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Snake
04:04
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My body had been defeated
My body had been left by the shore
My carcass served as your seeds somehow
You constantly, selfishly, wanted more
For you nothing could have been sweeter
Nothing as good as revenge
Nothing like being the killer who kills
And fools everyone else in the end
All your bullshit
Oh your ruse
There is a snake inside of you
There is a snake inside of you
Something was beating inside me
Something much stronger than you
The gun powder still in the air
I could smell it
Waltzing in here with your perfume
Most of this feels unrequited
Painfully feels unresolved
They say forgive your enemies to be free
Though I’m fine, I’m not yet opening that door
All your bullshit
Oh your ruse
There is a snake inside of you
There is a snake inside of you
All your bullshit
Oh your ruse
There is a snake inside of you
There is a snake inside of you
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2. |
Walt Disney
03:45
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Everyone’s picking sides
D’you care to join my army?
I’ve been staying inside
Feeling safe, maybe sorry
Cowering behind bittersweetness
Come spend the night
Kill with kindness
Rid ourselves of spite
I’ve frozen you in time
Kinda like Walt Disney
Just a block of ice
Look away to feel better
Caus any sign of life brings me back to
Your bitter lies
Those were definitely darker times
As I drive down Sunset Boulevard
Under this California sun
With my best friend by my side
We end up laughing til we cry
Visit mansions in the hills
She pretends to be my wife
At least my bones won’t turn to glass
This kind of love will last a life
As I drive down Sunset Boulevard
Under this California sun
With my best friend by my side
We end up laughing til we cry
Visit mansions in the hills
She pretends to be my wife
At least my bones won’t turn to glass
This kind of love will last a life
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3. |
Humble Lion
03:42
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Forgive your hibernating heart
For getting its shit together
It’s been following your own advice
For a little while now
It’s everyone’s first go
Just look into the prompter
Pretend you know what you’ve been doing
This whole time now
It should come as no surprise
It should come as no surprise
You don’t need to know what you’re living for
Every single day of your life
It’s ok to feel a little bored
To be a little unsure
Let that humble lion roar
Just don’t get too hard on yourself
When you trip or slip once in a while
What if maybe you’d just stop
Trying to take down those tornados
They've been damaging your insides
Keep you hypnotized boy
A grenade down every rabbit hole
Take that road trip down to brooklyn
Keep those shades on if you need em’
You know they’re moving on without you kid
And that should come as no surprise
Come as no surprise
No one owes you anything
No matter how hard you cry
Just get into the car and drive
Get into the car and drive
Let that humble lion roar
For the last time
Just don’t get too hard on yourself
No don’t get too hard on yourself
Don’t get too hard on yourself
When you trip or slip once in a while
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4. |
Run On Romance
04:36
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Life was so much better
When things were slightly worse
Poetry beyond your smoldering anger
My music acting brave
With me barking from the stage
You & I used to run on romance
We ran til our sneakers had holes
I don’t do much running anymore
Something had to change
Was my skin in this game
Luck you keep dropping past my head
It’s a free fall every time I kiss her
Is there a sulfur sky ahead?
Disembodied every time i miss her
And I’ll probably miss her
Til the very end
Impossible to know who marooned who
We’re alive so it doesn’t really matter
I probably should lie but I once wished you’d died
Yes it’s true
Now you’re just a cartoon
A permanent tattoo
Luck you keep falling past my head
It’s a free fall every time I kiss her
Is there a sulfur sky ahead?
Disembodied every time i miss her
And i’ll probably miss her
Til the very end
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This town ain’t paint by number
Make of it what you will
It’s a shapeshifter
It’ll swallow you like a pill
Make you feel happy then make you feel sad
I was feeling peachy but then you came along
Made me feel so bad
Made me feel so bad
Don’t you know that Brooklyn isn’t big enough for the both of us
Brooklyn isn’t big enough for the both of us
Yeah
I’ve got a feedback soul
Broke down on Beverley
What are the chances of you playing down the street?
