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Look Me Up
03:11
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Do your thinking all alone with each other
Your eyes are blinking slow to make sure they’re covered
So while you’re under there, come back with a lover
You’ll thank me
You should re-read all the letters she wrote you
I tell you, you’ll thank me
Do it in the park, ‘cause that’s where you hover
Fulminatin’ dreams to keep you above her
Has instead of had in this case would make you glad
Yeah, you’ll thank me
You should decrease all the numbers you’re citing
Yeah, you’ll thank me
But now you’ll do it all alone
‘Cause I guess you were enough for me
You’ll have to do it on your own
Because I guess you were too much for me
But look me up when you want to try again
Look me up then
She wrote a couple books that you just discovered
You smile about the ways which you made her suffer
Don’t hate her for that fact that she hates you
I tell you, you’ll thank me
You should look at all the ghosts you’re attracting
Yeah, you’ll thank me
I know that you don’t mind if she has a husband
Or that you already tried this once with her cousin
Don’t take it personal that you can’t break her will
And you’ll thank me
If you want to know truth, don’t go roof to roof
Yeah, you’ll thank me
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2. |
Cake Parade
03:23
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The sun is up, looks like a perfect day
To put our soldiers on a cake parade
We can line them up and march them down the hall
Where they can play at guns and we don't have to look at all
Another sailor sleeping well today
Another mother misses her lonely son's birthday
His bed is empty, not sure where he'd gone
With his All-Stars and Nirvana t-shirt on
And if we try to raise their memory
You know it makes no difference
They'll send our boys for boot camp fun
And teach them to be men
If the sun could shine
On us always we'd go blind
But for all the rain in sight
You know I wouldn't mind
The sun is gone looks like a perfect day
To put our soldiers in an early grave
We can line them up and lay them on the lawn
With all their purple hearts and badges of courage on
And if we try to raise their memory
You know it's only second best
To all the boys who never will
Who never will be men
If the sun could shine
On us always we'd go blind
But for all the rain in sight
You know I wouldn't mind
If the sun could shine
On us always we'd be fine
And just to see him one more time
You know I wouldn't mind
We'll send you hands of shining stars
So you can fill your pretty globe
And navigate the seashell graves
And safely find your way home
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3. |
Need Your Needs
03:33
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Oh, I thought I saw you right where we were walking
Back in my evil days
Oh, my God, you’re talking right where we were walking
Back in my evil days
Go look through the window if you’re wondering why I’ve been low
I don’t miss my evil days
But when I see you walking, I can hear us talking
Back in the evil days
What you say doesn’t mean a thing to me anymore
What you do doesn’t mean a thing to me anymore
The color of your hair, it almost gets you there
But it’s too coarse to call it fine
So you cut it off and gave it to your boyfriend
Then you had to borrow mine
Let’s take to the sirens with a tire iron
Silence the offending choir
But when I hear you talking, I’m so glad I’m walking
Into a quiet fire
What you say doesn’t mean a thing to me anymore
What you do doesn’t mean a thing to me anymore
You need your needs to get along
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4. |
Long Week
03:23
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All of the fortune tellers say
It's gonna be a long week a long week
‘Cause you got used to the upswing
The feeling of a winning streak
But the clouds the clouds are taking
Their spot on the stage
And the weatherman is calling for a cold rain
So cry your eyes out pretty baby
Hold my hand and try your tongue
Oh it's been heavy round here lately
And you'll feel lighter when you're done
All of the hands on the clocks say
That it's getting late
And you've been hanging around in
The same old place
And the clouds the clouds are taking
Their spot on the stage
And the weatherman is calling for a cold rain
So cry your eyes out pretty baby
Hold my hand and try your tongue
Oh it's been heavy round here lately
And you'll feel lighter when you're done
Well the lightning strikes every minute
In this place in this place in this place
And it would be a miracle
If we get out of here unscathed
All of the fortune tellers say that it looks like rain
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5. |
More Lights
03:21
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Broad tires sand the streets in victory
By sidewalks framed with jealous grass
The lack of change that defines infinite
Is the only thing that comes to pass
We know what we ought to know
We know what we have to know
We need more lights on in our neighborhood and in our homes
All of the rooftops crowd the infinite
Block out the stars and shield the sun
The streetlamps line the streets in victory
The nouveau constellations
We know what we ought to know
We know what we have to know
We need more lights on in our neighborhood and in our homes
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6. |
Henry And Hanzy
03:15
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I know I can’t be in the sun too long
I know that I stare at the screen too long
I know that the questions I ask are wrong
But your answers are right ‘cause you know I’m wrong
I think you should start to sing along
When I start to get all the words just wrong
You’ve got a mouth that doesn’t know weak or strong
Oh, it needs to move today
I’m sorry I spoke of the past too long
But the future is boring, it takes too long
I finally found a place where we both belong
And there’s no one in the room that can hear our song
I think you should start to sing along
When I start to get the words just wrong
You’ve got a mouth that doesn’t know weak or strong
Oh, it needs to move today
And although the words may be lying
I prefer it to truth
I’m gonna make you over
Before they take you down
Your warmth is getting colder
Can you feel it?
