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Head House
04:17
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What happened to me?
Got a house and a tree
How great it could be,
you here with me
The walls were blank,
we could paint
What a perfect space
See, I was anticipating greatness
I said I would not get tired of waiting
But this is my mind
I can change at any time.
I walked through the space in my head today
The damage reported was too grave to say
I kicked out the crayons, pastels, and paints
I didn't care if the walls remained blank
I was anticipating greatness
I said I would not get tired of waiting
But this is my mind
I can change at any time.
I took a little pretty match
out of a brand new pack
flipped it around in my hand—
fun, don't you understand?
Struck on the side of the box
watched the flame come off,
come on
I was anticipating greatness
I said I would not get tired of waiting
But this is my mind
This is my mind
I walk outside
Do you see that light?
That's my pretty old house in the pretty old night
See that light?
That's my pretty old house in the pretty old night.
I was anticipating greatness
I got tired of waiting
I was anticipating greatness
How great it could be
How great it could be
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2. |
And I Fall
04:14
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I went to bed
with a picture inside my head
Thought that I might
bring the beauty of day into my night
I been tumbling down
and you see what's left of me now
I used to believe the words you wrote meant everything
You gave me a slip that read
"Don't go to sleep with beauty in your head."
I hung it above my bed
But I am tumbling down
You see what's left of me now
You put your hands up high
I look you in the eye
And I said, I am done playing here.
I am done playing here.
You said to take it from behind my eyes
You said the picture wouldn't match my life
You play my tapes all wrong
You got all my lies.
You put my hands up high
I look you in the eye
And I said, I am done playing here.
I am done playing here.
You gave me a slip that read
"Don't go to sleep with beauty in your head."
Well I am tumbling down
And you see what's left of me now
And I said
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3. |
Still, It Kills
05:40
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You looked me in the eye
Kept em straight and cried
You looked me in the eye
I only feel it once it dies
Your eyes are going gray
You turn away
And I say
The bee was dead when I stepped on it
well I got its splinter
well I got its splinter still
The bee was dead when I stepped on it
well I got its splinter
I got its splinter still.
I am falling into someone who has gone away
with eyes going gray
I am falling into someone who has gone away
with eyes going gray, and
this is something for which I will cry
The bee was dead when I stepped on it
well I got its splinter
I got its splinter still.
It's the cross of those trees over that old road
and the fog, it believed,
all the stories I told.
come off of the record
stay the night, i will
take the terror from morning light
come off of the record
stay the night, i will
take the terror from morning light
and she said
I'm not coming home
we are too far gone
she said
I'm not coming home
we are too far gone.
The bee was dead when I stepped on it
I got its splinter
I got its splinter still.
The bee was dead when I stepped on it
I got its splinter
I got its splinter still.
Still, it kills.
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4. |
Sixpence
06:11
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Hey tired eyes
are you ready for tonight?
Hey tired eyes
have you got your mask on right?
It's not safe and it's not sound
for my feet on the ground right now
It's not safe and it's not sound
for my feet on the ground right now
Call out my name
and see
who will turn for me
who will turn for me?
I am the dreamer
to your sixpence song
I don't want you to sing along
There's so much that has gone wrong.
Call out my name
and see
who will turn for me
who will turn for me?
Please
throw my flowers into the sea
Please
excuse my heart
these are the moments I like to leave
throw my flowers into the sea
excuse my heart
I like to leave
throw my flowers into the sea
excuse my heart
I like to leave
It's not safe
It's not sound
for my feet on the ground
but I like you, I like you
It's not safe
and it's not sound
for my feet on the ground
but I
I like you, I like you.
I don't know where I stand
I don't know what to do
I don't know where I am
but I like you
I don't know where I am
I don't know what to do
I don't know where I stand
but I like you.
Put your hand on my thigh
Looked me in the eye
Might as well leave this all behind
Might as well leave this all behind.
Call out my name
and see
who will turn for me
who will turn for me?
Call out my name
and see
who will turn for me
who will turn for me?
Hey tired eyes,
are you ready for tonight?
Hey tired eyes,
have you got your mask on right?
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5. |
Alright
02:06
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You say you're living not harm no one
Well
I wish you'd see what you done.
Do you know how confusing it is
Say you love me
Then treat me like this
Friends say with you I was
going green
Friends say with you I was
paling
Got it coming out my eyes
Dripping down my thighs
Alright.
I'm bound to fall
well I
already fell
Stuck at the bottom
got nothing but hell.
That's when it hit me
in the dark of the city
I can give you my all
but it matters if you're listening.
You're not
It's alright
Goodbye
You're not
It's alright
Goodbye.
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6. |
Framework
05:11
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Concrete blues
I wish I were right beside you
Concrete blues
There's nothing this piece of land don't know about you.
