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Do You Know Who You Are?
03:52
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The sound of sainthood knocking
was so drowned out by your talking
one of many things to do
This concept I’ve been given
that there’s more to life than living
would be nice if it were true
“If this world’s so pure and lovely,”
you ask, standing far above me,
“why the anger, why the rage?”
But my answer goes forgotten
when my head hits pillow cotton
and I step off of her stage
Do you know who you are?
how’d you make it this far?
could you ever be sure
that you knew who you were?
But the presentation cracks
under the stress of proven facts
claims of progress have collapsed
Give me liberty or murder
‘cause you’re just pushing me further
and this rope has long since snapped
Do you know who you are?
how’d you make it this far?
could you ever be sure
that you knew who you were?
A reluctant thought of freedom
from a place just north of Eden
at an inconvenient time
But there’s no more second guessing
‘cause it’s all been such a blessing
and I’m glad that it was mine
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2. |
Finding Out
03:55
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Could you ever get it right
Feeling down and so uptight
Now I’m finding out
Where you’ve gone and what’s in store
But you’ve never known the score
Now you’re finding out
Look at you now, you’re falling again
I could stop you like they did back then
But I’m only learning when you’re losing
Not again, oh no
And I know that it’s no good
to be so misunderstood
Now I’m finding out
Where you’ve gone and what went down
You won’t stop until you’ve drowned
Now you’re finding out
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3. |
Bring Me Down
03:42
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You bring me down
Don’t bring me down
‘cause I don’t need to hear
your latest fear
We wasted all last year
being here
There’s nothing like the world
to bring you down
and I’m nothing like the world
keep me around
Maybe you should take some time
like I took mine
when there was nothing I could find
worth the climb
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4. |
Spirit of '78
03:07
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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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5. |
Golden Arms
03:22
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Break my heart and
leave me for dead
Say my headaches
are all in my head
Next to nothing
there’s nothing I need
Is it wrong to
want to be freed from your
Golden arms
Devise fiction and
swear it’s the truth
make mistakes I
made in my youth
Tell the world I
still live in the past
clarify I
won’t be the last in your
Golden arms
This is your life
twisting the knife
You’re losing me
and I’m gone
Then I’m bound to
put head in hands
Making time to
meet your demands
Thinking only
what you can get out of it
Only
is this just a habit your
Golden arms
I’m gone
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The honey, the power, the light they all blind me
leave no stone unturned,
you’ll still never find me
the rock that I hide in
will never crack open
but sharpen your chisel if
you think I’m joking
I cannot be swayed and
I will not be quiet
tell the fat cats and bigwigs to go on a diet
They’re taking up space that has better uses
so let’s jump the tracks and unhitch their cabooses
they’re making it clear,
they don’t get my vibe
so publish solutions and
I will subscribe
and contribute page after
page of my theories
which I will type out ‘til my fingers grow weary
My arms they are shaking
right up to my neck
I was a good job
paid off with bad checks
and counterfeit cash
and fake IOUs
And phony sunsets in fraudulent hues
they’ll distract me, I know,
and I’ll pay the fee
and I’ll borrow from those
a lot younger than me
The kids they did not want
to grow old and stupid
but that’s what they got
for ignoring Cupid
his arrows went flying,
he shot at them all
but his aim was so poor,
he punctured the wall
“well, what happened?”
I’ll tell you:
the brain killed the heart
and soulless solutions were passed off as art
They’re churning out robots
and marching machines
who’ll go and write stories
for march magazines
with pages paid off
by corporate sponsors
who came in like champions
and ended up monsters
when angels and guardians finally desert me
the cops and the crooks
will team up just to hurt me
I cannot be swayed
to a life of frustration
of punching in walls when
I’d rather punch nations
to never stop fighting means
not knowing victory
so give me blank books
to fill up with history
there’s more to belief than just spouting assumptions
and wait for the big foot
to descend and crush them
I’m just a lone bottle
afloat with the notion
that there’s some meaning
in this bottle ocean
my tide will come in
if you’ll hear it knocking
above all the roar
of your meaningless talking
attempts to invent
a whole new way to fight
will fall to the honey
and power and light
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7. |
One To Be For
03:24
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I thought I could never be
'Til I found someone to be for
Don't get me wrong or set me free
What would I be free for?
I'm not looking for direction
At all
All that's changed is my perception
And my fall
I was promised long ago
That I'd have someone to stand on
What was swift has now gone slow
There's nothing left to land on
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8. |
Genius
02:37
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I’m only worth
my weight in earth
but I’ve learned the fact
an arm in every arm means two knives in every back
and I might be a genius
But a clever bastard’s
still a bastard
still a big drag
I recommend you start
to mend and wave
your old white flags
‘cause everyone’s a genius
Where I go, I know there’s nothing for me,
but you have told lies and called too late to warn me
I know, yeah, I know
I tried for laughs but
came in last,
I’ll have to try harder
they’re sending out
the clowns to make room
for the martyrs
but I might be a genius
To be or not to be or
not to care either way
you might be right,
it’s worth the fight,
but I can’t work that way
when everyone’s a genius
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Sympathy
01:51
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It’s better to have loved and lost than to be kicked in the teeth
but not by much, no not by much, I need some sympathy
I want to be permanently chained
to mistakes that I have made
and then put out on display
Don’t ask me for sympathy, I’ll save it for myself
You feel so alone, yeah so does everybody else
Oh no oh no oh no I won’t go
where I be is where I belong
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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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11. |
Overhead Underground
02:37
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I was opening doors
for you, for you
Finding out what I’m for
to you, to you
Are you looking around
overhead underground
There’s no real way
for you, for you
Drop it all just to stay
with you, with you
And it’s all right
You’re proof the view is better from this height
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12. |
Goodbye Hummingbird
03:35
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I've been around and I've seen some girls
But I've never seen a girl like you
Time moves strangely and slow sometimes
Now you're gone, I've nothing to do
I said goodbye, hummingbird,
You have left me without a word
You've just left me with a song
But you got the words all wrong
Hummingbird left me and didn't say why
I'll never know why she never said goodbye
Next day newspaper headlines read,
"Local Boy Regrets Whatever He Said."
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13. |
Time We Took Away
03:50
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They all said, "Hey, it's not worth it, son"
And I say, "Brother, you've made your mistakes,
Let me make this one."
From my window down to the street
I said something incomplete
But don't I seem sincere
This year
You must admit, the facts do not fit
Someone should change them
Make them more interesting
It's a funny situation
All the time we took away
You're in need of confirmation
All the things you've done are okay
Your old way with words has left you I heard
but you can fake it
Pretend you’re smart and smile
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