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my greatest fears come out on the way down
facing me as I descend into the ground
a living hell I'd wrap up
throw into the pound
everything i do serves a grander purpose
even if i know it will only hurt us
faster and faster til i crash and burn
watching the flames grow as they watch the world turn
the motive reveals itself
but on the face the motive dies
how did i make it 18 years, keeping me up on lies?
a deeper meaning to the words I bear
naked to the frame where I give all to care
maybe my reality's bent and curved
but I have to get used to it if I'm ever gonna learn
how to make my way around this ocean maze
and keep the sirens from making me dazed
I can't stop looking up for further service
even if i know it can only hurt us
slower and slower til i just cant hide
and i submit myself to this endless ride
under the flickering light
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Suddenly They Like Me
02:20
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they're all here
gathering around, away from the ground
and I'm here
I can open up and they'll all listen
and like me anyway
got a lot to say, now my audience has arrived
trying not to overshare all the time
storied pasts I try not to forget
and still I'll make the same mistakes again
crying children in the stairwell
rolling down the rails screaming
pray for us pray for us
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Stereo Butterfly
02:15
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there's only so far you can go
on a wish for connections, with nothing to show
when the rains start to fall
and you know nothing at all
the wings taped to the wall
why am I reaching up for food I cannot have?
why can't I walk away, with this perfectly empty bag?
and I know you'll never call
what would it take to ruin a well-made friendship here?
collapse and admit everything, or seclusion out of fear?
butterfly wings taped to the wall
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Cephalophore
02:01
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he walks with his head down every stair
running his fingers through his hair
his eyes are gone but mind's alive
a welcoming act for 405
where he once held a name
he holds his head in shame
where he used to pray
he tucks the roses away
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Shortest Wave
03:01
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wide awake
way too early to belt out
but not too late to try
sitting out
watching the sun rise
watching the world go by
late around
we find our holes
set into the ground
where we'll live forever now
again we cry
we say the last goodbye
and we all hold hands
and we let them take us
on the shortest wave
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Positively James McNew
02:14
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of all the things we've gone and done
a meaning to get up and run
the building up to being one
running into summer suns
I'd like a future
not really sitting alone
the thoughts linger that get me through
never mind the bad ones, they're positively you
in the short run it's looking slow
that's fine 'cause I'm not ready to show you
my intricacies and deferments
and all the messages I'll never send
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Curtain Call
00:56
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forewarned that all would not play out as I'd hoped
they taunted me and handed me the rope
regret went nowhere through familiar land
no fear of reaching out to grab her hand
drama's played out
the winks from my friends
what it means for the end
I have ideas but so does she
so I'll let her be
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Green Morning
01:47
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the way out's on the right
waiting for the drop to bring me home
i don't mind it out but i'm feeling alone
the cornerstones just aren't there where i need them
the staples, traditions, where i can't wait
for one green morning
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Strings Pulling Wings
03:20
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dropping answers through the rings
catching hope before the truth stings
before they catch me pulling strings
through wings
(don't you know it's there?)
drilling X-marks in my back
to pull the reference mark out of
excreting evidence that says I care
falling hopeless into love
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Worth It
01:53
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memory withers away
and youre lost inside the gray
cant sit another day out
wondering what theyre doing without you
it cannot hurt to try
it wont be a bother to them
its nice to know they care
or they wouldnt remember you
gone!
the ballads we wrote are gone
the dinners we ate are gone
the chances we took are gone
was it really not worth it
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Machine
03:11
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what am i hiding
am i just making shit up as i go
what am i hiding
am i just trying not to be alone
finding my place in this world i inhabit
reaching for hope where i know i cant grab it
head for the heart where i know i cant stab it
one sided helpline, i cant find the passion to give
yet ive found the passion to live
do i come clean and drop the act
do i have an act
never dynamic but static's not fun
stunted my growth before i was all done
flew up too early and banged up my head
im thinking too hard
meet me in bed
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Golden Lovely
02:01
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you're a ghost and I'm the seer
there is no way out of here
trapped inside to die again
can we save it for the end?
your sheets are golden and
you don't look quite dead
so I guess I'll take advantage
of what you've given me
still alive, survived the fall
I grasped you tightly through it all
and though we very may part from here
don't ever let you disappear
your hair is golden and
no longer almost dead
so I have no more to say
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My Ears Hurt
02:10
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something about the way we talk
and turn around the lights
something steady in our stance
to keep the balance right
painted over gray
any given day
she walks out to the sun
I follow suit and run
for the art and for the lie?
do I really want to try?
am I heading forward?
am I walking backwards?
do I need the rhyme?
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