1. |
The Deacon
04:54
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i wanted to grow when I was young
because the waiting just wasn't good enough
my willingness to be like someone else
has disappointed me before
i imagined my songs sung by someone else
cuz that was the only way i'd write anything down
and every time i kept it to myself
but i'm the only one that knows that
my confirmation was the most
dishonest day of my life
i wore a robe
and i sat in the pews
i lied when i told the deacon
that i believed in god
i didn't know better then
i still don't think i do
i kinda like the idea
of being right
all the time
being right
all the time
it's kinda nice that we're not expected to know what we're talking about
don't worry, we'll rise, they'll see
they can only bully us for as long as they're around
and i don't think they'll be around for very much longer
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2. |
Absent
04:08
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the way i see it
who knows what i needed
stop being so indecisive
you should have already decided
don't forget
don't forget
i forget
i forget
people forget about me
so i forget about everything else
forget all the hesitation in myself
i forget important words i will mispel
and i forgot about that
i forgot that i messed up the format
for where the pieces were supposed to be placed at
how was i supposed to keep it all in tact?
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3. |
On Hold
02:03
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just cuz you never left your hometown
doesn't make you any
better than me
really it's never been that way
because that hometown
it never changed
just cuz you've found yourself a career
it doesn't mean that
i'm struggling here
to find out what it is about me
that can be sold
just cuz i feel a bit misunderstood
doesn't mean i care if
i don't make sense
just cuz i'm in over my head
doesn't mean i should instead
put life on hold
put life on hold
hold
hold
hold
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4. |
Souter
01:03
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you're a shameless shill
and nobody cares what you think
and i know how you feel
you're right on the brink
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do you eat the bar of soap or
do you just leave it?
it doesn't really matter what
you believe
is there right or wrong
however you perceive it?
whatever it is it's
awfully naive
yeah of course i don't
know anything
but i've tried
no no way i haven't
earned anything
but i've tried
yes or no or maybe
somewhere in the middle
there are consequences of
every choice
left or right or forward
or straight back
if there aren't answers
there's no voice
yeah of course i don't
know anything
but i've tried
no no way i haven't
earned anything
but i've tried
i'm pretty sure empathy's the most important thing in the world
no, i know empathy's the most important thing in the world
but how can we expect people to be empathetic towards others when others aren't expected to be empathetic towards them?
that's just a thought i had
you're so sweet but deceiving
you're so sweet but deceiving
i'd like to believe that no one arouses themselves by claiming the moral high ground
because to truly have the moral high ground, the beliefs of those less evolved shouldn't matter
clarity is the natural order of things, so in theory, we're all still learning about empathy
that's just a thought i had
you're so sweet but deceiving
and i'm too young to have seen it
had i looked into this world
knowing there's no chance i'd win
i'd keep my fingers furled
showing how nervous i've been
without a sense of how
people might make ends meet
the traps disguise themselves
letting good people deplete
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i will lose control
i can't trust what i've been told
i have half a mind of what
i should get behind because
truth be told these youthful thinkers
there twisted demagoguery
that's masked by good photography
propped up by ideologies
and some mean well entirely
we will be let down
we'll go too far and they'll shut us down
do i really wanna know
what i really should outgrow
truth be told it's a little childish
to see what we see
to think the way things oughta be
will ever be reality
given why we disagree
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7. |
But Secretly (It Is)
01:50
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i couldn't imagine
being so limited in every way
these mental gymnastics
make me forget what to say
it never works
it never works
it never works
it never works
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i'd love to say i don't feel bad
looking back on all i've had
i'd love to say that i feel settled
i'm just a pot calling the kettle
i guess i don't have a real good reason
but who asked for that?
i'm not here just to get even
cuz that's not enough
we're all so radical at least that's what people say
and i'm so cynical at least that's how i'm portrayed
the pie in the sky, it's how they'll take you down
to extreme for the simple fuckers that always stick around
i guess i don't have a real good reason
but who fucking cares?
i'm not here just to get even
cuz that'll never work
that'll never work
it never works
it never works
i'm so tired
at least i look that way
i'm so exhausted
and soon i'll get away
it never works
it never works
nothing fucking works
it never works
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9. |
Stuck
02:03
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so much seems to depend on
the people you associate with
and i don't really know
what i'm gonna make of this
and if my head explodes the
next time that i create this
i'll pick it all back up and
write down all my frustrations
it's so profound
all the crazy shit i haven't even found
but i'm just stuck to the ground
and others are flying
i hope it's just clear where i stand
i don't wanna wonder what people think i am and
nobody wants to break a bubble but a bubble always breaks
so don't go and build another it's a huge mistake
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10. |
Today
02:08
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tell me what day it is
i'm a lot more relaxed than i was
back then
tell me how everything is
i'm a lot less paranoid than i was
back then
how long do i go down the road
to find out what i'm like when i'm old?
how do i prepare myself mentally
for peoples' reactions to the things i say?
so am i allowed
to think for myself
now that i've found
me?
i guess i'll leave and i'll come back tomorrow
i guess that explains where i've been
and i'm too far removed now to think logically
and i'm too insecure now to even think
so am i allowed
to think for myself
now that i've found
me?
finally
finally
finally
finally
today
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11. |
Save for Bob
02:44
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to explain
this regression fully
you see i really want you
to understand fully
it's just i hope whoever reads what i write
doesn't know me all that well
so when they know i don't feel alright
i won't have to face them again
i didn't hear what was muttered last
conveniently i guess
i now know why my mouth tastes so bad
i guess i'll just eat a little less
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12. |
Have Some
03:23
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what i haven't learned
i can't say it hasn't been up to me
what i can't fix
will be broken for eternity
sit down
let go
sing all the water rock anthems that you know
and don't forget why you do this
i know you know
what i can't know
but i think i have
a clue i'm glad
to be where i am
but i know it's all a sham
cuz we're never given the knowledge
of where we really stand
but who cares
it's a joke
just a stupid fucked up joke
just a joke
just a joke
just a joke
just a joke
have some
have some
have some
have some
i look and feel like shit
but my mom seems to think
that my musical endeavors are worthwhile
the ceiling's a fucked up metric anyways
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