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This Silver Hour
01:09
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and on this day
he rose to power
in of this light
and vibrant flower
and on this day
this silver hour
we find this sun
of golden shower
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In His Shadow
05:29
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a child of christ is born today
mind sharper than the thorns in his eyes
in dreams he sings like the stars of the world
voice louder than a siren
a child of christ is born today
as disappointment fills the chapel
no great talents or apparent abilities
to make him useful
he walks alone
without a knowing home
a man of god loses hope on the hour
to a father everybody else knows
in his shadow
a man of christ has died today
no history to his name
quiet in the sunset in an unmarked grave
surrounded by the crosses he couldn't escape
he sleeps alone
without a caring home
a child of god abandoned by faith
living for the one who let him down
in his shadow
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The Last Cowboy
01:14
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bad talent
wasted responsibility
uplifted shots at greatness
to keep delusions fed
slow nights down south
keep shoving lies in your mouth
destined to rest along the equilibrium
forever
perfect 500 charge
clap your hands for decisions
rickety boat stays floating
in injured divisions
many root for continued decline
but I think it's much worse
to only ever be just fine
where's your legacy, Jerry Jones?
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Something Else
01:19
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too tired to just keep surfing
look for an hour long
to fill my head with fuzz
to keep the day along
as if it's not so draining
the hours soldier on
the seconds feel like minutes
sixty familiar songs
just to have something else going on
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Easily Entertained
03:35
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under-"thought out"
over-rehearsed
filling in the blanks with spaces
to make it to the second verse
copy paste recursive
you hope someone finds it subversive
no illusions, you won't learn a little
but it helps to pass the time
everything you love will eventually die
it's the price you pay for being so
easily entertained
I'm just a cynic
you shouldn't read so into it
low points aren't a new concept
but it's impossible in the thick of it
a homegrown alternative to a shallow grave
pause after your last bad joke
call it a nice save
fix it so it can be broke
vibe’s not a substitute for boredom
it's the flavor aid you consume to be so
easily entertained
I didn’t know I needed you
because I didn’t
I didn’t think it’d be so great
because it isn’t
nature lives in repetition
never meant you had to do the same
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The Wrong Directions
02:36
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made it a mission to unlearn my worst mistakes
backtrack enough to not know how
to repeat, to breathe the wrong way
I wish I truly didn't know
take the wrong directions home
one more and then I'll stop for good
doesn't matter if I can but rather if I should
ignore the facts, I'm staring at the floor
because I've decided that it's a better thing to do before I burst
and I'll
take the wrong directions home
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How To Follow Our Rules
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We're so glad you chose to spend the rest of your life with us. We're more than happy to welcome you into our family. Once you agree to our terms and conditions, we might even tell you if you're actually allowed in or not. We might also just leave you hanging. On the off chance we decide to allow you into our family, you must follow every single rule we post. We want you to be successful, but not in a way that threatens our positions of power. We'll force you to stay by keeping you just sustained enough to not look for another family, which will treat you just as we do. It's okay, because in three months we'll get tired of you, and you'll be orphaned once again. You'll live this way forever.
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Big 3
00:58
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one
one father
stands above all heads
one
one mother
sits inside all trends
all
all other
other paths taken
shaken up
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Lomo
04:24
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I heard you left town
with everyone I know around
and had a wonderful time
it seems to be the big occasion
no one forgets
it seems to be the big occasion
I won't regret
missing out
oh I'm missing out
wasting time's not what my life's about
sit alone
it's worth more than being away from home
and I love it so
that you'd ask me to go
cause we both know
I won't
I don't see the point in catching the waves
something new every day
grounded as it may
I'm happy where I am so go away
I'm happy where I am and here I am to stay
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Morning Will Come
02:06
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miss home when you're in it
in spite of it
you feel alone
figuratively locked
in familiar land
in familiar hands
peace and quiet finally
nightly out by ones
dream of pleasant futures
when the morning comes
miss away thrown out of it
not tired of it enough to let go
fucked out of a brilliant life
to trek for garden snow
peace and quiet violently
nightly one by one
nightmares spreading virally
will the morning come?
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Album count: 49.
Release count: 137.
Song count: 1447.
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