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Moving Pictures
05:17
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there's a man on a stage his pretension has plagued him through life
in his palm wears a gauge which does tell his left leg do turn right
the temptation is rage the intentional day gave delight
when it did turn the page and no mind did he pay gideon's might
there's a town built on sand and by two blood-soaked hands did it rise
here the tower's unmanned and the jury withstands compromise
a production so grand in all truth it commands no reprise
yet the critics all panned this consortium of canned socialites
there's an ocean on stilts once that abbey road built in her head
an er head often tilts to one side for the guilt this has bred
it's been woven to quilts that she did wear as a kilt once to bed
with a lover she jilts then deposits in silt once he's dead
there's a staff made of string that the shopkeeper swings through the square
when the phone it does ring no reply does it bring so beware
of the ruthless boy king he notoriously sings "put er there"
while an old man does cling to his forty day flings and affairs
there's a child dressed in steel while his mother appeals to the judge
who's unwilling to deal for a baby who heals with a grudge
let the hangman reveal if salvation is real stones will budge
maybe time is a wheel for the woman who kneels in the sludge
there's a sky bathed in stone which is no longer home to the sun
yeah the moon it's alone though the clouds they do roam one by one
past harmonica's drone to the tune which does no man hear sung
to the stage walk the bones of the man once was known for his tongue
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We're so far
We're so far away from home
We're invisible and we're unknown
And this Car
This Car is skinking like a stone
If we are indivisible, don't leave me alone
We hit the street
The street held nothing but our hope
When you pray for way too much your heart can't let go
Call this a fond farewell to the places I've known.
We're gonna run just like we know that you know that our feet can't touch the ground.
In the time that has passed, have you grown?
Were your last words and your first breaths meaningful?
Call this a fond farewell to the places I've known.
We're gonna run just like we know that you know that our feet can't touch the ground.
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That's it?
I waited half my life for this?
I turned on my tv, or should I say that the TV turned on me?
I guess it's less than I have come to expect
I am a faithful follower of a broadcast messiah in the Church of Orchestrated Bliss
Defined: defined by what I have not by what I give.
Confined: I'm living a life that the scriptwriter wants me to live
But the late night numbers are down
Still we're the darlings of the underground
And I try and I try
But I'm tired, i'm so tired
Well I try so hard but I'm tired so tired
Is this the road that we were dying to ride on?
I know we gotta write a hit, and if we don't then this is it
And if we don't
I know we gotta write a hit, and if we don't then this is it and if we don't.
Cross-eyed
I'm punch drunk with fear
I'm gonna touch all your frets
I'll slide my hand down your neck
But the chorus hasn't happened yet
I guess it's less than I had come to expect
My every word hits the page and then it washes away
This is the movie score you'll never hear
And I try and I try
But I'm tired, i'm so tired
Well I try so hard but I'm tired so tired
Is this the road that we were dying to ride on?
I know we gotta write a hit, and if we don't then this is it
And if we don't
I know we gotta write a hit, and if we don't then this is it and if we don't.
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4. |
Walls
06:22
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you have claimed so many times that everyone around you is a hero
and to varying degrees it is the company you keep which keeps you well
you're like a soldier on parade; you bear the scars of all the lives you took away
i find it sad and so ironic.
the existence you choose is one that dares you not to dream
let it slide?
i'll let it slide
the day we leave is truly the day that we arrive
and i've run out of complex ways to tell myself that things are still the same
and every time that we go back i still can hear that hidden track
every action has a purpose
this is the time we ran from the winter and i swore we could run through walls
you were proving to speculation it's no answer
and that truth is experience
and you say "they're all chasing yesterday"
and you say they're all chasing you, they're chasing you
and you say "they're all crazy, anyways"
and you say they're all chasing you, they're chasing you
and you say "they're all basically the same"
and you say "they're all basically the same"
and you will say "they're all crazy anyways"
and you will say that they're all chasing you, they're chasing you
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5. |
Only One Who Gets Me
04:06
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you're the only one who gets me
you get me every time that you lift your head and show me that you're mine
you're the only one who gets me
you get me when i'm lost falling on my face i fall off the face of the earth
if this is it, then that is that
don't cry
some things we don't know
but you can't say we've lived until we've tried
you're the only one who gets me
you get me every time that you lift your head and show me that you're mine
you're the only one who gets me
you get me when i'm lost falling on my face i fall off the face of the earth
if this is it, then that is that
don't cry
i'll be here
just open your heart and close your eyes
and like all things, i too must pass in time
but in your bones, i hope you know i'm still alive
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i can honestly say there is a feeling i get when i look to the west
there, i cannot explain, but i will attempt to reflect how these streets make perfect patterns yet make no sense
and it seems so safe to say
yeah it's easy to see
how I
O
Lost You
How I
left to my own devices i am an amateur cartographer, right?
you'll rise in the east, lost forgotten in love
i take the next turn you take the wheel
oh these streets in perfect patterns don't make you feel
that it is safe to say
yeah it's easy to see
how I
O
Lost You
How I
left while you slept
right by your side
up for the morning and im
down with the night
i'll make you a promise that i'll help you forget
i want to desire less
i'll take what i can get
i could have another drink
could take another pill and then crawl out to your place out in signal hill
will you just watch me sleep off my last cigarette?
we could dream of those streets in perfect patterns where we first met
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7. |
Moenjodaro
03:20
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and so it ends without a chance to begin
will this one word break down these four walls just like it did back then?
hey darlin, i really wanna break your heart
but don't you put it back together just to watch somebody blow it apart
i should tell you a thing or two before we start:
nothing good should last forever and
nothing good should be so hard
and so it ends without a chance to begin
will this one word break down these four walls just like it did back then?
you and i
we have watched this river rise and the city's left behind treading water at the wake
o, moenjodaro's fate
this morning i'm leaving
gonna find my way into another situation without a good reason to stay
like i told you by the evening all i have to say
although my head is full of purpose i haven't got the heart to swim
and so it ends without a chance to begin
will this one word break down these four walls just like it did back then?
you and i
we have watched this river rise and the city's left behind treading water at the wake
o, moenjodaro's fate
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Central Standard Time
04:23
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here the leaves have hit the ground and i don't make a sound
is that right?
you've been here before, but never by yourself
and now you are alone
now is tomorrow's yesterday
today i'm more afraid to be right
every word i say means something to me but not to you
what's it like to look out and see the ocean?
what's it like to look out and see the ocean?
if i could i'd fall asleep tonight where the sun hasn't set and the air is not quite so clear
my patience lives inside your smile and it dies in central standard time
what's it like to look out and see the ocean?
what's it like to look out and see the ocean?
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a bullet leaves a bed
where broken bones are fed
and time don't rest for hangers-on
the magazines all read
but noone's taking bets
love is free and takes its toll
with every ounce of flesh
the crowd is less impressed by open hearts and minor keys
and as for who's been blessed
it's anybody's guess
when no one's wearing worn out knees
they'll spare the bridges but the buildings will all burn
out past the freeway where the neon starts to rise
there are two infinities and in between is where we die
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