1. |
Now Arriving On Track 1
04:42
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(Rainfall, Comets and all, Holy water)
We all saw it fall from the sky and
We witnessed a tragedy
Our parents said, “cover your eyes” but
It branded us entirely cause we were too small
(Rainfall, Comets and all)
Your mind made connections that day that
Would send you down spiraling
You weren’t the same after that and
Your family said it would be best to move out of town
Someone once said to me that they’ve
Never felt alive (hard to believe)
I nodded and agreed
Then it occurred to me that
Others have their own (that you never see)
A part of me felt freed
The sound was so terrifying that
We froze on a sunny day
The crash sent the water so high
And it covered us entirely it felt just like rain
“All I had was written in the sky
And I had to get it right”
Someone once said to me that they’ve
Never felt alive (hard to believe)
I nodded and agreed
Then it occurred to me that
Others have their own (that you never see)
A part of me felt freed
Oh
We all saw it fall from the sky and
We witnessed it spiraling
The sound was so terrifying and
It covered us entirely it felt just like rain
The water is shallow
And it’s clear to me
That the only way out
Was for me to dive in
They’ll call me a hero
For trying my best
On a suicide mission
My superposition
A sudden shift in my design
Only for a mote of time
Everyone held their breath waiting for me
(hard to believe)
There was nothing left to hold
(hard to believe)
So we all went home
A story seldom told
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2. |
Soja Fara
03:35
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Hide and seek with your friends
The attic filled to the brim
And a folder falls fast with a mind of its own
It’s a sonogram of a pair of twins
And you get up quick
It ain't easy to roll with this
Yea you don’t got time or the nerve to feel it
So you bottle up and throw it away
But then again its proof
That there’s someone who’s just like you
What fun might there have been if there had been two
So it haunts you in your nightmares
She whispers into your ears
“My blood is rushin’. It won’t stop comin’”
(She left you to figure it out)
And your heart beat stops and skips around
(That's not what the rhythm’s about)
Right in between the panes of me
(“Brother, can’t you hear me in the wind and all around?
I’m alive and with you from the very start.”)
Thought you had felt your twin
The kin that you held within
You’d have heard her here happy hollerin’
But the wind misspeaks a bit in the breeze
(“Brother don’t you worry, no, we’ll never be apart
I’m alive and with you till the very end.”)
So you get up quick
It’s easy to roll with this
Like a fruit fallen far from an apple tree
But you look and taste the same as always
There’s nothing you can do
But keep going and living life for two
And so it haunts you in your nightmares
She whispers into your ears
“My blood is rushin’ it won’t stop comin’
(She left you to figure it out)
And your heart beat stops and skips around
(That's not what the rhythm’s about)
Right in between the panes of me
And in angles of the cathedral glass
I saw what was within me
a piece so faded a part I’d hated
(she left you to figure it out)
The dirt that had been underneath
(she left you to figure it out)
And in between the panes of me
I was really wonderin’
(How's it goin’ on your end?)
Are you proud of where we are?
(Nowhere I would rather be)
Even though you’re stuck with me?
(Wouldn’t that be funny?)
Knowing that I’m not alone
(Can’t believe how much you’ve grown)
I breath in and let it all out
(Blow the candle, ring the bell)
All I wish is that you’re well
(Isn’t that just lovely?)
