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It's just a dream
06:49
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brace yourself as the plane goes down,
your over clocked heart is the only sound,
wake up, wake up-
white knuckle ride on an empty machine,
a toy for a tempest in a sci fi scene,
wake up, wake up-
though you feel what you feel,
stil you know that it's not real-
leaving the ground in a christ like pose,
hover in the wires with your eyes still closed,
wake up, wake up-
no one seems to notice you're above their heads,
hanging in an image just above your bed,
wake up, wake up-
though you feel what you feel,
still you know that it's not real-
you know it's just a dream-
you know it's just a dream-
eyes open in the light,
they haunt you deep inside-
standing at the window of a burned out room,
wind in the ashes of a past life tomb,
wake up, wake up-
rose colored glasses in a black and white sleep,
somewhere a butterfly dreams of me,
wake up, wake up-
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2. |
Carried away
04:16
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Church bells call the tune,
ring across the afternoon,
drifting into you,
the angels are hushed where you sleep-
I won't let them in,
keep you for myself again,
your sun to warm my skin,
we fade our way into the stars-
carried away,
carried away-
born into this bond,
so I don't wander endlessly,
and feel like something's wrong,
without you, I wouldn't know-
carried away,
all of the world carried on,
carried away,
all of the world carried on,
so we stay here as long as we can,
carried away-
wind chimes call the tune,
sleeping through the afternoon,
while all of the world carried on,
carried away-
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all these years,
mapping your life out song by song-
one faded,
just like a star when the dawn came on-
you can't remember how the harmony would sound,
try to remember and it only brings you down-
hey love, what's that song,
you can't remember 'cuz it's been too long,
turn off the radio, there's something wrong,
hey love, what's that song-
connect the dots,
keeping you tethered to who you were-
one more tune,
taking you back so you live and learn-
there's a reason why you left it all for dead,
you're better off without it bouncing around in your head-
hey love, what's that song,
you can't remember 'cuz it's been too long,
turn off the radio, there's something wrong,
hey love, what's that song-
the dissonant twist and turns are clearer,
only when seen in the rear view mirror-
then one day,
it comes to you clearly, you don't know why-
one bright spot,
shining alone in a crowded sky-
you remember how the harmony would sound,
close your eyes and let it lift you off of the ground-
hey love, what's that song,
you can't remember 'cuz it's been too long,
turn off the radio, there's something wrong,
hey love, what's that song-
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4. |
Ridiculous
03:16
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Looking for a pattern on a piece of toast,
'cuz our bacon is blessed by the holy ghost,
ridiculous-
rich politicians on the left and right,
keep their kids home, send ours to fight,
ridiculous-
face of the shooter all over the news,
we wanna be famous, we can do that too,
ridiculous-
don't smile in a picture 'cuz it's out of style,
gotta join the duck faced rank and file,
ridiculous-
some things started out with meaning,
now it's ridiculous-
we want to think love over money and things,
but people think love is a diamond ring,
ridiculous-
ban those drugs, martini in hand,
we're drinking and driving to the promised land-
ridiculous-
some things started out with meaning,
now it's ridiculous-
try to live life by majority rules,
focus on a fight, not failing schools,
ridiculous-
give up the ghost on a world gone wrong,
or try to make it better by singing this song,
ridiculous-
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5. |
Disappear
04:05
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ghost of a child still lingers here,
move among the stones,
a fading angel's broken cross,
and markers over grown-
flowers they lay here, will disappear,
wilt like a memory and disappear-
voices hushed, they talk to you,
fingers trace your name,
years will pass and they will too,
guide you from this place-
flowers they leave, will disappear,
wilt like a memory and disappear-
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6. |
Highway song
05:12
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my cracker box walls were closing in,
it felt like the air was wearing thin,
I walked out the door, no where to be,
sat in the car for an hour, then I turned the key-
five hundred vacant miles, where the land unfolds,
I stopped at an empty house, on an empty road,
just like a dream, I saw my ghost inside,
