1. |
come up
01:33
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I've been wondering
wondering about
stars that shine from sea to sea
wonder if they're seeing me
I've been plotting out
the line best-fit-between
I never come up with anything
I've been wandering
wandering around
looking for a clue or two
asking have you seen a few?
(pick it up, pick it up)
bet you haven't
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2. |
sleep insted
01:40
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waking up around 1
sleep through all of the fun
to be had after 2
fun when I was with you
but its late now
and I have to choose
do I lay it all out
or go back to my room
I've been up until 3
wishing you were with me
now its 4 and I'm bored
who the hell's keeping score?
cause its late
but I'll patiently wait
just to let you say no
put me back in my place
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3. |
the process
04:15
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test test
landscapes
are all I think about
no people on the nature screen
I sink
in tarmac summer rain]
sitting idly on an island with no green
at best I'm ill-prepared
at worst I guess I'm scared
to go the distance
they don't sell a roadmap
for this kind of thing
and traffics taking over
every lane
i - bottleneck
I, Bottleneck
sing about things I could never
understand
I'm spineless
as a road with no lines
(I take the shortcut cause its easy)
I take my time and I feel fine
(in 10 years where would you like to be?)
[at] the bars I go to drink
[with] the friends I never see
[in] the rooms I seldom leave
at best I'm ill-prepared
at worst I guess I'm scared
and to be honest
I need something like a bridge
to get across this
i'm not sure I've got this
eliminate the process
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4. |
boots
01:10
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I can't begin to explain
messy details in my brain
when I think about you
some days are bad and some are great
some are fun and some are lame
when I'm next to you
I play guitar to keep me sane
sing my songs to know my name
if I forget who's who
most times I try not to complain
when the forecast calls for rain
I just put on my boots
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5. |
love
02:59
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if I talk to you
don't you know I would be true
but I know that you'll
never come down my way
and if I talk to you
don't you know I'd be your fool
don't you know about it
don't you know a thing
don't you know about what
love means
if you love me too
would you find those words'I do' [adieu]
would you say that you'll never
come down my way
if I got down on my knees
and said 'please, baby stay
darling, stay another day'
I know that you'll never come down
my way
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6. |
time
02:05
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isn't it crazy how time goes by
i think about it now and then
but don't know why
I still think of you from time to time
take a walk through the backroads of my mind
could you tell me what you find
and if you could, give me the time
I made some friends along the way
things were great, but they didn't stay
I think that maybe it is me who should change.
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7. |
golden solutions
02:37
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why's it seem that
I'm always so caught up
distracted in you
shouldn't be so
careless, so reckless
when giving my name
you could take it or leave it
or fake it, or break it in two
get up busted and blue
with mistrust and it's
harder to tame
don't talk to me that way
go back to the place you came from
i've sailed the seven seas
I've seen all I could see
but nothing like you
so I've stumbled
on golden solutions
to fix my affairs
be kind and be helpful
but never let anyone near
from this distance
I cannot get stepped on
or kicked to the curb
if nobody knows
who you are when alone,
its better I've heard
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8. |
carp
02:16
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I'm never gonna see you again
cause I know you're a friend
and I know you care
expectations are beginning again
and I can't seem to end
anything I start here
take a bow
you know its time
you're in your prime
go get it
I never seem to see what you mean
when you say its a dream
and you can't escape it
take a bow
you know its time
you're in your prime
you can't explain away
all your crimes
and you cry
and you cry
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9. |
expecting
01:44
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I waited patiently for you
I found you crying on the stoop
all the mire and the clay
you couldn't wash it away
you put a song in my throat
look at all the pretty words you wrote
never thought i'd see the day
I watch you walking away
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10. |
the party
02:58
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what a spectacle
shine of a festival
in the gleam of
a chandelier
people drifting in
from the vestibule
as the evening
crowd appears
they hold their drinks
and wait for his premier
on the balcony
clutching a paper leaf
casting charms
at the lapels below
all of everything
they could ever dream
held up-tightly
and bound by a bow
you see him saunter
out into the snow
picking flowers in the fields
but the fields start to freeze
carry only what you need to
and the cicerone decrees
as we fall onto our knees
'is it true?'
what a spectacle
so irreversible
island home is mine
for now
I was cast away
from the pedestal
marble head
crashing onto the ground
I toss and turn
and quit without a fight
now we're flowers in the field
and the field soon will freeze
I am you and you are me too
hear the sound of grinding teeth
bracing for a salty breeze
is it true?
mighty ocean batters beach
and the towers hit the sea
so the boat begins to flee to
landing on a foreign shore
somewhere south of East-Timor
what to do?
is there hope for anybody
thrown into this desert party?
we don't know what this all means
so can you just tell us, please
what is true?
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11. |
things you hate
01:26
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did you really think
you could get away
from the daily life
you hate
well, kid
you might not like what I say, but
there'll come a day
when you
have to realize that
you are a grain
the size of salt
and time just falls
through you
now they're gone
the things you hate
now they're gone
all the things you hate
they're all gone
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12. |
hell
02:58
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from time to time
I fall apart
get in my car
and drive
to where the sky
reaches a height
that I can never
see from here
its so far away
I can't escape
its all a dream
inside my head
im laughing
at every day
its all the same
I wake up change
my clothes and
relearn the shit
that I forget
everybody says that you gotta
go to heaven or else
its hell
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13. |
all i want
00:42
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all I wants to be better
I can't wait that long
and neither can you
all I wants to be light
as a feather
with winter air
just passing through
oh I can't wait too long
but maybe i'll see you
oh I can't wait that long
but maybe, you'll be there too
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carter ward Chicago, Illinois
anthony fantano gave me a 10
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