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Time
04:06
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Time, something we get less of
Time, what you may view of as
Subjective whether linear or whatever makes us all live for
Time, I could go on and on about time
But I’d be wasting all your photographs and memories
None of which mean much to me when
Time, It seems I just ran short of time
If I could just go back erase all of my mistakes
Trapped in the attic in a case of time
Time, it seems you wasted all your time
On unimportant things like attributes and photo shoots
With our connection on a noose of time
I could go on and on about time
But I’d be taking all your awkward convos sentiment
Filed in a cabinet of time
Ooohhh
Strangers are making their mark
Strangers are taking my heart
Strangers are making their mark
Strangers are taking my heart
Time, it seems you wasted all your time
On unimportant things like attributes and photo shoots
With our connection on a noose of time
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Chaotic
03:01
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The one I love has taken me far away
From all the things I used to care about
And just how awful was it when I was glad
That someone broke your heart
We can go and lay under the stars
While your mother shouts at the walls
And I can point out all the things
I wish I didn't know about them
Like their secrets and all the other stars they used to love
Remember when you plastered me with hearts
And we drove off into the sunset
It was a day that I could not forget
And when you wrote all over me
With your love of real melodies
I thought oh no this cannot be
But we can sit and dream of the day we can be happy
I could fall in love with you 3 million times
And never get tired of it
I would break through the atmosphere for you
If it would make you happy
If it would make you happy just a bit
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3. |
Her
03:07
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She walks into the room
And all the lights they turn to stars
And all that he remembers from the days before
Has gone and passed
Seconds turn to days
His heart has gone ablaze with her fire
And a clenching desire that fills them both
Can’t know what to feel
Hopes to god that all of this is real
It’s never necessarily worked for him in the past
This is fight or flight, what will happen tonight
Can he show her he can be the man he’s always
Wanted to be
He’ll lay his heart down for you
And pray you don’t break it in two
He’ll never ask for anything in return
But that you don’t keep it on a steady burn
Always stayed away
Tried to convince himself that he was brave
Just trying to save her from such an awful fate
He’s afraid she’ll run
When she sees all the awful things he’s done
And just how fast he’s trying to run away from his past
He’ll lay his heart down for you
And pray you don’t break it in two
He’ll never ask for anything in return
But that you don’t keep it on a steady burn
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4. |
The End Song
02:57
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Well I can play Wonderwall on guitar
Smash my fist right through your aching heart
Don't know how long it'll take you to see
You don't matter much to me
Driven this truck since I was 16
Share a kiss on the seat in between
Told you that you mattered the most
But all you wanted was someone to boast about oh so
Why don't you fight me like I'm real
So that maybe I can feel
Some closure
Some closure
Spent a year staring at the back of your head
Always thought you would treat me like I was the undead
Saw you dream of grandeur and paint the skies
But what really got me was your eyes
I've never really been one for sentiment
But you made every moment see so very decadent
It’s quite astounding the feeling you made me show
You forgot that you have to reap what you sow
Why don't you fight me like I'm real
So that maybe I can feel
Some closure
Some closure
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5. |
The Expo
03:15
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She’ll leave you walking in the dark
For all the monsters that may bite
She will not look back or think twice
Unless you can shine brighter than her
When you’ve been cold for so many years
Score, a decade, and 5 more
Think you could stave off just 4
Til your last birdie leaves the nest
You’re my brick wall
Bleeding away from me
You’ve taken everything
And now I can’t breathe
I can try my best
But there’s nothing I can do
There is nothing to help me through
He’ll leave the money take the job
Insist that nothing is his fault
He’ll proclaim he comes in peace
Leave wake of destruction in his path
When I’ve been cold for so long
Thinking it was just me being strong
Oh how I miss those days
No matter what I did I felt the same
You’re my brick wall
Bleeding away from me
You’ve taken everything
And now I can’t breathe
I can try my best
But there’s nothing I can do
There is nothing to help me through
There is nothing to help me through
There is nothing to help me through
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Neutral
03:09
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The only thing we wait for is our own life to start but when it ends like Such a mess as hers you know you never had a chance
Because where she woke up on the last day she didn’t have crumb
Of what we thought was wishful thinking just to get us through our day
But rats will walk these halls with more ease than any missionary
Would have ever taken to the grave for the natives and the pain
She watched herself wither on away
To nothing but dust as she had began
Returning herself to where she came
The blackness none of us can evade
but when you dream of me do not think of the clergy or the priest
i made a big bouquet for you of dead roses and burned books too
So when you’re nervous on your wedding day
