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Lullaby
04:07
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They stood me on the auction block
I was the one that no one bought
At last a man came up to me
And purchased me and set me free
What do I gotta do to raise this scarecrow from his ancient sleep?
Open his mouth and breathe in?
The man that leads the charge upon some lonely hill
He cannot see his mortal wounds
So many men have gone to war
And who can find them anymore
There will be no last goodbye
There will be no lullaby
There are keys you cannot find
In fertile fields of giant minds
It comes to you on ghostly knees
When you have spent your final pleas
If you seek then you will find
What you know you learn while blind
Wisdom calls beneath our cries
There will be no lullabies
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2. |
Off My Bones
03:32
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Why does Angelario always seek control
Setting up a throne in any given home
But it's my home
Take your throne out of my home
We've seen you
We are afraid
Please go away from us
We're through
Behold
It's Narcissus on Oprah
Quoting Deepak Chopra
Who's platitudes I choke up
And save it for the locusts
But it's my home
Take your throne out of my home
We've seen you
We're not ashamed
Please go away from us
We're through
We've seen you
We're not afraid
Please go away from us
We're through
And so I submit to you
The following is true
When jealousy ensues
It tends to rot your bones
But they're my bones
Get your throne
Up off my bones
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3. |
Gaslight
02:03
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You switch on your gaslight and tell me it's alright
You help with your left hand and stab with your right
There's a no in a yes and it's wrapped in a no
Withholding the facts so your power can grow
I don't want it, I don't need it
Turn off your gaslight
I don't want it, I don't need it
Turn off your gaslight
Yes I did, oh no you didn't
Turn off your gaslight
Yes I did, oh no you didn't
I'll smash your gaslight
What's with this sophisticate, the stench in the midst of it
A foreign-born institute Nixing the open truth
We could be here for hundreds of years
And never come near to a need for your fears
Make me question my sanity
To stroke on your vanity
No chance for unity
Unless you're controlling me
There's a left and a right and it's on every night
No between on that screen Just a hook you can bite
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4. |
It's Complicated
06:11
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There are many ways in which I failed
And oceans are a history of tears
My hand, it shakes too much to write my name
My heart, it fails too much to ever win
And you know I've been trying to work it out
And you know I'm afraid and trembling
I watch my love, it's poured upon the ground
I wonder if there's any left in me
It's complicated. Underestimated.
It makes me long. It makes me sigh.
I wanna go home, but I can't go home
It's been so long since I've been home
I wanna be strong, but I can't be strong
There's no one left to prop me up
I want to be free, but I can't be free
A blue-eyed woman got her hooks in me
I wanna be me, but I can't be me
But that's another song
My dreams, a drunk parade across my mind
So fat they'll never see the light of day
Oh I'll be king, I'll be emperor
The shards of that lie on the kitchen floor
Darling, can you love a simple man?
My mouth sometimes a tunnel to a lie
I thought that I was special for my pain
But a house that's filled with love brings more to gain
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5. |
Automaton
03:00
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Automaton
What are you saying to me?
Do you just generate random words?
Automaton
Don't know your own opinion
You just repeat the things you've heard
As I was saying before you interrupted
You're just a whitewashed tomb with dead man's bones inside
If you were thinking instead of always speaking
You might just realize your thoughts are someone else's lies
Someone else's lies
With dead man's bones inside
Someone else's lies
With dead man's bones inside
Automaton
You are no emperor and
Yet you're wearing his new clothes
And when you learn that
You're just standing naked
You start to brag about the fabric's flow
It's hard to blame you
With such disinformation
It's always waiting to pounce on you
Automaton
You never dare to question
That is, of course, unless it's true
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6. |
Constantine McGill
05:30
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I am my father's only son
I must admit there's more than one
My blues, they last a thousand years
I lived before they weren't here
My name is Constantine McGill
You'll find me buried in this hill
The lightning strikes cause me no pain
My belly catches all the rain
I cannot move beneath this hell
My mind is sharp and working well
I just think the aeon long
I've changed my mind about my wrongs
Time neither matters nor it flies
Time is for those who use their eyes
It's true - I'm Constantine McGill
I am the keeper of this hill
I missed my chance to kiss the son
I hope I get another one
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7. |
D-Block
03:53
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I've been walking this narrow road
Even though I don't know where it goes
And I'll be keep walking til my shoes turn to dust
I won't stop 'cause I'm never enough
It's like D-Block
It's like D-Block
It's like D-Block up in here
And all the romance
It's all packed away in cans
I can't reach 'em with my hands anymore
Don't try at home
And there's that frog you never kissed
It's not the pain but the love you missed
And I'll keep on with these blistered hands
No matter who misunderstands
So here's the thing to fault me for
To me it's all worth dying for
And I won't stop til my flesh falls away
And I'm a mound of bones on Judgment Day
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8. |
I Want To Be With You
05:45
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The window shades have cracks that lead to daydreams
I envy particles that ride on sunbeams
I wonder if my friend down the street
Wonders what I'm thinking while he eats
And I want to be with you
And I need to be with you
Please help me understand
Only you make me a man
The shadow line recedes upon my skin
The sunshine on the outside calls me in
I have always been. I am me
I'm sure that I exist because I see
I see three children crying 'round a man
He feebly tries to make them understand,
"I'm out of love with mom, but not with you."
"But if you leave her, then you leave us too."
Twenty-five hundred days since I was nine
And somehow still you were just on time
When you arrived, I thought my pain would end
But pain sometimes has been my closest friend
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9. |
Forgetful Seas
03:50
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Meet me by the side of the road
Where I'll be waiting
Let me hear and let me know
My soul is quaking
Take my hand
Make me more like you
Understand that I'm more like me
Lift my head
Wipe my dripping eyes
Cast my sins into forgetful seas
Meet me where I beat my breast
When I am hating
Stun me with Your loving eyes
Lead me there shaking
Oh I'm wearing down I'm wearing down lord
Please come quickly
Please, take my crown Lord, take this crown
It doesn't fit me
Kiss me inside of my soul
where I am swaying
and now is always now
your love remaining
I want you to help me without hurting me
I want you to love me without leaving me
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I woke up in the morning
(and I looked around)
I stumbled from my bed
(lying on the ground)
I wondered what I should do
(Who can help me now?)
I think I'll ask my dad
(I can't even hear)
The men, they were all sleeping
Like they always do
The women were all speaking
Like they always do
Why, Why
Why, Why even try?
It's a lie when you cry for passersby
Let me explain for they with the lame brain
The rain in Spain never made it to the main plain
I don't wanna, I do not want to
Crucify again the Son of God
It's a laugh, Ha!
I drink, you quaff, "Ah!"
Bloody knuckles for Parochial Southpaw
He who has no need
He is free indeed
Love casts out all fear
If you have ears to hear
And I do
I said, "I do"
Three legs in the evening
(Old man with his cane)
I think I'll go to bed
(Ain't so bad in there)
And dream about the hunger
(Can you spare a dime)
And eat without the bread
(I don't know what I need)
The cupboards are all empty
Like they were before
The speeches are all lengthy
And we learn nothing more
Why, Why
Why, Why even try?
It's a lie when you cry for passersby
Let me explain for they with the lame brain
The rain in Spain never made it to the main plain
I don't wanna, I do not want to
Crucify again the Son of God
It's a laugh, Ha!
I drink, you quaff, "Ah!"
Bloody knuckles for Parochial Southpaw
He who has no need
He is free indeed
Love casts out all fear
If you have ears to hear
And I do
I said, "I do"
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