1. |
Two Lanes
03:37
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She was alone
worn and torn like a doll from a childhood lost long ago
such a pretty face
but pretty fades and glass that is dropped tends to break
The time of day won't always taste the same
but we can't keep driving it two lanes
two lanes, two lanes, two lanes
She fell in love
but that just wasn't enough
and she wanted something risky, something rough
she found her fix
in a man made out of bricks, he touched her and her glass began to chip
She's alone again
nothing left of her skin
and she wonders what went wrong with her plans
oh how sad
her bones are all that's left
and she wonders if settling down's all that bad.
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2. |
Magic Apples
04:47
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They came, they came, they came, they came riding on
metal steeds, metal steeds
they came, they came, they came, they came riding over
hills where I used to sleep, hills where I used to sleep
No mercy for the fields, yeah
no mercy for the fields I grew up in
no mercy for the plains
no mercy for the pain
They stood, they stood, the stood, they stood for
everything good, everything we needed
no one could see, no one could see their evil
deeds except for me, lonely old me
I guess, I guess I
I guess, I guess it's true we're all
lost in our magic apples we're lost in our magic apples lost in our magic apples it's true
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3. |
I Just Know
03:02
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So many put their faith in
these men who couldn't even save their daughters
they pray for all the thirsty
then soak their fake lawns with holy water
but I don't have to trust them
because I know
You'll be okay
You'll be okay just 'cause I need you
more than ever
I-I need you more than ever
You always believed in things
that I just couldn't understand
I've never had much faith in God
or science, or government or my fellow man
Why do you look at me like that?
Can't I just know?
I guess one day I'll be alone
I guess one day you'll give up the fight
woah, but not tonight
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4. |
Lover/Lover
03:46
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Trampling the forest, forest
searching for that hidden pair
there were many feet before us
were we every really there?
climbing in the treetops, treetops
just to get a better look
maybe if I reach up, reach up
I can can grasp the piece of you I never took.
You were my lover/lover
you were my lover/lover
did you ever even care?
where you ever really there?
I used to think about the
taste of your flesh, the rip and tear
now I only think of summer
were you ever really there?
Laziness is easy, easy
when your couch becomes a throne
but if I never move a muscle
will my heart beat on its own?
A day without you is a year, a shard of glass, a cancer
a week without you is a footnote, question, routine answer
a month without you and the world seems not to care
a year without you were you ever really there?
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5. |
I Need a Knife
02:25
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I need a knife, something serrated
cut it up in small amounts, cut it up in small amounts
powder some pills, I've got to get some sleep
never one for counting sheep, never one for counting
I need a knife.
Fly South, I want to be somewhere
that's not at home or anywhere without you
with all due respect:
My heart is a stain on a carpeted floor
my heart is the prop that holds open the door
my heart is a swelling, bursting sore
my heart's just a metaphor
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6. |
I Want to be a Ghost
02:01
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I want to be a ghost
I want to be a ghost in the shadows
by the little black box that the two of you share
and the sway of her hips and the way you stare
(I saw you there)
Sometimes I forget myself
and it takes me a little minute to remember myself
but I'll never forget about you
and I'm making sure that you never forget about me,
never forget about me
I want to be a ghost
I want to be a ghost in the shadows
by the little white house where the two of you sleep
and the way that you walk and the way I creep
I want to be a ghost
I want to be a ghost in the shadows
by the little black box where the two of you rest
yeah she only promised she would love you till death
I want to be a ghost
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7. |
Skin Sells
03:20
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If I could be a part of you I'd be the smallest part
coil up your DNA
live inside you for a day
astrocytes can hurt you but they look like stars
And I would commit apoptosis before I caused you harm
You, you're one in ten trillion
one in ten trillion, I swear it's true
and you, you make me happy
but I don't want to be happy, I want to be with you
la da da da, la da da da....
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8. |
Common Thieves
03:22
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I couldn't buy love so I stole it
and I don't even feel one bit bad about it
'cause I sampled of the forbidden fruit
and I've never felt closer to God
than I do now, than I do now
I feel you lying next to me
as we steal each others body heat
like we're common thieves
common thieves
I couldn't keep it so I killed it
and I don't even feel one bit bad about it
'cause I sealed your fate with a Judas kiss
and I've never felt closer to God
than I do now, than I do now
I couldn't join them so I beat them
and I don't even feel one bit bad about it
'cause I lost all faith with that one little phrase
and I've never felt closer to God
than I do now, than I do now
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