1. |
Back to the Foldout
02:58
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Went to water
But the water ran
Frozen, falling from the fountain
I fell
Fell down foolin
Fooling I was not
We’re heading back
Balling, bailing
Why did I say I’d go
Going gaga, I march along their roofs
Escape the party
Escape the punisher
Escape their party
Escape their punishment
We’re heading back
Back to the fold out
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2. |
Blue Shadows
02:51
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Blue shadows, running down your street
Blue shadows, the kind I would not like to meet
Thought I saw a creeper, but it was just a creep
Thought I saw a creeper, but it was just a creep
Blue shadows, inking up my mind
Blue shadows, I sought not to find
Took me to the end and back again
Down every lane way, and every way home
I’m wondering down to your house
The light was fading, i made no sound
I’m wondering down to your house
The light was fading, I made no sounds
Cracks disappearing, my mind was clearing
Cracks disappearing
The sky was dark, the day was over
Thought I saw you, but it was just my mind
Thought I saw you, but it was just my mind
The stars were telling me, over and over
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3. |
The Great Pretender
05:13
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In the corner of my mind there's a little town
Like a ghost it follows me around
I go away, I lay awake
I go so far away
I see the face.
Stop thinkin' it was all so easy
Stop drinkin', well that's not so easy
Layin' in bed you talk about behavioural theory
I go to sleep underneath you janglin' jailer's keys
Pretender 10 - 1
Pretend to no one
Don't keep your light on
The cuffs are goin' on
The great pretender
The great pretender
How can you defend a
Great pretender?
Look in the mirror
Try to confess
Gonna have to be my best
If I'm gonna make amends
Look in your eye
Look in the fire
Look in your eye, but
What if I'm the liar?
You say you hear the sky
In all those old songs
You say you hear the sky
From our home town
Yeah it's big and wide
I could drown
I'm goin' home
Just to lay down
Where I'm safe in the sound
Where I'm safe in the sound
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4. |
Taste Tears
03:00
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She knows I’m weak I get hurt by the world
I’ve got a temper it burns
If that’s not clear through my work, looks or words
We best just leave it to her
I’m at the door
To her heart I’ll never leave
Long gone December
Chose some words that have turned
The time and tide
And the time feel so right
I might just lay down here by her side
Taste tears and hide/cry
You know she cries when I drink red wine
From the north to the south side
East or west end I can’t extend
You know I need her right here
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5. |
Born Again
04:58
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To be born again
Are you still your father's son?
To be born again
Does it break your mother's heart?
You want the change
To take away the times
You want the change
To take away the times
But some times
Don't go away
Some times
They don't go away
Now I hear you're in LA
Do you live up on the hill?
What happened to whatshisname?
Are youse still bangin down the gates?
I know
I'm being dumb
It's 'cos I know
I know what I've done
That's why
For you I'll do my time
But some times don't go away
Some times
They don't go away
Two queens stand before me
I'm breakin' in
To the karaoke machine
I'm gonna live
Inside the tv screen
I'm gonna swim
In that stream
With everyone that can be
Born again and again and again
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6. |
Land Lovers
02:36
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Long live luxury, laying down land for law
Long live the land lovers, laying down land for law
Don’t say you try
You can’t
Morning time let’s roll
There’s hearse parked out the front
My friends name on the side
Written on the side in lipstick
Don’t say you try
You can’t
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7. |
It Drags
02:26
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Burn the flag
For the strangers in our land
it’s sad
But I’m beginning to understand
Why the saints don’t wanna sing
And the prophets don’t wanna preach
Because the whip has lost its sting
In the kingdom of a thief
It makes me mad
They try and tell me who I am
And it’s sad
But I’m beginning to understand
Why the rain don’t wanna fall
And your friends don’t ever call
The old days just fade away
As the new sage erases your name
From every page
It drags
The soul, the land
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8. |
A Letter to Grief
05:48
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So I talk to you softly, in the pale moon
You are telling me not to, go there too soon
Your voice echos like, a mountain pool
Soft at the edges, and dark in the middle
The sea was cold, the wind was wirey
Ripping at my hair, and pulling at my face
I call to you, but there was no answer,
There was a silence, just a big black sticky ball,
Who said I command you, and you are mine
But I say ok, I say, I say, you can stay,
I say, I say, you can stay
So I talk to you softly, in the pale moon
You are telling me not to, go there too soon
Your voice echos like, a mountain pool
Soft at the edges, and dark in the middle
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9. |
Cold Room, Shut Blinds
04:51
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One ear is broken. The other’s just fine.
Oh but your mind. They’ll look but all they’ll find
is a cold room, shut blinds.
Together. Together we ride
on buses high and low, til a hospital find
Cold room, shut blinds.
Looking back, who do I find?
Girlfriend in a blue gown, chest cracked with a knife
Cold room, shut blinds.
A dream, far out of reach
from traffic and dull beeps to gifts sublime
A cold room, shut blinds.
And where did you get to while I drifted through time?
Oh the doctors they dug in very little they could find/wasted time
A cold room with shut blinds.
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10. |
The Whistler
02:26
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They’re a whistler
A next level whistler
It takes time from an officer
It takes time from a head
Which way for the whistler
Will they go, will they come back
Which way which track
They’re a warrior
Not a worrier
Send them to worry
Send them to work
Which way will the whistler head?
Which way for the whistler?
Will they go, will they come back
Which way which track
Carry on, carry
Now they’re gone
Take another time to mend
Take another time to heal
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