1. |
Die for You
04:48
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Just your face, just your eyes
Make me go insane
Just your hands, just your heart
Fill me with pain
What would I do, what would I do
I'd die for you
Die for you
If you think that I am kidding
Better think again
I want us together
In a life without end
Just your hands, just your voice
Push me to the brink
Just your mouth, just your hair
Can't hear myself think
What do I do, what do I do
I'd die for you
Die for you
If you think that I am kidding
Better think again
I want us together
In a life without end
Just your mind, just your belly
Can't block it out
Just your smile, just your love
Leaves me no doubt
What can I do, what can I do
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2. |
Kill
04:05
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I can taste it in the air
Sort of sour and like a strange summer seam
I can feel it on my skin
A dust that blows in from the east
Our sweat rolls off like hard bop jazz
And our laughter comes from laughing gas
A crowd bursts into a great blue flame
And the girls are dancing with poppies on their eyes
I leap into a woozy green void
I return a ruined and shuttered man
I see my Astrid dancing light
She is playing something from Bowie and Morrissey
I read the news today oh boy
Then I went upstairs and had a smoke
A wave consumed the Empire State
And the stock exchange went sailing out to lunch
When someone shows you who they are
Believe them the first time
Black out
I can hear the true believers whining
The WiFi here is pretty bad
They march in step like a German queue
They’re not seeking your approbation
It’s times like these that make me wonder
If I can recognize my own face
Maybe I am you and you are me
I like your body more than mine
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3. |
Forbidden Love
04:37
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When I think of you and I think of you
Each and every day
I can see us making love
Skin on skin
An ever unfolding bouquet
Well I wrestle with my stupid heart
And it’s tearing, tearing me apart
No matter how I feel
Or how much I want it to be real
It is a forbidden love
My soul has opened wide
But it just can’t be justified
It is a forbidden love
When I think of us and I think of us
Every time I draw a breath
I want to be inside of you
Tooth and nail
From now until my death
Well I know it’s all a fantasy
‘Cause it will never, it will never be
There are some rules that can’t be broken
No matter how bad we want them broke
There are some laws that can’t be flouted
They need to be as solid as some old oak
When I dream of you and I dream of you
Each and every night
Our bodies are entwined
Bleeding into one
Smoldering like anthracite
Yeah I can’t help the way that I feel
Or just how much, how much I want it to be real
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4. |
Tiny Shoes
05:32
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Not so sure of myself, no
At least not anymore
Err on the side of caution
Always looking for the back door
When it comes to compliance
I like to get in on the ground floor
I make a move and I just stutter
My grace is pretty piss-poor
I got dem ol' hesitation blues
I take tiny steps in my tiny shoes
Don't trust myself, no
So much I've misconstrued
Want to play it safe
Play it a little subdued
One thing I know for sure
One false move and I'm screwed
I take a step and I trip
Just like a clumsy dude
Don't believe in myself
I lack confidence
I don't stir up no feelings
That might be too immense
I'm not anyone you'd care to know
I won't rush to your defense
I have no aspiration
You could say I'm pretty dense
Yeah my steps are pretty tiny
And so are my shoes
I walk around on tiptoes
With these hesitation blues
I am really clumsy, a clumsy old clown
I can't keep myself from falling down
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5. |
Missing You
04:11
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Time creeps slowly like a slug
When you’re alone
And you’ve got nothing but a thought
I have a smoke
And suddenly I’m weightless
Like some imagined freelance astronaut
Can’t say how much I am missing you
But that’s never stopped me from trying
Because to say how much I am missing you
Is better than saying I’m dying
But I’m dying, dying for you
The world spins oddly more slowly
And gravity feels a little bit queer
First I’m drinking blood and sand
And then suddenly
I’m a bombardier
How I wish
How I wish you were here
Year after year
Part of me has gone missing
And it’s the part
That makes me come alive
Without you I am dust
A wound in the desert
Where only a snake can survive
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6. |
Que Sera
03:56
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Whatever she thinks
Whenever she thinks about him
She knows it’s not apropos
Is it love
Is it indifference
He's never gonna know
Que sera, sera
Whatever will be will be
Que sera, sera
The future's not ours to see
She’s got her life
She’s got her kin
He is not on her mind
No not for a second
But to him
They are always intertwined
And what he thinks is wishful thinking
Keeps him going when his heart is sinking
No matter how much he tries to let her go
In the end he's shot with cupid’s bow
Whatever he feels
However he feels it
Don't matter in the end
She’ll go her way
And he’ll go his
Though his wound will never mend
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7. |
