1. |
Blood
04:11
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maybe I'm just low on blood
but this ain't what I been dreaming of
maybe I'm just stuck on you
but this ain't what I wanted to do
I've never been in such a cold house in my life
and I've gone north and north in search of light
maybe I'm just at a loss
this is a river I never wanted to cross
maybe I'm just out of tune
when I was younger, I wanted to spend my life with you
I've never been in such a cold house in my life
and I've gone north and north in search of light
I used to picture where we'd live and what we'd do
but I think that I lost my value
I used to dream of moving far away with you
but I stopped dreaming it and you did too
I've never been in such a cold house in my life
and I've gone north and north in search of light
maybe I'm just low on blood
but this ain't what I've been dreaming of
maybe I'm just stuck on you
I wanted you to be stuck on me too
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2. |
See Yourself
04:48
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we're in a hotel
please try not to be strange
but you can't help yourself
you can't make yourself behave
when I get mad, I try to stay above the water
when you get sad, you bury yourself in the bed
no one said you had to do anything, man
well,
sometimes, sometimes, sometimes
I wish I didn't have to see you anymore
we're in a hotel
please just give me one day
and you can't see yourself
but baby, don't you see the rain?
it's falling
when I get mad, I keep my head above the water
when you get sad, you head straight over the falls
don't we all?
no
sometimes, sometimes, sometimes
I wish I didn't have to see you anymore
you barely think with the radio on
I won't sleep in your bed anymore
I've learned
I can't sleep with the television
I don't see what I saw in you before
I've learned
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3. |
River Rock
02:33
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I go, I'm gone,
I'll call you on the way back
you run your way
to a heart attack
you're making me blue
when I'm with you
you keep your shape
you're river rock
you float away
you're coming back
you're making me blue
when I'm with you
don't play your
sad man, bad man, running to the back man
got me in your corner but I'm fading away
don't play your
nice, think-twice girl, hey you wanna fight girl
got me in your corner but I'm fading away
you're making me blue
when I'm with you
sad man, bad man, running to the back man
nice, think-twice girl, hey you wanna fight girl
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4. |
Memories Of Babel
03:30
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I can see the rain in the distance
it's everything I would compare to this
and when he is gone,
what do you think will change?
it's the look of steel
but the strength of Babel
and there's no damn cat
and there's no damn cradle
if you think you're meant for better,
go and get it
you shouldn't have settled
I can see your face in my memory
there's nothing here I would repair for this
and when I am gone,
what do you think you'll say?
it's the look of disdain
but the will to be loved
and there's no submarine
and there's no -
well, here comes the sun
if you think you're meant for better,
go and get it
you shouldn't have settled
try your hardest not to get mixed up
don't be stupid, don't you do drugs
make money in what you're doing
and don't say shit, 'cause no one's human
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5. |
Rich, Rich, Rich
02:50
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go down to the ocean now
that's where the boys are waiting it out
take a quick look at the sun
that's where the girls are writing it down
I see myself at the centre of the world
nothing matters but the boys and the girls
tell me, what have you written?
what have you done?
tell me where the abyss waits
patiently run, now
I see myself at the centre of the world
honey, get rich, rich, rich
honey, you're asking for it
you can cry cry cry
but honey, you're asking for it
honey, you're so selfish
honey, you're asking for it
you're hung out to dry dry dry
honey, you're asking for it
I see myself at the centre of the world
nothing matters but the boys and the girls
tell me, what have you written?
what have you done?
