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Everyone has choice
When to and not to raise their voices
It's you that decides
Which way will you turn
While feeling that our love's not your concern
It's you that decides
No one around you
Will carry the blame for you
No one around you
Will love you today and throw it all away
Tomorrow when you rise
Another day for you to realize me
Or send me down again
As the days stand up on end
You've got me wondering how I lost your friendship
But I see it in your eyes
Though I'm beside you
I can't carry the lame for you
I may decide to
Get out with your blessing
Where I'll carry on guessing
How high will you leap
Will you make enough for you to reap it?
Only you'll arrive
At your own made end
With no one but yourself to be offended
It's you that decides
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2. |
Caught Up
03:29
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2013-10-16
Don't get caught up too much in the things you love to do
Because I'm starting to see them taking away from you
Because I'm starting to lose track of how to recognize you
But then, who am I?
I'm after something different than the first time
And then there's you-
You're after something different, too
And where do we stand?
Face to face, and thumb to rush
And lip to stem
But you had a different plan
So what's on your mind?
I can change, if you tell me why
Just don't leave me out
In the dark, without a flashlight
Do I make sense?
I don't want to lose all my friends
Just turn off your phones-
Lie down on the couch - What does that mean?
So speak to me
I can smell the irony
Don't shelter it
I see the light through the crack in the door
Please don't say
You just want me to stay away
Because I'm not a fool
With my feet filled up with glue
And I won't get caught up too much in the things I love to do
Because I'd rather be doing the things we used to do
Because I must admit, I'm really missing you
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2013-1-26
05:05
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2013-1-26
Did you leave your hands out in the cold for me?
Did you ask me twice to see if I would change my mind?
Did you say a word to catch my eye?
Did you say a word to catch my eye?
I saw you standing by the edge of my awareness
I took your hand and showed you to my floor
Were you always standing at my door?
Were you always standing at my door?
You have to learn yourself to love somebody new
You have to see the light to show the way for you
Ooo
Did the flowers grow because I told them to?
Or did you water me each day and night till I grew up?
Did you ever sprout a single flower?
Did you ever sprout a single flower?
I saw a light turn on inside my head, the first time
Up in the attic where I'd never been in years
And now you're always keeping on my light
And now you're always keeping on my light
You have to learn yourself to love somebody new
You have to see the light to show the way for you
Ooo
I heard you walking by in a nearby aisle
So if I walked back home, and you wouldn't know
I saw your shadow pass on the court yard grass
And I kept composed, and didn't say so
I have you playing off in places that I go
I have you playing off in places that I go
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4. |
Nothing's Stopping You
03:10
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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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Radio Games
04:45
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2014-2-12B
It's nice to see you again, old friend
It's nice to see you're doing fine
Everyone's gotten older
It's white and blue, jut like I remembered
You're light, amused, and wonder why
Everyone's gotten older
Does everything have to go?
It's nice to be a little taller
It's nice to be a little wise
And open up my eyes
It's cold and brutal, or warm and kind
It's what you turn to, when you decide
To open up your eyes
And isn't this the life?
Radio Games - Long-distance Vision
It's strange to see a different city
It's hard at first, the window bright
The city lights at night
But once, we sat down by the river
You heard the ripples, the skips and bites
Tossing all the lights
Everything feels alright
And in the cold, wet throng, you dragged your feet along
And in the photo background, you wished they were gone
There in the snow, just white - you could shop them out
But now you'll know where you were coming from
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6. |
Move Out
03:16
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2014-3-16
There's no room for me to move, in here
And there's no room (even) to move the furniture around
All I really want is a little desk
A comfy place to write the great American comeback story
There's no use, asking for permission anymore
Best to do what makes you happy, when you long for it
All I really need is a little break
If you would only hear - I've done my research, and I know what to say
Maybe I should move out
There's no chance, if you never take the chance
Can you stand - Stand the smell?
All I wanna do is get this done
I don't want to end up back on the front, left to write about
Standing in puddles, slipping in mud
Watching the snow, with my stereo on
So I'm letting go - Giving up, and turning my hat around
Maybe it's time to move out
Maybe I should move out
You think that I should move out?
Do you think I should move out?
I've been cleaning in the corners, where you never go
I've been stealing all the quarters, trying to build a home
Have you seen the cobwebs built behind your fake fireplace?
Maybe you should move out
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7. |
Pangaea
05:24
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2014-7-4
She doesn't bring me nothing, 'cause it's all right here
I've been awakened by the love - It's nothing new, but it's clear
We've got a lot to say, a lot to say - The kids don't hear it quite the same
And I wonder if she's ever been as young as I've become
She's got her hands up in the air, she's got her finger on the gun
She's got a lot to be, a lot to see - Seems like she could use a little help from me
We come and go - We would swim right to the bottom, if we thought we could make it home
So now, dear, stand here on the edge with me - Grip the void, remembering
We've let a hundred cranes and cars fall in, but never block it up
And if we never see the bottom, at least let's not see lust
We've got a lot to do, a lot to do - I've got a funny feeling 'bout me and you
What were the chances, you rebel dances might land here in my shade
I'll take the sun for you right now if you'll be the moon for me today
The tide goes out to sea and back to me - Slide up shore and talk to me
We come in peace - We will stand up on the top, just before we take a seat
So now, dear, sit here at the ledge with me - Grip the void, remembering
Dear, it could never be so sweet, as how you saw it in your dreams
But if we never know of Pangaea, at least we got to read
Oh, it could never be so sweet, as how you've seen it in your dreams
But I won't part with you, ad infinitum, if you never part with me
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8. |
Charmander
03:04
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2013-12-20 / 2013-12-26
It wasn't important, the way they led me to think it might be
Am I getting boring, or unneccessary
You can go or follow me to the brink
There's another world, I'm discovering
It's not all glory, unless you make the call to make it be
We met a rocky fight, but the tail kept up
When we won, we were wearing ribbons to sleep
It's another world, on the top of things
So climb a mountain; We were once on the moon
And they were only normal, so I've got no excuse
I've got no excuse
I was doing nothing - She took me down effectively
I must have taken something, 'cause she followed me
What a wonder, to have you part of the team
It's another world, when you're next to me
If you can see through the tunnel -
Don't wait up while I feel my way in the dark
I'm preparing for trouble -
Trying not to burn - Snuffing out the spark
It's like you're older than me now -
You've made the most, while I've been lost
When we go, can we still hold on the the things
It's another world, you were beckoning
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2013-6-7
05:09
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6-7-13
No baby ever was born without a name
Nobody ever wanted everyday to be the same
No one wants to die - No one should want to die
But no one gets me going anymore
No soul on Earth is immune - No one can make it on the highway all alone
Ten thousand miles with you - Most of our friends never make it that far
No voice on Earth sings in tune - My voice is strange when I am standing in a crowd
No one on Earth should assume - Everything that's happening right now should be allowed
But no one gets me going anymore
No baby ever was born... to die
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Misdreavus
05:31
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Tamiami
05:02
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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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