1. |
Yellow Fever
03:45
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A stormy scene is the perfect sidekick
It follows you where you go
A wicked tale of a long-gone time key
Submerged in bottles and pot
Safe, on a bee’s ride
Volition unknown
Slave, for a piece of
Material world
I see the truth
We faked it
We creep up through the lines
I’m barely here
I’m chained here
I fade in
The color grey is a healthy liar
He’s always under, he’s scared
When there’s a rational thought he hangs tight
Death gripping shit out of stone
Waste is a lip tight
Articulate gold
Strange, for a beehive
To cast the first stone
I see the truth
We faked it
We creep up through the lines
I’m barely here
I’m chained here
I fade in
A background waits
It’s jading
That distant ship arrived
The frame is set
You made it
So fade in
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2. |
Saw the Sun
04:21
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On the bright side
Wind blows again
But all I ever do is spit against him
She talks in all tongues
Well I must be deaf
Beneath the earth I only catch a trace yeah
When light crawls through the cracks
Blinded eyes well don’t mean much
Cause we saw the sun
And we heard his song
We won’t be held inside no more
But the bright lights
And the shades they cast
Are large enough to swallow up the street lamps
Breathe slow breath out fast
In clouds of dust
In hummingbirds and dragonflies she dwells now
I won’t go back below
I’ll keep on clinging on this world
Cause we saw the sun
And we heard his song
We won’t be held inside no more
I’m more than a grain beneath the earth
More than a hindrance to myself
And I’ll be damned
If I don’t turn around the spell we’re under
She doesn’t know she
She doesn’t know she does
She doesn’t know she makes the trees shake when she walks
Cause we saw the sun
And we heard his song
We won’t be held inside no more
I’m more than a grain beneath the earth
Μore than a hindrance to myself
And time will tell
If I can stay around or crawl down under
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3. |
A Night or Two
03:17
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I took a ride where the flames begin
I took a ride with a seabird calling my name
It was all in my head
I knew the warmth when the morning came
But I knew the dream and from the nightmare is minutes away
Seconds away
Honestly, I’m so relieved I kind of felt a thing or two about it
Can’t deny I spent a night or two awake and wondering about it
I wouldn’t mind if we shared the shade
I wouldn’t care if you nest safe somewhere away
I’m too on my way
But I know a place where the crowd won’t go
Behind the isle with the cabins open the door
We’ll sleep on the floor
Honestly, I’m so relieved I kind of felt a thing or two about it
Gratefully I’ll land my feet and keep the warmest things I thought about it
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Throw me the bait tonight
You know that I won’t bite it
Well nothing wrecks me not this time
I’m stepping off that ladder
These shallow lies
Sometimes they taste so stale
We all deserve what we became
It seems I’m used to
Shutting this away
The weight of that insistence
Won’t keep me awake
Sell me your broken parts
You know that I won’t buy them
Well, there’s no game of down and up
These circles just don’t matter
These shallow lies
Sometimes they taste so stale
We all deserve what we became
But it seems like
We were both alive
Melting into the same person
Meanwhile
We forgot
Who we were
Where we go
Sing me all the lies that you sustain
Stories about a love that never fades
A bond that is so strong that never breaks
The same old story with shiny new mistakes
Not this time baby I’m going my own way
So throw me the bait tonight
You know that I won’t bite it
Well nothing wrecks me not this time
I’m stepping off that ladder
These shallow lies
Sometimes they taste so stale
We both deserve what we became
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5. |
Door
04:07
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All the forgotten
Found no relief in the shade
A door once wide open
Leads to a maze fables say
Well from out here it seems wide shut
We’re making peace with the fact that we’re bored
We blame the time frame as what keeps us all floored
What if it’s backwards?
What if the maze is this place
Tales of darkness
Made just to keep us contained
Well from in here it still seems shut
In here all passion is fashionably late
We follow guidelines we climb up the scales
We’re making peace with the fact that we’re bored
We blame the time frame as what keeps us all floored
I’m running out of patience these days
They slip through my fingers my better years
I’m running out of faces and games
Still heading straight for those barriers
See beyond lend me your eyes
Hear beyond lend me your ears
Charge
Break it down and see what’s beyond
Charge
I’ll break it down and see on my own
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6. |
Line
04:02
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Give me something to distract myself
I got a terrible noise ringing in my head again
Draining the meaning from what makes me grin
Made his bed deep inside my brain
When I see with his eyes I see shapes behind a veil
Cause he’s never leaving, never leaving now
Do you feel like you’re choking?
On words that you once knew
Do you feel like you’re drowning?
In waters that you knew
Yeah blame on me your cowardice and dread
All the wonderful plans are a case for ignorance
They keep you awake and they make your skin itch
Chagrin covers everything my friend
Even if you take off
Well the train keeps going fast
And you cannot change this
So what do you crave?
A line that’s always straight
A flat path to follow through
I’ll keep you restrained
And there you will remain
Till I see the light in you
Do you feel like we’re choking
On words that we once knew
Do you feel like we’re drowning
In waters that we knew
So what do you crave?
A line that’s always straight
A flat path to follow through
I’ll keep you restrained
And there you will remain
Till I see the light in you
Yeah
In my defence
I was always here
You just didn't know
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7. |
Dirt
03:57
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I know
Buried in the sternum like a tree
Something’s throbbing within
I know
Crooning as the fragments drift astray
It takes the edge off the ache
Lately
Everything seems further from my grasp
Maybe
Dirt just might be all we’ve ever asked
Above
Calculating what the weather brings
Countless meaningless things
But I know
Floating through the river we called time
Glory shines like a dime
Sing me
Elegies of lives I’ve never lived
Sink in
Dowagers can teach you how to swim
Maybe
Golden coins will cover up my eyes
Maybe
Definitely that’s what’s peace of mind
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8. |
Stranger
05:25
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Wait up she said
Wait up it’s getting way too real
To believe it
In any bed
The void is keeping me awake
I can’t relieve it
Vain I can’t shake this feeling
I want to believe it I want to believe it all
With feet stuck on the ground
Time doesn’t heal a thing yeah
I want to believe it I want to believe it all
With feet stuck on the ground
In solid state
The concrete holds me way too well
To release me
An empty stare
A numbing veil just keeps me still
And I can’t lift it
But if tides keep swelling
I need to change sight
And in fights with comfort
I need to pick a side
Yeah, I can’t shake this feeling
I want to believe it I want to believe it all
With feet stuck on the ground
Time doesn’t heal a thing yeah
I want to believe it I want to believe it all
Feet stuck on the ground
Stranger
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