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People
04:18
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People
Doing things though they don't know why
Terrified of one another
Telling lies, crying all night
Ah, the tears are in their eyes
They don't even know why
They are sleeping
Eyes open, middle of the day
Celebrating crumbs they're given
Television on mind blank
In the middle of the day they just sit away
And wait for you to
Say all they want you to say
And make every movement the same
Take your life
Stay locked inside the people's cage
Shh, they're speaking
Words coming out
Spilled down the brain
Disintegrated into pieces
Meaningless, just a waste
They're all spilling down their brains
Swept up and then thrown away
They are loving being replications
Sick and still dancing
Sad and still smiling
You can tell them anything
But they won't understand
What you mean til you
Say all they want you to say
And make every movement the same
Take your life
Stay locked inside the people's cage
They dream about being so much more
They can't see
Can't you see you're only just people?
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2. |
Stittches
04:01
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Sayin' hello to the grooves in your mouth
They ain't got nothin' on your spine
Sayin' hello to your wrists tied and bound
They got bruises and time
Sayin goodbye to the man on your shoulder
Miss the smell of breath on your right
You've left the stove on but it's getting colder
Guess it's just a matter of time
I get to feel it all
You are so numb and dull
I can't even recall
What it is you're fighting for
Is it the look I give
Why can't you smile more?
If it's the break of dawn,
What's it need stitches for?
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3. |
Come On And Save Me
02:44
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"Come on and save me,"
They said fallen in their own hole
"Everyone's waiting,"
I said, "Well now I just don't know,"
So many ivory towers
To raid in the sun
So many bruises,
Your thank you's not worth much
On a sidewalk in the rain
I'll sit away and watch
And watch it wash away
Why should I save her?
She'd be in a far better place
And there are others like her
With her exact face
Factory made, so similar traits
So many ivory towers
To raid in the sun
So many bruises,
Your thank you's not worth much
On a sidewalk in the rain
I'll sit away and watch
And watch It wash away
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4. |
I Got The Curse
05:03
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Uneven heart's beating
It won't stop, I got the curse
Ricochet intentions
I sent them, I got the curse
She's secretly leaving
I'll sleep on medicine tonight
Religion, politics
I'm watching from a satellite
Ten thousand, ten million
Spinning on rails, nobody minds
I see her following them
I can't stop her, I got the curse
There's nothing for me there
There's nothing left, I got the curse
Why won't you leave me here in the dirt
Why won't you put me down
Why won't you let this soul be erased
Why won't you set me down
I got the curse!
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5. |
Sky
02:28
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Let me be the first to say
Congratulations on a perfect day
Let's make the worlds collide on the stars we're riding
And sink the milky way
It's all so good, so sweet,
Its aftertaste will be the death of me
Look up and see the sky is falling
The world is calling
And we got nothing to say
Safe and sound, riding high
On airplanes over the see
Looking up at me
All I see are wings,
Among other things.
And flying high
In a winter sky into winter day
All I have are empty hands and nothing to hate
Nothing to bring,
Nothing to love, live, or sing.
Nothing to give,
Nothing to die,
Nothing to hold, kill, or lie.
Nothing to shove,
Nothing to take,
Nothing to heal, fix, or break.
Nothing to shine,
Nothing to play,
Nothing to sigh, speak, smile, or say.
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6. |
Animals
04:11
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Hello my old friends
How's it been?
I'd stay but you're offering
What I don't want anymore
You're an animal
You're an animal I'm not
This sickness I can't see
Ta-taking over me
Now-now I'm feeling alright
I-I don't care, it's fine
This sickness I can't see
I don't want anymore
You're an animal
You're an animal I'm not
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7. |
I Got The Cure
03:46
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Ten thousand, ten million hands behind my back
I got the cure
Historic rhetoric: Two bucks a pop
I got the cure
Six hundred, six billion Americas on tap
I got the cure
You're thirsty, you're worthy; are you sure of that?
I got the cure
One thousand, one million thumbs across my neck
I got the cure
Take this pill
Enter dream
Wide awake
Everything born again in wonder
With the cure
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8. |
On An Ocean
03:52
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Creatures with bright eyes howl all night
Why am I even alive
The combined variables of my past
Tell me how to think and act
These genes and cells shape my skin
I'm on the outside looking in
On an ocean leaving
On an ocean storm
I will take us home
I will take us home
Diseases picked out of a hat
They say "I hope I don't get that"
It's not luck, you're not to blame
You just mean less than you think
I'm sorry, I know you wanna keep dreaming
But we woke a long time ago
On an ocean leaving
On an ocean storm
I will take us home
I will take us home
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9. |
Rebel
04:29
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Are you getting enough sleep
Captivated by the bugs between your sheets
They sing with good news
Not gonna need another snooze
Until you're dead
I'm insecure about being insecure
Is that a mole on me
Oh dear God could it be
The word with the big ol' C
Answer me
Cross your legs and dot your stupid eyes
Place some X's on them, perfect disguise
Think about this for just one moment
Solitude comes at the most inopportune times
As a member of community
I'd like to ask for peace and quiet
I'm a trouble maker
I'm a rebel
I am the bread baker
I am the devil
I'm a liar can't you see
I'm a dirty thief
An imprint of a dream
And mother, can you hear me?
I dunno.
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10. |
Fake Emotion
03:16
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When I dream,
She's a machine
Input/out
Cry plastic tears
It's alright
Heart so still in crashing waves
Wake up wired, erased
When I bleed
She says sorry
I can feel it
It's just fake emotion
When I feel it
It's just fake emotion
When she's smiling
It's just fake emotion
Everyone talking
It's just fake emotion
I can feel it
It's just fake emotion
When I feel it
It's just fake emotion
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11. |
We Don't Care
02:36
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Breathe out
Do you hear it loud and clear?
Life in a whisper breaking down.
Cause you don't think twice
That you better be nice
When you spin the ring around
Is it better when you found
A solace in a moment wrapped in ice
And we don't care enough
To care enough at all
Climb the ladder just to watch 'em fall
Take a bow
And wave to your friends like you still know how
Shoot a smile, gun to your mouth
Stand up
Do your feet feel the fear
Below the dirty rocks in the ground
Cause your palms sting of love
When you'd rather have a shove
Than the chlorine in your eyes
Is it better than the prize
Of nothing, save for nothing above
We don't care enough to care enough at all
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12. |
We're Dead
04:13
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That was your life
That was your life you're waking from
Under a tree
Under a white tree
A rising sun
Wake
Where there's no bones left to break
With a smile in your grave
You'll say "We're dead!"
It's just a lie
It's just a lie we used to believe
When we awake
When we awake from this dream
Stay
Where there's no bones left to break
With a smile in your grave
You'll say "We're dead!"
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