1. |
Language
02:05
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I'm hitting walls trying to talk to you
I don't know what I got to offer you
I know we both speak the same damn language
But your whole crew's got some rules too loose
You got semantic dilemmas with whatever
No, we ain't seeing eye to eye
Why try to fight systemics for the better
When you can't even get shit right
So if you can't get over or around it
Sometimes you gotta barge right through
Words don't mean the same when I'm talking to you
I don't know what you've lived, what you've been through
I don't know what you've read or what you've seen
But you don't even really mean what you're saying
When you're saying what you really mean
Ways in your head you've been fed to conform to,
A screenplay you've been sent to perform to,
And nowadays, it's a shame, nothing sane, just complaints all the same 'til they bore you,
So if you can't get over or around it
Sometimes you gotta barge right through
Words don't mean the same when I'm talking to you
So if you can't get over or around it
Sometimes you gotta barge right through
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2. |
Reading Vibes
03:11
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I’ve been reading vibes from day to day to day
And where they’re coming from I can’t say
Another play a new direction on the stage
It just says act it don’t explain a damn thing
I got that confidence that comes from burning fears
I got a feelin on the first day of the year
The sun is setting and the dawn’s a new premier.
I got a feeling that it’s only up from here
Every other day another player takes the stage
Some are in the middle, some are
...just out of frame
Some people haven’t read the script
But some know every page
Everyone forever thought they’d never
be the one who could ever win this game
I got that confidence that comes from burning fears
We know we brought it from the first day of the year
The sun is setting and the dawns a new premier
I got a feeling that it’s only up from here
No one heard a curtain call,
No one’s really sure at all,
Think they’ve heard it all,
But it shows they don’t know for certain
The show hasn’t closed and the doors are open
We’ve been doing more than hopin,
getting soft spoken now never stop jokin now,
Laughing as the tragedies are leading me to perfect
I’ve had to act fast, grab that chance and pass up the stage fright,
I found out how to sound just loud enough to stay tight to the playwrite
I got that confidence that comes from burning fears
We know we brought it from the first day of the year
The sun is setting and the dawns a new premier
I got a feeling that it’s only up from here
It’s only up from here
I got a feelin'
It’s only up from here
The sun is setting
But the dawn’s a new premiere
I got a feeling that it’s only up from here
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3. |
A Place to Rest My Head
03:05
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Hot concrete, living in the jungle
where the puddles flood with toxic rain
Topsy-turvy people huddle in the shuttle
'cause they can't afford to board the train
I've seen enough city lights
and grizzly sights
to last me the rest of my life
I know how to make things right
I know exactly what I need
I just need a place to rest my head
And a chord to build a song around
I need a place to rest my head
And we're all good
I'm living for fun
I sing to the sun
I take it day by day until my decades are done
I just need a place to rest my head
Warp speeding morning evenings
more in keeping with the people that you meet around here
More reason for believing if you leave
you'll see the perfect picture crystal clear
I've seen enough city lights
And grizzly sights
To last me a lifetime
I know how to make things right
I know exactly what I need
I just need a place to rest my head
And a chord to build a song around
I need a place to rest my head
And we're all good
I'm living for fun
I sing to the sun
I take it day by day until my decades are done
I just need a place to rest my head
No I don't wanna share a building with my neighbor,
no offense, I think you're kinda neat,
But I've been looking for a living out in nature,
For now I roam the streets,
I just need a place to rest my head
And a chord to build a song around
I need a place to rest my head
And we're all good
I'm living for fun
I sing to the sun
I take life day by day 'til my decades are done
I just need a place to rest my head
I just need a place to rest my head
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4. |
We'd Joke
04:20
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Another day another pain
Aches move from my bones to my brain
I let stress follow me to my bed
My deep-set restlessness
I said I'm done, I'm through with roughing it
What to do when new meds ain't cuttin' it
They say to rearrange my ways
But I gotta work hard so I take hard breaks
I got my peace of mind
I get to sleep alright
I don't need nothing I ain't already smoked
I'm feeling the vapors,
Burn and breathe through paper,
Return and leave for later
It's been there since I woke,
There's something off about the way I operate,
I've had enough of how they say to medicate,
But I got magic in my body chemistry,
I got my herbal remedies
I get through my day by day with herbal remedies.
I'm upright and breathing,
Some days it's more like uptight and heaving,
All night up from the fright for real,
All hyped up trying to fight the feeling,
I've awoken the hope I'm open to,
Realized how to cope how I wanna,
Convoke folks to invoke a joke or two,
Evoke smoke in the rana.
I got my peace of mind
I get to sleep alright
I don't need nothing I ain't already smoked
I'm feeling the vapors,
Burn and breathe through paper,
Return and leave for later
It's been there since I woke
There's something off about the way I operate
I've had enough of how they say to medicate
But I got magic in my body chemistry
I got my herbal remedies
And there's a boat in the clouds I'm floating in
Your heartbeat slows until you go again
Y'all are chasing the dragon
I've long awoken it
He says, "You've got your ticket prize
now turn your tokens in, yeah?"
