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The View From Below
09:30
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2013-9-8
You told me that you were true
But are your dreams really made for you?
Pull them out of the hat
But you should throw this one back
You told me everything
I ever thought I had known
Yes, I'm full of doubt
But I don't see you coming out of this one
Is it opinion?
Is it a fact?
Is your revolution just a part of the act?
I almost lost it
My father said so
Just takes a step back
To see the view from below
You took me sailing
You took me to space
You took away the horizon
Can it ever be replaced?
If you start the battle
It'll end on the fifth
Because I'll powder your parliament
To make sure that you slip
It is indignant
But is it a crime?
You've got it better
Than most of your kind
You're gonna lose it
If you don't go slow
Don't have to fall long
To see the view from below
You were a beautiful brother
You were a good friend of mine
I hope someone finds you
Before you're on the line
If we're digging trenches
You know where they go
Don't have to be buried
To know the view from below
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Funny
03:29
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2013-9-9
I hardly listen to anyone else, anymore
But my comedian lips, they still speak in tongues
Am I witty? Am I cunning?
I am laughing - This is funny
I never listened to buzz words to get my fix
A twenty-something on a browser seems to think it's pretty obvious
In the city - Are they coming?
Will it hit me - When I'm running?
(Ooh) I looked into a mirror for an answer once
(Ooh) I can't look back, No I can't look back
I was wishing - Just for something
When I found it - It was nothing
I wouldn't bargain for the pity of gods anymore
I keep my papers in the fireplace to keep them warm
Are you with me? - This is money
Now I'm laughing - 'Cause it's funny
(Ooh) I walked into the house and I gave my shpeel
(Ooh) They voted on it right away, and it got repealed
Are you itching? Are you gunning?
Are you sure it's what you're wanting?
(Ooh) I looked into the heavens for an answer once
(Ooh) It told me just the same as it tells everyone else
I was listening - I was sunning
So I'm staying - I ain't running
It was christening - Like a summoning
It was in me - It was funny
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3. |
Nothing's Stopping You
03:00
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2013-7-7
Take a penny, leave a penny
Just takes a penny at a time
Make a dollar, shake your collar
And don't give up a dime-
But where you please - Choose your own grave
Don't make believe - Or hide in shame
Nickel-saving - Sickle-raising
Chicken and her spawn
Quarter-smoking - Thought provoking
Seeing warning signs
Spread it out - Butter knife
Turn them both - To the right
Nothing's stopping you
Do whatever you please
Raise a field and raise your shield
Keep you sword in your sheath
Pick a store of Apricorns
And don't drink you wheat
Don't trust in me - Lest I be wrong
Don't look for me - If I am gone
Nothing's stopping you
Do whatever you please
Nothing's stopping you
Do whatever you please
Nothing's stopping you
Do whatever you please
Nothing's stopping you
Do whatever you please
Don't trust in me - Lest I be wrong
Don't trust in me - Lest I be wrong
Don't trust in me - Lest I be wrong
Don't look for me - If I am gone
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4. |
Ferris
03:23
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2013-8-27
I saw you out in the rain
I thought I heard you say my name
And I was going slow
So I stopped to see what was happening
You didn't live here anymore
But we both live up on the fifth floor
And you should come stop by
You should see what's been happening
We've been losing it a little
We've been choosing our own way
We've been moving on from what we used to know
We've got a lot of time to go
I saw you down on the row
For rotten ones who don't believe anymore
And we're all walking alone
We think we know what's happening
And we're a little slow
But no one else seems to catch up to us
So we're still on our own
And we're making it happen
We've been losing it a little
We've been choosing our own way
We've been moving on from what we used to know
We've got a lot of time to go
And we can hardly stand the wait
So we are pushing for the change
And we can only see as far as you let us...
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Tamiami
05:30
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2013-10-12
I should remind myself - This has happened before
It's not the first time
It happened in the winter once - Were we all snowed in
Or just out of crime?
They called you to the room on the side
I don't think you're doing it right
I don't think you're doing it right - Or you would not get caught
I think you should remind yourself - You've let me down before
And you swore
We were watching TV shows - I was sleeping on the floor
I was sleeping on the floor
The carpet in the room on the side
I had to do, to stay the night
I had to do, to stay the night - We couldn't just give up
And if you won't make arrangements, If you haven't got the time
I guess that we're on different sides
If you haven't got the time, You don't have to apologize
At least not to me
And when it comes to the end of the night
We still believe we can take on Ozai
And when it comes to the end of the night
I'm gonna stop before I start up a fight
It's worse than I let on
It's worse than I can let on
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