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Our Sinking Ship
07:17
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you were an earnest boy
so full of love and mystery
today you only wonder where it’s gone
you were assured
it’s just our nature: life is suffering
and there is no redemption when you’re gone
you still have dreams, but not the same
they’re not about you anymore
you’re merely watching them
lifting a greater weight
that no one’s hand could take away
in love, we’ll turn your sinking ship around
you were a beating heart
that murmured to a funeral march
too quiet to me heard within the choir
you dreamt you set yourself on fire
dancing on the garden bed
until the sunflower world would move
something had flipped a switch
like gazing at the basilisk
when life had one more chance to turn you on
but you had a song to sing
you claimed it spoke for everything
the ringing in your ears still hadn’t gone
hasn’t it dawned on you
that idealism is laughing in your face
takes every chance to bring you down
modern life tied me down
and clipped my wings
and put me on display
and now they want to calm me down
who has salvation in a world
where everybody just wants out
what does it mean to earn your trust
sure there is give and take
an archetype, a retrograde
of Adam we disintegrate to dust
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I Was Cured, Alright
11:37
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you mustn’t know
you mustn’t know now
have faith in you
if that’s what you want me to do
you mustn’t go
you mustn’t go now
I’ll wait for you
if that’s what you want me to do
it mustn’t grow
it mustn’t grow now
abusing you
like it’s what you want me to do
it all starts to leave
you know I feel it now
I feel it now
my glaring senses are receding
it all starts to glow
before you know
before you show yourself
my primate ways they are repeating
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it was more than I could take
I don’t want to mind
so much more
I can’t take this
it was more than I could take
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3. |
Le Chat Noir
05:10
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Love, don’t go
we mustn’t drink alone
another night this week
I’m terrified of what it means
Love, don’t go
we mustn’t sink alone
alone in separate seas
I’m petrified but coming clean
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4. |
More Than I Can Take
05:15
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make the room stop spinning
hit the lights
and get me into bed
let me sleep and sober up
I’ll tell you with a clearer head
tomorrow will be ours
I’ll be predictable and earnest just for you
I know I fucked things up again
but I will make it up to you
I have shown you mercy
but I can’t for an eternity
learning well to bear the cold
the flashing light provides no heat
take your choice of trap door
is there any way to show you peace
even when you fall asleep
you’re tossing turning endlessly
it was more than I could take
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5. |
Candlelight Dancing
09:35
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when you are gone
they will get on like they do
like they do
moving along
dancing in honor of you
all for you
when you are gone
they will get on
like they do
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you were an earnest boy
so full of love and mystery
today you only wonder where it’s gone
I couldn’t bear it by myself
it’s all so much to justify
building a better life
why do I have to choose a side
when indecision is all I have
it saves me every day
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