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TSFW
03:57
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I heard you say that things are going great
I heard you say you've never had it so good
you're setting records like a young Kerry Wood
I'm so happy for you I could dance
feel like the second date of a new romance
sure would love to get a taste for myself
I hope you don't mind
I know you won't mind
In fact I don't think you'll notice it at all
You encourage me to think about myself
to think of my needs over anyone else
well, I'm taking more from you than what I've learned
You've got it so good you don't really need
16 ways to watch a silver screen
and you always said that we were a team
I know you won't mind
you'll still be living fine
In fact I don't think you'll notice it at all
There must be something must be something we can take from this
as long as I can carry it home with my own two fists
I feel you out there judging me so bad
you say I'm the worst friend you've ever had
at least you can't take that from me
But we all work together to enrich ourselves
there it is on page 212
Or did I read that correctly?
I hope you don't mind
I know you won't mind
in fact I don't think you'll notice it at all
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Split
03:30
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It's been 16 hours since we set out this way
nothing looks familiar that's ok
We lost our map before we took a step
Turn off the radio and breathe with me
close your eyes and you can see
It seems that I'm your truest friend
(Oh darling please believe me)
I'm always here from start to end
(are you yourself without me?)
if you lose me well then you'll see
(it's not so complicated)
exactly how far you have come with me
Out past the farms and dirty laundramats
past the gaping pits of useless trash
I'll tell you how to wipe it all away
But you must tell me that you'll never leave
Give me your word that you will stay with me
It seems that I'm your truest friend
(I know you do believe me)
I'm always here from start to end
(you're not yourself without me)
if you lose me well then you'll see
(I belong here with you)
exactly how far you have come with me
And in the labs they call me
all sorts of names adorn me
they say I split from you and that is a crime
they shove these pills down in you
trying to blunt me bleed me
but won't you miss me when I'm gone from your mind?
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Elizabeth
04:19
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All of which is how we came to name the baby Elizabeth
after the town in which we finally settled down
Not my choice, but the walls were peeling, we were stealing
lunch from the old folks home across the lot
Oh New Jersey everywhere you reek of photographs
smokestacks line your avenues
our house is down under the freeway
and we're crammed together
still, I wish you'd lived to see it all
At night the baby cries I tell her you'd love her even so
someday I know I'll tell her more
For now we're living with these shaking walls
from 18-wheelers
everyone's so fast away from here
I wonder where we'd be if we had stayed with you
I know a better, better place
Before you met that slow and lonely killer
you were always quick to find a way around it all
Please don't hate me for the way I left before you knew
about my role in everything
All those years we lived and loved above that tainted ground
I could not bear to see it end
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Picking My Bones
03:24
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Well I've been here 6 weeks
just tracing the outlines again
room without windows
just cold broken stone without end
The way out is in
through the world I can see in my head
It opens each day
and I slip through my only escape
Still I'll be here alone
till the birds start picking my bones
My fingers they know
every crack every dip
in the stone
And so I know all the bright worlds
I arrive in each day
starlit night skies
and blazing hot sun on my skin
and if you stop me from leaving
I'll never see heaven again
Cause I'll be here alone till the birds start picking my bones
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The Alien I Need
03:43
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In this decompression chamber things get mighty still
before we step into the void
I wonder how long?
