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Surrender
03:36
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Horizons collide and the oceans, they lose their swell
It’s time to say goodbye to everything in life that you loathe so well
What kind of existential threats do you dread?
Yeah, what fears cause you to lose your head?
Aw baby, I want you
To surrender, yeah
Surrender, yeah
We gotta go on home
Words are poison and numbers, just something to say
It’s increasingly apparent we were never meant to live this way
In what condition will they find your corpse?
Slashed down by those you thought we supports?
Forget all that, I want you
To surrender, yeah
Surrender, yeah
We gotta go on home
What is home?
I forgot where my home is
Can you point me in the direction
I forgot my own home!
If time is fluid, there’s no sense in making it up
Controlling our reality has only ended up in us stuck
They’ll find our spirits out in the mist
And in the end they’ll find it hard themselves to resist
To resist
Surrender, yeah
Surrender, yeah
Surrender, yeah
Surrender, yeah
We gotta go on home
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Uncharted Terriritory
03:29
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In the middle of the day
The wind in my sails taken away
The quiet screaming in my ear
They razed the village, burned it down
Women and babies on the ground
The same story, a different year
But upon singing the refrain
We allow those memories to remain
Accepting what you give will never be
Enough to keep those chasing you at bay
Sapping all the will to fight from you and me
And uncharted territory
Forced feelings we couldn’t see
Degenerations of the repressed
Lacking communion with anything
No one to love, no song to sing
Praying for death and making it fast
But upon singing the refrain
We allow those memories to remain
Accepting what you give will never be
Enough to keep those chasing you at bay
Sapping all the will to fight from you and me
Sapping all the will to fight from you and me
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Absolute Love
03:53
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You in heavy sweater
You in satin dress
Your face done up for the evening
You looking like a mess
Take what you want
From the things that I say
But it’s you I’m looking at
Among all the fakes
I changed my shirt three times
Settled on powder blue
It didn’t signal anything
About how I feel toward you
I stop and I start
Change is real in my life
But I don’t have the heart
To quit it outright
Can’t you see what I’m offering? I’m offering
I life most demeaned, it’s a calling, it’s a calling
The voices are loud but they’re whispering, they’re whispering
That absolute love means delivering, delivering
You, an ancient riverbed
You cut the earth straight through
You remembering my blue shirt
And how it looked on you
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4. |
I Already Know
02:46
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You know that I got a lot on my plate
I spend time out of the house
You don’t think it’s fair and you’re probably right
And you wanna go stepping out
But chasing a thrill and acting like a fool
Is only fun for a little while
It don’t end up nice, take my advice
Why? Cause I already know
I know that I’m not quite the man
You wanted me to be
I’ve made mistakes and I’ll make them again
But I hope someday you will see
That there’s nobody out there better suited for you
And there’s no one better for me
You can try to look but it won’t do no good
Believe me, I already know
I already know, don’t ask me how
But while you were out I saw you running ‘round
You roll the dice, and I pay the price for love
And we always lose
You’re telling lies and hiding your eyes
But girl I already know
You’re telling lies and hiding your eyes
But girl I already know
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These Things
07:09
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Seventeen illuminated, celestial bodies
Twirling in the abyss
Seven-sided anagrams
Asking for a kiss
These are the things I think of
When I think of you
Selfless and senseless
Well I guess both are true
These things consume me but it’s
Not enough to break you
An overhaul inspired
Infinite duress conspired
Ancient stories conforming to our time
The attempt to point the way
Unrepentant neighbors drop to their knees
They’ll live to rue the day
These are the things I think of
When I think of you
Selfless and senseless
Well I guess both are true
These things consume me but it’s
Not enough to break you
An overhaul inspired
Infinite duress conspired
These are the things I think of
When I think of you
Selfless and senseless
Well I guess both are true
These things consume me but it’s
Not enough to break you
An overhaul inspired
Infinite duress conspired
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Returning
