1. |
Keep Running
03:27
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Keep running
They are coming
They'll do anything
To steal your everything
Keep Running
They are not stopping
Don't you let them near
They can smell your fear
There is nothing else
That can hold your soul
Don't depend on any wealth
'Cause it won't help
Take what you want
It wont be long
Until they do the same to you
And find a way to break you
You're only letting them in
You're only letting them win
Just to become another one
Of their collection
Don't you worry
I'll be there in a hurry
Hold on to what makes them weak
Your identity
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2. |
Rusted Crown
03:30
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I don't know where else to go
On the wrong side of the road
Everyone is
A little crooked
As the rat wakes up from her sleep
Take a little bite of me
We say nothing
We say nothing
As we're lying in the dirt
Picking at Mother Earth
She is crying out to me
"Man, I can't get no sleep"
I don't wanna leave her alone
But I really gotta get out of this
Wretched place, oh boy
Now I'm under a neon sign
A man comes up from behind
He keeps talking
About nothing
All of his words spill on the bar
Traveled short and missed the mark
I don't know what
He is saying
As I get down on the ground
To pick up my fallen crown
He is crying out to me
"Man, I can't get no relief"
I don't wanna leave him alone
But I really gotta get out of this
Situation
As I'm laying in my bed
Waiting for this night to end
An angel comes down to me
Softly sings me to sleep
Takes off my rusted crown
Lays my head back down so I can
Dream 'bout something else
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3. |
Limerence
03:57
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A few more days 'til I see you
I don't want to
Make you feel just like I do
So empty
Running down the hallway like a banshee
From your own ghosts
Someone came saying that you almost
Fell for me
It always
Gets better
When I'm around you
But you caught me
Pretending
I'm over you
Falling in and out of limerence I
Rush it sometimes
But when I look into your eyes
I see heaven
Looking back at me with omnipotence
Leaves me reverent
Finding nirvana in your presence
You caught me
It always
Gets better
When I'm around you
But you caught me
Pretending
I'm over you
Come here by me
If you want to
Come here by me
If you're scared
We'll make the ghosts but reflection
Echo out and
Disappear
It always
Gets better
When I'm around you
But you caught me
Pretending
I'm over you
It always
Gets better
When I'm around you
It always
Gets better
When I'm around you
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4. |
Plagiarized Daydreams
05:00
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Can someone please help me
Get me on my feet
I'm through chasing
Plagiarized daydreams
The more that I notice
The less I feel within
Always trying to fix
Things that I shouldn't
Ever worry about
Can someone please help me
I can't feel a thing
Not the summer breeze
Nor everyone smiling
Passing by my window
I can see them come and go
Feeling something good
That I misunderstood
That I don't think I'll ever know
My heart is poisoned
My brain is dulled
I'm kept in silence
I'm kept culled
But I'm having such a good day
I'm having such a good day
I'm having such a good day
Please don't cast me away
But I'm having such a good day
I'm having such a good day
I'm having such a good day
Will someone come and play
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5. |
Diamond Ring
03:56
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She
Is gonna take you out tonight
alright
Go
Go enjoy your time spent with her
By your side as she
She will show you off to all her friends
Like some prize she's won
She's a collector
Of all pretty things
She's a collector
And he
He will fill your heart with precious words
Original just
Just so you know that you're on his mind
All the time but
Soon to find out you are one
Of a million
They're all collectors
Of all pretty things
They're all collectors
And they'll say anything
To keep you where they need
Whether its on a trophy shelf
Or collecting dust like everybody else
Just like everyone else
Just like everyone else
And you
You shine brighter than a diamond ring
Or anything that words
Words could be used to define your soul
Its all they know but don't
Don't fall for this petty game
Its all the same in the end
They're all collectors
Of all pretty things
They're all collectors
And they'll say anything
To keep you where they need
Whether its on a trophy shelf
Or collecting dust like everybody else
Just like everyone else
Just like everyone else
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6. |
Melt
04:35
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I wish I could melt into the wall
I would become a painting to behold
Everyone around would stop and stare
Someone could trying to steal me if they dare
And they would stare
And they would stare
I would be so very beautiful
And anyone who wanted to see
Me
Could
I wish I could melt into the street
I would watch as the riot swallowed the police
Everyone around would know my name
As the street for when the day came
And they'd know my name
They'd know my name
I would be marked down in history
as the street that lived
In infamy
The walls are cracking
While the floor is shaking
And all the tourists have run away
The riot in my head
Wants all the noise to be dead
While the thief only came to steal my name
The only thing I know
Is this frame that I call home
Some silly rules made up by society
I wish I could melt into the pillars
Of the Seattle monorail
I would keep everyone else safe
From falling into my cement grave
And I'd keep them safe
And I'd keep them safe
I would be so strong and mighty
And I would have a purpose
To this existence
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7. |
Haunted Love
03:28
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You stood out in the back of the dive bar
