1. |
Dark Dreams
03:00
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You wake up
From the dark dreams
You're coming
Apart at the seams
Starving
For emotional
Nourishment
The reason
The dreaming
Came and went
A little bird
Gave you
These three words:
Don't
Lose
Yourself
You wake up
From the dark dreams
You're coming
Apart at the seams
Lions and tigers and bears
Oh my
Lions and tigers and bears
Sleepwalking daily
You're barely getting by
Lions and tigers and bears
A little
Voice
Inside your head
Says:
This is the moment
You always, always dread
You wake up
From the dark dreams
You're coming
Apart at the seams
Starving
For emotional
Nourishment
The reason
The dreaming
Came and went
A little bird
Gave you
These three words:
Don't
Lose
Yourself
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2. |
Limited Light
04:07
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Called a little bit heavy
For the things I like to read
Kings they hold the title
Men they hold the deed
These are the dark ages
A trillion mouths to feed
War is Poverty's wages
We haven't satisfied the need
I can see your silhouette
In the limited light
You're a gambling one, I bet;
Your tell is in your eyes
These are the dark ages
Everyone is dying
For the last few pages
But you shine so bright
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3. |
Adam
03:39
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I will feel like life is successful
And I no longer fear death
When the reasons I worked so hard to win
Have given way to such success
I'm accounting on you to keep it quiet
Though I see it in your eyes
The cold questions about why
I told you one too many lies
I'm bottom rung hung
I'm tolerant
But I still think wicked thoughts
I wish I didn't
I'm Cary Grant on a bad day
You're me when I glance in the mirror
the wrong way
I'm a fruit, I'm the Adam's apple
You were never cute
You somehow never had to
You were duty-bound
To honour our Father
That wasn't going to suit you
Why would you bother?
I'm the brand new son
I'm tolerated
But I still do wicked acts
I wish I didn't
I wish I wasn't hated
I will always forgive you my brother
'Cause maybe I led you astray
Even though the wars are won
We have many debts still to pay
I'm counting on you to protect
What little we have left
Our cold prospects
Bereft
I'm bottomed out
And little by little sinking
The Flood washed us out
What were we thinking?
Ok, admission: I messed up
Cults and capers
I knew the stalemate ended
Sooner than later
Consequences on my shoulders
So many choices
I tuned them all out
For my inner voices
Sick belief made me sick
I tainted you with belief
The sickness spread all too quick
The flood was the final relief
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4. |
Behind Me Now
02:58
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lines
made up in my mind
the words belie the lies
stars are falling from the sky
it's all behind me
now
the skies are dimmer still
the time fades fast but still
in elements of disguise
You just never
realize
they were made up on the spot
little attract-me-nots
what does it matter still?
it's all behind me
now
the times we broke it down
to the barest layer of skin
you took it on the chin
times were thick and
then
it happened all again
the time we fell in
what does it matter still?
that's all behind us
now
stars are falling from the sky
it's all behind us now
the skies are dimmer still
it's all behind us
now
the skies are growing lines
no traces of your eyes
you wore the perfect disguise
i just never saw through the
lies
made to forget me not
the smiles led to getting hot
the sun is fading fast
and it's all behind us now
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5. |
Wild Life
03:42
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This time we have is finite time
Already we have wasted enough on lies
Let's put that behind us now and move on
All these cancers could eat me up one day
And I wouldn’t even get the chance to say
How much i loved you and how much i needed you there
So come and take a trip with me
Camping up in the highlands for a week
We’ll see where that takes us ‘cause tomorrow I might not be here
I enjoy the wild life
Crafting my home with wood and knife
Will you join my tribe and settle down with me?
And if you want to tie knot
This is all that I have got
It isn’t much to offer, but it’s yours for keeps
Let’s fall asleep under a weeping willow
And dream the same dream on the same pillow
We can spend the rest of our lives together
Cuz I enjoy the wild life
Cutting my meat with a knife
Will you join my clan and settle down with me?
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