I was feeling happy but now I feel sad
Everything was peachy but then you came along
Made me feel so bad
Made me feel so bad
Don’t you know that Brooklyn isn’t big enough for the both of us
Brooklyn isn’t big enough for the both of us
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6. |
Zombie Cry
03:31
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Never thought this day would end
In the back of an ambulance
Lava flowing through the kitchen
Hell & back within an instance
Zombie cry in the night
Zombie cry I’d never heard before
Couldn’t remember your birthday
Weren’t too sure about my face
Nine paramedics
Overwhelming me with questions ‘bout your health
In tears, laying on the carpet
No idea how it had started
Just a zombie cry, then you went down
Thought you were just fooling around
Can’t remember the last time
I had ever felt so afraid
Spent the next morn' walking on the beach down in Malibu
Suddenly your face changed
Turns out you had missed your outbound flight
Crushed my heart to see you broken
Crushed me seeing you stare at your phone
Tried to make you feel okay
Bout’ spending one more night in LA
Tried to make you feel okay
Bout’ spending one more night in LA
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Color Me Impressed
03:49
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If you don’t dig my disguise
Why’d you come around to the party?
The building blocks of my demise
Begin & end caus you’re never sorry
And as I sleepwalk through your crimes
Let’s chalk it up as narcolepsy
I’ll just look right past your eyes
Those big blue beautiful eyes
Never thought you had it in you to make this cruel a mess
And as the floor collapses under us, you can color me impressed
I’ve been searching for respite in every corner of every room
But you’ve added poison to the flood
And all of our safe words have been used
I’ll get by on this thread of light
Fly to Los Angeles on a jet plane
November’s vulgar & it’s breaking my spine
Give me a palm tree, a vanilla sky
So I can sleepwalk through your crimes
It’ll feel like we’re in a movie
I’ll soon forget your unforgiving eyes
Those big blue beautiful eyes
Never thought you had it in you to make this cruel a mess
And as the floor collapses under us, you can color me impressed
I’ve been searching for respite in every corner of every room
But you’ve added poison to the flood
And all of our safe words have been used
Never thought you had it in you to make this cruel a mess
And as the floor collapses under us, you can color me impressed
I’ve been searching for respite in every corner of every room
But you’ve added poison to the flood
You’ve added poison to my blood
And all of our safe words have been used
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8. |
Downtown
03:11
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Tell me what to do with my Friday night
The fear of missing out
Hit me right between the eyes
Man I’m feeling glum
Here I lay supine
Ain’t the weekend supposed to make you feel alright
If you go down - If you go downtown
Don’t go without me
If you go down - if you go downtown
Take me with you please
Take me to the theatre
Take me to the canal
For you, I’ll dress dapper
If that’s what you’re into now
She said “I could never solve him, even if I tried”
Tonight’s the first time I see Carlita cry
If you go down - If you go downtown
Don’t go without me
If you go down - if you go downtown
Take me with you please
Baby I’m so bored
Down by the archipelago
I could use your laughter
And I sure could watch your show
Maybe have a fag out by the fire escape
Then lay down as a Leonard Cohen record plays
If you go down - If you go downtown
Don’t go without me
If you go down - if you go downtown
Take me with you please
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9. |
Crushed Grapes
05:35
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Blasphemy (x3)
I watch you sing your song of pain
See your river of tears run out
Into that heavy rain
Laugh for me (x3)
So I know there’s still a fire
Still a child hidden in there somewhere
Walking on a wire
Hunker down (x3)
All dressed in camouflage
Those traps you say hide ‘neath the leaves
Only your mind’s mirage
Settle down (x3)
Your face keeps making shapes
I don’t think I’ve ever seen before
Your eyes look like crushed grapes
If you reach a cul-de-sac
Blame the gods, don’t blame the map
Oh boy.
Don’t let those bastards be a damper to your joy
Just keep your happiness intact
In the end, this too shall pass
Oh girl
Don’t waste your breath
Getting upset at the world
Head full (x3)
Of plans that don’t make sense
You’d think this life could throw you a bone
Or maybe a slice of bread
The plink of pebbles
The plink of pebbles
Resonate against your bedroom window
Woke you up in the middle of your dream
Prettiest pillow face I’d ever seen
If you reach a cul-de-sac
Blame the gods, don’t blame the map
Oh boy.
Don’t let those bastards be a damper to your joy
Just keep your happiness intact
In the end, this too shall pass
Oh girl
Don't waste your breath getting upset at the world
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