1. |
Palisades
03:40
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Verse one:
I been ready since the day you put my head in glass
We were heavy, but our payments made the debtors pass
I saw my feet shuffle and blur
We spoke each other’s lines in turn
Verse two:
I go steady and my hands have a familial grain
Trying heady, but I’m wearing well the same old same
I am compelled to help your hand
I hope you understand
Pre-chorus:
Even though my new haircut’s starting to fade
And the cast of my shadow is now barely shade
In a couple of miles there’ll be nothing to save
You still really need to put me out the palisade
Chorus:
I’m starting to feel like I’m washing away
know when I leave that I wanted to stay
Sometimes I tell myself it won’t ever be alright
But I’m here
I’m here
I’m here
I’m here
Verse three:
Joining SETI won’t find anything of note upstairs
I’m a levy made to hit you right across your heirs
There were no artifacts to find
I left no blood behind
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2. |
That'd Be Great
05:05
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Verse one:
I don’t really want to be here
I’m getting one of those headaches
If I could just cut my arms off and leave them on the table
For anyone who wanted handshakes
That’d be great
That’d be so great
Verse two:
I have absolutely no desire to participate
But can I just sit back here and watch you iterate your videogame
Watch you all get high maybe pet the dog and look into his eyes
To avoid when everyone exchanges names
That’d be great
That’d be so great
Verse three:
It seems there are multiple people currently touching me without my consent
So I have left my body and am now hovering on a different plane
If I could just cut my tether to my corporeal existence
Drift around in the ether above you all and just forget my frame
That’d be great
That’d be so great
Chorus:
I think there must be something wrong
You can’t all be like this
You are all singing the same song
and I don’t know where I fit
Outro:
There must be something wrong
There must be something wrong
There must be something wrong with all of you
‘cos I’m so great
Yeah I’m so great
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3. |
Going Down
03:21
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Verse one:
Will you be fast asleep
When I get back from the store
I’ll only be gone a week
Maybe a year but not much more
Baby you’ll see
Verse two:
I don’t know where I go
But I always come back hat in hand
I will show a pose so low
You will be sure to understand
And maybe you’ll notice who I am
Chorus:
Nothing can save us now
Nothing can save us now
You better save yourself because I’m going down
And I don’t know how to let go of you
Verse three:
Send your best polite regrets
I’ll never blame you for my part
I’m a mess it’s not a test
You should be free now from my heart
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4. |
Kokomo
03:12
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Verse one:
Mike Love
Turned on Brian’s best of
Drive through Indiana
And phoned it in from the heartland XRA
Chorus:
Hey where they go (even they don’t know)
Now they’ve gone the way of buffalo
They just went on with the show (oh my oh no)
They couldn’t hang on to their ego
Hey what do I know?
There’s no place like Kokomo
Verse two:
Kermit
Covered it in earnest
A sesame sweet version
Planted deeply in the corners of our minds
Bridge:
We need a single for a soundtrack
Oh but Landy’s got that lojack
Papa john ghostwrote now let’s go push Kokomo
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5. |
New Sixes
02:46
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Verse one:
We’ve got some new sixes that are almost sevens
We’ve got some new devils that rival the heavens
Chorus:
But we ain’t got you
No we ain’t got you
No we ain’t got you yet
Verse two:
We’ve got some new faces that always be smiling
We’ve got some emotions that mask all the crying
Bridge:
We made your mind up before you woke up
We made your mind up before you even woke up
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6. |
It's a Drag
02:35
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Verse one:
Why was I so terrified
Of fake blood shot in black and white
These old tyme vampyres’ worn down fangs
Have lost their edge with worn out slang
Chorus:
It’s a drag
You left the party
Come on back
We’ll make them make it right
Verse two:
Just ignore the watchful paintings
All their stares can be so draining
You have to invite them in
For them to hurt you once again
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7. |
All the Boys I've Loved
02:31
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Verse one:
This one came in like a thief
And I let him ‘cos I love him
This two has the heart of me
And I fear I will crush him
Chorus:
All the boys I’ve loved
Are sitting right in front of me
A thousand miles away
All the boys I’ve loved
Were never gonna stay
Verse two:
This three is the last of me
And I hold him as forever
These three see the worst of me
And I know I can do better
Bridge:
I can recall every moment I fell in love again
And I’m still alive where you stopped time
And all that I am I send along with you to maybe catch you if you fall
‘Cos I’ll never leave you, I’m right behind you boys
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8. |
Worry Too Much
02:22
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Chorus:
You know you worry too much
You know you worry too much
Yes, you know it’s true you worry too much
You worry too much
Verse one:
It’s not that there aren’t things out there trying to take you out
But I am one of those things too
And maybe just you knowing that will give you a reprieve
As I reach out to you from across the room
Verse two:
Faces
In the drug store
When you clock in
At a strange door
In a new cough
On the bread line
On a hot mic
In a good time
Like Sisyphus you miss when this was all not such a weight
But unlike him your punishment is sure to end one day
Verse three:
And maybe all this love we talk can ease your weary heart
Or maybe this is how we be
And as the world continually adds to your long list
Well, I’m just glad to hear you say you never have to worry about me
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9. |
Don't Let's Talk
03:14
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Verse one:
I like you always
I love you when you run
It only feels right
When I can make you come
Verse two:
I never feel good
I only level out
Get back to zero
Then fall asleep somehow
Pre-chorus:
What do you mean when you say
You have never felt this before
Don’t let’s talk about it
We won’t hear a thing
If we don’t say the words
Chorus:
So I can’t believe you
Yeah I can’t believe you
No I can’t believe you
But I really want to
Verse one:
I like you always
I love you when you run
It only feels right
If it is never done
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10. |
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Verse one:
The trees are winded
There’re no leaf left to turn
My wounds are mended
But I can’t understand how you got money left to burn
Verse two:
The wheat fields are blowing
Like the hair on my father’s arm
That he’s got hooked out the window
Of our big red suburban middle class American car
Verse three:
Tornados are back again
And the weather feels so alone
Outside it’s American
And there’s a mocking bird that sounds just like my telephone
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House Ghost Louisville, Kentucky
House Ghost
is Keith and Derek
and Shane and Donjon and Kith and Kin.
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