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1. |
Selfish
02:56
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Look at the blue sky
And say “how blue the sky is”
Choose that every day
Weekends off again
The first time in six years
In a different world
Melancholy
Is better than the void
Almost all the time
It’s not selfish to be a person
It’s not selfish to be in love
You may choose a life of mystery
But you’ll never have the snake without the dove
It’s not selfless to be soft
It’s not selfless to be weak
You may choose a life of charity
And still find dust wherein you seek
A sickly sweetness
Dictating my tastebuds
Before I close your mouth
To kiss it and be
Aware, alive, and
Awake to love, paying some
Attention while I
Can; while we sit here,
Looking at the ceiling and
Neither smiling nor
Frowning nor thinking,
Pondering only the lack
Of thoughts consistent,
Crushing us
Chloroform coming
It’s not selfish to be a person
It’s not selfish to be in love
You may choose a life of mystery
But you’ll never have the snake without the dove
It’s not selfless to be soft
It’s not selfless to be weak
You may choose a life of charity
And still find dust wherein you seek
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2. |
Concrete
02:53
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A prisoner is free if enlightened
But a prophet can’t be involved at all
For it’s better to sit and do nothing
Than to crush the dove as it falls
You want me to call you my brother
But I’ve always seen us as enemies
The only thing more suspicious than artists
Is a man who takes on friendship for free
Concrete inspires the mind
And mountains only paralyze
But when we’ve finished breathing life
The seascapes will dissolve
‘Cause it’s bad for the eyes to look at the sun
And it’s cowardice to run
But to run toward the truth next to you
Is probably noble and possibly cool
And you try and you try
To survive, stay alive,
But you’re empty,
Defeated,
Depleted,
And scathed
And you try and you try
To survive, stay alive,
But you’re empty,
Defeated,
Depleted,
And scathed
Concrete inspires the mind
And mountains only paralyze
But when we’ve finished breathing life
The seascapes will dissolve
‘Cause it’s bad for the eyes to look at the sun
And it’s cowardice to run
But to run toward the truth next to you
Is probably noble and possibly cool
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3. |
Way
03:28
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I made
a movie
Pointed the camera at the water and rolled
Speed sound
It was only
About the way
The light reflects off the water today
Speed sound
And the way
And the way
And the way it goes
Now we can grow
Now we can grow
And the way
And the way
And the way it goes
Now we can grow
Now we can
I took
A picture
Pointed the lens at the sun and clicked
Reload
It was only
About the way
The sun shakes my hand and invites me to
Meet it man to man
And the way
And the way
And the way it goes
Now we can grow
Now we can grow
And the way
And the way
And the way it goes
Now we can grow
Now we can
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4. |
Undone
09:49
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Madness feels left out
Since being throttled by two
Well-known Austrians
Pure enemies, not friends
Disastrous beyond repair
Soldiers whittle in snow
And wait for the drums
To run, run, run, run, let them go
Lovers on the run
Lovers on the run
Far as they can go
They’re coming undone
Lovers on the run
Lovers on the run
They can only go so far
Paranoia feels left back
In a century not my own
Under threat of nuclear war
Exchanged for numbness and boredom
Come on, honey
These aren’t our people
It’s just not our scene
As far as these things go
They’re just so last century
Lovers on the run
Lovers on the run
Far as they can go
They’re coming undone
Lovers on the run
Lovers on the run
They can only go so far
Rambling, rambling, partly expressing,
Collaging the world around
Is a better way to talk than in
faultless platitudes
Oh my, oh my, the engaged can’t summarize
Why the ikon on the wall
Makes them shake, makes them fall
As parents try to stall
Lovers on the run
Lovers on the run
Far as they can go
They’re coming undone
Lovers on the run
Lovers on the run
They can only go so far
Lovers on the run
Lovers on the run
Far as they can go
They’re coming undone
Lovers on the run
Lovers on the run
They can only go so far
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5. |
Divisions
01:41
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6. |
Amsterdam
04:01
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I’m in no condition
To make plans and provisions
To look at life
From the balcony
I can only measure
The guilt and the pleasure
The silences
Gifted each day
When I’m focused on the light
Not from stars but truth
And you’re here beside me
And I’m next to you
In a punk-rock move
On a postwar day
Training from Amsterdam to The Hague
I’ll try
I hate when grown men dress like you
I love when grown men cry
Look at life from the balcony
And never question why
In a devious move
On a postwar day
Training from Amsterdam to The Hague
I’ll try
When the marriage is spent
And taxes are paid
And the king in his high court
Depreciates
And the power’s gone out
The savages roam
And the medical bill
Means early hospice at home
I’ll try
I’ll try
I’ll try
I’ll try
I’ll try
I’ll try
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7. |
Maria
03:38
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Madhouse
Shakes her to the core
Another dead
Suffragette
Damned to dance
No more
Whining
Harpies stab the night
Another dead
Cigarette
Fighting
The good fight
You can
Throw it all around
This story’s not yours to tell
Calling for advanced arrangements
I see
All the mystery
Curiosity’s mine for the taking
It’s worth another citation
Maria
I’ve got an idea
Maria
I think it’s sound
Maria
I’ve got an idea
Maria
I think it’s sound
You can
Throw it all around
This story’s not yours to tell
Calling for advanced arrangements
I see
All the mystery
Curiosity’s mine for the taking
It’s worth another citation
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8. |
Highways
03:25
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Hide in the back seat
Dance in the front until
Beggars come begging
And pissing punks egging you on
Highway at night
I’ll need to get
Moving along to
Catch a twelve thirty flight
It feels so good
It feels so fine
To be down for the count
And totally alive
And not just wrong
But wholly incorrect
And turning away
With nothing left
Espionage
We’re getting away
With something much better
Than the hit parade
It feels so good
It feels so fine
To be down for the count
And totally alive
And not just wrong
But wholly incorrect
And turning away
With nothing left
It feels so good
It feels so fine
To be down for the count
And totally alive
And not just wrong
But wholly incorrect
And turning away
With nothing left
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9. |
Invisible
02:44
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Wind is gonna take me
And I am gonna fly
A painting between the wars
Of shock and desperate cries
Rabble rousing, taking
Keys as they appear to you
In your linty pocket
Listen and I’ll hear you, too
I cannot trust you
I cannot bear
To kindle friendship
With despair
I cannot see straight
And can’t deny
Invisible
Oh, I’ve got magic eyes
Pillowed by the gusts of wind
Carrying me through air
I drift through pre-war pictures
Tearing out my hair
Trust-embedded coding
Fathers down to sons
Some ambitious yearnings
Can’t be all for fun
I cannot trust you
I cannot bear
To kindle friendship
With despair
I cannot see straight
And can’t deny
Invisible
Oh, I’ve got magic eyes
I cannot trust you
I cannot bear
To kindle friendship
With despair
I cannot see straight
And can’t deny
Invisible
Oh, I’ve got magic eyes
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