Now that the planet is dead and gone
We can finally buy the place that we sought all along
Henry and Hanzy can learn the songs
And we’ll get a new band going before too long
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7. |
Comfortable Headphones
03:54
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The depths of your dreams carry sulfur and steam
I don’t know how light can escape
You’ll grace a path to its vulgar extreme
And leave behind videotape
So I want to make sure that you know
That you don’t have to go
We want you here at home
With the masters that you own
And your comfortable headphones
Ambition runs from our family
We don’t like anyone to disagree
Flavor your battles with light paranoia
And you’ll find out that you’re free
So I want to make sure that you know
That you don’t have to go
We want you here at home
With the masters that you own
And your comfortable headphones
Your comfortable headphones
With the friends you already know
We insist that you not go
I know that you know that we constitute more than
Ninety percent of your soul
But it’s the rest that disturbs us the best and
Renders you healthy and whole not old and slow
We think music is for the air
And our music is everywhere
You use the letters that don’t have a sender
To help you to count one to two
But if you remember your family is watching
The words can mean far more than you
We think music is for the air
And our music is everywhere
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8. |
Hard Feelings
02:11
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Can’t you see there’s treasure all around
But everybody’s still digging underground
Thunder is still a frightening sound
But we’re just finding things we already found
Except for you
You never had any credit cards
And I do want you to know that
These feelings will always be hard for you
And I hope that yours will be hard for me, too
If everything that you say is true
Then tap, tap, tap meant nothing, too
Record the sounds of a childish love
Yeah, there’s spiders in the couch and ghosts above
You can lock all the locks that you want to
But the crack in the door lets them see right through
And I know every room in this house for sure
But I don’t want to live in there anymore
Then there’s you
You never had any credit cards
And I do want you to know that
These feelings will always be hard for you
And I hope that yours will be hard for me, too
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9. |
Places
03:08
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You want another one to tell you what’s in it
You want another, that’s all
You want another one to help you to get it
You want another, that’s all
Your mother knows you’re not the kind who can be
On your own, like the friends you won’t see
Here’s everything I know
You never let anything go
Now I know that you weren’t born, you were made
Harmony sounds like nothing
Just an observer even though you have played
And think that counts for something
Your father knows you’re not the kind who can be
On your own, like the friends you won’t see
Here’s everything I know
You never let anything go
Ring of friends ‘round you
Legs underground
You run just like a dry submarine
Copying the colors of a long-distance brother
Who lied to you in French and in between
Your brother knows you’re not the kind who can be
On your own, like the friends you won’t see
Here’s everything I know
You never let anything go
Home again to where no one is living
You know these places the best
Miles of aisles lined with kindness and killing
To which you never confessed
Ring of friends ‘round you
Legs underground
You run just like a dry submarine
Copying the colors of a long-distance brother
Who lied to you in French and in between
Every night a look about the room before the lights go out
To prove you’re right, this place is painted green
Stacks of dedication yield little inspiration
To move yourself beyond the screen
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10. |
Cheap Champagne
03:56
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Falling, falling down again
Watch your, watch your step
They line the traps along the avenues
They leave the boulevards a mess
And then they sell us pretty pills to take the pain away
They sell us pretty pills to ease the pain
They let us wash it down with cheap champagne
They sell us pretty pills to ease the pain
But they're not fooling me
Across the, across the universe
They're calling us by name
But the radio frequency
Is jamming up again
And we can't hear the sound of symphony
Over some simple melody
The boots they file and march so willingly
And we can't hear the symphony
But they're not fooling me
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11. |
You Can Have It
03:12
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Standing in line at the pharmacy
Don’t you know that’s the girl for me
Whatever it takes to feel good, you’ll do
Whatever fields they quizzed you on, you knew
Let’s get in line at the pharmacy
They give me all that I want for free
The costs alone could set you back a year
Think of the sounds you’ll never get to hear
You will understand what they mean
When they say that dirty feels clean
You will renounce all your habits
When I say that you can have it
So when you land on the verdant green
Will you like it that you’ll be seen
All of my eyes will fully be aware
That you picked your own clothes to wear
Don’t you think that you said too much
When you told me your cheeks don’t blush
Lay me down and let me see the stars
And I’ll wake in the arms with passing scars
You will understand what they mean
When they say that dirty feels clean
You will renounce all your habits
When I say that you can have it
“The life of a genius is a sad one, I mean it,”
If you say so
“Well, I’ve got a habit and you can have it, if you want to”
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12. |
Only 'Cause You're Young
03:23
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What you want is to not want
And keep yourself on the ground
A book of rules to adhere to
Something that’ll keep you around
Well, you can make it silent
You can make it violent
Only ‘cause you’re young, you know
Yeah, you can live with silence
You can live with violence
Only ‘cause you’re young, you know
Don’t you know that you’re profound?
Make sure that you write things down
Don’t destroy the footage
Of yourself creating the town
Let’s take it down to the basement
The cool air is a crown
Isn’t this the world that we mastered
Without even making a sound?
Well, you can make it silent
You can make it violent
Only ‘cause you’re young, you know
Yeah, you can live with violence
You can live with silence
Only ‘cause you’re young, you know
Just be sure not to look down
Drinking iced tea on the roof
Isn’t this the way that we break down?
Isn’t this the way to the truth?
Well, you can make it violent
You can make it silent
Only ‘cause you’re young, you know
Yeah, you can live with violence
You can live with silence
Only ‘cause you’re young, you know
Well, you can make it silent
You can make it violent
Only ‘cause you’re young, you know
Yeah, you can live with silence
You can live with violence
Only ‘cause you’re young, you know
You are forgiven for earning a living and closing the book on the past
But your nostalgia for former endeavors will unforgivably last
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