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Signal Drift
04:17
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Signal drift
What are running from
why are you fading?
Stay in once place
you don’t notice it changing
The scrappers are waiting
you’re here for the taking
Did I already lose you
or are you just something new?
Signal drift
what are you saying ?
The neighbors are talking
they cut themselves off with a wave
What am I missing
I thought we were feeling the same
Did I already lose you or
is it just signal drift?
Put your weight into mindless game
and you will die laughing
the jokes will write themselves
why does it resonate
tell me it’s not too late
signal drift
is there only this?
or was there more to it?
when the clouds do lift
is there only this?
or was there more to it?
Run to your window I’ll tune out the gospel, the bleeding is awful,
no sun and no dreams
Run to your window I’ll set my sights on us with laser beam focus
no static no brokenness
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Faraway Eyes
05:02
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It’s isn’t fair that these quiet streets
could be the root of your unravelling
and there’s no one to tell so you tell everyone
you know how it ends so you fell
into yourself
the deeper you go
the safer it gets
faraway eyes
see everything at once
everything that ever was
won’t be good enough
you take a pill
it’s gonna change you
they're gonna blame you either way
and you’ll never be free never be free
i know you’re scared i’m scared too
someday they’re gonna find you
it's something a boy never goes through
don’t think about don’t have to
faraway eyes
see everything at once
everything she ever was
won’t be good enough
never enough
and if you’re arguing
then you’re one of them
come on we can take them on
come on we take their stones
come on we can take their arrows
they’ll get tired of being wrong
oh we got nowhere to go
oh we got nowhere to go alone
wait under the bleachers
till they come for you in their black leather jackets
with your name on the back
and the boys renounce their violence
and they call you to your window with a song
we don’t know what it means
yet, yet
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Ocean Street
03:53
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when the sun comes up i’ll be changed forever
move a pin across the map and leave a tear where
you might have buried me
down. for the first time
it’s coming down to Ocean Street.
down for the first time
its coming down coming down all around me.
and i don't think i can find a better place to hide
when the sun comes up i'll be changed forever
and i wear the signs of the once deprived
i wanna feel like i'm barreling south
shedding my skin, crossing state lines
or i wanna leave like a bear from a cave
no you don't look so big with your cold hands waving me
down
standing at the docks waiting for their loved ones
venerate the space between days
clawing at the lock with their gloved hands
they stare into the waves
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Moon Man
04:36
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we’re a little lost
and i wonder how we got so close, and gave it up
to be human is to be terrified
nothing scares you more than wasting time
but we made a deal so walk on by
moon man and no impact man
two friends from another land
one carries paper
the other one sand
moon man and I sing and dance
to comfort the comfortable
the tears from their faces
a way to embrace the suffering
the pain of others is what gives them strength
when they ask about you
what was he like in high school
i was the lookout and you were the fool
every drop of blood will be unseen
every panicked face and every scream
i will bury it in inside me
moon man and no impact man
good kids from way back when
one carries paper
the other one sand
moon man and I sing and dance
to comfort the comfortable
pull tears form their faces
way to embrace the suffering
the pain of others is what gives them strength
drunk in the green room
change into your costume
show these people you’re not you
drunk in the green room
change into your costume
show these people
you’re not about to let them off the hook
we did our job
it put a smile on my face
we did our job
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Flight Rish
04:14
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it was only a metaphor
but when you told me, i wanted more
and i believed you when you said
"no one can change me"
always the hammer
always the hammer coming down
forging the metal from the ore
never know why it's here
never know what it's good for
oh does the body have the strength
i could have lost it all wondering
i could have lost it all
if only i could sew up
the flaw in your love
if only i could make you see it
for what it once was
without empathy
the fools suffer me
and all that's left to show now
are the feathers at the bottom of the box
now that you've fallen
another rung down another rung
always the ladder
do you know why i'm here
do you know what i'm good for
one day we'll bathe in light
we'll bathe in light
while they feel the weight
of the strangling vines
it’s been a while
it’s been a day
since i've felt that embrace
without empathy
the fools won't bother me
and all that's left to see now
are the feathers at the bottom of the box
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One Hundred Million
04:06
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i’m looking forward to your letters
as you travel around the world
you’re at the top of your profession
you were just waiting your turn, got tired of waiting
i’m wanna treat you like a stranger
make you a guest in your own home
a little drop of confession, in every detail
i can’t believe it was you who grew tired of waiting
don’t turn around
do the work boy, take it on the chin
you’re fucking up now where do it begin
don’t give up on your creation
you’ll see it again
you could do better or you could do worse
but you chose me first
to know a little but about a lot of things
will surely come in handy
when i’m forced to socialize with a different sort of enemy
the brooding type that i’m becoming
thinks the world owes him something
or will you say enough’s enough
here are your roses, now sober up
babe in arms, a million women waited
a hundred million women
i know i know i know i know i’m one
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Marigold
04:19
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the rumors are flying lately
it's enough to make anyone blush
until they have it in their hands
they're gonna say you made it up
and it's so hard to keep it pure
among strangers
marigold, don't run, don't run
i know you're not alone
but what, if if i was
keep your expectations low
and i won't disappoint
i fear you more than words could show
and its worse when you turn and go
Put the prototype into motion
i’m aware that it serves no end
they want to hold in their hands
who am i to deny them
you’re so hard to get to know
come closer
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Don't Wanna Win
04:08
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run for the hills
talk all the way do what you will
run for your lives
talk about us like we can hear
hey Dot do you smile
when you see the sun going down
hey dot do you smile
when you lose the sun to the clouds
don't wanna win
but I can't keep losing
don't wanna win
but I just keep failing
don't wanna win
but I can't keep losing
don't wanna win
but he can't stay away
and when the day turns into night
i wanna be that number
and when you start all over
i want to be inside
and when you get to the airport
want to be in that number
and when you start all over
i want to be on that plane
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Swinging for the Fences
03:51
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swinging for the fences with my sunglasses on
swinging for fences with my sunglasses on
now that we’ve been beat down, baby
why do i feel like the battle is won
look up to the sky
no you don't have to say a word
mesmerized by the flight of birds
what magnificence have we observed
straight from the courtroom to Dairy Queen
not much good to celebrate
but you know what i mean
and i could do without the crying
so long ago was only months
bury the memory, don't want to but you must
there's a long way from guilt to shame
but you and I can share the blame
swinging for the fences with my sunglasses on S
swinging for the fences with my sunglasses on
hang on to your holy rosary
they're never ever gonna take you away from me
it's hard to imagine how
we'd function without sadness
oh the trouble we'd be in
airbrushed beyond recognition
and for what, for what
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I Heard You Laughing
04:16
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on a silver serving platter
a pair of sharpened Blackwings go
all the smallest details matter
when the trade is all you know
A kept man should keep his station
run in place with no regrets
fending off would-be replacements
but it hasn't happened yet
you're the prizefighter in lycra
always champion the weak
gotta live like a contestant,
all they ever do is cheat
when you were young, you ran through the night
somehow the baton was never passed
left all alone, in the fluorescent light
you never knew, because you never asked
it is what it is. it was what it was
he said what he said
"kill the head and the body's goes dead"
i can hear them through the cracks
asking for your autograph
i hear them laughing that's
another 8 x 10 in the trash
you're the prizefighter in lycra
always champion the weak
gotta live life uncontested
all they ever do is cheat
vacant looks are habit forming
town and country, hill and vale
never let them meet your maker
tell them hard work gets you there
when you rise above your station
run away and don't look back
gain a new set of frustrations
but it hasn't happened yet
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