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Hot and Cool
03:56
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Hot and Cool
In the mass age
a screen a scream
between
Content formed
feasting eyes
never the wiser
Flat and broke
a vacant stare
passed the yard line
It goes south
furious
quite the ending
hot and cool
You’re a record
spinning tape
a relic
Broken lightbulb
the dark
more than enough
we play ping pong
in a courtyard
slick and icy
Things go south
delirium
in the meantime
hot and cool
Catch the cast
sleazy mark
brutal bedlam
pinpoint dots
strain the eye
yawn of boredom
I am old
playing young
in my rock band
It goes south
Curious
till next frame
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A Lullaby
05:08
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Lullaby
This is the moment
The moment I want to last
Last time I felt this
This way I sense it’s past
Ooo!
Past the present’s future
Future tense unto me
Unto me visions, euporia, ecstasy
Ooo!
I hold you so gently
So gently I hear you breathe
Breathe in so deeply
So deep inside your sleep
Ooo!
There is nothing more.
Nothing more that I could give.
I give all the love I have
To you kid.
Ooo!
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Square Root (Radical Heart)
The square root of my heart
Is twice as much as his
And one tenth of yours
I'm losing space and time
Keep it on your calculator
I can't complete the computation
The square root of my heart
I don't know where to start
Heard about the architecture
I don't need to hear another lecture
Even if it's scarred
Keep it on the clock
Beat it 'til it stops
The ticking in your car
Signal out another turn
The absolute is never sure
Like the ache in my arm
It stays there and starves
Read about the resurrection
A one way ticket to teenage heaven
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Best Boy
03:45
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Best Boy
It must be some kind of gift
to always be right
secure inside your authority
Faking science to hide truth from reality
now it shows
it shows it shows it shows
it shows it shows it shows
who’s bought and sold
When years of experience
Mean words of indifference
Something’s missing
Numbers are cooked
Bribes overlooked
All strings attached
And it shows
It shows it shows it shows
It shows it shows it shows
Who’s bought and sold
You’re on the inside now
Deeper than you ever thought
What once was an empty well
Now it’s filling up
So swim, and swim,
Or else you are sunk
Just like us
So it goes
It shows it shows it shows
It shows it shows it shows
We’re bought and sold
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Rumblings
04:44
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Rumblings
The silver
spoon
just out of reach
The classic line
is somewhat weak
The phone
it rings
and rings and rings
A quarter tone
a pounce
a squeeze
Treble, tremor
the ground is shaking
the earth moves
feel the rumbling
Treble tremor
the ground is shaking
there’s no time
feel the rumbling
I’m impressed
by your shop
of hype
Sell me
something
and i’ll bite
I’ll buy
the screens
the webs, the types
You’ll watch
as it
all falls down
falls down
Treble, tremor
the ground is shaking
the earth moves
feel the rumbling
The other
is here to stay
No matter
what
laws you make
the seismic shift
is long
overdue
And you
have
lost your clue
Treble, tremor
the ground is shaking
the earth moves
feel the rumbling
I salute
your
lack of soul
that’s a joke
if you don’t know
Like a scratch in a
totaled car
That’s how relevant
you are
Treble, tremor
the ground is shaking
the earth moves
feel the rumbling
hear the rumbling
here the rumbling
hear the rumbling
here the rumbling
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Superstition & Silence
04:55
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Superstition & Silence
Silence
You’re my kind of silence
The kind that don’t get me down
when I’m out on my own
Violence
Superstitious violence
the kind I watch on TV
When I’m all alone
Patience
passing through it timeless
I’ve got too much on my mind
makes it hard to forget
Prudence
It’s not it you used to be
Perhaps you stay
stay away
Don’t you know that everything will be allright
Kindness
Someone give me some notice
Just a glance if you can spare
it would make my day
Vicious
Sort of like sadistic
sneak a peak without
anybody else aware
Ponder
if you will this life
I know I don’t matter
But act like you care
Silence
You’re my kind of silence
The kind that don’t get me down
when I’m on my own
Don’t you know that everything will be what you want
Salvage
just take what matters
leave the rest behind
it don’t matter no more
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Drop the Ax
02:36
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Drop the Ax
How come it took so long for you to drop the ax
That chopped my heart in two
And when the bell has rung, behind the smoking gun
Your smile was slightly cruel
‘Though I always knew when you were lying
‘Cause I could hear you laugh when you were crying
But yesterday topped it all, when you said, “Goodbye.”
Now in the aftermath, an alcoholic crash
That split my brain in half
Now my voice is gone it’s cracking like the sun.
So I don’t talk to no one
Beer after beer I did drink
To my ex who played me like a puppeteer
‘til one day she cut the strings, with my own sheers
‘Though I always knew when you were lying
‘Cause I could hear you laugh when you were crying
But yesterday topped it all, when you said, “Goodbye.”
