1. |
No Dead Air
03:17
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measure love what’s on the radio
cycle hurts you don’t know why
write your life alongside the radio
scribe your sins to the satellites
white noise prayers no dead air
if it’s modulated right
i’d feel it on the inside
play it back and synthesize
you’ll feel it on the inside
calling out words on the telephone
signals cross you don’t know why
operate together we’re all alone
scream your sins to the satellites
twisted tongues won’t hold on
if i modulate it right
you’ll feel it on the inside
play it back and synthesize
i’ll feel it on the inside
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2. |
This Heart, These Lungs
03:25
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now and then it feels like it’s forever
since i called you friend
feels like it’s forever
since you called and when
this magnificent endeavor is approaching end
fleeting from our fingers as you once again
navigating isolation
time arrives i contemplate the way you saw through untarnished eyes
all the things you positively recognize
filling up your heart the only worthy prize
of following the whimsy of the wise and then
you take yourself completely by surprise
this heart these lungs this temporary form
to hold these bones can i touch you anymore
this heart these lungs the space i occupy
can’t get out of my mind
now and then it feels like it’s forever
since i called you friend
feels like it’s forever
since you called and when
this magnificent endeavor is approaching end
bleeding from your fingers as you once again
feels like it’s forever since you called
this heart these lungs this temporary form
to hold these bones can i touch you anymore
this heart these lungs the space i occupy
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3. |
Say It Out Loud
04:49
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i don’t wanna listen to the words you say
even when you make me the hero
everything looks better when you’re far away
i can’t breathe when you’re near
every thought that’s in my head
will come out wrong
whatever you hear is right
stuck together in a place we don’t belong
no one’s winning this fight
i set the stage and kill the lights
do we work it out or play it nice
i don’t even wanna share the air you breathe
even if i’m suffocating
it’s as if you’re waiting in a line to leave
so why are you hesitating
if we could return to how it was before
didn’t we used to be friends
i would play the soldier who avoids the war
baby we reached the end
we already know where it’s gonna lead
and you’re acting like my heart don’t bleed
it seems like i knew you then
but i don’t know now
and it all feels too real when
i say it out loud
staring down the choice between
the heart and head
both of them dislocated
we could only go as far as we were led
couldn’t anticipate it
wondering if holding on was worth our time
i don’t think i’d wanna relive it
now i get that you were never really mine
if it was a gift you’d give it
severing all the tangled wires
pouring the fuel to feed the fire
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4. |
Blanket Truth
02:39
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this moment everywhere i look is love
abstraction always proves to be enough
fading ego zoomin’ in and out of view
points of perspective parallax
and you can choose
we’re always climbin’ up the walls
what is truth and what is false
you’ve got this pretty image in your head
no matter everybody winds up dead
further out you find life is but a dream
it’s the blanket truth concerning you & me
we’re always bouncin’ off the walls
of what is truth and what is false
life in the dark is so lonely
life doesn’t have to be lonely
gather all that matters
burn it for your own light
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5. |
Pull Me Under
02:59
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poking holes in the wall
you can hang it up or let it fall
don’t mean nothing at all
when you’re looking down from ten feet tall
you cover me but i still shiver
pull me under so i can’t breathe
you’re standing up but you won’t deliver
the one thing that brings me to my knees
no particular time
when i was yours and you were mine
i was doin’ just fine
when i tried to look i was blind
you cover me but i still shiver
pull me under so i can’t breathe
you’re standing up but you won’t deliver
the one thing that brings me to my knees
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6. |
High Voices
04:38
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don’t put your head in a vice
you’ll waste your time
while i’m here wrangling mine
you and your friends you go out every night
you talk in high voices
don’t get your heart in a bind
you slow the pace and only occupy space
you and your friends you get so excited
you talk in high voices
maybe i’m tryin’ not to be someone else
but i couldn’t quite convince myself
taking my time versus taking the bait
it’s not an argument i’m willing to make
you and your friends
talk in high voices
don’t ask for any advice
you know so well that shit’s too easy to sell
you and your friends you go out and you fight
and talk in high voices
don’t you go right out of your mind
it’s getting late so get your story straight
you and your friends you go out every night
and talk in high voices
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7. |
A Little Bit Closer
02:52
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this atmosphere has got me
feelin’ like a hurricane
that churning pressurized depression’s eye between our brains
you’re keeping records of the wreckage
all the words we said
you drag unseen behind the screen
of what was in your head
i know you think it’s done but it’s not so
although you hid the bones your secrets show
you pull me a little bit closer when you
reach out a little bit closer and your
self-doubt hits a little bit closer to my heart
i push you a little bit further when i
reach out a little bit further and it
burns out just a little more fire in my heart
your inner demons got you feelin’
like you’re twice your age
you lost your dream and kept it seems
your screamin’ teenage rage
i’m shredding records of the wreckage
just to clear my head
