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1. |
Ones & Twos
02:58
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The sum of this equation
Life is starting to unfold
Looking for the destination
Tripping over bumpy roads
Look at my imagination
This is how I see my role
Losing grip on my frustration
I'm jacks lack of self control
Bring a little change into your life
Let the chips fall where they may
Everybody wants some trouble in life
Don't wanna be like Bob? Just be me
Sell me my own body
You'd try to sell me my own air
This is me
I'm you
Please don't say a word about me
This is you
You're me
We can make this dream reality
So hold me down
Burn your lips into my skin
Watch the lye
Cause I want to destroy something beautiful
Bring a little change into your life
Let the chips fall where they may
Everybody wants some trouble in life
Don't wanna be like Bob? Just be me
Sell me my own body
You'd try to sell me my own air
This is me
I'm you
Please don't say a word about me
This is you
You're me
We can make this dream reality
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2. |
The Island
03:01
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Get me in to that felling
I’m on the saddle
And the clouds have come
I feel the pressure as its building
I've much to do
But I've just begun
I can’t see for a thousand miles
In front of my eyes
I’m far too young for that
Mother laughs and says your lost child
The apple of her eye has fallen
Far from the tree
I just don’t care for it now
Don’t care for being a number
Another lost solider to life
Is a gift to me, treat it as such
Don’t want to spend life doing work I don’t love
Get me to that island
Innisfree
Where I found my poetic love
I miss the water and the freedom
Stuck on a train
That’s going non stop
I can’t see for a thousand miles
In front of my eyes
I’m far too young for that
Mother laughs and says your lost child
The apple of her eye has fallen
Far from the tree
I just don’t care for it now
Don’t care for being a number
Another lost solider to life
Is a gift to me, treat it as such
Don’t want to spend life doing work I don’t love
Get me to that island
Innisfree
Where I found my poetic love
I miss the water and the freedom
Stuck on a train
That’s going non stop
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3. |
Brighter Day
02:27
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It makes you sick to your stomach
As the rain hides away your tears
You feel your life is falling apart
He broke your heart
The memories are planted deep inside you
And you are afraid
But don't you worry
I am here
To wipe away your tears
And after all that we've been through
You know I'm here for you
I'll hold you close and keep you safe
I'll push you towards a brighter day
You go to dream land to escape
As you're forced to wait another day
The real world's waiting here for you
You know it's true
You're such an angel at heart
But angels fall when times get hard
They say it's darkest before the dawn
You'll see the morn'
And after all that we've been through
You know I'm here for you
I'll hold you close and keep you safe
I'll push towards a brighter day
And after all that we've been through
You know I'm here for you
I'll hold you close and keep you safe
I'll push you towards a brighter day
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4. |
The Time Capsule
03:42
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It's not about the money,
it's not because we're friends.
It's just that
I want to see you in the good times,
but you won't take it on yourself
in the way that you know I mean.
This could slowly kill me or it could be keeping me alive,
my whole life.
Money well spent on
your will to leave behind,
memories in this capsule,
debts paid in kind.
It didn't matter at all, it was so long ago.
Money well spent on
your will to leave behind,
memories in this capsule,
debts paid in kind.
Money well spent on
your will to leave behind,
memories in this capsule,
debts paid in kind.
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5. |
Fiona
03:26
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This all feels so right
But I think it’s a bad idea
But we’ll pretend it’ll
All be okay
And you’ll leave me in a month or two
Not before I leave you first
She won’t miss what she’s
Never Known
Take the words right out of my mouth
But all you do is shuffle them around
But they sound better
Now anyway
Da da,
Da da da da daa,
Where going downhill from here
Da da,
Da da da da daa,
Where going downhill from here
A bead of sweat runs from your brow
And now I’m in too deep
And I can’t get
Out of this cage that holds me
You’re broken by a sound
As quite leaves the room
You can’t break
Out of that cage that holds you
Da da,
Da da da da daa,
Where going downhill from here
Da da,
Da da da da daa,
Where going downhill from here
And it’s a long road worth climbing
But it’s quite far from where we started
Yeah it’s a long road worth climbing
We’re going home down hill
Da da,
Da da da da daa,
Where going downhill from here
Da da,
Da da da da daa,
Where going downhill from here
Da da,
Da da da da daa,
Where going downhill from here
Da da,
Da da da da daa,
Where going downhill from here
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6. |
United States of Mind
03:52
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We meet in different in our astral forms.
I guess that we can sleep now.
Your dreams will be lucid
and I can see them too
in our united States of mind
I believe the rapture can go to waste.
I'll key it into your car.
I feel so out of place,
but I'm fine where you are.
An inconvenience and a permanent reminder.
A totem losing spin.
Contrast the world
when you can't trust my words,
but you can trust my words.
I believe the rapture can go to waste.
I'll key it into your car.
I feel so out of place,
but I'm fine where you are.
I believe the rapture can go to waste.
I'll key it into your car.
I feel so out of place,
but I'm fine where you are.
I believe the rapture can go to waste.
I'll key it into your car.
I feel so out of place,
but I'm fine where you are.
