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A Semblance of Order
02:01
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when i first went blind
i mean for reading purposes
i was very unhappy
but now i feel that being blind
is a part of my world
i suppose that, what happens to us in jail
one sees being in jail as being a part of one's world
or being sick, also
after all, it doesn't mean anything
or, it's irrelevant, no?
oh my god i think it's happening again
twisting myself, casting shadows as i stand, nothing
told him i can never rest until it ends
told me it was not a hit until it lands on him
(there he is again..... it's him!
his bones are coral, his eyes are pearls
if you had any guts- look, i don't wanna talk about it anymore
if only this were a rifle sight
then i could put the red dot between his ears
then he'd seem the clown!
the river..... cold...
look, everything's alright.... yes sir! thank you, sir!)
only got a minute i can go
i should find time, spend it, i can run minutes down
up, up, playtime in the winter
on god i tried to believe him
i tried to deceive him
tried set him up and run
open up and go out
open up and run outside for you
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2. |
Marionette (for strings)
02:30
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i don't wanna feel this again
waiting around, i fall for a second
please don't leave me in the cold
i don't really know, but i'll try to remember
walking really slow, i'm gon try til december
watching paint dry on my hands
wasteland, i'm gonna keep growing if i can
i don't want to know
tell me all the things that i wrote down
when your heart feels cold
nothing else feels different
slowly turning purple
walking round in circles
as i try to find my place in line
with my face down
being playground into dust
wasteland, i'm gonna keep growing if i must
walking round in circles
come on, i'm ready to go
twisting to direction
trying to make connections
that i think that you'd want me to know
casting shadows, hoping they stick to the walls
something to hold onto when i fall
underneath the sunrise
you told me it's high tide
told me that you'd leave if you didn't go
hoping that you understand
the point in writing our names in the sand
some kind of synthesis i forgot
flowers gone off
the wreath fell off the truck
when I'm alone, i meant to try
then i forgot, but it came round
i don't want to tell you
i don't know, i don't need to
i don't know if I'm alright
give me a minute, we can go
i can go
we can go outside
the way i feel inside
i don't think i'm gonna go
thanks for driving home
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so, you saw the magician
so what? he's gone!
the raft is all set
couple hours, we'll be on it
raft? raft, raft, raft! can't you see any further?
can you?
sure, me!
who else could do it the way i could?
not that i want to seem important!
half the trouble in the world is because some people do
but
half the good things happen that way too
if we could get away with it, it'd be better
or
i'd just as soon make it back myself
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4. |
Undergrowth
01:56
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on a bus that's going into somewhere else, i can't complain
tell you i've been rusting every winter
it's okay, the summer'll thaw my brain
hopefully, one day
i will remember all the things attached to my name
these days i just grow in shoots and splinters
dropping seeds, and waiting for the rain
trace your name in dirt outside
maybe then you'll grow
all the things i said when my head was bent
i don't wanna know
drive in circles in the parking lot
til the battery goes
singing
fine! i'll be there
so, uh
here i am
never done anything important
nothing
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5. |
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when you walk and walk through the forest
and suddenly they drop a magician in front of you like magic
and you know it's only for this once
you can't turn your back on him!
alright alright
i'll tell you so
my heart's been growing in the dirt
in flight, in flight
i'll never know
it starts
to feel like i've been hurt
waiting for a new start
tryna see in the dark
but i can't
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when this is over i'll fix radios and washing machines
and they'll say
good boy, mac
that's all
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7. |
Stockton, Malone
02:23
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haven't started yet
(here i am
the last snowflake to dissolve)
soon i will
i said hey don't let your nature kill you
travelling alone
i said hey don't make our maker hate us
pick up the phone
i said you don't have to wait to feel
just pick up and go
i said maybe we will get there someday
stockton malone
slightly out of time
slightly out of tune
slightly out of rhythm
what's your problem?
is it rot? is it feelings?
i said b I'm on the phone
day 2 on the ceiling
what's your rhythm?
what's your problem?
is it rot? is it feelings?
i said I'm a metronome
karl malone
keep on winning i said
i don't need to know
something to forget about
why? why's your life so precious?
why?
can you tell me why?
why?