My Marbles
04:11
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What day of the week is it
Is it Monday, is it Saturday
Can’t keep my shit straight no more
I get my hands on it, it slips away
I’m losing my marbles
What’s left of my sanity
See them roll away
Roll away from me
What time of the day is it
Could be morning, could be afternoon
Didn’t I have an appointment
Something huge, something picayune
I’m losing my marbles
What’s left of my sanity
Thought I left my glasses over here
Thought I left my pillbox over there
What does it matter anyway
I don't care, I don't care
What is your name again
Is it Bobby, is it Steve
Memories drop by from time to time
But then just as quickly they leave
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8. |
Marry
05:10
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What's the sense in fighting anymore
What's the sense in slamming your door
It don't bring us closer
It don't bring us closer
'Cause when we fight we always lose
Let bygones be bygones
Why has love fallen out of fashion
Why is it so hard to act with compassion
It don't make us better
It don't make us better
'Cause when we hate we always lose
Let bygones be bygones
I pull for you
You pull for me
That is the way it is meant to be
Let bygones be bygones
Let bygones be bygones
We spend our days in pointless pursuits
One side rebukes while the other refutes
It all comes to nothing
It all comes to nothing
'Cause when we fight we always lose
Let bygones be bygones
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9. |
Someone Else's Son
05:01
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I held on to you the best I could
Even though I knew it wasn't doing you any good
I was not ready to cut you loose
And I guess me holding on is a form of abuse
The pros and cons I was debating
But in the end my love was suffocating
No, no, no, don't wanna be letting go
No, no, don't wanna be letting go of you
Don't wanna be letting go adieu
I tried to justify these primal actions
But they were all based on primal abstractions
One wants to care just not too much
One wants to hold on but not clutch
I should've considered the long-term effects
But for me that way of thinking
Was much too complex
You were my single most precious thing
And my intentions were always pure
I was only trying to find a way
To make my love for you endure
But I got hung up on my own needs
And I did not see you were trying to grow
All I knew was my selfish heart
And I did not want to let you go, no
Last week I went to see the life you built
Part of me was proud but part felt guilt
You seemed OK but a little lonely
And I worried about my one and only
How much more might you have done
If you just had been someone else's son
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10. |
Home Before Dawn
03:58
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I am out here on the highway
Driving between hither and yon
And I wonder where I am going
And how I can keep moving along
Is it all a dream
Will I ever know
And if I wake will it all be gone
I study the stars
And I ask my god
Will I be home before dawn
I make my way to a sad motel
And in my room I find a holy book
It tells me Jesus is my friend
And I feel the love of the holy spook
And he says, Keep on the road
The road ain't long
And you will be home before dawn
I am back out on that highway
Looking for a little peace of mind
Don't got no maps or a destination
But my stars are all aligned
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11. |
Fuck
03:51
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Told you once that I liked your hair
And then you went and tied it in a bun
Told you once that I liked your face
Then you covered it up like a nun
Told you once that I liked your hands
Then you slipped on a pair of gloves
Told you once that I love-love-loved you
And you said I’d never be one of your loves
What I wouldn’t do
What I wouldn’t do
What I wouldn’t do to fuck you
Told you once that I liked your eyes
Then you went and donned a pair of specks
Told you once that I liked your mind
And then you went some way to perplex
Told you once that you were making me me crazy
And you agreed I could be nuts
Told you I would give you my busted heart
But to you it’s all blood and guts
Told you once that I liked your smell
Then you slathered yourself with perfume
Told you once I liked your bed
Then you walled off your bedroom
Told you once I liked your voice
Then you all but went mute
Told you once I liked your laugh
And you said you didn’t give a hoot
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12. |
Exit Plan
05:43
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Well I hung around as long as I could
Even though it was such a drag
It got so bad that I wanted to leave
I even packed my bag
Well we can pretend that we are in love
And I'll always be your man
But I know full well in the back of my mind
I got me an exit plan
You convinced me to stay
When I knew it was wrong
I went against my guts
We tried to make it work for the sake of the kid
We both were a little bit nuts
It's always best to have an out
Tucked away in the back your mind
So when things get rough you'll always know
Where to look for the exit sign
Well we struggled so hard year after year
But things never got any better
One day I awoke to find you were gone
And in your place was a letter
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