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Through the trees
And wayward briars
Knotted weeds
They'd slash your tires
At a house party (Where are we?)
With only fools to see
Yet here we are
I'm almost Vince
Almost Vincent
Time to see
Who joins their choirs
A violent spree
To feed the fires
At a house party (where are we?)
With only fools to see
Pledged with a scar
I'm almost Vince
Never womanized
Or threw my fist in fights
I wondered if
You'd see to that
But I did
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Actions From Words
04:48
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I've been wasting all my time
Punching In
Eager to please
No, the stars they don't align
It's just a man
Playing us like scales
And then I didn't feel so well
(Straining to make out)
These things, you never can tell
(Straining to make out)
Actions from words
Behold, the liar in a web
Sinking fast
In teeming seas
Dead horse, beaten on the head
He'll be locked up
Soon, for sure
What if you made it out to some island home?
Scared, dripping and wet from scrambled rows?
Then deposit those checks, a real con man's high
Never to be so sure that you made it away
Did you make it away? Did you make it away?
Actions from words!
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Graffiti / Ulysses
03:48
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Hid out
From the street lamps at night
Bandana over her face again
Tempted
To reach up and try it
Never caught by the cops they said
Join us
Come see what it's like
In the dark you can rally a friend
Allies
To acknowledge your spite
How will they know you if it cannot be read?
Answers
tagged right
on trains
and stairs
Answers
etched tight
on signs
who dares?
Just write it on the wall!
In graffiti!
(Reds, greens, tangerines, greys, and blues)
Before you are ever too old
And on the other side
Of the fence
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Gold Protege
02:59
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Everyone's a winner 'till we're all knocked down
Then there's only those that might care
They ran me through the ropes 'till I was tossed around
Then had the nerve to say I don't belong here
I get by
On listening
I get by
Just working the crowd
I get by
On less callow things
So that now, you never could tell
(Gold Protege)
Now, you never could tell
(Gold Protege)
Now, you never could tell
What I once was
(Hanging)
By a thread
Deserted their codes and how to wrest the crown
Since everybody cheats or had an affair
Success isn't something 'till you're dead in the ground
And history asks why you dared
(Hanging)
By a thread
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5. |
The Morning Beatdown
03:04
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I awoke for no reason
Then clenched my hand
Stress to be sure
Don't remind me again
(The early bird's not a failure)
Well, I've heard that a lot
(Catch the worm, you're a savior)
But I'm losing sleep, and
What sets me apart
(All work no play)
The Morning Beatdown!
What sets me apart?
(All work no play)
The Morning Beatdown!
A time-honored tradition
Of killing the spark
It worked for your dad
Quit being so smart
The Morning Beatdown!
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EPISODES, PT.I
01:34
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7. |
EPISODES, PT.II
03:05
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The static
Hurts my eyes
It's painting pictures
Though without your contacts
It's just a bunch of lines
But I don't really mind
Is it fun and games?
Over the hum of the fan
We'll recite the names of
The greatest times we had
In twenty-oh-five
(Press Rewind)
We'll watch your favorite episodes
At night
The curtains close
And you just look up
Expecting something
That I can't define
Press rewind
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How long has
It been?
A dance through meadows
Charade from the start
Such a bright tint of rose
To seem a bigger part,
Of our days
(Pale as a ghost)
When memories fail to agree
(Pale as a ghost)
When the portrait's not what others see
(A film in your mind,
Reel-to-reel,
But it's all wrong)
Nostalgia
A one-way street
Nostalgia
A lover's quarrel
Air-brushed from the heart
Such a bright tint of rose
It takes a certain art,
Fearing change
How long has
It been?
How long has it been?!
Since you lived on a whim?!
Since you looked at him?!
Or around the
Room?
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SUNBURN!
Amidst the waves
And the beach tans
Matters of a different heart
He flew to the edge
Of the horizon
And bought it
Some people go sailing
Others date a lot
But how can you relate
To someone whose
Wings melted off?
(Basked/Baked/Charred/Enflamed)
And even glad
They're even glad!
What do you chase?
What do you harbor?
A dream
What comes next when nothing is enough?
What do you waste?
What do you offer?
A scream
What comes next when nothing is enough?
SUNBURN!
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(You stay at home
I'll see the world
Kid yourself
Only I will know it)
Low-cal
Waving your right hand
Celebrity
Low-cal
Looking down on them
Celebrity
I heard there was once a time
That to be a man in his prime
One had to search for the truth
And you didn't
And now that times have really changed
There's still some facts of life
Much older than I am
I read of trial by fire
A lift from the country's mire
One had to search for the truth
And you didn't
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11. |
The Thrall
05:14
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It's different from how
I thought it'd be
No montages
Or garland wreaths
Since one can't grasp perfection until it's over
(Deranged and better)
Yet there was a sense
This year for me
That distress might will
A harmony
So why can't I have these moments forever?
(Deranged and better)
Now we're haunted
Now we're haunted
Now we're (deranged) haunted
By what's possible (and better)
At night
While I'm out and feel the shudder of
The Thrall
With life's limitlessness
The Thrall
Can't hold it back
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