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Lose
04:42
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you stand still in the rain and I hope and I pray that you don't feel like I do
like I do
do you feel the cold water soak underneath your hair
and do you feel the way our lives are ending before our eyes
and I hope and I pray that you don't feel like I do
like I do
oh, the angry man can kick his dog
and the mother can have patience
the holy man can understand
what the child already knows
but here I am trying to love
when I know I'll lose you all
I will lose you all
like a madman screaming your name
death comes knocking in the middle of a sunny day
when you want to close your eyes
you're forced to gaze upon eternity
and I can only hope that you're right here with me
you're right here with me
It makes me sick to hear myself bitching and moaning
and pushing you away
acting like I have a choice
as if the things I do create my world
I should be glad that I don't have to choose
I don't have to choose
when your heart breaks in two
it's up to you which half you're gonna use
which half you're gonna use
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2. |
Fortress
04:54
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I know you have a well of sadness within you
I want to repair the tear that is in you
but building bridges is a messy job
I fear I will lose you in the thickening fog
break my heart and build yourself a fortress
to keep out the terror if you never need me
you are my reverie
I'd empty myself if I knew it would fill you
I wanted you then and you know that I still do
almost feels right to be without you now
I want to love you but I don't know how
I don't know how
break my heart and build yourself a fortress
to keep out the terror if you never need me
you ease my jealousy
has your part in my movie been purposeless?
or will I have a chance to study the surface
of your arms bent in sleep next to me?
will I convince you that you can trust me?
you can trust me
break my heart and build yourself a fortress
to keep out the terror if you never need me
you are my destiny
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3. |
Spider Song
04:58
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what's the use of thinking about anything at all
if when you turn around there's a spider on the wall
saying I am the only true one and I cannot be denied
out of refuse you've made barriers behind which you try to hide
all the things deep inside you that will never have a name
and the ones all around you of which you are the same
what's the use of having eyes with which to see
if you're gonna listen to the ones who don't believe
oh they say that your weakness will overcome your love
and they say that you're dreaming but that soon you will wake up
but I say you're alive as you're ever gonna be
and if you don't believe me, you just wait and see
what's all the fuss?
where are the meek and the weary and when will they rise up?
when will they rise up?
here I sit beneath this bridge as the freeway roars above
and I can feel the poison as it seeps into my lungs
well I tell you I ain't been here long but I think I've had enough
of smoothing out my clothes when I inside I still feel rough
and the only solace that we have is an understanding touch
and if you tell me what you believe then I will take your hand
'cause here you are and here I am and none of this was planned
what's the use of trying to change anything at all
if when you turn around there's that spider on the wall
saying you are the devil's plaything and you haven't got a chance
oh you think you are so erudite but you're here by happenstance
and just like the snakes and the birds of prey you were put upon this earth
pain will test you, love will break you and time will tell your worth
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4. |
Squeeze
04:24
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please release me
won't you teach me how to be good?
I'll do what I should and I won't forget you
crowded cities, empty plains
they call my name, they call my name
but I remain the same
someday I'll breathe and it will be easy
but today it's a squeeze
questions will be answered, lights will turn on
but today I am wrong
I am wrong
please tell me a story
with a middle and a beginning
and please let there be, let there be no ending
and I will believe you
sometimes I get so tired
standing on the wire
so careful
let me be, let me live recklessly
and I'll never blame you
no one ever told me exactly who I should be
but I know, yes I know and I'm the only one who knows
and I won't forget it
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5. |
Dust
04:15
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some days the weight of time bears down upon me
and I can't find my place
some days I remember the truth
that I'll live forever in your love
the harder I try to stand on my feet
I feel like I am stepping on my heart
I cannot forgive myself for what I share
with the people who I don't believe are there
the games that we play
the things that I say
all turn to dust when you hold me in your arms
watching my youth slip away
one more hour, one more day
watching the weight of the world crushing you
knowing there's nothing I can do
no one, no one, no one will ever know
if I've done what I came here to do
tables turn and love it fades
but that doesn't mean that I don't love you
why can't I tell you the truth?
