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1. |
Everybody's A Critic
00:36
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{I'm tracking let's go}
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2. |
Where
04:10
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Don't have to be afraid
at the center of attention
I'd rather say it to a crowd than to your face
There’s no thought of where we’re going
No thought of where we’ll be
And then we crashed
Fell at least I think we have
No complaints a scratch a scrape and a nervous laugh
And I cant look past you, No I can’t see through you anymore
There's no thought of where we're going
There's no thought of where we'll be
There's no thought of where we're going
As morning approaches
I head off to catch some sleep
I sigh, let go and sink
Deep into the sheets
The facts and situation
Blend and haunt my dreams
I wake up and smile
I woke up and smiled
A quiet reason why
There's no thought of where we're going
There's no thought of where we'll be
There's no thought of where we're going
There's no though of where we'll be
{And I can't look past you
And I can't see through you anymore}
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3. |
Kings
04:42
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{Aw, dude I get a killswitch now!}
*ba ba ba ba*
*ba ba ba ba ba*
[Don't hit that by accident]
{3, 4}
The year was 1954 or so
Made his way back across the Pacific
Ocean air, breeze off the coast
Hometown girl still here he hoped
The time goes on, and she forgets
And when he died she never
Felt it when he left
Introduce yourself friend in the mirror
Foreign reflection she says hello
Introduce yourself friend in the mirror
Foreign reflection you say hello
Left on her own
Gentle pleasant, quiet, cold
My Name left on the ground
deadpan pictures deadened sound
Where am I and does he hate me?
It’s been so long since he stopped by
There’s only one, you know I found him
There’s only one, you know he's mine
Left on her own
Gentle pleasant, quiet, cold
My Name left on the ground
deadpan pictures deadened sound
Where am I, and does he hate me?
It’s been so long since you stopped by
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4. |
Say It To A Crowd
00:29
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{do you think they'll
figure it out?}
< d o y o u w a n t t h e m t o ? >
{some of it
not all of it}
{n o t a l l o fnn o t a l l o f in o t a l l o f i t t o t an o t a l l o f i t l l o f in o t a l l o f i t t i tnn o t a l l o f i t n o t a l l o f i to t a l l o fn o t a l l o f i t i t}
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5. |
Chapels
05:04
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{Let's play
let's play the song}
A good man's ghost probably haunts this place
There’s something
About old chapels
Hours staring up at lights
Patterns in my eyes
Never enough
Where did the time go?
Where did my drive go to change?
I’ve been sitting too long
But I still feel the same
I’ve been wasting my time
Small town
Tight knit
To no one
I know
That face
From somewhere
I know
That face
I swear
Sleeves rolled back down
Can you feel it too?
I can only hope
I can only hope
It lasts til the morning
Did you hear ‘bout the vigil downtown?
Such a shame that the vigil’s downtown
Send my regards
Send my regards
I hope it does something.
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6. |
Contrast
03:38
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I like to think just in the dark
Sun puts out too much
Open up the lens
Curtain
Exposure's not that bad
You need it to see
The colors from the shade
Can we get back
to where we were?
Was it fleeting
or can we make it last?
When we both knew
The world was alive and
well
Shadows cast by tunnels
Makes them worth the trip
Canyons form the hills
God knows I could use the lift
Ears back like a dog you limp back home
You did the right thing
Did the right thing so you know
Ears back like a dog you limp back home
You did the right thing
Did the right thing now you know
But you've only shown
That you know you've grown
And isn't that the beauty of it
all
Can we get back
to where we were?
Was it fleeting
or can we make it last?
Can we get back
to where we were?
Was it fleeting
or can we make it?
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7. |
Carry
03:53
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didn’t speed up, in the rain
The other day
Hat still set back glancing at the gray
And I know it won’t carry over
Fly over states
Mountains and plains
Pages and papers that
Don’t say, your name
But we both know
That I’m spelling it out
And I know it won’t carry over
and I hope the place that you call home
Takes you in
Escaping pavement, trading it in
For her grin
You chose right
You manned up I can’t deny
Never crossed your finish line
And I know it won’t carry over
Now I’m on landlocked Island Time
you haven’t made the call but
Neither have I
Set in bustling opposite lives
Cause I got class you got 9 to 5
Your Family, my friends
Separate grass, green divide
I tell myself
There’s no reconcile
And I know it won’t carry over
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8. |
Letter
03:48
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But I’m writing you a letter
Cause the winters up here
Are way too slow
And I’m writing you a letter
Cause the winters up here
Are way too slow
The Carrier's been delayed
Crossing the mountains between us
Taking his time I’m sure
-
But what he doesn’t know
Is the letters, they've arrived
Now they’re buried in the snow
Now they're buried in the frozen tide
“Brother, I hope that all is well
I'm Crossing the mountains when spring thaw pierces
The divinely frozen hell”
It was his response
lost in transit
Describing thoughts of a lone ship on the Atlantic
A trail far too long
And meager his rations equipped for the weather being this strong
A last testament
He felt it cliche for in his hands to lay and so he sent it on along
"And I’m writing you a letter
Cause winters up here
Are way too slow”
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9. |
Phenolic Microballoons
00:27
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{o o o o o o o o o h h h h h
woahoh oh oh o o o o h h
o o o o o o o o o h h o o o o o o o o o h h h h h
woahoh oh oh o o o o h hh h h
woo o o o o o o o o h h h h h
woahoh oh oh o o o o h hahoh oo o o o o o o o o h h h h h
woahoh oh oh o o o o h hh oh o o o o h hoo o o o o o o o o h h h h h
woahoh oh oh o o o o h h o o o o o o o o h h h h h
woahoh oh oh o o o o h h}
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10. |
Skyline
08:51
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She found her last home on the third story
Two windows in every room
But they were locked that day
you came to know as the sun began to rise
it may as well have never cleared the trees and met your eyes
you came to know as the sun began to rise
it may as well have never cleared the trees
You can’t see the skyline
No view just a waste
Could she see the skyline?
