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Opening Lines
04:55
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I was always told, that opening lines are important
I guess it's true, it's plagued me for years
And I had always thought, the dream's too big to be real
Slipping away, floating back down to earth
A safari on the moon, the applications close in June
Just a few more steps before the interview
Another train into the city tonight, another partner to turn out the light
And in the morning, start over again
Under soft pink neon glow, singing 'I Want Wind to Blow'
To an audience that probably doesn't know it
But you know the feeling is all around, communicated though these sounds
I think I'm in _ _ _ _
A safari on the moon, the applications closing soon
A little detour lunar route
Do I even really wanna go? I should've thought of these things before
I started this all
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2. |
Smoke Indoors
03:16
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Steady cowboy with a hand pressed to his chest
Quit while you're ahead or do something you'll regret
And he slithers back onto his chair, stunned and suddenly aware
And just like that my confidence snaps
And I am teleported back
To another time where you can smoke indoors, of course
And she says "in the end, I'm just asking for a friend"
But I know that the friendship's undercover
And I found myself a lover, of course
Oh of course
He's got the exits covered, he's mapped them in his mind
The mood lighting's set, he's just waiting on the time
But she's come dressed to kill, and he doesn't fit the bill
And just like that my confidence snaps
And I am teleported back
To another time where you can smoke indoors, of course
And she says "in the end, I'm just asking for a friend"
But I know that the friendship's undercover
And I found myself a lover, of course
Oh of course
(x2)
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3. |
Hot Air Balloon
04:18
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Let's take a trip baby just you and I
Oh where we go you know that I don't mind
I have this desire to leave the ground behind
See the birds up eight miles high
Just a drop within the largest of lakes
The psychedelic junior t-shirt phase (oh those days)
Watching the movements of us all still unknown
High up above we're just so happy alone in this
Hot air balloon
Don't talk to soon
The seven seas are calling calling our names
Out through the eyelids of a grand hurricane
We're too far out, I guess we're in for the ride
Strap to the corners and hold on tight in this
Hot air balloon
It all slides from view
Hot air balloon
It all falls through
I guess it threw us onto opposite sides
A gentle wave a tentative goodbye
The flowers blossom further out from the line
Another story for another time
Hot air balloon
It all slides from view
Hot air balloon
It all falls through
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4. |
Artsi Cacti
02:09
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5. |
Direct Pipe Dreams
04:01
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Susie drove into a forest hideaway
Middle of nowhere she packs her mind away
"Inclusion's overrated" didn't I hear her say? oh
The radio doesn't wanna connect
Isolation tends to have that effect
But don't pipe dreams travel direct? oh
And every night, the lovers sing
Of arguments and diamond rings
Soaked pages of Hemingway
Didn't your mother tell you not to play in the rain?
What's the danger anyway?
Looking for faith with blinded eyes
Dollar bills still terrorize
Win this week's special prize, oh
Burn it up like a pile of leaves
Rip it up like a bunch of thieves
But Susie she still believes
And every night, the lovers sing
Of arguments and diamond rings
Soaked pages of Hemingway
Didn't your mother tell you not to play in the rain?
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6. |
Santa Monica Sunrise
07:22
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There's a hum and a rhythm to here that I'm yet to know
But I'm sure to know it soon
There's another way of living to here that I can't be shown
Lay my fingers in the grooves
Cigarettes and coffee on the table by the hall
Incomplete and half consumed
By the open window I can feel and taste the salt
Soon to fly by light of moon
So take me any place it's no concern I'm half awake
Abolish my malaise
There's some old dreams that have been wasted in my mind
That little hideaway exposed I now can find
Watching a Santa Monica sunrise
Let's stay here for a while
There's a long leg of light from limousines along the beach
You joke that they're for you
There's another little light it shines our heads an olive green
A change from the old blues
There's a whole other world sitting beneath the silver lake
And it pulls me under too
Touching fingertips to china cats as spirals snake
The walls around the room
So drag me to the edge and watch me fall amongst the waves
And say we're not afraid
There's other dreams I really wish I'd leave behind
The fallen teeth, the nosediving, the nine to five
Watching a Santa Monica sunrise
Forget things for a while
So drag me to the edge and watch me fall amongst the waves
With nothing left to say
There's some old dreams that have been wasted in my mind
That little hideaway exposed I now can find
Watching a Santa Monica sunrise
It all can just pass by
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7. |
Surrealism Blur
01:49
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A burning Skoda in the driveway of a house on the corner of the street
Another 30 second drive away all the kids are getting drawn towards the heat
Woke up so early in the morning in the claws of a sycamore tree
The sky so purple, sun still dawning, oh I could hardly find a way to find my feet
I used to get it all, but now it's lost to me
I'm slowly melting in a world akin to Dali
Oh is it real or fake? Oh what's reality?
