1. |
Open Tab
04:58
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St. Augustine
he wrote a verse to keep us down
keep us coerced and our heads bowed
from the moment we walked in
Well, lucky me
I am no one's open tab
I'm not holding anybody's bag
that don't belong to me
Because no idea is a crown of thorns
no cognition is a cross
no concern deserves martyrdom
so vicar please parish the thought
Thoughts they plague me
and dark things cross my mind
but a shadow's just a shadow
and it don;t define me
or the person that I am
so day to day
I do my best to stay upright
and feel the warmth of what sunlight
I can find within
Because no idea is a crown of thorns
no cognition is a cross
no concern deserves martyrdom
so vicar please parish the thought
Go tell it
On the mountain
Thoughts may plague us
and dark things cross our minds
but a shadow's just a shadow
and it don;t define us
or the people that we are
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2. |
Faberge
03:44
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High on the tressle
I'm balling my eyes out
I'm seeing professionals
and Trying to talk myself down
Watch what you say
or I just may
fall
apart
again
Turn after turn
I'm tripping over feelings
how've I become
such a faberge thing
Watch what you say
or I just may
fall
apart
again
Mulling it over
I hear the freight train headed down the line
I can hear it
almost all the time
Over and over
I've got both feet planted firmly down
and I wonder
will I grow deaf to that sound
I always hear that sound
Watch what you say
or I just may
fall
apart
again
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3. |
It's a Comet
03:54
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Oh youth
you are a phantom limb and
I feel your sensation still
Your number's
blowing up my pocket
you pull is bending my will
It's a moment
it's a second
it's a comets trail
but it's worth it
just to feel it
Try
to imagine
the happiest you've ever been
now pull
away the curtain
oh the bitter sweet sets in
It's a moment
it's a second
it's a comets trail
but it's worth it
just to feel it
Love
it is a burdon
I guess that's what makes it love
and when it leaves us
it leaves us burning
burning like that comets trail
It's a moment
it's a second
it's a comets trail
but it's worth it
just to feel it
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4. |
Whipping Shitties
03:39
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I can't help staring at the sun
though I've been told I shouldn't look so long
I can't help thinking what went wrong
and I'm staring at what I could have done
and it's got me going blind
thinking how you've gone
I've been
breathing deeper
looking farther off
than I ever have
Asking questions to the universe
or great whatever
or whatever
I don't want to ask
I'm so uncomfortable
getting used to
the idea
you're not coming back
and it's got me going blind
thinking how you've gone
Pins and needles
are all feel
and it chills me to the bone
It's finally settled in
you're not coming home
I often wonder
where you could have gone
I hope you're not alone
I hope you feel better
You've got me whipping shitties
just for kicks in the parking lot
avoiding my work
wasting time I haven't got
Staring at the sun
so long
So long
I guess the trick is
these days
is not to get too overwhelmed
I'm trying not to think so much
and not to think too much about myself
Just to keep from going bling
now that you have gone
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5. |
Measurement
02:50
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6. |
Tin Can Telephone
04:03
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If you never broke my heart
I never would have lived my life
the way the it has all turned out
I think everything turned out alright
But I still see you in my dreams
sometimes
like some ticky-tacky tin can phone
strung up high from the window pane
of a future that I'd never know
First love
first true love
ain't it strange how I still think of you
not that I mean to
not that I could help myself
I sometimes read the paper
and your name appears below the fold
it's so good to see you and the old entourage
doing just as good as gold
So as it is between you and me
I wouldn't go and change a thing
not the way things all ended up
and not that tin can telephone string
First love
first true love
ain't it strange how I still think of you
not that I mean to
not that I could help myself
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7. |
Magic Mirror
06:19
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When'd you find that magic feather
oh that lucky charm that you hold on to
when'd it come a magic mirror
the only way to trust your own reflection
Well
it's so easy
in the beginning
when you're using
sugar as a suture
Then it's one thing
leads to another
and it becomes
the common cure that ails you
Does it make you feel better?
now that all you do is compromising
who you are without that feather
oh the water level keeps on rising
Well
it's so easy
in the beginning
when you're using
sugar as a suture
Then it's one thing
leads to another
and it becomes
the common cure that ails you
do you
want to
know who
you are?
Does it make you feel better?
now that all you do is compromising
who you are without that feather
oh the water level keeps on rising
Well
it's so easy
in the beginning
when you're using
sugar as a suture
Then it's one thing
leads to another
and it becomes
the common cure that ails you
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8. |
Wayside
06:01
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Take the wayside
take lake Champlain
take the Hudson all the way down
forget my name
Manhattan island has got you sinking pretty low
it's got no empathy for you
but before you go
Oh Corrine
Look at us in this one
confidence is on our side
fastened with brass arrogance and
reeling in our modern times
dabbling in the dark arts
gambling with our own hearts
sleeping on the headstones that hindsight
won't soon forget
Oh Corrine
Please learn to forgive yourself
and I will too
Oh Corrine
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9. |
Halcyon Days
07:46
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Halcyon
Halcyon
It's hell seeing you
waiting for your baby
just beyond the shore
Well his ships been gone
for a year or two
but you see him there
right in front of you
and your breath is baited
as if he still sees you
Siren's song has taken him away
drowned him in the fear
that he might never be ok
catching his reflection's got you
turning into stone
staring at the shore line
alone but not alone
well the see is calm
but the wave s the break
and your thoughts they drift
and you feel the wake
and there comes no message
written in his hand
Siren's song has taken him away
drowned him in the fear
that he might never be ok
catching his reflection's got you
turning into stone
staring at the shore line
alone but not alone
Lift bridge operator
is there someone coming through?
being dragged down on the old barge
to the place we all go to
After waves of cold calling
we;re all waiting on the day
you come pick up the charges
and take them all away
on the old tow barge
you thought to board
Halcyon
Halcyon
It's hell seeing you
waiting for your baby
just beyond the shore
Well his ships been gone
for a year or two
but you see him there
right in front of you
and your breath is baited
as if he still sees you
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