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Everything Must Go!
03:10
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Hey… Come along for the show
Hey… Everything must go!
Yeah, we all Once Were Warriors
So, Warriors, come out to play
We’re starring in our own feature
Don’t let the numbers get in our way
Hey… Come along for the show
Hey… Everything must go! (cause you can’t hold on to it)
So, make up with your make-up
And get your glitter out on the floor
Stare at you like you’re an alien
Get out or spaced, get out of the door
Hey… Come on out for the show
Hey… Everything must go! (cause you can’t hold on to it)
Hey… You can’t buy tomorrow
So, today… Everything must go! (cause you can’t hold on)
So, maybe we’ve no money to burn
And maybe only hell to pay
We ain’t any richer than our memories
Can’t put a price on feelin’ this way… (c’mon!)
Hey… Come along for the show
Hey… Everything must go!
Hey… You can’t buy tomorrow
So, today … Everything must go! (cause you can’t hold on to it)
And I can’t hold on to it
No, we can’t hold on to it… (2, 3, 4!)
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2. |
Victory Dance
04:02
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And we rolled in
Boots and suits and magical
And they strolled in
Cocksure and so cynical
And they tried
To make us feel so pitiful
And we laughed
And we laughed…
And we kept
To ourselves, we didn’t care at all
And they joked,
Poked and prodded so we’d fall
And we left
Thinking we might show them all
And we laughed
And we laughed
And we laughed…
Cause we took off our Masques and dove in headfirst
With no goin’ back…
After all
The game’s to tread your own path
Try to make you small
The shame is always theirs by half
And I recall
The kids who made it beautiful
And laughed
The last laugh
As we danced
Round the amps
And we laughed and did the victory dance…
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3. |
Shining Example
04:23
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Once in your life
I wanna stand like a shining example
Cause what’s in your life
Means the universe to me
Once in your life
You wanna stand like a shining example
But it’s your life
And you always shine to me
Yeah, they’re makin’ more love
Yeah, they’re makin’ more pretty green
Yeah, they’re shakin’ the rust off impatience but so what?.. but so what?
A shot in the dark
Shooting stars, like a shining example
No walk in the park
But a spark can be enough
Dream what you dream
And you’ll beam like a shining example
The crop of the cream
Is the tastiest stuff
So, they’re all salivating
So, they’re all satiating
So, they’re chasin’ the dime of temptation but so what?.. but so what?
Once in my life
I wanna stand like a shining example
Cause what’s in your life
Means the universe to me
Once in your life
You wanna stand like a shining example
Cause it’s your life
And that’s all it needs to be
Oh, all of your life
You will stand like a shining example
Cause all of my life
You’ll always shine to me…
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4. |
Queen Bed
04:45
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So, you’re starting out anew
And you’re not sure what to do
Never not plus-one’d before
All the questions that they’ll pose
And cheer the emperor’s new clothes
While you fidget ‘bout the ghost behind the door
What’s the point in getting dressed?
Who cares if your hair’s a mess?
Why not stay in bed all day?
The invite sits upon your chest
Daring you to don that vest
Will you pass their test or fetal up again?
It’s fight or flight
To be here tonight
It’s fight or flight
To be here tonight
Out of place and out of mind
Get there in your own sweet time
Why does everybody think they know what’s right and best for you?
Too much space and too much wine
Remembering your own sweet times
In the silence, in your queen bed built for two
But it’s just you…
All the couples dancing through
Purse their lips and sad-eye you
Hear them whispering your name
The third or fifth wheel’s all the same
You feel so odd and fake and lame
All you can do not to run away
It’s fight or flight…
Out of place and out of mind
Get there in your own sweet time
Why does everybody think they know what’s right and best for you?
Too much space and too much wine
Remembering your own sweet times
In the silence, in the mirror, there are two
But it’s just you…
Sometimes we all fall apart
Sometimes love will break your heart
But ask yourself, what would they want for you?
Sometimes we all fall apart
Sometimes love will break your heart
But ask yourself, what would they want for you?
Maybe a queen bed built for two?