There's been a distinct lack of caution since you've been around
a distinct lack of warning flashes
I was always scared to visit other worlds
but you're the alien I need
the alien I need
I was always scared to scan the sky above for too long
thought I might get swept away
I'm always buckled in against the force of gravity
or I might just float away
There's been a distinct lack of caution since you've been around
a distinct lack of warning flashes
I was always scared to visit other worlds
but you're the alien I need
the alien I need
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I'm a lover and I'm a thief
No quarter give no relief
Off the shelves spread it around
lift us up when they beat us down
I never give, I never give in
Don't ever give, don't ever give in
Another fight just another day
They try and take another piece away
shut it down, kill the government
our lives all depend on it
But you break through to me somehow
I'm not done here yet
gonna fight for every inch and then
plant a flag in the stolen ground
burn the man and tear him down
We'll never give, we'll never give in
Don't ever give, don't ever give in
Too many battles, too many wars
too many things to keep fighting for
gotta change the whole world and then
I'll see you back at the barricades
But you break though to me somehow
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It's hardly surprising that we're here uprising
been stepped on for ages, the fire now rages
And there you were by
the light from the tires
burning so high
the sting in our eyes
You said follow me through roadblocks and pleading
led up to the air the roof by the square
My avenging angel
is taking her clothes off
this nest is for snipers
but we can love like this
I've never felt like this
I wish we could save this
And day after day we work ourselves tired
feeding the hungry stoking the fire
healing the sick lighting the dark
we steal away and make love through it all
I know we've never felt like this
I know we wish we could save this
And it might be nice
to be by ourselves
to leave this behind
but I don't know when
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Part 3- Us Against Then
03:26
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Used to be us against them
now it's only all about us
and so one and one makes three
soon one more we'll be four
And I wonder if we tried, are we really losing sight
did we ever see it right?
Sometimes I slip back
to us fighting for our lives alongside everyone
And I know our love is strong
but there's still so much gone wrong
if you stop and look around you
Even if we took it back would we love ourselves again
would we love ourselves instead?
I know our love can't stop this rain
with chemicals ingrained
we just had to feed ourselves
So we set about ordering our house
building our own lives
Watering these seeds that someday they might grow
and rise above us all
I still I hear the call of smashing through the walls
of stopping armies cold by lying in the srtreets
can we bring that back again
let's rewind and mix it in
rewind and mix it in
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16 years ago we welcomed you to us
you don't want to hear I know, I know
She shone like a sun on us gave her world for us
you don't want to hear I know, I know
And if you're wondering where she's gone
she's everywhere I know
just look around you'll find her
As the years rolled by this insufficient life
became too much for her to stand, again
Creeping inequality choking air we breathe
while some are dark I can't be light, she said
And so she left and stole away
to fight some other way
though it's hard it was for us, for us
and if you're wondering why she's gone
I don't blame you, I don't
she gave away her all
Sometimes when you don't see
the anger feels too deep
for choosing everyone but you, and me
And if you're wondering where she's gone
she's everywhere I know
Just look around you'll find her
And if you're wondering why she's gone
I don't blame you I don't
she gave away her all
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Different Streams
05:26
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We're moving on different streams
floating away
This wide, wide sea that holds us
moves such different ways
We're moving on such different currents
sometimes i just wave
Oh send me a flare won't you send me
some sign through the air
Drifting and drifting
or are we going nowhere?
Why do we end up so far
why do we end up nearer?
Where will we stop
where will we go
where will we stop where will I go
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Hotel Nacional
04:56
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There is no need to walk in these streets
hide from the heat keep to this beat
I make my beliefs, count my own beads
I never get lonely cause I live where I sleep
I live
at the Hotel Nacional
I live
where the sun never goes down
I don't need to see the dust in the streets
I keep them all shiny by looking back at me
I lower the shads pour my own tea
I never get lonely cause I live where I sleep
where everyone loves me
everyone cares
I live
at the Hotel Nacional
I live
where the sun never goes down
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Rise at night, I slept all day
chasing words that stay locked away
Notebook open stares at me
crumpled lines broken fantasy
I close my eyes and I begin to see
A house of songbirds and I live there
waiting on my feathered chair
you soar above on wings of stone
I fly to you and I leave my home
I'm at war with the ordinary
decorate an army of fairies
I'll be down under shimmering water
Until I awake
And I lie awake and feel my self land
on these sheets so soaked in myself
these dreams they leave me alone
I can't even follow them home
You appear in the naked glow
a thousand suns and the heat below
we ride lizards along the ridge
of a humpback whale diving down again
and we open our eyes and we live it
We're at war with the ordinary
we decorate an army of fairies
follow me down to the shimmering water
until I awake
and these dreams leave me alone
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Empty
03:26
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Empty house, empty yard
we took away your car
stripped the beds and waded through
a life lived in every room
Now I'm broken it hurts to write this
you didn't give me any advice
on how to live with emptiness
how to find my own way through this
I know we never know the end
but I keep expecting your face again
your name flashing on my screen
to tell me what my guitar means
And I wonder still
could this all be true?
