1. |
Woolgathering
04:20
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woolgathering
picturing myself in a weather faded dream
and it doesn't look quite right
but if I just dim the light
it looks much better
woolgathering
trying to paint myself into someone else's painting
and it doesn't look that great
but if you look from far away
it looks much better
woolgathering
photoshopping pimples out of beauty magazines
always trying to conceal
everything that's much too real
it looks much better
woolgathering
digging in the attic through a box of broken things
but there's no repacement parts
for this machine you call your heart
it's here forever
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2. |
Pleasant Insincerity
02:26
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and I woke
with the morning gone
and the sun
directly overhead
as she spoke
with her voice so calm
I could hear
every little echo
this is what you have for me
pleasant insincerity
empty words of flattery are whispered on a wire
something in our chemistry
numbing the extremity
only temporarily fulfilling the desire
when you go
let me come along
I would be
forever in your debt
when you go
I will prove you wrong
I will make
everything better
this is what you have for me
pleasant insincerity
empty words of flattery are whispered on a wire
something in our chemistry
numbing the extremity
only temporarily fulfilling the desire
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3. |
Indivisible
05:24
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I'm alone in the city
In the chemical glow
I'm looking through a kaleidoscope
At the colours of the world below
In a tenement tower
In a delicate cell
They took away all my secret parts
now I'm nothing but a plastic shell
I've been living on my own
I'm trying to make a home
In a place where the heat is invisible
I've been looking for a sign
I'm Trying to find the time
But I find that I'm still indivisible now
now, now
I'm still indivisible
In the heat of the summer
In the back of my brain
I'm right back where I was before
Nothing ventured and nothing gained
In the heat of the moment
In the shadow of doubt
It's so easy to fall in love
But It's difficult to fall back out
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4. |
Different Dream
02:21
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vaguely
I'm bound
it's hard to believe all the baggage we're dragging around
uphill
upright
we're grabbing the pieces and holding them up to the light
I could slip away from the inbetween
from the ticking clocks
and the moving screens
from the blinking lights
and the limousines
I could float away
on a different dream
taking
what you need
you've got a plan and I know that you're bound to succeed
taking
what you can
everyone's glad for the money you're making
you've got a job and you bring home the bacon
while I slip away from the inbetween
from the ticking clocks
and the moving screens
from the blinking lights
and the limousines
I could float away
on a different dream
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5. |
Favourite Colours
04:32
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all the trees still in motion
cut me back down to size
all of this strange commotion
and one day you realize
the world won't wait for you
no matter what you do
pretty rose
I'm scattered into pieces
where I lie
and no one knows
I'm gathered in the recess
left behind
for a minute of pleasure
for a lifetime of shame
for the chance to discover
you and I are the same
the world won't wait for you
no matter what you do
the world won't wait for you
but I can see you through
you and I we'll play among the flowers
every day
hypnotized, they can't take what is ours
we're standing in the way
we can paint with all our favourite colours
through the grey
nothing else can face the superpowers
not today
the world won't wait for you
no matter what you do
the world won't wait for you
but I can see you through
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6. |
Dead Horse
03:00
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you know I tried so hard to reach you
you wanna learn but I couldn't teach you
and in the end I must beseech you
to be a little bit more than this
you know I'd like to talk it over
and I can keep my cool composure
and if you listen for a moment
then it would be so marvelous
this is the way
we communicate
this is the line
between love and hate
this is the way
we communicate
this is the game
and you have to play
you must be starving for attention
you must be spitting on convention
you must be making an objection
you have to face reality
you had to make a proclamation
you put me in this situation
you always lead me to frustration
if only you were more like me
this is the way
we communicate
this is the line
between love and hate
this is the way
we communicate
this is the game
and you have to play!
empty words we are repeating
hanging on your foolish pride
this dead horse that we are beating
seems to keep us occupied
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7. |
Intervention
02:58
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he's not the same as all the rest
he failed the Rorschach inkblot test
and this is where his life is going
we gave him every pill we had
we sent the bill to mom and dad
and finally the results are showing
these days
he's not quite the same
how he takes pleasure
in the mundane
we'll have to reevaluate
we'll have to hold him back a grade
with nothing but the best intention
he's undeveloped for his age
he never checks his Facebook page
we'll have to have an intervention
these days
he's not quite the same
how he takes pleasure
in the mundane
these days
he's not quite the same
he's kind of boring
he's kind of lame
nobody knows what's going on
inside his head
nobody knows what we've done wrong, but he's terribly terribly terribly terribly terribly terribly terribly terribly sad
and you should be glad!