tell me where the abyss waits
patiently run, now
I see myself at the centre of the world
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6. |
Sleepless
03:58
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I had a dream I knew a love so warm
I forgot about you
I had a dream I knew a love so good
I never reached for you
nothing to calm - no storm, no screaming
no rushing river... nothing
nothing to say - just pleased to know you
and fill your heart with anger again
I had a dream I found a chapel floor
and I laid down on it to read from Genesis
I had a dream I was so empty
I went completely sleepless
nothing to calm - no storm, no screaming
no rushing river... nothing
nothing to say - just pleased to know you
and fill your heart with anger again
I had a dream I was on your bedroom floor
and you were out of it - I saw the nothingness
I felt so cold I could hardly stomach it
nothing to calm - no storm, no screaming
no rushing river... nothing
nothing to say - just pleased to leave you
and weigh my heart with anchors again
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7. |
Cruel Love
03:19
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wake up in a stranger's house
wake up in a different bed
I know, I know what I did
I can't cover that up with anything
we got a cruel love
you bury me alive
and you dig me back up
when you sleep you become a hill of ants
you climb up the walls and in through the vents
I know, I know where you went
you grasp my hand so tight my skin turns red
we got a cruel love
you bury me alive
and you dig me back up
I hear "Higher Love" playing from the other room
I feel like levitating; I feel a ghost passing through
I want you to know - to know what I'd do
if I could cut through the cruelty and be gentle with you
we got a cruel love
you bury me alive
and you dig me back up
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8. |
Deep Blue Sea
02:28
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(CRUEL LOVE OUTRO)
caught between you caught between you and me
I'm in your cold hands: the devil and the deep blue sea
if you're no friend of mine, then I'm done my crying
if I'm no friend of yours, then let's swim on back to shore
caught between you caught between you and me
I'm in your cold hands: the devil and the deep blue sea
if we don't talk about it, it never happened
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9. |
Gold Adamantine
03:29
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in the dead of night,
you're spinning on the same old wheel
when you fall, you die
you are not made of steel
when you grasp, you go
when you ran, you rose
when we fall, we die
we are not made of gold
in the morning sun,
I make the bed on which I lie
when the day is done,
it's not enough to satisfy
when I bet, I fold
when I ran, I rose
when we fall, we die
we are not made of gold
in the evening cold,
you ask politely where I've been
and it's getting old
finding brand new ways to sin
when I lie, you know
when we ran, we rose
when we fall, we die
we are not made of gold
I feel adamantine
with my hands between
it hits me
are we wiping this clean
or fleeing the scene?
you with me?
you with me?
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10. |
Motorcycle
03:31
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this is war, this is love
this is war, it's not much
this is patience, this is a gun
it doesn't matter how fast we run
this is a "someday", a solar flare
this is a notebook hidden under the stairs
here is my heart, here is my throat
make your hands water, but keep yourself gold
this is heaven, so we are god
this is a motorcycle in the parking lot
this is mercy, this is your shame
this is forever, 'til "someday"
this is a hot stretch of road where I watch you walk on your toes
this is a great wheat field where you burn whatever it yields
this is a crowded mass where we sing from books we had
this is solitudes, worn down away with you
with you
this is hunger, this is faith
this is whatever keeps you in the game
this is a shadow cut out of light
this is good luck
this is goodnight
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11. |
Dead Boy's Song
05:13
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this is a dead boy's song
everything looks a little grim from now on
maybe we'll get along
maybe I'll be out before the morning comes
in the night time, I will say
everything I've said every day to you
this is a dead boy's song
everything feels a little cold from now on
I swear that I'll be gone
my place will be cold in the bed and so on
in the morning I will say
everything I've said every day to you
it's not worth fighting over
we're not getting any closer
so turn back around
yeah, we're all walking head down
toward the quiet sound of it all
this is the tallest drop
everything looks a little small from up top
some day we'll all be caught
by everything we knew and what we thought
in the downpour I won't wait
the same way I have left every day from you
it's not worth fighting over
we're not getting any closer
so turn back around
yeah, we're all walking head down
toward the quiet sound of it all
turn back around
yeah, I'm caught up right now
singing the words of a dead boy's song
it's not worth fighting over
we're not getting any closer
so turn back around
yeah, we're all walking head down
toward the quiet sound of it all
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12. |
Heat Wave
03:30
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I felt like I was missing out
I tried to hold on
I tried to hold on
I tried to call you on the phone
you don't have the time
you don't have the time
for me
the place was warm when I got home
the heat wave never ends
you let it get in your head
god, I wonder what we'll become
you just take what you want
take what you want
from me
I know you got your hands on it
don't go laying your head on it
don't get too close
or you'll fall off the edge
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13. |
Three AM
02:35
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I salute you
I salute you as you run me through
you say you want me
well, maybe
but it don't seem true
you think you're lonely
well, baby
the rest of us too
it's 3am
I don't understand
nobody yelled at me today,
but I felt angry anyway
it's 3am
I don't understand
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14. |
Johnnie
02:04
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Johnnie, meet me on the other side
I want to see you when the blood has dried
(what have I done?)
