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Tall
03:41
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It doesn't matter at all when you're 8 feet tall
you can stand anywhere you like
in the back of the club or way off to the side
nobody's ever gonna make you hide
Make you hide
You can swim with all the fishes in the wide wide sea
you can swim with anyone you like
you can circle around from the north pole down
you'll never find another me
nother me
the world looks the same through your window pane
all the reds turn to shades of grey
but step outside to the blinding light
see the colors of your life
of your life
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2. |
Penny Says
02:52
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Penny Says the rich girls are leaving
could you be a little more deceiving
don't go talking bout the government
don't ask them where the money went
and now we are confined to our corner
we watch the world go by across the border
so many lives shining on display
we're only here to make you feel this way
I know why you want me here
helps you to disappear
and while we're eating crumbs in her pantry
she says I hired you so I'd look fancy
don't play that song about the boys at war
play something light that we can all adore
I know why you want me near
your whole life seems bright and clear
I know why you want me here
helps you to disappear
and now we head for home or somewhere trashy
stuff our drums and guitars in the backseat
she says the guests loved every one of you
please avoid them in the vestibule
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Backwards
03:00
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Well I feel I'm going backwards with you again my love
words on the page floating down from above
should have known the way this started
it never would last
every word we say seems to come from the past
You say you're going with me
but I can't remember when
it all blurs together
like my lovers and friends
did we stay for the weekend did we sleep through the week
all I know is we've been here before
all I know is we'll be here again
Sometimes we move forward
sometimes we move back
I know i could save this if I had one more track
When everything is bouncing around in my head
I get tired of your noise, I want silence instead
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Ride
04:16
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Ride
Time to take a ride, now that everything is quiet
and even these old avenues sparkle in moonlight
I had to cut the power, sawed through all the wires,
I know it's something criminal but I needed one more time
to drink the world in, feel it in my skin
without the complicated connectedness of it all
I'm well aware
this will be my last time around the isle
I head uptown
a thousand sirens scream away behind
Remember how it was, we had to fall in love
take a stand become who we are without a guiding hand
you make the choice for me, conveniences you see
but what if I don't want these golden cages built for me?
tonight I speed on, finally alone
it sounds extreme but this was the only way I know
I push the pedal down, inside there is no sound
but rustling air and silence like a cloister from the past
I drink it in
the last sips of the life I've left behind
steer off the drive
head towards the water on the 125
Behind they're closing in, and up ahead the end
beckons me to crash through the barrier and then
greet the other side while naked in my mind
I leave the way I came, leave it all behind
It fades away
the icy water closing in above
my legacy
stolen moments of reality
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Hero
02:21
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Hero
I think I know how this one is supposed to go
the hero gets the girl, saves the world, profits unfurl
I think I've seen every part of this onscreen
the sequels scream, tie in to my adolescent dreams
But what if the hero doesn't show?
he's late, or maybe he's me
I'd rather be bored, hit record, drive an old Ford
in a parking lot
Spin my wheels, kick some dust all over your shoes
than fatten your bottom line again
be your thousandth friend, swear I'll never do it again
This is the scene with the big reveal
the hero lied he's just an ordinary guy
What happens after the end?
do they all stay friends,
though they didn't really know each other at all
does the hero keep them together
though he's not who he said he was
he's not who he said he'd be
this is the frame where the movie ends
it fades to black and we pretend again
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6. |
Fire Today
05:06
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Fire Today
I'm on fire today, don't think I want to put it out
You're on fire you say, please let us help you put it out
Please hear what I say, let the flames just burn and work it out
You don't know what you say, let us help you put it out
I feel more alive with the flames licking up into my skin
You're on fire today, you don't know where you are or what you're in
I'm a liar today, but I don't think I war to work it out
You're a liar you say, you should have told us so we could help you out
Please hear what I say, my stories are only truth to me
You're a liar you see, do you know where you end where you begin
I'm a liar today, or is this just a trick to draw us out?
