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Goodbye
04:22
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Come spend some time with me tonight
Pretend everything is alright
We'll laugh and drink until we forget
Let's go take another long ride
While we vanish from the inside
We'll drive in the dark until nothing's left
I'll take your hand and I'll whisper in your ear
Like I plan to be with you another year
If you don't make me promise
Then I won't tell another lie
I wish I knew how to say goodbye
Each night when you think I'm sleeping
I find visions keep repeating
Clouds slipping out in each labored breath
They fill everything around me
Until they surround my body
I should let go but I'm scared to death
My hands are shaking so much as I lie in bed
Each one aching to touch you but hide instead
I stay up all night waiting
Hoping for the pain to die
I wish I knew how to say goodbye
I would give anything to see you one more time
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909
02:12
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If you want me to come
Bass kick and drum
I'll give my heart and soul
Right from the part
When the sequencer starts
I lose my self control
Move on
Don't look back
High hats on the double
With a steady attack
When you
Touch that
Red light for
13, 9, and 5 and 1
Put four on the floor
Bring the 909
Oscillator circuit
Kick it right on time
Turn it up
Is music unknown
Or just flesh and bone?
There must be something more
Is it all in my head?
The drummer's been dead
Since 1984
Put the phone back
On the shelf
No one needs a button
When it presses itself
It's a one way
Road we're on
Programming our patterns
'Til our presence is gone
Bring the 909
Oscillator circuit
Kick it right on time
Turn it up
Bring the 909 (yeah)
Oscillator circuit
Kick it right on time
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I woke up and wrote down my bad dreams
I wrote 'til the book came unbound at the seams
Page after page like a beating heart
Reading every letter 'til i'm falling apart
Gonna rip it up and start it again
Slip another story in the garbage can
I'm gonna open the book straight to the front
For the very first time I know what just what i want
When i lay it all down line by line
I know i'll find a way to make it better this time
You left me when the story got rough
I gave you my all but it was never enough
Now the ink on the page is getting lighter
And i feel like a key on an old typewriter
When you lift me up just to throw me back down
I know i got it better when you're not around
I'm gonna open the book straight to the front
For the very first time I know what just what i want
When i lay it all down line by line
I know i'll find a way to make it better this time
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7. |
A Practical Joke
03:19
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I never knew where you went after midnight
I never wanted to get involved
I wasn't there for the fighting
I didn't care if it got resolved
And when you called
Woke me up
Told me everything
I had to laugh
Until i was sick
I used to stay up every night
Until the stars came down
Wait until worst was over
Wait until you came around
And i could laugh about it
When you brought me there and you pleaded
I never thought it would take so long
I never had what you needed
But i was happy to play along
I picked you up
Drove you home
As the dawn was breaking
I had to laugh
Until i was sick
I used to stay up every night
Until the stars came down
Wait until worst was over
Wait until you came around
And i could laugh about it
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Sometimes
You're so lost
The only thing you know
Is the way
The clouds grow
And their shadows
Cover you
The road
Is so long
It passes with the day
You walk on through the dark
Until you have to to feel your way
So many hills to climb
You want to call it quits
You've passed through awful times
Never as black as this
But when the night time hits
Its darkest part
That's when a voice cries for you
It feels like a wave
Washing ashore
A song that played
A million times before
It sounds like the truth
But you know its a lie
A paper moon
Hanging in the sky
Wind blows
Snow falls
Everything is grey
Just a line
In the frost
As you walk away
You look out for a sign
And look over your shoulder
With the passing of the time
The air just feels much colder
If this is all you've found
If you're alone and scared
Just listen for the sound
You'll hear it everywhere
A tender melody
You know by heart
Carries a song
Just for you
It feels like a wave
Washing ashore
A song that played
A million times before
It sounds like the truth
But you know its a lie
A paper moon
Hanging in the sky
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I woke up in the evening
And I'm sure now what time it was
I'm only saying this because
You weren't by my side
I miss you when I'm staring
At the patterns on the ceiling
As the evening grey is peeling back
A new moon greets the tide
And so it goes
Not a hair
Left out of place
No fanfare
Or lullabies
No one staring
At my face
And telling lies
When the night
Begins to change
And cast a weak
Asthmatic glow
The light is
Beautiful
And strange
I should have
Noticed
Long ago
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
When you died I think I lost my way
In absence or in grief
Or in a vague sense of relief
Because you suffered for so long
I lied to myself every day
We spent our lives together
I pretended that forever
Meant the clouds would move along
And so it goes
Let the rain
Soak through
My clothes
Clog the drains
And fill the skies
Until the ocean
Overflows
Beyond the tide
When i went through
Your old things
I found the diary
That you wrote
The cover bent like
Open wings
Filled with words
You never spoke
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
And i waited
Full of doubt
Until the sun was
Coming out
Time erases
Time erodes
Time takes
Everyone
It knows
Time is patient
And unkind
And so it goes
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
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Shipwrecked
05:14
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Night and day
You will wait
Not a word
Will be spoken
Night and day
Drift away
Years will pass
In a moment
Wait until the storm is breaking
Wait until the wind is calm
Wait until your heart is aching
Wait until your brain is numb
Fight your way
Through the waves
Lose yourself
In the ocean
Drifting into deeper water
Hoping no one hears you cry
Every time a ship comes close
You wait and watch it pass you by
It's never the one
Never the one
Never the one that you were waiting for
It's never the one
Never the one
Never the one that you were waiting for
When they said
You were dead
No one knew
For certain
Far away
Endless days
Cover you
Like a curtain
Wait until the ship is sinking
Wait until you lose your nerve
Wait forever
Wait for nothing
Wait and get what you deserve
Say you will
Stay until
You forget
Why you're searching
Every day you sit and stare
With emptiness behind your eyes
Anything you find out there
Will never come as a surprise
It's never the one
Never the one
Never the one that you were waiting for
It's never the one
Never the one
Never the one that you were waiting for
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I'm only resting here for a little while
Before I pack my things and go
I could have made it clear but it's not my style
To tell you something you should know
I bet you'll come back home and smile
And never know you're wrong
How long
How long
Until you notice that I'm gone?
Let the moments slip away from me
Double crossed and shadow played
Nothing left to lose but memories
And all the promises we made
Wait alone as years go by
Until my heart is strong
How long
How long
Until you notice that I'm gone?
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