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Illogical Love
04:02
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illogical love makes sense to me it’s a love that we share collectively illogical love our little safety net afraid of the risk so we fall head over heels with the surest bet but the surest bet sure don’t give a shit about me or any of you who prefer to do the same old thing pry off my fingernails so i stop scratching this itch that i should not have for giving up on everything illogical love can any reason to be found for a safety net when we only jump an inch off of the ground goddamnit to hell we love being afraid and that right there is the unholiest truth that’s ever been said how can we pick ourselves up if we never fall down
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Creative Type
03:35
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here now are you sitting down it’s not the easiest thing to say teasing up the words that i need to speak a tapeworm navigating its colonic maze they say eyeshadow makes the man because it softens his steely gaze but i’ve wiped my make up clean so you can truly see my face we care more about the font than we do about the text we’re so concerned where we are right now then where we’re going next and all our best intentions are just beyond our reach but we look so fine and our money’s as good as the promises that we keep if i look good like a faberge i’m the paint but not the egg did i impress you with my motorcade did you see them running over your kids all is forgiven with a wave to the crowd as they bury your hopes and dreams you’ve forgotten them anyhow distracted by the casket’s sheen you see a sad little face reflected in our eyes but we encapsulates your ego and your drive creative type
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My Nostalgia
02:57
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how is it possible that you and i are in the same place at the same time all of your history is half of mine must be so different i’ve forgotten what that’s like my nostalgia is better than yours your nostalgia is such a bore memories are uncertain and subject to change even if i could i would not live them again every generation wants to blame the one before the one before will reprimand the next for being bold youthful spontaneity keeps knocking at my door but my nostalgia will remind me that i’m close to being old
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Say What You Want To Say
04:03
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you can say what you want to say you can do what you want to do just be aware you’re likely to offend and many people won’t agree with you two sides of the same coin surely will not meet you can rub the surface but the value won’t increase two sides of the same coin surely will not meet both sides have their own agenda and never the twain shall cease i never say what i want to say parroting what i’ve been taught to learn ‘cause if i said what i really thought i wouldn’t be too popular about the way people walk way people talk way people dress way people stress the way they couldn’t care less well i guess most people think the same of me we interact so infrequently
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No Time Left
03:59
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waiting all around your island paradise and undetectable calamity that everybody knows is waiting it’s going to cut all your mansions down to size and swallow you up oh no it’s going to render your capital null and void while you swim towards the shore and there’ll be no time left for the fighting and the bickering no time left for acquiring the finer things no time left for your crying and your whimpering no time left no time left no time no nothing new anticipating our impending doom watch the ocean reaching for the moon sitting resplendent in your living room when the first big wave comes crashing down it won’t be knocking on your door your big glass ceiling and security gate won’t protect you anymore
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Typical
03:36
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(instrumental)
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Open Ears
03:04
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if i ever talked to loud speaking right over top of you if i ever told you how to do something you know how to do if i ever stood to close made you feel uncomfortable if my eyes ever lingered too long if i ever made your skin crawl if i was a part of the cause of all the fear i should probably try to recall the days the year if i could only see through your eyes it might be clear but i can’t so i’ll just have to walk with open ears if i was on the stage and i called you out in a room full of strangers if it took me far too long to take no for an answer changing my behaviour doesn’t mean i’ve shaken my privileged attitude just because i don’t remember things the way you say it happened doesn’t mean it’s not true
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Happy With
03:43
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your collection of alms meant for the fates has been cleverly palmed from the offering plate it was written long ago where we all shall be it just so happens to scribe sounds a lot like me are you happy with the way things all turned out are you happy in your current state do you distract yourself with trivial things pretending not to see the shit stains on your plate you decided long ago where you wanted to be and now your snivelling sounds a lot like me i am unhappy with my insufficiencies i am unhappy with the status quo but it’s so goddamn useless to be stomping my feet if i can’t kick a hole in the floor happy with so happy with
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Every Single Feeling
05:30
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i've tried before often in vain to show myself without restraint but it's becoming easier now you've made it so much clearer showing me how you've got me pointed in the right direction never descending into condescension when i begin to wander aimlessly you tether just the right amount of me when i'm afraid and i become evasive you take the darkest parts and rearrange them so i can better read a situation i hope you know you are an inspiration i've gone through this and i've gone through that you've listened patiently and i thank you for that i've no idea why i hesitate to show you what i feel but i cannot overstate i’m no good at feeling every single feeling but i’ve got a feeling i can feel them through you you love to laugh you love to learn and when you feel sadness it’s so real that your eyes burn and you’ve got me hanging on every genuine word you do
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Canadian Shield
05:48
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(instrumental)
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Jon Epworth
i read books and walk/bike around and then sometimes a song happens
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