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You’ve got no right to complain
You think that everything’s just a game
Let’s see who’s winning when the sinning catches up to you
You’ve got a sad, sad refrain
So why should we believe you now?
The paper trail never lies
You’ve left more tracks than you realize
And now your answer’s like a dancer leaping over me
But it’s all clear in your eyes
So why should we believe you now?
Why should we believe you now?
It’s never clear where you are
Your alibis are just too bizarre
I’m growing tired of your wired, rambling monologues
Just save that shit for the bar
So why should we believe you now?
Why should we believe you now?
Yeah why should we believe you?
Why should we believe you?
Why should we believe you now?
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In Case of Emergency
03:10
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In case of emergency
I remind myself we are machines
Of happenstance and accidents
As much as we might cling to narratives
It’s never like what you learned
The words unravel and then they’re gone
I know it seems so absurd
Sometimes we need to be hurt
To give us direction
You’re facing down your enemies
But you can’t fight what you can’t see
A wooden link in a steel chain
Weakness will be burned away
There’s nothing you could’ve done
It’s useless trying to patch the holes
You could keep running away
From things you know you should say
To keep your conscious at arm’s length
Though at first it seems you received a bitter cup
Sometimes the sweetest thing is just to give up
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Fame and Fortune
04:07
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When I saw you at the call back
I knew that you'd be getting the part
Cause there's no way they could see you
And not imagine you breaking some hearts
And it must be a blessing
Now that everybody's dressing you up
I'll admit it's quite depressing
That you're always second guessing your love
With attention comes affliction
And you're getting more than your share of both
But no one knows you're hurting
Knows how hard it is for you to get close
And it must be a given
That everyone thinks you're giving up
You will not be forgiven
While they assume you're living it up
Collect your compensation
Collect your speculation and spite
Nobody’s there to pick you
Pick you up from every last fight
You’re taking quite a skinning
All the time you’re winning awards
Is this just the beginning
Of the vultures’ ever-thinning accord?
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4. |
Equalizer
03:30
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Perspective is the great equalizer
Maybe if you kept more than your own then you would know
Everything comes back, as much as you repress it
As you lie through teeth, taking all the credit
Your song is great
Or so some people say
But golden calfs breed sycophants
They won't say to your face
That you're still an asshole
Perspective is the great equalizer
Maybe if you kept more than your own then you would know
Everything comes back, as much as you repress it
Even screw flies die when they run out of flesh to molest
What would you say?
What does it matter?
Your pride caress
My thin success
To chances far away
Your song is great
Or so some people say
But golden calfs breed sycophants
They'll never tell the truth
That you're still an asshole
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5. |
Sides
04:02
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There’s a storm cloud brewing right above her bed
There’s a question lingering inside her head
She can’t ask it cause she knows she won’t be heard
So she sits until the water makes her vision blur
I won’t be happy til there’s no one left
Who remembers how we got into this mess
No good comes from turning over stones
So just pick a side and know you’re not alone
Sitting down for an hour turns to four or five
Sometimes he has to pick a fight just to feel alive
He won’t listen if he knows he won’t understand
He won’t work if he knows he’s just a hired hand
I won’t be happy til there’s no one left
Who remembers how we got into this mess
No good comes from turning over stones
So just pick a side and know you’re not alone
Calling cattle only works if they can hear
Calling lovers makes them feel like they are near
There’s no exchange for the touch of another’s hand
You might have to wait just a minute with your red-hot brand
I won’t be happy til there’s no one left
Who remembers how we got into this mess
No good comes from turning over stones
So just pick a side and know you’re not alone
I won’t be happy til there’s no one left
Who remembers how we got into this mess
No good comes from turning over stones
So just pick a side and know you’re not alone
We won't listen if we know we won't understand
We won't listen if we know we won't understand
We won't listen if we know we're just hired hands
We won't listen
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6. |
Lost Cause
04:22
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You didn't want to hedge your bets on something so uncertain
There's nothing like the fear of failure as a motivation
You left your friends high and dry, with all the work they put in
Why even try when there's a chance that you could be rejected?
When you abandon ship
Screaming, 'All hands for themselves'
Are you even surprised that
Everything is fine?
You didn't want to hedge your bets on something so uncertain
There's nothing like the fear of failure as a motivation
You left your friends high and dry, with all the work they put in
Why even try when there's a chance that you could be rejected?
