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don't know where we'll end up
but we've gotta try
no such thing as "end up"
that's a vicious line
but then also again
we've got these ghouls to chase
the human animal now
cannot be erased
or so they say...
we don't got no water
we're bailing out the boat
I think you should splatter it
all over your coat
'cause I am tired
of taking up for these liars
and their counterparts
who pretend to have these golden hearts
but I know, they are too slow
to catch up with us now
but now we know that they're too slow
to catch up with us, to catch up with us
now we don't need
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2. |
Ayn Rand / Marvin Gaye
03:19
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in a typical way
they say play Marvin Gaye
it never stops
do they
realize that we can
open our eyes
or am I the pompous prick
that says he's awake?
in a typical way
they say play Marvin Gaye
I wanna run away from this party
faster than yesterday
hey, hey, did you hear about the state
of affairs we're in?
saw it on the tube
let's recycle it, regurgitate
sorry I think I'm late for a date
with my girl, Ayn
if you wanna come on downtown
she'll be glad to show you around
live for no man and no man lives for you
in a sea of bullets lots of people
think it's cool to play the part
but she don't play the part
and she got my heart
if you wanna come on downtown
I'd be glad to show you around
what a bunch of bullshit man
in a typical way
they say play Marvin Gaye
the frat boys shout, we're out
of natural ice today
the birds they sing
and corpses decompose outside my door
of the rodents that couldn't survive
the onslaught of the times
if you wanna come on downtown
I'd be glad to show you around
I think you and me could have some fun
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3. |
Leaving the Leaves
02:37
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guess you tried real hard to be
everything they said you should
guess it didn't work out for you
guess it didn't work out too good
now I know why you have kept
all these secrets for so long
you've been afraid of death
you've been afraid of being wrong
(but that's a line)
you've got a lot of explaining to do baby
I don't know why you think you can be so crazy
I don't reply I just brush off the leaves
and get up from the sidewalk
and make my way back home
everyone's so plain to see
we're hidin' out so openly
not fooling anyone not fooling anyone
I don't know where you can go
where you think you will be safe
there's nowhere like that here
not a single fucking place
don't you think we can be friends
if we open up a bit
but I'm just a dirty piece of shit
I'm just a dirty piece of it
don't you think a piece of it
is enough to be at least a bit
worth a second or maybe even a
lifetime?
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gather your thoughts inside your head
before they're gone, before you're dead
decide how you will give them life
well you can't decide, well that's alright
adrenaline junkies gather to witness your birth
well they're hungry for blood, they know
it's not been rehearsed
it's their worst nightmare
adrenaline junkies sent from far and from few
but you know
they claim they're smarter than you
gather love inside your mind
it's the one true thing that we can find
all you people snortin' lines well I feel your pain
babydoll, but it's all gonna end someday
but adrenaline junkies gather to suck up your blood
a reptile race that survived the flood
(some real x-files shit)
it's the end of peanut butter and jelly innocence
the beginning of something smelly, in a sense
but in another way, there's no way to lose
(here comes the good news)
in the most real way that there is
there's no way for us to lose
because adrenaline junkies
can't keep up with the score
when faced with kids who
don't keep score no more
it's the same old message
that they just can't comprehend
gather your thoughts inside your mind
before you're gone, you're gonna find
decide how you will give them life
well you can't decide? honey that's alright
lemme tell you why, 'cause
adrenaline junkies can't keep score with us
can't keep score with us
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5. |
Cycles (Have a Beer)
02:48
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looking for the end
got my paper and pen
ridin' on the train
heading into town to meet a friend
never ends
the cycles that you put yourself through
and you can't pretend
that you know what to do
but you put on your hat
yeah and then you go into town
and that's that, you have a beer
gulp it down
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walkin' around the parking lot
checkin' for cops
because we don't wanna get shot
what are we doing here you ask
shut up man and just put on the mask
tryin' to save a buck or two
I'm not gonna fuck with you
but we've got to stick together
if we want to weather this weather
oh you say it's wrong
well you know you just gotta be strong
and let's get this thing done
get this thing done
ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh
darkness takes ahold of me
and I can't really see
but I feel good
finally
to have my own, and my own to be
why are we made to feel ashamed of that?
(good question)
walkin' out of the hotel now
we had our breakfast we're feeling alright
I can't believe we made it out
can't believe we made it out alive
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7. |
Happy Diseases
05:40
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well they hold you back
from a heart attack
they say it's deadly
what do they know
they tell you no
don't you dare go
but they never cross that line
so how the fuck could they know
we got territories
but they think we're so boring
the truth is that they are scared
to see what's under there
scared to see what they don't understand
where we're livin' baby
we've been given to these
diseases
makin' us want to live
I guess it goes down
like an underwater chess tournament
where everyone's afraid to drown
flip the board upside down
get your ass outta town
there's no need to play these games right now
you can do what you want
they've set up the walls so stray
that you're lining your own cage
with expectations that you've made
putting them on yourself
you think everyone else
expects you to be
some kind of fucking
robot freak
be free
it's easier said
than done
but at the end
it's not up to anyone but you
but you, 'cause they don't understand
where we're livin' baby
we've been given these
diseases
makin' us want to live
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