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What the Fuck Buttercup?
02:52
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Hey hey Mama don't you look so delightful. Won't you be my little baby tonight? We can walk down to wherever we want to. We can hang out with whoever we like. I'll give us 5 more minutes before we lose our momentum. In less than an hour, we'll be going to bed. Hey hey Mama it don't mean we've grown idle. Sometimes we get tired when we haven't done shit. We can wake up to a better tomorrow. We can pretend that we already did. We can count up our blessings by the light of the moon. For all its moving around, it isn't hard to pin down. Remember once upon a time when we were all so afraid? Well I miss a couple things about that. Cuz some of it wasn't so bad. Now that everyone is done freaking out who's going back in town? What's the first thing that you're wanting to scratch? Well that doesn't sound half bad. That don't sound half bad. Hey hey Mama! What are the top 5 reasons that you feel so aggressive? Is tired of weeping anywhere on the chart? It's a hard game to beat. You're just a common contestant. Show me none of the money. Give me all of your cards. When was the last time you showered? When was the last time you shaved? When was the last thing you've eaten? When was the last time you bathed? When was the last time you felt like really facing the day?
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Little One
04:24
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Nothing more need be said tonight. Not like we're gonna make it right. Why can't we just sleep through the morning, before we go at it again? All your spears will be right here where you left them. Or get on with the day and forget it then. Even though you hope you're done fighting, you know it ain't over yet. Little one do you feel afraid? Cuz there ain't much I can do about that. If only every last one of us wasn't insane. More or less what you had in mind. That's a pretty good deal for any other kind. If only every last one among us wasn't deranged. Is there something that we could try, that might get along with our appetite? Or should we put you on the first train coming, instead of making you wait? Everybody has got to lose, to get any sense of what they oughta do. Everybody can't keep on winning, and still call it a game. Little one you think you're tough, but it won't be long until you've had enough. If only every last day to come wasn't the same. If there's one thing I'd like to find, ain't nobody else gonna make it mine. If only every last thing I want wasn't this way. You only get so long to decide. You might wind up getting it wrong that's OK I don't mind. You don't have to kick it alone, don't you cry. Everybody's keeping it low. They don't know it's alive. We all fall down. We all fall down...
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C-Words
04:45
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You can call it what you like, You can even say it sucks, You can leave it where you found it. I can always pick it up. Everybody thinks it's crazy. Everybody finds it strange. Everybody thinks they're going to heaven. I just want to stay the same. Nobody coming for you. Nobody gonna grieve. Nobody wants to live here. I don't ever want to leave. Just one push and you're on your way. Cussing out all of the C words you meet in a day. Just one kiss before we say goodnight. Try to dream of somebody who is easier to beat in a fight. You best believe I won't be there, seeing as there might. Everyone you thought was with you. Everyone you thought was cool. Everyone you got mixed into. Why they gotta be so cruel? Who's the one you got it in for? Who's the one that made you sad? What you think was gonna happen? How did it ever get to be so bad? Just one flick and it's gone to hell. Gonna burn the shit out of ourselves along with everything else. Just one word and you're on your own. But you keep on talking to yourself after everyone's gone. I think we're alone now, I guess you always get what you want. If you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you want. Oh yes you will. Of course you will. Just one look and it disappears. Hoping I can make up my mind when I see you in a year. Just one bite and there's nothing left. Feeding all the demons that are going to school in your head. Try to make a few rules but have a hard time making them stick. Everything you always worked for. Everything you tried to clean. Everything you thought was funny. Nothing ever stays that way. Who's a precious little baby? Who's a spoiled little brat? What is ever really worth it? Can anybody really answer that? Oh no you can't. Of course you can't. Ooh la la!