It tears me down
I wish I could have been there for you.
This didn't come out like I had
hoped it would.
It's about time
that I
look myself in the eye
It's about time
that I
realize
that you could be happier looking in someone else's eyes.
They ask if I am attached
and I say:
Hell yeah.
They ask what I'll do
and I say:
Apologize.
Here is the truth:
I care for you.
And I can't quite believe it
When I was with you, parts of myself were defeated.
The framework of my love was honest
I know you may not believe it
I know you'll be happier
now I can see it.
They ask if I am attached
and I say:
Hell yeah.
They ask what I'll do
and I say:
Apologize.
Here is the truth:
I care for you.
And I can't quite believe it—
when I was with you, parts of myself were defeated.
When I was with you
When I was with you
When I was with you
When I was with you
What the hell am I supposed to do?
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7. |
Old Man Gloom
04:03
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Old man gloom,
put that frown away
Old man gloom, that's what they say.
Old man gloom,
I know you miss your paper bag pills today.
How dare they.
I know a very old man
He doesn't sit around, he stands
Goes by the name of Gloom
He paces around this room.
I see him walking by
No he don't look you in the eye
I say
Old man gloom, how are you?
Seems like nobody cares for you.
He turned his head to me
He said to me:
I am doing the best I can
I am doing the best I can
I am doing the best I can
Aw man, goddamn them.
Old man gloom
do you know what you're going to do?
Old man gloom
do you remember how you used to move?
Old man gloom,
pace your way
you're not going to make it in a single day.
He turned his head to me
He said to me:
I need someone to understand.
I need a friend, someone who's on my side.
I feel like I'm going to die.
I need a friend, someone who's on my side.
I need someone to understand.
I feel like I'm going to die.
We are doing the best we can.
We are doing the best we can.
Aw man, goddamn them.
You need to understand
we need a friend,
someone on our side
when we feel like we're going to die.
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8. |
Know My Bones
04:08
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You've got no place
in the place you are standing
If you leave, you leave your
greatest companions
Thieves and the liars
Cheats and the buyers
You could do without
Night always comes
You won't be alone
Alone makes you feel what you know, know, know, know
Know in your bones.
These are parts of me
That will shine under certain light
in certain times.
These are parts of me
That will shine under certain light
in certain times.
Is it a problem that I'm shaking from your face?
Is it a problem that I'm crying in this space?
Can you remind me of the time that you were cruel?
Said, can you remind me, so I don't fall in love with you?
I don't remember how to move
I don't remember how to move
It wouldn't be a problem if I were seeing straight
It wouldn't be a problem, but I am loosing faith.
Can you remind me of the time that you were cruel?
Said, can you remind me, so I don't fall in love with you?
I don't want to cross too many,
I am bound.
I don't want to cross too many,
I am bound.
You've got no place
in the heart that I'm feeling
but I can't help that right now it is beating.
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9. |
See, Saw
02:58
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Set away for beaches
For a time away from creatures
that break me down low
Call my captain
bring my shoes and bring my cap in.
I see, I saw
on this great, dark ocean abroad.
It all happened wrong.
I see, I saw
on this great, dark ocean abroad
It all happened wrong
It all happened wrong.
I am sitting here
I'm speechless.
I am broken down,
the weakest.
Set away for beaches
Set away for beaches
Set away for beaches
Set away for beaches
Set away for beaches
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10. |
Ocean, Quick!
04:59
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Please believe
that what I told to you is meant to sink
Dissolve every thought I let myself breathe.
I think I am afraid to look you in the face
to stay in this place
to step in the muck I have made
Ocean, quick!
Keep your grip.
Keep your waves from spilling it.
What I have told to you
is far from gone
They watch for me now
I've been away too long
This can't be happening right now
My fingers are too weak to tell you what I mean.
Put my hand in yours
Let me sink
Put my hand in yours
let me sink
Ocean, quick!
Keep your grip.
Keep your waves from spilling it.
I told you once before
and I will tell you again—
I want to be more than your friend
Right now I can't say it
and it will kill me
if I can't get to it eventually
Ocean, quick!
Keep your grip.
Keep your waves from spilling it.
To the ocean, I'd always be true
There's nothing I would not tell you
To the ocean, I love you.
To the ocean, I'd always be true
There's nothing I would not tell you
To the ocean, I would never slight you.
Ocean, quick!
Keep your grip.
Keep your waves from spilling it.
Get me out on the ocean
change hour for hour
upon my every notion
I think I am afraid to lift my face
to see this space
and the people I put in it
aren't quite... aw, forget it.
Ocean, quick!
Keep your grip.
Keep your waves from spilling it.
And she says,
"Play how you feel it."
And I say:
That's a little hard, that's a little hard.
That's a little hard in a world so deceiving.
Please believe me
Please believe me
Please believe me.
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