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5. |
Black Nostalgia
04:10
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Round in circles on this train
I let you let me down again
And you told me it was true
There was nothing you could do
Didn’t it mean a thing to you?
So, it seems I’m to blame
Couldn’t wade through your shame…
Ahh…
All black nostalgia
Round in circles on this train
A tangled web and its refrain
Did our history’s review
Was two decades overdue
Didn’t it mean a thing to you?
Saw your Halo Of Flies
Through The Lies In Your Eyes…
Ahh…
All black nostalgia, now
Round in circles on this train
Now I’m left with this disdain
Saw your colours coming through
There it was, the brutal truth
I didn’t mean a thing to you (but get this…)
Read your words from A to Z
Closed my eyes, counted to three
You didn’t mean a thing to me
You didn’t mean a fucking thing to me…
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Kicking the cautious into the light
Biting the bullet, it’s alright
Bringing the baby into the bright
And I don’t mind
Turning the empty, spark to the frame
Fueling the darkness with the flame
Cheating the devil, That Hell-Bound Train
And I don’t mind
You can have it your way
And it’s okay
To say what you wanna
Do what you wanna
And roll that rock
Up that hill
And out it goes
The sweetest pill
Buckle your bootstraps, lace ‘em up tight
Chasing a pipe dream, it’s alright
Embracing the bullshit and the fight
And I don’t mind
You can have it your way
And it’s okay
To say what you wanna
Write what you wanna
And roll that rock
Up that hill
And down it goes
The bitter pill
Scream into the vacuum and suck up the crickets
Stroke you, provoke you and everyone’s a critic…
And roll that rock
Up that hill
Rock that roll
The only pill…
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Overblown
03:57
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I… can’t even look at you right now and
I… I can’t believe it’s true right now
You’d curse the devil you know
For the heart of the great unknown
Would you really be better on your own?
With all the words you say
And all the hurt and the ghosts in play
The devil you know might just walk away…
I… can’t even think straight right now and
I… can’t even sleep a wink right now
You’d burn the devil you know
For the heat of the great unknown
Would you really be better off alone?
It’s the words that kill
Bitter as a final pill
The devil you know might just test your will…
You’d spurn the devil you know
For the hand of the great unknown
Would you really be better on your own? (so overblown)
The line that keeps us sane (so overblown)
The fragile line between pleasure and pain (so overblown)
The devil you know loves you anyway… and this is overblown
Overblown
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8. |
Heavy On You
04:31
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Seems like the birds know the storm is coming
I don’t hear them singing at all
When I open my door
I don’t hear them anymore
Seems like the lemmings don’t know when to cut and run
You pay the piper standing still
Too close to close your window
Still, you know you don’t want to know
Heavy on you and your minds so small
Heavy on you and you’re bound to fall…
The ego has landed, so dangerous and dumb
The sheep get branded again
Like doe-eyed lambs to the slaughter
With maggots running ‘round your brain
Heavy on you and your big red wall
Heavy on you like a cannonball
A special kind of fresh hell
When you look at yourself
Heavy on you and your mirrorball…
Heavy on you and your minds so small
Heavy on you and you’re bound to fall
Heavy on you and your conscience, y’all
Heavy on you like a cannonball
A special kind of fresh hell
When you look at yourself
Heavy on you and your mirrorball…
Seems like the birds know the storm is coming…
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9. |
The Best Thing
04:30
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Heart-smart, better than head-smart
Gave you a headstart, hitting the ground
Brown hair and those brown eyes
How the time flies when she’s around
Feeling up on the ceiling
Had you reeling, and reeled you in
And heart-smart, better than head-smart
Gave you a head start so you might win
You played it right
You played it right
She said, “Come over and play me a song again tonight”
Brain dead, in some strange bed
You were spoon fed a pack of lies
Your cold plate filled with old dates
She said “Just wait”, you’re down to size
Jackass, you were a dumbass
Thought it was badass all the while
And bushwhacked, you felt ransacked
But still gobsmacked by that smile
You played it right…
The best decision you ever made was doing nothing at all
The best decision you ever made was waiting it out
The best decision you ever made was choosing not to call
Sometimes the best thing is the best thing you don’t do…
The best decision you ever made was doing nothing at all
The best decision you ever made was shutting your mouth
The best decision you ever made was choosing not to call
Sometimes the best thing is the best thing you don’t do…
You played it right…
You played it right…
She’s the best thing… the best thing…
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10. |
Static
03:39
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Waist deep in the snow
And you can’t move at all
Sinking in the quicksand
But outside you fail to fall
You don’t appear erratic
But all you hear is static
In Marco Polo dark
You search for evidence
You put it into park
And scream, “It makes no sense.”
