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Northern Star
03:31
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He just wanted a one-night stand
That carried one month too long
Bloomed into a full relationship
That felt completely wrong
And don’t you dare ask why
‘Cos he wont wanna explain
How he loved you for just
One day
Yet you’re constantly telling me you don’t need a man
To break your heart again
Your north star died a long time ago
That would’ve led you to a place you’ll never know
Scream at the Earth the mother of
All this confusion
But she just told you to be quiet
And quit your bitching
If you complain than you’re crazy
But don’t hide in your shell
‘Cos I would love you more than you could ever
Hate yourself
Yet you’re constantly telling me you don’t need a man
To break your heart again
Your north star died a long time ago
That would’ve led you to a place you’ll never know
And all you’ve got are all your
Fears and insecurities
And all shit that people put
In your head
And all I’ve got are all my
Fears and insecurities
But when I’m with you I am
So captivated
When I saw in your eyes it was like
Looking into space infinite
All the emotional planets orbiting around
What’s looking back at me
And the laugh that brought me back to
When I was a child and everything was fine
It was like a soft song to let my
Heart unwind
Yet you’re constantly telling me you don’t need a man
To break your heart again
Your north star died a long time ago
That would’ve led you to a place you’ll never know
Constantly telling me you don’t need a man
To break your heart again
So, I will be that close friend
Who will be there until the end
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2. |
Keep Running
03:21
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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 save your soul
Don't depend on any wealth
'Cause it won't help
Take what you want
It won't be long
Until they do the same to you
Find a way to break you
You're only letting the 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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3. |
Melt
03:59
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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 try to steal me if they dare
And they would stare
And they would stare
I would be so 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 wall is 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 pillar
Of the Seattle monorail
I would keep everybody else safe
From falling into my cement grave
And I'd keep them safe
I'd keep them safe
I would have a purpose to this existence
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4. |
False Savior
04:17
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Pounding down Rainiers and the end of a lonely pier
The water looks so refreshing
Try to take a swim, only to find yourself 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 pick you off 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 pick you off 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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5. |
Parallel
04:09
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I am a mute tree
John Barleycorn laughing at me, through me
Sometimes I feel like a witch that must
Drown in an ocean just to prove I'm human
As I go downtown to witness
A public hanging of someone who's innocent
Before they send him down, he said out loud
Words that brought me to my knees
As he said,
"Don't you cry for me
They can't own me
Before I go in peace
I wanna leave you with one thing
All our pain is parallel
Save a life and save yourself
Find a kindred heart
Before yours tears apart
Take the pain and find a way
To help another through
The things that burn in you
The things that burn in you"
John Barleycorn saw me, tried to console me
With words I'd never wish to hear
As my chest fills with angry acid
My stomach turns on end
As he said,
"Don't you cry for him
He is a man of sin
Only to be forgotten
You are nothing like him
You are still a free man
Go on and live your life
While you still got the time"
But if I'm truly free
Why do you haunt me?
Like a ghost that no one can see
Yet when I walk the town
I can see it all around
People who are just as scared as me
I'm praying for the day
When we'll all walk away
From all your lies that left us hypnotized but
I guess for now
I'll look up at the clouds
And pray that the rain will wash your filth away
For good
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6. |
Slowing Shapes
03:15
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Light the match and fade away
Everything will be okay
Or at least that's what they say
Kill the past for a day
Put the paper under your tongue
Watch all the shapes turn out wrong
Look and stare up at the sky
Wondering why, wondering why
Slowing Shapes are in your mind
Try to leave this world behind
Slowing doubts are in your head
Try to forget them but instead
Are you lonely or are you alone?
Are you away or are you home?
Is there somewhere you'd rather be
Than with the things that you see?
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7. |
Jilted
03:20
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Tonight
You're going out to try
To find someone
To rise above
This tidal wave
But when
You try and stand up tall
Your fear it brings you down
And everyone around
Will watch as you're falling apart
And they don't know who you are
But it's ok
And their
Words will come
Like a loaded gun
Pointed at the wrong target
As your ghost
Came to steal your crown
Didn't make a sound
So everyone will doubt
While you are falling apart
And they don't care who you are
But it's ok
Like a butterfly you can't catch
Like a champion who's met his match
Every time you find something new
Old memories keep breaking through
Like a broken bridge that's burnt to ash
Overlooked and fading fast
Like poem that nobody gets
With a clear thought you can't express
There was a time you though you knew
But war wounds weathered what you thought was true
You're a toy soldier wound up so tight
All the gears that moved you have broke inside
And now
Afraid to make a sound
Don't want to be called out
By people who are just clueless
To the guilt
That's manifest inside
Afraid to even try
So everyone will sign
While you are falling apart
The poison's reached your jilted heart
Don't go away
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8. |
Puget Sound
02:13
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Drifting down the Snohomish River
I want to step out, but don't want to shiver
I don't really know where this blue current flows
I don't care, I'll go where the water takes me
As I float by the big shining city
I want to know why they look with such pity
They build to the sky, just to fall and then retry
I don't care, I'm not scared, I'm only watching.
I once had the strength to fight off the current
Go my own way, complete and coherent
But I hear a sound, got lost and then turned around
Unprepared, I got scared, jumped in the Puget Sound
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Stuck on the side of the road
Confused with no where to go
People can see me,
Yet they keep on walking
Away, with nothing to say
Fear and anger holding me down
Just trying to reach out
Try and say hello
But I don't really know
How to make a sound
In a world full of opinions
I'm lost between what's fact and fiction
The universe is screaming
Yet no one is changing
As the world remains idle
Brain filled with haunting words
As my heart desire burns
Bottling down this riot
Just to keep quiet
For you what can I do?
Don't tell me how to be a man
'Cause I wont ever understand
How living in a binary
That tries to define me
Can be good for me
In a world full of opinions
I'm lost between what’s fact and fiction
The universe is screaming
Yet we keep on fighting
Arguments that don't go anywhere
All of your words and
All of your opinions
Cast it down a deep well
That no one dare drinks from
No one wants to listen
To what you have got to sell
All of your words and
All of your hatred
Can only harden your heart
If one tried to love you
How would you know what to do
How can you open your heart?
If you don't know where to start?
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