1. |
How Could You...?
03:52
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How could you forget about everything,
all the sweaty nights we spent last spring?
Oh, I could never leave this happily
Losing you leaves me with nothing
How could you expect me not to fuss and fight?
I’m telegraphing everything I feel inside
Oh, why do we do this all the time?
But I can never get you out of my head
Why don’t you just come back to bed?
How could I forget about anything
when every single day is like some weird dream?
Oh, I could never leave this happily
when half of me is you and half you me
How could I expect you not to smile and laugh
when half the time I’m acting like a psychopath?
Oh, why would I go and screw this up?
How could you forget about everything,
all the sweaty nights we spent last spring?
Oh, I could never leave this happily
Losing you leaves me with nothing
How could you expect me not to fuss and fight?
I’m telegraphing everything I feel inside
Oh, why do we do this all the time?
Every night when the sun goes down
it turns me inside out
The lights go off and I hear you breathe
right here next to me
I can get so lonely I could die
I get so worked up
I just need you near, near
I can get so lonely I could die
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2. |
Turn It On
04:04
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Can you feel it in your heavy heart?
Do you remember anything from when you were young?
Is that when everything went so wrong?
Did you start out pulling everything apart?
You grew up, you couldn’t get enough
Sweaty skin, cocaine and gin, bursting with sin
You could never let anybody in
and all the money won’t help you sleep at night
Do you ever get the feeling
that your heart just isn’t in this one?
I could tell you all about it,
but you wouldn’t listen anyway
You turn it on, but no one cares...
You can spend your time on towers and walls
Piling up the golden bricks and all of your bullshit
You sit there ogling your television
while you’re fondling the reputation of us all
I can’t get you out of my mind
I just need to get some normal sleep again
You’re the crazy psycho killer man
and we’re the victims of the 21st Century
Do you ever get the feeling
that your heart just isn’t in this one?
I could tell you all about it,
but you wouldn’t listen anyway.
You turn it on, but no one cares
You’re sitting there in your underwear
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3. |
The Human Condition
03:54
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How can I get you alone?
I’ve got something on my mind all the time
and it keeps me up at night, running circles in my brain
There is a certain flaw in the circuits of the mind,
yours and mine, and it gets me all uptight
Little burdens echoing the things you can’t forget
The pain and the pleasure, for worse or for better
Despite your deepest conviction it’s the Human Condition
There is a struggle to life if you never compromise
and get yourself together
We’re wired to take what we want
and we hate when we can’t
and nobody is safe
This is my mother, my father, my son and my daughter
This is my wife and my worst enemy
This is a thirst without water, a coin from the coffer
This is that thing that you saw on TV
It pushes and pulls you
The pain and the pleasure, for worse or for better
It’s such a strange disposition, the Human Condition
And everything you want is half of what you need
And everything I think is right is hard to believe right now
But I will try a little harder
The pain and the pleasure, for worse or for better
Despite your deepest conviction it’s the Human Condition
But we’re all in a hurry in this sound and this fury
We all let go of intuition, it’s the Human Condition
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4. |
Everybody Knows
04:15
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Controllable machinery
The faces and the words in between
Everybody knows about the little things
Close my eyes and start to walk
My sister’s birthday I forgot
Nothing counts when it’s just talk
I fell into a hole in the ground
down to the center of my hometown
Scratched my way through roots of all the family trees
Underground, but in the scene
A superstar to all the teens
Massaging all the numbers ’til I win
I never know what I’m about to do
Los Angeles is calling, too
But, would the Valley pull me under?
Spacecraft hovering in the night
I know that I’ll get out alive
if I squint my eyes and stare at the sun
Once I jumped into the ocean, it carried me away
Stripped off all my clothes and swam away from shore
Thought I saw you floating just a hundred feet away
Then you were gone…then you were gone
I remembered how you smelled and your fingers on my face
I thought that it would last forever, but that was not the case
Something happens to your body when you know
you might not…might not get out alive
Controllable machinery
The faces and the words in between
Everybody knows about the little things
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5. |
O
04:30
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I’ll go anywhere you wanna go
I’ve got the car and some money
Be sure to tie up all your loose ends
We’ve gotta get across the state line
You see yourself as an apothecary
You’ve been livin’ in a submarine
But, I never anticipated
you’d be sleepin’ in the front yard
I’ll say anything to satisfy you, even if it means I tell you lies
You’ve done everything you can to convince me
Now we have to live here underground
Your worldview is peripheral
Your understanding conceptual
You’ve got a talent for univision
Your eyes catching the television
Pack up, pack up, don’t worry about all that
Pack up, pack up, I’ll take you anywhere you wanna go
I’ll say anything to satisfy you, even if it means I tell you lies
You’ve done everything you can to convince me
Now we have to live here underground
I’ll do anything to satisfy you, even if it’s covering your eyes
You’ll do anything you can to convince me
Now we’ve gotta make it through the night
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6. |
This Heart Gets Lonely
04:32
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This heart gets lonely all the time
I just can’t get you out of my mind
You’re there in my dreams every night
No matter what I tell myself
I know you’re happier with someone else
But, I just can’t forget your smell
Every time I wanna call
I know that I will look like the crazy one
This body still feels the chemicals
I’m sorry I ever called it off
How can we just get some time alone?
