1. |
It's My Burden
02:39
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I've got a burden on my shoulders
Which are breaking down because this thing is over
I'm not sure quite what you're taking
But it hurts to know that you are taken
I am such a fool, foolish people like me crawling on the floor
Just for the chance to see those eyes
Stare through me with no disguise
See no traces, show no lies
But nonetheless, you're by his side
I am such a fool, marching onward with broken hearts on my back
It's my burden, and it's hurting me
Until the pain is gone, until this heart is numb
I will take this pain and I'll march on
I've got a question - are you sober?
Too much to drink to think this over?
The blue in your eyes is growing colder
From the arm that's on your shoulder
I am such a fool, foolish thinking that things ever, ever change
Stuck with a strong hard-working zealot
Not much there, oh we all can tell it
Doesn't mean much, because it's not hard telling
Wrong from the right when there is no ceiling
I am such a fool, and as fools go we're really all the same
It's my burden, and it's hurting me
Until the pain is gone, until this heart is numb
I will take this pain and I'll march on
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2. |
Do What You Gotta Do
03:23
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You and I, we never met quite face to face
It's always been hit or miss inside of this place
And now you're tearing down the walls trying to get me now
So what's up - you wanna go? I'll take you down
I've been waiting for long enough right now
For this moment to let it out
Don't give in to this, it's not an end
It's not like he never was your friend
And now it's gone and he's away
And now there's nothing more to say
But if it's left to you to fix what fell apart
Then choose the truth to do what you gotta do
Hey my friend, let's call it square and start again
Or so I thought, will this bullshit never end?
Now you're staring down a cigarette, I'm turning up the page
Get over all this volatile inconsequential rage
I've been waiting for long enough right now
For this moment to let it out
Don't give in to this, it's not an end
It's not like he never was your friend
And now it's gone and he's away
And now there's nothing more to say
But if it's left to you to fix what fell apart
Then choose the truth to do what you gotta do
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3. |
Heartkiller
03:00
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Expecting definition from the albino express
These anorexic monkeys I find do not impress
Leaving me so empty like I'm hurting for a fix
Burning deep into my soul it's cutting to the quick
There ain't no rest for the wicked and money don't grow on trees
But evil isn't here girl so all you got is me
Bring your worries, watch and wallet, I will take all three
Kill your time and take your money should provide relief
Hey don't say I didn't warn you in life don't pick and choose
But go ahead and bring your heart girl I will kill that too
Am I too close for comfort? Am I pushing your bounds?
Am I simply overwhelming you with all of these sounds?
Let your paranoia drop you into the river Styx
Sink or swim it's all in traction if you hit or miss
Fake another smile baby, pretend that you're in love
Lying is your strong suit girl, it fits you like a glove
Bring your worries, watch and wallet, I will take all three
Kill your time and take your money should provide relief
Hey don't say I didn't warn you in life don't pick and choose
But go ahead and bring your heart girl I will kill that too
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4. |
Hold It At An Angle
03:28
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I know your face, it's lies replaced
And got a little worried
Right here, right now
C'mon dear, throw down
Everything you wanna say to me
It's all right, I know
So please take out your camera
Hold it at an angle
Let me see your face, love
Tell me this is real
I don't want your alibis
You're setting me on fire
Arson is an attitude
It's burning me down
Inside I know that you're really all for show
It's killing me (it's killing me)
If you say what you are
And you wanna show your face
If you wanna realize that you're such a waste
It's all right, I know
So please take out your camera
Hold it at an angle
Let me see your face, love
Tell me this is real
I don't want your alibis
You're setting me on fire
Arson is an attitude
It's burning me down
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5. |
Retro Desperado
05:05
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Just when you thought it was over
We came after you with the forces of 1000 men and more to get through
With the weight on your shoulders the hopes of the world turn over
Tumble down all around you
With the look in your eyes when you realize that it's colder, much colder
Why did you lead? Why do you breathe?
Chopped up fuel cells breaking down the barriers into hell
Gotta go to war, we know - identify just how slow we die
In the eyes of so many unsurprised passerbys
All wondering why we despise the way they think
The way they feel, the way we don't understand what's real
The buildings building up, getting taller
Hearts and courage is getting smaller
When will we even see through the storm?
