's better
oh you surrender now at last it's better late than never
lost track of time slipped through your prime
you look for the watershed man
but everything's going
throw it away just for today
you can't even bother with that now
and everything's showing
and when that picture fades to black
that's when you'll be
ready for the world to see
picture this life in another place
in another world
would you leave a trace
feature yourself in the story in your head
and if you freeze to death out there
just stay inside instead
cause everybody wants to leave together
but every day the wait could be forever
lost track of time slipped through your prime
you look for the watershed man
but everything's going
throw it away just for today
you can't even bother with that now
and everything's showing
decades from now wondering how
you let them all get in your head man
without ever knowing
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2. |
Sky's Been Open
03:57
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i think the sky's been open but every time i look there's a hole in the line
you're drifting like a barge writhing on the floor
i think the party's over you look a little lost in the morning light
now every day you duck inside your windows you're keeping out of sight
all this time
were you gonna tell me what i need to hear
because we've been trying for so long
to just completely disappear
it's like a movie without the sound
you only get it when nobody is around
you're barely standing for another round
a meditation comparisons abound
come recommended by four out of five
feel clean and polished more dead than alive
waiting for the earth-shaking news to arrive
all this time
were you gonna...
nothing to show
nowhere to go
so why take it slow
why take it slow
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3. |
Three String
02:37
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people try every day
but we don't talk about them
yeah they reach and they crash and they fall in a flash
and they crawl to the end
have you been closing the gap
or are you closer to dust
if it falls in your lap do you fall in the trap
is it perfect or bust
at the hinges of your mind
do you know what lies behind
once you let it slip inside
then there's nowhere left to hide
so now you're holding on but you're talking low
and there's a light up there but it's alright down below
and i know what i know
and it's a long long way to go
you've had your fun
but now you're done
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4. |
Number One
03:29
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if i smile it's gonna take me over
and then my mind is gonna break me open
you're in the room just for a moment
but for you standing tall the time is frozen
and there's no better place
and there's no better time
to simplify your mind
you're running for the door
you can't find it anymore
and then you ask yourself what it is you were looking for
out of a silent voice
leaning on the drug of choice
locked in a room without a view
i don't even care to justify
everything is there to falsify
and i know that they got me dead to right
and then they got me to say
what i told you i would never say
in a million years my friend
but even that's got to end
i ran so far from all my problems
i wrapped around the world and landed right back on them
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5. |
Don't Think I Wouldn't
03:11
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have you waited all this time to be left behind
you're floating aimlessly and undefined
have you waited all this time to be tossed aside
when do you think that you'll be satisfied
got three tries to recognize the lie as it flies in your eyes to win the grand prize it's a two day getaway no place to stay and no pay don't stray or delay (i'll walk away) money talks humanity walks when the shock wears off you're taking stock with the rest of the flock your empathy is killing me you give it away for free how could you be so pathetically
sentimental
shhhh quiet down you're in a sensitive place and there's no friends around
don't get overzealous or you'll never make a sound
they'll clamp down and you'll be the first back underground
stop
look inside
are you alive
are you along for the ride
have we waited all this time to be dignified
got three tries to open your eyes to witness your own demise oh you're in for a surprise it's an all expense paid life in the shade think you're a renegade well you've been played i'm afraid scream and shout talk about what they want you to talk about
as long as you don't talk about finding a way out
when i stop and take a look at my lot
don't think i wouldn't trade it all
you have my thanks for holding my spot
don't think i need it after all
when i see what you did to get where you got
don't think i'm ready now at all
every little waste of space that it's bought
don't think i wouldn't trade it
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6. |
Downside
02:56
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7. |
Hands
04:15
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you got some blood on your hands i can see it in your smile
you got some blood on your hands i can see it in your style
well you know that we're keeping it moving
