1. |
So He Waited
05:39
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So I come down
Down to be found
I’m earnest enough to show
I’ve gone all around
You’re not in this town
I could pack all my things
Or just drown
And be part of the river
Just a part of the water
I’m in position out of place
Tired of myself and of this day
Come see the lion and his wall
Come see the liar and his draw
I know you can’t be here
I saw everything for free
I know you can’t meet me
I know you can’t be here
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2. |
Getting Any Older
02:10
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My bones spill out
And I don't
My bones break down
And I don't lie anymore
My bones spill out
And I don't
My bones break down
And I don't like anymore
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3. |
Arthur & Jane
04:33
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Lonely and numb
He took a chance and oh a little fun
Arthur and Jane
Thieving banks and robbing trains
Laughing as they try to get away
Some kind of cosmic connection
Some kind of movie thing you understand
Oh yeah
Some kind of team
The two set out to find a Gatsby in a frozen town
Protagonists inside a book that I just can't put down
It doesn’t matter if they find a thing, they don’t fall down
It isn’t far from the truth
It isn’t just an excuse
Arthur & Jane are nearly the same
She wants the moon
Well then he’ll rope the moon and pull it down
She loves carnations
So he’ll find a few and make a crown
They live this life like it’s a giant film
Without a crowd
They count on dreams and jump to leave the ground
To leave the ground
Arthur and Jane
Thieving banks and robbing trains
And laughing as they try to get away
And living as they try
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4. |
Pink Flower
06:34
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In my heart and in my hand
Is something I understand
Maybe we should make a plan
Or abandon that and pick flowers in a field somewhere
Cause I don’t stop for oxygen
When I’ve got time to spend with you
I don’t think about the space
I just spy on your perfect face
A pink flower can be a lonely thing
Isolated, it’s a hollow king
A pink flower can carry damaged wings
But pair it with another and it starts to sing
Pink flowers light up all the time
People think they’re faulty but they turn out fine
And when they find each other it’s a hell of a thing
And a garden is started at the birth of spring
A pink flower can be a lovely sight
Brought together you can see their height
A pink flower can suffer terrible things
And still get out that colour even though it stings
A pink flower is a peaceful queen
Who reigns above the rocks and the stems all green
And when she finds another it’s a beautiful thing
And everything is right at the start of spring
Perfect flower be at ease
The sun is out now, you won’t freeze
And I know, I can feel your heart
Even though, there’s no beating part
When you’re close, I can swear you’re art
Yeah I know, I’m yours
Pink flower grow
Pink flower flourish
Petals and hands
All in this current
Pink flower oh
You make me so happy
Our stems intertwined
You make me so happy
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5. |
Head Traffic
04:06
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Lonely silly laughter its just me
It’s how I’m so ashamed
I left myself the day
And now I feel this way
Cave is getting darker and I
I need a taste of it
Cause damn you’re all so fine
and I could never quit
It’s just that I’ve been feeling really weak
(really weak yeah)
And all this traffic on my knees
(on my head yeah)
Ive been feeling like i need something
And now I see this thing
So lets just bring it closer
I could make myself into an enemy
One I know that I don’t ever want to be
Said I could make myself into an enemy
For me
My only hope is i can hear this voice enough
to save me when i choose to throw it all away
I want to do so well
I want to fail so bad
I want to be happy
But safe and sad
I saw somebody walk downstairs
And they couldn’t come back
And it scared me really bad
Cause I could see the black
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6. |
Gimme A Year
05:20
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Gimme a year
I need to sleep for a year
Just cease to be for a year
Gimme some time
I need to hide all this fear
I need to stay in my prime
Cause this will eat me
No it won’t feed me
And they dont need me
So just go just leave me
Gimme a while
I need a reason to smile
I wanna come back and smile
Gimme a sec
I need to fix up the wreck
I wanna show you I’m in my prime
Cause this will defeat me
You know I will concede me
I’ll think that I don’t need me
So please go just leave me
Cause this will eat me
No it won’t feed me
And you don’t need me
So just go just leave me
Gimme a year
I wanna sleep for a year
I wanna sleep for a while
Gimme a year
I wanna sleep for a year
I wanna sleep for a while
Cause this will defeat me
You know I will concede me
I’ll think that I don’t need me
So please go just leave me
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7. |
Captain
05:37
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Man is struggling
But he’s almost out
He tells me that the fire is controlled
And I trust the man
He is my captain
So I do my part then stop drop and roll
Man is suffering
Now he’s all alone
And he thinks that these are things we don’t know
But that’s not the case
I wear it on my face
I wear his trouble cause it's part of my own
He made a family but he had to leave
To save the fleet he made to take the seven seas
He made a family but he had to leave
To save the fleet he made
So stare at the wall my captain
We’re coming for you
Count the stars on the other side
We’re coming for you
Stare at the bars on your jail cell
We’re coming for you
Stare through the far to the groundswell
We’re coming for you
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8. |
Japan Does Progress
04:11
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I could write a song about my lonely day
While people get started on my lonely day
Or I could write a song about a hurricane
Will people run and hide from my hurricane?
I could go and orchestrate an earthquake
People scream and cry and its my earthquake
Or I could write a song about my lonely day
Cause nobody cries on my lonely day
Let me sit down
Let me sit down
Let me sit down
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9. |
Epilogues
03:27
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I only meant to come back to see
My friends have gone away with me
I only meant to see the past
But there’s a password now
It’s just ashes, ashes, and me
I really wanna hear that sound
I really wanna fly right now
I really wanna be again
I really wanna see my friends
Ashes, ashes, it is done
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10. |
Mother Tongue
05:05
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Hey hello old friend
I know you’re trying to forget
But I’m your loyal day one
Always in the stands counting fun
Speaking this language I create the gun
Speaking my language is easy for no one
This thing was given to me by the water
These words I speak with no problem
Words will come up when they’re weighing my heart
Cadence inflection the whole fucking art
Sadness will spill to the people I love
I shouldn’t have spent so much time in the dark
All that I wanted was death to my air
Wind was defeated in films when I cared
All that I wanted was calmness and ease
Mountains and cabins and pines in my trees
Oh
Never pull it off
The greatest theft of all
That most disgusting brawl
Never even speak that tongue
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11. |
Take It To The Ocean
05:01
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I go line mining
Land fishing
I target a thought and I kill all of its friends
I grab its broken legs by its golden pants
I take it to the ocean and sell it to the plants
And I'm cruel when I tell them
That they’re not good enough
That they won’t get a song
That they won’t fall in love
But if I cant make it feel
Then I’m fine to be harsh
Fine to be cold
Fine to end the life
I watched it turn 3AM and I didn’t do a thing
I should’ve gone to sleep
I shouldn’t try to sing
Do you know the cracks on your floor?
Do you know the wall by your door?
You haven’t said anything at all
But it's a song so it should be like that
I have a mic and the right format
And now all the words that I worked at
I go line mining
Mind fishing
I target parts of me that don’t have any friends
I walk with broken legs and use my only pants
I stay inside for too long cause there I have a chance
Nobody had to tell me that
Nobody had to tell me that
Nobody had to tell me that
No
This is the end of it now
Brace
Cause here comes the sound
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