and wondered where he'd go if I told him I would give him a ride-
turned around and headed back to my,
highway song, I can go anywhere, anywhere-
highway song, I wanna go anywhere,
anywhere but here-
I keep driving west, rolling into the sun,
no other runners on the road, I'm the only one,
something I need, out here on the road,
drown out the static in my head with the radio-
rolling on until my life is a,
highway song, I can go anywhere, anywhere-
highway song, I wanna go anywhere,
anywhere but here-
rolling on until my life is a,
highway song, I can go anywhere, anywhere-
highway song, I wanna go anywhere,
anywhere but here-
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7. |
I need you to lean on me
04:07
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I want to catch you when you're falling your way into worry,
look down at your hands, they might be wrapped in mine-
I'll be an anchor in the eye of a storm when it's brewing,
look up at the clouds, sun was there all this time-
I need you to lean on me,
still on your feet but how much more can you take-
I need you to lean on me,
hold me steady, I'll be here to break your fall-
I'll be around to help you stay on the ground when you're drifting,
just look around, I'm always easily found-
sometimes I think I may be too far to hear what you're thinking,
but you're never alone, as long as you want me around-
I need you to lean on me,
still on your feet but how much more can you take-
I need you to lean on me,
hold me steady, I'll be here to break your fall-
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8. |
We never ruled the world
05:00
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Crow, with the lightning in your eye,
tell the story of this world cracked open,
disappointed there was nothing inside-
Low, because our place is on the ground,
your brittle warning coming down like trees,
in a forest when there's no one around-
watching over London from your tower in the sky,
a thousand years of history reflected in your eyes,
you know we never ruled the world-
fly, with your murder if you must,
split your tongue and you can talk in two directions,
but you'll never learn to lie like us-
high, looking down on us again,
pass it on to all your kin when they gather,
on the roof of original sin-
watching over London from your tower in the sky,
a thousand years of history reflected in your eyes,
you know we never ruled the world-
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9. |
Shadow men
04:41
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you believe in us now,
we're out in the open,
sent to extract you today-
we heard from your head,
all the things left unspoken,
we were drawn by your negative wave....again-
we know it's been hard,
when you think of the old days,
no one else inside your head-
we lightened your hearts,
our way is better for you,
weeding out the malcontents-
we're the shadow men,
can't keep it to yourself,
so we gotta remove you,
shadow men-
we're the shadow men,
we know what you're thinking,
we can look right through you,
shadow men-
with you mind at stake,can't shake the shadow men-
you're a fifth column threat,
you think you want your freedom,
the freedom that you sold before-
with a chip in your head,
sooner or later,
you know we're gonna knock on your door-
we're the shadow men,
can't keep it to yourself,
so we gotta remove you,
shadow men-
we're the shadow men,
we know what you're thinking,
we can look right through you,
shadow men-
with you mind at stake,can't shake the shadow men-
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10. |
Mary Shelley's clown
03:50
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he can see them gather in the village below,
a river of torchlight,
slowly flowing up the hill-
too many times he was out all night,
blood and coffee in the morning light,
don't ask, don't tell-
animate a body after all the white lightning,
then deal with the devil'till the lights go out-
Mary Shelley's clown-
he could paint the town,
that was another life,
that he's not living now-
he scared everybody when he got loose,
they're coming up the hill with a hangman's noose,
they're closer now-
pitchfork posse on a lynchmob march,
he can hear the leader of the ring, he's barking,
burn it down-
animate a body after all the white lightning,
then deal with the devil'till the lights go out-
Mary Shelley's clown-
he could paint the town,
that was another life,
that he's not living now-
he couldn't last long in a second hand skin,
a stitch in time saves nine,
he started out with ten-
the castle on the hill went down in flames,
vigilante justice crucify,
the walking dead-
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mac charles Seattle, Washington
Singer/songwriter from the pacific northwest.
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