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Scene's set
And the writings on the wall
Who's left
When the final curtain falls
Dissent is in the tone
Your friends are on the phone
Leave me alone (hangs in the air like cheap cologne)
Didn't do this
Didn't do that
No I can't even keep track
Out of gas
No, no
Just can't relax
Oh, so eratic
And i just can't stand it
Malaprops and forget me nots
But it always ends the same
It doesn't matter
You already forgot
Give it time
Tell me the context
I've got the rest
I'll go blind before I forget this concept
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Venetian Blinds
02:58
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Tell me one more time, was it your reason not the rhyme
You're the one peekin' through my cheap Venetian blinds
I don't wanna stay
Label up on the wall, too small to read
Something disingenuous for all to see
I don't wanna stay
Forget your feelings
Forgo your dealings
Preaching and preaching and turning back around
I know, too slow
I've forgotten more things than you'll ever know
And although not that long ago
I was having trouble with tomorrow
I don't wanna stay
Forget your feelings
Forgo your dealings
Preaching and preaching and turning back around
I know, too slow
(Tell me one more time, was it your reason not the rhyme)
Tell me one more time, was it your reason not the rhyme
You're the one peekin' through my cheap Venetian blinds
credits
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Mark it up
All exaltation
Waking up
Still stuck in crowded isolation
I'll be down
For whatever when you're ready
Turn around
All these people cause a headache
But you're still down
I'd rather not see the sun
Matter of fact
Not anyone
Brain on empty
Simply put i work best this way
Hard to replay memories when they're not there in the first place
Keep your voice down
They can't find us here
We can hide out
Until the coast is clear
We can disappear
Mark it down
All indignation
What do you expect from me with this reputation
Mark it up
All exaltation
Waking up
Still stuck in crowded isolation
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4. |
Cherry Dynamite
03:07
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Oh what a time to be alive
All it cost me was a buck, a nickel, and a dime
Cherry Dynamite
I Just had to try
Left me pie-eyed on a work night
Cherry dyna my-oh-my
Paranoid in the car on the drive home
Two blunts to the face made my mind soar
I've been thinking lately
That this shit will drive me crazy
But c'mon man can you blame me
When I see a name like
Cherry Dynamite
I Just had to try
Left me pie-eyed on a work night
Cherry dyna my-oh-my
Ease back and just let go
We've had enough serotonin when we say so
Cherry Dynamite
I Just had to try
Left me pie-eyed on a work night
Cherry dyna my-oh-my
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5. |
Hatchback Castaway
03:34
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What a life to live
What a life to lead
This is a casting call for those who (want to be someone)
Take your ticket get in line
Waiting for them to call out for me (they won't be sorry)
Two seats down says he's guaranteed
The hatchback castaway at the corner of 28th and main
Rejection is to blame for why you'll never know his name
Waiting tables will never be his claim to fame
What a life to live
What a life to lead
She was a beauty queen and she (was only 19)
Tryin hard to get by
Maybe this life she'd give it a try (time passing by)
No disappointment would be a surprise
Cold feet and
Sore knees and
Feeding off of dreams in movies
We're just try'n to fit the motif
She made her way down to the corner of 28th and Main
She knows things will never be the same
Workin' awful hard for the fame
What a life to live
What a life to lead
Carving out a living running
Try'n to make the borderline
Something better must be coming
They can't let it be a waste of time
I've got your back if you've got mine
We can make it out sometime
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6. |
Pardon the Interruption
01:09
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Stain the Canvas
03:10
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Shake it and just beat the devil out of it
Let's have them run the colors across the screen
Think about shape and form and how you want this to be
It doesn't scream at you it just sits there yawning
Don't over do it
Keep it non-descript
Forcing rhetoric
Just enough to stain the canvas
Just blend it all together
Play these back and forth whenever
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Lay Awake
03:18
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Let me be the one
What is yet to come
When it's only the worst of your fears
Leaving you no more than just enough to hear
We're gonna get through this
We're gonna get through this
I'll try not to lose it
But i'm only human
Lay awake
Lay awake for days
Lingering on past mistakes
It means nothing now
Cause I'm always late
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9. |
Fears
03:47
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I feel like a dog-eared dollar bill
I know I don't look the part, but my value is real
So come on now
Did you really think that could take me down?
My brain is aching
So painstakingly mistaking
The night before keeps knocking
And my head weeps from the constant stalking
I fear that by the time I figure all of this shit out
I'll be too old to do anything about it
It's just another one of those nights
I don't know who's house I'm in, but it's nice
All my friends live out of their cars
Gutter chic stars in their own right
But, finding it rather hard to sleep at night
Let me know, let me know
If you've got any answers
Cause the night before keeps knocking
But, I'm more afraid of the talk, not the "talking"
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It's always gotta be something
Waste away the days with nothing
Tell me twice I'll be fine
Don't waste my time
I don't wanna be the the one to tell you
I won't ever be living any way but askew
Save it for the smoke you blew
She leaves the way she came
Still wanting me to change
I don't think things will ever be a different way
Oh I gotta be honest
It's just never the way we wanted
Too few glasses of wine
Or maybe you got shorted a line
I don't wanna tell you
Let alone with the way you fall on queue
Get out your perfume for the smoke you blew
She leaves the way she came
Still wanting me to change
I don't think things will ever be a different way
She's got some time, maybe
But I'll never make that climb, ladies
Save it save it save me
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