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Commander (Intro)
00:31
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Habits
02:22
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i've got these habits
they seem to dictate my diction
causing friction with friends
it never ends
i've got these habits
they keep me up late at night
the expectation that tomorrow will be different
can you avoid it?
it's how we operate
creatures of habit
we pretend that we hate it
we've got a ritual
late at night in the basement
chasing rabbits with cases of beer
it's almost spiritual
i forget who i am, i start speaking in tongues
i pray to no one in particular
can you avoid it?
it's how we operate
creatures of habit
we pretend that we hate it
define your habits
or be defined
creatures of habit
just one more time
can you avoid it?
it's how we operate
creatures of habit
we pretend that we hate it
define your habits
or be defined
creatures of habit
just one more time, i swear
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3. |
Ghost
03:04
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when I leave here, don’t follow
i’m putting miles beneath my shoes
i can’t be here tomorrow
i need some time from me and you
spare couches, strange places
empty houses, blank faces
i’m running away, but they’re still coming after me
where do you sleep?
it should be right next to me
you’re just the ghost in my head
you rent vacant, empty tenements
i’m occupied; i’ve tried to see through you
i’ve avoided eviction
i’ve got nothing to lose
where do you sleep?
it should be right next to me
you’re just the ghost in my head
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in that vein, it’s just a soft refrain
if I can’t maintain it i’ll just fade out
it’s out of some restraint, but i can’t paint it
as anything other than what it was
if the planes collide but we all survive
you can derive some pleasure from
making out figures in the clouds
i won’t say it out loud
you know what it was
i’ll trace our steps
i’m trying too hard to remember
i’ll go back to
when you said forever or never
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6. |
Wrong Drugs
02:53
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we’re all just along for the ride
so I think it’s time that you decide
the course of culture and discourse
of course
discretion’s paramount, I hope that
we all can count on your support
on the matter
come November
i did the wrong drugs
or was it not enough?
i did the wrong drugs
i thought i knew how this would end up
let’s get out in front of this thing
the room is spinning and it seems
that the machine has come off
it’s moorings
it’s more or less a matter of fact
but it all depends how you react
when it’s not attractive
in the sober light of morning
i did the wrong drugs
or was it not enough?
i did the wrong drugs
i thought i knew how this would end up
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7. |
Lips For Tips
03:25
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you might think i'm crazy
but i just met up with the girl of my dreams
across the bar through the crowded floor
her eyes locked on to me like laser beams
destiny it seems
'cause now is my time to feel so alive
i know everything inside gonna be alright
an unsuspected magical moment tonight
my temperature was risin'
as I silently prepared for the night in store
she walked toward me and I want more,
but what the hell is she talkin' to the other guy for?
what, doesn't she love me no more?
'cause now is my time to feel so alive
i know everything inside gonna be alright
an unsuspected magical moment tonight
she worked the whole room, not even pausing to blink
this beautiful girl now caused my heart just to sink
she came up beside me, i didn't know what to think,
she just smiled, "hey hun... what can i get ya to drink?"
you might think I'm crazy
that i could not see the writing on the wall, oh yeah
those beautiful lips just working for tips,
but she just brought me the best damn cocktail of all
yo, c'mon and drink with me y'all!
'cause now is our time to feel so alive
we know everything inside gonna be alright
an unsuspected magical moment tonight
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8. |
Falling Damage
02:18
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nod and wink, rattle and sink
why don't you tell me what you think,
it's in the blink of an eye, but i can tell
you're on the brink of something better than this
why don't you wear it on your wrist
you say i'm wearing your lipstick,
color me so unconvinced
count on it to discount yourself
why don't we leave it on the shelf
you say it's selfish, at least, that's how i'll sell it
i can tell you're looking for something else
but in the end I'm still around
i know that you got your doubts,
but we can make this happen now
part of it's just passing the time
a temporary state of mind
it might mean nothing, but hey, at least that's something.
and some things are the sum of their parts
you're an equation i can't parse
and what i know about anything
you're everything I'm not
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10. |
Class Five
03:05
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it's just the transitions
always the transitions
that get me
caught up in missing
what used to be
it's feels so simplistic
why is it always just a or just b?
or is it intrinsic
that nothing is ever as clear as it seems?
so when you startle me for the seventh time
and i hardly remember my lines
can you promise me we'll always just hit these transitions so perfectly
how do i
appreciate
that time we spent out on the lake
and it turned into a class five rapid
rapidly?
yeah we almost
drowned
barely made it to dry ground
You blamed the sun and the wind
I just died and grinned
and we hit the transition perfectly
when you startle me for the seventeenth time
and i hardly remember my lines
can you promise me we'll always just hit these transitions so perfectly
when you startle me for the seventieth time
and i cant remember my lines
can you promise me we'll always just hit these transitions so perfectly
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11. |
Goldenmoon Lorries
03:15
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sit back
relax and don’t react
like there is traction to
what you do or what it says about you
keep your feet on the
ground yourself
you have found yourself
in a world that’s not created for you
take the parachute
down your instinct
to drown insisting
it sounds like a
good way to inject some cachet to
your situation’s
not a conversation
piece together all your
disparate parts and try to come through
take the parachute
(the ground is always waiting for you)
straight to the moon
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12. |
Counterweight
04:03
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bully for you
you can wear my shoes
when you walk that line
now there’s no denying you can
fetch a fresh calamity
catch your breath
get some rest
and test your indifference
your inferences are fettered with
facile words
it’s absurd but i’ve heard
and i probably would be
amenable to seminal works,
just a verse, can’t be worse
than living
in the mess we’re in right now
falling in line
just to waste my time
but it’s fine, i’ll cash in
catching as catch can
feed me bullshit
call me pretty we’ll call it a day
i’m okay with the way
we’ve decided to play it
burn it to the ground
just to shape my sound
to the tones that you hear
thanks for bending your ear
we’re nearly through the nonsense
you’re fixed on that fence
it’s intense/tensing your shoulders
your soldiering on for now
it's too late for a
counterweight
(if you can fit it through the prism of some cautious optimism)
i already took the bait
(and you wait, and you wait, and you wait ‘til it changes)
(take it on the)
take it on the chin
while you’re wearing a grin
i’m beginning to think
i’ve been watching it sink
for a while, rank and file denial you
traffic in’s back in the forefront
i’m asking for more but it’s
obvious the talk of us
fell on deaf ears
if appearances kill
i’ve had more than my fill
of the slaughter, holding water
it slips through your fingers
that lingering doubt
that I’ve figured you out
it's too late for a
counterweight
(if you can fit it through the prism of some cautious optimism)
i already took the bait
(and you wait, and you wait, and you wait ‘til it changes)
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13. |
Psycho Babble
03:45
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reposition the arch from the track
there’s motorized ragtime
awaken the base
promote head lifting; stay self contained
fold it back into a mute mold for the stage
aligning shapes while concocting brews
these drops and these hops should help to loosen the screws
up the stairs, shut the door behind
we’re going under. We’re losing time.
now the way things used to be
run circles around me
and everyone I see
is lost inside the steam
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14. |
Take
02:50
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take the chance
i might know all the answers
make your demands
just know i don’t have any plans for
taking too much time i know that i could be maligning
if the planets are aligning then i’ll probably be pining
it's time to second guess if i’ll be dressing to impress
but if you blink under duress i’ll make concessions for the rest of us
take the time
to define what it means to be here
don’t disappear
into yourself for what you’ll get out of
taking too much time i know that i could be maligning
if the planets are aligning then i’ll probably be pining
it's time to second guess if i’ll be dressing to impress
but if you blink under duress i’ll make concessions for the rest of us
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