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Twas an interesting conversation
One I won't soon forget
You said your life's like a puzzle
But none of the pieces fit
No matter what you do to it
These are the lies we tell ourselves
They are who we are
These are the dreams we dream for ourselves
They take us near and far
You talked for what seemed like days
My ears they started to bleed
Your stories took on strange shapes
About a girl who had no need
A girl who had learned to succeed
Can you imagine me here
Living life by my wits
Can you imagine me here
Not ready to call it quits
In the end I felt confused
Didn't know what to think
You made a convincing case
Written in indelible ink
Never once did I see you blink
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Not Foolin' No One
04:36
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Everything's a choice
Everything is exactly what you make it
It's either fake or it's true
You can tell a lie
And the lie clangs like a bell
And a lie is something you can't undo
Who is fooling who
What you say and what you do
Who is fooling who
What's a lie and what is true
Everything is clear
Everything is obvious
In the end you see what you see
You can make excuses
You can paint a picture
A picture of your own worst enemy
What are you trying to pull
Who are you trying to kid
You might think you're being clever
But someone will blow your lid
Everything is manifest
Everything is plain to see
It always is what it is
There is no mistaking
There are no excuses
There is no need for analyses
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You Can Kiss My Ass
04:30
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You made me a promise a long time ago
Said you would love me
Put on a good show
And how I believed you, yeah
What's not to believe
You acted so sincerely
Why would you deceive
I hope you are happy and your life is a gas
Oh and one more thing
You can kiss my ass
We shared us some good times
And we shared us some bad
I was like that guy Shahryar
And you were Scheherazade
You told me your stories
They blew me away
But then you done left me
And I sunk like a souffle
I hope you are happy and your life is a gas
Oh and one more thing
You can kiss my ass
You're nothing but a hustler, yeah
You're nothing but a big old liar
I needed a drug, you were my supplier
Thing got pretty critical
Reached a critical mass
So pardon me for saying
But you can kiss my ass, yeah
You can kiss my ass
Kiss it, baby
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On the Bottom of the Sea
07:10
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Bring me down to the bottom
Hold my breath and watch the bubbles
I am gulping for air
This apparatus gives me troubles
How long can I stay down
Before I give up and drown
I swim with the fishes
I live out all my wishes
On the bottom of the sea
Feeling stoned intoxicated
Must be the rapture of the deep
Night-night nitrogen narcosis
Just want to drift off to sleep
I can hear a mermaid singing
And a gentle sonar pinging
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Ain't That Peculiar
04:55
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All over the world people are a-killin'
They seem to like it, they are a-willin'
Just like the monkey in "2001"
They pick up a bone and then they pick up a gun
They do the deed expediently
We've done the deed through history
Beneath the surface of civilization
Beats the dark heart of God's creation
Ain't that peculiar
Peculiar as can be
We say we love but what does that mean
When deep down we're a killing machine
We go to war in the name of God
When we talk of peace
It's just a facade
What we really love is to hate
We love to hate our common trait
Like the monkey in "2001"
We kill the other and say we won
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Hijacker
04:58
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She's on top of every situation
There's nothing that she misses
Loves the mommas, loves the babies
Smothers them in kisses
Always has the answers to every test
Always thinks that she knows the best
'Round here she is known as the hijacker
And she will hijack your soul
Beware, beware
The hijacker
She will take control
She is expert at extracting all the joy
She does it surgically
She's relentless, she's aggressive
She'll never let you be
One day she will probably run for mayor
Somehow that doesn't seem quite fair
She is brazen, she is churlish
She gets just what she needs
She gives orders and you follow
That's just how she succeeds
It's be best to give her a wide berth
'Cause soon she'll be taking over the earth
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View Way
04:17
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You can hide behind masks
And put on a brave face
But you can't conceal who and what you are
You can dance around the truth
But it remains unfazed
Like the constancy of the Northern Star
You can flee from your past
But it will seek you out
And pounce on you like a jaguar
Come along with me, come along with me
Follow me wherever I roam
Rattle all the locks and smash out all the windows
Nobody's home
You can have a calling
That keeps you up at night
You can feel compelled to get up and feed it
You can tell a juicy tale
And write it all down
But no one will read it
The may say that it's great
They may say that it's brilliant
But in the end they just don't need it
Knock, knock
Who's there
Nobody's home
You can build yourself a house
On the dark side of the moon
In the hope that no one will find you
You can toss out all your journals
And erase your hard drives
So there will be nothing to remind you
You can stare into the sun
Till your eyes are scorched
But it's the truth that will blind you
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Terrible Secret
04:11
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Something's been on my mind
And I can't merely let it go
It keeps me up at night
A real fucking horror show
I just wanna name it
My own private Idaho
It's a terrible secret
A terrible secret
I done did a shitty thing
And it weighs heavily on me
No way I can undo it
I just can't let it be
Just when I think the memory's gone for good
It creeps up menacingly
I got blisters on my fingers
And I worry about when they'll pop
You know once I tell a lie
I can't make myself stop
I try to talk around it
Like some dude in a barbershop
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Yeah, you tricked me, you tricked me good
You got me to do what I never thought I would
You seemed so sure and you seemed so smart
That was your game, it's hard to believe that part
It's all my fault, yeah, I'm the fool
I let myself get taken
Let myself be a tool
But you, you had that look
You had those eyes
Those eyes didn't tell no lies
A smell of honey
A swallow of brine
This is for you my valentine
A smell of honey
A swallow of brine
I am yours and you are mine
You were a genius at chatting me up
I came on to you, yeah, like an overeager pup
You took me by the scruff
You taught me some tricks
You told me to play dead
That's how you got your kicks
You laugh when you tell me that I lead with my chin
I'd commit on your behalf the most egregious sin
You done with my nonsense, yeah
You're through with me
I'm one more fool in the annals of your history
It must be nice on your side of the fence
You do what you want without consequence
It must be nice to rule the world
It must be nice to always get your way
It must be nice to sit and judge
It must be nice to be a bird of prey
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10. |
Were I to Dream
03:14
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Your eyes they gleam
And so do mine
They bring me joy
My sweet valentine
Were I to dream
Then dream I would
Of days gone by
My oh my
Your heart does beat
And so does mine
We are in sync
We intertwine
I see through you
And you see through me
We hold on tight
For eternity
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11. |
A Life I'll Never Know
04:48
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They are driving in their SUV
They are driving way ahead of me
They are headed down to Disneyland
They speak in a tongue I don't understand
It's the life
The life I'll never know
It's a place
The place I'll never go
They play video games and eat McDLT
They watch Jay Z on their DVD
They got peace sewn signs on their jeans
They probably don't care what it means
They live their lives in the land of the free
They don't see what they do as mediocrity
They are confident in their worth
They are like most people on this earth
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12. |
Leaving Here
03:22
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Don’t wanna stay here no more
Not no more, no sir
Just wanna get myself gone
Gone from here, lickety-split
I am leaving, I am leaving, I am leaving here
Here I go, I’m on my way
I’ll see you ‘round some sunny day
Every single face I see is strange
Strange to me, strange indeed
Nobody ever says hello
Let alone look you in the eye
Gotta move along, gotta move along
Gotta move along, gotta move along
Things ‘round here they ain’t so great
Downright bad, they suck
Packing up my walking shoes
Got some snacks, got some gum
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