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Deserted
04:51
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There’s no dark side to the sun
Doesn’t shake hands with the moon when it’s done
Man-made lake to make it look like it’s fun
Aren't you breathless?
Waiting the summer out
Are we shameless?
We never belonged here
Summer catalysts
Taking up space on the hemisphere
Taking what we want just to survive
Aren't you breathless?
Waiting the summer out
Are we shameless?
Porcelain, pavements
Roads with landscaping
Bridges on tunnels
Imported deserts with parking lots
Aren’t you breathless?
Waiting the summer out
Are we shameless?
Porcelain, pavements
Roads with landscaping
Bridges on tunnels
Imported deserts with parking lots
Looks like it’s comfortable
Not in-disposable
Waiting the summer out
Searching for views of a place that it’s not
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2. |
Of My Past
05:14
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Haven’t been working on myself
Just drifting around in the desert sun
I get good sleep and I am eating well
Feeling good - but you wouldn’t be able to tell
So long to my future self
I think this version of me is gonna stick around
Having structure of me takes me off a shelf
To be completely complete doesn’t seem so bad at all
Am I a freak or am I just freaking out?
Am I a sheep just letting you herd me around?
I get good sleep and I think I’m doing well
Feeling good - but you wouldn’t be able to tell
Oh well...
What keeps your feet on the ground?
Is it light or sound?
Do the colors wake you up?
What keeps your feet on the ground?
Is it light or sound?
Are you floating?
I get good sleep and I keep my sheets clean
Can’t believe - so I gotta lean on my own two feet
What keeps your feet on the ground?
Is it light or sound?
Do the colors wake you up?
What keeps your feet on the ground?
Is it light or sound?
Are you floating?
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3. |
It's Got to Give
04:48
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I get scared at the thought of of being happy
It can’t be real with joy starts overlapping
One bad choice and it’s over
One mistake to blow my cover
It’s gonna give
It’s got to give
And if it doesn’t
I’m not complaining about it at all
To you
Tried and true to me and you
A common sleuth - forbidden truth
Wise answers to a wisecrack anthem
Settled with some child-like banter
One bad choice and it’s over
One mistake to blow my cover
It’s gonna give
It’s got to give
And if it doesn’t
I’m not complaining about it at all to you
Blame yourself
An act of confidence that I’m used to
Not like you planned this out
This world is against you
Isn’t it?
Why are you so happy?
Why are you so sad?
It’s gonna give
It’s got to give
And if it doesn’t
Can’t hear you complain about it at all
Blame yourself
An act of confidence that I’m used to
Not like you planned this out
This world is against you
Isn’t it?
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4. |
Finding My Way (Out)
05:25
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Not the least bit sorry
For making anyone worry
I’m not a failure today
I might be tomorrow
I'm not smart at all, anymore, I think
If I don’t fuck my life up
There’s a less chance I’ll feel let down
I don’t mess around
Don't even mess around
Spread the word around:
I don’t mess around
Don’t sweat it
I don’t need anyone to find my way out
Won’t let it take me down
Take me down
Fake laughing - acrobats
Start shooting, I’m not listing
Stop shouting and punishing me
I hate telling my story
To me, that’s boring
Tell you that I’m more crazy
Than I already am
I don’t mess around
Don’t even mess around
Spread the word around:
I don’t mess around
Don’t sweat it
I don’t need anyone to find my way out
Won’t let it take me down
Take me down
Don’t sweat it
Just let it out
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Tear at my dreams
Sweeten the cream
Brew it up
I’m not feeling myself
Early-morning gospel
Head off to the hospital
We’re all behind you
We’re all behind you now
We’re all behind...
Stargaze at the past
At nothing
Might have been something
But nothing's here now
Cut at the seams, believe a belief
Hunker down, you’ll be here awhile
A heart's beating fast
Just to make your high last
Blow it up, we’re all behind you
We’re all behind you now
We’re all behind...
Stargaze at the past
At nothing
Might have been something
But nothing's here now...
Nothing to find here but your innocence
Being tied down by your consciousness
Stargaze at the past
At nothing
Might have been something
But nothing's here now...
Something
Might not be nothing
But something's here now
Something's around
Or nothing might not be something
But nothing's here now
Hand over your collection of
Thoughts and correlations
Mis-used words and your devastation
Stargaze at the past at nothing
Might have been something
But there’s nothing's there now...
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6. |
The Worst
05:10
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Delay / update / relocate
Surprise - a new lane
Compromised - by a new shame
Combined - with loose name
Roadside - a new new shape
Shapeshifter
Shape - shift
New dimension
Caused by concerning a different view
Blooming - condemning
Shaking it off while you decorate your tomb
Force fed - stay blessed
Recycled bags - something to prove
Too soon, too soon, too soon
Shapeshifter
I seem less like me every day
And who are you now?
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Ether
04:27
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Getting by on wasted time
Take your chances
Circumstances
Of one's self-esteem
Confide in confict
Oozing at the seams
Shaking breath doesn’t sit so well with a handshake
I don’t fake keeping a friend for a keepsake
What’s your shape?
Who’s your maker?
Does it give?
Does it take it?
Does the universe see you at all?
Getting by on wasted time
Doubted by
Wasting mine
What's you shape?
Who’s your maker?
Does it give?
Does it take it?
Does the universe see you at all?
Keeping it all in
Getting by on wasted time
I’ve doubted time
I’ve wasted mine
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8. |
Wildflower
06:17
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A brittle little flower
You look so pretty
So I picked you
Picked you up off of the ground
The roses on the floor
I hung them up and then
I taped them to the wall
Looks like a painting that I had seen before
Brittle little flower
You look so pretty
So I picked you
Picked you up off of the ground
And I’ll miss you
Your tender structure
Soft, elusive, fragile thing
You really are
Bitter looking petals
Crumble to the touch
Fickle
Thoughts sporadic
It takes me back
Brittle little flower
You look so pretty
So I picked you
Picked you up off of the ground
And I’ll miss you
Your tender structure
Soft, elusive, fragile thing
You really are
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