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I forgot what it's like to hear someone, but it's all coming back to me now. Gonna track down the beep that it's coming from. I don't think that I like it that loud. Catch a little glimmer of light and you think that it's all in tune. Feels so great! It only takes a couple of hours for the edges to fray. Grab a little piece for the ride cuz it might end in solitude. What a drag! Sorry Charlie I'm on a break, put it back in the bag. You can put it back in the bag. Is there a doctor inside the house? Can anyone fly this plane? Pour it over the floor until it's leaking out. Remembering all the walls that it stained. Scratch out all the visions you'd like to deface and put that dude in his place. Go and sign up for another team if you don't like how I play. Calling on the common belief that it reeks I got bad news- Yes it stinks! Standing up to start our routine that's impossible to sing. So I don't sing it that way. No I don't swing it that way. My my, aren't we pretty? Girl I like your shoes! Just how far from reliving are you willing to do now? Why force the inevitable? Wherefrom comes the bang? Snap out of it we're on red alert! But the fat lady already sang, and she sounded like this- Doot do-do doot do.
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5. |
Do Ya?
04:17
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Do ya? Do ya like where you're going? Do ya miss what you've left? Did you ever take the time to consider that there wasn't any way to get back? Cuz I got a creeping sick sense your conviction is starting to crack. Not that it matters. Something that didn't ever exist can never return. And if it takes more than you think you can stand, is it really worth having? Tell me what you think, Cuz I don't know. And if we're all just simple creatures of habit, why can't we follow the lead and just grab it? And hold it in our hands. For half a fucking second. Before it crawls up our arm. And if we all can agree that we've had it, why you wrecking the peace to wreak havoc? And if it's only a creak in the attic, please don't ask me to come over and stab it. Cuz you know I won't. Don't ask me to stab it. Cuz I don't really want to. I think it's kinda cute. Whatever form that it comes to inhabit, doesn't mean that it's ceased to be rabid. Some kinds of tricks just aren't made for kids, silly rabbit. Do ya like how you're feeling? You stupid fucking rabbit. Do ya? I didn't think that you did. Do you want to get even? Do ya? I don't think that we can. No I don't think that we can.
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6. |
I Beg Your Pardon
04:49
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Don't you be such a dick. Don't you give me a hard time. Now that you're having a fit, I think that you're outta line. Oh what could be more wonderful, than grabbing all the laughs in the end? Collect all the pieces that are laying around, and hand em all out to your friends. Look at em grin! Look at em gathered around you 100%. Oh what could be more comfortable, than sitting on a big pile of chairs? Take all of the time off that you can imagine. Take all you can find anywhere. Tell me who wouldn't dare? Tell me who wouldn't want to be someone who wanted to be here. Open wide. Down the hatch. Think you're gonna find you've met your match. Right this way, but watch your step! I couldn't build you a better trap. Well how bout that? But to toss in all of the bait could be a mistake, but you didn't come all the way out here just to fall in the lake. Splash! Ahh ah! He'll soak every one of us! Don't you be such a bitch. Thought we dealt with this last night. You're coming at me again. Gonna make sure you get it right. It couldn't be any more obvious. It couldn't be any more plain. Try to conceive of a path before us that isn't already crawling with ants. Don't ask me to dance. Don't ask me bout nothing cuz I don't think that I'm making a dent. Come inside, you're getting wet. Don't you have any sense? Don't look down, it'll make you sick. Safe and sound ain't on the list. What do you make of it? Those are the last words that you'll never hear me say. Cuz I don't think that you ever even blinked. You're gonna pass out from the pressure you've been saving. It comes crashing down all together like it's part of the same thing. I'm afraid I won't be out there walking in the garden. Guess I'll try running instead through the weeds just to get back where I started. I beg your pardon. Are you trying to say something to me? I beg your pardon.
