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Wait & See (intro)
01:33
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Wait & See
Something’s in your eyes
Something’s on your mind
Some things on your mind
For days now
Some things never leave
They just re-appear at random
Don’t leave me here
Stranded for a home
Not even halfway through the day
And will you lead the way
And will I have to wait forever
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2. |
Still Not Won
04:36
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Still Not Won
Get me into sunshine
Get me in today
I’ve grown out of my feeling
with no light upon my way
Can someone throw a quarter in this broke machine
A little bit affection
If you know what I mean
Now I can’t say I’m won
I can’t say “I do”
We are losing touch everyday
Lost in a haze not just today
I want to go, don’t want to feel
The more I go, the less I feel
It’s like in space, drifting
Out of order
Out of place
Bodies full of dirt sir
Some even wear a tie
What’s in your little kingdom
Why are you all dressed in white
Are we just getting older to find out what’s beneath
I can’t even tell one story from the books I used to read
No, I can’t say I’m won
I can’t say “I do”
We are losing touch everyday
Lost in a haze not just today
I want to go, don’t want to feel
The more I go, the less I feel
It’s like in space, drifting
Out of order
Out of place
So have you noticed what it’s like
When did you found out what it’s like
Now let me take you down the drain
Just to show you what it's like
Could you give this all a name
Would you be coming back again
This all sounds way too much like space
Out of order
Out of place
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The Strain We’re Under
Quit my job two months ago
Changed the locks, turned off the phone
Sold the car for a second-hand typewriter
Chapter one went easily
I thought it over the past year
It even has a foot note quoting Churchill
Send my love to someone who won’t waste it
And if you find her tell her I couldn’t make it back then
I think of moving underground
Where I cannot be found
And make observations from there
Everyday I write them down
‘Till one day I’m found
It’s called “The Strain We’re Under”
You’ll have no way of knowing ‘till then
You look tall from where I am
Even small ones increase length
Elevators reach onto your houses
Send my love to someone who won’t waste it
And if you find her tell her I couldn’t make it back then
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We Both Know
You and me against the world, babe
And nothing but a storm
You and me against the world when all is silent
And nothing but a storm
Coz when I woke up, love
I woke to find out we both know it’s not enough
I just woke from a dream where nothing matters
It all seems far away from me
Coz when I found someone to love
I wasn’t ready to receive
Didn’t notice you’d been calling
Didn’t notice I was late (you were still there)
How come I always say the wrong thing
When you need the right thing
We can’t be movin’ on like that
So when I woke up, love
I woke to find out we both know it’s not enough
Don’t wake me from the dream where nothing matters
It all seems far away from me
Thought it'd be better just to leave
Than to ruin your Christmas eve
Not burnin’ up here
Into the happy happy new year
Oh when I woke up, love
I woke to find out we both know it’s not enough
Don’t wake me from the dream where nothing matters
It all seems far away from me
And when I found someone to love
I wasn’t ready to receive
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5. |
Saddest Meal
02:51
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Saddest Meal
Some will say: ‘one day it’s gonna be okay’
Some will wait until it’s taken place
I heard my name repeatin’ at me loud and clear
I heard my name and wished I wasn’t here
The saddest meal we ever had
And you just watch TV as if there’s any news
You haven’t finished your desert
And you just watch TV as if there’s any news
Now I could use a dictionary, too
Lost for words
Lost for all that’s good
Like ‘what am I to you’
What do we ever talk about
What do I have to say before I’m understood
You haven’t finished your desert
And you just watch TV as if there’s any news
Now let me tell you something, too
It can’t go on like this
It can’t go on like this
It can’t go on like this
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6. |
Refugee
03:32
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Refugee
And always shut the door to keep the dust out
Once you’ve made a stranger’s place a home
You’re talking real slow
It doesn’t help to understand you
Careful now
I don’t know what
But something’s wrong
How will you remember me
When I finally escape from what makes me a refugee
Fourteen rooms together make a big house
To always find it empty after work