I want to know about your mother's eyes
(what can I say?)
I want to know how your mother died
we sit in silence
and I wonder what you're gonna say
we sit in silence
we just let the car radio play
(what have I done?
what can I say?)
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15. |
Good God!
05:13
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what am I missing?
a sea opens up beneath our feet
what am I missing?
crushing gold between my teeth
good god!
I live hardly among people
I see the church and I see the steeple
I feel possessed by all my rage
it doesn't leave me alone these days
I'm tall as trees and loud as radio
I hear your heartbeat on the stereo
good god!
what am I missing,
when I'm on the train and I'm coming home?
what am I missing,
when I hear your voice on the telephone?
good god!
I live hardly among people
I see the church and I see the steeple
I rest my hands upon my legs
if I close my eyes, I can see your face!
I looked at you just to find out what I'd see
I take your soft touch as apology
good god!
you could've been Superman
I could've been someone else
and I have done all I can
to try to be someone else
you could've been Superman
well, you could level this whole town!
'cause I have done all I can
to try to save you from yourself
I'm tall as trees and loud as radio
I hear your heartbeat on the stereo
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16. |
The Yellow Field
05:58
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I had a dream about you last night, darling
it got a little biblical in a big garden
then I was a snake and you were running
and I took you in, I bit through your skin
if I keep my voice here real nice, darling
if I beg real hard, will you give me pardon?
I gotta earn your love, gotta keep it up
I don't want to let you down
in another world, I'll understand it all
you got me falling on my knees, babe
sailing seven seas, babe, oh no
you're a million little lights constellating a big black hole
we're in the middle, the yellow field
chases patterns, spins the wheel
I'm falling back on bloody knees
stains the doorway and shakes the trees
the man at the beach sings "Her Majesty"
six feet of roses filled with bees
she's a damn nice girl and her mouth is shut
I can taste the wine and it tastes like blood
good thing talk is cheap
'cause I got no money
in another world, I'll understand it all
that same night, I see a shooting star
I see a dozen black cats make way to the barn
we drive down the highway in the car
'cause my lover's father is sitting at the bar
in another world, I'll understand it all
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17. |
That Was Before
04:25
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there are things I wanna say
very softly, very faint
if you'd just lean in, I can get to it
there are things I wanna say
you seemed brighter than the moon
hide my body in the room
leave no trace here; make no sound
you seemed brighter than the moon
but that was before I knew you
there are things I wanna say
very softly, very faint
if you'd just lean in, I can get to it
there are things I wanna say
I'd set my body on fire
to keep it away from prying eyes
I'd hide myself in the mouth of the sea
so you would drown if you reached for me
you seemed brighter than the moon
hide my body in the room
leave no trace here; make no sound
you seemed brighter than the moon
but that was before I knew you
there are things I wanna say
very softly, very faint
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18. |
Blood II
04:12
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BLOOD II (BACKSEAT)
we're setting up for something good, I know
see the sun through a stained glass window
the kitchen sink, close to overflow
see the flood when it sidles up so close
I saw you sleeping in the backseat of the car
a million miles away, a million miles away
I never given you no credit at all
a million things to say, a million miles away
we're setting up for something cruel, I know
high lutheran bells ringing in the shadows
you're jumping in, you're Lake Ontario
Toronto hold 'em down, leave 'em in the meadow
I saw you sleeping in the backseat of the car
a million miles away, a million miles away
I never given you no credit at all
a million things to say, a million miles away
maybe you're just in my blood
and I gotta bleed me out if I wanna see the sun
I've gone north and north in search of light
but I won't do jack for Jesus Christ
I saw you sleeping in the backseat of the car
a million miles away, a million miles away
I never given you no credit at all
a million things to say, a million miles away
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Alexandrian Toronto, Ontario
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