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Seattle Skies
03:18
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I used to know the names of all the chemicals dissolved in the ocean
It used to be enough for me, refracting light from a sunset in motion
I used to count the stars at night, but wishing seemed so far from my station
Fear and loathing brought me here, but destiny is mine for the taking
And now that I am here
Suddenly there’s all this time
But too much living left to try
It’s overwhelming me
All these colors in my mind
I can finally see the sky
I used to march in step with those who claimed to know without really knowing
I never questioned where I was but somehow, deep inside it was growing
I used to count on fingers all the times I would feel like something was missing
Now with nothing to hold me back, I run until another force stops me
And now that we’re here
Suddenly there’s no more time
And only just enough to lie
It’s overwhelming me
Knowing how my world could be
Will I finally reach the sky?
Seattle skies …
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2. |
Liars Paradise
02:52
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Take it back, wait a second
Did you really mean what you said?
Or is it just one more second
Chance to play both sides of the end?
Hideaway, where did the heroes go?
Hell, this can’t be real
You say a lie won’t hurt anyone
That’s what you feel, maaaaan …
Pass the buck, keep the money
Have, have not, your bootstraps are red
We’re stomping forward, no understanding
Why look back when there’s so much ahead?
Strip away plastic and concrete
Pain that’s all too real
You say a lie won’t hurt anyone
Just how you feel, maaaaan …
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3. |
Robin
03:05
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If you really have to go right now, I can't say that I blame you
Barely a day goes by when I don't think about it too
What keeps me here? What keeps us all here?
I won't pretend that I know
Because if I really knew
I wouldn't need to be writing this to you
The brain is a fragile thing
All faulty wires, bad connections
And the things it makes us feel, unreal
In an instant I can fly
That little voice screams "jump" and then you
Color in the lines 'til it's time ...
So if you really have to go right now, oh God how I'll miss you
I learned all about happiness when I saw what you could do
And what kept you here I guess keeps us all here
If only a while
Much too short of a while
And then we'll have to say goodbye to you
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4. |
Bully
03:24
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That sideways glance been sittin’ funny all day long
You tell yourself you’re paranoid, but it don’t help
And all the eyes fixate on you when you don’t look
Giving up and getting old is not a hook
But we’re all flailing
Our ships are sailing
We invoke the same cliches
To explain why we’re so bored
And all the while
We burn out in style
It’s a life but it’s not living
And what do you know?
I’m sure somebody cares a whole great goddamn deal
And someone somewhere can alleviate the chill
You feel when everything is pushing from all sides
There’s just enough to keep away the burning tide
That we’re all sailing
In light that’s fading
We invoke happy cliches
To explain the way it is
And all the while
We burn out in style
It’s a life but still it’s living
And what do you know?
So keep on flailing
As ships start tailing
It’s closing in all sides
And I couldn’t care much less
When all the while
We burn out in style
It’s not quite worth the living
But living’s all we know
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5. |
To Their Knees
03:50
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Floating downstream, going this way, we do believe
We know ‘cause we were told, and telling shows us weak from bold
The cult of personality will reign
There’s time enough to cleanse your pain
And living’s just a heartbeat from the ugly truth
You thought you knew
It’s fine, you see the eyes, it’s in the eyes, there is no soul
You hear it enough times you see your eyes and feel no hope
This cult of personality brings pain
Is there time enough to cleanse this stain
Your life is just a heartbeat from an ugly truth
They tried to skew
I’ll concede a thousand days to see the sky never turn grey
Like it did the other day when there was so much more to say
How do we address these wounds? will be the test we’ll have to prove
To the ones that come after that we did all that we could do
We’ll bring the fuckers to their knees
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Home (The Dinosaur Song)
02:12
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The darkness comes to swallow light,
A fire burns, to fill the night
With nothing left, the stars we'll roam
Until the sunshine leads us home.
Off into darkness we set sail
Through inky black skies we'll travail
Though danger's great, the path's unknown
We'll travel 'til we find our home.
Here at last, we've found our peace
A whole new world to make believe
To live within and help and hold
A brand new place we call our home.
Until we can reclaim our home ...
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7. |
Formaldehyde Bath House
03:33
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I don’t wanna go home yet
Fear of missing out holds me back
But I’ll never get solace
Playing odds against chance
Pour me another round and soak me in a formaldehyde bath
All the pretty ones are pretty sure it’s a never again
Listen to reason, common sense is a nebulous thing
So pour me another and get out of the way of the burning debris
So we’re stuck here in somewhere
(And I’m never going back again)
Afraid we’re missing the best-of
(Or the better of a worse thing)
Sidling up to a new year
(Another set of days to waste)
Playing odds against fear
Pour me another round and soak me in a formaldehyde bath
All the pretty ones and demons break in choreographed dance
What’s it to reason when death is a final and permanent thing
So pour me another and get out of the way of my desperate pleas
Some scandal, soak my head
That horse you’re beating is dead
I grew up and want a takeback
But I’ll settle for the check
I can never go home now
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8. |
Wasteland
04:42
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Wander the wasteland of the self, I’ll ask too much of hell
Stand at the precipice and ask why me?
Stare at the wastelands of the stars, and wonder why we are
And doesn’t it change a thing to know?
Beneath this smoke-filled sky
We dream, we plot our rise
We’re still so very young
And we don’t know squat
Here at the edge of all we’ve learned, some still live on flat Earth
Denying basic physics easily observed
With such religious ignorance, will we ever progress?
One step forward, two steps back
The time for talk is done
We evolve or we’re gone
We’re still so very young
And we won’t be long …
Wander this wasteland after all, the wandering is all ...
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