When you abandon ship
Screaming, 'All hands for themselves'
Are you really surprised that
The water feels like fire?
I warned you
If you paid it forward
Maybe then you wouldn't be
Trapped in this place where
You're afraid of every possibility
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7. |
Young
02:35
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When you were young
It felt so sweet
But now a doubt has entered the scene
Not that it's cold
Or you're alone
But that you don't need the help you did before
It's that it's not that way when he's away
It's that it's not that way when he's unseen
It's that it's not the way, the way it used to be
It's that it's not that way when he's away
It's that it's not that way when he's unseen
It's that it's not the way, the way it used to be
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still young
Maybe we're still
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8. |
Good Intentions
04:11
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I said I'd never let you
I said I'd never let you down
But I never seem to
I never seem to turn around
Two shots of Jamie, please
And I'll fall down to my knees and repent
For all those things I said
I hope you know that's not what I meant
Let's not forget all the times
That you said it was fine
When I knew I was making it worse
There's only so many ways
I can ruin your days
Before it feels like we've rehearsed
So I can only pretend that it works
And say good night
I never meant to make you
I never meant to make you leave
I wish you would have given
Given me a chance to grieve
Just pour the next one neat
It'll make my life complete for now
When I get my life squared away
I'll come right home every day to you
I can't believe how much time
Has gone by with you mine
While I whittled our lives so far down
If I could give it all up
To get back what I was
I would sign with my blood right now
But there is no way I can so I watch
And say good night
Let's not forget all the times
That you said it was fine
When I knew I was making it worse
There's only so many ways
I can ruin your days
Before it feels like we've rehearsed
So I can only pretend that it works
And say good night
I wish I'd never seen your
Wish I'd never seen your soul
Cause I can never make you
I can never make you whole
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9. |
The Greatest Orator
03:52
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We took a trip today
Through desert plains and tall cascades
Forgot about the shop
And coming under par
We caught the sunset there
Gasped for the thinnest air
And found we like it better where
We cannot park our cars
Can't have rejection, so I need perfection this time
If I can't show her, I'll call it over tonight
There's not a trophy for
The greatest orator
But that don't mean that I won't try
To win it anyway
Cause I'd love a shiny prize
For most attempts to vocalize
Despite the likely consequence
Of everything I say
Can't have rejection, so I need perfection this time
If I can't show her, I'll call it over tonight
If you think you know
What I'm going to say
You're probably right
I can't help these thoughts
I wish I could
But they just come to my mind
Can't have rejection, so I need perfection this time
If I can't show her, I'll call it over tonight
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Cold
04:07
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The water is cold
It helps clear the urges out
I still feel so strange
I know I can’t keep living this way
How does it work for you?
I’ve lost so much more time
Than I care to recall
How does it work for you?
I can’t keep up this lie
But it’s all I know
The bottle is cold
It helps shut the voices out
I know that I can’t change
But I sure as hell can’t stay the same
How does it work for you?
I’ve lost so much more time
Than I care to recall
How does it work for you?
I can’t keep up this lie
But it’s all I know
The more you make mistakes
The more you hate the taste
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11. |
Transmission
02:13
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Even as we dance, we speak, we speak
Every time we start, we sputter and stop
Every single move is a piece, is a piece
A series of details, never cheap, never sweet
We never speak clearly
Said the nuts and bolts
You always listen
But never hear
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Ten times ten times twenty-four
Times seven
Times fifty-two times I’m not sure
Man eat man, and dog eat dog
Is the way that it is
Always will be was before
Ten times ten times twenty-four
Times seven
Times fifty-two times I’m not sure
Man eat man, and dog eat dog
Is the way that it is
Always will be was before
Light seeps in through a few cracks and crevices
As the dark peels like
Paint on the window to
Your bedroom and the rain drums against the glass
As the light warms your skin
As never before tonight
Ten times ten times twenty-four
Times seven
Times fifty-two times I’m not sure
Man eat man, and dog eat dog
Is the way that it is
Always will be was before
Light seeps in through a few cracks and crevices
As the dark peels like
Paint on the window to
Your bedroom and the rain drums against the glass
As the light warms your skin
As never before tonight
Light seeps in through a few cracks and crevices
As the dark peels like
Paint on the window to
Your bedroom and the rain drums against the glass
As the light warms your skin
As never before tonight
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