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I don’t know about me
Take my life, and put it on a pedestal
I don’t get beamed down this way usually
But, it’s time for a change of scenery
I’m an alien with a sleep mask on
And I don’t know where I went wrong
The front door slammed next to me
Woke me up in my cryogenic chamber
I said, ‘Where are we again? No idea?
Well, that’s quite alright, I must be dreaming’
I’m an alien with a sleep mask on
And I’m sleeping with both eyes closed
I’ll probe you when I wake up
I’m an alien with a sleep mask on
I come from the outside
The outside looking in
But, I’m so inside my head
Yeah, it’s beautiful from the outside
But I’m always looking in
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2. |
Look To
04:00
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When I was a little tyke
Bombing hills in the summertime
I felt the sun
I had your face memorized
Looking up and kissing you goodnight
From the comfort of my room
But, I don’t wanna choose
I just don’t know who to look to
Pick apart both our lives
It’s hard to know you’ll need me soon like I
Like I used to need you
Looking over eye to eye
You tearfully tell me not to cry
I’m right here beside you
But I don’t wanna choose
I just don’t know who to look to
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3. |
My Hands Grow
03:52
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Oh, my hands grow
All the way to the sky
White clouds arrive
When the wind blows past us over the light
I know that it’s hard to cry sometimes
While no one watches, shake your head and wonder why
I can’t tell you how I tried
Oh, to love what I can’t describe
Yeah, I’ll watch you by and by
While we hang by the riverside
It’s night and day, how it feels when we stay
Outside, driving down the roads that snake all across the county line
Know that what you see
Is just life in a vivid dream
The tall grass, it hides whole civilizations bugs design
I know that it’s hard to feel my love
Just trust that all we’ve learned tonight is real
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4. |
A Vision
03:52
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I had a vision of a dying blade of grass
Woke up in an instant to find it had come to pass
I stared up at the ceiling fan until the sun came back
With closed eyes in the distance
I woke up in an instant, and I hit the gravel road
Walked around the backyard where I shook down all my foes
I passed right through the mess of a spiderweb like some infernal ghost
Then drove off for some breakfast
The rain had stopped ‘round 10 o’clock while we wound our way home
And on the side of the road, saw Hannah
There was a possum lying face up in the road
All of the water in the air had somehow turned to gold
As the hot and soft pavement rocked him slowly in the mist
We drove by in an instant
Terrified and staring I slammed my foot on the gas
And swerved right by in an instant
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Anj
03:24
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The day we met
I had a brand new heartbeat, twisting
Its way through my chest
Humming like a silhouette in the dark
You sat in a chair
And held my tiny body, rocking
And it’s hard to send
My aching mind back after what came and went
I’m not alone
The day my parents moved
You took me over to Indiana
We went to the mall
I rode a paper airplane inside
The motion simulator
Breaking my back, a fiery death
And when we got out
You held me close, I was shaking, I know it
I’m not alone
You were never broken up
Or less than whole, you’re powerful
But, I’m not the one to tell you this
I know, you’ve told yourself
I’ll do what I can
To make this all go away faster
But, you are the one
Who tells me not to call you when I try to say
You’re not alone
I’m not alone
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I just had a thought
‘What if I never came home?’
I’d go and get a job
Uninstalling ‘90s payphones
I like the sunrise
But, I just want to feel alright
And, sometimes when I’m alone
I go out at night
Pick apart my brain
Put it back into my head
Should I write it down
Hastily or let it rest?
I’d like to know what
Nothing and everything feels like
And, sometimes when I’m afraid
I turn on the light
I am waking up in the light
The sun that breaks through the sky
Photographs fill my mind
I’m sleeping here for the last time
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Victorian Slumhouse
04:20
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There was a Victorian Slum House
On the corner, by the Tesco parking lot
Eyes wide with fascination
As the dump trucks unloaded three tons of mud
For the show, looking back now, where did it go?
They held a casting call for volunteers
Which one will be the first to cry?
Locked in 20 people, then half a dozen camera crews, they filmed at night
Watched ‘em stir, waking up to get to work
But, they’re running so far behind
All the time
Key light from the corner
When the family comes to pay their weekly rent
Watch it back, we got the take
Now break the set
But, it’s hard to control the lines
With hands shaking by design
Cross your heart, we promise you’ll be fine
Until next time
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8. |
Clever Hans
05:30
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I was born into a circle
Widening with every single breath we take
Making all our big mistakes together
We were thick as thieves in the getaway
So, I was torn up
When you said, ‘Enough is enough’
Waking up outside, I felt the morning
Light subside, as I wandered toward the hay
It’s funny how I gain this new importance
When you watch me watch the lines move on your face
So, I prayed
That you would stay
Kicking up some blossoms in a field now
I remember the crowds as they came
And, there’s something more to see on the horizon
A ball of fire, falling slowly from the day
But, you’ve gone away
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Listening
03:25
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How do I find?
There’s something outside
I’m listening
Through the wall
Maybe I’ll find
Something that’s right
I’m listening
Through the wall
If I go home
Pockets full of something, I don’t know
If I go home
Maybe you’re right
Everybody’s tired
Not listening
Looking toward the sky
For something bonafide
I’m listening
For it all
But, how you could
Baby, I was somewhere far
If I go, could you write me?
But, you’re gone
That’s right
Everyone looks different at night
You’re gone
It’s true
Making sure you don’t know what to do
It’s something you can’t explain
Something just has to go away
I don’t know
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10. |
Printer's Devil
04:32
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The fire in your eyes is open
I was hoping for something
The fire in your eyes is open
A quiet light
Open up your life frozen
Dig where you lie
A frozen meadow
In the dead of the night
Printer’s Devil
Moves the type
A killer letter
That’s dead inside
Printer’s Devil
Put down the line
God is silent
Make up your mind
God is silence
A voice inside
Put down the line
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11. |
Printer's Devil (demo)
03:48
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12. |
My Hands Grow (demo)
03:47
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