1. |
Static
03:32
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Ever since I left the island
I miss you every day
Ever since I left the island
You know I couldn't stay
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2. |
The Opposite of Shadow
04:32
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We're all, afraid of our shadows
And we're all, on our own
On a big rock
Floating through space
Years that I love
Years that I waste
And each one a little shorter
And each one a little colder
Is this what he meant?
By "bread or fresh air"
I'll never meet Trebek
I am nowhere
Ride a phantom
To a small town
Where there's the opposite
Of shadow
And I'll come right down
A little closer
And I calmed right down
And I'm getting warmer
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3. |
Expecting Rain
04:12
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Water falls under the bridge
Where the train is stalled
It's empty again
Bleaker than my thoughts
When you're not around
I'm no more than rain
Seeping into the ground
I don't wanna hear about
I don't wanna see it
I don't wanna be around
At the end
See the clouds rolling on in
Covering the street
It's empty again
We used to be alright
What happened here
Waiting on the sign
To finally disappear
I don't wanna hear about
I don't wanna see it
I don't wanna be around
At the end
I don't wanna hear about
I don't wanna see it
I don't wanna be around
At the end
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4. |
Learner's Permit
04:01
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Here we are at the the end of the road
I pull my coat tight
Embrace the cold
And oh how quickly
People fade away
As we forget
The sound of their names
But home is nowhere now
White knuckles
On the wheel
How many more lines can I steal?
I wanna go
To the start again
Back to where
It all began
But home is nowhere now
I dreamt the Northway house burned down
And St. Gregory was calling out
"They're all pretending not to see"
But there's no sound
But for the wind and me
And home is nowhere now
Now it's setting
The uncaring sun
See the dark
Invading my horizon
And I can't think twice
About where I've been
I only end up
At the start again
And home is nowhere now
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5. |
The Aaron Waters Show
04:49
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I don't care what you're taking from me
Give it a home
Set it free
I'm wrong about you
You're wrong about me
To tell you the truth
You don't know what it means to me
Say what you want
I won't say a word
My lips are sealed
On what I have heard
I called you on the telephone
I left a note
When you weren't home again
The summer's here
You know what that means
Mosquito bites and sunscreen
Explosions in the sunless sky
Reminding me we're all gonna die again
Now that I'm old I'm afraid of the wind that blows in my hair
Cause no one else knows this is nowhere
How did we get here from way over there?
We are the goldfish at the fun fair
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6. |
Wasteland
04:10
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This is a warning
This is a trace
Of what life was like
But this place is a wasteland
They're taking the ocean
From the fools that look like me and you
When you awake nothing will be there
In a dream held at twilight
In a room with no roof
Where the stars hanging above you
Are painted white
Red and blue
When you awake nothing will be there
See the lion roam the plains
From ear to ear she calms her young
Who fear the future days
Where they want us to burn
To pile on top of each other
The repulsive beasts we are
When you awake nothing will be there
You've sat on the throne
For a hundred years
And don't believe the truth
But if you look down on us
You will see the waste of a century
When you awake nothing will be there
But we, we are one
They are many
We are one
One
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7. |
Tidus
05:40
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Here's the beginning
Of our demands
This is a reckoning
And you've got red hands
You're not commanding
You've no more control
We'll have you scattering
Like rats to their holes
We don't want the world
We want the dream
We don't want the world
We want the dream
Have you been listening?
I don't think you have
"This isn't happening"
You're wrong about that
We don't want the world
We want the dream
We don't want the world
We want the dream
Your dream is done
We are what's to come
This isn't happening
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8. |
I'm Tired, Robbie
04:25
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Strung up again, trying to make amends
I can't fall if I'm already on the ground
So take me home, or open a window
Cause I'm tired of these snakes
Eating their young
And they're eating me too
And I don't hear as well anymore
My eyes are getting tired
But they always find the floor
And I know there are angels
Dressed in white
But I can't look without going blind
And in my dreams
I drowned in the rain
And melted in the sun
And I'm blinded
Hell, I'm blinded
By everyone
Have we reached nowhere?
I don't see an escape
But I can't sit aside
Without giving up the fight
With the grey hovering around
There's too many lights in this town
Full of rubbernecks
And too many witnesses
But I want to burn the world down
And let it regrow
But I don't think we deserve it
You thought you caught me smiling
When I awoke
But you were wrong
Cause every man's island
Waiting to croak
You're all mirrors and smoke
You came here unannounced
Knocking at the door
Asking for more
But there is no refuge
It's not like before
There's no direction home
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9. |
Sun's Going Down
03:46
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I was static waiting
For the day to come
Seems I lost my place here
Underneath the sun
I waited too long
I am that lost child
Sitting in the cold
I could see my breath
Fog up every window
I waited too long
But I can see, the sun is out
But it don't shine for me
I can see the moments
In the rearview mirror
Show me everything now
All that I have feared
I waited too long
You see me outside walking
On the riverside
My shoes are filled with snow
And the icicles are my mind
But I alone
Feel the warmth
And the summer heat
Of your eyes
Right before me
But the images are fading
In the arcade
Why didn't I say?
I am still here waiting
For the day to come
Seems I've been erased here
Right in front of everyone
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10. |
Dusk
02:54
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There's no light at the end of the tunnel
There's no getting out of here
There's no light at the end of the tunnel
It's worse than I feared
There's no sound at the top of the mountain
There's only this ring in my ear
There's no song from the birds or the ocean
It's worse than I feared
There's no end to a film yet to begin
There's only the scenes in my head
There's no chapters left in the book
The story has to end
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