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A Cure For Cowards
03:54
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From the bottom of a foggy past
All the refuse of our teeming shores
That's where our tale begins
Dipped into the River Styx
I've weathered the storm
The wolves are at your door
Open up and let me in
Then suddenly in private
Well it seems he's not so tough
But I've got the guts to lay in wait
All I need to know is that we've settled the score
Because the old idea is getting such a bore
I'll amuse all the dancing fools
I'll do whatever pleases me
If it doesn't hurt no one
A mad scientist mixing midnight oil
I'm dreaming up a remedy
A cure for everyone
Tempest in a tea kettle
Testing my mettle
Reading lines from my palm
Seduced by the Whore of Babylon
She's a pistol
A dynamo
But I've got my steady on my arms
She tells me things she thinks
She's pretty and peeking through a hole
And I can't afford to live there anymore
The walls are paper thin
And the neighbors a creep
Rent's dirt cheap
But it ain't free
I need space and natural light
Spines of books stacked in a row
Like decorative furnishings
A king piling up his earnings
If there's something in those pages worth me learning
To keep it quiet is just burning
The run-out groove of a siren songs sweetest release
I'd sooner listen all by myself
All I need to know is that there's something more
Because the old idea is getting such a bore
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2. |
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang!
04:17
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Part of me is here
Part of me is gone
Part of me is all yours
Part of me is all my own
A secret knock and a firm handshake
The pleasure club
Won't let you in
Bewildered by the wilderness
It's crickets or arguments
A penny for your thoughts
Despite the angles and designs
Such an honest face
Such a seedy unseemly place
I can sympathize but it serves you right
Running around playing kissy-face
With a girl thats half your age
A stiff drink and a close shave
Dress your wounds
Peel it off
Lovers out of touch
Strangers out of reach
It wasn't worth that much
Cut your loss
Cut me deep
Brighten the corners and kill the lights
Such an extraordinary face
An extraordinary place
I can sympathize but it serves you right
Running around playing kissy-face
With a girl that's half your age
This is the part where we argue
And the bottom drops out
This is the part where we both agree
To give this thing another shot
Aim high
Shoot straight
Kiss kiss bang bang!
Part of me is all yours
Part of me is all my own
Part of me is right here
Part of me is already gone
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A little too much alike
We were so self-involved
Gawking at our own parades
A broken vagabond
I know the directory by heart
You're rigid and fixed
I'm a wandering star
You let me hold your purse
I paid a princely sum
You blended in like a Wednesday
I had a crush on everyone
Staging dangerous leaps
Over reflecting pools
Slightly out of step
With the marching band
Wild me running free
Like a caged animal
On hubris and fumes
You were running with the wolves
You let me hold your purse
But you held the strings
Chasing the prized fighter
Throwing punches at the wind
We were the lion and the tiger
The joker and the witch
Catching air
Blackbird fly
We were wasting our breath
Wasting light
But the sun will rise again
And again
And again
Swallow the pill and grind
Under water
Under fire
Don't hold your breath
Fanning old flames
Let sleeping dogs lie
Maybe I kid
Many a truth said in jest
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I've seen better days
In the pouring rain
I soaked up all the summer sun's rays
And swept the clouds away
And I'm on my way
To where the air is sweet
I don't know if it really exists
But thats where I'll be
Oh, god cursed me
In the midst of paradise
I was a force to be reckoned with
In my youth
Crazy cool inside
A firestorm when in my element
Now I'm just a cloudy day
Blowing in the wind
And I'm never going down that road again
No, I'm never going down that road
I believe we've come uphill just far enough
Blue skies are straight ahead
Look all around you
Blindsided by a sec Ker punch
Tough luck
Good news: I am strong
Why can't we ever have anything nice
I mean you no harm
I want you in my life
I want you in my arms
I've seen better days
But I'm no worse for wear
I shoveled up all the junk in my way
Smell of spring is in the air
Come along, take my hand
Let's climb up to the peak
I'll be the king
You'll be the queen
Of all that we see
I'm on my way
To where the air is clear
I don't know if it really exists
But let's get the hell out of here
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5. |
Move Through People
05:00
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Kindred spirits build revival tents
By the roadside of some narrow mountain pass
Selling trinkets and wares
And plastic souvenirs
But I don't need none
Met a stranger riding horseback on my trail
He asked to bum a clove cigarette
Reading from the Book of Exodus
In a puff of smoke he vanished
Its no matter
I only had one left
I don't mind
I just move on through
Saving up all my free time
So I can spend it all on you
Whatever you wanna do
I don't mind
Hopping trains and hitching rides
In search of solidarity
And a little solitude
But as luck would seem to have it
I can't leave well enough alone
Its not my circus
I watched him wind and wind and wind
Kicking over chairs
And a wicked silver tongue
Fake accents and pirate ships
Get thee behind me
There's nowhere left to run
I don't mind
I just move on through
Saving up all my free time
So I can spend it all on you
Whatever you wanna do
I don't mind
Shrugging my shoulders
And shuffling my feet across the line
Now its all this
If I push there's no way to survive
The bottom of the fall
If you jump
You'll stand a chance
Draw a deeper breath
Unless you've got a death wish
Please don't let me
Be your better half
I don't mind
I just move on through
Saving up all my free time
So I can spend it all on you
Whatever you wanna do
I don't mind
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6. |
Concrete Flowers
03:35
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Flickering lights fading away
Concrete flowers are wilting
Like gravestones sinking into the soil
The buildings and bridges behind me
Rickety and swaying in the wind
I know I'm too much
Some were moving out
Some were moving in
I was headed towards oblivion
And you...