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3. |
The Boat'll Float
03:36
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I threw my hands in the air said fuck it
The winds will pick up and I'll be fine
I didn't see that a storm was coming
Shattered glass under a wooden canopy
I fell in, love, okay? Wait a minute
I didn't know this thing could go down
I put my vest on its tight but I’m in it
I close my eyes and hope to god that I don't drown
Spent a few years wasting time together
The waves are pickin up now
The storms got its eye fixed and I yell
“You won't catch me cause I’m turning this around”
I catch my breath and I hold it tight
I look up and you turn around
I’ll cherry pick the sins that I’ll confess tonight
Hope that someday it’ll clear up and you’ll see I’m right
(Cast it away, A life astray)
I count my blessings and I take the ride
(Washing you over)
I see the sky through the black and white
(Baptized under salty sullen skies)
Never seen a shade of blue in my entire life
This weekend I came to realize
We can die and I won’t have loved it
I think I've only sunken our relationship
The corner’s cut but the paper’s weighted
Treading water and i just don't
Know if this is the life worth living
The boat’ll float till I could touch the solid ground
Spent a few years wasting time together
The waves are crashin’ over now
The storms got its eye fixed and I yell
“You won't catch me cause I’m turning this around”
I let my breath away into the night
I look up and you’re not around
I think I’m sorry for the awful things I’ve said
But the thoughts are nearly drowning me inside my head
(Cast it away, A life astray)
I count my blessings and I take the ride
(Washing you over)
I see the sky through the black and white
(Baptized under salty sullen skies)
Never seen a shade of blue in my entire life
When you got called and his speech stalled you took the fall
Got his numbers mixed
Couldn’t put, couldn’t put the blame on him
You asked if there was something there to feel better
When the silence spoke and you spat the lump out of your throat
Put your two weeks in, pack it up, only to come back again
You told him there was something here to remember
I breath in deep as if I've seen the light
As I stand on solid ground
I cover up my eyes as if the sun’s too bright
Never seen a shade of blue in my entire life
(Cast it away, A life astray)
I count my blessings and I take the ride
(Washing you over)
I see the sky through the black and white
(Baptized under salty sullen skies)
Never seen a shade of blue in my entire life
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4. |
Step Sons
04:00
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Studied up and you're just steppin’ into my car
Close call to a place yeah order it all
Hands hot, whistles echo through the garage
Let them know you’re home
Spend it with the best around
Time that you wouldn’t otherwise
Know how to work and play with
When you’re out and all alone
I’m windin’ up
Roller coaster in the streets
It's a great big drop nothin’ there to hold onto
Can’t stop so you let it take you and oh god is this real?
Quarter cup, good enough, knock it back to the past
Reminiscin’ bout the good times, can’t get it back
Faces hot, a little blurry, you could read them all
They let you know you’re not so alone
Spend it with the best around
Time that you wouldn’t otherwise
Know how to work and play with
When you’re out and on your own
I’m windin’ up
Roller coaster in the streets
It's a great big drop nothin’ there to hold onto
Can’t stop so you let it take you and oh god is this surreal
What is this I feel?
Am I being healed?
Like a catherine wheel
Warm and glowing round
Letting myself go out
Flying in all directions
Waiting for the sunrise
A flower blooms anew
The light is finally
Coming into view
Spend it with the best around
Time that you wouldn’t otherwise
Know how to work and play with
When you’re out and all alone
I’m windin’ up
Roller coaster in the streets
It's a great big drop nothin’ there to hold onto
Can’t stop so you let it take you and oh god is this real?
And I know how to feel
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5. |
My Shuttle
03:33
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Connect the dots
Fill in the gaps
If you wait
You wait long long enough
You’ll get somewhere someday
(If you wait (wait) long long enough
Fill in in the gaps gaps enough
Connect the dots dots enough
Read ‘twixt ‘twixt the lines lines)
Connect the dots
Fill in the gaps
If you wait
You wait long long enough
You’ll be someone someday
But for now I’m getting over an honest doubt
(That we’re so tiny and momentary
That the ground seems so stationary)
And for now
Nodding off in a nimbus cloud
(cumulo, cumulo)
I’ll make ya breakfast I’ll make ya proud
But this won't be over easy
(Try to get through over and to the other side)
The last things I've yet to own
Mistakes that I’ve never shown
The feeling I’m never home
Developed but never grown
So for now I’m getting over an honest doubt
(That we’re so tiny and momentary
That the ground seems so stationary)
But this won't be over easy
(Try to get through over and to the other side)
You won’t find me underground
I’m steppin’ with pride and sound
Where have all my friends gone?
Right here!
I can’t do it
I can’t do this without you
Can I see you? yeah!
Where have all my friends gone?
Right here!
I can’t do this
I can’t do it without you
Can I see you? yeah!
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6. |
Earth Wind and Fireball
03:51
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Took a shot straight to the head and I
Couldn't bring myself down
To figure it out
Sitting on a mountain top
With a big black bag full of stage props
And you were next to me
Smiling big like you thought you
Were supposed to be
Let's dive on in and pretend to be
Someone big and important out of history
I want to leave behind
Something i know will
Make it to the end of time
A song to sing
A book to read
So we acted out a scene or two
We had our foam swords drawn and danced it out
I was drawn, drawn with red
Red leaves from the trees as it was autumn then
And you were next to me
Smiling big as you slurred through your soliloquies
Let's dive on in and pretend to be
Someone big and important
I want to leave behind
Something i know will
Make it to the end of time
A song to sing
A book to read
Red sky, lying in the grass
Slammin’ bottles into rocks
And I’m feeling bad inside.
