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17
01:17
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One little word with
Two complications and
Three ways to explain it
You're impossibly contradicting in just about everything
Four interchanging phrases
Five keywords keep me chained to you
And there's nothing I can do
The six choices you bestow all lead to the same muddy hole so
Seventh heaven can't you see
This eight ball that you've given me
The nine sided die is broken inside
Cause all the answers just say no
I'm trying to know, to understand
To count ten blessings on me hand
But the eleven possessions possess my mind
Stronger than twelve heroes I can find and
Thirteen's unlucky
Fourteen was just two of the same
Fifteen not much happened
But sixteen I nearly went insane so
Seventeen, please be good to me
Please be better than all the rest
And if you can't I'll just wait for eighteen
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2. |
Conversation with Love
04:11
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Have you ever seen a woman walk with so much class?
Hangin' 'round central, shaking that- hand
And I know that you say you'd choose me any day
But I still think that I'd look better that way
So I would like to ask you a thing or two
And I would like to know more about you
Should I really be saying this?
Or just let it go?
Have you ever seen a man who pulls your heart by its strings?
Dragging you closer saying "pretty little thing"
And you know in your heart you shouldn't fall for his traps
And yet in your mind you're just running laps
Oh love, you're a strange thing,
That I haven't taken time to comprehend
Oh love, you're consuming,
And I don't think that will ever end oh love
Should I really be saying this?
Or just let it go?
Love's a maze my mother says
A winding puzzle with no end
And I am definitely lost in love
Love's not something I can hold
At least that's what the poets told
But can I at least have a conversation with love?
Can I talk to love?
You confuse me in your ways and where you tell me to go
You've got me convinced that something is true
And I believe it, cause I don't know the difference
In these little steps that I must take
There is something I can make
But I don't understand anything about love
I can't tell what you're thinking anymore
Was I ever able to control you?
Or was that just an illusion?
You know, you left me lagging behind
And now I'm too old but still don't know how to find
Anyone who can love me for now
Because love's a maze my mother says
A winding puzzle with no end
And I am definitely lost in love,
I just can't seem to find anyone
Love's not something I can hold
At least that's what the poets told
But can I at least have a conversation with love?
Can I talk to love?
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3. |
Nothing There
04:02
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Run little girl you’re out of time
There’s no one to whisper goodbye to today
Pack up all the things that can fit in a locket
And ride the next train away
Get off at the last station and run to the light
That the sidewalk throws upon the blinding water
Let the moon blind your senses
Until dawn comes, lower defenses
And breathe in that black and blue sky
If I were you, then I would dream
Of starlight and much brighter things
Than a town where no lives
Where everyday your mind misgives
You travel to a different place
You’ll never fill that empty space
Look as long as you live
There was nothing there to begin
You’ll never get away, there’s no takeaway
Hard as you try to justify, It’ll never make sense
Ignore your heart; It’s the only way to start growing
Foundations of stone cold men
If I were you, then I would dream
Of starlight and much brighter things
Than a town where no lives
Where everyday your mind misgives
You travel to a different place
You’ll never fill that empty space
Look as long as you live
There was nothing there to begin
March on
To a battlefield you can’t win
Thorny ropes tied round your shins
As you kneel down and say
Forgiven
Is something I can’t be
Let the curtain fall and see
Me as I truly am
If I were you, then I would dream
Of starlight and much brighter things
Than a town where no lives
Where everyday your mind misgives
You travel to a different place
You’ll never fill that empty space
Look as long as you live
Look as long as you live
Look as long as you live
There was nothing there to begin
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4. |
Little Something
03:17
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Here's a little story, a little something new
About a girl that you thought that you knew
