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1. |
My Song
03:00
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I bet you’ve heard this one before
A ‘C to G’ that’s built for empathy
How about a touch of irony?
Does anybody use that anymore?
Do these lines all need to rhyme?
I could chance it but I won’t
This time
Why would you want
To listen to
My song anyway?
Even if you start
To hum the tune
You hate the way I play
I know my voice is kinda thin
And my guitar is out of style
Maybe I should DJ for a while
Even you might listen then
And I’ll try something new this time
Like a line that doesn’t rhyme
Oh no...
Why would you want
To listen to
My song anyway?
Even if you if start
To hum the tune
You hate the way I play
Come on
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2. |
XYZ
02:56
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What makes a modern man
Is it his taste
Give us a name-brand
To put us in our place
XYZ
My I.D.
This is not the “me” that I wanted to be
A guy and his girl
Such perfect bones
They need the whole world
To tell ‘em they’re not alone
XYZ
V.I.P.
Nothing is as easy as it seems
The liberal arts kid
One of a kind
Asphyxiated
By nothing but like-minds
XYZ
Bourgeoisie
Yes, there is an “I” in society
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3. |
Not Yet
04:00
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Well there's no point in denying
I just can't find the words
We just sit here, nod and mumble
As the hours start to blur
And now it's getting late
But you're too sweet to mind
Wish I could write a proper love song
But I can never find
The right lines
She's stealing me
One moment at a time
It's all I can do
I just can't help but repeating
The things I've done before
All these lines are self-repeating
I'm incapable of more
Now we're at that stage
I don't know if you'll stay
I know that I could make it simple
But I guess I'm just
Not built that way
She's stealing me
One moment at a time
It's all I can do
And I want her to
But she's not coming home
At least not yet
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4. |
The Line
05:47
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The party starts
Somebody stops to draw the line
Your crimson hearts
They don’t bleed as much as mine
Might makes right
Fight or flight
Say my name
Lay the blame
One on one
Zero sum
Is how it’s done
A dialogue
Back and forth along the line
The royal dogs
All they do is bark and whine
Might makes right
Fight or flight
Say my name
Lay the blame
One on one
Zero sum
And then it’s done
The party ends
Somebody wants to cross the line
Are we friends
Or are we just two of a kind
Me and you
Who is who
No one knows
So it goes
Ride the tide
Side to side
And we collide
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5. |
Ascension Day
06:03
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It happened on a Thursday
In the month of May
The rising of the Ancient Ones
From beyond the fray
The first to turn against them
Were returned to dust
In the wake of violence
They came to win our trust
Kill ‘em by the score
And we will lose
Ten thousand more
Tell your zealous sons
To lay down
Their precious guns
Heed the hallowed voice
And recognize
It’s not a choice
They are here to stay
To guarantee
A better way
On Ascension Day
They cast out all our leaders
And tore down our machines
The prettiest apocalypse
The world had ever seen
And on their knees, the multitudes
Prayed hand in hand
The wisdom of the Ancient Ones
Swept across the land
[CHORUS]
The rape of all creation
By those who must consume
We set the clock in motion
The countdown to our doom
But time’s a grand illusion
The beginning is the end
To them what is, it always was
And will be again
[CHORUS]
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6. |
On and On
03:57
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The dancehall stood half empty
On the eve of ‘42
The boys had just shipped off a week ago
Their fathers drank in memory
Of all they had lived through
And what they prayed their sons would never know
And debutantes in evening gowns
They’d never worn before
Kept casting hopeful glances at the door
The cowards and the invalids
Made up the house quartet
The barman’s wife was tending in his stead
And students sipping soda pop
While practicing their steps
Had no idea of all that lay ahead
But everyone had heard the news
And so accepted fate
In hopes the boys would only be kept late
(But we’ll...)
Save a dance for
The one who's just arrived
As the band strikes up its only well-known song
And we’ll go waltzing
In the beerlight
And in and out of time
And who knows if we’ll ever reach the dawn
But the music just keeps playing on and on
In the spring of ’65
The scene looked much the same
The old men sat there staring at their beer
The debutantes were mothers now
Who spoke their children’s names
In reveries that no one else could hear
And in some distant future
The powder keg still burns
And the boys, they have yet to return
[CHORUS]
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7. |
Phosphene
04:13
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8. |
The Cheap Stuff
04:41
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Dog eat dog
And the pony’s dead
Trampled in the hit parade
Beat that corpse
And you’ll find out
Every dog has its day
Nothing’s wrong
With the bottom shelf
Nothing in life is free
Reach on down
And turn us up
Have a drink on me
‘Cause the cheap
Rock and roll
Is better loud
(It's better loud)
It’s the only
Thing we know
But we ain’t too proud
(Ain’t too proud)
And I can’t find the critic
In the crowd
At the temple of
Pazz & Jop
Bend and kiss some feet
Recompense for
Your pretense
You get kicked in the teeth
But I ain’t got no
Song of myself
I done too many dirty deeds
Gimme three chords
Fuck the truth
It's a touch too much for me
‘Cause the cheap
Rock and roll
Is better loud
(It's better loud)
It’s the only
Thing we know
But we ain’t too proud
(Ain’t too proud)
And I can’t find the critic
In the crowd
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9. |
Gates of Hell
05:46
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I woke up at the Gates of Hell
And saw to my surprise
The face of everyone I’d ever known
As I thought to look for yours
The flames began to rise
Had you gone to paradise alone?
And the one thing I can do for
All eternity
Is wonder if you ever looked for me
The damned are walking side by side
An infinite parade
In honor of the things that brought us here
The vanities and jealousies
And empty masquerades
The better angels fallen out of fear
And the one thing I can do for
All eternity
Is wonder if you ever think of me
Even as I stand upon
The blackened burning stone
Knowing that the fault was mine alone
There’s nothing less poetic than
A man whose only sin
Is longing for a thing he's never earned
But the Devil can identify
And he does it with a grin
I guess we’ve passed the point of no return
And the one thing I can do for
All eternity
Is wonder if you ever think of me
Even as I stand upon
The blackened burning stone
Knowing that the fault was mine alone
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