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The Blues or Die
02:31
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the blues or die
hot freaks down on the dance floor
sweating in front of me
hot freaks they give you one option
sing the blues or die
let’s dance you could move me
if you would i’d surely come unglued
just lay it all out on me
rough seas the band starts listing
starboard is sinking
big wave spilling o’er the dancers
the hold won’t hold all of us
when we go down tell me
that you won’t lie to me
don’t please
just lay it all out on me
i mean just tell the truth
lay it on me
i can take it
i can take it
i can take it
i can take it
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2. |
Couples Therapy
02:51
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it’s not that we’re wasted
it’s not that we’re cold
it’s not how we’re speaking alone in our worlds
yeah i know, i know
but now and then i can bend into something gentle and i get better
then you ask me
“do you really want your tombstone to read ‘here lieth a monster?’”
i don’t know
oh c’mon
“have you zero interest in trying to grow?”
i don’t know
c’mon
i don’t know
but now and then i can bend into something gentle
i had better yeah
darling please come with me to therapy
i don’t know
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3. |
Surprise Surprise
02:34
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surprise surprise
it popped back into the flume of my mind
i’m not letting it go
nor should i
i’d give the world just to stitch up your mouth
surprise yourself
surprise we’re coming out
the right wing is torn the bird is coming down
really it’s no surprise
surprise surprise
the fact you’ve stolen your position of pride
pushed with your knives
bullied and lied
you’re such a bore that it actually hurts
surprise yourself
surprise we’re coming out
the right wing is torn the bird is coming down
it’s an ugly suit
it’s dirty, plaid, it’s brown
it’s uglier than that
i just want out
that your shit is a mess is no surprise
surprise
oh thank god
that we all die
including you
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4. |
Comfy Coffins
03:02
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we slogged through as much as we could
i'd rather be dead than take another look
two years spent in a duct-taped love
like drilling teeth with a nuclear sub
so here we lay in our comfy coffins
no hell to pay
our hearts so soft and tired now
things were said hugs exchanged
like peeling paint in a driving rain
the faintest beat arrhythmically set
those last few feet won't cover the debt
so here we lay in our comfy coffins
the hounds at bay
our will so seldom strong
what manner of failure is this
without true love we just exist
so here we lay in our comfy coffins
no hell to pay our hearts so softened
so here we lay in our comfy coffins
the hounds at bay
our will so seldom strong anymore
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dark clouds
they form and then they follow
dark things
the pool is over me
upset
strange and so unlikely
protesters, soldiers drowning in a dead sea
skies part
fall in love damn it
light falls on a face that’s pale and worn
sun sets
is she the stuff of beauty?
protesters, soldiers drowning in a dead sea
you never gave a fuck
everywhere you go you take the weather with you*
everywhere you go
everywhere you go
everywhere you go
dark clouds
surely you send out signals
dark things
that the universe depends on
upset
i ask you please don’t kill the universe with all your dark thinking
please give a fuck
everywhere you go you take the weather with you*
everywhere you go
everywhere you go
everywhere you go
dark clouds are wasted on you
you take the weather with you
everywhere you go
everywhere you go
everywhere you go
everywhere you go
* lyric from the finn brothers’ “the weather with you” roundhead music/rebel larynx music (BMI) 1991
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6. |
I Remove My Penis
03:43
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tired eyes are you fed up?
after so many years
will you pack it in and leave
shut up
oh just shut up
faced with the truth
i better take my turn
why can’t i wait?
why can’t i learn?
i just don’t
i tear out my guts
i pull insides out and lay them across the chair
i remove my penis too
so I can think
so I can concentrate
i tried to swallow much too late
i just choke
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7. |
I've Seen Those Eyes
02:55
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i've seen those eyes
when you weren't feeling it
i've seen those eyes
you know the difference
you are dead
you are alive
you are dead
you are alive
i've been the high
when you weren't feeling it
i've seen those eyes
there are no words for it
you are dead
you are alive
you are dead
you are alive
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8. |
Fambly
03:14
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tea is trembling in the cup
hot tea words shaken bubble up
i think i shall begin with a slight exaggeration
then i’ll tell a lie
a family gets poisoned
but who did this?
surely the guilty took bigger sips
i am taking you with me to the moon i said
where no one stops to stare
family oh dear family
family oh dear family
sugar is melting
in the cup
hot love
songs welter up
i am walking on buried treasure i thought
my feet on a silver sleigh
family oh dear family
family fa fa fa family
family all of us family
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9. |
She Wanted
02:46
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she wanted to be found
she wanted you around
so she coyly hid in the pantry
but did you see her smile?
did you hold her tight?
did you play, "california dreaming?”
oh she wanted you around
oh she wanted you underground
for all days for always to come
she got so sick of you
now she’s talking to that olive skinned boy
do you remember how it felt?
do you tighten up your belt against the freezing cold and rain?
but alaska’s not so bad
with a boy that calls you dad
his olive skin against the snow
oh she wanted you around
oh she wanted you underground
for all days for all ways to come
she wanted to breath fire
so she lit that fiery feeling
she wanted to feel god in heaven
so she licked that fiery feeling
spread her arms for one such feeling
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10. |
The Executioner's Song
03:42
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what’s the worst thing you’ve done?
will you tell?
is it so bad that you’re capable of this?
monday i wanted to die
i had lost my magic
but tuesday came
was beautiful
oh imagine that we could have more time
i don’t care about anything but you
if this is love i’m ready now
oh nicole
monday i wanted to die
it’s not like it’s tragic
but tuesday came
was beautiful
oh i almost had ya here with me
nicole
nicole
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