1. |
Dark Rooms
05:05
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"dark rooms"
ive been living in and out of phase
in dark rooms
turning in my sleep
i cant
seem to make
a whole night through
ooooh
your words in my mind
repeating
crash into me like bricks
so i let myself sink
til i feel nothing
somehow static
while nebulous
ooooh
moved far away
to a place
i could hide
dont want them
to see this
look in my eyes
the people walk by
my window
through the dark
they're too drunk
to find their cars
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2. |
An Island
04:31
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"an island"
come now you mothers
dont you fret
your little babies
right where you left them
days of the summer
are wasting away
you'd better go get them
before it's too late
what ever happened?
is what they'd say
changing directions
is what they'd take
don't you feel awful?
i'm quite okay
don't let em get ya
just keep running in place
there's only one way out
there's only one way out
the storm is still raging and there's no escape
the ports have all flooded
the ships washed away
there's only one way out
there's only one way out
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3. |
Mary
06:48
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"mary"
mary i know you're patient
but you wont hear a word i say
all my machines are broken
the workemen have all gone for the day
shattered porecelin faith
after, meet at my place
barren, desolate space
forget the pains of these days
shadows form
a shell of protection
light can embrace
and obliterate
mary i know you'll worry
but you won't really give a damn
it's too late for false agendas
the city is falling to the bay
shattered porecelin faith
after, meet at my place
barren, desolate space
forget the pains of these days
where once was only conviction
just death, and nothing
but the sounds of the people burning
in their beds
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4. |
Schrödinger's Cat
04:06
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"Schrodinger's Cat"
keep the door closed
i'm so tired of letting go
cue the footsteps down the hall
i'm so tired of letting go
there isn't much left that hasn't been said
done what we've done proclaimed the war won
but each battle cost more than the last
through this attrition
we lost more than we could accept
with faith that a purpose
would be revealed in the end
keep the door closed
i'm so tired of letting go
cue the footsteps down the hall
i'm so tired of letting go
burned all the bridges
that you needed to find your way home
gave up your position
now your cover has been blown
so the only way is forward
as the enemy quickly closes in
blindly we march onward
uncertain at best
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5. |
Down With It
04:30
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"Down With It"
this old home has to crumbling
there are too many years on these walls
we've got to pack up and get to moving
before they fall in and kill us all
so many years i have spent here
old grand dad said
with a strange look in his eye
just like the passing days of winter
each one slips a little quicker by
i built these four walls with my own hands
dug the well that will soon be running dry
my wife lies in the reeds out beyond the big oak trees
and i swore i'd never leave her side
this land holds more of me than this body i carry
and i cant leave that behind
i need a drink strong enough to take me down with it
i need a drink strong enough to take me down with it
bursting out from the center
the limbs of the trees go grasp for sky
til they're left nothing but twigs to reach with,
never stopped those bluebirds from flying by (no)
bursting out from the center
the blood it did rush from your arm
we tried and we tried, but it wouldn't subside
you were right by her side, found you right by her side
i need a drink strong enough to take me down with it
i need a drink strong enough to take me down with it
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6. |
Try
03:10
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"Try"
down on the streets
that go nowhere,
the kids go out
and try to find
some money,
Down on the corner
selling dimes and stealing cars
trying to make
something
whiskey and long drives
just try'n to burn a whole
through the night sky
out in the cornfields
sometime i figured i
would just die
You try to take
try to take my pain
but you can't
you try to take
try to take my pain
it's useless
see there was a time
I thought you were a friend
to me girl
but then you hung me out to dry
at the very moment I
needed you most
you try to take
try to take your pain
from me now
you try to take
try to blame your pain
on me now
I must be on
for the times have surely come
for my head
I've played this game
before it only ends
in losing
it all makes sense
when you're lying to yourself
it's easy
til they kick the door down
and you're standing face to face
with your choices
you try to take
try to take your pain
from me now
you try to take
try to blame your pain
on me now
You try to take
try to take my pain
but you can't
you try to take
try to take my pain
it's useless
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7. |
Distress Flag
03:59
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"Distress Flag"
long days in the factory,
cast beneath tall smokestacks,
makin' just enough to pay my debts,
and to keep on coming back.
i'm still try'n to rise up,
and playing my best hand,
try'n to catch some luck,
and beat the house,
even though the deck's been stacked.
but the bills just don't stop coming,
and the struggle never ends,
sick and tired of breakin my back,
for the wealth of other men.
hey mr. banker man,
won't you try to understand?
i don't have much money,
but i'm doin' the best that i can.
hey you pious preacher
why don't you leave the judgement to God?
there's no such thing as righteous men
just children masquerading as the law.
so the purchased politician,
blithely signs the bill,
to sell out the people in exchange,
for a small take from the till,
now he's restin' easy,
another million dollar home,
while the poor kids in the slums starve,
and writhe on cold and dusty floors.
sweet gentrification,
segregates it far from you,
so you're safe from the consequence,
of all the awful things you do.
so build those walls up high 'round,
your gated community,
you've got the illusion of control,
but you're a slave just like me.
hey mr. banker man,
wont you try to understand?
i don't have much money,
but i'm doin' the best that i can.
hey you pious preacher,
why don't you leave the judgement to God?
there's no such thing as righteous men,
just children masquerading as the law.
violence is violence,
romanticized or not.
bloodshed is bloodshed,
no matter whose side you're on.
so as you're loading up your pistol,
to go and seek your kill,
take a second to remember,
you've just aimed it yourself.
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8. |
Venus
04:07
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"Venus"
you are a shining light
in cold and stormy seas
but i am just a wayward soul
kneeling at your feet
oh my darling venus
wont you take me in
will you heal my mangled hands
with your ivory skin
these ragged bones
have come too far
to return from
where they start
but i could die
and be reborn
in the space
inside of your heart
oh my sweet flower
in your arms is salvation
and i will sing for all my days
of your beauty and your charm
oh my sweet flower
in your arms is salvation
and i will sing for all my days
of your beauty and your charm
oh my darling venus
wont you take me in
will you heal my mangled hands
with your ivory skin
will you heal my mangled hands
with your ivory skin
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Tim Coughlin Jr. Madison, Wisconsin
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