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Jeweler's Lens
02:33
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Migrate, vibrate
On the bones of raptors
Years compacting
Years filled all the fractures
Look, I bet you win some, lose some
Or is that conjecture?
The jeweler’s lens sees
All the lines and all the fissures
Pipers leading
Millions out to pasture
Save some, skin some
Bought by legislature
And I’ll bet you win some, lose some
Or is that conjecture?
The jeweler’s lens sees
All the lines and all the fissures
Boy, you’re so winsome
Winsome winsome
All your gestures
The jeweler’s lens sees
All the lines and all the fissures
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2. |
Superman Is Painless
03:06
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Automatic Superman
Bears such a heavy load
Sick truth in his X-ray vision
Waiting to explode
We demand that he should stand
We lay down prone with empty hands
Left struggling to understand
Why he skipped out for good
Who’s there?
Hold on have we lost him yet?
I’m sure that he’ll return
Hang on every word I say
Repeat them ‘til you’re sure
Problematic Superman
As tired as he’s old
His emblem hides his broken heart
And his deeds all seem so cold
The only way to kill the man
Could only come from his own hand
And when we found him dead at last
You’d think we understood
He’s dead!
Hold on have we lost him yet?
I’m sure that he’ll return
Hang on every word I say
Repeat them ‘til you’re sure
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3. |
Slow Bleed
05:48
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You keep a light on still
‘Til you find your confidence
Lost on a wheel
‘Til you break and I’m back
You didn’t cry
You couldn’t scream
You prayed the bones around you leave
Until you find your confidence.
Lost until you find your confidence
Lost on a wheel
‘Til you break and I’m back
You didn’t hide but you couldn’t see
The gates were wide but you couldn’t leave
Until you find your confidence
There’s a knock
There’s a breeze
Shallow breathing
Watch it freeze
In your bed
You will keep
But there’s something
Underneath
You didn’t cry
You couldn’t scream
You prayed the bones around you leave
Until you find your confidence
Lost until you find your confidence
Lost on a wheel
‘Til you break and I’m back
You didn’t hide but you couldn’t see
The gates were wide but you couldn’t leave
Until you find your confidence
Find your confidence
And you keep a light on still
Find your confidence
There’s a knock. There’s a breeze.
Find your confidence
The gates were wide but you couldn’t leave
Find your confidence
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4. |
Emboldened Age
02:11
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Rain destroys stone
Same as pressure
When it’s left some time to think
When you knew your mind was measured
It was in your eyes
Straight to the pink
You took the right to the emboldened age
To claim the whole damn world is a stage
They can’t stop getting off to your rage
Never clear on prescient danger
Marching slowly to the beat
Could you even feel disaster
If you cannot sense defeat?
You took a right to the emboldened age
They claim the whole damn world is a stage
They can’t stop getting off on your rage
Ain’t even sure what battles you wage
You can’t glean the wheat from the lies
You can’t trust what’s in front of your eyes
We stand and watch
As your ego blasts to outer space
We duck your shit tossed about the place
If you could only see your face
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5. |
Regret Song
02:04
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What kind of shambles
Ever drops their guard?
What kind of damsel
Didn’t try so hard?
You try to make amends
But you never had a chance to
Think about
Make amends, make amends
But you never had a chance to
Figure out
It’s regret song!
I complicate this
Distant from my mark
But how can one’s soul
Navigate the dark?
You try to make amends
But you never had a chance to
Think about
Make amends, make amends
But you never had a chance to
Figure out
It’s regret song!
Think about
Figure out
Hooray!
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6. |
Statue
02:39
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Don’t have no say in it
You’ll be just fine
Can’t find no shame in it
Your beaming feckless pride
You’ll erect a statue of yourself
It’s your only love
Go have a game with it
Can’t see from that height
You buy your delight
You’re hollow inside
You think that you earned your life
The fiction that you write
You’re not what you say you are
Hard sold your claim in it
As red as your hands
You run from the blame in it
I think you can’t understand
Hollow statue looming tall
What goes up surely comes to fall
You’ll go the same with it.
Can’t see from that height
You buy your delight
You’re hollow inside
You think that you earned your life
The fiction that you write
You’re not what you say you are
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7. |
Rooftops
03:17
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Step right back from the black and deep
Up to light
Right into your life’s recovery
Serves you right
Stay away from the children
Don’t let them see what you’ve done
Slide away, slide away
From your notions of fun
Like when we climbed up on rooftops
Shat on some kids
And we talked of love
A thing we almost did
We tried
I swear that we tried
So here I am
I’m back on track for a heart attack
We were so spry
When we danced those nights
Under colored lights in the sky
Now we make such a big deal
We make this house into a home
Used to seem so important
To question what we know
Back when we climbed up on rooftops
Shat on some kids
And we talked of love
A thing we almost did
We tried
I swear that we tried
Do they know
At times it’s just so hard
To be around
The way that they always did
What they always did
Where they always did?
