1. |
Saunter
03:31
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(instrumental)
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2. |
Before We Die
04:39
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I would love to take the time
And give you a piece of my mind
But I need you here today
Why can’t things just be alright
Don’t we love to dance and sigh
Let’s fix it now before we die
We could stand if we unite
But if you really want a fight
You can be the first to fall
Cuz fall we will if we divide
I’ll never want to take a side
We’ve come too far to lose it all
Before we die from all the shame
Before we die from all the blame
Before the bastards take our name
Before the menace can align
Before the pressure kills your mind
Before we’re out of precious time
I would love to take the cue
And tell my rivals what to do
But I ain’t no fascist pig
No matter what they try to pull
Your eyes are not designed for wool
Your heart’s not destined for the brig
And if that’s true for you than hell
Might be true for me as well
Strike a balance in the sky
The time has come to turn our sight
On those that want to make us fight
And shut them down before we die
Before we die from all the fear
Before we die to hollow cheer
Before we drown in salty tears
Before we lose our loving soul
Before the bastards lock control
Before we spin lead out of gold
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3. |
Take It In Stride
05:19
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Just so you know
Just so you know
I ain’t ever gonna go the way that you want me to go
Just so you know
Just so you know
I ain’t ever gonna go the way that you think I should go
A man goes walking down one day
All around the town, nothing doing baby
Not wearing a frown
Deep in thought, his focus caught
Truckin’ truckin’ angles of the same thing
Then a bell it rings
Cool cat all pumped out and fat
But not around the ankles god forbid
Pops the top up and off his coffin lid
Struts his shit and bugs my man
‘Hey brotha one word to your mother
What’s it now that’s got you feeling down?’
Ain’t too long before he starts to hum:
I took the blue pill, will you take the red?
One leaves you higher than life
One leaves you better off dead
Only option once you crack at your cage,
Yeah I’ll say it,
Is a game of roulette
Ah na na I took the blue pill
When are you gonna swallow the red?
But just so you know
Just so you know
I ain’t ever gonna go the way that you want me to go
Just so you know
Just so you know
I ain’t ever gonna go the way the you think I should go
Man I’m talking about ain’t no stranger to drugs
He drinks the drink he smokes the smoke
And yeah he’s even tried love
He’s tried the happy faces
Popped the powder puff n snuff
He hoarded snorted all that stupid shit to stave off boredom
But it bored him in the face of the adventure, yeah
That indetermined nature
Springs a girl and springs a song
For your cool shit to sing along
But you don’t want to be seen with him
He’s got to hide
You don’t need who he is
You just need an aside
It’s like you’re talking to yourself
When you look him half in the eye and say uh
‘Why can’t you take it in stride?’
I took the blue pill, will you take the red?
One leaves you higher than life
One leaves you better off dead
The only option once you crack at your cage,
Yeah I’ll say it,
Is a game of roulette
Ah na na I took the blue pill
When are you gonna swallow the red?
But just so you know
Just so you know
I ain’t ever gonna go the way that you think I should go
Just so you know
Just so you know
I ain’t ever gonna go the way that you think I will go
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4. |
Can't Stop It
04:42
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I can believe can believe
Can believe you would say
You want me you want me
You want me to g-go away
Breaks my heart breaks my heart
Breaks my heart all the same
You gotta lead you gotta lead
You gotta lead with your gut
You gotta dig gotta dig
You’re diggin’ out of this rut
You carved your name carved your name
You carved your name on my heart
You can’t stop it
You can’t stop it
You can’t stop it
You can’t stop it
You can’t stop it
You can’t stop it
You can’t stop it and I don’t want to
And neither do you
I miss your eyes miss your eyes
Miss your eyes every day
Miss your thighs miss your thighs
In the worst of the ways
You were mine you were mine
And I don’t care what you say
And I won’t and I won’t
And I won’t cut it out
Though I’ve bled though I’ve bled
Though I’ve bled all about
All I taste all I taste
Yeah all I taste is your mouth
You can’t stop it
You can’t stop it and I don’t want to
And neither do you
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5. |
The Silver Lining
07:15
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I was almost dying
Just a little bit more and I’d be gone for good
But when the silver lining broke through
It broke through
Yeah time was flying
Just a little too quick for it to dawn on you
That where the silver lining takes you
You’re taken to
But what about the rain?
What about the guilt?
But what about the faith
Pouring down on this life that we’ve built?
Can I just let it all be killed?
Or can I find the will
Can I find it can I find it
To set it off
To get it off of the ground
To not be lost
To turn around and be found
Yeah
There was no time for crying
With one little look in her baby’s eyes she knew
That when the silver lining took her hand
It got her through
Yeah now she’s straight surviving
The shaking earth fades into the rear view
Cuz when the silver lining stole her heart
It saved it too
But what about the rain?
What about the guilt?
But what about the faith
Pouring down on this life that we’ve built
Can I just let it all be killed?
Or can I find the will
Can I find it Can I find it
To set it off
To get it off of the ground
To not be lost
To turn around and be found
Yeah
To not be lost
To turn around and be found
Yeah
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6. |
Upside Down Ocean
06:50
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Told you that my world’s an ocean
So you flipped me upside down
Now every time I try to fly
I start to drown
Not exactly rocket science
But it ain’t no hot air balloon
Not exactly paper airplanes
We need a change, we need it soon
Show me how to love the sun
And I will show you how to love the moon
Show me how to love the sun
And I will show you how to love the moon
Sacrificial golden idol
Was all I kept for self esteem
And your painted, smiling, porcelain face
The pillar upon which I’d lean
Once you steal you’re a thief forever
Break a heart, broken will be yours
See how we deny this fruit we’ve eaten
And in the same breath tell stories of our scars
Show me how to be forgiven
And I will show you how to love your scars
Show me how to love this life I’m living
And I will show you how to open doors
Was it that you went away
Or that I didn’t stop you
And the things that you brought me
Is that what I brought you
Is it that you stayed away
Or that I didn’t bring you
And the way that you haunt me
Is that how I haunt you?
Yeah
And this time we promise
It was meant to last
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7. |
Geyser
05:06
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(instrumental)
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Zen Junkie New Westminster, British Columbia
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