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While Nobody Was Looking
04:18
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I climbed the highest mountain
Made it straight to the peak
I planted my flag and said something in Greek
Veni, vidi, vici
I shouted out loud
I felt like Caesar on top of a cloud
And I did it while nobody was looking
I built me a spaceship in my own backyard
I made it out of scrap
It wasn't that hard
I took for a spin to the dark side of the moon
I went as far as Venus
And made it back home by noon
And I'm still amazed that I could do it
All I know is that I had to put mind into it
And in the end I got the job done
And in the end I had me some fun
I wrote me some songs about a hundred or two
I wrote them all but I wasn't through
I wrote about me and I wrote about you
I worked my ass off and found what I could do
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Call me what you want
But just call me
I am waiting just for you
It's been so long and I guess
You've moved on
Wish that I could do that too
In case you have forgotten me
I will remind you
I am the man with the glass head
You can see through me
I am the man with the glass head
Such high visibility
Don't be cruel, don't be cruel
Don't be cruel to me
Don't be cruel, don't be cruel
I shatter so easily
Tell me who you are
And don't tell lies
It's no easy thing to do
I've been trying hard
To do the same
Now I can't tell what is true
In case you have forgotten me
I'm just as troubled as you
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Stations of the Elevated
06:24
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Way up there, way up there
There is someone who can hear me
Way up there, way up there
There is someone who is near me
I look up, I look up
And I can almost hold it
I reach up, I reach up
Like someone has foretold it
I can see what it means
All symbols and vaccines
I'm going up
Near or far, near or far
It makes no difference anymore
Here and gone, here and gone
Take it in or ignore
Drink it up, drink it up
It's yours for the taking
Spit it out, spit it out
The ground below is quaking
I can see what it means
All napalm and proteins
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4. |
Shit Just Got Real
04:18
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Well we used to party all night long
And nothing would ever wreck us
We used to eat any old junk
And nothing would ever effect us
The shit just got real
The shit just got real
The shit just got real, yeah
Well we used to do all the shit we wanted
We were impermeable
We used to be skinny, we used to be young
Now we are invisible
Can't hide our drooping wrinkles
Can't hide our bulging guts
Can't go back and relive our youth
Can't go back to our perfect butts
Wah-wah-wah
Wah-wah-wah
Well we used to laugh at all the creaky old folks
And we never headed their advice
Never thought that we'd wind up just like them
Growing old, well, it ain't so nice
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Que Je Surmonte
05:18
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Mon passé est à damiers
Cela est bien vrai
Et il est à damiers
Principalement à cause de vous
Parfois, je veux vous tuer
Mais cela ne signifie pas que vous êtes mort
Je vais encore propriétaire de votre esprit
Et votre esprit ne me libérer
Avoir une certaine pitié de moi
Laissez-moi sortir de votre sort
Vous sort a m'a dans un enfer vivant
Que je surmonte
What I have overcome
Mon coeur est brisé
Et ainsi est mon âme
Et rien dans le monde
Allons y remédier
Tout est de ma faute
Je l'ai apporté sur
Je souhaite seulement que pourrait défaire
Si vous étiez tout genre de fille
Vous pourriez prendre un autre regard
Et peut-être vous me verriez
Et puis vous verriez
Le seul qui vous aime
Il n'y a pas d'autre
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Scaredy Cat
03:26
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Well I got me a lot of fears, boy
And I don't think I am all that neurotic
I'm afraid I won't get over them
Even if they make me seem psychotic
Well I'm a scaredy cat
Meeooow
I'm a scaredy cat
Hssssssss
Well I'm a scaredy cat
Rarrrrrrrr
I'm a scaredy cat
Hsssssss
Well I think that someone's after me
Don't say that I'm paranoid
Every time turn around someone's there
And it's not someone I can avoid
Well I've boarded up my windows and doors
And I've unplugged my internet
No one is gonna get through to me
Nothing now can make me upset
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They hunker down in their own bunker
They hope that this crisis will pass
They eat a can of peas and carrots
They stage their own personal Mass
They pray for their wretched souls
They pray that they will be spared
They pray for their cat and dog
They pray because they are scared
They're frightened little creatures
Frightened little creatures