they always corner me with that why
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8. |
(null)
01:15
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if i knew a decent answer to it, i'd publish it
write it on the walls with chalk
we might be able to see it
well, we've nothing to lose but our futures
it comes & goes
in riverflows
the same but never static
i try to know
to take control
and dream of nothing happening
do you want to know?
everything i know?
it adds up to (null)
we can take it as it goes
or i could take it back if i wanted
enough to make you haunted
but you don't know
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9. |
Animals
01:42
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oh my god it's nothing coming at you fast
tie your hair down, nothing loose is gonna last
spitball myths until they stick to you like glue
nothing left to do, fumbling for food
parts of a world made of animals only
i don't want to think again
waiting around
i fall for a second
i don't wanna think until tomorrow comes, that's never happening
ahh, i'd give anything to trade places with that dog we chased yesterday
seems like whenever people get in a hole, they begin to get jealous of dogs
first i was a bird! and then we're an island!
now, we have to sit tight until it gets dark, and hope we don't have a full moon
we can sing old songs if we get restless, waiting
what's the matter? i hear that they're cannibals
so even if we get caught, you're pretty safe!
we spend our lives running our fingers down the lists and directories
looking for our real names
our permanent addresses
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10. |
Disassembly / Reassembly
02:09
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no man is an island?
perhaps that was true a long time ago
before the ice age
the glaciers have melted away and now we're all islands
i guess there's gonna be more elbow room than i thought!
he said something about
yeah?
how the magician does it
how before he was something
and now he's-
before i could stop him he ran away towards the river
i want to talk to you about that house down the river
the magician
must i tell you again?
he's cheap in my rate of exchange
but our lives aren't
your rate of exchange? you make me laugh!
look, i don't wanna talk about it anymore
must i tell you again?
none of us asked to be here
we all have to gamble
it's not as if we could refuse
we had to gamble once we crashed
we're lucky
why shouldn't we put up a little more than we have to?
you can't help it
the curse buzzes out of your mouth with every word you say
and nobody alive can tell which is which
or what you mean
you look out for your head! hah, okay fella
what time is it?
ahhh, that's better
it's better to roll up your life into one night and one man
exploding day after day
i didn't mean any of it!
it's all wrong!
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11. |
Height (for solace)
01:23
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you'll be right at home sitting down nice and comfortable in a cockpit looking down on what's going on
you recite a few sins you've picked up, and everything'll be alright
i'm, 34 years old
i don't wanna waste your time
even if i did, that's mine
we could have it all
i want to sneeze, while you lie there nude
holy silences
on a bus overlooking everything
that's fine, you tell me it means everything to you to see from here
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12. |
Regress
02:09
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make it when you're older
tattooed like a calling
everything's alright, i say as i'm falling
try to make it different, if it drags on
i said let's head over
won't make it by the morning
you're making money, right?
hothead like a thrower
sometimes i just want to regress
sometimes i just want to redress
you try door after door when you hear voices you like behind them
but the knobs come off in your hand
they'll soon grow tired of starving and being hunted
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13. |
Babel
01:51
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we didn't see this on the way to the river
well, we've been running in a new direction
things i knew
things i acted like i knew
i dont know the words to say what i mean but
this is something to me
something, ah
hello
the birds
ah sure, i guess we could all probably make it back on that thing but
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14. |
Rationalisation
01:59
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oh i try i try i try
please don't let me down
please don't sit around
simple man
scared to try
i did
scared to try
im not
scared to try
your ceiling appears to be leaking
it's not
we looked into it
it's not
oh fall in love
to fall in love
oh i did
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15. |
The Air!
01:41
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i can't breathe on my own
try to say somethings wrong
until you can't breathe on your own
i can't do it
don't say a word about the air
never, it's never enough
try to be overcome
i never knew just how to be
until you said hello
how're you doing
did you like my show
when you call in the middle of the night
know that you meant it
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16. |
Emergency Exit
01:28
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uhhhhh ahhhhhh ohhhh
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17. |
Deathbed
01:42
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what can i see
pages, flickering streams
fold over each other
without floor or frame to keep them in
rubbing off their edges
jostling for space
shuffling through an endless puddle
fumbling for my name badge and some coins for the turnpike
or, sike!
i thought that'd be the end
but then i thought about it
and said i'd wait it out and see what happens
worst things worst all i lost is time
and everything i lost waiting in line
fumbling for my name badge and some coins for the turnpike
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