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Drop
03:42
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I cannot worship at the shrine of exclusivity
I can’t sing the hymns of dominance and industry
And if you have to drop someone to do your thing
You’ll have to do without me
Mac says ‘hello’ on the bus
Don’t wanna talk, don’t need a friend
Conversation feels like it will never end
But then a line drops
Like loose heart strings he can’t control
And I see Mac needs some love
I love you, Mac, I love you so
What’s the cost to you
When no one cares for your company
No it’s nothing new
Don’t we make outcasts of the unhappy
I may not understand your slur
I may not catch all of the words
But I’m here for you now
I hope that’s consolation anyhow
We can ignore the sad
Pretend they’ve earned their bad
But how have you and I achieved our state of grace
Through many years of love
Stability, encouragement
And never having doors slammed in our face
So when the veil drops
And I can see the pain of Mac
He’ll feel better when I love him
Yeah, and he can love me back
I cannot worship at the shrine of exclusivity
I can’t sing the hymns of dominance and industry
And if you have to drop someone to do your thing
You’ll have to do without me
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2. |
Future Kingdom
03:21
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If it had to happen
Did it have to happen on a weekday
Before the sunrise when
My eyes fail me in dreams and waking both
So close to the same thing these days
When the floor was thumping
And the tea bag pumping
And something burning in the pan
The plan suddenly hits me full to see
And it’s me not just flowing along with the stream
It’s me not just helping clean
I try to stay passive and seem serene
But the effort is massive
I’ve put in to gain your esteem
And here’s me
Front and center and guilty and mean
If it had to break down
Did it have to break down chemically
Every molecule deciding to be free
But what can freedom be when we
We insist upon our right to fight and sting
And live conquering
I’d rather be enslaved by love for everyone
Down the barrel of a gun
Than cling to liberty
And witness endless suffering around me
Surround glee with selfish choices
And hellish noises like an infant
An instant’s all it takes to separate
A life of empty freedom
From our common future kingdom
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3. |
Dancing Alone
04:11
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I wanna know the stories of the ones that came before me
Not just those with all the fame and all the money
All the shadows, woes and throes
All the secrets of the heart beat common to us all
Back when we first outgrew our little founding commune
Saw different dreams in sun and sea and sky and moon
Discovered many ways to build and tear apart
Forgot about the heart beat common to us all
Well I cannot fly
But problems like that are made to be solved
What makes the sky?
A question like that is just begging to be resolved
I am a force and so I force my way through
I am a force but am I pushing right into you
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4. |
So Close to Me
04:16
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I saw you smile like revelations glow
You put your fingers there just so
You let me blush and take it slow
But how did you get next to me
You sprung the lock
When I swallowed the key
How did you get next to me
Sprung the lock when I swallowed the key
How did you get so close to me?
Friends of friends and months back
Distance between us ‘til a simple act
Was it mine or yours because I lost track
We gravitated so suddenly
Crossed the space like it was destiny
We gravitated so suddenly
Crossed the space like it was destiny
How did you get so close to me?
I know you told me I looked nice
You might have told me more than twice
I know that we danced heat enough to melt the ice
I thought I was free to turn you down
But what you said when you just turned around
You pulled me up, up, up baby
Then you knocked me right back down
You pulled me up, up, up baby
Then you knocked me right back down
But how did you get next to me
Sprung the lock when I swallowed the key
We gravitated so suddenly
Crossed the space like it was destiny
How did you get so close to me?
