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I
02:21
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I
will always remind you of guys
who never arrive there on time
I guess it was partly 'cause I
could never decide
I can always rely on my time
girls, they know why
All the way,
obviously over desire for love
I'm uninvolved wasting time
We, wilder than all things,
a life un-evolved where we fall to the side
I'll
be older than life by that time
and all there enlies
I,
as honest and on it
will always rely on my will to survive
You were alone, so resolute for me
and I couldn't seem to find why
And just won't admit to myself again
that you might be right the whole time
And I can deny all I like
oh over and over I can't depend on myself for a night
My influence is otherwise
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2. |
You've Got Me Crazy
03:17
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put your hands on me
i asked you please
not unless you mean it
i should have seen it in your eyes
the devil in disguise
put your heart in my hand
i told you no
not unless i keep it
you have a secret you cant hide
you have to say goodbye
you've got me crazy baby
thats what they call me
since you've been around
goes around comes around
thats what they say
you're gonna pay
till were even
saw through your deceiving
you tell me
to understand
but how can I let go
when everybody knows
you want me and it shows
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melodramatic
gets so anticlimactic
you know you're so hot to me
even when you try not to be
as cold as your love is
the thrill is gone
my crew never choose down
always moving to the higher ground
the purist ought to be
the purest in thought to me
I'm cutting my losses
and you're my loss
to all the little bosses
the truth is
the world is gonna continue to spin
with or without the aid
of your little institution
but we're both still in denial
and its gonna be this way for a while
with more than one element of relevance
half perfect, like what happens when our legs lose confidence
boy, did you have me tricked
and the worst bit is
we were both in on it
you have now seen me up against more
than I have ever been before
ya catch me snoopin
like I was a detective
always on the case for a different perspective
but the time it takes to realize is
lost in pursuit of cracker-jack prizes
so who's cracking?
if you prize me?
and its easy enough for you to ignore it
till you're out of resources for it
and I can hear them now:
"he's a bore, so self-absorbed
can pimp himself as his own whore"
but our time together
there's too much to treasure
and its easy enough for you to ignore it
till you're out of resources for it
its like english
its arithmetic
its hidden in the spirit of the lyric
trust us, you'll know it
soon as you get your body near it
(let em know you hear it!)
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4. |
Winter Waters
04:18
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Snow
Buried under
Carried on
Carried over
Fog
Western boundaries
Eastern bound
Western border
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Galloping horses and coyotes baying
in the wake of her exhaling.
And as the stars cool beneath the oceans,
there's a dog loose in the wood.
Gypsy, rehearse your calliope playing,
sparking our anticipating.
And as a fire moves Cassiopaea,
there's a dog loose in the wood.
Have you weighted me,
or lifted me,
or spread the wings you've gifted me?
All the king's horses are coiled in serpents.
I'm a man of no tomorrows.
But in the land of gilded sorrow,
there's a dog loose in the wood.
Straddling lapses of conciousness paling...
when the day greets such occasion,
I'm a gull who's gone a-gale-ing.
There's a dog loose in the wood.
Dance and sing.
Whisper and remember His Highness and the beggar,
and she whose name they found wrote within the ledger...
and how they never will forget her.
How the sun gets trumped when morning birds jump the gun.
Be aware of all yet subscribed to none.
All signs point to death because the nature of the game
requires it: man versus mannequin.
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6. |
Fair-weather Friends
05:01
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stay young
stay high
stay on top
stay high
friends they come
and friends they go
spring can make it shower girl
but your winter made it snow
cause all of those bonds we shared
they' weren't quite what they seemed
now we only speak in dreams
and no matter the words he spared
no matter the time he gave
cause thats just the way she rolls
now however the cards may fall
whatever the days may bring
whatever her man might say
so now
wherever her path may lead
as long as the rains they spill
however her heart may roam
from all of this world we shared
i still see her face in dreams
spring can make it shower girl
but your winter made me cold
you're not making me
you're not breaking me
don't you see it girl?, don't you see you're not fooling anyone
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7. |
My Way
05:49
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staring right into light
the only star in a lonely bar
then without delay
i see you come my way
10 feet tall
a long shot for a humble heart
but it'll go my way
I see it everyday
stakes stay a mile high
my whole life on the line tonight
go my way
man, I need this go my way
blistering sun
who's worked so hard for the part so far
no matter what she say
you'll see it go my way
I cannot pull
consistently unpredictable
or even rest assured
relying on a word
lost degrees
temperature is a measure of speed
Fereinheight
but is it fair enough
for you to take me towards
a warm world full of wondering eyes
when they look our way
they gonna see us look away
I cannot pull
consistently unpredictable
or even rest assured
relying on a word
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8. |
A Dishonest Child
06:06
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Just as you
were born to pursue
that which cannot be obtained
For me,
it's the burden of eternity
but you won't ever hear me complain
Instead I bled time back
by letting the setting sun
reach its way across our graves
and casting our shadows in randomized patterns
along the windowpanes
I come from a long line of men
who were legends within their own head
The most justice appeared
as those just disappeared
(the most justice appeared
when those just disappeared)
...with the enormous smile
of a dishonest child
(the most justice appeared
as those just disappeared)
When spring seems the coldest season of the year
and trees bear seed through their bark
Where secrets are revealed to the seekers
and men become kings of the dark
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After the Rain Came
04:30
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She was an idol of impermanence
Boycotting joy
Boycotting joy
At some point she had well "lost her way"
or "disappeared into the balance"
After the rain came
After the rain came
...After all, not all
Of the kings campaigns
Were favored
And if the walls were for the rabid
Well, then the roof was for the rain
You'd have to take a few wrong turns to get there
Or ride with champagne flutes
Glaring behind luxury windshields
...From plucking the flowers
Cold grinding iron
Spilling reform onto paper
The distro to cup,
An approaching of flame
As the gods breathed fire
Wearing only temporary skin
With lines that ended in arches
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