Telephone poles zipping by in a blur
Hooray!
Odds are on the human race by a mile
And if you lower your voice
Can you hear the blackhawks
Can you hear the dogs
Circling and whistling in the wind
Thing is I know I'm too much
Too much
Some were weeded out
Some were closing in
I stopped to catch my breath
And you kept on
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7. |
This Far In
04:29
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Not all those who wander
Have completely lost their minds
Step right up
Sit and get comfortable
Scales will fall from your eyes
You'll be laughing in the aisles
Thrust into the spotlight
All dolled up in white
For the costume party
How dare you question my conviction
I said I'd never be, never be, never belong
You shouldn't have did what you done
The arguments between liars and cheats
A quiet heart to heart
But I wish you'd say I'm sorry
Suspense is nearly killing me
But I can't walk out
This far in
You sold me out and down the river
Just to see how the other half lives
Was it worth the price of admission
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it
You shouldn't have done what you did
So tired of sleeping alone now
With one eye open and my jaw clenched
I get mad, mad, mad
Wanna know how it feels?
Stick a needle in your eye
And if you believe all we see is theater
And all the world is real horrorshow
Get your tickets at the door
Standing next in line
Mistaking velvet ropes for taste
I should have guessed
This far in
If I'm alive or if I'm dead
When the credits roll
I only hope that I've arrived
At where I was coming from
The hero or villain
The arguments between liars and cheats
A quiet heart to heart
But I wish you'd say I'm sorry
Suspense is nearly killing me
And I can't walk out
Because I believe all we see is theater
And all the world is real horrorshow
Get your tickets at the door
Standing next in line
Mistaking velvet ropes for taste
I should have known
This far in
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8. |
Monster/Man/Machine
03:40
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I feel the howling moon's
Rhythm buried under me
And like a monkey
The sun becomes
The weight caked
On my back
Gravity pulls
I'm in control
Of everything
My body moves
Here's a psychic glimpse
Of these parlour tricks
Disappearing in the mist
An easy prey to novelty
Another blunt instrument
Embedded in frontiers
Of exotic breads
And circus freaks
Who've been brutalized
And vaporized
I no longer exist
In voluptas mors
The pleasure in grotesque
I saw what you did to him
And I know how it feels
I'm a monster
I am man
I'm machine
Modernized this monkey mind
Oh, the humanity
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9. |
Jesus Christ Superstar
04:08
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Existing on the fringes
Sinnerman what new disease are you on?
Cheap thrills running from police
And swindling priests
Oh no, its so tragic but I can't look away
What you waiting on?
I can get you through the gates
Before the devil knows
Then boys, you're on your own
It might sound crazy
Just be in touch if there's a change of heart
Unscrewing the hinges
Ambulance sirens through the lower ninth
The janitor handed me a skeleton key
We floated through space
Oh no, its so tragic but I can't look away
What you waiting on?
I can get you through the gates
Before the devil knows
Then boys, you're on your own
It might sound crazy
Just be in touch if there's a change of heart
An interstellar supernova collapsing
Into the arms of a superstar
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Jake Joyce McCoy Crestone, Colorado
A moment ago this didn't exist and POW! Here it is. An enigmatic cartoon stumbled in from the wilderness claiming to have utilized wasted time wood-shedding songs from inside a vacuum. An insular world where locals talk about the weather, sports and who died. I want to talk about bigger things...and girls! ... more
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