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Noctambulism
04:57
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Well I’m sleepwalking round’ your apartment
And I’m feeling fucked up but nothing’s new
I just know you’ve changed, it ain’t the same
I swear that it's the truth
Well I watch the light dance around your skin
And you push me down
You never let me in
But it’s ok because I am afraid
You know you can’t play this game with me
I get all sorts of nervous anxiety
When you’re around I wanna drown in your eyes
It’s ok, it’s ok, It’s ok
The carpet becomes a canvas for
The lies you spilled on our bedroom floor
I never asked you what you meant when you said
“Hey I’m not ready for this”
So I call you from the parking lot
And I’m all strung out and my nerves are shot
And I hear you laugh and clear your throat and say
It’s ok, It’s ok, It’s ok
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2. |
Stitches
03:18
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Our minds asleep and we're all going through the motions
Like a ship to sea on some uncharted ocean
Dream about the past you can’t go back
Bet your father never told you that
Look in the mirror here’s the root of all that’s evil
Pulling stitches through the holes of all these people
Tie the knot before it closes back
Bet you wish you could let go of that
It’s hard to stare at your broken soul
You had a hard time but you never let it show
Too ashamed of the things you’ll never know
Our little fractals make the fractions of a whole
Break all the records in our broken home
Find all the fractures in our fragile bones
Clean all the corners of this unclean mind
You’ll find the answers when the timing's right
He’s lead the wolves into the front door of your home
It starts to fall apart before it ever forms
Try to stop yourself you can’t hold back
Little voices should have told you that
Our minds asleep and we're all going through the motions
Like a ship to sea on some uncharted ocean
Dream about the days you can’t go back
Bet your mother never warned you of that
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3. |
Bible Verses for Kids
04:24
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Read what your bible says and practice what you preach
The taste of bullshit in-between your teeth
You’d take it back if you really gave a damn but it doesn’t matter now and you don’t know who I am
Read what your bible says and practice what you preach
The weight of fools gold in-between your teeth
It doesn’t matter what you say or think
No it doesn’t matter now
No it never meant a thing
And you’ve got your animosity
A thousand prophets at your feet
And a head full of chemistry
And you black out all the empty words
There’s nothing left but nouns and verbs
And an empty set of eyes
Jump in the river, try to cleanse your soul
The tide will wash away our filthy words
The preachers praying and you need his grace
It won’t save a wretch like me
I won’t see the pearly gates
Read what your bible says and practice what you preach
The taste of bullshit in-between your teeth
It doesn’t matter what you say or think
No it doesn’t matter now no it never meant a thing
And you’ve got your animosity
A thousand prophets at your feet
And a head full of chemistry
And Oh, the world it trembles neath’ your feet
Like puzzle pieces glued so neat
You’ve got it all so who needs me
Take all your medicine and lose a lot of sleep
The weight it cracks your chest but you don’t say a thing
It’s turning colder but you never go outside
No, it doesn’t matter now
No, it’s all a bunch of lies
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4. |
She's by the Sea
03:22
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A Heart served on a silver platter
Suspended by strong see-through strands of silk
I see you and You wonder if it’s “Art”
You gaze at the shoreline
I stare out at the waves
I don’t know how you found me but, please don’t ever go away
The garden looks just like a war zone
Where’s the soil, the seed, the sun, the heart, the earth?
It’s buried beneath the Christmas tree from last year
I don’t know how you found me but, I’m so glad you're here
I believe in you
I believe in you
My heart longs for the time you loved me
But I’m no longer someone set inside your sights
You gave up on me, and I believe you had the right
I don’t know where you went to but, I miss you tonight
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5. |
If You're Lucky
05:10
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You live if you’re lucky then you die
And I’ve seen a few things that I wish I hadn’t seen
But I won’t hide my head in fear or in shame
And I’ll see more before my time’s through
Now I think my life’s been a joke for a while
And there’s a hundred million places or things I’d rather be
But I don’t know just how to start or even find my own way out the door.