A happy snap-shot on a 42 inch screen?
The benign biker in the hallway makes a turn as the hippie calls his name
Ten cents sitting in his pocket, sides are different but they kind of feel the same
Picasso paintings up in your place, an obsession ever since you went to Spain
The backwards LP runs a message, and now it's all you ever really wanna play
I used to get it all, but now it's lost to me
I'm slowly melting in a world akin to Dali
Oh is it real or fake? Oh what's reality?
A funny picture on a screen?
I used to feel it all, but now I only bleed
Oh I'm the kind of guy that's late to his own party
I'm so emotional, but so illogically
Oh who do we want to be?
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8. |
Strange World
02:50
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9. |
Just Gimme a Minute
00:59
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Hey I don't mean to smother you it's already hard to breathe
My concentration is waning and confusion is taking lead
They tell me it's not good enough but I still try my best
Oh even if I have more questions than a hundred high school tests
Just gimme a minute
Just gimme a minute
Just gimme a minute of your time before you leave
Can't you see when a friend is in deep water reaching out?
Check your ticket, the plane it doesn't leave for several hours
Just gimme a minute
Just gimme a minute
Just gimme a minute of your time before you leave
Just gimme a minute
Just gimme a minute
Just gimme a minute of your time before you leave
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10. |
For the Time
05:16
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See his eyes are so red and so wild
Abrasive noises, save the life of my child
Serenity and wisdom come as a gift if
You've run the race that you can never win
Time's-a-runnin', time's-a-tickin' away
Always tapped into the choices you make
Leave the heavens and he's there when you land
Wanders closer scythe in his hands
You felt the rise now fear the fall
You'd always wished you could control it
See his eyes are so red and so wild
Lost along inside a miracle mile
All so cyclical seen it before
We're so predictable, we're such a bore
You felt the rise now fear the fall
You feel alright, you're feeling tall
You made the light, now make the call
For the time
Can't escape the heat
A riot in the streets
An ouroboros sitting on your linen sheets
They wanna eat the young
They wanna sink the fun and count the days out (1 2 3 4)
Forgetting how to talk
Oh i forget how to act
Urbanised, the skies, they fuckin' paint 'em black
I think I am asleep and awake at the same damn time
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11. |
City by its Soul
03:11
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There's a passion in love, there's a passion in sex
But a love like ours is filled with regrets
I loved you then as I love you still
But I still think of him by my windowsill
The pouring rain, soaked his clothes
The wind so cold, it froze his bones
Chattering teeth and frozen lips
A night in a storm for one last kiss
He said "Hold me baby, I don't wanna leave"
He said "Hold me baby, my future is bleak"
And he stayed with me as the sky turned black
When he left that night, he never came back
There's the letters I wrote, there's the letters I read
But the feelings I have, lie with the dead
The purest souls, can't be saved
In a foreign land, in an unmarked grave
He said "Hold me baby, I don't wanna leave"
He said "Hold me baby, my future is bleak"
And he stayed with me as the sky turned black
When he left that night, he never came back
He said "Hold me baby, I don't wanna leave"
He said "Hold me baby, my future is bleak"
And he stayed with me as the sky turned black
When he left that night, he never came back
He stayed with me as the sky turned black
When he left that night, he never came back
He stayed with me as the sky turned black
When he left that night, he never came back
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13. |
Music to Roller Skate to
06:33
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The signs are all fading, the maps are all wrong
Living our lives through the lines of a song
Sink in Endors Toi
The lights are all fading, directions are wrong
Somebody said "Honey it won't be long"
Oh is it the truth though?
The blue in your eyes, the white of your lies
It keeps me coming back for more
They say that I'm blind, that love's too unkind
I can't help who I adore
The lights are all faded, the sounds are all gone
Turn to me slow asking "where did it go wrong this time?"
The longer I waited, the more I forgot
Where I stand in all of this, can't get across
How does it feel?
The blue in your eyes, the white of your lies
It keeps me coming back for more
They say that I'm blind, that love's too unkind
And it pulls me through the floor
(Open the gate, show me the way
Skate ahead so nonchalant)
Through the floor
(Oh I have to pay? Why didn't you say?
Should be written on the form)
The blue in your eyes, the white of your lies
It keeps me coming back for more
They say that I'm blind, that love's too unkind
I can't help who I adore
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That's not me
I'm a natural born liar
The unreliable narrator
I'm not he
I used to be
Sleepwalking though my days all alone
Ride with me
You're such a perfect passenger
Oh I know you're feeling lonely too
That's not me
A falsity
I've no idea how this will end
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