decreasing pressure in the ledger
‘til the memory’s dead
conceal the pain we feel but it’s still ours
we can’t just hide what time has left in scars
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8. |
Get Out of the Car
03:22
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i can feel the days blending trending
dragging me behind
when i think of all the lives ending takes me
right out of my mind
and is it just the same when you roll through
just what will you find
undeniably mundane insane refrain
right out of your mind
you get out of the car and run
you and your sister you’re not having fun
you get out of the car and run ooooh
you had to give your faith did you have to
also give them mine
you turn it through the lathe prostrate mandate
that they fall in line
and if they don’t comply restrain retrain
virtue redefined
i knew about you long before i saw your face
i feel like i’m starting to doubt you
in this empty space
i know this world is changing
and it’s never the same place
but you’re not alone you’re not alone
you get out of the car and
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9. |
Weekend
03:40
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i can feel your touch
i think you know what i’m talkin’ about
you’re the only one
who ever knows what i’m talkin’ about
signals vibrate up above the atmosphere
sounds that only you and i can overhear
catch the waves and meet me in the overtones
together but we feel so alone
tell me ‘bout your weekend
did you stay in or did you go out
to see what everyone was up to
fighting through the noise
you find the cracks in the chaos below
safety hatch deployed
we’re operatin’ in a fantasy zone
hear the call to find me if i disappear
safely hidden right behind a thin veneer
tune out all the talkin’ heads in monotone
letting go of all that you own
tell me ‘bout your weekend
did you stay in
or did you go out to see what
everyone was up to
did you stay in and watch a movie
or were you adventurous
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10. |
Underground
03:37
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i woke up today with a hunger to feed
indulging an itch an everlasting need
almost human perpetual machines
cogs cranking content behind the scenes
you can shout all your thoughts
into the echo chamber
it will fill you up and always let you down
i wanna put my head in the underground
just anything to keep out all the sound
i wanna put my head in the underground
we think we’re connected as we’re pulling the plug
divided reflected is it ever enough
we think we’re together
but we’re still choosing teams
soul sucking silence behind the screams
you can shout all your thoughts
into the echo chamber
it will fill you up and always let you down
standing on top of the world
standing on the bones at the bottom
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11. |
So Hard to Stay Inside
03:47
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this alternative universe
wasn’t something i could rehearse
try to stay apart and keep it together
tired eyes and a laugh
sighing behind the mask
posturing pacing secret embracing
recycled air
illusions i once embraced
consequences of sharing space
absence of touch becomes too much
for one to bear
looking for breathing room
has it all been consumed
wondering when is it the end
is it forever
and it’s so hard to stay inside
finding a new routine every night
it’s so hard to be alive
and not question everything
it’s so hard to stay inside
i could either fall behind fall apart i could fall in love
or just fall right out of my mind
alone with your photographs digital epitaphs
digressing deleting retracing retreating
again and again
someone you used to know living on video
frozen expressions faulty connections
do i remember
i think i’ve figured it out
i scream and i shout i get in my way
it keeps me in the dark
i try to strike a spark i only kill the flame
i let the monster in and let my ego win
and now i don’t know why
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12. |
Headlights
04:41
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how can i work harder when it’s been so long
finding all the answers
when the question’s all wrong
and i need you
to see that i need you
throwing everything i got against the wall
how can you keep taking when i’ve given it all
when you need me
see how you bleed me
you can’t get up
you drag me down
you feel so alone
how can i work harder when it’s been so long
finding all the answers
when the question’s all wrong
and i need you
to see that i need you
throwing everything i got against the wall
how can you keep taking when i’ve given it all
when you need me
to see how you bleed me
you can’t get up
you drag me down
you feel so alone
put down and stoned
when you get lost
who’ll drive you home
i see you flash the headlights
you know i feel it in my bones
when you start to lose control
how can i work harder when it’s been so long
finding all the answers
when the question’s all wrong
and i need you
to see that i need you
throwing everything i got against the wall
how can you keep taking when i’ve given it all
when you need me
see how you bleed me
you can’t get up
you drag me down
you feel so alone
put down and stoned
when you get lost
who’ll drive you home
i see you flash the headlights
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13. |
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There's an army on the dance floor
It's a fashion with a gun, my love
In a room without a door
A kiss is not enough in
Love my way, it's a new road
I follow where my mind goes, they'd put us on a railroad
They'd dearly make us pay for laughing in their faces and making it our way
There's emptiness behind their eyes, there's dust in all their hearts
They just want to steal us all and take us all apart, but not in
Love my way, it's a new road
I follow where my mind goes
Love my way, it's a new road
I follow where my mind goes
Love my way, it's a new road
I follow where my mind goes, so swallow all your tears, my love
And put on your new face
You can never win or lose, if you don't run the race
Yeahhh, yeahhh, yeahhh
Aw ooh, aw ooh, aw ooh, aw ooh
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