Someday the dark is gonna chase out the light
We’ll trade the mountains and the trees and all the birds and all the bees for icy fields and frozen streams
So I say, “man, better get yours while you can”
Cause’ Mother Earth is gonna shake us like a sickening disease
There’ll be nowhere left to run and hide from our atrocities
And we all know the jig is up and we’ve been caught drunk and high behind the wheel
I’ve been called a piece of shit and called a saint
And I know from time to time I haven’t done the brightest things
But all my friends I wish you love, I wish you peace, and to my enemies the same
Cause’ it’s hard just being human with all these wants and all these needs
All this cursed higher consciousness and bouts with brain disease
All you can do is play the hand that you’ve been dealt and try to love with all your might
Cause’ I feel black, I feel white, I feel heavy, I feel light
I think I’m just a little fried but maybe onto something right
But man it’s hard to see the road with heavy eyes when you just want to go to sleep
When the ships have all sailed from the bay
Maybe someday down the line in some greater place or greater time
We will find out who we are or what we are
And that we’re maybe all the same
So let’s all stand up to the demons that still haunt us from our past
We can scream at them and tell them that we’re not so fucking bad
But we still need some time to heal and wipe this dirty filthy guilt off of our hands
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6. |
Fool
05:02
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Take a breath and then you let out a sigh
Feels so much better when you hear yourself lie
Whatever makes you fall asleep tonight
Don’t let it haunt you when you turn out the lights
I let it roll off the tip of your tongue
You say you missed me and you knew I was the one
But I can spot a false prophet in the sky
Can see the bullshit in your pretty brown eyes
Don’t let it haunt you when you fall asleep
You’ll play me for the fool
Don’t let it haunt you when you fall back to sleep
You’ll play me for the fool
We'll play this game of cat and mouse
Force a home into a rented house
Reproduce the worst parts of ourselves
Then pawn our problems off on someone else
You’ll make excuses for the way that I am
Don’t ever sleep and you’re getting too thin
Sign the Christmas cards from both of us
Your son won’t see you for a couple of months
I said I miss him and I meant to write
But your not there to tuck him in at night
What a way to fuck him up for good
He’ll probably never get over this
Don’t let it haunt you when you fall asleep
You’ll play him for the fool
Don’t let it haunt you when you fall back to sleep
You’ll play him for the fool
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7. |
My Mess
03:49
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And oh, the words get carried into Outer Space
And my eyes hide from the room like they’re ashamed
And I don’t think I exist unless I’m gone
And my body aches to find it’s own way home
And oh, rub your eyes adjust It’s all a dream
Can’t relive all those nightmares scene by scene
Reality has taken its toll on me
And nothing is as lovely as it seems
And oh, your logic tries to comprehend my mess
And I put all of our memories straight to bed
I never feel at home until I’m free
And something in this town is changing me
Tell me there’s no hope inside these words
Clean all of the dead beneath my skin
Tell me it’s alright to feel alone
Tell me it’s alright to start again
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8. |
The Snake and The Saint
03:46
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Gonna ask you to guard this here tree for me
Gonna ask you to carry all of Mankind’s sin and iniquities
She’s gonna smell of sin for eternity
And bleed
She’ll bleed
Are you ready to slither on the grass
Cause’ you’ll always be attacked
With the weight of the world on your back
You’ll shed your skin but you’ll never be new again
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
This split tongue can barely scream your praise so glory, hallelujah
This split tongue can barely speak your name so glory, hallelujah
This split tongue can barely scream your praise so
This split tongue, this split tongue
Hold you up and dance beneath the stars
Make them immortal and adorn them with each scar
I’ll ask a great man to part the sea
Could you prove that his word’s coming from me
Tell me am I the saint or the snake
Am I the canvas or the paint
Am I the crown so closely intertwined
With the immortal or with the divine
Hallelujah
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9. |
The Ocean's on the Rise
04:04
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Can someone tell me where I’m going
I’m disinclined to trust my eyes
Yeah I keep waking up in places I can’t seem to recognize
And I’m always coming or I’m going
I can’t seem to just it still
Maybe if I just keep moving, I’ll find some comfort in the thrill
I’m trying to love love love my time here
Cause’ yeah I guess that’s all I’ve got
But I can’t help but hate the way things truly have become
So I’ll find some beauty in the making
In that near yet distant past
And look for hopeful signs of progress
Just pray the chaos brings it back
Are we ever gonna’ find our way
We run in circles every day just searching for some truth
We’re chasing dragons covered up in snow
And taking pills to ease the flow of our thoughts and minds and we just can’t get out of this
All those Bushes, Dicks, and Cheyneys... they pulled the wool over our eyes
Gave us fear and war on terror
But now the ocean’s on the rise
It’s gonna’ wash over this great land
Send us back from where we came
Trump our so called hope and progress
Drown our fortune and our fame
We better change our evil ways
We better run for higher ground
Start doing shit that matters
Start trying to figure some things out
I know the truth it isn’t pretty
But man, we don’t have that much time
You better find some kind of meaning
Before it’s covered up in lies
Are we ever gonna’ find our way
We run in circles every day just searching for some truth
We’re chasing dragons covered up in snow
And taking pills to ease the flow of our thoughts and minds and we still can’t get out of this shit
I’m trying to love love love my time here
Cause’ yeah I guess that’s all I’ve got
But I can’t help but hate the way things truly have become
So I’ll find some beauty in the making
In that near yet distant past
And look for hopeful signs of progress
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10. |
Proselytism
04:21
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I’ll take first watch beneath the bed
Cold ears to hardwood floors and
When you hold your breath
I can hear her pacing footsteps
One eye opened one eye clenched
Could not save me from any of this
You mirror what you see
Too bad you don’t see me at all
Can I please go back in time
Before the definition of
Shame and insecurity
Really got a hold of me
Before I gave it space to breathe
It became a monster
Can I please go back in time
Before you made me so afraid of
The love I have inside of me
Reciprocate it honestly
Before you were the enemy
You became the monster
Deep Inside of me
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The Western Civilization Austin, Texas
Good ole' fashion indie rock from Austin, TX
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