these days
he's not quite the same
how he takes pleasure
in the mundane
these days
he's not quite the same
he's kind of boring
he's kind of lame
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8. |
Victory Lap
02:15
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all my friends are graduating
but I'm staying for a victory lap
none of them are hesitating
and I wish that I could be like that
it's always the same for me
I'm stuck in my own debris
I'm stuck in a fantasy
it's always the same for me
everybody's looking forward
I'm the only one who's looking back
everybody's read the instruction manual
and they've got their life on track
it's always the same for me
I'm stuck in my own debris
I'm stuck in a fantasy
it's always the same for me
they wanna take me away but I don't wanna go
they wanna educate, but I already know
it's not what it seems to be
I'm stuck in my own debris
I'm stuck in a fantasy
it's always the same for me
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9. |
Murals
01:56
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you've got a tube of platinum white
I've got cobalt blue
let's go down to the common room and I'll pain on the walls with you
we don't have permission to be down here
so we'll have to stay out of sight
we were not commissioned to be down here
so we'll have to paint at night
and someday all our work will get painted over
maybe tomorrow, or five years from now
but still we try to make something beautiful
and hope that it survives somehow
you've got a tube of emerald green
I've got asphalt grey
if you'll be my Emily Carr, I'll be your Claude Monet
we're gonna take this ugly wall and make it look appealing
we're gonna paint this wall like it's the Sistine Chapel ceiling
and someday all our work will get painted over
maybe tomorrow, or five years from now
but still we try to make something beautiful
and hope that it survives somehow
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10. |
Rear-View Mirror
04:37
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It's time for you to leave, I won't ask any questions
I'm glad we had the chance to let it go so far
and in my rear-view mirror I still see your reflection
and I can finally see exactly who you are
this is a time to follow
a time to swallow your pride
these are the happiest days of our lives
I wish that you and I could live like this forever
I wish we could postpone this for just another day
and here I go again, pretending to be clever
I only wished for you, but life got in the way
this is a time to follow
a time to swallow your pride
these are the happiest days of our lives
a room without a view protects me from the weather
a box of souvenirs I could not throw away
"June came upon us much too soon" - we used to sing together
June came upon us much too soon, and here we are today
this is a time to follow
a time to swallow your pride
these are the happiest days of our lives
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11. |
Outlines
04:04
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The light in the window fades away
The colours recede to shades of grey
Sketching the outlines of a dream
Somewhere between waking and sleeping
But I'm lying awake at the end of the day and reliving the past
And this lingering wish is a slippery fish that I cannot grasp
The dream is gone
The glow of a phosphorescent sky
Lit up by a thousand fireflies
You wanted a living souvenir
But as you approached they disappeared
And you gave it away for a dollar a day
And you left me behind
And you traded it all for a hole in the wall
Where the sun never shines
And I'm lying awake at the end of the day
And reliving the past
But this lingering wish is a slippery fish
That eludes my grasp
The dream is gone
The dream is gone
But the longer you wait and you procrastinate
The more you waste away
All the colours you see all the bright scenery
Are nothing but paper mashe
And I'm lying awake at the end of the day
And reliving the past
But this lingering wish is a slippery fish
That eludes my grasp
The dream is gone
The dream is gone
The dream is gone
The dream is gone
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12. |
Another World
05:10
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we're going through the motions every single day
repeating every sentence, every word
we capture your emotions on magnetic tape
a single fleeting moment to be heard
if you believe there's another world apart from what we know, carry on, carry on
if you can see with a wandering heart and say "I told you so", and it's gone, and it's gone
we're making a connection to a distant place
we're waiting for an echo from the stars
we're sending a projection into empty space
returning a reflection of what we are
if you believe there's another world apart from what we know, carry on, carry on
if you can see with a wandering heart and say "I told you so", and it's gone, and it's gone
I'm a passenger
I've become
an ambassador
of the sun
if you believe there's another world apart from what we know, carry on, carry on
if you can see with a wandering heart and say "I told you so", and it's gone, and it's gone
if you believe there's another world apart from what we know, carry on, carry on, carry on
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13. |
In A Hole
05:02
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in a hole you made
that's where I found you
and scattered around you
among the debris
In your own disgrace,
I started to doubt you
there's something about you
that's hard to believe
and the songs you sing are the ones I used to know
but your voice is drowned in the roar
and the words you say, I have heard so long ago
and they don't mean much anymore
the shadows crawl across on the ground
the evening sun is creeping down
and sinking in a corner of the sky
the friend you used to count upon
was growing up and moving on
and left you with a bittersweet goodbye
and the songs you sing are the ones I used to know
but your voice is drowned in the roar
and the words you say, I have heard so long ago
and they don't mean much anymore
Lost my nerve at the moment of truth
but you were so far away
killing time at the fountain of youth
holding on
to yesterday
and the songs you sing are the ones I used to know
but your voice is drowned in the roar
and the words you say, I have heard so long ago
and they don't mean much anymore
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14. |
Hope Falls
03:13
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hope falls out of the darkness
breathing in through despair
holding on to a silent prayer
worn out, drained of affection
faded out through the years
hope falls, grasping to hold you there
and if you believe all that I ask of you
and if you can live with this compromise
so try to believe, if it relaxes you
the danger is gone, so open your eyes
open your eyes
my god craves your attention
floating up in the air
holding on to a silent prayer
my persistent companion
follows me everywhere
my god is grasping to hold me there
and if you believe all that I ask of you
and if you can live with this compromise
so try to believe, if it relaxes you
the danger is gone, so open your eyes
open your eyes
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