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Out of Your Mind
02:43
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references, outdated maps
magazines and valiant paperbacks
something to share with a lifelong friend
some advice for you to freely lend
but they’re busy collecting
dust upon the shelf
while you search for successors
keep hiding from yourself
agency, the will to act
agony from precious artifacts
a painful test at any age
the masterpiece or another empty page?
the walls are closing in now
wringing hands of time
a sense over your shoulder
a motive for the crime
let it build itself a new life
forge another line
you don’t have to be crazy
don’t have to be out of your mind
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2. |
Witnesses
03:37
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narrowing corridors, hands on the walls
because i’m barely able to stand
slowly unsurely i enter the living room
defining the problem at hand
empty my family abandoned me
they were here then they just disappeared
who do you trust when you can’t trust yourself
your own eyes your own thoughts your own ears?
all will acquiesce
all are witnesses
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The Truth
03:29
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i heard the news
whitest generations
taking out frustrations on the rest
time machine
set to isolation
built this very nation on the rest
the second he thought it, they already bought it
ignorance never strays
hard to believe in the truth when you’re running away
some will say
it’s just economics
that they’re victims of this whole charade
but empathy?
come on, let’s be honest
they put this bullshit artist on parade
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an aberration, a witness to decline, the greatest version, a series of victories for disease, an unwinding that’s really just winding, like watching the world in reverse
i’m tired
of trying
to get up
keep fighting
i want to be part of the noise
just one of the girls and the boys
beauty in the mundane, a quick fix, a mirror, chronic negative self appraisal, a deft approach, a brutal reality, confidence is arrogance; any amount is distasteful
aren’t you afraid?
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5. |
Big Decisions
04:41
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first it’s just a couple hours
then it’s more like half the day
time after time, the secrets i find come together
i get to make the big decisions
who to hurt, who to blame
how to define the weight of a lie as an answer
and although we haven’t spoken
i hear the hurting in your voice
will i decide to open my eyes and do better?
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6. |
Waste
02:48
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waste your time
see what you’re missing
what does it mean to you?
who are you talking to?
you can’t keep holding yourself back
take your time
see the transition
carcinogenic leads
all rendered obsolete
sometimes you need to let it break
yeah breathe, and let it break
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7. |
Sing Again
05:37
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i write much smaller
when i stay still
conserving paper
worthy skill
meditation spent
counting all the rules
what i never say
a pattern of abuse
why won’t you sing again?
you can do whatever you want
i think i read you
loud and clear
familiar story
paul revere
of no consequence
history erased
what will never be
a beautiful embrace
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8. |
In My Sleep
05:01
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drinking your own weight
i think that’s enough
make your own mistakes
don’t put them on us
oh
kill me
kill me in my sleep
i
know you’re
not the enemy
i’m the one holding his eyes shut, waiting for some kind of guarantee
wanted the life of a criminal running the only mouth he needs
i’m the one pulling his own weight, taking the joy from what i breathe
until something does me in
maybe there’s a wiser way
to stage an accident
to better take the wheel
give 100%
what would i do
if you went that way?
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With Teeth
04:36
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switch
is it on or off
can you tell
is it light or dark
which
which do you prefer
are you ashamed
do i have to spell it out
i
can’t tell if we’re dying or bored
dying or bored
or both
use
use me for whatever you want
say it aloud
say it with teeth
once
then again and again
until it becomes
a bit routine
please
tell me what i want
as a friend
is it something more
agreed
yeah i think to some extent
we all run
run from within
use
use me for whatever you want
say it aloud
say it with teeth
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10. |
Of Devotion
03:17
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such a likely story
hangs like a curse
is it still the past?
is it getting worse?
you know what to do
but you don’t know when
where’d you go just then?
where’d you go?
of devotion
anything i can
it’s so good to see you
back on your feet
in the wilderness
in the city streets
meeting after meeting
cleaning up the mess
moving from the past
to present tense
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11. |
Polarity
03:10
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woke up evergreen
holding half a head
holding pieces up to make my case
i’m procedural
i’m a bloody mess
i’m a polarity starting at the end
all the solitude
all the good old days
all the entrances and exits of the mind
i’m a funeral
i’m being generous
i’m a polarity starting at the end
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