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A Light
01:30
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La da da da
La da da da da...
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Strange Captive
03:50
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Up in a cell of cold, gray tile
You circle 'round yourself for miles
Until you find the end
Then circle 'round and start again
There was a bright and distant light
That found your window late last night
While you were tired to the bone
Singing a song that you don't know
About a strange and captive life
You cut it down just to make it fit right
'Cause you're afraid of being alive
You are afraid of being alive
You tried to venture far from home
To find a song that was your own
You were alone and frail
You ventured back into your cell
And covered up that song you sung
'Cause it reminds you of being young
And time hadn't begun to unfold
And there's this story that you told
About a strange and captive life
That you cut down just to make it feel right
But you're still scared of the morning light
You are still scared of the morning light
And you sing la la la la la
And you sing la la la la la
And you go la la la la la la la la la
You scaled the wall and hit the ground
And there's a moral in the sound
Of getting out of the cell
And there's a word that you would yell
And it's a strange and captive word
You shout it out 'cause you need to be heard
And there's still time to face the light
There is still time to face the light
And you sing la la la la la
And you sing la la la la la
And you go la la la la la la la la la x2
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3. |
Bit My Tongue
02:45
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Bit my tongue until it bled, until it bled
Spit the words from my mouth in pools of red
And it's a cold, cruel world
That I spit out, I spit out
But you're a beautiful girl
So I'll stay around, if you stay around
Cut my hair and lost my power, I lost my power
The seven locks put out my eyes in the prison tower
And it's a cold, cruel world
That I cut out, I cut out
But you're a curious girl
So I'll stay around, if you stay around
Darling you took all my strength
Honey I feel so betrayed
Darling you could make me crazy
But I, Oh I, Oh I...
I lost my head in the war, in the war
After a while, you forget just what that head was even for
And it's a cold, cruel world
That shot me down, it shot me down
But you're a dangerous girl
So I'll stay around, oh I'll stay around
It's a cold, cruel world
that I spit out, I spit out
And you're a beautiful girl
So I'll stay around, I'll stay around, oh I'll stay around
If you stay around
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4. |
Mellow Rage
04:28
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On the town
Over cracked and hallowed ground
See the sunrise push the clouds away
Take a swig
Drink it down
Pass another bottle around
Keep them soft, the sounds, and pray
You can waste what you're given
You can rattle in your cage
But here and now, on the other side of the winter
Keep it calm, your head...
That's mellow rage
On a bridge
Drowning time
Keep the rising waters out of your eyes
But you can't recognize that on the other side of the river
There's a man alive
In the sky
Floating eighteen stories high
Make it cool, keep your mind in the game
But you can't recognize
You're on the other side of the winter
Keep it calm, your head, and pray
You can shake, you can shiver
You can break from your cage
But here and now, on the other side of the river
Keep it calm, your head
Keep the storm well fed
Oh, you are born again...
That's mellow rage
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This year I swear I'll be better
I swear I'll be better, I swear I'll be better, oh
This year I swear I'll be better, I swear I'll be better for you
This year I swear that I'll love you
I swear I will love you, I swear that I'll love you, oh
This year I swear that I'll love you, I swear I will love only you
But if you feel like I am lost, and you wanna let me go
Well I could face this on my own
And I could make it all alone
But I would rather have you home
To show me how to love, to teach me how to grow....
This year I swear I'll feel better
I swear I'll feel better, I swear I'll feel better, oh
This year I swear I'll feel better, I swear I'll feel better for you
This year I swear that I'm sorry
I swear I am sorry, I swear that I'm sorry, oh
This year I swear that I'm sorry, I'm sorry I did that to you
But if you feel like I am lost, and you wanna let me go
Well I could face this on my own
I think I could make it all alone
But I would rather have you home
To show me how to love, to teach me all you know
About which way to go
Cause I don't know which way to go,
no I don't know which way to go
No I don't know where to go
And I just need to have control
And I just need to find a start
Cause if it doesn't take your soul then it will only break your heart
And I think I've had enough
And I know I lost my mind
A long, long time ago I started running out of time
And I still don't know where I'm going
And I don't know where I'm going,
and I don't know where I'm going
And I don't know where to go
And I think I might be lost...
So if you feel like I am lost, and you wanna let me go
Well I could face this on my own
I'll try make it all alone
But I would rather have you home
To show me how to love, to teach me how to grow...
This year I swear I'll try harder
I swear I'll try harder, I swear I'll try harder, oh
This year I swear I'll try harder
I'll try, but I fear
That this year I cannot be better
I'll try to be better, but I can't be better, so
This year if I am not better
I swear I'll do better next year
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6. |
Talk Yourself Down
04:52
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Caught in the park
And what you need is to be sentimental
I, I will always count on being wrong
It's cold after dark
But what you need, it's oh so fundamental
And I will never count on it for long
But I'll say it again
What you need, what you need
Is to let yourself float all alone until you fall onto your knees, to your knees, to your knees...
You call up your friends
But what you need, it's not what they're selling to you
I, I can try to sell you what you want
We'll make amends
But what you need, it's not what I'm telling to you now
But I can try to tell you when I'm gone
But I'll say it again
What you need, what you need
Is to let yourself drift all alone until you drown into the sea, into the sea
But you went and you leapt right over the edge
Cause they pulled you down, cause they pushed you around
But the next time you crawl out onto that ledge
You can talk yourself down, you can talk yourself down, you can talk yourself down...
Oh, there's nothing to compare
With getting up, and brushing off your deep despair
But it's too much
For your brush to bear
So give up the game
Cause what you need is to be everybody else
Other than yourself, other than your own
And it's such a shame that what you need
Is to love anybody else, better than yourself
Better than your soul
But I'll say it again
What you need, what you need
Is to pick yourself up when you stumble to the ground
Get to your feet, get onto your feet
But you went and you leapt right over the edge
Cause they pulled you down, cause they pushed you around
But the next time you crawl out on to that ledge
You can talk yourself down, you can talk yourself down, you can talk yourself down...
Oh you can talk yourself down
Talk yourself down
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7. |
Lines
06:59
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We were out chasing fantasies, following lines
On the face of the street
we were rolling and racing with time
Out of our minds
With a kind of eternally burning bright bulb in our eyes
But you fed me a line
and called it a miracle
I was a light when you faded to dust
But you fed me a line
So lonely and lyrical
lovely and lithe
as we're made into one
But the heart was never sure
When the part that came before
Came alive
But it's your line
It's your line
Well you've armed all your enemies
And lined up the crowds into straight single file
But what are you supposed to do now?
Too stubborn and proud
And prettily crying your eyes out
For crying out loud
But you send me a line
and call it a miracle
I was a light when you faded to dust
But you send me a line
So lonely and lyrical
Lovely and lithe
as we're made back into one
But the heart was never sure
If the part that came before
reignites
But it's your line
it's your line
it's your line
it's your line
So when you've run out of roles to play
Draw me a line
In the dirt at your feet and I'll meet you
and stay here a while
At least 'til the time
When you leave me behind to go find
Some new place to get high
Won't you throw me a line
And call it a miracle
I was a light when you faded to dust
Won't you throw me a line
So lonely and lyrical
Lovely and lithe
as we're made into one
x2
La da da da
La da da da da...
Throw me a line
And call it a miracle
I was a light, I was a light
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