1. |
Getting Old
02:36
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Dragging myself out the door
thinking I don't know what for
seems nothing is quite worth the effort
but I never want to miss
out on the cool things to do
and maybe I'll find something new
if I could just get it going
while my drive is slowing
what do you do when your days unfold
and everything you used to like is getting old
part of the story left untold
and everything's getting old
Don't ever push it too far
trying to lower the bar
I guess I should've known better
no one ever seems to see
I always feel out of place
standing in a different space
didn't I learn how to fit in
with how old I'm getting
Didn't I hear this before
could I not care any more
I guess it's obvious to me
how I want the world to be
no longer pretend to enjoy
things that intend to annoy
when was this character stunted
that I never wanted
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2. |
Nobody Move
02:23
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A moment of weakness
you're talking at me
I've got nothing to say
and I know
do something 'cause you're not just going away
you're dragging the track down
and kicking all the dust off everyone
don't they know
you'll just keep pushing buttons until you're done
I'll never take this number again
but still I can't stop taking it in
the liberties taken
awakened all the monsters under the bed
don't be one
don't let the affirmations go to your head
you're tagging a sucker
I'm flagging the conductor to get involved
on and on
just hoping someone can make sense of it all
nobody move, nobody get hurt
something to prove that this is absurd
I must infer
a drunken encounter
I'm thinking that you don't know when to say when
the next day
just guessing that it happens all over again
but never the matter
reliving all the platitudes of the day
so it goes
just watching as your life gets wasted away
I'll never take this number again
but still I can't stop taking it in
no one in your mind knows what you're doing it for
while the stars align and even they can't take anymore
nobody move, nobody get hurt
something to prove that this is absurd
I must infer
nobody move, nobody get hurt
something to prove that this absurd
I wonder what lies under the surface of absurd
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3. |
Sad Little King
02:07
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the glimmer's fading
from the flames you fanned
and everyone is waiting
to witness your last stand
and you want the world to think you fit the bill
sad little king of a sad little hill
tear yourself away
from the sad delusions
that lead you to this fray
and you're never going to feign to fit the bill
take all the time you need to kill
sad little king of a sad little hill
and you want the world to think you fit the bill
sad little king of a sad little hill
Let the flailing end
take the last disorders
your failing to defend
'cause you're never going to feign to fit the bill
sad little king of a sad little hill
take all the time you need to kill
sad little king of a sad little hill
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4. |
Mythology
03:26
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If you need a way to make it all make sense
To let someone else define yourself as a form of self-defense
I've just the thing to dispel your fears
if you just believe what came before was misperceived and nothing more
It's all mythology, fading lines of history
It's all mythology, fading lies of fantasy
How did you get so bold
to decide the ideas of the past are just lies that someone told
but not this time, this one is the way
under all these eyes it must be true but I wonder if you've thought that through
I just don't know how
you can claim that one is make believe while the other's worth a vow
they're all the same, you know it's true
and you wonder why I can't believe but you're faith is harder to conceive
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5. |
Worse Things
02:58
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Everytime that I fall behind
in my drive to be redefined
I've got a million things to do and no energy
so light another fuse and step back to see
whether I'm gonna blow this time
I'll admit that I have got my doubts
of sustaining all these fitful bouts
but I'm wishing them all away
there's worse things to know
than when to let things go
there's worse things to do with my time
than everything distracting me
I could do with some time alone
when it's true that my fuse has blown
but then I'm inclined to find one more match to burn
where I can find the time's none of my concern
I can blow this on my own
I'll admit that I have got my doubts
of sustaining all these fitful bouts
but I'm wishing them all away
there's worse things to find
than you've changed your mind
there's worse things to do with my time
than everything distracting me
there's worse things to with your time
than all these dumb distractions
If I knew what to focus on
I'd construe who the joke is on
I've got a million things to do and I don't have time
so light another fuse and wait for a sign
hold the tune til the smoke is gone
There's worse things to do with your time
than how I'm wasting mine
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6. |
Alternate Timeline
03:51
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In the end the pattern was stalled
nothing to defend nobody appalled
the trajectory was something to see
as it ran off the rails
and the likelihood of good outcomes would
decrease by the day as orbits decay
in a series of fails
In the alternate timeline the answers came too late
and the sequence failed as dissent prevailed
indecision wiped the slate
Don't say you didn't see the signs
at least in the outlines of all the days
that were misspent
And the trials not faced
and the trust misplaced
combined to deplete, divide and defeat
every party we sent
In the alternate timeline the rift was closed too soon
and we went this way but we couldn't say
if the fields were out of tune
in the alternate timeline the answers came too late
and the sequence failed as dissent prevailed
indecision wiped the slate
and now the feelings setting in
I think we can begin to admit the faults
in our prevailing course
and the subtle signs we've seen
that we didn't know to mean
time to turn back, take up the slack
and remeasure the force
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7. |
Downstream
02:25
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the level is drawn but the water is gone
and I watched it all drifting away
if I didn't know better i'd guess it was never that great
as i stand on the edge of the bank
and my mind keeps on drawing a blank
I'm ignoring the signs and pretending it's fine but I say
Somewhere downstream
there goes my scene
just washed away
somewhere downstream or somewhere between
the people move on the faces all change and then get redrawn
and my only regret is I start to forget all the names
are they sending me some kind of sign as they all seem to fall out of line
I was never inclined to get so resigned but I say
Somewhere downstream
there goes my scene
just washed away
somewhere downstream or somewhere between
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8. |
Rehashed: Rehashed
03:00
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Feel I should apologize
is it pretentious in your eyes
to think you'd want to hear our band
hope you'd care or even understand
and you can throw it out if there is no doubt
you've heard this song before
'cause I'm not gonna care about it anymore
and if there's nothing new
can I copy you steal a song or two
a borrowed line here and there
they were never mine why should I care?