Your bright eyes
Amongst white noise
Leading me through unto you
Among the fog
As you spoke you electrified my
Frankenstein
Soul that I
Kept around hidden
Among the torch light
As the ghosts dance and sway
Our eyes met without delay
The shadows started to fade
Until the time we looked away
As we got closer and closer to my home
Drunkenly
Numb to the
Possibly idea this was all a mistake
The next morning I woke up a vampire
After I
Sucked you dry
You told me you had to tell him the truth
I think I could have fallen in love
Maybe I might have
But what can we do
In a haunted relationship
In a nightmare
You were a perfect dream
One that I thought I could bare
But now it only seems
That we're back to walking the line
And pretending that everything's fine
As the wolves howl to the moon
I hope to see you soon
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8. |
Train
03:09
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Ridin' on a train
Tryin' to find my own way
I don't really know where
But I hope I get there soon
In a metal car
Riding on some steal bars
Neither the conductor
Nor the ticket taker speaks
But I wanna know
I wanna know
Where we're going
No one talks to me
Everyone's just staring
If I make a sound they
All will surround me
So I sit quite still
Staring out my window sill
Try to just ignore them
But I hear them whispering
But I wanna know
I wanna know
Where we're going
I wanna know
I wanna know
Where we're going
I am a tree
Among wind and water dancing
In fields of vibrant green
Man made borders
Herding Mother Nature
Are now encroaching me
Are now encroaching me
Living on demand
With a pistol in my hand
It can only fire if its pointed at my head
But I need to know
I need to know
Where we're going
I need to know
I need to know
Where we're going
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9. |
Love That Never Fit
03:18
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Eyes of blue, lips of pink
Only leaves me to think
Of a life spent with you
Everyone will stop and stare
Though they never seem to care
Of what goes on in your head
But I don't know why you
Keep coming back
I got nothing left to give
But If you wait a while
I'm sure I can find it
Find the love that never fit
Tattooed sleeves, metal rings
And all the other things
Left in the aftermath
From a war you've won before
For a look you can call your own
Independent and beautiful
But I don't know why you
Keep coming back
I got nothing left to give
But If you wait a while
I'm sure I can find it
Find the love that never fit
Never fit
But I don't know why you
Keep coming back
I got nothing left to give
But If you wait a while
I'm sure I can find it
Find the love that never fit
Never fit
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10. |
False Savior
04:15
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Pounding down Rainiers at the end of a lonely pier
The water looks so refreshing
Try to take a swim, only to find your drowning in
The Kentucky river
Your friends are all behind you, there is no looking back
As you can't move too fast
Try to turn and face them, only to get the spins
And fade away
'Cause all you ever do is drink yourself to sleep
And pray on some false savior to put you on your feet
All you ever do is drink yourself to sleep
And pray on some false savior to put you on your feet
A son and his mother come home to find his father
Passed out underneath the table
He doesn't know what the bottle means only that
It's what his father drinks every night
He asks mom, "what's he doing there?"
He thinks it looks a little weird
As his mom takes him out the door
Onto the local church where they spent the night before
'Cause all you ever do is drink yourself to sleep
And pray on some false savior to put you on your feet
All you ever do is drink yourself to sleep
And pray on some false savior to put you on your feet
I don't know why you're always saying that
It is better to live in pretend
Calling out to this enveloping abyss
Trying to find all of the things you missed
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11. |
Cupid's Arrow
03:45
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There's a color in my head
It wont leave me alone
As the cigar slowly burns
Its got nowhere to go
So I just smoked it down
Left a funny taste in my mouth
No longer can I breath in
I'll have to do without
This lung
And this heart
Are filled with blackening tar
He said he was your lover
With real debonair
Filled you up with warm words
That weren't really there
His hands were upon yours
Felt just like shackles
Frozen straight to the heart
It felt so cold
His heart
And his mouth
Were filled with crippling doubt
Cupid shot my arrow
Straight for your heart
But a raven flew in
Stole it away
My quiver
Is all cleaned
I'm left with
All of these doubts
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12. |
Ocean Floor
03:12
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Everyone saying
They're doing ok and
Finally feel at ease
But you aren't staying
Awake for no reason
You gotta kill this disease
They say its so easy
They say its so simple
They begin to question you
While you're out chasing
Year old daydreams
That are becoming untrue
But I wanna know
What is on the ocean shore
A pearl inside a shell
Totally being ignored
Lookin' up high we
Try and we try
Just to stand up on our feet
But I'm looking low down
My hands are on the ground
Just searching on my knees
For lasting leisure
Or simple pleasure
From the things that bind me
While I see your eyes red
Leaving things unsaid
Avoiding scrutiny
But I wanna know
What is on the ocean floor
A pearl inside a shell
Totally being ignored
So will you stay with me tonight
Just so I know you'll be alright
Yeah, will you stay by my side
While we wait for the ebb of the tide
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Spencer Carlson Seattle, Washington
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