I got my peace of mind
I get to sleep alright
I don't need nothing I ain't already smoked
I'm feeling the vapors,
Burn and breathe through paper,
Return and leave for later
It's been there since I woke
There's something off about the way I operate
I've had enough of how they say to medicate
But I got magic in my body chemistry
I got my herbal remedies
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5. |
Agency
04:07
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You've watched the world turn to ash
Since the day that you were born
And kept the cinders in your hands
To keep them warm
There ain't no settlin'
With people made of sand
We ain't settlers
We're fixtures of the land
And even though it isn't right
That other people's problems became your plight
Tasked with fixing issues that you didn't help create
Even though it keeps you up at night
There isn't anything to do but stay and fight
And keep on cleaning messes you weren't even there to make
You never wanted all of this
But it's long since been here
Well before the lot of us existed
But I'm telling you
We are not beholden to
Obsolete and olden views
The tried and true ain't going anywhere
Or you wouldn't still be there
You've been here long enough to know
To the victor goes the prize
But to the stealer goes the gold
That's no surprise
And while we don't need many things
We can't take to the grave
We still value things like fair and honest play
You never wanted all of this
But it's long since been here
Well before the lot of us existed
But I'm telling you
We are not beholden to
Obsolete and olden views
The tried and true ain't going anywhere
Or you wouldn't still be there
The way things are is not the way they have to be
You can eat disaster and devour fallacies
If you can just ignore the awful aftertaste it leaves
You'll have nothing left but the fruits of life to eat
Well,
You never wanted all of this
But it's long since been here
Well before the lot of us existed
But I'm telling you
We are not beholden to
Obsolete and olden views
The tried and true ain't going anywhere
If the tried and true was going anywhere
You wouldn't still be there
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6. |
Silent Polite Curse
03:38
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I'm caught in a rut,
You could say I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
But ain't that our way?
So we don't budge.
I've had enough
Of playing it tough when the tough got going too much,
Nothing would beat not knowing,
But I've been around and I know some.
I know that
There's things they'd rather not hear said loud,
So I whisper them to the noise
There's trouble they know they can't be proud of.
Oh the trouble they toy with and
I have said oh so much
In oh so many words
But I can't say any worse.
I got that silent polite type curse
that's that silent polite curse.
I got that silent polite type curse.
We all build our own safehavens
I judge 'em by the ones they've been in,
It ain't insane to look at the grain
see where the planks came from
Oh, you connive with the power-craven
Describe yourself as depraved,
Do you blame me for making a leap of lack of faith?
But I know that
There's things they'd rather not hear said loud,
So I whisper them to the noise
There's trouble they know they can't be proud of.
Oh the trouble they toy with and
I have said oh so much
In oh so many words
But I can't say any worse.
Keep saying it's hearsay when I've seen it with my own eyes.
Keep displaying it clearly, they'll know when their senses don't lie,
well worth a try
There's things you'd rather not hear said loud
So I whisper them to the noise
There's trouble they know they can't be proud of.
Oh I know what you toy with
And I have said oh so much
And oh so many words
And when they've heard
I won't say any worse.
You caught that silent polite curse.
You got a silent polite curse.
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7. |
Rooting For You
02:59
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I've been thinking way too much
Feeling kind of strange
Staring into space
Barely awake
I haven't done too much
There's too much left to fate
It's time to walk away
I spent my day today
Trying to come up with a way to say
What I came to say
And what I came to say is
I want you to know
I'm rootin for you
I'm always rooting for you
I want you to know
I'm rootin for you,
I'm always rooting for you
Well who knew words could be so hard
The writing on the page
Is feeling kinda strained
I'd say it to your face
But words can be so hard
I'm not scared to see you win
But where do I begin?
I spent my day today
Trying to come up with a way to say
What I came to say
And what I came to say is
I want you to know
I'm rooting for you
I'm always rooting for you
I want you to know
I'm rooting for you, I'm always rooting for you
We've been practicing the longest time
expertise is hard won in these kinds of games
We've been at this for the longest time
but still to scared to say
We're not prepared to say
I want you to know
I'm rooting for you
I'm always rooting for you
I want you to know
I'm always rooting for you,
I'm always rooting for you
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8. |
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It's long past sunset
The weather's less than mild
I gotta walk, but most of where I go is
Less than a mile away, and I
Miss the quiet
I miss the dark
I miss the things we had before we fell apart
In the shadows of the flicker-fading
There's no one celebrating
There's no more solstices
You wonder why that is
When all of us don't like how the world turns
Plotting out our lives on detailed charts
Though some of you may want the world to burn
The rest of us wish we could see the stars
Though its hard to see through all the fake lights
But the stars are out tonight
The stars are out tonight
The stars are out tonight
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9. |
Keep Me Up
05:20
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Always feel like I'm out of time
I could have slept more when I had it
I shouldn't take so much for granted
Out of my mind
I know God's begging me to sleep
But I know what's keeping me up
I turn to my demons against my own senses
And when I go unheard I worry how much you meant it
And all the ways I hurt myself out of resentment
Won't be catching up with me
I know I have enough in me to be more relentless
So Earth to Universe, It's me again
I avoid the worst before being it
But if you're hearing this
Why do I feel like
I'm always out of time
I could have slept more when I had it
I shouldn't take so much for granted
Out of my mind
I know God's begging me to sleep
But I know what's keeping me up
You don't know how much we make up for impediments
You'd never tell without the evidence
But you've had a glance or two and you weren't standing it
And there's a voice in my head, and you're testing how loud it gets
I'll shy away, try to accept, let it rest
But there's more souls out there that need me at my best
So Earth to Universe, are you hearing this?
The crowd is cursed, are you seeing this?
I should be sleeping this off, but night goes by
Now I feel like I'm out of time
I could have slept more when I had it
I shouldn't take so much for granted
Out of my mind
I know God's begging me to sleep
But I know what's keeping me up
I need to keep myself to task
These days, you see
I can’t be carrying a past
They gave to me
Oh, Earth to Universe, they’re everywhere
Trapped in their own worlds
And they’ll never care
No use bursting a bubble I wouldn’t dare
I’m picking up the signs
I could be more than just my habits
I shouldn’t take my life for granted
Out of my mind
I know God’s begging me to sleep
But I know what’s keeping me up
Don't let me go,
I only need to be enough,
Of course I know,
You've granted me all of my best fever-dreams
But you keep me up.
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