And the work is never done
And the house’s not what it seems
I miss you more than ever after work
How will you remember me
When I finally escape from what makes me a refugee
She drew poems on her skin that no one could explain
She said it made her feel so pretty
Pretty, like the rain
So how will you remember me
When I finally escape from what makes me a refugee
Can’t think of anything that I wouldn’t like to say
To make you change your mind some way
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Something Worth Repeating
When you decide to come home
You will find a statue in your room
Waitin’ to be taken on a walk
Now don’t be shy
Put on your shoes
Coz fire works are outside
Like lightning in the dark sky
How can you be mad at me when I refuse to talk
You always said that’s what you loved me for
Say something worth repeating
When you are asked up on the stage to speak of credence
When you profess parades are only walked by dreamers
Who will unravel all your pity ‘till it shows you whole
Whatever we agreed upon
You promised not to ask from me no more
Well, monkey does like monkey sees
Who ever urged you on for just one more
You want to see one last trick
While I am feeling sick
How can you be mad at me when I refuse to talk
You always said that’s what you loved me for
Say something worth repeating
When you are asked upon the stage to speak of credence
When you profess parades are only walked by dreamers
Who will unravel all your pity ‘till it shows you whole
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8. |
You're In The Last Frame
04:38
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You’re In The Last Frame
I make noises when I’m ‘lone in the dark
To scare the ghosts off when the light’s off
I can feel their presence from an ancient crack
Before I start talking to myself
There is one thing I want you to know
You should be my presence
To keep me from absence
Coz I can’t get even with my myself
You’re in the last frame on my wall
Don’t fall
Please don’t fall
Someday I will not be on my way
Yesterday was great and so were you
I’ve had a blast
I felt like a child again
Like on holiday
But now you’ve opened up that book again
And you start praying for Jesus’ return
Will you step forward
Will you leave me behind
Coz I can’t get even with my myself
You’re in the last frame on my wall
Don’t fall
Please don’t fall
Please don’t fall
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9. |
She Wants To Be A Mother
02:03
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She Wants To Be A Mother
She says:
“I’m all tired of working night shifts at the station
I won’t be coming back no more, anymore
Maybe on the cover of a magazine”
I’ll be taking a dive
Cooler in the water
It’s not my apple pie
She wants to be a mother
Caused by the books she reads
Memories…
Memories…
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Love Is Not For Hypocrites
And I’m still sleeping on a reproach as she gets up
Gets the paper and pours the coffee in a cup
Oh, she’s the girl I never will deserve
Though she’ll be getting on my nerves
What’s the difference anyway
Coz all the input makes me restless
It only causes fights
Let’s give up on interaction
Live separate lives
Then one day... ready to explode
After I’ve turned it all to stone
And leave you to your memories
Love is not for hypocrites, boy
Love is not for hypocrites, boy
I’m chasing clouds now
For direction
To see if I will be rewarded
For the effort that was never mine
And if I had to choose one final phrase
That’d be written on my grave
It’d be “Thank you for your time”
Love is not for hypocrites, boy
Love is not for hypocrites, boy
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11. |
Let Me Sleep
04:15
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Let Me Sleep
Glory times like bottom lines that won’t switch off
And won’t be enough
When you’re so hard to please, boy
Looking back and forward gets me dizzy, dear
“Then stop comparing, dear
You’ll soon be familiar
And soon be at ease”
Don’t start about my first day as an employee
It’s been killing me
I’m not easily challenged
Seems like everyone is looking for something hard to find
Still waiting for a sign
And waiting for you
I’m feeling my needs
Let me sleep on what I choose not to lose forever
Let me sleep
I wanted to get through like it’s all new
What’s it gonna be
I know where I’m heading and I’m not ready
Let me sleep
Don’t wake me before I am invited to something real
Don’t you weaken my intentions
There is no reason
There is no reason to keep changing what’s intended honestly
Let me sleep on what I choose not to lose forever
Let me sleep
I wanted to get through like it’s all new
What’s it gonna be
I know where I’m heading and I’m not ready
Let me sleep
Don’t wake me before I am invited to something real
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