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2017/02/01 - Eyes, Open
00:43
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I keep falling asleep
With my eyes wide open
My eyes wide open
I keep chasing my dreams
With my eyes wide open
My eyes wide open
Why can’t I hardly see
With my eyes wide open
My eyes wide open
My dreams will terrorize me
With my eyes wide open
Eyes wide open
Eyes wide open
Eyes open
Eyes wide open
Eyes wide open
Eyes wide open
Open
Eyes wide open
Eyes wide open
Eyes wide open
Open
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2017/02/02 - Of the Moon
01:17
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Only heater heats the room
Freshest stale air from the gloom
Simple stature breaks the loom
Open harness of the moon
Of the moon
Of the moon
Gently pulling
Gently pulling
At the moon
At the moon
Roughly spinning
Soundly trimming
At the moon
At the moon
Only child of the womb
Years a way from buried tomb
Filled with joy of wistful tune
Fascinated by the moon
By the moon
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I feel like I’m forgetting
Something that happened today
I can’t quite remember
It’s just like any other day today
I’m blanking on a memory
It’s importance it escapes me
But who could really blame me?
More than I blame myself
I feel like I’m neglecting
Some words to this song
The content I’m projecting
Will never ever last that long
And suddenly my intent will become clear
When the ages are lost in the years
Then who will sing this forgotten song
The fire burns out as the memories move on
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Hard floor
Thick door
To the outside
Cold light
Just as bright
It shines
Louder still
Silent
In the night
All right, all right
Hard floor
Thick door
To the outside
Cold light
Just as bright
As it shines
Louder still
Silent
In the night
All right
In touch with the west
For the best
No time for the rest
Take the test
In touch for the rest
For the best
No time for the rest
Take the test
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Out of your brain
Going insane
And man I don’t know
What’s happenin'
Losing our time
Wasting our minds
Listenin' to you
And your happenings
Out of your brain
Going insane
And man I don’t know
What’s happenin'
Losing our time
Wasting our minds
Listenin' to you
And your happenings
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I’m far away from you
Far away from
I’m far away from you
I’m far away from you
Far away from
I’m far away from you
And so let it be
And so let it be
And so let it
And so let it
And so le-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh
I’m far away from you
Far away
I’m far away from you
I’m far away from you
Far away
I’m far away from you
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I reset all my dreams in the mornin’
I recast all my characters in new roles
But the room I’m in it stays the same
With newer curtains and
Fresher paint upon the walls
I forget all I ever daydream
I regret never writing it down
But the state I’m in it always stays the same
With wallpaper falling
I’m just crawling
Crawling along
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Slightly erratic
Surrounded by static
Are you?
Feeling nostalgic
A trip to the Baltic
Would you?
Cascade around me
Or work to astound me
Could you?
Exclaim it all
If the words on the wall
Don’t speak to you
Morbid efficient
The morsel is stringent
Do you?
Seeming redundant
Political pundit
Will you?
Reach for the stars
Against the cold bars
Can you?
Proclaim it all
If the art on the wall
Dosn’t speak to you
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Open the back door
And let the wind in
It will be chilly
As embers are thin
Boarding up windows
For the coming storm
Boarding up windows
For the coming storm
Lay down in blankets
Accept your own fate
For winter is cold
As the wind on the lake
Boarding up windows
For the coming storm
Boarding up windows
For the coming storm
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2017/02/10 - Neighbors
01:02
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Calling up on the phone
Shouting aloud about unpaid loan
Ring ring up your leaders
Tell them what you want to know
Ring ring up your neighbors
Scream about what they know
Dialing in on the tone
Laughing in spite of home
Ring ring up your leaders
Tell them what you want to know
Ring ring up your neighbors
Scream about what they already know
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2017/02/11 - Encounter
02:10
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I can’t afford to
See what I’m doing here
Scream at my top voice
Lingering choice-less
Am I a wreck to you
What have I done to you
To tip you over the edge
Crying to the vision of
Encounter encounter
I meant you no harm
Encounter encounter
Your smile disarms
Encounter encounter
You see right through to me
Encounter encounter
How else could we be
I sought to comfort
Straight laced unattached
Voice in my head said
I’ll never feel relaxed
Touch you salted tears
On you shoulder
I remember when I was here
Never so near
Recount it recount it
Just as you know
Recount it recount it
The way you were told
Recount it recount it
We’re all growing old
Recount it recount it
As I would to you
I can’t afford to
See what I’m doing here
Scream at my top voice
Lingering choice-less
Am I a wreck to you
What have I done to you
To tip you over the edge
Crying to the vision of
Encounter encounter
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2017/02/12 - So Lost
01:14
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How would you like to see
A series set in timeframes
Of long forgotten dreams
And lovers locked in plot leans
Directors jacking off
With digital editing
Producers snorting up
On public marketing
I guess that I’ll keep watching
The priceless dialogue
Of drama stigmatized
I see right through that fog
Let’s crank em out again
But why keep it consistent
When they will watch with friends
Them addicts are persistent
You lost me at the pilot
Episode where no ones watching
The crash was far too bold
To believe its scheduled course
And it seems like no one knows
The point that they are making
So why should I waste time
Digesting content as a chore
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2017/02/13 - I Concede
00:37
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I concede
I concede
You beat me
You beat me
Yes you win
Yes you win
Defeat me
Defeat me
And now I’ll find
I’m out of time
