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1. |
Get A Bite
02:59
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I feel left out
I feel left out
I'm so excited by the times
I'm losing my mind
I'm so excited to get it right now, honey
I'm telling you why
I'm always right up on the line
I'm using my time
I'm so delighted to get a bite now, baby
I'm telling you now
You're never around
You're never around
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2. |
Last Chance
03:18
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You’re gonna need to clean up this place
I bet most of this stuff you can throw away
I never meet you in between
You’re always something far away from me
make no mistake it’s in a phase
that makes the days just fade away
I’ll demonstrate this demon’s gate
it's just another way for it to infiltrate
no gates to keep you out
no paths to lead you down
The plan of attack is power nap
you’ll have to sleep through all of that
it's not a mean streak shutter speed
the camera lens is make believe
i couldn’t keep my eyes away
the phantom seeks to disobey
It’s the last chance to annihilate
every nasty that’s in the way
no gates to keep you out
no paths to lead you down
My infant child: a Libra
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3. |
Permanent
02:51
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Hard feelings left you unveiling secrets of your own impotence
including playing disputing painfully not coincidence
not funny always on something horrible not hilarious
pretending after confetti spraying out in-continuous
I hope it’s nothing permanent
I hope you’ve never heard of it
I hope it’s nothing permanent
I hope you’ve never heard of it
Write me off wrong for not trying catching me at your earliest
a frenzy fending off fancy analog and luxurious
my settings keep me from shedding appetites leave me envious
already playing for plenty hearts are so subservient
I hope it’s nothing permanent
I hope you’ve never heard of it
I hope it’s nothing permanent
I hope you’ve never heard of it
I hope it's nothing bad
I hope it's nothing new
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4. |
Deliveries
02:38
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it’s hard to make deliveries
to people who don’t need anything
it’s hard to make believe
because people can’t agree on a dream
well, it's been just a minute
since it fell apart
and now all i hear is complaining
well, in case I'm missing information
you better start explaining
why the people in the city need encouragement
disenchanted with a change
unhealthy believing
is giving me unhealthy feelings
so done with deceiving me
all your worries will be leaving me
well it's hard to recognize or justify
little babies want to scream and cry about it
I take a risk - it's ominous
and obviously for catastrophe
Well, I've never seen a world that's so in love
with people who are unforgettable
if your head is as light as a feather
then you better stick to regular
nothing special is a practically perfected thing
imitated on the stage
unhealthy believing
is giving me unhealthy feelings
so done with deceiving me
all your worries will be leaving me
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5. |
Every Work of Art
03:25
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Here we go again
when we pretend that i can start a band
i can play the bass
even though it sounds too in your face
i can play guitar
even if it’s just a really simple part
I can play the drums
but only when the song is done
love is a doorway
is it good enough for me?
Try to see things my way
is it good enough for me?
everything’s aligning
is it good enough me?
Try to be defining
is it good enough for me?
I can sit and sing
but only if i sound like Sting
i could lose control
and never need it to compose
you’ll be brought to tears
from a voice ya hadn’t heard in years
lets make up the parts
and call it every work of art
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6. |
Pairing Predicaments
03:00
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how many people are ready to leave
if you investigate my leads
so many parables peeking through
paring predicaments for you
you see with your eyes but you don’t see what you need
you were never the one to go with feeling what you
feeling free
with so many opinions towards me
I’m not the one whose got bills to pay
spending the time away all day
what’s never seen is a real good reason
to get outside a see how far I’ve driven in
in a different way
we’re getting old and grey for sake
hack into the mainframe
unlocking all the doorways
decoding puzzle master
the codes are getting faster faster
wait, slow down a minute
the money on mars has never been replaced
so well find another way to space
call up the members to pay respects
have them remember to write the checks
leave me alone I’m a real bad demon
whose betting on nothing believing in something
bigger than what has been replaced
so we'll find another way to create
its not the world that we believe it to be
we got a mission to set us free
free to speculate whatever you like
but don't say i tried to sympathize with feelings
that you keep from me
with so many constrictions on me
I’m waiting the signals
I’m slipping on the wire
im rolling up the windows
the clouds are getting dryer dryer
whyer whyer
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7. |
Archipelago
02:37
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8. |
Need Ur Luvin
02:14
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baby baby i need your loving now
i took you out about an hour ago
when are we meeting at the end of the road
i take a picture to remember your soul
i lick your finger and I'm ready to go
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9. |
Data From Media Outlets
03:36
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and if you fall asleep
could you even make a deep impression on the internet webs
would you even have a doubt about the unimaginable selflessness that people have only heard about or read about
and now its time to figure it out
what type of emergency vehicle is this?
