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The Credits
03:50
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In the autumn that never was, the sun just kept burning
We spoke out of the corners of our eyes
In the stomach of Hollywood, you just hear rumors
And no one ever changed their minds
Cause it turns out exactly how you thought it would
Turns out exactly like you thought
On some distant island, an albatross was swinging
Around the shoulders of a priest
By the time it was over with, no one was speaking
Coulda been a savior or a thief
But he turned out exactly like you thought he would
Turned out exactly like you thought
The whole thing coulda been over in minutes, we wasted so much time
Turned out exactly like you thought
As the aftershocks were fading we wiped the memory from our minds
We saw the morning as a blessing and argued about better times
Now that the party’s over, there’s nothing left to say
We make our way up midtown with no more cartoon heroes left to praise,
That turn out exactly like you thought it would
Turns out exactly like you thought —
The whole thing coulda been over in minutes, we wasted so much time
Turns out exactly like you thought
Now you’ve got your marching orders
You’re counting all your dead -
You’re wondering where the year went
You haven’t saved a cent
When the conversation started, we weren’t sure how to end
There’s very little left to say
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2. |
So Sorry
05:15
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Looks like we’ve lost our way
Haven’t seen the shore for days
You don’t know who you are
But I don’t think you’re starving
There can’t be much left now
But I don’t see this ending
These thoughts are razor sharp
But I can’t see me begging
Sometimes I feel so sorry for you
Nothing but waiting now
We’ll wait till it’s all over
You can’t see past the crown
You still believe you’re winning
I feel ——
Sometimes
I feel so sorry for you
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3. |
This Thing
03:25
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This thing that’s breaking your heart
It’s the kind of thing that follows you home
But your house was falling apart
Haven’t had the time to move
You invite me into your house
but it still waits in the shadows
You’re finally sure that she knows -
Knows where to slide the knife in
This thing that’s breaking your heart
Kinda thing feels just like the flu
It’s made you sick from sick from the start
Until you finally move
(Finally)
This thing keeps twisting your arm
The flesh so weak that it gives
You give till there’s nothing left
This thing that’s breaking your heart
It follows you like a curse
You’d like to think its a gift
You’d like to think it won’t hurt
So you let it tear you apart
It feeds until you explode
You wondered what the end must feel like
And now you finally know
You finally know
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4. |
Insomnia
03:24
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I was wondering what if anything I could’ve been in a moment just like this
Then a flash of light caught my eye and shook the ground
And I was brought back here
Spend your days just trying to remember what came before
Hoping the sun doesn’t leave
I don’t need the insomnia to keep me awake
Taking in all that I see
It’s hard to tell
No one noticed the cracks had started to show
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How it is to be pulled like waves In an ocean
I’m a child that won’t let it go
Spend our days, just trying to remember what came before -
Taking in all that you see
I don’t need the insomnia As long as this takes
This Moment is all that I’ll need
It’s hard to wake no one told us
The day the earth just swallowed us whole
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5. |
Figurehead
02:39
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The Moment captured in total disarray
What were you thinking ?
But you failed to notice
That the earth had given way
And the boat was Sinking
It was barely a scratch
There was barely a word
It was only a rumor
A rumor that no one is there to defend
As the walls collapse
When will it all be done?
Your poison picks you
Not the other way around
The moment strikes you
But it barely makes a sound
Once the tail tale stopped moving
And your eyes had lost their gaze
What were you thinking?
And theres always a catch
No matter what you heard
Only the rumors
Rumors that no one is left to defend
As the walls collapse
When did it all go wrong?
Only a mother knows
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6. |
May 16
03:46
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When you lost your looking glass
You hadn’t slept in days
Keeping time with things that move so fast
But nothing much had changed
You can’t believe the thing you’ve become now
You can’t believe you should
But if you had the chance to let it go now
Do you think you would?
Do you think you could?
When winter made its way back into town
The seasons hadn’t changed
But you’re putting all of that behind you now
As the surface starts to sway
I can’t believe the words fall from your mouth
I wonder if you should
But if you had the chance to let it go now
Do you think you would?
Tell me, do you think we could?
Why are you running away?
What are you looking for?
What are you willing to change?
Whats still worth fighting for?
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Because
03:00
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And because of all these things
That complicate your dreams
All the secrets you were shown-
But you don’t know what they mean
So I hear you say, things that no one should believe
Now every trinket that you own is worth nothing on this street
But that wasn’t what you are
And that isn’t what you mean
So I watch you wait till everything is clean
Anything can grow when everything is green
At the bottom of a lake.
Go the mistakes of our years. (Fears )
Anything will grow if everything is green
But that wasn’t what you are
And that isn’t what you mean
We’re so complicated
We’re not sure we’ve made it yet
We’re just hanging in the air
We’re so complicated
We’re not sure we’ll make it yet
We’re just hanging in the air
We’re just hanging on
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8. |
The Truth
02:52
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And suddenly the truth comes out
We became animals
Became the animals that we always knew we were
And now it seems so obvious
What we’ve always known
You thought you’d seen the worst by now
But the longer we wait, the stronger this thing grows
Now you can’t recognize your name
When you’re Mother’s calling you to come back home
And suddenly you can’t let go
What was that thing you used to call…?
You left it on again and it’s burning up the bill
The crowd starts to laugh but there’s no joke
Just tell me anything…
Tell me anything that you honestly -
— Believe me when I say
We’ve gone too far from shore
Now you can’t recognize your name
When you’re mother’s calling you to go back home
I’m a razor blade in your wedding cake
I’m a careful word
I’m what the truth became when you’re alone
Just go back home
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9. |
Family Tree
03:25
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There’s some things that you can’t believe
There’s some things you’ll just have to see
With your own eyes blinking in disbelief
Wondering how It coulda gone this far
I lost my wife to a tv screen
Her grand finale remains to be seen
With my own two fists I built a dynasty
Now our children are still roaming the earth
There’s some things that you can’t believe
There’s a dead branch in the family tree
But you can’t buy nothing with sympathy
Just some seeds buried in the dirt
Might be the morning cause it feels like a birth
And you just walked in like you owned the place
The endless waiting is killing me
Tied up in knots while the caveman sings
But you can’t get nothing with charity
Just some seeds buried in the dirt
Might be the weather but it feels like a curse
And you just walked in like you owned the place
There’s some things that you can’t believe
There’s some things that you just have to see
With my own two fists I built a dynasty
Now our children are still roaming the earth
Might be the morning ‘cause it feels like a birth
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10. |
Simple Triple
02:57
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It’s time to make up your mind
And show me what it conceals
I’d like to to take up your time
With only things you can feel
You thought you wasted your life
With all the voices you hear
Turns out you made it in fine
And all the aching ain’t real
Turns out you wasted your time
By wondering what you could steal
When everything seems to pass you by
You don’t know what to believe
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