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Naive and Prepared
02:56
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Naive and Prepared
this could represent the future or we could let it all fall down
i'm out of arms, they're blocking magic spells
one boy in a wagon, one more to push the wagon around
stop walking and see if he can push it himself
all for the good of humility
it's all i need
here's a brand new truth to hold you over 'til dinner boys
the black bloc murdered santa claus
two boys in a treehouse, two more to chop the fuckers down
we'll see next time if they invite you around
in the tradition of changing traditions
and when i'm old enough
i'll sell all my secrets to the enemy
flying velcro two dollar shoes
come back, come back
it hurts no matter what you do
even that, even that
it's ok cheyne, this time i'll watch your feet for stones
chin up, chin up
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2. |
tightropelovesong
04:04
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tightropelovesong
call us out, we rock and roll
we chew the stars, as stories go
stories go
all this time, it's all for you
all my time, my cookie jar
my blue jeans, i tore 'em up
i tore 'em up
it's all for you
three am, i'm fast asleep
the dogs are hardly stirring
stirring
all this time, i dream of you
all my time, my leather coat
my whereabouts, i never know
never know
it's all for you
flowers, flowers
are gonna shake a lot, shake a lot
thirty one home safely, thirty two still needs me
i gotta shake him off, shake him off
my good books, my tightrope
my tablecloth, you take it all
my bad dreams, my rookie cards
my senses, you set 'em off
but they're all i've got
and it's not enough
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3. |
Citizen Singleton
03:14
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Citizen Singleton
i am onto you
i am your sneaky friend
i am the cracking ceiling falling on your fancy parts
in the overtones, underneath you
there are spiders marching tunes
the walls are coming alive
so c-c-come here
you little bundle of nerves
the lever drops and trap doors are falling all around you
f-f-f-for real
for the very last time
before the lights go out....shhhhhhhh
i am onto you
i can see clearly now
and i've waited a long time to step out of the shadows and get a little sunshine
you think you are so smart
well i'm smarter than you
and we both know mom only needs one little bouncing baby boy
so p-p-please
could you just shed a little tear
before it's 'boys to your placenta' and the bell sounds
oh i'll look so sweet
in my little pall bearer suit
i wish you could be there to see
onto the weighing mat
regretting the past
delivery was fast
i strapped you to my back
onto the new house
this should have been our room
yellow, pink and blue
to distract me from you
a warrior's respect
i keep you in my hands
i kept your silly chord
yo, i tied it around my neck
i am missing you
all the time
and all the time you're pushing back farther into my memory
but you're my comrade, my better half
why, oh why did we do that?
it just got so hot
three hundred days in the dark
and we could've done without the comments and the attitude
each christmas eve
i won't be able to sleep
knowing i'm getting your shit too
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The Bathroom Lights (Humpty Jumped)
i'm an animal
i can't keep anything down
oh it's a lot of pressure
it's a lot of trying
in a carbon mine
in a mixed blue bout of sunshine
here's hoping
here's to getting out on time
you woke up your fat heart
you woke up in a bad place
you rolled over scratching your ass
and you drove out for coffee
but don't fall asleep at the wheel
'cause i won't pick up the pieces
and all the king's horses...
one day, they will all go blind
like an oven mitt
on the way in to paradice
i'm an animal
i can piss on mine
i've seen the other class in a mantra
screaming 'no more truth'
then they broke all the mirrors in the room
i had so many happy thoughts
i lost them all at once
i lost them in a big bang
i lose so many things
all the king's horses
so many extra pieces
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5. |
Too Much of a Good Thing
05:10
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Too Much of a Good Thing
give me a corner of the market
i could make a killing
on fancy crap that won't break down
until you make it home
one for the price of many
dissapointed
i walk to work
'cause it soothes my bones
chips corners off my shoulders
and the wife and kids
just break my balls
they're always picking
too much of a good thing
can only hurt you
when the boss is out
we're strictly business
i'm up and energetic
for faster cars and sterile women
why would you ever stop winning?
you work for something until it works you
and it'll work you
late at night
when i'm trying to sleep
and the numbers are always ticking
i close my eyes
and i count them all
the pink, pink, pink little piggies flying
it was once in a lifetime brother
not one in a million
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6. |
Silk
03:30
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Silk
you can dance to anything
elbows and smiles hitting on me
you get the words wrong to everything i put on
but it's alright
i like it fine
but it seems like we only talk
when we're fucked up out of our minds
ain't it a shame
i didn't meet you at a better time
you can dance to anything
elbows and smiles fixed on me
i kissed you so deep
it drained all the color from your eyes
i miss your porch
baby i miss your time
we had to stay out so, so long
spreading our good love around
ain't that the way
we waste all our good smiles
and when seven in the morning rolls around
and you stumble back to the house
i'm not in love
i'm not in love
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My Brother, The Terrorist
my brother came home to cause a scene
truant as he may be
prone to abstract thoughts
he tore a strip from me
questioned all that i'd bought
and all that i need
brother came home on thorazine
to clean our clocks
make loops of linear thoughts
to test our love
i felt it but not that much
nothing bothered and nothing changed
brother filled the kettle with kerosine
to burn the family plot
he said, 'you all don't need that much'
when they dragged him off
i swear i heard him singing this song
it moves through me
a white drop in the grey
it leaves the same
and this is how they see me
don't leave your women and children behind
my eyes are sky-lit
i'm so drunk and you're breathing on me
i'm so happy i could squeeze you
swift, obscene
if you believe they believe
in tying you down
before the catapult blows you away
and you'll just be floating around on the breeze
toes catch the trees
but your heart isn't in your feet
the whole world chasing feathers
how sweet
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8. |
The Grey Market
03:41
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The Grey Market
i wouldn't recommend this
chances are they'll terminate you
up in a flash of sparks
out at a moment's notice
come on, come on, come on
it's time for a bit of the brilliant
outside, outside, outside
they pull like a million tug-boats
dressed in a shiny vision
of the affordable future
too drunk to drive
the driver is on vacation
for all time, for all time
it's too fast, too high
tonight
the cyclone behind the invention
the high rise, high rise, high rise
it leans in anticipation
this is not proper fiction
it's too hard to make lies
anymore, anymore
there's no time anymore
i have no contribution
i just came for the door prize
i've won once before
i don't win anymore
anymore, anymore
i don't win anymore
and i'm not losing patience
i'm playing with yours
piece of mind, piece of pie
piece of tooth on the floor
anymore, anymore
we don't smile anymore
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9. |
Bones
04:22
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Bones
a white scar
a heroine
in a pink puffy dress
i've got two jars and they're full of human beings
a short walk through the castle gates
and i come upon some trash
mr gimme this and gimme that
and i'm too good for that
i said my piece carefully so as not to insult
i have nothing i could bear to part with
and as i made my way through the town i could
hold my head high
because at least i had looked down
i have a good heart
i wish i had babies
before i grew old
there are stretch marks that my stockings cover
and i looked a lot better
when i didn't look a lot
it was boring
but god it flew by
yes, those were good times
i have seen all my relatives grow
distant and cold
from the drink
from the heart
from the get-go
and someday they'll paint pretty pictures of me
for the next generation to let go
and you would be laughing too
trust me, trust me
it's only the portrait i seek
i'm afraid of tidal waves
i'm afraid of quiet days
i'm afraid of almost everything
so what if i forget to speak
and lifetimes flutter over me
and nobody ever comes to get my bones
well i had imaginary friends
who met imaginary ends
because i couldn't get them to understand
we are old
and we know
there's a few steps to go
but how can you go home?
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