She's gotta whole in her heart that needs some mending
Here's a little story, a little serenade
About a girl who needed to be brave
To look for a story with a better ending
She said oh oh oh oh
Oh I gotta go-oh oh
Find somewhere
Where the skies are bluer
So oh oh oh oh
Oh only if I'd know-oh ohn
That I could've been
There sooner
Here's a little story, a little something strange
About a boy who needed a change
He'd been waiting his whole life, for some adventure
Here's a little ditty, so come on sing along
About two people who needed a song
To tell them to change their lives for the better
They said oh oh oh oh
Oh I gotta go oh oh oh
Find somewhere
Where the skies are bluer
So oh oh oh oh
Oh only if I'd know oh ohn
That I could've been
There sooner
Oh you can't wait your life away
Waiting for the perfect day
And you can't wait to be the hero
When the people are knocking at your door
If you need to make a change
You can find it your own way
Trade the past just to see what's in store
So oh oh oh oh
Oh I gotta go-oh oh
Find somewhere
Where the skies are bluer
So oh oh oh oh
Oh only if I'd know-oh ohn
That I could've been
There sooner
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5. |
Eggshells
03:05
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Don't mind me I'm just the corner of a room
Not as center picturesque as the moonlight
Spotlight center stage
Top of the page
With your name in bold letters
I bet you're feeling better than I do
Oh and you're so highly correct
I've been tracing all your pictures and your silhouette
Is the overcast shadowing all of my ideologies of, well, self worth
I could say a word regret it and pull it back,
Dragging with me
All the shame, all the blame, all the lost sense of reality
Of what it means to converse
And that means you can't go in reverse
Say something smart or funny and I'm invisible,
Eggshells on white walls
I break because I'm not the nonesuch
I crack at the thought of being a little too much
A little too much
If perfect practice makes a master
But the masters are allowed to make mistakes
It leaves a paradoxical situationary complication
That negatively affects the missteps I make
There's no forgiveness for my sake
So speak up! Nope you missed it
Find a way to resist
Screaming your frustrations out
Say a word regret it and pull it back,
Dragging with me
All the shame, all the blame, all the lost sense of reality
Of what it means to converse
And that means you can't go in reverse
Say something smart or funny and I'm invisible,
Eggshells on white walls
I break because I'm not the nonesuch
I crack at the thought of being a little too much
(She'll never say it)
A little too much
(She'll never say it)
Oh, but there's beauty in the framing of a picture
The perfect angles sharp and clean
The background work of the scene
Woah, and a harmony is so much sweeter with a strong melody
But I'll still
Say a word regret it and pull it back,
Dragging with me
All the shame, all the blame, all the lost sense of reality
Of what it means to converse
And that means you can't go in reverse
Say something smart or funny and I'm invisible,
Eggshells on white walls
I break because I'm not the nonesuch
I crack at the thought of being a little too much
A little too much
A little too much
A little too much
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6. |
Into the Mud
03:43
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Why don't you dig yourself an even deeper hole
Fill it up with something other than a shovel
Bury the trench and border line
Surrounding your troubles
And when the world falls in, don't let it be subtle
Why don’t you cover up the rose with more dirt
Let it rot beneath a sun you will not see
If your mind is your reality
You’ve got a twisted fate
If the ground is your insanity
Then its far too late
Just sink away
Into the mud thats taken the place
Of your clear water reflection
Distort the color with your desire for perfection
Why don't you throw another punch at your mirror
Find poetry in the blood on your broken fist
Stare at the shattered face,
As you watch your fall from grace
And still blame yourself for the uncontrolled space
Just sink away
Into the mud thats taken the place
Of your clear water reflection
Distort the color with your desire for-
Perfections not the finish of
Your lines drawn in the sand
But you let those cords tighten
Over heart and over hand
Watch the world fill up your lungs
All the sediment you dug
Will be for nothing but the empty grave that you’ve begun
Just sink away
Into the mud thats taken the place
Of your clear, sweet water reflection
Distort the color with you desire for-
Why don't you dig yourself an even deeper hole?