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7. |
Never Know
02:57
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It’s so hard not to think about you
Coming up in everything I say or do
And I can't decide what's going on
Inside my mind you're still alive
And it tears my soul apart to know
That you knew you were going to die before your time
And it tears my mind apart
With all the endless questions
Why?
The cancer in him's eating whole all he's known
Why it had to be I'll never know
I hope I don't
I should have been there for you
If only I had seen all you'd done for me
Too blind to see
What died with you was a part of me
And it tears my soul apart to know
That you knew you were going to die before your time
And it tears my mind apart
With all the endless questions
Why I couldn't see all that you meant to me
Too scared to see your warming face for the last time
But I don't know why
I remember you
I remember you
And it tears my soul apart to know
That you knew you were going to die before your time
And it tears my mind apart
With all the endless questions
Why I couldn't see all that you meant to me
Too scared to see your warming face for the last time
But I don't know why
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8. |
It's Called 'Flux'
03:39
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If seasons change, would you fall for me?
Make your way to the sycamore tree
It won't be long
If flux could change, would that be a problem?
Cause I like things the way they are
The sun is low
The leaves are dying
For the first time I'm not even trying
I am!
Set the date in your bed and not miss it
Hibernate these butterfly kisses
You're mine!
And if I find myself knocking at your door
Would you open up and let me in?
Fill me with your warmth and we'll be strong
We'll take our time and build a life
And I'll take you to that sycamore tree
Seasons change like you and me
We've stopped going to the sycamore tree
It's cold now!
We'll keep warm and sit by the fire
Laugh together and conspire to go there!
Hand in hand
Heart in heart
I like things the way they are
But if things change then we'll push past them
We'll still have that sycamore tree
It's still there!
If I find myself knocking at your door
Would you open up and let me in?
Fill me with your warmth and we'll be strong
We'll take our time and build a life
And I'll take you to that sycamore tree
If seasons change, would you fall for me?
Make your way to the sycamore tree
It won't be long
If flux could change, would that be a problem?
Cause I like things the way they are!
And if I find myself knocking at your door
Would you open up and let me in?
Fill me with your warmth and we'll be strong
We'll take our time and build a life
And I'll take you to that sycamore tree
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9. |
Monogamy Queen
03:48
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Here I am
Wishing that I could be free
Everyone wants to be me
Cuz I’m the fucking queen
Look at him
Doing as he please
He’s got everyone on their knees
But Everyone want to be me
I will set you free
Cuz I’m lost in monogamy
Borderline crazy
Getting lost in your sympathy
Everyone loves an orgy
But not the monogamy queen
But fuck it
I wish that was me
The prince of love makes history
Unknown to his wife to be
She is shown what she should’ve seen
Playing on my insanity
I will set you free
Cuz I’m lost in monogamy
Borderline crazy
Getting lost in your sympathy
Do you have the key?
To my vow of chastity
Do you have the key?
Because nobody wants to be me
Because nobody wants to be
I will set you free
Cuz I’m lost in monogamy
Borderline crazy
Getting lost in your sympathy
Do you have the key?
To my vow of chastity
Do you have the key?
Because nobody wants to be me
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10. |
Tastless
04:01
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In life we find it hard to control
Our feelings get lost to the words
All that you think of me
Absurd is that vision
You caused this collision
We're lost to the feeling
You say I'm tasteless but so is water
And we all need that to survive
You say your life is so simple
So predictable and contrived (So simple)
In life we find it hard to move on
Resist the change that it takes to be free
From emotions that chain us in
And keep us from what we're meant to be
A view of sullen submission
Is all that you think of me
But absurd is that vision
It caused this collision
We're lost to the feeling
You say I'm tasteless but so is water
And we all need that to survive
You say your life is so simple
So predictable and contrived (So simple)
I'm fucking tasteless but so is water
And we all need that to survive
You say your life is so simple
So predictable and contrived (So simple)
You say I'm tasteless but so is water and we all need that to survive!
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11. |
Vanity Affair
03:26
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Such a gentle night to be sitting on my porch again
It makes it hard to forget
That only you know how to catch my breath
This static stasis we're caught in
Gives location its bad name
A long hiatus we must wait
Gives us cause for us to crave
Are we smoke rings?
Are we destined to fade?
Or will our consciences scare each other away?
I think we're smoke rings
All the rest went away
I know we're better than this
I swear I'll behave
It's the simple things that bring our fascinations to extremes
I say what you want to hear
And the best part's that I mean it
This static stasis we're caught in
Gives location its bad name
A long hiatus we must wait
Gives us cause for us to crave
Are we smoke rings?
Are we destined to fade?
Or will our consciences scare each other away?
I think we're smoke rings
All the rest went away
I know we're better than this
I swear I'll behave
Such a gentle night to be sitting on my porch again
It makes it hard to forget that only you know how to catch my breath
Are we smoke rings?
Are we destined to fade?
Or will our consciences scare each other away?
I think we're smoke rings
All the rest went away
I know we're better than this
I swear I'll behave
Are we smoke rings?
Are we destined to fade?
I think we're smoke rings
I swear I'll behave.
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