1. |
Line Down
02:32
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The road was closed
On the way to
Try and see you
A line was down and a current ran through
My blood and tissue
Bones and sinews
On the way to try and see you
The road was closed
Yeah the weather’s fine down here
But the end is surely near
And all these sunny skies
They don't make me feel alright
And if there is another side
I guess that kind of thing would be fine
But I can't help to believe
We’ll be left out here to freeze
(Left out here, left out here
Left out here is my greatest fear
Nothing comes when you're nowhere near
Nothing comes when you're left out here)
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2. |
We've Got El Niño
02:52
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Among the dampened leaves and top soil
It smells like musk and mold and motor oil
This time of year was never like this
Now these days are different
A sickly film across the windshield
The way the droplets on my glasses feel
It's unnatural for December
But we voted it here
We've got it all
We solved the problems
Excess and revelry
Are bountiful for us
We made it work
We built a system
Bad days are over
We gave them what they want
(I miss the way that it was cleansing
A new surface over everything
Conceal the cracks and glass and potholes
At least for just a season)
The light’s at dusk and I prefer it there
With cooler hues and dimmer atmospheres
If it rains until oblivion at least I got to see it
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3. |
Blue Volvo
03:54
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We've all been there before
We've all opened up that door
We stand there on the edge
Peer into the great abyss
Thank god for deja vu
It led me right back to you
Thank god its tinted red
Like it had something new
I like you for you alone
When I fall through the floor you'll be there to pick me up and take me home
I enjoy pondering the weight of everything
Yeah I wonder how we'll be when we stumble into our 50’s
Yeah it's running on what we secure
That machine that runs steady and pure
Like that station wagon we had as a kid
400,000 miles.
1986.
I'm full of powder blue
I'm full of me and you
Baby we got the style
Show me that birthday smile
Yeah it's running on what we secure
That machine that runs steady and pure
That precise German engine design
A metaphor that stands the test of time
Oh I think we're doin ok
I got some rust along the edges but I'll keep running before I decay
Yeah I think we’ll make it through
Don't leave me sitting on a curb, give me a jump, I'll prove myself to you
I'm full of powder blue
I'm full of me and you
Baby we got the style
Show me that birthday smile
I'm full of pink and blue
(I know what you don't know
I'll go where you won't go
I know what you don't know)
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4. |
Cities Close To Water
04:14
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do you wanna slide
out of this shitty dive?
let's get out of here
the neon signs depress me
i wish we could fly
out to somewhere tonight
the air outside is cooler
in cities close to water
i know we'll find time to hide away from the unkind
i know we'll find time to lie away the day inside
when the glow goes swimming in the air at night
and the water droplets slow into a still
it's a quiet i don't know
gives me time to see my thinking
artificial light source blinking like a beacon
do you wanna slide
out of your shitty life?
get out of here
repeated lines depress me
i wish we could fly
out to somewhere tonight
the air outside is cooler
in cities close to water
do you wanna slide
out of your shitty life?
get out of here
repeated lines depress me
so what did you find?
something to pass the time?
the sky outside is darker
the nights are getting longer
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5. |
Gary, Indiana
03:08
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Tollbooth operator, Gary, Indiana
Could you do me a favor and pinch me if I'm dreaming?
On accelerator, off the exit ramp and
Could you do me a favor and pinch me if I'm dreaming?
Migraine headache blind
A trip across state lines
The factories purge out some putrid smelling sky
Half stoned against the glass
I hope this feeling lasts
We’ll find some common ground under the snow blown grass
Yeah the fire feels good
We brought more than we should
Let's cap this nightmare off just trying to feel good
Then I looked up and I saw my fate
Spelled out in the stars across the lake
The smog rolled in and I couldn't make out what it said, whatever
Something about knowing how to lose
Something about beauty’s always true
I turned my back to head home
And I said goodnight on my own
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6. |
Banbury
04:29
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Of all the roaches and camouflage
What you picked apart was a head mirage
Absolutely small and disgusting
100% vile and distrupted
Curb your smile, curb your eyes, curb your trash
When the things that you want to take back
Are in a fire in Patrick's yard on Banbury
Watching particles of it float away
Realize, metasize
Pray to something, be contrived
Hold the wheel straight
Start waking up late
Close your eyes, it's all right
Into bed with a better mind
Into step with a day behind
Introducing myself to myself
Hello friend it's good to see you again
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