1. |
Many Clouds
03:12
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Hypochondria keeps me up at night
You give me different ways to spend my time
Waiting for these plants to grow and bloom
Would've waited somewhere else if not for you
When everything's impressionistic
You give me nothing to do with it
I'll just keep making shapes out of these many clouds
Oooooh ooooh ooooh
Oooooh ooooh ooooh
Timed how long it takes through subway stops
At the bridge it's closer, contrary to what you thought
Keep your mind untainted, keep it occupied
Looking paler from the corner of my eye
Credits
When everything's impressionistic
You give me nothing to do with it
I'll just keep making shapes out of these many clouds
Oooooh ooooh ooooh
Oooooh ooooh ooooh
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2. |
Carrying the Milk Around
03:44
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Feast your eyes on this English breakfast
Does it look good to you?
Wracking my brain trying to think of a necklace
Big enough for two
Go on you know you want to be the informer
Who referees my dreams
Feast your eyes on this role reversal
Throwing up jewellery at the dress rehearsal
Ooh-oh ooh-oh
Carrying the milk around
Ooh-oh ooh-oh
Trying not to think out loud
Ooh-oh ooh-oh
Is this how you want me now?
Ooh-oh ooh-oh
Just carrying the milk around
Eyes glaze over at the thought of tetanus
And change from green to blue
Killing time with a rusty pencil
Might lose a hand or two
In a the middle of ice cream parlour
We're licking batteries
Eyes glaze over at the thought of catching
Something more familiar to stop me scratching out my eyes
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3. |
Yvonne DeBibble
03:11
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I was fighting fire with boxing gloves
And armbands around my ankles
Been reminiscing 'bout the distant past
And I'm feeling strangely grateful
We were regaled by different tales
Of jungles and dark castles
I was ushered to sleep by peaceful dreams
While you curled up with raw knuckles
And I let nostalgia beat the shit out of me on a daily basis
Remembering when you feared the one whose name you knew, but remained faceless
She died every night
Every time I tried to apologise
Two words came out at once
On two twisted prongs
Brother, did I cross you when I sold you clothes
From the comfortable shopfront that we called our home?
Time is the victor between creeping vines
Time is a bastard and so was I
Let nostalgia beat the shit out of me on a daily basis
Remembering when you feared the one whose name you knew, but remained faceless
She died every night
She died every night
And you cried some of the time
Because Yvonne was on your mind
Unabash'dly an asshole for half my life
Now I'm glad everything's alright
Sticks and stones were thrown
There were verbal blows
But you turned out alright - you're just fine
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4. |
Knocked For Six
03:07
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Left the turntable on overnight
You owe me money for the power it cost
Overestimating prices maybe
But we're living in a place of loss
What you promised that tomorrow would bring
Gave me a reason to get out of the bed
You fancied driving to a mountain to climb
Well if you want to then go ahead
Cause I am knocked for six
And I am not just sick
I'm tired of it
Cause I am knocked for six
And I am not required for this
Leaving notes on where I'm going wrong
And shuffling up to pass the buck
Liquefying all the feelings you have
Makes it easier when you're out of luck
The well has dried, I'm gonna make up some stories
Rather do that by a miracle mile
Don't think I'll ever feel warm again
But the heat was just cramping my style
Cause I am knocked for six
And I am not just sick
I'm tired of it
Cause I am knocked for six
And I am not required for this
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5. |
Rubber Room
02:47
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God bless all the copy cats
And the disciples that they bring in droves
Another sober angel that they proselytise
Until we're all wearing the same old clothes
You can meet me at your leisure now
Give me time to remain in repose
Sparkle on me for as long as you want
I can't imagine I'd be fully opposed
Life in a rubber room is what they tell you
Force of a sonic boom feels nice
Eventually the mood will rotten the fruit
And the bread will turn to sourdough
Somebody must've called the raining man
To put a dampener on the sideshow
Tit for tat will escalate
Into a whirling dervish of mistakes
Wondering how audible the anger will be
To all our neighbours standing in the close
Life in a rubber room is what they tell you
Force of a sonic boom feels nice
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6. |
Malamute
03:08
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What did that horse ever do to you?
Cut your teeth on sportsmanship and turn him into glue
Sweeping my mind, found a pelican's heart
This thought-loop closed months ago
Where do I end and you start?
Take sentiment with a pillar of salt
And find out what it's worth to the Earth 'cause we forgot
Like dizziness, it conquers then stops
Before an anxious quiet falls and spoils the jolt
It's incendiary to fall in love entirely.
But arms-length seems quiet lonely
So will you carry me?
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7. |
Find the Water
03:41
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Just stay silent until the morning comes round
Mindlessly ignoring all the warning sounds
Thought you were created to spill all the paint
Used it instead to cover your mistakes
Made a list of things I think that I need
Like to stop taking myself so seriously
Feel like being notified of nothing new
And warming up my chest the way that you do
Find the water now
You've earned all you're allowed
A can of open clouds
The calm will come around
It's all you need
Highest of speeds
We all agree
It's all you need
Find the water now
You've earned all you're allowed
A can of open clouds
The calm will come around
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8. |
Heaven Handed
02:32
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Lean into the light
I've been throwing my weight
Now I'm joining the dogfight
If it's divine then why don't I feel enlightened?
This foot in my mouth never felt so heavy-handed
Scream into the sun!
It's been setting for months
Falling into the ocean
Bite someone else's tongue
And squeeze all the hot air
From a punctured lung
Hold that thought against all best intentions.
We have this stupid penchant for sermons in a stupor
Talk a lot while saying nothing at all
It feels so heaven-handed to have conquered discourse
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9. |
Sleeper Agent
02:48
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Sleeper agent, will you make it to the show?
Hidden between us
Looks like Venus
With traits of a Scorpio
Denim thunder counteracting what we know so far
Layered anger
Eyes of amber
With the grace of a bumper car
Fell away but took us with you
You're an a kilowatt of what I'm not
With eyes behind the stations
Closer than your god, just take a shot
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10. |
Flotation Device
04:16
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These notions are purely for show
Decorative pieces I know
We're past the last dance
You say it's happenstance we plateaued
We break down all that we saved
To prevent from just running away
I'll play these blue chords
And I'll wear these blue cords every day
Life preserver
Take us further
Keen observer
Keep me murdered
Policing has come to an end
The rules went as far as could bend
Launched off the earth
After everyone's rebirth again
Take us further than today
When time's only waning away
Might never come back
But your circumstances may change
Life preserver
Take us further
Keen observer
Keep me murdered
Hypochondria is no longer on my mind
You gave me different ways to spend my time
The plants all wallowed after they bloomed
Will have to wait somewhere else without you
Life preserves on the side line
Take us further than a lifetime
Keen observes on the side lines
Keep me murdered on your own time
Life preserver
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11. |
900 Years
05:49
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Where do you see yourself in 900 years?
Dancing in between metallic spheres?
Takes all your energy to picture times
That haven't happened yet within our lives
Past all the sleeplessness you've grown to love
A time not so fragile and not so tough
Fog lights can blind then get shrugged off
Noises in the next room won't keep you up
Connections made
They will flow both ways
You missed this day
But I want you to stay
You'll call yourself the congratulator
And say you're going to try and persuade her
To break away from the shadows and damp walls
And leave this here for someone else to follow
The fever will stick and cause you to tremble
Just long enough to focus your end goal
It comes too fast for you even to bother
You take her hand and find the water
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