No view, was it a waste
Is there any point in writing about her death?
Ten more newspaper printings can’t say what hasn’t
been said yet
what hasn't been said yet
But it’s the stories
And lives
That come to an end
That come to an end
She was 10 years old
it tore you in two
Remember you told me she’d ask
If she could come home with you
Cut short by a bursted burning battery
A quiet falls over
A quiet falls over everyone
Sun pours over horizon
Loss
placed
firmly at
your feet
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11. |
Talk
02:33
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Television screen
Drenches walls
and I'm left
Lying on the floor by myself
Spinning ceiling fan
hours spent
dwelling on the feelings that I know won't see next
year
And I
love to talk
About how I'm tired
all the time
And I
need to talk
air through my chest
pay me no mind
Simple words in hand
clouded eyes
a weight
lifted off my shoulders
that's for sure
Threatening skies
still sit outside
it's fine
never minded nasty weather anyhow
And I
love to talk
About how I'm tired
all the time
And I
need to talk
air through my chest
pay me no mind
Telling myself daily
there must be something wrong
but now
I'm going to leave that all behind
Telling myself daily
there must be something wrong
you all
you taught me to leave that all roadside
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12. |
Roadside
04:10
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Blank eyes that stare me through the most
Blank mind that still seems full of hope
Left
To it's own
Devices
No
Machine, no leverage
Left
Lying Faded
in the sun
Skin
Parched for marks
Spine come undone
Blank eyes that stare me through the most
Blank mind that still seems full of hope
Frigid
Air
of Silence biting
Ragged
Edge
Not much left worth,
a "Worse for wear"
A body
lying struck down
left aware
A body
left aware, left aware
And so I grabbed a
hold of his skull and I pulled
and I screamed in
All of the words that
I'd been taught over the years
now my voice is
gone
And so I grabbed a
hold of his skull and I pulled
and I screamed in
All of the words that
I'd been taught over the years
now my voice is
gone
Oh roaming traveler
Dead on the road away from home
Your spirit escaped
From the rib-cage where you kept her
To fly
Prematurely to the light
It’s not your time
I’ll speak you back to life
As dendrites clasp hands with axons
Cannon shot synapses fire at will
I will transfer my essence
Through astral projections
Of self through the void of your skull
A reanimate being
Somnambulant vessel of flesh
I command you to rise, Lazarus, rise
Get to your feet open your eyes
Open your eyes
The blank eyes I'd seen took on a familiar glimmer
and as I passed out with the dirt in my eyes,
the traveler
began to stand
Blank eyes that stare you through the most
Blank mind that still seems full of hope
My blank eyes stare you through the most
My blank eyes stare you through
{bow bow bow}
{YES}
(I did that right!)
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13. |
Cedar
03:24
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We made it back
But not to where we were
this is our home now
Crumpled up
Thrown into the street
Swept up what my life was meant to be
But now I know, taught by the best
Sieve mind clogged retains and now it’s time to rest
On this plateau, tired but ready to take flight
perched on the cedar that still sits set in search for sun light
I settle in
Won't settle down
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14. |
Tinnitus
08:54
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I can't sleep
Even If I tried
The only sound I hear’s
The constant ringing in my ears, no
On my own in my search for quiet
Last time, had to cross an ocean just to find it
I can’t sleep
Even If I tried
The only sound I hear’s
The constant ringing in my ears
no I can't sleep
Even when the lights go out, No I can't sleep
(Even when the lights go out)
And I couldn't sleep
Even If I tried
The only sound I hear’s
The constant ringing in my ears
no I can't sleep
(It's annoying, isn't it?)
{MAKE IT STOP}
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