1. |
Beat Down
03:14
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i want a beat down
but just for the education
I want a three-way
but just for the conversation
(there’s a lot more things to say that way)
i want a clean fight
with my own reflection
in the mirror
i wanna get lost
but never found
a permanent defection from myself now
& i don’t need no love
it ain’t strong enough
all i need now is a beat down
something i can feel
even if it never heals
i wanna break
something’s gotta break
don’t wanna live itinerant
i wanna be carcinogen
i wanna get
smoked like a cigarette
so line me up
& knock me down
i’ve lived too long in this small town
i want to break
something’s gotta break
& i don’t need more character
no telemundo dramas here
i wanna breathe
in reality
i drive all night to disconnect
‘cause if I don’t you’re in my head
the highway signs
they clear my mind
you can roll on
you can roll on
you can roll on me
you can roll on me
now
& i don’t want no love
& i don’t need no love
all i need now is a beat down
something i can feel
something that is real
i’m just tired of feeling
beat down
beat down
& i don’t need your love
it ain’t strong enough
all i need now is a beat down
something i can feel
even if it never heals
i wanna break
something’s gotta break
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2. |
Blue Lines
03:30
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thin blue lines
you try & disguise 'em
with mascara hiding them
from sight
& oh goddamn
the endless nights
grubby nose club kids roaming our hallways
with glowing eyes
nobody’s home
answering the phone
you said you weren’t about it
but aw, you loved the tone
a bee in your bonnet
you got all the tea in china
i got zero feelings on it
give or take a plus or minus
(sonnet)
thin blue lines
you try & disguise 'em
with mascara hiding them
from sight & oh goddamn
the endless lies you spin
you cut em with ovaltine
hoping nobody reads
between them
nobody’s home
answering the phone
you said you weren’t about it
but aw, you loved the tone
a bee in your bonnet
you got all the tea in china
i got zero feelings on it
give or take a plus or minus
(sonnet)
needy dog
craving some affection
but all it gets is a little vivisection
nobody’s home
nah, we’ll never find ‘em
here’s a young band
i think i’m gonna sign ‘em
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throw on
that old song
its unchanged melody
could calm you just like me
throw in
some dancing
the familiar rhythm
clears up that schism
but he refuses,
making excuses
you let your hair down
kick off your heels now
boxing the moonlight
till the sunrise taps you out
your hips snake in rhythm
bare feet in precision
a silhouette in constant motion
spinning a web to get his attention
& he refuses
making excuses
he won’t get down
no no no no no no
i can’t move to this song
i always move it wrong
i should be gone
i should be running along
no, i got work in the morning
think i ate something with poison
i’m hearing voices
i chipped my front tooth
i am telling the truth
i’m not makin’ excuses
i know it’s alarming
i think i have come down with something
these are not ruses
i’m not telling lies
i might die
i’m not making excuses
you’ve got no time to mend
a garden of lemons
that he planted in his kisses
when he thought you weren’t paying attention
he’s drinking milk so sour
getting boring by the hour
a silhouette in constant motion
spinning a web of tired affection
go in
with movement
a stiff stiletto
will move repetto
it’s so fleeting
bears repeating
i think you’re making it up
i can’t move to this song
i always move it wrong
i should be gone
i should be running along
no, i got work in the morning
think i ate something with poison
i’m hearing voices
i chipped my front tooth
i am telling the truth
i’m not makin’ excuses
i know it’s alarming
i think i have come down with something
these are not ruses
i’m not telling lies
i might die
i’m not making excuses
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4. |
Hammer Drop
04:21
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when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
will you break down
will you break like glass
oh the push & shove
of falling in & out of love
allonge on freeways
the ballet of heartbreak
will you stand your ground
when you’re knocked back down
even when they throw you into the fires of hell
what do you do
when all of your dreams come true
well for one you can wake up
yeah you can come to
the music was slept on
the drugs were stepped on too
so what do we do
we let the hammer drop
let the hammer drop
let the hammer drop
when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
will you break down
will you break like glass
when the hammer drops
will you break down
will you break like glass
oh the art of war
of drawing lines across the floor
allonge on freeways
the ballet of heartbreak
will you stand your ground
when you’re knocked back down
even when they throw you into the fires of hell
get a taste of affection
feels like perfection
but you
know it ain’t true
oh it ain’t true
so what’s there to do now
that we’ve come down
we can’t stop
no we can’t stop
let the hammer drop
let the hammer drop
let the hammer drop
will you feel ok?
will you feel ok?
when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
when the hammer drops
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5. |
George's Garden
03:57
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great light, little heat
all night, falling
falling all night
it's all right darling
soft left, hard right
we've gone the wrong way all night
& the lights go up
& you stay in your seat
because you've fallen asleep
but it's all right
yeah the lights go up
& you stay in your seat
because you've fallen asleep
yeah it's all right
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6. |
No Floor
01:44
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oh no
there is no ceiling
there is no floor
so low
you couldn’t get much
you couldn’t get much
anymore?