Do not think of me to blame
But pray for insolence or dismay
The only things that could not give you away
The only thing you will wait for is your own life to start
but when it ends like such a mess as hers you’ll know you never had a chance
Because when you wake up on the last day you won’t have a single thought
of where your happy ending went or where the avant-guard had gone
they’ll bury you alive with two headed boys and roses in your eyes
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7. |
Yellow Transmission
03:31
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8. |
Best Friend
02:41
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Outside of my bones, I am not what i have become
Everything that I found covers up how beautifully numb I am
And nothing will make me shaken
And nothing can give back what’s been taken
A good friend once had said, the soul is something you must find
And if you cannot love, you are not with the human kind
And nothing can make me shaken
Because no one can get back what’s been taken
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9. |
Hitchcock
03:56
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I don’t know how long it will take me to say
The suffering and pain I can’t feel each day
And don’t tell me it’s better to have loved and lost
Because you can’t ever lose what you never had
And let me go on living oh how pretentious it may be
To live this kind of life so unextraordinary
Well I've erased all of the words and my hands are so black
Let them remind me of someone who is never coming back
This is my tragedy
Of this human disease
I won’t sail away on sunsets
I won’t see the face of god
I can die alone
You can mourn at my grave stone
But just promise me you won’t ever lose
Your feeling
Well I can take you through the motions
But please don’t blame me for my absent premonitions
I try I really do
To say its just me and you
But I've walked down this path too many god damn times
To pretend I don’t know what lies inside
Of me and this human machine
This is my tragedy
Of this human disease
I won’t sail away on sunsets
I won’t see the face of god
I can die alone
You can mourn at my grave stone
But just promise me you won’t ever lose
Your feeling
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Oh the leaves have changed
Since I last was here
Since the last time that we danced together
You see I’ve been away
Having happy times
Lived a thousand lives since before
My demeanor’d changed
Since those darkest thoughts
Since the last time that I took that shot
Wrote through all the pain
Kept myself locked away
Until all the debts I owed were paid
I had my time in my life
Didn’t know what to do
Hoped that empty thoughts would help see it through
Oh I had those days
I felt paralyzed
Thought I’d die if I opened up my eyes
When I die,
Do not bury me.
The ground is so crowded with possibilities.
Let the new life grow.
Let it put on the play
The play it has to show
Show the world
What it has still
Let it reap the pain away from his dying will
Instead just scorch my life
Let it burn away
Let my ashes float up and lead my soul astray
I had my time in my life
Didn’t know what to do
Hoped that empty thoughts would help see it through
Oh I had those days
When I felt paralyzed
Thought I’d die if I opened up my eyes
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11. |
Run Cold
04:24
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I don’t wanna say what’s on my mind if that’s okay with you
And when you go don’t even leave a note
Just turn and walk away from here
Just turn and walk away my dear
It’s not a surprise not a reason why you had to go your blood’s run cold
And when you go don’t even leave a note
Just turn and walk away from here
Just turn and walk away my dear
If the good die young
If the fight is done
How do i stay strong
How do i carry on
Now that you’re dead and gone
All your life withdrawn
How do i stay strong
How do i carry on
And when you go
Don't even leave a note
Just turn and walk away from here
Just turn and walk away my dear
If the good die young
If the fight is done
How do i stay strong
How do i carry on
Now that you’re dead and gone
All your life withdrawn
How do i stay strong
How do i carry on
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12. |
Ukulele Jesus
03:17
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i’ve wondered about all the lives i’ve saved
and how many have gone to waste
and i wonder about all this time i ascertained
is it worth it?
cuz they just keep growing growing growing
and i’m doing nothing nothing nothing
how long before they see
it was never about me
i’m no magician but of all the things i did
i’ll never turn water into wine again
and when they saw their brother bound up in chains
no one rose up or tried to take the blame
cuz they just keep growing growing growing
and i’m doing nothing nothing nothing
how long before they see
it was never about me
i ask myself we’re you even listening
or was it all for nothing
when i see brothers in arms i begin
to wallow in my father’s sympathy
oh but if i could just take it all back
maybe you could all have a second chance
or would you be too blind to even see
the mistakes you made because of me
cuz they just keep growing growing growing
and i’m doing nothing nothing nothing
how long before they see
it was never about me
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13. |
Opus 14
01:22
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A friend once said the soul is something you must find
But a soul makes no difference when to love you are blind
So i can’t think of a reason to stay
Since my feelings for you have gone away
For the things you blame me i ask forgiveness
You have changed me into someone who is fearless
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On The Verge Of Being Dallas, Texas
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