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Protest Song #00
02:07
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(Well some things never change…)
You'll never see this face again
I'm out sleeping with the stars in the shallow end
"Life" is just a word I don't want to say
I don't care if tomorrow is a new day
I'll write the song again
How about the one who thought life wasn't his friend?
Why would he want the words to be shared?
When no one listens, and no one cares
I'd skip this fucking song
If you don't want to know what’s fucking wrong
Did you hear my acceptance speech?:
“I quit. I quit. I fucking quit.“
You don't want to know why I can't quite talk
You don't want to know what makes my heart stop
You wrote my requiem
With no words, no life, just desperation
There's no truth like the lie I live
I'm a sinking ship drowning by a burning bridge
There's no cure for the Dreamer's Disease
I'm a boat of false hope, lost at sea
Today, tonight, tomorrow, I am truly by myself
You say those words, but what do they mean?
Nothing.
Life is just a word that I won't say
Love is just a word that I'll never know
Life is just a game that I won’t play
Love is just a lie that I wont believe
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2. |
Sore Throat Syndrome
01:59
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When we were young,
We thought the days would get better
Today I talked myself out of ending this
I've been out chasing silhouettes
Losing frozen smiles to the thawed regrets
And all the way home
'I could see your breath though we looked dead'
I'm so far from here..
We laughed,
Our time is running thin
But I always knew how the end would end
I never said I'd stay to the end
Fuck you, fuck all of you
You'll never know what I wanted to say
Those words are as dead as the air I breathe
Life is just a big second guess
A broken staircase of mistook steps
You can trust me, it's not okay
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I just want the world to know
You've got me at an all time low
But I wrote the song that broke your heart
I'm caught up in no sleep
And I nod my head with every tear but they're still drowning me.
It's cold and I can barely see
And 5 AM is here again
So hang your head with me
I was walking next to you in a Saturday night-type light.
The faces blurred in with yours as I stumbled some words on life
I was breathing thanks to you in a Saturday night-type light
And when the faceless kids danced towards faceless ends I quit life
I can't believe that you're not dead
Shrugged my shoulders, laughed inside, nodded my head.
And I don't remember anything
But seven songs of chances gone
That's all I know
Anytime you want to go, I'm ready to go.
Nothing shines on feeling old -this isn't right
All I want is a reason to smile
Before I'm dead
I'm dead
I live in denial.
There's nothing left inside of me
You say there's hope but I don't care
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4. |
The Ice Age Is Coming
00:35
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A cold world is one where you think hope's alive
Where "friends" aren't really "friends"
Where love can't survive
A cold world is one where life takes your life
Where day after day is a fight after fight
This-World- Has-Made- Me-Cold
(But I know)
You've got to break your back
To hold your ground
And bones will heal
So I'm standing strong.
It hurts
It breaks
It kills
It takes
We’ll fight
We’ll win
We won’t give in
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5. |
Please Die!
01:13
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I won't go
Because I've been there before
And it took twenty years to pick my face up off the floor
I'm not "sorry" if "things" aren't "the same"
But sleepless nights are hardly worth the cheapness of your game
And if you know what I mean then live for yourself
Because life is too short to waste it on somebody else
There was a time, and I swear that I cared...
I got burned
And now I walk with this fist in the air
I don‘t care what they say
They're not the ones who have to live with the pain
Black Heart Breaking, Broken Bonds
I should have known all along
Don't talk to me
I'm as deaf as I am blind
Thanks for making me cheap
And thanks for wasted time
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6. |
The Day The Music Died
01:12
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Never thought the world was going to end
Always knew I'd come across your face again
Still healing broken hearts and holding broken bones
Singing ‘Taps’ off-key and breaking quiet phones
You don’t know what you’ve got until you're left all alone
See the strain in my bloodshot eyes
I'm a hollow box, empty as your lies
And I know I can't live
Because the price that I pay will be the love that I give
Nothing hurts like that look in your eyes
Fuck the day I thought love was more than a lie
I only die every day
Sit alone count the ‘no's’ of the yesterdays
Those seven days sure made me weak
And when I’m dead and gone
(Shed a tear, bless my memory)
But I can’t go on
All I want in these dying days is a breath of fresh air, and some sanity
But nothings ever good enough, so I'll take a sad song sure enough
The feeling I'm feeling is a feeling I've felt for far too long
The feeling I'm feeling is a feeling I've fought for far too long
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7. |
Farewell
02:34
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Whatever this becomes
Whatever words I say we are the fortunate ones...
And when the days are done I won't forget
All I see in your and me is a light in the dark of humanity
And when the days are done I won't forget
Timid steps - come walk with me
And with your useless words come talk to me
There are broken hearts now on your stereo
But the broken beats are just too slow
You'll cry - it doesn't change a thing
Kill the lights and let the rain fall
Recall - the memories of yesterdays and better ways
And know - the innocence is gone
Move on - from this day on we'll never be the same
The saddest songs make sense to me
So with your sunken eyes come talk to me
Two hour drives are two hours alone
But two hour drives are better than home
You'll die - it doesn't change a thing
Faster words and faster kids
Faster songs and faster ends
The one thing that's stayed the same
I've lived through days
I've lived through nights
I've had my loves
I've had my fights
You gotta know - you have my heart
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Everyone I've ever loved went down in history
The blue eyes came, the brown eyes left
And the rest is misery
Dreams are trash on the side of the road
All starry eyed, tongue all tied, there'ss something you should know…
I could have died with you
And Boston is the reason that I’m feeling so blue - damn you
City lights and colder nights
I'm innocent (minus the fights)
Praying out loud for a winter of quiet
Friday nights are killing me
I fall asleep - pen in hand
There's something you should know..
Cities aren't a way to cure a disease
And I don't even know why you listen to me...
A razor-wristed kid looking forward to ends
If love was a bridge you'd be the one in the Fens
“All the kids are fucking dead“
I write “With love and a gun to my head“
These days aren't gonna last too long
(i know - i know - i know)
Drawing words from a tired heart
Drawing blood from a tired
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‘Fuck’
A great word for a great world
Like each clue just not getting through
I spoke to you in yawns with sweaty palms
With kids swearing forever and then they’re gone
Nobody’s got style like us
And we could be friends like before I was crazy
Before I met her
Before I went lazy
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10. |
Hearts
01:00
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Dear Eastern Prom,
I know it's wrong
But it's suicide eyes that wrote this song
For all I'm worth writer’s block is a bitch
Words falling like bricks for a New England wish...
I was an easy male fuck in the town of “naive-ity“
All i wanted was a shot in the dark
But like a knife through the heart
I choke on spit covered words...
Oh my god - it's happened again
What's wrong with me?
Screaming gets you nothing
One more night in this town and I swear that I'm dead...
I drew a heart around the name of your city...
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11. |
Dead And Gone
01:53
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12. |
It's The Limit
01:35
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13. |
Depression
02:17
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14. |
Kick Out The Jams
02:47
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16. |
AM/PM (Live On The BBC)
02:23
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