1. |
Secondhand Smoke
02:09
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Let me breathe your secondhand smoke
Won't you make my dreams the butt of your bad joke
I can't stay here any longer
Each new day's a hole in this boy's weary life
My mouth is empty but my brain remains as full
As the day I started here
In the days before the madness and the strife
I know I'm not the man that I may seem
I'm not the drone you thought was in your dream
I can't stay here any longer
Each new day's a hole in this boy's weary life
My body's aching and I haven't learned a thing
Since the day I started here
And my dreams are even bigger than the days I've wasted here
The days I've wasted here are merely memories gone by
Since
The days before the madness and the strife
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2. |
Away
03:07
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Sun, dry the rain away
Hun, draw my pain away
You take my breath away
You, you scare death away
You bring the light into my dreams
You put a silence to my screams
You blur the night in with the day
You and I will fade away
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3. |
A Nighttime Plea
02:56
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When night is young and all is weary
And my eyes cling to the contours they can find
And my clocks tick ever anxiously
Weeping for agreement in time
I look back and see the cause of my sweet sorrow
And walk into the shadows of my mind
Hurting head, tired eyes
Close them and she'll go away
That's the girl she is today
That's the man I am today
It's bittersweet when anger rears its ugly head
So many things are better left unthought, unsaid
But leave no regret when spoken
Like setting down a token of my shattered past for all to see
And take like many things I never seized
Hurting head, tired eyes
Close them and she'll go away
That's the girl she is today
That's the man I am today
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4. |
I Am Fine
02:12
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Don't feel bad for me
Or don't pretend to care
Either way it all ends with the two
Of us just standing there
Both asking why you ever left my life
With no remorse, regrets to share
And did you think I didn't see you there
Don't you tell me all is good and all is fine
We both know it wasn't easy
For the two of us to turn the tide
And everyone watched helplessly
As both of us just died inside
And did you think I ever lied
Is it me you're always talking to
Whenever you need someone
Is it not you who rejected me
When all I wanted was to change this
All I ever wanted
Was to see you finally happy
But if you just can't decide
I guess I'll make it easy for you
I am fine
I got that closure that you wanted
I am fine
I don't regret the times we had
But I am fine
Don't you tell me now
You haven't been the same
When all I told you was I'm tired of
Playing this pathetic game
Well maybe I have lost a friend
When this whole thing's said and done
But you'd never have me wait for you
Not if you were the one
Maybe I'm just wrong
About this whole thing
Maybe it's a sign from up above
Maybe I should wait a bit
For somebody to change me
Or maybe I have been betrayed
By the only one I love
Is it me you're always talking to
Whenever you need someone
Is it not you who rejected me
When all I wanted was to change this
All I ever wanted
Was to see you finally happy
But if you just can't decide
I guess I'll make it easy for you
I am fine
I am fine
I am fine
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Son I went knocking on heaven's door
And asked the big man what he saw
He opened the gates for a peek or two
And I just stared in awe
Now after seein' what I had seen
You know it ain't too good, this life
You better swear you'll keep your future clean
But don't go by the house tonight
Don't go by the house tonight
Don't go by the house tonight
Now I went down to the pearly gates
And the big man wasn't there
I asked St. Peter where he had gone
He said, son, you've had your share
So that means going down below
Bet you're in for a fright
But don't put your problems on your kin
And don't go by the house tonight
Don't go by the house tonight
Don't go by the house tonight
Well I begged the good man for a break
Said, I ain't the baddest guy
But I swear I'll break those pearlies in
He said, I'd like to see you try
These gates are built for holy men
Who you laughed at in spite
So don't try breaking these pearlies in
And don't go by the house tonight
Don't go by the house tonight
Don't go by the house tonight
Don't go by the house tonight
Don't go by the house tonight
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6. |
Living or Existing
03:40
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To tell you what you mean to me
Unbridled, unrestrained
To question my philosophy
No arguments remain
I can't take on this problem
Without some ambiguity
I can't tell you I'm dying
It's not part of my philosophy
What if I could be normal
Like everyone else
What if I die trying
Trying not to be myself
Then am I living
Or slowly dying
To count on all my fingertips
The reasons I've to live
Were once outweighed by memories
Of the love to you I'd give
But once a day's a memory
Its home is in the past
So out of all I now adore
I count the memories last
I can't take on this problem
Without some ambiguity
I can't tell you I'm dying
It's not part of my philosophy
What if I could be normal
Like everyone else
What if I die trying
Trying not to be myself
Then am I living
Or just existing
Is it living or just existing
If living means a mask
Is it dying or is it trying
If dying means taking it off
Then am I living
Or just performing
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
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7. |
Mama Bird
04:05
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Said mama bird, I'll be back before tomorrow
But now, until tomorrow, here you stay
Just remember, hold back your lonely sorrow
If I'm not back tomorrow anyway
For tomorrow's another day away
And if I'm not back tomorrow I'll be back another day
Don't forget, don't fly away
If I'm not back tomorrow, that's okay
He forgets and he flies away
His nest behind, tomorrow's a new day
He forgets and he flies away
His dreams ahead, tomorrow's his to slay
He forgets and he flies away
His life ahead, the game is his to play
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8. |
The Sum of Everything
04:20
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I am a canvas
Paint me
I'm a propagandist
Hate me
I am the culmination of all the events
All the struggles that life has brought upon me
And upon you
I am experienced
Date me
I am I narcissist
Hate me
I am age and experience
I am the one you end up hating
I am the sum of everything
I am the sum of everything
I know your secrets
Haunt me
I know your weaknesses
Test me
Taunt me
I am age and experience
I am the one who ends up winning
I am the sum of everything
I am the sum of everything
I'm the antagonist
Kill me
I am the afterthought
Ignore me
I am the real contortionist
I am the one who juggles for you
I am the sum of everything
I am the sum of everything
I am experienced
Date me
I am a narcissist
Hate me
I am age and experience
I am the one you end up hating
I am the sum of everything
I am the sum of everything
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9. |
Wind
04:10
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Take a feather, let it
Flounder in the wind
Guided by the forces
Of the Earth and what's above
Immerse yourself
In the beauty of heaven's send
Let it blow on your shoulder
When a feather makes its journey
No one knows its path
Not where it's going, not where it's been
And no feather is immortal
Its journey always ends
Try unfolding our world
But be careful with yours
Send that feather somewhere else
Be careful where it goes
If you don't know where it's been
Just don't let it slip away
Before you send it on your way
A feather is too delicate to bend
Now controlling our world
No sense hiding in yours
Take a feather, let it
Flounder in the wind
Guided by the voices
Of heaven and the earth
Now consuming your world
Why try to control yours
Now consuming your world
Why try to control yours
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10. |
Still Hope
02:47
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