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Big White Lie
Gonna put it in your pocket
And there’s no need to lock it
Can I tell you a secret
And not care if you keep it.
We’re all livin’ in a big white lie
We’re all livin’ in a big white lie
We’re all livin’ in a big white lie
I am standing on the floor
I am staring at the door
I am waiting for some more
And my arm is getting sore
We’re all livin’ in a big white lie
We’re all livin’ in a big white lie
We’re all livin’ in a big white lie
If the story is not true / Say it isn’t so
The protagonist is you / I think it’s time to go
And the narrative is square / I am sinkin’ low
The plot thread bare / Let’s just end the show
We’re all livin’ in a big white lie
We’re all livin’ in a big white lie
We’re all livin’ in a big white lie
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Fantasy
The day it grinds us to our core
Only to leave us wanting more
The years peel away our masks
Until we don’t know what to ask
The first time I saw your face
It stunned me
This isn’t you, this isn’t me.
But just a need for a fantasy
How did it ever come to this
Only to betray with a list
When did it get so wrong
I didn’t want to write this song
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Collective Dementia
04:37
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We long for something else
Something that never was
Something we can’t even define
We long for a connect
in a lion’s cage
But that will only leave us
torn and frayed
Our pride is the fall
A fragile decoy
Collective dementia
We shout into the void
about things we’ve never read
about things we’ve never seen
We settle on a foe
solid as evening fog
so we don’t have to deal
with what we’ve done
Our pride is the fall
A fragile decoy
Collective dementia
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Xmas in June
02:17
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Xmas in June
Exposing the bluff
The emperor in the buff
Tunics on the table
Now we’re not so tough
Waterways and travel
Sheep amongst the cattle
Aqueducts receding
Now we’re off to battle
Christmas in June
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
The Dalai Lama is not worried
There’s two to play the game
Shame on top of shame
Screen test affidavit
Now we’re all the same
Writing you a letter
The key inside a feather
Your career and your future
Never looking better
Christmas in June
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
The Dalai Lama is not worried
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Numb the Fall
04:26
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Numb the Fall
the ease with the world
i’m throwing away
as I set my glass down
to face head on
who we should really be
is the biggest letdown
To numb the fall
Numb the fall
the bubbles rise
and I try to push back
it’s too early
to deal with this now
we live next door
but act miles away
as we shutter
the liquid allows
To numb the fall
Numb the fall
the memory fades
fuzzy and pink
i marvel
marbles in mouth
erudite wit
repeating myself
i’m a hero
in my own mind
To numb the fall
Numb the fall
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Hot Summer Nights
03:04
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Hot Summer Nights
Catch the UVs on the beach
The sand takes over our feet
as the plastic intertwines
The music fills up the air
the diseases of despair
are as natural as the tides
It’s the hottest summer night
It’s the hottest summer of your life
The party’s in full swing
Fire eats at the trees as the ashes
They all fall down
Build the walls on all sides
the end’s televised as the mercury
beats its rise
It’s the hottest summer night
It’s the hottest summer of your life
Don’t you wanna get somewhere cooler
The air’s hard to breathe over here
Don’t you wanna go some place cooler
The land is disappearing everywhere
It’s the hottest summer of your life
Catch a chunk as it breaks
a giant ice earthquake
fill the drinks that slip on by
Numb is how I’ll go watching all the show
it’s a masterpiece of our demise
It’s the hottest summer night
It’s the hottest summer of your life
It’s the hottest summer
It’s the hottest summer
It’s the hottest summer
of your life
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Blinders
03:26
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Blinders
Switch— turn the vent on full blast
Stop—let it hit head on
Cheer—for the games have just started
Run—but there’s nowhere to go
When you go through life with blinders on
And you think that you’re seeing the sun
And you jumped with the band
Forsaken the plan of love
Then you’re done. You’re done
Choose—for there’s always an option
Speak—for those without a song
Split—for you’re made up of atoms
Like those who you drag through the mud
When you go through life with blinders on
And you think that you’re seeing the sun
And you jumped with the band
Forsaken the plan of love
Then you’re done. You’re done
This ain’t the train you wanna be on
Empty signs forced paragons
Get off while the night’s still young
and you’ll be fine no faux divine
False—that’s the name for the prophet
Fake—are the promises kept
Lose—that’s what we’re all doing
Weep—for the nation that slept
When you go through life with blinders on
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To Be a Woman
03:07
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To Be a Woman
I get paid less for the same work
I’m told to smile by every single jerk
It’s fun to be a woman
I get catcalls walking down the street
from all these folks I’d never want to meet.
It’s fun to be a woman
Oh, it’s fun to be a woman
They pass these laws that make it hard to be
They rule my uterus like it’s their property
It’s fun to be a woman
They say be glad you don’t live in Iran
Well our mullahs are covered in spray tan
It’s fun to be a woman
Oh, it’s fun to be a woman
We can’t even get our ERA
“But her emails!” is what they say
I’m suppose to wear a size 2
And be younger and sexy
and not say, “No,” to to you
It’s fun to be a woman
I hear there’s a thing called legitimate rape
Like all that other stuff is merely knee scrapes
It’s fun to be a woman
Oh it’s fun to be a woman
This song might piss you off
but I don’t really care
You got your judge
who really likes his beer.
It’s fun to be a woman
Oh it’s fun to be a woman
One more time
It’s fun to be a woman
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Don't Forget
02:02
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Don't Forget
You wouldn’t have showed up
If I didn’t call
If you didn’t care
You wouldn’t have come
To the same place we used to live
We know it’s over
We know it’s through
The games we played
Were always up to you
Could you give this dead man
One last request?
Don’t forget the good times
Please forgive the bad
One more night
One more night
One more night
And I know, he’s got a brande new car
I still got a broken hear
You hand around the snobby crowd
Laughing at this poor clown
Tomorrow is your wedding day
You still have a voice so please stay
Before you make your biggest mistake
Imagine you walking down the aisle
With a white dress and a sincere smile
For some reason
The picture don’t fit the frame
Don’t forget the good times
Please forgive the bad
One more night
One more night
One more night
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Walkaway
02:41
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Walkaway
You used to run away
From all your problems
I never could keep up with you
You used to run away
From all your troubles
“Hello, cruel world, how are you?”
And you know how I tried
To make us free
From the rattling chains that be.
Now I see you in a different light.
Lines on your face
Rings around your eyes
Let’s walkaway
Walkaway from here
Let’s walkaway
Walkaway from here
I used to be the oblivious one
Though you always were by my side
And when I jumped ship
I never called for help
I couldn’t even if I tried
Then the rainy days
Began to fall on me
With no lifeboat in sight
Now I see you in a different light
Lines on my face
Rings around my eyes
Let’s walkaway
Walkaway from here
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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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