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7. |
Kazoo
00:31
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8. |
Fight the Fear
04:12
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I don't know anything for certain
But I hope that I won't let anything get in my way
And I have been searching for that purpose
That life will try to shoo away
So I will take whatever life gives me
Knock me down and beat me till I bleed
So I'll stop being afraid
Of the monsters in my closet
And the beasts lurking in the dark
Things I should've forgotten long ago
It's not much, but it sure is a start
So I'll practice everyday to keep the shadows away
And out of my brain
Music is the shield,
And the words are the sword
And although my body's young, my soul is old
And all my castle's by the sea
Will wash away from me
But I'll rebuild the sand happily
And once I've learned my lesson
And built the walls of stone
Well the sea will become a dragon
And singe me to the bone
So I'll build the walls of iron
Trap him and his fire
So it's me set free
So I'll stop being afraid
Of the monsters in my closet
And the beasts lurking in the dark
If I can face a dragon,
Then I can fight a lion just as easily
So I'll practice everyday to keep the shadows away
And out of my brain
So I'll start my own adventures against life and it's ways
Not a princess in a tower
And I'll always save the day
And I won't forget my family
Because they keep me strong
If anything, I'll drag them along
And we'll fight off all the monsters that hide beneath my bed
And the beasts lurking in the dark
If I can take these challenges then I can do most anything
But first I'll have to start
So I'll practice everyday to keep the shadows away
And out of my brain
So I'll practice everyday to keep the shadows away
And out of my brain
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9. |
Dream
05:07
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Wish away
Dream a pretty little dream
Dance your heart out
To a song that was never there
Pray today
Reality's not what it seems
Pour your heart out
To that pretty little dream
Roses have their thorns
You by far had the most
Growing inside and upside
And god knows where
Silver linings polished to gold
Will ruin the wearer's clothes
Making stains of chalky white and grey
Stay away
Between lines of text there's teeth
They'll bite if you seek the answers to your prayer
They'll scar with little care
When you wake
That glass slipper will fall from your feet
Oh that's much too fragile
To be your dream
Roses have their thorns
You by far had the most
Growing inside and upside
And god knows where
Silver linings polished to gold
Will ruin the wearer's clothes
Making stains of chalky white and grey
Watch your dream
For soon it will be
A memory of long ago
Stay with me
And keep our little dream
Believe but run on, and it will grow
Roses have their thorns
You by far had the most
Growing inside and upside
And god knows where
Silver linings polished to gold
Will ruin the wearer's clothes
Making stains of chalky white and grey
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10. |
Southern Wind
02:57
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If there's something that I would like to learn
Why do we as people like to turn
We turn in dance for the world to see
We turn our backs on friends and enemies
But if there was one thing that I could ask for
I beg you bring the winds to me once more
Oh how I miss the southern wind
That pulled me to my feet again
And turned me northward heading home
If there's one thing that's been on my mind
Why are there people who are far too kind
They'll make you love yourself at the start
But when they leave, the cold takes back your heart
But if there was one thing I could ask for
I beg you bring the winds to me once more
Oh how I miss the southern wind
That warmed my broken heart again
And turned me northward heading home
If there's one thing that I need to understand
Why do things leave when when it all goes bad
People, lovers, children too
All the confidence I had in you
This vessel can't hold the weight anymore
Let me turn my back on those who hurt me
Warm the hearts of those who deserve me
Help me realize that people come and go with time
But if there was one thing that I need
It'd be the strength to believe in me
So if there's was one thing I could ask for
I beg you bring the winds to me once more
All the love and trust I had in me
Would surely be returned you see
If it turns me northward heading home
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11. |
Not Listening
02:58
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"I can’t help it if you can’t stop it"
Well maybe if you tried
To realize that you’ve been childish
In every word that you make lies
And if that’s the only thing you can say
I don’t need to see you anyway
So close my door, step away
There’s no way I’ll hear you today
So na nanana nana
I’m playing your game of not listening
Na nanana nana
Your opinions are something I’m not missing
Na na nananana
You can throw all the cards
You can roll all the dice
Doesn’t mean that you’ll ever suffice
To persuade me that I am someone
Who deserves to be put down or ignored
And If that’s the only thing you can say
I don’t need to see you anyway
So slam my door, walk away
But there’s no way I’ll hear you today
So na nanana nana
I’m playing your game of not listening
Na nanana nana
Your opinions are something I’m not missing
Na nananana na
I am no better, but sure as hell no less
And I’m sorry my standing ups causing you stress
But you refuse to hear me out
And the only thing you can say back is to shout
If that’s the only thing you can do
Politely speaking, who are you
To dictate who I am
Well maybe that self righteous mind should scram
So na nanana nana
I’m playing your game of not listening
Na nanana nana
Your opinions are something I’m not missing
Na nananana na
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12. |
The Robot Song
02:18
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Come try our new product
It’s the best you’ve ever seen
A miraculous invention
Who can guess what it’ll be
At our new line ups unveiling,
We ask you be polite
For our product is a little bit shy
For we have built you a friend (A friend!)
