1. |
Underground
03:17
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No more cooperation, this is a place that’s new
I sling sarcastic arrows, your words are colored blue
You form an army, they share the things you want
I gather forces, like-minded confidants
Hunt you down, Closer now, I’ll put you (underground)
Hunt you down, Closer now, I’ll put you (underground)
I’ll hold you underground
Your invitation: a puzzle on the floor
We drive a Trojan horse right through your open door
I push and pull you, you vanish in thin air
We’ll never find you, but see you everywhere
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2. |
Broken
02:42
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And I don’t want a chance to do this over,
And I don’t need a way to start again.
You heard me say before how I could never hurt you.
I can see it in your eyes you’ve got my life in your hands.
After all that we’ve been through, is it over?
Cos I don’t think that I can live if we’re broken.
I watched you stumble and try to find your feet.
I heard you say how much you missed me, but you know I don’t believe
A single thing you say and even less what I see you do.
But I just had to laugh at your silence came back to you.
After all that we’ve been through, is it over?
Cos I don’t think that you should live if we’re broken.
I walk the floor at night and pray it all was just a dream.
I keep the shutters closed and wonder if they hear my screams.
I see you everywhere and that’s so strange because you’re dead.
Why can’t I find a way to pull these visions from my head?
After all that we’ve been through, is it over?
Cos don’t think that I can live if we’re broken.
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3. |
Digital Sadness
03:09
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You . . . an image on my mind in the middle of the night, I’ve no will to fight
Slow . . . a hypnotizing tone, sounding in my bones, a source unknown
Love . . . one thousand times as strong as the signal I receive, even though I don’t believe
Walls . . . really can come down – I see the way you hide the panic in your eyes
This frozen madness is purgatory . . . wrapped in a stream of digital sadness
I wonder what we will ever be . . . cold, twisted up, all alone
Feel . . . your stomach start to turn, see the world burn . . . that’s what you’ve earned
Now . . . fires start to die, moments passing by like an electronic sigh
I was alone, out in the cold, ready to fold…and then I saw you…
Out of your mind, looking for kindness, trying to find a place to go to, and to hold on to
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4. |
45 Miles
03:37
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Diffuse the sun when you walk into a crowded room
All signs said True Love, but you seemed to leave much too soon,
That Mylar jacket and those legs for days made me sigh
I tore your thrift-shop dress and your left fist met my eye.
I can’t see you any more
But I can’t get up off the floor.
I wonder what “they” mean when “they” speak of “better days”?
I go from “bad” to “worse” and never get to “OK”.
Would I feel any joy with you in my life again?
Your mother told me not to believe a word you said.
We’ve been through all this before
You don’t love me anymore
But I can’t seem to find the door.
I walked 45 miles just to end up in a place,
I never wanted to leave but you had to run your own race.
Why did I chose to believe a smile that looked so out of place,
And give you half of my life when you just left me in disgrace?
What recourse did you leave when you spun your web of lies?
I was the perfect mark. A man without alibis.
And now you call me just to tell me that you’re all alone,
The gunshots brought me ‘round the bullets drove your message home.
Please don’t call me anymore.
I feel like I’ve been through a war.
Somehow, I’ve become your whore.
I walked 45 miles just to end up in a place,
I never wanted to leave, but you had to run your own race.
Why did I chose to believe a smile that looked so out of place,
And give you half of my life when you just left me in disgrace?
You just left me in disgrace.
You just left me in disgrace.
You just left me in disgrace.
You just left me in disgrace.
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5. |
Girl in a Room
03:28
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See the girl who’s been locked in a room
She won’t be leavin’ there anytime soon
She’s being punished for her carelessness
Her cheeks are warm and wet, life is a mess
Ooooh (Her room...)
Ooooh (Her room...)
Climbs the hill in his threadbare clothes
Holds an anger that nobody knows
He tries to hide the knife in his hands
His only solace lies in his own plans
I’ve…got time to kill
If you will
I’ll stand still
Gotta get up I gotta get out I gotta let it all go
Gotta get up I gotta get out I gotta let it all go
Gotta get up I gotta get out I gotta let it all go
Gotta get up I gotta get out I gotta let it all go
Spends his days making burgers and fries
Wears a smile but there’s a look in his eyes
He can’t admit that life’s got him down
But he dreams of leaving, forgetting this town
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6. |
Acetone Tears
02:33
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Run for your life,
Until you find the perfect crime.
And then,
Change, change your mind,
Is it time to lie down and die?
And you cry,
And you cry,
Acetone tears from dead grey eyes.
Drive,
Punching holes through the trees.
Heed the signs.
From the East tracers fly,
Shooting sparks,
Starless night alone.
And you cry,
And you cry,
Acetone tears from dead grey eyes.
Forever complicated,
Forever feeling jaded,
Forever finding your way home.
An empty road on both sides,
With new beliefs to subscribe,
The twisted path you will forever roam.