Don’t we belong together?
I need to tell you all my thoughts
This weight on my chest and I can’t get it off
I just can’t stand the thought of being alone
But every time I wanna call
I hear that voice inside,
it says, “Don’t don’t don’t!”
If we put ourselves together
I know we could last forever
Don’t we belong together?
This heart is never gonna let you go
How can I get you on the telephone?
This heart is feeling like a hurricane
This body quivers at the thought of you
How can I counteract the pheromones
This body doesn’t stand a chance against
the memory of you
This heart gets lonely all the time
I just can’t get you out of my mind
You’re there in my dreams every night
Don’t we belong together?
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7. |
Pressure Points
04:42
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Thinking all the way back,
I was raised by a hurricane
And I cried at almost everything,
put my faith in nothing
And I saw too many wedding rings,
too many broken heartstrings
Waking in the middle of the night,
I see a low glow from outside
And I think of how she always cried,
my heart is ticking off the time
An apparition here at my bedside,
my fingers sneak to the other side
I can do the exercises,
turning my face blue
Succumbing to the pressure points
and doing bad things to you
I feel like I’m letting you down again
Clinging to my past lives,
my body fills with a current
And my brain goes off on a tangent,
an existential torrent
A half-successful treatment,
I was always the quotient
I can do these exercises,
turning my face red
Succumbing to the pressure points
and keeping me out of bed
No alarms, but some surprises
I was 22
You know all these weather systems
that led me right to you
I let my heartbeat sync right up
with yours so you know
Who the hell does that anymore?
I’ll do anything to satisfy you
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8. |
Leave Behind a City Life
03:50
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Leave behind a city life,
turn the volume down
You can get your head right
and your feet on the ground
Leave behind a city life,
all the lights and the sound
Find a husband, find a wife,
you can finally settle down
How’d you ever get this far
tellin’ so many lies?
In & out of consciousness
and your bloodshot eyes
You’ve been feeling paralyzed
and your heartbeat is inconsistent
You can’t keep your lips off the wine
when you’re home and you’re in the kitchen
Leave behind a city life,
all the clothes and the earnings
Throw it all in a pile,
light a match and it’s burning
Leave behind a city life,
put your back to the turning
Find a better way to survive,
you could be more discerning
How’d you ever get this far
raisin’ hell every night?
In & out of knowing that
you should treat other people right
You’ve been feelin’ civilized
No, everything is not alright
You give it all up, you throw your hands up,
and you forget who you are
Leave behind a city life, yes you can and you will
You are never satisfied when you can’t pay the bills
Leave behind a city life
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9. |
Walking Around at Night
03:44
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You left me there in that empty lot
It was cold, dark, and I was all alone
I didn’t know if you were ever coming back,
so I started walking home
I knew that it would all end up like this
Me stranded in the night
among the shadows
With every sweaty
summer day we spent
I could feel it all going cold
You’re afraid of everything
when you walk around at night
It’s hard to see a face
when you can’t find the light
Nothin’ is the same
when you walk around at night
alone, alone, alone, alone, alone
If I ever make it home tonight
I’ll change the locks
If I ever make it home tonight,
better yet if I get out alive,
I’ll change the locks,
I’ll change the locks
If I ever make it home tonight,
better yet if I get out alive,
then I’ll change the locks,
I’ll change the locks,
I’ll isolate
If I ever make it home tonight,
ever make it home tonight
Will I ever make it home tonight?
The flickering of lights and the fog
If this is some ride then I want off
How was I to know if you
were ever coming back?
So, I started walking home
You’re afraid of everything
when you walk around at night
It’s hard to see a face
when you can’t find the light
Nothin’ is the same
when you walk around at night
alone, alone, alone, alone, alone
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10. |
Resolution 9
03:17
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I’m tapping into your heartbeat
every single night
I’ve probably told you,
but it’s keeping us in time
Looking all the way back,
you’re the product of
some crazy things
How can I get you alone?
Everyday is filled from front to back
with all the things we choose to do
And these two tiny dependents
we added on to ‘me & you’
Things used to be so much easier,
but we’d be fools
to say they were better, better,
better, better
How can I get you alone?
Why can’t I get you alone?
How can I get you alone?
I can never get you alone
I see us lying there in the backyard
I think I might be losing my mind
You put your fingers to my lips
and wrap your leg around mine
Oh, isn’t this nice?
We both take a breath and say,
“Oh, isn’t this nice?”
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