is there any way out?
if down is the only way out then there must must be a way down
so no one’s sleeping
its just one big rest
no one is needing
its just one protest
why burden your feelings
when your almost spent
what vehicle is this
cus its not the best
and by this point you've suddenly figured out how you can multiply the constellations to create new languages and fitting them together like pieces to the jigsaw who scurried together tune and filled it with serious doubt about how
ridiculously conclusive this entrainment in media have become over an overly large amount of diligently spoken words or drowned out sorrows beeped through Morris code and reread in a way that's only calculated by grown ups
and what about this brilliantly saturated youth who are born with a knowledge of eternal ages and now presetting these early patterns of recollection through a parade of euphemisms yet totally and completely surrounded by kings
So, I took out a series of estimations with the crowded market individualized by hotel bartering and intrusively obliterated by high-school powers and leftover hanging by drive-by middle-schools
but by this time you probably put together my reasoning for surfacing disclosure to a small group of listeners who have been carefully chosen (without Morris correction) of internal composure and data from mainstream media outlets
they need you to remain afraid so that you can remain a slave
so no one is living
its just one by life
so no one is yearning
were just getting by
so no one’s looking
it’s just one big sight
what vehicle is this?
does it have wifi?
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10. |
Static
03:54
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You know I try to pass the time
But all I know is in your mind
You know I tried to call your home
But all the statics in your phone
The panic button always hides
Give it up or give a try
I go out into the night
Im gonna catch you by surprise
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11. |
Miscommunicated
03:30
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When we start believing fiction
Soon we'll have to face to fact
That we've heard enough of that
Trying to call you back but you were avail
So I missed communication and now
You gotta check your mail you gotta check your mail
So I journeyed through center
And came upon a note
And it read which way to go
After that had to pass for a second glance
And I misread information and now I got time to dance I got time to dance
So I feel back into the system
And I hurried past the crowd
And they heard me shout out loud
"Acrobat jumps the crack you might break your back"
And I miscommunicated and everyone's almanac is their zodiac
So I rushed to city hall
And we started to attack
And they had enough of that
Camouflage mayor cast you cant hold us back
And they miscommunicated and now
they got to explain the fact
That they catered to the victims
And they stirred up every word
But it only sounds absurd
Wonder what how the news produces such wonderful terms
when in Every situation
The earth starts stirring word starts stirring nerves
of every single person
who’s just now finding out
that its never really found
afternoon taking naps will help time relapse
and remember upon waking
the earth starts changing earth starts making a change
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12. |
Nero
03:29
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You know a foot is a something
and i put that something in my mouth
you know i work all day i work all night
you know i work all day can you get it straight
can you get it straight
hey nero
look at what you've done
all the things you know
maybe its too much
cus everything is lost
every time I'm a man
every time I'm a man
I'm a man to me
every time I'm a man
who do you think i am
every time I'm a man
I man to me hey
hey nero
look at what you've done
all the things you know
maybe its too much
cus everything is lost
everything is gone
everything you know
look at what you've caused
look at what you know now
look at what you know now
look at what you know now
look at what you know now
look at what you know now
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13. |
Bad or Good
02:34
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Showing me all everything you got
making it but making it hot
picking up and making it drop
watching me spin all around
pulling in and taking it out
figuring what it's all about
whispering and making it shout
giving me your own two cents
don't forget death
don't forget cheats
don't forget dead
don't forget me
millions swimming in fountains
shaking me and making me bounce
gonna make a TV mountain
sorry that i treated you badly
guess i tried to make you mad
everybody's puppy is catholic
are you bad or good or bad or are you bad or good or bad
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14. |
Drow
02:54
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15. |
All Alone Now
02:18
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failure
to absorbing whatever i need
i believe I'm alone now
all lone now
i abbreviate the matter of speech
could you be on the phone now?
on the phone now
i make up for the things that i break
a mistake
in control now
take control now
i face up to whatever i use
its the truth
but I'm alone now
all alone now
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