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Well I know a girl she's not so nice but she's inventive. I know a girl she's oh so fine but she's a menace. You can stick to your guns. Sorry, I don't have one. But in a manner of speaking I'm not completely unprepared. I brought my knife. It's so dull that it don't cut through butter. You and I both got every right to be scared. I know a guy he's a piece of shit but it's authentic. I know a guy but he don't exist I've never seen him. You can give it a run. Sorry, I'm not coming. On the matter of dreams I'm not willing to share. I got my eyes.I still know how to use them. As long as you don't expect me to see what I'm trying to pretend isn't there. Why is it taking so long? How can you still be getting ready? Thought we'd be flying by now, back on our way home, with our dearly beloved in sight, driving our magic car. Here we come! I know a tune that's just so bad you gotta hear it. I know a place that's so lonely and sad you won't go near it. No I don't think that I can save us from drowning. But you can hold my hand for as long as you like. I want us to sing while we all go down during the big one. Cuz I wrote me a song that I was saving for that. But where are the groans? And where is the outcry? As if nobody knows what it's like to be loud and completely unheard. Poor little babies! What did you expect from this world- if not this? I know a girl and I love her so but I'm a monster. I know a guy but he don't even know how much he wants her. No he don't.
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8. |
You Were There
05:09
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There's water spilling off of the mountain, seeping through the trees on its way to spread out and fatten the ocean so it can do it again. Stop drop and repeat until you feel it's erased. You can chalk it up to only a dream but it happened somewhere. Oh I thought you were there. I could have sworn you were there. And I was alright- but no, that must have been somebody else. Another year from now on is just another one gone. I don't know what to say. Every year from before is just another chore you want to forget. Haul it off to the street. Make it think it's escaped! Now that everything you thought was in sync is a step off the pace. I thought you were there. I coulda sworn you were there. And I was alright- but no, that must have been somebody else. I thought you were there. And I'm pretty sure that you were. I know you don't remember- but you, you were there. The more you want the matter continued, the more the pattern seems out of place. Try ripping it apart at the seams, see what we get. Gonna see what we get. Gonna see what you get. See what you get?
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Where Does it Come From?
03:02
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It's getting hotter, but they ain't calling for sun. No. I'm getting fatter, but I ain't having no fun. But that don't show. That's what I thought that it meant, but I ain't never been quite so convinced, that it was time for the posse to go- and get down to finding whatever it is they're looking for, cuz I can't find it. Ma, I'm starving! Do we have any food? What did you get for dessert? Cuz if something don't change round here real quick, gonna find that we're sick, cold, but still charming. But what's that got to do with what you did next, darling? Where does it come from? How do you get it? Where does it come from? How do you even get it? Do you wanna see how it feels to be crazy? Or do you wanna get real, stone sober and hating it? Tell me why we always having the need for embellishment? Where does it come from? How do you get it? How do you even get it?
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Conflicted
03:35
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I'm conflicted. Baby how bout you? Are you conflicted? Do you know what to do? Yeah I;m conflicted. I'm so fucking confused. We're conflicted, and it ain't no use. Tell me that ain't true now. Your daddy's farm it don't have the best view, but you're never far from the nearest grave. Whichever road you elect to walk home on, I think you're gonna want to pick up your pace. I'm conflicted. I could go either way. I'm conflicted. That's about all I can say. How can I decide to arise in the morning? Don't eat no breakfast, no egg nor juice. It takes a few hours before I finally don't think that I'm dying. Please don't you expect me to guess when they're coming for you. Might try leaving the house on a good day well past noon. I'm conflicted, that's all I'm sure about. I'm conflicted, beyond a shadow of doubt. Beyond the shadows. Beyond the shadows of doubt, that's where you'll find me just waiting for ya honey! But that ain't me when it comes to the rescue. You must be mistaken, I was just standing here. Now I don't want you to think that I've lost all my value, but I know that I can't deny what is abundantly clear. Nobody's got half as much patience as I've given you dear. Name one! I'm conflicted. It's tearing me apart. I'm conflicted. I don't know where to start. No I haven't a clue now.