Bring down the government, bring down establishment
Bring up all we knew about who we were and what we could be long after
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6. |
Here We Are
02:50
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Sunrise at night, awake in bed
Thoughts of life, they fill my head
I see your face somewhere in dreams
Can't figure out just what it means
If things got easy then I guess I'd die
I can't sit still and I don't know why
The part of me living for the sunrise
Sees some comfort in your eyes
You hit me like striking a match
To light this fire that kicks my ass
It hurts to touch our burning past
You look at me - we'll make this last
If things got easy then I guess I'd die
I can't sit still and I don't know why
The part of me living for the sunrise
Sees some comfort in your eyes
When I see you, and I touch you
And I move you just so slowly
And you notice, with clenched fists
That I can feel you're hurt
And then I hold you like I've known you
From 100 years ago
It doesn't make sense, it doesn't add up
But here we are, here we are, here we are
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7. |
Donde Esta
03:38
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If you stay here, I'll let you have my heart
Another day to let you try to take me apart
Just to see another sunrise in your eyes
And when we go to the place we both love, you will know
That our today is ours and no others
A soundtrack backbeat to another pair of lovers
Who saw a bird fly above and land below
The concrete barrier that will never grow
I see lightning, I see rain
I see you and me forever again
What would you do if you saw me dancing?
It's not quite what you would call romantic
Falling down, down, down, down to the floor
Looking round, round, round is there something more?
More than truth and peace and sweet release for nothing?
Or cut the middle man out and pass ourselves for something?
I see lightning, I see rain
I see you and me forever again
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8. |
A World Gone Wrong
02:01
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I'm feeling woozy no lie, I close my eyes
She sees right through me and I don't know why
That this is the way it is until I fall
Til I have it all, til I have your word
That you will not go
That you won't deny me
I believe tonight we'll see
That these words complete
And you with me shall be all the same
And we'll take all the blame
For a world gone wrong tonight
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9. |
Launch
04:35
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On the coldest morning, it never seems to snow
For desperate times and measures there's nowhere left to go
To find yourself a prisoner dying from day to day
To keep a fire going and keep the chills away
I kept close to your picture, special shelves in my heart
Tearing pages out of the bible like ripping myself apart
Just to get one more day in
One more chance to see you smile
Would be like fuel for rockets
Send me up for miles and miles
I'm okay (in the bottom of the riverbed)
I'm okay (that's what she said)
I'm okay (in the bottom of a bottle)
I'm okay
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10. |
My Love
04:07
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What I've done is save the world from
A waste of breath entrenched among the dead
So strike a match and let's dance in the ash
Or if you're scared I'll just leave you there
To burn like the rest of this town I confess
My love
So turn and run, you're missing half the fun
A madman with a gun, I die a true American
So if you're gone out of your mind
Just pick the colors of your life
If it's the banner that you're craving
It's your salvation that is saved
Or if you're scared I'll just leave you there
My love
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11. |
Poetry & Tragedy
03:39
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Lately I've been feeling slightly adjusted to nothing exactly in mind
Something is trying to get me deep inside the hollows of this broken mind
I can see the little pieces forming underneath the matress waiting to get next in line
Wanting to take a bite out of everything I scream and shout about when it's late at night
Every time I open my eyes I see a part of me
A history, a tragedy inside
And when the cuts are gone and everything has gone so wrong
What could be left but poetry and rhyme?
Just in time to find it broken on the floor
What is left to do? I can't take this anymore
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12. |
Float
01:13
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(instrumental)
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13. |
Feathers
04:24
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Just take me away
I don't feel I have to stay anymore
What's in the wind touched by the sky?
I never stopped to think
Wonder what for?
Do you believe at all?
Don't you understand why that day I left?
You're like a splinter in my heart because you look so pretty
Everything I touch turns to ash
One day we'll live in a diamond city when all this cold will pass
Please don't walk by
I know I've made mistakes
It's all over now
I know I've tried and come up so short
Life changes somehow
You're all I have
And I'm so grateful for everything
You're like a splinter in my heart because you look so pretty
Everything I touch turns to ash
One day we'll live in a diamond city when all this cold will pass
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14. |
Please Don't Cry
01:25
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It's not goodbye, why don't you understand?
Why are you writing "I love you" on the back of my hand?
It's not what I want, but we'll be so far away
I'll write you letters and I'll call you every day
In this heart of mine
I need you tonight
To see that it will be all right
So girl, please don't cry
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15. |
Roses
02:49
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There's flowers on yellow stones
Glistening in sunlight shining down
Likes beams of radiance and copulence abound
Your hands are making shapes
Pictures in the moonlight evening
Darling, this is no time for an argument of gesture
Just be mine, I'll be yours forever
And one more day if you play your cards right
This day doesn't have to end
We can stay here just holding hands
Until you win it, steps outside the church while it is on fire
We're breaking away from life
And giving this one try
All we've got is each other in a parallel divide
I can't keep singing loud enough
For all the chaplins and the priest
Can all together sing a perfect harmony
So just let us leave
Take only what you need my dear
We're going to find roses there
On yellow stone walls
But now they're on your grave
My dear, I miss your face
Why did this ever happen in the first place?
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