Red-eyed, broken glass
Bare feet cut deep
And I’m feelin bad inside
I’m limping back
And in a way i am glad
Got to spend a little time living lies
Tonight
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7. |
Map It Out
02:45
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Don’t you dare stay
We can run away from here
We can map it out
Find a place that's far away from the city
So we took our bags and packed them with our favorite things
Put them in the trunk and headed for the mountains
We were two red stars burning out on the horizon
We were two red stars u see the horizon
Under the horizon
Wasting away on our stubborn (hearts)
If you knew what I was thinking
If you could see what happens in and all around my head
If you knew what I was dreamin’
If you were here and you could listen in
If you gather all the pieces on your own
Put em down and sort it out about the corners
Fixed edge just one left and you left it at home
So you made your own and hoped that we would never know
Find a place that’s far away from
From here
Don’t you dare stay
We can run away from here
We can map it out
We can map it out
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8. |
Play Onwards
03:51
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It’s new to me, the face you see and
it's only just learning again how to breath
It’s got no tissue but that's no issue
We all got a skeletal smile underneath
Play on, words can hurt like sticks and stones
See the world for what it is
And even in spite of it
You make a name for yourself
Don’t let what the others say bring ya down
Because you’re gonna stumble either way
Just won't you get up to do
The best that you can to prove
you’ve got what it takes
Got what it takes
But that’s the problem “No, you can’t solve em”
No you just can’t handle my transparency
My gears are turnin’, my harddrives whirrin
And beautiful colors come out when I bleed
Play on, words can hurt like sticks and stones
See the world for what it is
And even in spite of it
You make a name for yourself
Don’t let what the others say bring ya down
Because you’re gonna stumble either way
Just won't you get up to do
The best that you can to prove
you’ve got what it takes
Got what it takes
Catastrophic its a meltdown that I cannot avoid
My patients drying up. Not enough
Catastrophic its a meltdown that I cannot avoid
It’s time to activate and evacuate
Catastrophic its a meltdown that I cannot avoid
It’s time to self destruct
But I-
I watched you outside
Running faster than you ever have
The fear in your eyes of what
Happens once you close them for the last time
Stop hey now wait a minute, wait a minute
Won't you come down next to me a minute
There’s something that’s really important to me to say to you
You can’t outrun yourself
Cause there’s no one worth mentioning
That can get you through this
You can do this
Cause I’m just not long for this world, you see
I’m sorry but that is an in-e-vit-a-bi-la-tee-e
Let me just tell you one thing
Better yet
Would you just sing with me
Play on, words can hurt like sticks and stones
See the world for what it is
And even in spite of it
You make a name for yourself
Don’t let what the others say bring ya down
because you’re gonna stumble either way
Just won't you get up
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9. |
Thoughts On Things
03:56
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Stay up well past your bedtime
Who needs the morning
When there’s nothing out there for you
Wake up heavy headed
Or not at all
No one cares about you
(Oooh)
What are you fighting for and against?
I bet it’s a big one
But you won’t tell any of us?
Can’t get away
Can’t get away no
You can’t get away
Can’t get away
Can’t get away no
You can’t get away
Stay up well past your bedtime
Who needs the morning
When there’s nothing out there for you
Wake up heavy headed
Or not at all
No one cares about you
(Oooh)
What are you fighting for and against?
I bet it’s a big one
But you won’t tell any of us?
Even though it sees you when you’re sleeping
And knows when you’re awake
Can’t get away
Can’t get away no
You can’t get away
Stay up well past your bedtime
Stay up well past your bedtime
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10. |
Split Ends
03:48
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(See you on the other side)
Over the moon
I jumped so far and now I cannot see my home
(when you landed you were somewhere new)
Overly optimistic, I know
(One life for another)
I’m sure this happens all the time
(no, that’s not right)
I’m here to bring my dreams to life
Intricately woven into it
Space and time
The fabrics of our lives
Sew me into something new again
That’s comfortable
Promise me you’ll make sure that I’ll be spinning?
Can’t you see we’ve made it?
But we don’t have too long
Where to go from here?
There isn’t any time left
For something new?
Then let's just do it again!
I see my final finish line
(I’m just a silhouette, there’s nothin’ left to hold)
It’s patterned, checkered past inside
(I’m just a solid color, one dimensional)
I’m sure this happens every time
(I’m just a silhouette, there’s nothin’ left to hold)
My stars and shoes are all aligned
Don’t fear I'll be right back
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