They're frightened little creatures
Frightened little creatures
They drink a drop of pure bottled water
They bitch that there's no internet
They allow themselves a single salted cracker
They wonder how much worse this will get
They worry 'bout their prized possessions
They hope that their cars are not wrecked
They wonder when they leave their bunker
Who will serve and who will protect
They worry 'bout their books and records
They sit around and reminisce
They light another peach-scented candle
They wonder how it came to this
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Fear and Desire
03:51
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Didn't sign up for this, didn't plan for that
Caught behind enemy lines
Like a scaredy old cat
A scaredy old cat
Me and my buddies thought
We build ourselves a boat
Maybe head down the river
Try to keep ourselves afloat
Fear and desire gonna keep us all alive
Fear and desire, five by five
We spotted a girl, she had a strange face
Didn't speak our language, we gave her a chase
When we finally caught her we tied her to a tree
Inside my head I thought, This is not really me
Fear and desire gonna keep us all alive
Fear and desire, five by five
Men go to war to kill their enemy
What other purpose could there be
They took what's ours and we take it back
With blood in our eyes we scream attack
The girl stayed behind with Billy
He shot her in the head
While the rest of us
Decided to kill the enemy general dead
Fear and desire can drive a man insane
Fear and desire can mess with your brain
With fear and desire, I smoke the enemy
Fear and desire
He looks just like me
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She Is a Strange One
04:42
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She likes to keep her secrets
In a laminated box
They're rolled up neat and tidy
Right next to her socks
Don't ask her what they are
Unless you court the bizarre
She is a strange one
She is a strange one
She is strange
She's got crazy premonitions
About the end of days
She will never reveal them
Or her mysterious ways
Don't bother even asking
She's busy multitasking
She looks in the mirror
But she can't see her face
A green and purple serpent
Has taken her place
She folds up all her laundry
She is ready to flee
She is packing her mementos for posterity
She dries all of her tears then she disappears
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Amnesia
03:48
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Remember that time you tripped like a klutz
And that pretty girl said you looked like a putz
When everyone sees ya
Pray for amnesia
There are days when it all goes wrong
You look around and you don't belong
When they tease ya
Hope for amnesia
The world is tough, man
Remember those bullies at school
They push you around and you feel like a fool
Forget your unease
With a little amnesia
Bad things happen then they're forgotten
Even when they wreak of something rotten
The only way to appease ya
Is with amnesia
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Arrivederci, Baby
04:09
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Non ti perdere io non ti piace
Tu mi hai fatto male ho bisogno di andare via
Hai spezzato il cuore per nessuna ragione
Non capisco tu sei solo cattivo, cattivo
Spero che vi passano sopra in una vettura Italiana
Non importa se si tratta di un Fiat
Oppure una Lamborghini
Arrivederci, baby
Arrivederci, baby
Arrivederci, baby
Finché, finché
Penso che sono brutti brutto come un cane
Hai bisogno di chirurgia plastica
Per fare apparire come un maiale
Spero che ci si ammala
E tutti i vostri capelli cadono
Spero che qualcuno ti deruba
E si ottiene la gotta
La mia famiglia è potente
E si potrebbe ucciderti
Così mi fai un favore
Spararsi in testa
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I heard a song in the middle of a dream
And it woke me from my slumber
It spurred me on, it rocked my world
You could say it had my number
I got my sack and I got good shoes
And I got a certain esprit
And I know when I get to the top
And I know when I get to the top of the mountain
I will be set free
It's a long, long way, it's a long way down
But that won't stop me from going
I made my choice and I'm not gonna cave
Even though my fear might be showing
'Cause when I get to the top of the mountain
I will be set free
I waited so long, and I been good
Never even hurt a fly
Never pushed, never shoved
I let so many people go right on by
Now's my turn and now's my chance
Ain't gonna wait till I get the key
'Cause when I get to the top
Yeah once I get to the top of the mountain
I will be set free
Blue skies are all I see
They're all I see in front of me
'Cause when I get to the top of the mountain
'Cause when I get to the top of the mountain
I will be set free
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