And if it's all been done
then we're on our way
with a bullet straight to number one
'cause we stole the hits
we may not be artists
but at least we're not
dumb old songs that we abused
and ignorance is such a lame excuse
but I didn't know what I'd got into
I was only twelve and it seemed like the thing to do
that's all it was
nothing more than something fun to do
I'm sorry if you're disappointed in the truth
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9. |
Bad Ear
02:02
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What did you say?
a million times repeated every day
and all the things I struggle to discern
pile ever higher
what I thought I heard and
all for naught deferred and
all the signals disappear
in the depths of my bad ear
after all the times I never learned
cranking up the marshall unconcerned
now here I sit confused by all the noise
smiling and nodding
what I thought you said and
all the lips misread and
all the signals disappear
in the depths of my bad ear
everything is so unclear
that's the worst of my bad ear
and they can't tell me why
I can't decide
whether I should bother to confide
that I've got no idea what you just said
or let you go on talking
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10. |
Before the Fall
02:49
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the signs of inaction are everywhere
the smell of distraction fills the air
the foundations crumble and start to sink
witness the aging empire on the brink
while there's something in the air that casts a pall
the decline was never obvious at all
cause they always seem to shine before the fall
while everybody was looking down
it seems all the vultures went to town
they're stripping the wires and pulling pins
watching the fortunes fade as it begins
while there's something in the air that casts a pall
the decline was never obvious at all
cause they always seem to shine before the fall
failing became the only way
shame that nobody can say why...say why
as all the structures fall apart
no one remembers about the start
they were conned into something that seemed ok
and watched all the strides of time just fade away
while there's something in the air that casts a pall
the decline was never obvious at all
cause they always seem to shine before the fall
with their confidence unshaken
the decline was never obvious at all
but their logic was mistaken
cause they always seem to shine before the fall
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11. |
So Many Red Flags
03:36
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Someone crossed out every line
But your stories still untwine
I find it odd
unsubtle fraud
all the things that you omit
make you seem unfit
for further use
a sad excuse
the dodgy eyes and the shaking hands
make me wonder what you didn't understand
and what was planned
all the claims that have been made
while your aims all start to fade
under the light
it don't seem right
and all the warning signs
traced inside the lines
and laced to bad designs
so many red flags on the rise
i'll see your demise
will the shadows hide the tracts
of all the empty acts
that fill your plate
with useless weight
but you never really said
that your thoughts have been misread
they lead nowhere
that you're aware
but the small half-truths and the brazen lies
make me wonder if you never realized
that's how it dies
you're way out of your depth
just a slight misstep
you're gonna burn
on return
and all the warning signs
traced inside the lines
and laced to bad designs
so many red flags on the rise
so many red flags in your eyes
i'll see your demise
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12. |
Follow That Dinosaur
02:53
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Leading down the path of no returns
could be best described as "never learns"
anxious to see where faults tend to be
as we follow some tracks that we found
time slips on by, wondering why
won't anyone turn this around
follow that dinosaur the fossils will tell
how it went down when misfortunes befell
follow that dinosaur it's not gonna end well
I get the sense that someone's going to pay
for all the times that no one's stood in the way
nearing too late to dither and wait
as you say you did not realize
which path do you take, decisions to make
and you might want to open your eyes
extinction's waiting, I'm understating
The evidence to follow we may never know
but the warnings all ring hollow without a show
nothing to see, it was just meant to be
as they claim it's some kind of design
hell of plan, when it began
not that the point is too fine
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We used to be in other bands. One of us is still in another band. Two of us used to be in another band together. Now we're in this band.
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