there is no window
there is no door
there is no ceiling
there is no floor
all night
there was
one light
because
you can’t be living in the dark
it couldn’t get much worse
but there is no floor
oh no
there is no heaven
there is no home
& all alone
i could’ve died
in your arms tonight
& let go
there is heaven
there is no home
there is no ceiling
there is no floor
all night
there was
one light
because
you can’t be living in the dark
it couldn’t get much worse
but there is no floor
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7. |
Magic Is Gone
03:25
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you fed me half a lie
i chewed it to the rind
my mind unwinding
a butterfly in the spine
the limelight burns my eyes
before it used to
hold me like a doe-eyed baby
i dream of narrow graves
sleeping off malaise
of waiting
for something bigger
something better
something stranger
something other
than this whole life of mine
allow for action
the light refraction
remains constant
the change, we lost it
we lost it
we lost it
we lost it
oh i see
the writing on the wall
it’s moving nothing
inside me at all
inside me
there’s hardly
any magic
nothing’s moving
can’t let it
stop me now
won’t let it
tear me down
allow for action
give in, attraction
we still got the movement
but the magic
we’ll lose it
sit out the way, boy
get out the way
it’s feeling all wrong
you got nothing to say
we put out the ember
we put it away
can’t hardly remember
what it used to say
we lost it
we lost it
we lost it
we lost it
we lost it
we lost it
we lost it
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8. |
Pink Cloud Compression
03:30
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don’t go in the water
it’s moving slow
but always deeper
the way you go
get off my cloud
baby blue
you’re falling down
now i feel you
you said there’s hell to pay in frog town tonight
over some beef in little Tokyo
i see the madness brimming in your eyes
a child who’s never been told no
oh
ain’t no depression
no
pink cloud compression
turn the key again
in the hole
your wet brain
away you go
get off my cloud
baby blue
you’re falling down
now i feel you
you tried to cast a wicked spell over me
under the moon in little Tokyo
i see the sadness brimming in your lies
a child who’s never been told no
oh
ain’t no depression
no
pink cloud compression
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all you really in want in life
is a crazy love
the kind of love
that rewinds you & reminds you
of how it was
all you really want in life
is a crazy love
the kind of love ya
never thought ya’d
get another
chance at chasing
the kind of stupid love
that makes an old heart young again
it drives you up the wall
makes you wanna pull your hair out
you’re dreaming
your body is drifting
a satellite that is lost
you wanna raze the building
of empty rooms you’re always filling
with your heart as a hearth
there’s no warmth in return
& are you getting sick of searching
for the source of what is burning
all the embers you remember
would dance behind your eyes
& all you really in want in life
is a crazy love
the kind of love
that rewinds you & reminds you
of how it was
all you really want in life
is a crazy love
the kind of love ya
never thought ya’d
get another
chance at chasing
the kind of stupid love
that makes an old heart young again
you amble thru the motions
sleepwalk into the ocean
a cool breeze will come along
& wash away the storm
are you getting sick & bitter
a grifter always stealing
any light that you can find
to guide you thru the night
& all you really in want in life
is a crazy love
the kind of love
that rewinds you & reminds you
of how it was
all you really want in life
is a crazy love
the kind of love ya
never thought ya’d
get another
chance at chasing
the kind of stupid love
that makes an old heart young again
& all you really want in life
& all you really want tonight
& all you really want in life
is a crazy love
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duck
you better duck
it’s comin’ fast
you’re out of luck
so do the duck
the dead duck
hit the deck
it’s bad luck
tripping down a waterfall
you thought you could have it all
duck
dead duck
well this is me
fallin’ on my sword
see these tears?
well, praise the lord!
a longer yawn
a bigger brain
guess i’m a whiz
‘cuz i’m fuckin’ bored
tripping down a waterfall
you thought you could have it all
dig a grave
shanghai bowtie
suicide, you & i
tripping down a waterfall
you thought you could have it all
tripping down a waterfall
you thought you could have it all
duck
dead duck
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11. |
Out Of Time
04:20
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out of time
out of time
you’re out of time
you’re out of time
you’re out of time
out of time
you’re out of time
out of time
you’re out of time
you’re out of time
you’re out of time
out of time
immolation
when you sing with your heart out
with your heart on your sleave
then you think you can walk out
to be locked out
believe
& you speak with your tongue tied
& your thoughts hide from sleep
no light
no meaning
no sense of ever being
free
you want innovation
want a new sensation
want me to mention
the dimension
of a classic array
with a shot of redemption
& the weight is coming down
& the beast is on your heals
& you feel the heat once more
but it’s just a closing door
& the wait is coming down
& the beast is on your heals
& you feel the heat once more
but it’s just closing door
you’re out of time
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