03:36
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The sun in the sky
Is warm and deceiving
It seems to give credence to
The mistakes we’re repeating
Together so alone
Together so alone
The table is set
Knives on the right, it’s fitting
The bread that we’ll eat tonight
We will be stealing
We will do what we can
We will do what we can
To return to ourselves
Before it wipes us away
The final insult dealt
We’ll set out today
The lazy days of summer
Now seem within reach
But there’s no more mistaking
Our paradise for the beach
Together so alone
Together so alone
We will do what we can
We will do what we can
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Moderately Bright
03:28
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You were strange, always above earshot
Children called you lame and you sneered at the whole lot
With the voice of no one and a whole lot to say
Master of misdirection, you dreamed of a new day
With your will all shattered and your ego battered
You’re a confidence man
The bearded lady and the police man
Are your biggest fans
And you regale them all with the sounds and the lights
That are moderately bright
Queen of turquoise and marching order child
Your protectors conspired to raise you wild
Moderately alive and completely given in to shame
You gave up on freedom and resented all the blame
With your will all shattered and your ego battered
You’re a confidence man
The bearded lady and the police man
Are your biggest fans
And you regale them all with the sounds and the lights
That are moderately bright
Everyone needs some understanding
Everyone needs a chance to sing out of tune
Without distractors spitting out of their blowhorns
Without the decency to leave us well alone
With your will all shattered and your ego battered
You’re a confidence man
The bearded lady and the police man
Are your biggest fans
And you regale them all with the sounds and the lights
That are moderately bright
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8. |
Afterall
03:45
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Trading love for something else feels like
You never can get what you want
I don’t care if conditions change so much
It’s not what I said up front
Wait until I find myself to make
Your final judgement of me
I guess it ain’t so bad
Waiting for things you could never see
After All
It isn’t like you are going away
After All
It’s the same thing everyday
I was nervous about crossing over
So I ended up jumping in
Quite a shock but it helped a lot
Even though I seemed to take it on the chin
We were never to be this sad
According to our plan
Just a little bit of bad luck and it’s
Taken right out from our hands
After All
It isn’t like you are going away
After All
It’s the same thing everyday
Now that we’re free
I don’t believe
After All
It isn’t like you are going away
After All
It’s the same thing everyday
After All
After All
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9. |
I Just Can't Let You Go
03:53
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I had a feeling
It wasn’t right from the start
You’ve been cheating
Since you promised me your heart
Now I got the notion to kick you to the curb
I don’t want no one around who can’t keep their word
But for now I just can’t let you go
Yeah for now I just can’t let you go
I thought it revealing
You staying out all night
So goddamn freewheeling
‘Neath those bright neon lights
If you love me so much why do you treat me so bad?
Well I guess there’s something in me that likes being sad
‘Cause for now I just can’t let you go
Yeah for now I just can’t let you go
Maybe next week I’ll finally work up the nerve
To sail your cheating ship out to sea
And outta my world
But for now I just can’t let you go
Yeah for now I just can’t let you go
Maybe someday soon I’ll finally tell you no
But for now I just can’t let you go
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10. |
Arcadia
03:35
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I felt the heat of the city
Forgot how much to hurt
Overall I feel lucky, I’m not living in the dirt
The dirt of a thousand men that came before
Who am I to think that I deserve something more
Arcadia
Arcadia
I can tell you exactly the point it starts to hurt
You don’t enter it lightly, your feet leaving the earth
And it’s no special skill feeling so obtuse
But it’s better than willingly putting your head in the noose
Arcadia
Arcadia
I think I forgot to mention I’ve felt this way before
I think I forgot to show you the way out the door
Cause I don’t wanna talk, don’t wanna talk at all
No I don’t wanna listen to you any more
Arcadia
Arcadia
Arcadia
Arcadia
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Grimm's Law Albuquerque, New Mexico
San Diego rock and roll transplant in New Mexico. I don't wear a hat, except when I do, and I like it loud.
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