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7. |
Descending
03:39
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When the daylight burns and grinds
Time slowly unwinds
I see you toss a stone to the sky
With the hurt you’ve honed so fine
And a heart as closed as mine
We soar but then fall behind
Dream of now
There’s nothing else
To carry you
If a sullen, solemn day
Repeats itself this way
You will go all alone to the sea
It’s slow mending
When you’re descending
There’s no pretending now
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8. |
Lost in Time, Always
03:37
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You burst right in and you pushed too far, you drove too fast and wrecked your car
You tried to see but you looked too hard, you came too fast, you went too far
You walked on knees and raised the bar, you mean too much to me…
You tried to fly and grab the stars, you’d better let it be
I want to feel you now, I cannot move or breathe
I want to be released, but do not want to leave
I want to see you try, I want to hear you lie, I want to watch you die--you tried too hard and you fell too far
You know you’re right and you rub it in, you eat too much but stay so thin
You lock me out but invite me in, you try to lose, you hate to win
You ran away and lost your twin, you tried to set him free…
You prayed for grace but drowned in sin, you’d better learn to see
I want to feel you now, I cannot move or breathe
I want to be released, but do not want to leave
I want to see you try, I want to hear you lie, I want to watch you die--you tried too hard and you fell too far
You are… on my mind (Always)
We are… lost in time (Always)
You close your mind but let it stray, you rush along and then delay
You’re black and white but soon turn gray, you stand too firm, you hate to sway
You fear the pull of sweet decay, you stare into the sea
You tell me not to disobey, you warn me not to flee
I want to feel you now, I cannot move or breathe
I want to be released, but do not want to leave
I want to see you try, I want to hear you lie, I want to watch you die--you tried too hard and you fell too far
My lover denied my heaven, I shudder at your name
I longed to see the red sun shine, I’ve never been the same
I followed every world you left, unpacking every clue
The need from deep inside myself reflected back at you
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You wake up early on a Tuesday afternoon,
You feel the ringing in your eyes and ears.
You turn away because you’ve seen that face before,
Staring you down across a thousand years.
It’s just another terminal romance,
Another way for you (me/us) to waste your (my/our) time,
It’s just another terminal romance,
But you (I/we) wish you (I/we) were (was/were) in love.
I wake up lonely and I don’t know what to do,
Can’t see the difference between wrong and right.
And though she’s with me I can’t help but feel lost,
In the endless hours between day and night.
Where do you go when you go away from me?
We talk in circles without any words to say,
Afraid of silence crippled-life disease.
It’s just what happens on an ordinary day,
Can’t find a forest from inside the trees.
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10. |
Go, Go Away
02:16
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In my mind and on the ground,
I can find my way around
There’s a way to tell you what I know
There’s a special place where we can go.
Away…Go, Go Away
Away… Go, Go Away
Dream all day and watch the sky,
Reflect the sunset in my eye.
When you wished upon your favorite star,
Did you really think it would go so far?
Away… Go, Go Away
Away… Go, Go Away
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11. |
This Modern Town
03:52
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This modern town has got you down, a lost immortal dream
A shot or two, I stare at you; I’m nothing like I seem
You start to spin a dirty little tale while driving, and killing time
Feeling alien hands at night, go rigid and lose your sight
No more love and no more pain, I’m happier in the rain
I’m breathing easy in my own skin, I might have lost, but you didn’t win
I’ve got a little bit of rot in me; It’s buried in my brain
It’s been so long, there’s nothing wrong and really, nothing left to gain
Early dawn…see them yawn, minds are set on happiness
Now they run in morning sun to certain harm, with open arms
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12. |
CS Lewis Carroll
02:15
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I knew everything about her ‘cos she wore her glasses,
But that’s not to say I understood her point of view.
Did she really look like Liz on the cover of Guyville?
I’d be the first to admit my perspective is skewed.
CS Lewis, Lewis Carroll, Lucy in the Sky,
Blueberry ice-cream, orange sunsets, and mermaids swimming by,
But she’s just staring at her phone and I’m oblivious to signs.
We had waffles and wine every Wednesday morning,
But I abandoned my post Thursday afternoon.
If she’s the reason I can make it to another Monday,
Sunday night can’t arrive a minute too soon.
It rains through the ceiling.
The soffits are pealing.
I’m out of a job,
I think I’m losing my…….
Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind!
I knew everything about her ‘cos she wore her glasses.
