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Hide
03:22
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I'm in no shape to fight
I let my flame burn low
I see my words blow like debris
'Till my voice is stripped from me
I am not the wind knocking in the pines
Would you take me for a stranger, would you take me in?
We all need a place to hide
I walk like an empty glass
This party's long been winding down
I might have gone all night
I might have gone all night
No one's gonna tell you that your heart isn't haunted
Least no one you can trust
I couldn't scream when I was wasted and caught up
Choked on a notion obscured in the dust
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Troubled Eyes
03:28
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Well I had something to say
Right before you looked my way
Then I swallowed my own words
Another day gone unheard
Way, way back when it all died
I had never even tried
Tricky little chances
Jaded static dances
Leaving everything implied
Through muted smiles
And painted skies
And troubled eyes
Well I think you just might know
What everything goes to show
Do I know something you don’t?
Or you do but simply won’t?
Sitting close but far away
With nothing else left to say
Scenarios gone awry
Hiding under gray sky
Shrouded in those games we play
Through muted smiles
And painted skies
And troubled eyes
And not a thing on this sad earth
Compels truth to do his worst
Holding back forever more
Manifesting settled scores
Through muted smiles
And painted skies
And countless miles
And hidden lies
Through salutations
And goodbyes
And troubled eyes
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The Same Song
04:45
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Say friend
What are you up to?
How did it go today?
Hey pal
When will you come through?
Tell me, what did he say?
Wait up
Are you strutting or slouching?
What's the verdict this time?
Hey bud
Are there any conclusions
That you have come to find?
To ease our mind
Give me a reason to persist
Is there something I missed?
Will you walk out the door and understand?
Have some master plan?
'Cause I don't
Hey you
Don't act like you don't know
What I am waiting for
Yeah, you
My long-lost compadre
That I've never met before
Come now
It can't be all that bad
At least better than it was
Don't fret
If it doesn't make sense now
But please, call me when it does
No new dilemmas
Give me a reason to persist
Is there something I missed?
Will you walk out the door and understand?
Have some master plan?
'Cause I won't
I'm your best friend but we never spoke
We seek relief from the same joke
With different names we wander on
But we're always singing the same song
Always singing the same song
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New Town
03:55
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I will be here, love, when you get back
And I will still sing to you after all my words are dead
Waking up next to you in the meantime
Might be the first honest song that I ever tried to write
I'm not gonna take this for the long ride
Not gonna play it back on a dead Tuesday drive
We're the late train on a warm night
Lost in a new town in the heat of July
Out on the street
I had to drift away for a long time
You spoke into another mouth before I could admit it
Breath running in and out like the moon against the tide
Might be the first honest song that I ever tried to write
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Grizzly Bear
03:06
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Saw it in a dream and I could not believe
All the things that I used to know
So I tried again and I could not get in
Too late with nowhere to go
In the night, when I close my eyes
Get back to the feeling I won't find
Like a grizzly bear
If you want, you can sleep the winter through
And it ain't no shame, it's okay
It's only dreaming and it's
Never quite the way you remember
Never said I'm sorry for all the worry
I caused you and me
From the first time I met you
I was warned I would hurt you
With a love I knew in a dream
In the night, when I close my eyes
Get back to the feeling I won't find
Like a grizzly bear
If you want, you can sleep the winter through
And it ain't no shame, it's okay
It's only dreaming and it's
Never quite the way you remember
Like a grizzly bear
If you want you can sleep the winter through
I'm making my mind all up
I'll let it slip away, I won't regret it
When I'm back into the blue now
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6. |
The Bridge
04:30
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We were doomed from the start
No work of art for some
Snob to behold
Not one bad word told
Flawless, smooth, sweet
And soft to the touch
Little did they know
It was always too much
We did, but we tried
You did, but you lied
To yourself, as did I
While love passed us by
Not ready for adieu
Let’s see this one through
And of course, it just crumbled
So painfully on cue
But it’s all just water under the bridge
I built to get over you
I remember your face
The first time it graced me
Complete with a smile
That lingered a while
And always disappeared
Just before the smoke cleared
Until there was no smile
Just as I feared
But it’s all just water under the bridge
I built to get over you
And now here we are
At act three of this far too long
Overdue tale
Of how I prevail
My coin bought your brain
Fake approvals, false gains
Until there was no coin
Then it all turned to shame
But it’s all just water under the bridge
I built to get over it
All of it
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7. |
Fly
04:08
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Little bird, what’s that you sing?
We’re absurd, carrying things?
Dragging our luggage all day
Toys and things--simple child’s play
Do you hate our extra weight?
Or simply see hilarity?
Are we wrong, caring too much?
Teeming with feelings and such?
Can we thrive beyond all doubt?
Open up, please let me out
Searching for that heavy door
To cave in and make my haven
Open wide I’m on your side
Let me through to fly with you
Little boy, it’s simple, you see
Let go of all your vanity
Purge your fear--all worthless hoard
Leave your hate and open that door
Harness your newfound vigor
With deep breath and a wink at death
Leave behind sins you defined
I know the way, you’ll fly today
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8. |
Buckle
05:33
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Fever bloomed
Under the yellow moon
And unlocked the door
To the violet room
Where you pretend to do
Everything in twos
All the restless moves you use
And abuse to get through
To what you never knew
When you buckle
Better be sure you can win the bread
When you buckle
You know a lover's in your bed
You've been here before
And your face is the same
A shortness of breath
And the omission of a name
You cry in your cut
Like a Caleb or a Cain
And ignored the marks on the door
You should've been gone before you began
Yeah, before the rains came
When you buckle
Better be sure you can win the bread
When you buckle
You know a lover's in your bed
Never could admit that you'd bitten off
More than you could chew
Every time (every time)
The faith you put in me, I've written off
Wish that I could believe it
Every time (every time)
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Anything will try and catch you in the dark
So close around, it's hard to breathe
And the last place left has been forgot
Might've you done better than what you got from me
'Cause anyone will try and tear you down
And throw you out
To the ghosts around this part of town
And the cold will bite and lick your fist
That you shake in the face of a smiling god
Where the cars all sleep in their coats of rust
There was a place apart but now it's gone
And it's filling up out here in the out crowd
As we're going down
With the ghosts around this part of town
I could've held it up but I put it down
How many times have you heard the sound?
With the ghosts around this part of town
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Sound the alarm, I’ve left home
I’ve finally killed this dull drone
I have arrived, nearly alive
And in one piece
Far from home base that’s filled with disgrace
And plans poor-conceived
Send me along on my way
Singing a song bright as day
I’m coming up, thank those stars of luck
The chapter concludes
Lord knows I’ve tried, but something inside
Still eludes
Well I must’ve carried something that mortified me
This flight, it seems, has been delayed
Tricky to fly in those clouds of grey
Charging along, a train long forgone
And forgot
Sinking to swim with never a whim
To rewrite the plot
Well I must’ve carried something that mortified me
Right through the exit doors of that purgatory
I just simply couldn’t stand to see it cower and flee
I must’ve carried something that mortified me
Now why couldn’t I carry something that multiplied me
That blew me right away into unanimity
Where can I make a fair trade with no finder’s fee?
I must’ve carried something that mortified me
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