I think that you would understand
what it means to be alive
knowing it's all gonna end
I don't want to be paralyzed, I don't want to pretend
I wanna feel, I wanna be real
want to you know I'm your friend
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6. |
Changeling
04:51
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changeling, why do you look so strange?
I know you're not a puzzle piece, a cog in the machine
you're free and it scares me
changeling, when you talk to me
the smoke is cleared out of my eyes
and I peer behind the paper screen
it shines and I know it's mine
you can't say what makes you this way
you don't understand my words
but I'd give everything I have to live
among your kind
so change me into one I want to be
it's been too long on the outside
looking in from behind the screen
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7. |
21st Century
05:07
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I opened my eyes this morning to the sun
but it took me a while to remember where I was
in the middle of a city in the 21st century
if this is where I am then this is where I'm supposed to be
can you measure happiness, how can you measure faith?
do you know who I am, do you recognize my face?
when everyone around me is hanging by a string
and everyone pretends, but no one knows anything
oh, if I knew then I would tell you
oh, if you'd let me I would take you
oh, no one knows the truth but we'll die for it just the same
earthbound now but not for long, so touch me while you can
never let me scare you, just be my loving man
though years and days and hours will swallow up our love
and we'll be left with nothing but the stars in the sky above
I would have you think that my intentions are pure
that I'm searching for the magic key to open up the door
but I truly find no meaning in a law laid down by man
and I all I really want is just to hold your hand
I'm waiting for the day when I find some other way
but for now I'll go on loving you
'cause it's the only thing I can do
it's the only thing I can do
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8. |
Man Power
04:43
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you think I care what you have to say
you think it's your job to show me the way
but I ain't got time for an insecure child
please move along, you're in my way
man power stops me in my tracks
man power pulls in from my grasp
it's time to sing a different tune
you build it up, we'll burn it down
this is no place for your kind of town
man power puts me in my place
man power rubs it in my face
it's time to sing a different tune
man power puts me in my place
man power it's gonna be erased
it's time to sing a different tune
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9. |
Shrug It Off
06:14
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when I think about the times I thought that I was right
I thought I knew a thing or two and that everything was fine
I was just a child then, deluded to the core
the things that I knew then, I don't know them anymore
it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all
but should a woman spend her life at his beck and call
when you gamble with your freedom zero is the score
the things that I knew then, I don't know them anymore
the radio it tells me you can't trust a desperate man
you must protect your freedom, you gotta get it while
and that's the way it has to be; some have less and some have more
the things they told me then, I won't listen anymore
don't let no one tell you this ain't the time to be brave
there's a way to treat each other, there's a way to behave
and the ones on top are terrified that we'll break down the wall
the ones I am supposed to trust, I don't trust them at all
everyone's a critic, everyone's got their ideas
everyone's an actor, looking for lines to steal
it's too much, there's too many
you gotta realize you don't need any
and the weight of the world won't leave your shoulders 'till you shrug it off
all is fair in love and war and also at the bank
if you ain't got the money you only got yourself to thank
and the powerful names play the same old games
because they're tried and true
the things that I know now, I wish I never knew
if we can't learn to recognize a human when we see one
if we go on to demonize those we place beneath us
we walk into a trap designed to divide us more
the things that I knew then, I don't know them any more
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10. |
Metamorphosis
06:33
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I want to keep it for myself (for myself)
don't want to give it to nobody else (nobody else)
when we go walking I always get lost
you got me talking and you say I'm the boss
you say I'm the boss
I am what I am, metamorphosis
I want to keep it for myself (for myself)
don't want to give it to nobody else (nobody else)
when I feel beautiful I want to be seen
I need to be punished when I'm being mean
when I'm being mean
I am what I am, metamorphosis
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Cicada New Orleans, Louisiana
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Bayley Crow-bass and vocals,
Hannah Schaeffer-drums
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