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Tiny Pockets
02:36
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Tiny Pockets
Where is my brain
Over in a lake
tangled up in algae
Trying to buy a break
In the air, a massive change
Something here not the same
I’m still go lucky
More highs than lows
Shirt thrown on backwards
Got miles to go
Till he’s eating endless teething
Heart socket, tiny pocket
And it drives me on and it burns me so
Love forever, love unknown
And it drives me on, and it drives me around
And it burns my soul
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
I’m masquerading
Try it on for size
It fits so smoothly
Kind of like a lie
Piggies, rings under eyes
Where’s my body
Where are my thighs
Here comes the spider
Wheels on a bus
Man’s dog is BINGO
What is trust lust?
Smile sweet, heart full
Love him so, got to know
And it drives me on and it burns me so
Love forever, love unknown
And it drives me on, and it drives me around
And it burns my soul
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
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Hatful of Rain
04:58
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Hatful of Rain
Caught up in the race
Got a steady place
To keep your feet on the ground
Woke up in a town
With no one around
To hang your head on this time
And it seems you got stuck with
A hatful of rain
You read down
You better save face
Before they take you away
It’s a movie scene
Someone else’s dream
That keeps you awake
Caught up in the race
Got a steady place
To keep your feet on the ground
Woke up in a town
With no one around
To hang your head on this time
When you gain something you never wanted
Well that’s too bad
When you lose nothing you never had
Well that’s just sad
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Neverman
04:15
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Neverman
I never turn the channel
At least not anymore
I never take a chance
Or settle scores
I never fold the corners
Or leave marks on a page
I never left the planet
In words there’s outer space
I am the neverman
in Neverland, so nevermind
I never mailed letter
Or wrote a note
Never cross Niagara
by bridge, by boat
Never felt so tired
I guess I’ll go to bed
Never look out my window
I think that’s what I read.
I am the neverman
in Neverland, so nevermind.
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Let It Go
03:56
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Let It Go
The match to ignite
A spark in my head
You blew it
Tossing away
A knotted thread
Of your choosing
A silent dance
A nod of ascent
Is all it took
To focus on this
regiment
and not what it should
Can you feel this
Can you feel this
Can you feel this
Can you feel this
I am nothing to you
Just looking at you
Makes me tired
I lost this chance
My pride intact
A moment’s notice
I am nothing to you
I am nothing to you
I am nothing to you
I am nothing to you
I am nothing to you
I am nothing to you
Can you feel this
Can you feel this
Can you feel this
Can you feel this
It’s like a prickling you can’t deny
Just let yourself
Let it go
You are not me
I am not you
A disguised blessing
I will move on
I will march on
Without you
Wouldn’t it be
Wouldn’t it be
Wouldn’t it be
How dare you still have power over me
Can you feel this
Can you feel this
Can you feel this
It’s like a prickling you can’t deny
Just let yourself
Let it go
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12. |
Give Him Love
03:33
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Give Him Love
Blinders on
get ready to drive
sweetly singing
to you you you
never know what lie
i will find
you complete me
you reduce me
so here we go and here we go
it’s my turn now just so you know
so hang on tight it’s bumpy as all
he’s gonna cry get ready now
ooh oohh
give him love from me
I’m a child
in grown up body
I’m mild and mighty
peculiar
i don’t see what you see in him
or her
do you think it would better
to look there or elsewhere
to find what you’re looking for
I may be dumb
but still kind of pretty
tired of all this desire
i don’t have anymore
give him love from me
it’s a close up
of your ambition
a time lapse
an ancient secret
it’s pointless
it clearly is
here’s my road map
to take us nowhere
a bear trap
that catches nothing
don’t need anyway
so throw it
throw it throw it all away
hesitant but do it today
sorry spin
sorry
give me love
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13. |
Fugitive
02:40
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Fugitive
Big freight train take me away
From the city lights to the borderline
The faster you go the further I’ll be
In two days time
They’ll be huntin’ for me miles around
70 road blocks from town to town
The further you get the freer I’ll feel
In two days time
I'm a fugitive on the run from the law
Stole some money, then something went wrong
$70,000 in cold hard cash
Got one bullet, but no gun to match
If I jump off now, they’ll fine me soon
If I wait too long, gonna meet my doom
I'm a fugitive on the run from the law
Stole some money, then something went wrong
The hole in my chest is bleedin’ bad
If don’t wake up tomorrow you can keep the cash
Big freight train - keep on movin' fast
A big freight train - a keep on a movin’ fast
A big freight train - a keep on a movin’ fast
I'm a fugitive on the run from the law
Stole some money, then something went wrong
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A Cast of Thousands Auburn, New York
A quartet from "History's Hometown", Auburn, New York. Their songs have been described as “barnstormers”, “simple stabs at precious pop”, with a “rough and ready sonic immediacy.” Since 2010, they’ve recorded seven albums.
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