1. |
As Easy As Riots
03:55
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This bamboo won't stay in the yard
And this yard won't stay out of the ravine
And this ravine is hungry enough
To put the neighborhood in the sea
And this sea doesn't question what it takes
And these fish take whatever they can get
And had the captain known then he could
Probably have prevented it
The news casts love to show the little girl
And the girl always wanted to be on TV
And the microphones are vacuum hoses-
Waiting for tears from the family
And some ears know how not to listen
Like tinted glass they can pick and choose
Between that which will only sting and
That which is soft enough to let through
And staying small is always easy
Is easiness not what we want?
I see we lay ourselves all down
For someone to put the parking lots on
And maybe the big guys really are evil but
That same evil lines you and me
And a hot enough flame in any mans hand will
Still burn down the city
How we love to look for clues and
Pick out who is mostly to blame
And how we rally up and hang our
weights and debts upon their names
And feeling like we've always been cheated
And cursing the sun when the ice cube melts
And being the poor little lady on the train tracks is
So much easier than anything else
It's so much easier than anything else
So much easier than anything else
So much easier than anything-
Else.
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2. |
Instead Of A Love Song
07:28
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You say the Berlin Wall came down by human hands
And time will turn the pyramids to sand
If you think I'm like that then stay awhile
You think you can move me, then try
How much did you invest in me?
And what did you expect from me?
How patiently will you
Give everything?
And what would you trade
To fit- to fit with me?
Will you cut your edges
And try be a better shape?
Will you take yourself apart
To fit?
Nothing fits like nothing
Two strangers move like newly weds
Two months ago he'd dream of this
And two ways to make her shameless
Too much of them, away from this
And you, and everyone
And you, and everyone
One climbs up to his golden chair
One jails away what makes him scared
And one secretly always compares
Himself to the soil, sea, and air
And you, and everyone
And you, and everyone
I'll push 'till everybody pulls away
I'll sing of solitude and open space
And maybe open up my circuitry
And pull free from these tangling memories
And you'd plead that all this comes unhealthily
But tell me how each other's company
Can be
Enough for you
And keep
Your head in tune
No one fits like no one
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3. |
Away
04:31
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Road
Road to nowhere
Wants to forget what roads are for
Forget and join the forest floor
Or wash away
All these old kings
Evergreen, not everlasting
Crown themselves with such a ceiling
Tumble down to join the sleeping
So North, North into the heart of it
I'll be away
North, North into the rain
I'll be away
I'll be away
Where the thoughts that clung to me are lost
and words don't wait beneath the rocks
And nothing finds me in this fog
At all
The bearing;
Always know the bearing
Straight lines don't all seem that way
But the compass won't lead you astray
If you listen to it
Make a hole
Bury your weights
Forgetting is what this place is for
Well I've never wanted to forget before
So North, North into the heart of it
I'll be away
North, North into the rain
I'll be away
I'll be away
With a little fire to throw back the dark
It's setting free a host of sparks
They long to be amongst the stars
And tonight is cold and full of questions
I'm awake in spite of my intentions
Thinking home is just another direction
But one day
I'll take that one
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4. |
Super Crumbs
06:47
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Steel, glass, and cement
It looms up all around
And it breathes, it breathes
And this could all be yours
If you can make it yours
What a crown
What a feeling
I don't ever want to have it all if it's what I'm gonna live for
I don't want to see what's on my table and want to see more
I don't even want to be a man if I have to be superman
Gotta rise up always gotta win always gotta have a plan
I don't think I want your respect if I have to walk like that
Nose up high synched up tie everything stat
I don't want to do good if I'm doing good to feel complete
I don't want to tally what I give and put it on the tax sheet
Oh, so this
Is what your world is made of
Keep it all
And keep me out of it
Tell me how much time I have and I'll tell you what I'll do with it
I'll put every second there is into something significant
Tell me why you shift your face like I haven't meant a thing I said
Really, no really I will I just haven't started yet
Oh, so this
Is what my words are worth
Makes me know
I'm not above you
Maybe losing doesn't sound so bad
Losing this precious unbend-able mind
Maybe losing doesn't sound so bad
Always for sale to be everyone's favorite
Maybe losing doesn't sound so bad
Take it all
Oh, when this
Is what my world is made of
Take it all
And get me out of it
Take it all
And get me out of it
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