A most comforting friend (Oh that's great!)
For those nights when you are feeling all alone
(I'm so lonely these days)
He’ll hug you when you cry (Huzzah!)
And he’ll never say goodbye
And if he does, (wait what?)
Well that’s what the off buttons for!
Now customers, don’t go away (why?)
For we’ll make it worth your while today
To forget your lonely, empty lives
And make a purchase of this size
For 25 thousand he’ll say your name
In every personal message you make (seems pricy)
For 20 hundred he’ll wave hello (what a deal!)
And for 200 our invisible model will go!
We have built you a friend (A friend!)
A most dazzling friend (Oh that's great!)
In our upgrade he can juggle and sing songs (Oh that's amazing!)
He’ll tell you he loves you
Even if you know it’s not true
A hollow replica of your boyfriend who is gone
He can sing!
He can dance! (tap, ballet, and jazz!)
Higher that anyone he can... jump, I don't know is that marketable?
He’s like a famous celebrity
Almost real
That is until you have to fill him up at a gas pump
(That's a problem we're currently working out, it's weird, we know)
We have built you a friend (A friend!)
A most comforting friend (Oh that's great!)
For those nights when you are feeling all alone
If he starts to ask questions
Like “why do i exist?”
"Who created me?"
"What even is my purpose if not to fill a lonely consumerists soul and make them think that even for a second someone who likes them could be bought with money?” (that's rough buddy)
Well that’s what the off buttons for.
Thank you for your purchase
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13. |
Let's Talk
03:16
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Come
Let’s go for a walk
We can travel anywhere you like
Let’s just talk
It’s been a while
Don’t care who’s at fault
You can say whatever you like
Let’s just talk
Cuz I find it’s not very polite
To leave a good thing behind
So let’s talk about
Where you’ve been
What made you laugh
What made you grin
All the stupid little things that don’t matter
Let’s talk about that brand new show
What trivia we think we know
And how she thinks she’ll win the man with flattery
Let’s talk
Look things are awkward, that I know
That’s kinda why we let it go
But since I’m trying to be nice
You know a "hello!" every once in awhile would suffice...
Sorry! on other terms, when are you free?
It seems like forever since we’ve been
Together critiquing movies while in theatre
So let’s talk about
Where you’ve been
What made you laugh
What made you grin
All the stupid little things that don’t matter
Let’s talk about that brand new show
What trivia we think we know
And how she thinks she’ll win the man with flattery
Let’s talk
Oh if I’m too afraid to say
It makes total sense to sing it
Can we talk, can we talk?
Oh if I’m too afraid to say
It makes total sense to sing it
Can we talk, can we talk?
Oh if I’m too afraid to say (Ohh, she'll hide behind the words
It makes total sense to sing it Ohh, she'll hide behind the song)
Can we talk, can we talk?
(She'll never say it, oh no she'll never say it)
So let’s talk about
Where you’ve been
What made you laugh
What made you grin
All the stupid little things that don’t matter
Let’s talk about that brand new show
What trivia we think we know
And how she thinks she’ll win the man with flattery
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