A giant game you're playing
that's what I wish I knew
If life's a river I don't want to swim it
I'll paddle backwards to where you're in it
yeah I know the earth keeps spinning
no matter who leaves and who keeps clinging
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Left
03:02
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This is where our luck runs out
high on the cliff with nowhere
to run or to soar above
we got so high we lost our way
We sailed so fast I never
ever looked around just held on
did it occur to you
this ride might end before we notice what we've done?
Well it was good while it lasted
right, Dear?
At least we'll die smiling
are you here?
You've left me alone have you
your sweetness was all lies
as I come down I realize
there was no one with me at all
there's no one here but me
I am all that I see...
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Under The Light
02:10
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Where were you when
and what did you do there
I can't rely on anything I get from all your friends
Have a cigarette
lean back, get it right
tell me the perfect story now
Under the light
you tell me
Under the light
you tell me all
Under the light
you tell me
Under the light
you tell me all that you know
and even what you don't
You and I we could be close
just a table and some chairs
banishing the brotherhood that lingers in the air
I might be on your side
if you tell me where it is
tell me how to find it now
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Where We Stand
01:59
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Tell me where we stand so I can put my feet down
so much shifting sand I can't rely upon the ground
chasing you is like jumping on a plane so high above
but I like dirt and rocks that swirl around beneath my toes
Let me hold your skin not another lengthy burst of air
I can't even see your face when you think you're up there
You might be too much, too much for me
I'm losing my innocence
riding shotgun on missions like these
kick me under or take me in
I'm ready for totality
I've been drunk on indecision for so long
I forgot what it means
Tell me where we stand so I can put my feet down
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Versus
02:43
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Late in the morning
early afternoon
you say it's natural to run our love on fumes
plow ahead
eyes on the wheel
we keep it straight, prick ourselves to feel
that's no way to get back what we had
I know you know
So we ignore
holes in the floor
rusty edges watch the road speeding by
turn up the dial just to drown out the noise
that's no way to fund a new sound
I know you know
and our verses still are singing in our heads
musicals about benevolent undead
chapters crying with the poetry of everyday
instead we look back as if it's all gone
Let's turn this key
just to see what explodes
let's push this pedal
just to see where this thing goes
We'll never find those missing pages we both know
unless we try to write a new one after
And now the letters leap and dance around the page
an immigrant arrives on a dimly lit sstage
we take the sounds of shuffling feet
and loop a new beat to our lives
and say surprise
it's here again
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They were asking me about you
at the station yesterday.
I just lied, said i didn't know.
There's been a lot of talk and conversation
since he's gone
might not matter, but I thought you'd like to know.
Do you remember when we called in sick
and shot the balls just the three of us?
He laughed so hard at my highscore that day.
I bet you're wondering how you missed this coming
let me tell you, you're not the only fool
It's so hard to see the pavement when we're running
and there it is so clear when we look behind.
I remember riding rails
old conductor's natty tales
so we didn't see behind the smile
I'm only writing you cause I'll be out your way real soon
and I don't wanna find you lying on the floor
They were asking me about you at the station yesterday
I just lied, said I really didn't know.
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19. |
Where Do They Go
03:18
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Where do they go?
Where do they go?
Most days I watch them play outside
bathe on the stone love in the light
I've seen them build a nest and then
feed all their young and watch them stand
But then I've watched them
as the elders flap their wings and leave
Where do they go?
Where do they go?
Some old folks home up in the leaves?
Do they ride the rails among the trees?
I know I will someday be frail
but I don't want to live like that
Because I know the beautiful creatures really are so cruel
I used to want to soar among them so
Now I think I'll stay planted here
find me a wife and build a nest
when I lie down she'll let me rest
Where do they go, where do they go?
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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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