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Marrow Dream
03:57
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It ain't that hard to give a shit
Grief will hit ya in waves
It ain't quite evening but it's dark enough
What worth is sunshine without the rain
You built a fire for the aching cold
But then complained of the heat
Behold the simple geometry of cause and effect
Wipe the blood from your knees
Get out of bed, take a breath, get your body going
The time has come to greet the day
Go outside, take a look, and while your compass points North
Lord knows what you'll find on the way
I believe silence is the voice of God
A crescendo of wind and waves
The ivory moon hung like a Pagan idol
A conjured spirit of marrow dreams
The gentle weight of opium
A false warmth in your veins
And I know that it's time to go
But Lord knows that I'd like to stay
While searching for peace
You sold all your memories
He was playing for keeps
Love, what have you done?
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2. |
Spinning Out
02:49
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Lord I'm spinning out
I hit the brakes too hard
Lord I'm spinning out
Run out of pavement, babe
Lord I'm spinning out
This ain't the party that I came for
Surely this can't be the place
Are these the visions that I play for?
Wish I could leave without a trace
This ain't the feeling that I paid for
I'm placing bets with my spare change
Is this really what I'm made for?
Like a driver without a race
Yeah, the world will teach us all to bleed
Yeah, the world will teach us all to breathe
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3. |
Them Jeans
03:12
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Love is never better than a lover
Twin bed tangled in the covers
Like clouds wrapped over all the mountains
With water cascading down
Something that is loved is never lost
Pleasure never comes without a cost
Got a never ending list of what I want
But maybe your beauty is enough, cause
I just want to know how you fit in them jeans, baby
I just want to know if there’s room for me, for me
I just want to know how you fit in them jeans, baby
Everyday, and every way
I try to keep a smile so that you can smile too
Snow day baby we ain't gotta go to school
Sure is cold out but we can play it cool
And the snows still falling down
We are the sum of all the people that we've loved
The sum of all things that we have lost
Got a never ending list of what I want
But maybe your beauty is enough, cause
We planted a forest
We planted the trees my love
But I'm just a tourist
Here to worship the leaves and I don't wanna leave
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4. |
What I Want
03:44
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I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
I said, I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
I feel like shakin’ (The earth under my feet)
I feel like quakin’ (The drums come from the deep)
Is this the feelin’ that I paid for? (Your love don’t come cheap)
Givin’ it up (Hey!) Givin’ it up (Ho!)
I got nothing but flowers baby
They burst forth and bloom to give praise to the lord
We get all that we ask for baby
I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
I said you know I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
I’m feeling caged in (Shackles on my feet)
Feel like I’m fading (But my heart’s still on the beat)
But I'm shining all the same lord (This feeling don’t come cheap)
Givin’ it up (Hey) Givin’ it up (Ho)
I got nothing but flowers baby
They burst forth and bloom to give praise to the lord
We get all that we ask for baby
I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
I said you know, I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
I said you know I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
I said you know, I’ve been praying for me
That’s why I get what I want
That’s why I get what I want
That’s why I get what I want
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It wasn't my idea
Couldn't find it in the past
The buzz was hardly worth it
But at least you signed my cast
But you fell into a deep dark pool
Face to face with what the fuck
I saw your body falling
As I slid down the trunk
It's what it is, what it is, what it is
You finally made the payment
Your tank was filled with gas
History was fading
You were moving up in class
But you fell in a deep dark pool
Face to face with what the fuck
I left your joint to smoulder
And jumped into the mud
It's what it is
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6. |
Everyone Is Wasted Here
03:12
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The hardest part of loving
Is when the pain subsides
And the memories that filled you
Evaporate inside
Like a slowly pulsing ember
A flash of light cast into space
And your heart of stuttered beats
Awaits another fate
All alone with our phones
It’s a lonely future
Surely it will fade
Ain’t no shame in the game
To rely on humor
Cause everyone is wasted here
Your work must be endearing
Such a shame that it should be
That life is mostly fleeting
But has moments you should seize
Yes love will turn to vapors
Cause change is nature’s joy
Who’da thought our home
Would be so easy to destroy
All alone with our phones
It’s a lonely future
Surely it will fade
Ain’t no shame in the game
To rely on humor
Cause everyone is wasted here
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7. |
HELP
03:25
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I met the angel of death
At a stop light flashin’
While driving along through the kingdom of ashes
I rolled down the window
And he asked for a ride
Said he’s got a schedule to keep and he’s fallin’ being
He wore a backpack and khakis
A hoodie and a cap
He wore an old pair of converse, not what i’d expect
He seemed to be troubled as he sat next to me
He rolled down the window and cried
H-E-L-P
Help
Can anybody help?
Can anybody help?
Can anybody H-E-L-P?
Help, can anybody help?
Can anybody help?
Can anybody H-E-L-P?
Can anybody Help?
He showed me places long vacant
Though swamp and the fog
Occupied by shadows of forgotten gods
Lifted barbed wire parcels, through a quicksand sky
Flames gently waved as we passed by
He showed me pieces of darkness
Where time has no meaning
Where the stars have gone out and no heart is beating
This is sport for the crows
I’m the last one to leave
This job can get lonely baby
H-E-L-P
Help
Can anybody help?
Can anybody help?
Can anybody H-E-L-P?
Help, can anybody help?
Can anybody help?
Can anybody H-E-L-P?
H-E-L-P
Help
Can anybody help?
Can anybody help?
Can anybody H-E-L-P?
Help, can anybody help?
Can anybody help?
Can anybody?
Help
Can anybody help?
