1. |
Chicago
04:43
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If the sea turned black
Would you leave everything here?
And come to Chicago
I don’t know why, but I think I want to go
Why can’t you see, every eventuality?
Every plan, every tear
We’re sitting in this room and we’re going nowhere
And I can’t take it anymore
Just look at us, look at what we’ve become
If everything slipped away
And left us stranded
Would you go back for anyone?
I’m sure we’ll find them again
They have bars in Chicago
And giant cars in Chicago
And rocket trips to Mars from Chicago
And I’m sick of this shit
Fuck it, I’m going
I’m not sure what’s going to happen
But I hope that you and me are going to last
Over all this troubled water
You see me waving goodbye
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2. |
Beneath The Ground
04:13
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He sat upon a pile of bricks
That knew no dreams, that knew no tricks
Shattered, chipped and broke in two
He fell into that place he knew
Where blue and red and black exist
Where hope is blinded by the mist
Where love is lost to hellish sound
It’s there he lives beneath the ground
Blood and tears and holy words
To find his place up with the birds
He sinks into a fiery sea
Beyond the reach of you and me
Where blue and red and black exist
Where hope is blinded by the mist
Where love is lost to hellish sound
It’s there he lives beneath the ground
I’ve never even shown you there
A place to live beyond the fear
Where you and me hold hands
And laugh at what they think they understand
Where blue and red and black are mixed
With gold and white and silver bricks
Where love is guided by the bliss
And you me and come to this
But he sits on his pile of bricks
He has no dreams, he has no tricks
He’s shattered, chipped and broke in two
He falls into that place he knew
Where blue and red and black exist
Where hope is blinded by the mist
Where love is lost to hellish sound
It’s there he lives beneath the fucking ground
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3. |
God Song
06:31
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I was waiting in the night
Standing by a loaded gun
Looking to the sky
To see what you’ve become
But you’re not there at all
I don’t feel you moving
Maybe I could let it be
Maybe you could go unfound
I’ve been swimming in your sea
I’ve been digging in your ground
But you’re not there at all
I don’t feel you moving
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4. |
Lose Yourself
04:55
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Lose yourself in me
Let me be the sea
For every fallen victim
For every sunken yacht
For everything I told you
And everything that I am not
Lose yourself in me
Let me be the sea
To hurt you in the morning
To heal you in the night
To bash you without warning
And save you on my tide
Lose yourself in me
Let me be the sea
Everything you hide
Is everything I see!
What you have denied
Is what will set you free!
Step back from the light
Step into the sea!
Come into the darkness
And lose yourself in me!
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5. |
River Sets You Free
05:37
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What man comes here?
What man stays?
What man will be with you?
What man can wait?
By your river bed
It’s not the one for me
Walk along your river
Your river sets you free
See the children swimming
Jumping from a bridge
All the little women
Are standing on a ledge
They’re asking for you
Calling from the sea
Walk along your river
Your river sets you free
Feel the evening coming
It’s falling on the trees
There’s an evil woman
She’s crawling on her knees
She’s asking for you
Where will you be?
Walk along your river
Your river sets you free
See the moon is clouded
See the bird is free
See the evil woman
She’s lying next to me
She’s asking for you
I told her where you’re going to be
Walk along your river
Your river sets you free
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6. |
Skynnyboy
06:20
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SkynnyBoy
SkynnyGirl
SkynnyBoy
SkynnyGirl
SkynnyBoy
SkynnyGirl
SkynnyBoy
SkynnyGirl
Skynny…
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7. |
Sth Missing
10:27
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There’s something missing but I think it’s OK
There used to be a step
It’s lost in the ritual of every day
And now there’s nothing left
In the morning I called your name
And I hoped that you’d come running
But all I summoned was the shame
I know that you’re not coming
The evening passes without a trace
Of ghosts and sleepy walls
It paints a shadow on my face
Of the man who never was
The sun comes back around
And rises to the trees
And you know what you have found
You know what darkness see
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