While you fear the dramatic
All you hear is static
Coming out of nowhere, your whole universe
Searching for a chorus in a never-ending verse
Looking like a blessing, and feeling like a curse
It comes and it goes in waves…
Though you appear ecstatic
All you hear is static
It’s like you’re on automatic
All you hear is static
And it’s weird and traumatic
When you hear only static
You don’t appear erratic
But all you feel is static…
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11. |
Section 8
03:46
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It’s funny how things rarely go as planned
We think that we hold it, it’s all in our hands
Guess sometimes that’s true, we make our own bed
But sometimes the control is all in our head
The kid don’t ask, the kid don’t get
The kid says, “I’m not ready yet”
But it’s action and it’s fate
Out in Section 8
When you least expect it, it drops in your lap
It’s crazy how sometimes there ain’t no map
But a wise old punk said you can’t live in fear, no
And thought minus action only comes to zero
The kid don’t ask, the kid don’t get
The kid says, “I’m not ready yet”
But it’s traction and it’s fate
Out in Section 8
it’s traction and it’s fate
Out in Section 8
Call it karma, call it a sign
It’s all working by design
Still you’ve got to play the odds
A bit of luck and a touch of the gods…
It’s funny how things rarely go as planned…
The kid don’t ask, the kid don’t get
The kid says, “I’m not ready yet”
But it’s reaction and it’s fate
Out in Section 8
The kid don’t ask, the kid don’t get
The kid can sit alone and fret
But it’s action and it’s fate
Out in Section 8
It’s action and it’s fate
Out in Section 8
It’s action and it’s fate
Out in Section 8…
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12. |
Shakedown The Breakdown
04:50
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Snowblind
When moonlight
Just grinds you away
But in time
A goldmine
Will light up the grey
We’re comin’ through
We’re comin’ through
We’re comin’ true
To shakedown the breakdown
Your daylight’s comin’ around
Shakedown the breakdown
We all need a gang in this cold town…
It’s divine
There’s sunshine
At dawn every day
One of a kind
A gold mind
Silver-lined anyway
You’re comin’ true
You’re comin’ true
You’re comin’ through
To shakedown the breakdown…
Shakedown the breakdown
Your daylight’s comin’ around
Shakedown the breakdown
The hourglass upside down
Shakedown the breakdown
Your daylight’s comin’ around
Shakedown the breakdown
We all need a gang in this cold,
We all need a gang in this cold town…
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13. |
Your Version Of Me
04:34
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You were banking on a new religion
A grift you kept on the sly
I was blinded by your double vision
But floating out of your black sky
I see… I’m not your version of me
You were plotting your escape route
A plan to run and duck and hide
Thought I was safe inside your refuge
But from the cold distance of time
I see… I’m not your version of me
Everyone sees what they wanna see
A million miles apart in the same room
Where the silent conversation bleeds
I tore at the weeds
Got up off my knees…
You were on a solo mission
Save yourself and no one else
I was banking on a new religion
Til I drifted from your spell
Now, I’m free… and not your version of me
And I’ll never be… your version of me
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Star Collector Vancouver, British Columbia
Star Collector is a rock & roll band from Vancouver, BC who've toured Canada, U.S, & Europe. They've worked w/ Garth Richardson (Catherine Wheel), Kevin Kane (Grapes of Wrath), Evan Foster (Sonics),.Ian Person (The Soundtrack Of Our Lives), Jody Porter (Fountains Of Wayne), Paul Myers (The Paul & John), Renee Suchy (TPOH). Their 7th, 'Everything Must Go!' is out now. They've had 19 bass players. ... more
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