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5. |
Just Atoms
03:12
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My body is shaped like an embrace
Spine central shooting outwards cradling my insides
There’s more here than what shows upon my face
And I expect you know what that feels like
Well I’ve had too much to drink
Had much too much time to think
But at least I’ve been consistent
You must admit
I’ve been gentle to you
Held your hand and cured your flu
I’m invested and I’m underestimated
I think we oughta cut our losses and agree
That we both wish to swim in the same sea
My words are herbal remedies for all you feel is hard
Your subtle sensuality brings an aching to my heart
There’s more here than we either will say
But knowing is a start
So let’s start acting our age
Insignificant bubbles dancing on a stage
That’s been erected longer than we can fathom
The universe a whole
And we’re just atoms
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6. |
Green Grass
03:03
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You could get a shark tattoo
You could get a shark tooth implant
You could wear a robe or paint a globe
Or do a hip hop tap dance under a strobe
You could be a million ways
You could flex a million shades of you
Be the best one every day
Be the one that makes them say
Oh, there he goes
Doing it real, making the rivers flow
Oh, there she goes
Keeping it kind, making the green grass grow
Well I dig your unmade face
Even when you make that face at me
Yes, I think the bow superfluous
But I trust you tied it up for yourself not for us
Even when we paint the town
It’s not the painted you I celebrate
When your walls come crashing down
That’s when you’ll wow
And you’re bound to make them say
Oh, there he goes
Doing it real, making the rivers flow
Oh, there she goes
Keeping it kind, making the green grass grow
Let us untwist all we wrap around
Our hands and headaches
And head on down to nowhere
I’ll meet you there
And we’ll leave our cares
Being without needing a mold to fill
We can get there still
Oh, there he goes
Doing it real, making the rivers flow
Oh, there she goes
Keeping it kind, making the green grass grow
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7. |
Sour Apples
04:11
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Some days the sun comes up
Faster than it should
Can’t see the hurry does us any good
Some nights the air gets tight
Flowing through my lungs
One more round and I’ll be done
This small span we call a day
Will quickly come and go
Sequential cuz we view it so
Binary light and dark
So stark and so unreal
I want to see the spectrum
Of how you feel
So many questions as to how we came to power
The answers turn all the apples sour
I’ve got so many questions about how we came to power
The answers turn all the apples sour
So let’s relinquish all our schemes
Let’s abandon conquering
I’ve been clever to a fault
Enjoyed the ride
But now I’d like to get off
I walk down the street at 5
To go and get my meal
I take off the orange peel
I come home again at 10
So mad and so confused
It’s so bad I start to sing the blues
So many questions as to how we came to power
The answers turn all the apples sour
I’ve got so many questions about how we came to power
The answers turn all the apples sour
I’ll relinquish
Won’t overthink this
All my schemes were for conquering
I’ll relinquish
Won’t overthink this
All my schemes
They were clever but to a fault
Enjoyed the ride
But now I’d like to get off
Some people frown all day
And I know it ain’t their fault
Can’t open up the vault
Where generosity and love have been dismissed
How did it come to this?
I’ve been clever but to a fault
Enjoyed the ride
But now I’d like to get off
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8. |
The Heavy
03:51
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Oh the heavy
The damp and the rough disappear
Flown away
Once the hum resonates in my ear
Twice a traveler once I stayed
And gave all my things away
Pressing it all down in pages
What I struggle to say
You feel it too
What the sound does to you
And it’s all we can do to hold it
Anxious all day
But not when we play
Connect notes to words and
Yesterday
Twice a traveler once I stayed
And gave all my things away
Press sour thoughts into lemonade
And let useless shadows fade
Unload our grief for the world today
And plant something new in what we convey
Pressing it all down in pages
What I struggle to say
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9. |
Straight Ahead
04:08
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On partage la même ville
Même les rues
On aurait pu être amis quand
Vous m'avez pas vu
Et alors des cauchemars
Même d'autre mal
J’essaie garder tous mes larmes
Etre génial
Alors ma famille est triste
La vôtre aussi
Vous regrettez le mal
Ca j’ai bien compris
Je peux que craindre des fois
Vous peut-être aussi
Occupons nous des voisins
Avons de l’esprit
On partage la même peur
Avons de courage
On va trouver à l’heure
Bonheur au village
Je partagerai tout
En train de rouler
Et à votre part
Oubliez jamais
Et la, on vois
On arrivera à aller tout droit
On se trouve ou pas mais tout droit
Ensemble nous continuons tout droit
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10. |
Head Rush
05:29
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I’ve seen a floodgate burst once
In a torrent like a soldier giving up
Forgotten who laid the first stone
Or threw it to start the fight
But without love we lose our light
If the hatch holds we’ll swim all night
And in the dark who knows what’s right?
Can we still sing together without going back 13 years
Or did we create a style that’s way too out of touch
Back in high school we were blinded by
All the plans that seemed so clear
Now the memory of it all feels like a head rush
We’ve planned a whole year for a masquerade
And not a single plan made the parade
Too exposed and too late to ask for aid
Look at you standing in line
Single file of a single mind
I used to think you were so brave
You were a hot headed renegade
Do you still find comfort in the shade?
Can we still sing together without going back 13 years
Or did we create a style that’s way too out of touch
Back in high school we were blinded by
All the plans that seemed so clear
Now the memory of it all feels like a head rush
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11. |
Sister Love Song
02:58
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Sister sometimes you drive me crazy
Sometimes we’re the same
Sometimes you seem so strange to me
Our hands and hearts
Are made from the same great mystery
Thank goodness there’s a you
To balance out the me
Sister sometimes I wish your grace was mine
Sometimes I feel weak
But I know my strength is just
A different kind
Our minds will always
See the world through different eyes
But when I spin
Even if you jump
Girl we harmonize
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Tigers in the Tank Seattle, Washington
Nomi - vocals
Neil Sommer - drums
Dan Jones - guitar, banjo
Ryan Tymony - bass
Kyle Frankiewich - keyboard
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