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11. |
Pleasant Valley Doomsday
04:14
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I'm driving over debris just to see who's OK. And if I get a parking ticket won't you please help me throw it away? You picked a fine time for fucking but you don't want to speak to my face. Gonna get more lovin' than a blind bat sees in a day. But tonight- That's another dream. If you want it. Well life doesn't need to be hopeless, it just is. And if you got five dollars to leave I'll see what I can get. That's a mighty nice pair of beliefs, won't you please check em out. Probably get more mileage from a half bag of weed on the couch. When everyone lets you down, and everyone fakes it. Whatever is breaking your heart, I hope that you slay it. But tonight, that's another dream. If you want it. Tonight is another dream, If you let it. Well lots of people open to reason you would think. But they're so proud of popping off with their paintballs, they don't even aim. Go with the flow cuz you know it will last you forever. Gonna give it more time but it's not gonna be any better. When everyone's left your town, and everything's vacant. Whatever it takes to get by, I hope you can take it. But tonight- that's another dream. If you got it, don't forget it. Tonight is another dream. If you want it, come and get it.
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That's more than enough for a run through. I can already see how it ends. Just how far down that it comes too. Just how deep do we want to descend? That depends on what you shed, and how much you're taking. It wasn't that tough to relate to. I could see it could easily happen to me. So intense, so immense, so endlessly. I don't know how long I can love you. I don't know if I ever did. I don't know how strong I can become for you. I don't think that I can give you a lift. But I know one thing- with that attitude, given all of the time in the world that I ever will. Now I'm just spitballing down a list of names. Don't you feel so proud cuz it's a crying shame. Yes it is. Tell me what's your calling? You don't seem afraid to get your nice pants dirty. Can I be your friend? Or maybe not, it ain't up to me babe. I don't even work here. I got what it takes to just stand here, and if that's really all that you need- never fear! I'll always be there. Where else would I fit?
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13. |
Something to Delete
03:26
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Step into the kitchen. Open up the fridge. I can't remember what I'm fetching. What am I doing standing here? So where is the harm, to close the door and just start walking away? We can always return and see if it looks any different someday. No I don't mind if there's nothing new inside, each and every time that we check. But don't be surprised if you can't find anything left that you want to try next. Hey do you have a minute? It'll only take a year. If we stop looking for a little maybe something will appear. We can close our eyes, and banish all the bad dreams to hell. But if nobody dies, that ain't exactly realistic itself. How do we reply to all the dark things lurking under there, when they ain't even trying to hide? Look what they've done to disrupt you already! Don't have to listen to them laugh while you die. Can we roll from the beginning? Or just go on and fade to black? If I forget why I came here, why do I keep coming back? You know who's a dope? You know who's leaning out of the window? How could anyone hope to be so dumb and unreasonably slow? Once we get done with the fun stuff and settle down to digging our holes in the ground, don't you be so excited to dump your dirt all around cuz there ain't nothing in here worth being found. You'll get your chance to pet it. All the room you need to seethe. All it takes is anesthetic. I'll give you something to delete.
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14. |
Let 'em Try Anyway
02:56
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Hey won't you let me lay my head upon your chest, and decide if I like being born or dying slow the best. If nothing holds a candle to it, how's it catch on fire? If it weren't for our ineptitude we'd probably get ignited. That ain't wrong, but it ain't right. The coming day what could it possibly have to bring? No cloven hooves, no diamond ring. Well that ain't much, but it ain't nothing. Now what would you say if I bashed out a tune? Could I make you hum to a solid gold disaster? Will you help me sing when I am lashing out at you? Will that keep things from dissolving any faster? Another wrong lost cause for all the frauds to master. Let em try anyway! That ain't cool, but it's still pretty funny. Nobody likes a loser until they win, so we can tear em down again. tear em down! What would you say if I just slipped through the cracks? Would it make it any better if I was trying? Could you be more succinct? Won't you stay on your feet, while the world keeps de-evolving quick as lightning? Coulda had it all if it weren't for piss poor timing. Be a good sport, such a dork- Where you been hiding? But what we lack in force and support we more than make up for with our defending. What you say we hit eject? What you think about getting wrecked? Do you mind? I doubt that.