Can anybody help?
Can anybody H-E-L-P?
Help, can anybody help?
Can anybody help?
Can anybody H-E-L-P?
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8. |
The Last Ovation
04:37
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Is this the last ovation
As your car crossed the line
The time has come to take your leave
And the crowd began to rise
But there was silence
Despite the cacophony
You drained out your colors on the street
It was all a race with time
You know I'm in it for the long haul, oh beautiful baby
You know I'm in this game for keeps
But maybe love is also knowing, when you should let go
Just like a tree must shed it's leaves
We're born together
We fly together
We struggle together
We die together
You forgot the competition
You forgot the blinding light
All along you were racing against time
Please don't close your eyes
Alas it seems, we have come to the end
Will you, try to pretend that you will leave
It's hard to say goodbye
Do you wonder how things could have been?
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9. |
On & On
04:06
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Upon arrival at the party
Seems it hadn't really started
Only a few people were there
I made a drink and then another
Cause I was feeling pretty awkward
Maybe I just needed fresh air
Then the people started showing
The cacophony was growing
The neon lights were glowing in the humid air
You handed me a Tesla
Said someone needs to test them
You downed yours with a seltzer and threw back your hair
It goes on and on and on and on
All the lonely people
Made banter like the seagulls
Flying round in a parking lot fair
The DJ was redlining
But no one seemed to mind it
The neighbors called but none were aware
Then the people started running
Their bags they started dumping
The cherry lights were pulsing in the humid air
But I guess I didn't mind it
Cause I've always been in hiding
I heard your voice call down from the stairs
The party goers stood like terracotta warriors
In the master bedroom
The host yelled out, to smoke it if you got it y'all
Cause the world's ending soon
The cops came up, they had blocked all the doors
Except the bathroom we were hiding in
You opened the window, we were up two floors
And said babe it’s time to spread your wings
It goes on and on and on and on
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10. |
Voyager
04:22
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Oh voyager you're in the deep for us
How's it out there flying, dust searching for dust
Longing for an echo, you bring with you our love
I hope it doesn't weigh too much
We're all flying through dust and silence
Calling out our names
Newfound questions for ancient answers
Where nothing stays the same
And while all things end it's not gone yet
Just exist and be decent
We are what we don't forget
Oh voyager you're of a grand design
The fault of our ambition, our progress paid with time
Is this the shape of our becoming or the curve of our decline?
It's not the stars that make us blind
Of all of our virtues, is ambition the cause?
From sowing our seeds to reaching the stars
Fear not death, fear no pain
The lessons learned in darkness, someday might lead us to grace
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If there’s one thing I know I know nothing at all
And the memories I hold are beginning to dissolve
Like a boulder to stone, like a stone becomes sand
The road to hell, baby, was built by our hands
I could swear that I’ve been here before
Chaos reigns, but baby we can make it work
I could swear that I’ve been here before
How many licks to the center of the universe?
The city was a dying reef, blinded by your confession
The stars hung like Cadillacs at a funeral procession
Taps played on the stereo with a faker on the horn
The withered sun pulls flowers into a twisted form
I could swear that I’ve been here before
Chaos reigns, but baby we can make it work
I could swear that I’ve been here before
How many licks to the center of the universe?
I could swear that I’ve been here before
I could swear that I’ve been here before
I could swear that I’ve been here before
I could swear that I’ve been here before
How many licks to the center of the universe?
How many licks to the center of the universe?
How many licks to the center of the universe?
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12. |
Again
03:37
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Suffocating in the colors
Full sail without a rudder
I'm lookin' back
Oh I needed the rush
I needed to touch
And I lost track
In my head I try to leave
I mark out the path
Will I find peace if I let go
But I wait around
I have failed before
And I will fail again
I spent my soul playing catch up with the wind
Buried in the dust, is where we all will end
Every time I die, yeah, I’ll be born again
In the mornings in the forest
Where gods show their purpose
And come alive
Where light through the trees
Ignites all their leaves, there is no time
And in my head I try to leave
I mark out the path
Will I find peace if I let go
But I wait around
I have failed before
And I will fail again
I spent my soul playing catch up with the wind
Buried in the dust, is where we all will end
Every time I die, yeah, I’ll be born again
I’m waiting at the starting line
And it seems that I've been left behind
Yet I’m the one beneath the lights
Bleachers seatless, everyone is on their feet tonight
I’m waiting at the starting line
And it seems that I've been left behind
Yet I’m the one beneath the lights
Bleachers seatless, everyone is on their feet tonight
I have failed before
And I will fail again
I spent my soul playing catch up with the wind
Buried in the dust, is where we all will end
Every time I die, yeah, I’ll be born again
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13. |
Last One Awake
03:10
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It's 4:00AM
When the ceiling starts to breathe
A silver canopy and I'm swimming through the leaves
It's 5:00AM
The walls have become wind
And darkened mossy limbs
The forest breathes again
Don't know where I'm heading
I can't find find the exit
These walls, Lord, are startin' to break
Oh maybe it's a blessing
That I'm always forgetting
I'm always the last one awake
Just want to shut my eyes
It's 6:00AM
My eyes have made their peace
The dawn begins to leak
The horizon starts to bleed
It's 8:00AM
I've reached the other side
The sun's come out of hiding
Like a mother who has found her child
Don't know where I'm heading
I can't find find the exit
These walls, Lord, are startin' to break
Oh maybe it's a blessing
That I'm always forgetting
I'm always the last one awake
Just want to shut my eyes
It's 9:00AM
At last I am asleep
The only stirring is a kitten purring next to me
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