Adapting wings that used to fly
The way that we always did
Like we always did
Like we always did?
We used to climb up on rooftops
Shat on some kids
And we talked of love
A thing we almost did
We tried
You know I swear that we tried
I swear that we tried
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8. |
Don't Trust Virginia
03:13
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“Don’t Trust Virginia”
We can spray it in paint
Decrepit house
Surrounds a clutch of snakes
Her leering
Lip lick lurking brother
And her silent rage
That’s far too much for us
At this young age
So we’re getting out
And please don’t shout
‘Cuz she hasn’t figured out
And we can hop into a boxcar
Headed straight to the South
Long days and nights
Let’s keep our eyes peeled
But no looking back
We’re broke, we’re hungry
But your mom can’t attack us
When we get to see my brother
We can stay at his place
Hold up for a while
And work at minimum wage
And we’ll figure out
From this point out
What a good life could be about
And if we work real hard
We’ll get where we can dream out loud
Long days and nights
Yeah, we’ll figure out
From this point out
What a good life could be about
And if we work real hard
We’ll get where we can dream out loud
Long days and nights
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9. |
Follow My Lantern
04:35
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Close your eyes to this world
Await Heaven’s compromise
Don’t come back to this world
You could forfeit any prize
You’re looking cold today
Did you stay up late?
Stretched by wit
Impending fate
Close your eyes to this world
It’s the grandest show devised
Plucked from bed
You’ll be walking right beside me
I can see
You can handle really well
No more empty cups need filling
No more cages
No more cell
Those who stay in this world
Will be stuck in mortal time
And it’s in those
Whose eyes are never dry
In them you will never die
You’re looking cold today
Did you stay up late?
Stretched by wits
And impending fate
Close your eyes
Plucked from bed
You’ll be walking right beside me
I can see
You can handle really well
No more empty cups need filling
No more cages
No more cell
I can see there’s no more waiting
The last fruit
Has left the vine
While most souls seem
Gripped with fear
I heard you say my eyes look kind
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10. |
The Limit
02:13
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You headed straight for the punishment
My brain is fried
It’s been a long time waiting
I felt like I could die
You went out of the way
And your pride
Like stars collide
With your darkest side
I can manage up to the limit
You went too far
You took the wrong way
And you took the long way
I can manage up to the limit
You went too far
You took the long way
And you took the wrong way
We’ve been driven up to the limit
We don’t have to take what we’re given
We will be just fine
Alright
We’ll stand at the gates
Of the masters who bait
They’ll see us all one
Break from
The stocks and these chains
HEY!
It ain’t a long ways away
We’ve been driven up to the limit
We don’t have to take what we’re given
We will be just fine
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11. |
Plenty of Room
02:14
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Would you stop
If you ever had to cop for
The promises you make for love?
Sit back and
Watch it go black
Won’t you?
You’re gonna pay for that
I can see your eyes
Aren’t afraid to compromise
All the common sense you take for luck
Sit back and
Watch the world happen
Won’t you?
We’ll meet you in the truck
And there is plenty of room
There is plenty of room
I know the world is cold
I know, I know, I know
And we are
We are
When your eyes aren’t
Afraid to cross mine
You evaporate the
Hate you touch
Sit back and
Watch it the world happen
Won’t you?
We’re gonna pay for that
And there is plenty of room
There is plenty of room
I know the world is cold
I know, I know, I know
And we are
We are
There is plenty of room
There is plenty of room
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
For me and you
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12. |
Jeannie Fought Back
01:30
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Jeannie’s gonna snap
‘Cuz she couldn’t back the factory
She was pretty let down
She’s been grinding since ‘93
She put her tools down and
She’s calling out the powers that be
No one’s gonna work for free
And she should make as much as me
Jeannie’s gonna snap
‘Cuz she couldn’t back the factory
Jeannie didn’t shout
When she told them all about the deal
And it didn’t go well
If the stories on their faces tell
She came back downstairs
Blew the whistle
Yelled out, “Follow me!”
No one’s gonna work for free
And she should make as much as me
Jeannie’s didn’t crack
Now we’re burning down the factory
Jeannie’s didn’t crack
Now we’re burning down the factory
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