1. |
Let My Burden Be
02:19
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because I was, on the other hand,
intact, then cracked, then a broken man
now a broken man
but I tripped myself intentionally
and let myself fall expertly
where I don't want to be
where no one ought to be
let my burden be
broken just as I
was by my burden
broken all the time
in fact, what I lacked
in solid ground
came back, and with that
I stopped falling down
I stopped falling down
it doesn't matter,
I'm battered from the brawl
and left to wonder
if it was deep at all
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2. |
1995 (instrumental)
00:54
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Don’t leave me here on my back
make my blue day fade to black
or lose all feeling
If life’s a short and fleeting thing
I will not spend it threatening all those
who search for meaning
Don’t call it a philosophy
I think it’s obscene
To call something philosophy
when you don’t know what it means
No, I’m not trying to change your mind
or make you search and maybe find
some higher calling
It’s just so sad to know you think
the world goes dark when you blink
and bruises when you’re brawling
I don’t know how you get so convinced of your own innocence
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4. |
Golden Soldiers
05:22
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Pull on your boots and stand up straight
get back in bed and sleep too late
the battlefield will go unstained
by abandoned tanks and wrecks of planes
If no one cares, then no one fights
and no one falls from brutal heights
into the camps of enemies
with whom they somewhat disagree
Golden soldiers, ignore the alarms
and your shoulders beg, “lay down your arms”
is it worth the fight and worth the pain
to lose your right to complain?
Let marksmen try their best to miss
their targets will be glad for this
the sad ones stay in sad platoons
they'll leave behind the trenches soon
The trench is put to better use
by planting seeds that will produce
fine trees carved with initials of
the lucky ones who fall in love
Surrender is a noble end
for fights with nothing to defend
and there won't be reasons for the fight
once soldiers of the world unite
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5. |
Seventeen Bees
00:13
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Be be be be be
Be be be be be
Be be be be be
Be be
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6. |
Believe Me
02:44
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believe me,
i'm unconvinced that self defense
serves any sort of purpose this time
and if i've broken ranks send in the tanks
or something else as heavy if you can
believe me
i know i've been wrong before
i'm likely to be wrong some more
it seems the pacifist just got his wish
all those who beat on him are getting theirs
and if his plans are shot, the culprit caught
will crumble just like nothing, as before
i don't need anything from anyone
and i would leave if i could live with what i've done
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7. |
the Spirit of '78
03:15
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Let this rainy weather
clean the feathers
from your heels
We could slow the day down
take off your crown
and reveal
All the spirited words
of the spirited birds
of the spirit of ‘78
People tell their tales
with some details
changed for effect
Don’t make the mistake
of being fake
and don’t neglect
Don’t think this is over
it’s not over
it’s just small
If it doesn’t end in tears
it doesn’t
end at all
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Golden Shoulders Nevada City, California
Golden Shoulders is a band from Nevada City, California.
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It's weird when the best singer is also the best songwriter, but it happened, folks, and we just have to deal with that.
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