I believe all the words in my head
sickness to me is like a book I've never read
pages float into the breeze let's tear them off instead
and live as if we never understood
I'm alone today but i think I like to feel this way
You're alone today, let us find someone for you, OK
It's not such a fail, to open eyes with no one there
Please wait we'll be there, we'll find someone don't venture out
I'm not running you see, in fact I live quite comfortably
you're alone you say who can we call to help you out
I'm on fire today, I know I'm not gonna put it out
you're a liar today, you will let us help you put it out
I'm alone today and I've gotten to like my life this way
you're a liar today, just look at us all here helping out
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Canyon
01:47
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I pound my spikes into the canyon wall
I make my bed up where the eagles crawl
I like to get right to the edge and then
look around and watch the world spin
In conclusion I might not be what you're looking for
Up here among the wind and accidents
I crawl up to the top where mountains bend
dig my fingers into rock and bone
if they give I will be moving on
In conclusion this might not quite be the life for you
But oh the feeling when you never know
If you'll soar or plummet far below
with all your blood red tape you'll never know
In conclusion I'll let you get back to your review
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Crowd
02:40
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Crowd
I know you're not so fond of crowds
I know they can be rather loud
Like an army in your brain
I wish they'd all just go insane
But look around you'll find another side to everything
There's no way to recognize
the different cells on the inside
You stand alone you stand above
you stand within they will see none
And like the man with the rabbit hat you'll disappear
Only if you want to
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Continental Drift
Up here in the frozen ground
we plant the flag and look for evidence
your heart has been here before
to uncover the truth
can you feel the way it was with me
when we lay here as one
can you see the way things used to be
when we lay here as one
we scrape beneath the ice and rock
to find ourselves again
and you know you were here long ago
you still wear me today
your skin rubbed itself off on me
as mine did on yours
the expedition has found what it came for
ancient crevasses that line the ocean floor
this separation that we live with in our lives
is temporary just meet me on the shore
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10. |
Little Black Book
02:14
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11. |
Still
03:05
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If you could breathe underwater
what do you think you would see?
A day at the beach and the starfish swimming
or another lonely world underneath
strap on your wings, soar to the clouds
watch as you fall back down
You might be a little afraid
But you'll pick up speed all the same
Everybody wants something for nothing
don't you?
Everybody wants someone and no one
like me
ride on the rails till the end of the line
arrive in a city so strange
they still wander here and there
still gather themselves there
still love in the light there
like me
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12. |
Winter Fall
02:57
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Winter Fall
I know what to say about it all
but sometimes I keep things to myself
and then I overflow, like a plastic volcano
bubbling over everybody's shoes
I see the winter and the fall
fade in the rearview once again
we made tracks in all the snow, leading where we did not know
branches of our lives stretching above
the years fall away like the wine
we all drift further and we're fine
the only place we meet again, is in that field that's in our heads
remind us of our friend there once again
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13. |
You're Feeling Like
03:56
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You’re Feeling Like
And now your life's a roman candle
burning so bright too hot to handle
highs are so high and the lows feel low
we tried to tell you a better way to go
pick up the pieces and go back to square one
tighten the knot before it comes undone
words bounced right off we never saw you land
flew through the air to make us understand
I know what you're feeling like
when you're out of sight now
Don't think you know what it's like
to be here today now
And now the years roll by without you
so many bouquets no one to throw to
story we thought was only starting
turns out we were all reading the ending
songs that you sung and the words that you said
coming alive only in my head
I know the songs that you sang
the bells that you rang now
But you won't ever know me
you won't even see now
I know the songs that you sing they're about nothing
and still it all stings now
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The Eargoggle Brooklyn, New York
The Eargoggle is multi-instrumentalist /songwriter/producer/comic book nerd/cat herder Ezra Gale, and his supercalafragilistically talented friends, who have toured and recorded with artists ranging from Taylor Swift to Donovan to Moby to Ruben Blades to Matisyahu and others. ... more
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