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Tear The Night Apart
03:05
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torn
we ripped the foundations off til there was nothing
wouldnt that be something
bored
when there’s nothing to burn where do you turn
set the sights outside
tear the night apart
light
pouring out from the homes
the street full of children
playing in front of cars
fire
the flame that brought it all to a halt
to a fault
was it all for nothing
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Perfect Hide
03:21
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jumping off radiant slide
executing expert sly
to fly from perfect crime
kicking down the doors outside
abandoning the empty ride
trying to find the perfect hide
the next stop’s tomorrow and it’s looking shitty
another run in a neighboring city
perfect time to hide
and camp out for the night
back with a vengeance and new ideas
bubbled down to an angry fizz
hotboxing the hole we dug
to keep us warm we try so hard
to hope and never die
tied to the box we came in
perfecting the April lie
to let us thrive in perfect hide
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there’s people everywhere but I’m not here
I don’t feel here
living their lives that’s cool but where the fuck am I?
painted over pink and blue I see you
but do you see me?
is that all this can be?
we’re in the same space but I’m on a different plane
out of touch with the world around
can I get out?
in body I’m in a chair but in mind I float
the walls so hard when they knock but to me it’s paper
paper crafted tiny little boat
across the oily moat
can I get out?
I can’t find you
are you behind me?
where is the fear?
live life to the fullest and begin again
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All In Unsure Faith
03:10
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all is said and done
now she needs to run
her bags stay in your home
to keep you from feeling alone
to keep the faith
doing it all in unsure faith
the lights won’t turn back off
and now you’re up all night
too tired to sleep outside
too tired to get it right
third chances lie
doing it all wrong every time
you keep the place
doing it all in unsure faith
each time it’s different
you drift further away
cloudy eyes gloss over days
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Silver Hallucination
04:14
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silver
eyes reflect and I reject their stare
the walls are shimmering
eye stands glimmering
ice sits simmering
and the water drips down
onto the town
the town of angels
the town of morals
where the priest blesses the children
and leaves the parents to die
up to the open sky
silver
around your neck
the heart attack you survived
where the snake pit arrived
basement jams for 80 years
carpeted by the greatest fears
the original lineup
and the sweat drips down
through the beds of the neighboring town
the motels sick with love
the hotels alive with blood
gotta keep the heart beating…
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she materializes slow
pulling skin through bone
she beckons us with arms of warming
every morning
and although she’s sickly so
and we may wonder where she’ll go
the price of kinship need not be paid
open her home for days
the skeleton of hope will save me
love may bloom inside her room
jealousy sprouts life
and she waits for the day her prince will come
to give her old body back
sure someday he will arrive
if she can somehow survive
old and tattered
as if she never mattered
but the sun will never set
and the moon could never let her forget
justice is due and the time is right
if she takes us through the night
the skeleton of hope will save us
if she saves herself
around for no one else
the skeleton of hope will save us
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May The Day Take Me Away
03:20
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may the day
wipe my tears and break my legs
merry men
dance across my pavement
more or less sold
mirrored and gold
but I can’t live like this
rain through the window even when it’s shut
I can’t live another day
may the day take me away
may the day
blow the leaves in my direction
and lift me to mid-air
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Mechanical Bird
03:04
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treasure hunt gone south
rainforest dust and bone
“where’d his arm go?” no one’s sure
must have popped right off
whether or not we find the prize
nobody out there will be surprised
I’ll still have your eyes
in a bag we found next to the hole
into the cave where last we were heard
and we won’t be found at any rate
as we continue the search for the mechanical bird
that’s another man down
the Professor, or so he called himself
knew very much of computers
but not a lot of the wild
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Where's The Signal?
03:12
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dangling loose strings
pulling the ceiling fans off their hold
flashing lights
mattress covering up the base
streaking lines across the face
scaling the weather
where’s the signal coming from?
a beach in winter
carrying the splinter news for the crew
twilight nether
skylight message
a new massage for the boys and they jump
to the conclusion
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Sisters In Arms
03:35
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in arms
embracing and tasting the feeling
in arms
wasting the longtime real and dash into fiction
cold fantasies rising
rising up to meet the crowd
bending down to greet the town
in arms
the water parts and they walk through
in arms
they hold them high and sail over the blue
bold energies exerting
above the rusty tides
dust bowl premonitions
ice sky superstitions
two sisters sprouting water wings
on top of golden love
through clouds and up above
arms turn to feathers and they fly
in arms
they grace the waves
they catch the air
they never look down
in arms
missing the days of having feet to stand on
but they never look down
they never looked down
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we climbed the tower to watch the light
crystal lined and mirrored
guided straight through night
hole in the ground to pop through
pole sticking up to slide
out of gas but won’t refuel
we won’t need another ride
made our home above the clouds
we’re sleeping with the birds tonight
third generation diamond changed me
took me to the sky
shared her knowledge and her expertise
and taught me how to fly
third generation diamond changed me
saved me a spot in the water tower
and I never want to climb down
the sun came up, the morning after
she’s nowhere near, did diamond shatter?
now I’m stuck on flying luck, I could but I’m too scared
could it be those diamond wings to prove that she still cares?
made our home above the clouds
we’re sleeping with the birds tonight
called our nest and we’re awful proud
and everything feels right
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Dear In Headlights
03:35
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I'm watching the skin peel while you
fade out
I'm holding back tears
I'm reminded as you
fade out
why'd you have to go so soon?
can't you wait out?
I thought I'd always be here for you
but you found a way out
verses
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Hello Whirled Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Album count: 49.
Release count: 137.
Song count: 1447.
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