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Tomorrow I Will Be Free
04:26
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They say we marry our own parents
But I say we marry our unfinished business
And for me my unfinished business is grief
And the grief it don't get me relief
Despite it all
Despite it all I am choosing my own way
If I can survive today
If I can survive today
If I can survive today tomorrow
Tomorrow I will be free
No one can take away what's in your mind
No one can make that all disappear
I have the will to make my own choice
The will to raise up my own voice
Despite it all
Despite it all I am screaming loud and clear
I live in the delusion of reprieve
Behind bad thoughts that never ever leave
It is there and then that my heart opens wide
And it is there and then I know I must decide
What makes you do one thing and not another
Is it something you can live with
Or can't live without
What makes you dance to your death
Or stop before your last breath
Despite it all
Despite it all I am choosing my own way
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It's a little bit funny
This feeling inside of me
It's as if the world's been laid out
The way it was meant to be
And I feel high
On top of my game
Ready to defend
Ready to defame
It's a little bit crazy
Not something I would expect
And if you think I'm lucky
You are quite correct
But you know it ain't no goof
That i'm ten feet tall and bulletproof
Come on, I will show you
Come on, I will own you
It's a little bit silly
That I should be at all insecure
The world is my oyster
That is one thing that is for sure
Do I sound entitled to more than I need
Because I want what I want
You call that greed
I got balls as big as boulders
I can carry the weight of the world
On my shoulders
Don't be jealous, no don't wish me ill
I done it all with the force of my will
You know it ain't no goof
That i'm ten feet tall and bulletproof
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When We Was Young
04:08
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We had us a pretty cool look
That no one else nailed
And anyone who dared to try
Epically failed
We are ultra complicated
Quoted from Keats
Listened to Nick Drake records
Latter-day beats
We had it all
When we was young
We stood ten feet tall
When we was young
Those were our glory days
That's back when we peaked
All of our wheels they turned
And none of them squeaked
We wrote our poetry
We challenged the norm
We lived by our chin-y, chin, chin
We weathered the storm
We were pretty fascinating
We would readily admit
And after all the years gone by
Not sure why we quit
We had the whole wide world
In the palm of our hands
From the comfort of our own backyard
To strangest of lands
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Take One More Step
05:35
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Don't come close
Don't come near me
I want you to stay you away
I want you to fear me
Don't want to hear your lame excuses
Don't want to hear your lies
Don't want to hear how your train ran late
All the hows and whys
Don't care about your shitty childhood
Don't care about your pain
Go ahead and kill yourself
All you ever did was complain
Take one more step if you dare
Don't say nothing
Not a single word
You paint a picture of reasonable
But you're completely absurd
Don't try to make up to me
We've been down that road
You must think i am an idiot
You must think i will buy your load
Don't care about your writing
Don't care about your art
It all sucks anyway
Wow's that for a start
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Sun Cut Flat
05:58
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Well don't you know
You been on my brain
Think of you so much 'bout to go insane
You push all my buttons
Gonna make 'em pop
If i knew a way
I'd make it stop
Perhaps it's the color
Of the sun cut flat
And covering the crossroads
I'm standing at
You haunt me in the morning
And late at night
Just when i think i've escaped you
You give me a fright
You creep up behind me
And whisper in my ear
Hey you, yeah you
I'll give you something to fear
You've got eyes like the devil
Rimmed with red
I say, who goes there
You say, it's me, the dead
i tell you to beat it
But you laugh a dirty laugh
You say, I'm not done with you no, not by half
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6. |
Run, Run, Run
03:28
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Run run a-run run run away
Run run a-run run run away
C'mon girl let's get ourselves outta here
And run run run
No we better not wait any longer
'Cos the end is coming down fast
We got to get ourselves together
If we want to escape our past
It's a long, long road
So we better be on our way
It's a long, long road
Let's get ourselves going today
It's a steep, steep hill
So we better have our walking shoes
It's a steep, steep hill
Let's light ourselves off like a fuse
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7. |
I Am Not Here
05:40
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I heard you came a-lookin'
But what did you hope to find
Don't know why you even bothered
'Cause I'd long ago resigned
You see I'd walked away forever
From all the daily grind
I am not here, no
I am not here
I was sick of asking questions
It's such a pointless game
And the people all around me
Well they didn't know my name
It's not like I wasn't trying
I'll take all the stinkin' blame
You see I was like a candle
That could never stand a flame
I heard you'd asked about me
But I never knew you cared
Long ago I sent a message
And I left my soul bared
Never once you thought to call me
And ask me how I had fared
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Things We Left Behind
05:25
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When I was a child
I talked like a child
I thought like a child
And I walked like a child
But now I'm a man
And I put away my childish things
Now I'm a man
And I put away my water wings
They are at the bottom of my drawer
They don't do me no good no more
These are the things we left behind
These are the things we left behind
We will never get them back
We will never get them back, no, no
All these of things we left behind
When I was a child
I lived like a child
I played like a child
And I lied like a child
But now I'm a man
And I've given up my childish ways
Now I'm a man
I'm done with all my childhood days
They are stored in my memory
They are there for all eternity
I'm done with my soldiers
And I'm done with my sled
I've put them all away
Hid them all under my bed
When I was a child
I cried like a child
I laughed like a child
And I hurt like a child
But now I'm a man
And I've learned to live with the pain
Now I'm a man
And I know it's best not complain
I keep my feelings locked up tight
I am adroit and I use no sleight
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Inexplicable
05:07
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This was your house
This was your home
Threw it away for the unknown
What did you gain never made clear
You had it all have you no fear
Do what you do
Inexplicable
Nothing gets through
Inexplicable
True and untrue
Inexplicable you
You had a wife
Chased her away
When I asked why, why
You could not say
Was it for love
Was it for change
Was it for naught
It's all so strange
Are you not scared
Precarious
I fear for you
Vicarious
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10. |
Desperate Days
04:17
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Whichever way I turn
I wind up at a bad end
Whatever truth I believe in
In the end I can’t transcend
What does it matter
If I’m happy or sad
I can't make it good
I can only bad
And I'm living
In these desperate days
All the world's ablaze
In these desperate days
In these desperate days
Whatever road I take
I wind up nowheresville
Whatever path I go down
I fall in a landfill
Who really cares at all
If I am up or down
I’m alone in this
This lonely old town
Whenever I look within
I see a broken man
However I spin it
My race is done ran
Who really knows me
All my means and ways
Who really sees me
In my desperate days
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Think about it
Take your time
Just slow down, slow down, slow down
You need to know
What you want to know
What road to go down, go down
And you'll go down
When you're good and ready
And you'll take your chances
When you're good and ready
Mull it over
Draw a breath
Take a bite of your finger nail
Have a drink
Have lots of drinks
Then weigh what's on your scale
Stand in front of the mirror
And have a little face to face
Go outside and sit in your car
Just don't drive any place
I got time
You got time
But maybe not so much, so much
What you decide
Is fine with me
Be sure to keep in touch
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12. |
Night of a Billion Stars
05:06
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Inside my tiny capsule
i’m sailing into parts unknown
Got nothing here to guide me
I’m completely alone
I was on mission
But then i got off course
It’s a night of a billion stars
All across the universe
A night of a billion stars
The lengths we traverse
Ravens fly from out my eyes
I’m unstuck in time
First I’m a worm
Then I’m fire
The special effects are sublime
I live in a the Jupiter room
My breath the only sound
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