Spent my money
Down to my last dime
And time will rewind
I concede
I concede
You beat me
You beat me
Yes you win
Yes you win
Defeat me
Defeat me
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2017/02/14 - Love Letter
02:30
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When he sent her that love letter
I thought that it would upset her
What was I to do I lost I lost
Through and through
When he sent her that second letter
I knew that it wouldn’t get any better
But she reveled in its glory
And I knew and I knew and I knew and I knew
And I knew and I knew and I knew and I knew
It was true
The way she brushed it off without feeling
The way she left me hurt and reeling
In the dark
I should have known from the start
Then arrived the third hard letter
And he became her hearts debtor
And I cried and I cried and I cried
And I cried and I cried a nd I cried
What has she done
But be damned to hell with both of them
I hope they sink when I swim
I believe I believe I believe I believe
I believe I believe I believe
That I’ll float to the top
The way she brushed it off without feeling
The way she left me hurt and reeling
In the dark
I should have known from the start
She’d break my heart
But I’ll believe I’ll believe I’ll believe I’ll believe
I’ll believe I’ll believe I’ll believe I’ll believe
I’ll believe I’ll believe I’ll believe
That I’ll float to the top
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You can’t find the future
By lookin' in the past
You can’t find the future
It’s never gonna last
It’s so solemn here solemn here
You’re never gonna know
Lost my cool in here cool in here
A hundred feet of snow
It’s so solid here solid here
I think I’ll have a go
I’m a fool in here a fool in here
Inside a drift of snow
You don’t mind the future
Not lookin' for the past
You don’t mind the future
It’s never gonna last
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I’d paint a portrait
If I could
I’d paint a portrait of
Your neighborhood
I’d draw a picture
Of your face
I’d write a letter
To the whole human race
And I’d say I’d say I’d say I’d say
Why do you gotta be this way?
Why do you gotta be?
Why do you gotta be this way?
Why do you gotta be?
I’d carve a statue
If I could
A likeness of you
If only I would
I’d sculpt of clay
Of your smile
I’d show the whole world
Of their own denial
And I’d say
Why do you gotta be this way
Why do you gotta be?
Why do you gotta be this way?
Why do you gotta be?
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Office
Off set
Early
On set
Office
On set
Early
Off set
Office
Off set
Early
On set
Office
On set
Early
Off set
Office
On set
Early
Odd set
Office
On set
Early
On set
Office
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The flowers on the floor
I don’t need them anymore
And I’m going door to door
Just to see you
Just to see you
Just to see you
Just to see you
The flowers on the floor
I don’t need them anymore
And I’m going door to door
Just to see you
Just to see you
Just to see you
Just to see you
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2017/02/19 - Gasoline
00:54
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How can you fill me up
With gasoline
Its all it took
How can you waste my time
With precious cargo
On my mind
How can you turn on me
Lock me up
And throw the key
Against the wind
For all to see
It’s lost on me
It’s lost on me
It’s lost on me
It’s lost on me
It’s lost on me
It’s lost on me
It’s lost on me
It’s lost
How can you break my run
And dash apart
My only fun
Why is it all you see is destiny
It’s meant to be
How come I’ll never know
The story was is
Story told
Talked about and picked apart
And left there by the road
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Fuck everything
And damn it all to hell
Fuck everything
And damn it all as well
But fuck you
And fuck you too
Fuck you
And fuck you all
And fuck you
And fuck you too
And fuck you the most
Fuck everything
And damn it all to hell
Fuck everything
And damn it all as well
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I don’t wanna
Write a song today
I don’t really
Think it’s wrong
I don’t wanna
Say a word today
I don’t really
Know how long
I don’t wanna
Write a song today
I don’t really
Think it’s wrong
I don’t wanna
Say a word today
I don’t really
Know how long
I don’t wanna
Write a song today
I don’t really
Think it’s wrong
I don’t wanna
Say a word today
I don’t really
Know how long
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22. |
2017/02/22 - Object To
00:35
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Object to
All your lonely
Feelings are
Only homely
Bring me to bay
Show me the way
Show me the way
Today
Object to
All your lonely
Feelings are
Only homely
Bring me to bay
Show me the way
Bring me to bay
Away
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I can’t seem to fall asleep
I mine as well take a shower
I can’t seem to fall asleep
Awake at this ungodly hour
I can’t seem to fall asleep
I mine as well take a shower
I can’t seem to fall asleep
Awake at this ungodly hour
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When the spring comes
When the spring comes
When the spring comes
I feel it
I feel it
When the spring comes
When the spring comes
I feel it
I feel it
For the years
When the spring comes
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Open heart, open mind, (etc.)
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I find truth in
Being here
I feel death
It’s oh so near
So come closer
To me
So come closer
To me
Of the fire
In your eyes
Determined flames
That touch the sky
So let go of me
Please
So let go of me
Please
Let go of me please
Let go of me please
Let go of me please
Let me be please
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27. |
2017/02/27 - Only Danger
00:46
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Only danger
In my rear-view
Mirror slowly
Gaining speed on
Me I’m watching
As the dust storm
Catches up
And wraps
Around me
Only drought
Will follow closely
Blotting out
The red sun mostly
Gaining quickly
Catching up
My stomach’s turning
Growing sickly
Only death it
Drives beside me
Pulls me over
Asks me nicely
Time is up you’ve
Run your course
You may release
Your last remorse
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Goodbye February
You’ve been good to me
Except that time when you
Weren’t that good to me
Goodbye February
I’d really let you be
Cuz goodby February
You weren’t that good to me
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