and we know that you're gonna be losing your minds
but every friday you can keep on grooving
and we can find a place for you down the line
when did we ever think that we could find a way out with our purity intact
when did we ever think that we could find a way out with our purity intact
don't push me
i got the world in my hands
your worth has already been proven
so shift down the gear and you're cruising now
and when you turn twenty seven you know that you'll be one step closer to heaven
and when you turn twenty eight you'll wake up and suddenly realize that it's all gone to shit and it's too late
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8. |
(Midnight) Gospel
04:07
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everybody here was wondering
what's the longest you could go
can you talk about your time on the down and out
cause we've been dying to know
could you justify the world to me
like it's 1962
i'm not saying it's a simple fix
but it's the best we can do
it's the new scene
can you tell me what i want to hear
help me hold on to my youth
you're probably think that i'm closing my eyes in fear
you can't be further from the truth
missed a new scene
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9. |
Upjumped
04:09
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Upjumped
Sleek wrists and fistbumps
A quick lift up done with this dump
Purge your mind in a fiery blaze
As you wave goodbye to your subprime days
Waterfront mindset, time to flaunt
But back on weekends to all the old haunts
The New York Sports Club’s your destiny
So on your knees for your enemy
Post-punk, as in done with it all
Not like Mark E. Smith and The Fall
More like Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
When the corporate partners take you out to lunch
If you schmooze you lose
You’re gonna have to choose
If you can’t refuse you gotta change your views
Misuse the news to uphold the ruse
And recuse yourself when they light the fuse
Dignitaries calling for you
But take a second I implore you
Look over the fence before you fly, fly away
Take the bottom out and watch it fall
Cause you can have your piece/peace or you can snatch it all
Black squares and introspection
To take things in a new direction
Look twice, it’s the new deflection
Staring down your own reflection
Feels to me like a misdirection
Starving for a course correction
A reconnection, a resurrection
Cause we’re perfecting disaffection
I’ve been trying for days
But I can’t drive it away
Got you working overtime to fill the spaces in your mind
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10. |
Lifestyle Dream
05:57
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in a way it feels poetic
or is it just pathetic
waited all this time to get it
waited three whole weeks to shed it
now inside your mind it's growing
now in every vein it's flowing
think you know where this is going
or will you wait til it starts showing
now every day it rots away
but don't you love it
you're changing lanes you stay the same
but don't you know it
they cut the show you'll never know
but don't you quit it
they got to you you know it's true
just don't admit it
well you held it close for oh so long then you sold it to the highest bidder
rearranging your designs and all the while it rots and withers
rest your mind all beaten and bloody two weeks in somewhere sunny
oh don't laugh cause it's not funny
you can change your plans and take the money
now every day it rots away
but don't you love it
you're changing lanes you stay the same
but don't you know it
my mind's been made up all this time
now every day it rots away
but don't you love it
there's nothing new since twenty two
but don't you know it
it's in your head it's got to spread
but don't you let it
i learned a trick for times like this
but i forget it
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11. |
Leaving
04:14
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is it ever gonna be the same
oh i've been taking my time long nights in the car
with my mind on its own road traveling far
now i'm blocking my time out
yeah i'm cleaning my mind out
i know i know oh oh oh
i saw a light from a far drowned deep in the night
washed out but holding on barely putting up a fight
and i wouldn't want to let such a rare soldier of fortune go to waste
can i save it for another day
can i trade in for another brain
and there's a time where it all goes black
and there's a time when the hits come back to back to back
everybody thinks they're the one
everybody thinks they're the one
so how could you be the one
how the fuck could you be the one now
how could you be the one now
is it every gonna feel the same
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12. |
Introducing...
02:36
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time wasted
money wasted
better face it
gonna chase it
or erase it
just embrace it
i hope you're in for the long haul
i've got an image in my mind
but i've got to do it on my own time
i've got the world on the line
but i've got to save it on my own dime
i hope this party goes all night long
if they want to throw me out the door
they'll have to drag me across the floor
look around and all my friends are gone
i think the lights are coming on
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