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15. |
There Was One Time
03:45
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This time there is nothing I won't say, to leave you wondering what I meant instead. Shit's coming out exactly when it's ready, but don't look now you'll cease to be impressed. Next time, I'm gonna try to set it straight. Don't believe I'll receive such an easy ride again. Everybody's acting like they thought it was so great but they don't realize the problems that we had. Nobody seeks to get knee deep in that. Well that ain't nothing but the world's highest mountain in the way. It's only just the longest time that's ever been before leeching out ahead. What comes now? It ain't hard to be distressed. So far so bad. You haven't even had to have the mean one yet. Caught you smoking. Do you have no notion of yourself? Bitch I ain't joking, it don't seem to be important but it is. Watch that round! What you make of that defense? Get so far so down, keep clinging to the ground like you're eating it. Mmmm! Last time, I thought I more than had it covered, but I can't begin to count up my mistakes. 2,3,7. Everybody's asking if I loved her, how could I have ever treated her this way? There was one time, there was everything we wanted but it rolled on by while we were unaware. And yes if it's any less than for what you bargained, well you know what you can do with that. You can do with that.
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From the Get Go
04:19
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I think that we've been here. I think this time we should leave. More cold days are coming, and it's bound to freeze something. Why didn't we do more? I just can't understand. For our travels beneath all the oceans, all you gathered was sand? Now if the right hand isn't punching, you can rock em off to sleep with your left. That's a long time to disfunction. That's a lot of extra weight on your chest. Now half off don't sound any better, when it's the chopping block that's two for one. What convinced you that I ever had the slightest chance of getting it done? Can't go anymore inward, having panic attacks. Is there anyone out there, really having a blast? Don't know whose opinion, is more a matter of fact. Tell me who would you rather I cheer for? Tell me who is the champ? Now if the wrong heart isn't thumping, no matter how hard it is to express- Ain't that powerful? Ain't that something? Too bad it isn't what you wanted to get. Is there a problem? Do you have any issues with that? Cuz I got mine but I ain't never been afflicted this bad. Do you want some? Cuz you hardly touched what you had. Baby I ain't trying to make more than a mouthful out of stealing it back. And I know that you know it's only part of the show we stayed up for. Just give me one dark night that I can hardly survive you got plenty more. Yeah we cried and we wept for all we couldn't accept from the get go. And we tried to deflect what was the common perception from the get go. Guess we lied when we said that we couldn't care less from the get go. Then it got gone, and it ain't coming back. No it ain't coming back. Or would you rather be someone, who was never there? Made off with absolutely nothing of value, so nobody cared.
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Where All Good Dogs Go
05:40
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Do you wonder, what could possibly try killing us next? It's not a far cry, from all the rot that is filling our heads. There's hard times, then there's times that are harder than that. Just when you beat it, is just about when it comes back. I don't mean to bring you down, but there ain't no other game in town. Just the mean old sun, that is creeping up on every one of us. Until there's no more tears on earth left for it to dry. Do you wonder, how could it possibly get any worse? Taking cover, while we wait for the clouds to disperse. Don't aspire to sing the blues. To call it evil is a sad excuse, for all of the hours that are tumbling down on top of us. Seek no credit, take no loss. Like I got nothing better to do. No I ain't got nothing better to do. Don't it seem to be absurd? Everybody left without a word. Who couldn't see that one coming from a hundred miles in front of us. Don't you clock out early trying to beat the rush. You can always leave if you've seen enough. Do you wonder, how do you turn this fucking thing off? It won't rest. Full speed ahead it won't stop. Take comfort, everyone you know's hurting too. We've all been there before, but that don't mean nothing to you.
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