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13. |
Run Before Sundown
04:22
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She’s a feel-good-right-now woman; you’re a love-for-life kind of man
He’s a give-her-what-she-wants kind of lover; you’re about to lose the upper hand
If you don’t want a broken heart you’d better run before the sun goes down…
She can take it or leave it if you’ve got it; she can give you one hell of a time
But you’re not gonna ever win her over; you’re lucky if you don’t lose your mind
If you don’t want a broken heart you’d better run before the sun goes down…
Hey…
You’d better run, Boy
Hey…
You’d better get up and run
Some might wonder why you even bother, but you keep runnin’ back for more
You’re tossed in hopeless indecision; you kiss Madonna and pray to the whore
If you don’t want a broken heart you’d better run before the sun goes down…
She’s a feel good anytime
She’s gonna make you cry
You’re gonna lose your mind
She’s gonna be just fine
(That's what I'm talkin' 'bout baby... You better run...)
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14. |
Strange but No Stranger
04:14
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Did she come from sunlight, or did she hang the moon?
The first time I met her I said goodbye too soon.
She offered me a kindness that I never can repay,
When she asked to hear my songs there was nothing I could say.
In a tiny attic room, I played my songs,
Guitar finish sparkles reflected in her eyes.
Hours changed to minutes and the seconds seemed too long,
I’d give anything if I could make her smile.
I can’t help but wonder
if it’s all in my mind.
As we start our journey
To the western side,
The wipers keep
Our conversation in time.
I wish that somehow our lives could align.
Significant coincidences meant more than they seemed,
Strange but no stranger I still hear her in my dreams.
Sitting in my car she sang the sweetest melody,
I’m afraid she’s gone forever why can’t she see?
A lonely drive to get back home with too much time to think,
About the life I wish I’d lead if she was meant for me.
Miles of open Interstate and horizontal rain,
Will I have to sell my soul to see her again?
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15. |
The Violence of Love
04:07
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I'm mulling over whether I might dare to speak my mind
Brutal honesty with thoughts like these is never kind
Disturbance of the status quo, a leveling of scales
Could warrant this discomfort and the pain that it entails
To knock you from your high horse, bring you to the ground,
Strip you of your smugness and the happiness you’ve found
I don’t believe in burning hell; but really wish I could
Send you there to rot away like worm-infested wood
The violence of love
This violence in us
I’m balanced on the fragile line between admiring you
And feeling shades of anger, lust, and bitter envy too
Holiness lies waiting at the base of seething rage
Simmering and hungry, haunting history’s dawning age
Heed the call with open heart, believe that you will see
The beautiful in everything, the wonderment in me
Distraction keeps us busy and prevents us getting through
It keeps our face against the stone, diverts us from the new
Uselessly, I rail against our modern, hate-filled mess
You and me and yours and mine, together by duress
The background sound of life today is a never-ending whine
I long for days and places gone, nostalgic other times
Save your hipster wisdom and your condescending ways
Your retro-modern clothing and your self-reflective praise
Pontificating constantly with bumper slogan signs
While feasting on the cuts of meat picked from your neighbors’ spines
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16. |
Muse
05:02
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She comes across the waves,
The sky and the planes.
She sparks inside your mind
It feels like the first time.
She guides your shaking hand,
Words flow out like desert sands.
You’re warm inside her glow,
And learn a love no one will ever know.
Is it even fair to ask her to love you back?
Do you want to feel everything that she’ll allow you to feel?
Do you want to fly enfolded in her arms across the night sky?
Can you face the fall when after she leaves you feel nothing at all?
She’s here by her own choice,
She sings the songs with your voice.
And you can’t make her stay.
You’ll reach and but she'll slip away.
She’ll leave you in the night.
And you’ll search for her your whole life.
She’s found another now,
And you’re just a face in the crowd.
You stare at the page, but you have nothing to say.
Do you want to feel everything that she’ll allow you to feel?
Do you want to fly enfolded in her arms across the night sky?
Can you face the fall when after she leaves you feel nothing at all?
Do you want to fly enfolded in her arms across the night sky?
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17. |
Nothing
03:31
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Starting with nothing but hope
They need to feel like they’re alive
Where others might struggle to cope
These two were made for the night
Dark are their once dreaming minds
Teeming with phantoms unseen
They promise each other they’ll find
A way to set themselves free—as they…
Hold on to nothing
Nothing is all that they have
Everything rose out of nothing
All as if it was in the plan
Still they are haunted by need
Horror bound up with release
Knowing deep down that it means
In the end we all must concede—that we…
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18. |
Princess of the Roadways
04:27
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Princess of the roadways, it’s 3:00am,
I’m in bed sleeping and she’s drunk again.
She calls to tell me that she can’t see the end.
Everything that happens to her happens again.
Princess of the roadways, it’s morning light,
A drink to stop her shaking and to calm her mind.
Is she wonderful? Can she see?
Is this all a game? Does she need me?
Princess of the roadways, Friday afternoon,
As snow falls down around us I start to dream.
But there’s no perfect world where we can live.
Because love conquers nothing…
Because love conquers nothing…
Because love conquers nothing… (I repeat this many times)
I hold her while she cries...
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The Secret Weasels Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Secret Weasels are a multimedia concern who have made three short films and two full-length albums.
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