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A Predetermined Realist
02:28
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There’s no words,
for what’s occurred
Kid I know it seems so absurd
but we were meant for this
So raise a glass,
to all that passed
Whatever’s coming next
is coming fast
but we were meant for this
If you must, if you insist
give it up and call it quits
It’s okay if you’re remiss
‘cause I know that we were meant for this
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Let It Ring Out
03:33
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A particle in suspension
of disbelief as we fall
I hope you’re paying attention
because this affects us all
A false flag operation
that they blindly salute
but the facts and the evidence
are still in dispute
Tied to the mast
of this sinking ship
It’s starting to list
Are you getting the gist?
Am I crazy or is this it?
And you said resist, you said resist
They profit off of our sorrows
our sickness and our sins
And they’ll invest in injustice
because it pays dividends
And so divided we stand
between the left and the right
between the rich and the poor
between the black and the white
Tied to the mast
of this sinking ship
It’s starting to list
Are you getting the gist?
And am I crazy or is this it?
And you said resist, you said resist
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No Vacancy
01:45
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Don’t call it concern ‘cause you don’t really care
Don’t call it sanctity when it’s our life or theirs
We’ve got no room, no vacancy
I wanna know who you think gave you the right
to decide what we ought to do with our lives
We’ve got no room, no vacancy
Wrong path, can’t go back
Try a different tact
What do you want from me?
Won’t quit, won’t submit
not even a little bit It’s our autonomy
We’ve got no room, no vacancy
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4. |
Falling Into Place
03:37
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Finally, we can almost taste it
If we bite off more than we can chew,
you will choke on all of our ambition
If we try I don’t think we can lose
And it’s falling into place, falling into place
Finally, it could get better
If it won’t, we’ll turn this thing around
Hit the brakes, kill the ignition
Take a look at what’s left to be found
And it’s falling into place, falling into place
There’s nothing to erase this time
and it’s falling into place
We could be naive
but we still want to believe
It’s falling into place, falling into place
There’s nothing to erase this time
and it’s falling into place
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5. |
What It Takes
03:04
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Tell me what it takes,
’cause it feels like something
then it dissipates
And I just wanna get this right
Tell me what to do
‘cause you’re staring at me
and I’m looking past you
and I don’t wanna fuck this up
I’ve tried I swear to you
Changed my whole point of view
I’ll be whatever you want me to
How much is enough?
They say money talks,
In fact, it never shuts up
and we can’t afford the price
I’ve tried I swear to you
Changed my whole point of view
I’ll be whatever you want me to
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6. |
Just Once
03:00
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Just once I knew what life was for
you were standing on the ledge
I was standing on the shore
watching the lights repeating
This feeling is so fleeting now
and I tried to tell you,
but you didn’t wanna hear it
I didn’t wanna know
and now I understand
how you thought...
how you thought you could
Count the stars, my little campaigners
It’s so hard to deny our natures
but if you want to... if you want to
I always knew this wouldn’t last
We climbed over the underpass
and cried our hearts to
the east and westbound traffic as it passed
us on our way home
make it there before the coming dawn
and in the morning
discovered that all our truths were gone
Count the stars, my little campaigners
It’s so hard to deny our natures
but if you want to... if you want to
Count the stars, my little campaigners
I’ll be on my best behavior
It’s so hard to deny our natures
but if you want to... if you want to
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7. |
It's Not Turning Out
02:17
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Cutting your sleeves, you’re making it seem
it’s always this way, it’s always okay
Okay, to forget but you’ve got regrets,
the curve of your back and the look on your face
Lipstick or blood staining your skin
You wanna give in, you wanna begin
Begin to let go, there’s no way I know, there’s no way I know
Elimination of the ideal,
Assimilate how we think and we feel
Here’s us turning out, it’s not turning out
Autumn is black, and there’s no way back
Back to the front and the things that you want
The girls & the boys are bound the destroy
the sound with the noise, and the sound that you make,
static still but you never feel
the price that you pay is worth the wait
Just wait and see but you’re never pleased, you’re never pleased
Changing direction, changing your mind
In quick succession changing the line
Here’s us turning out, it’s not turning out
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Loblolly
04:15
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I shook off the dust of my old life, and I headed into the cold.
And though the wind it blows so slight, it still chills to the bone.
And I recall false memories of indeciduous summer days.
How they all seem to be lost in a winter’s haze
It’s just a faint outline of what you can’t decide
And for the rest of your life you wanna know what it’s like
The frost collects on all these thoughts that I’ve tried to erase.
They’re a morose menagerie of all of my mistakes.
But if I had the chance I’d do it all the same,
because that which doesn’t kill is probably done in vain.
It’s more or less a lie, no matter how you try
A loblolly pine, & you’ll never know what it’s like.
You’re bracing for disasters
that may never come
So you might as well
try to have some fun,
if only for a moment
in this continuum,
'cause before you know it,
it’s already done.
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9. |
Negative Space
03:34
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If you’re gonna leave it this way
go ahead you know it’s okay
I’ve gotten sort of used to it by now
If I don’t care what they say
it doesn’t make it better
Everyone’s just trying to help
But there is something in-between
what you know and you believe
A side of me that you don’t want to see
Do you agree?
I know that it’s hard to appreciate
when everything’s ruined
when things feel out of place
In your absence my heart grows heavy
It’s filled with a negative space
But there is something that seeps
out from underneath
A side of you that you don’t want to see
Do you agree?
You’re trying to cut out a part of you,
a part that cuts too deep
But there is something that seeps
out from underneath
A side of you that you don’t want to see
Do you agree?
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10. |
Nervous Breakdown
04:43
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A nervous breakdown into pieces
It never ceases to amaze me
how it’s a matter of opinion
whether all of this is worth anything
And it’s an answer to a question
nobody’s even asking
I’m always lookin’ over my shoulder
to avoid what’s right in front of me
Are you ready for when my mood will change?
We both know what this is, but we don’t dare speak its name
We’ve got the picture, but we lost the frame,
and I’m so tired of hearing myself complain to you
A nervous breakdown into pieces
At least you think I’m funny,
but it always sort of feels like
the joke is somehow on me
Are you ready? ‘Cause my mood will change
We both know what this is but we don’t dare speak its name
We got the picture but we lost the frame,
and I’m so tired of hearing myself complain to you.
A nervous breakdown into pieces
(A nervous breakdown into pieces)
A nervous breakdown into pieces
(A nervous breakdown into pieces)
A nervous breakdown into pieces
(A nervous breakdown into pieces)
A nervous breakdown
(A nervous breakdown)
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11. |
Running For Your Life
04:32
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Fading chances,backwards glances
Is it too late to save us?
These conversations are placations
They’re all designed to break us.
I hope you don’t mind
running for your life
We’re running out of time now
I used to believe what they told me
Now I wake up screaming
So what’s real and what’s fake?
and how much can we take?
It’s losing all meaning.
I hope you don’t mind
running for your life
We’re running out of time now.
I hope you don’t mind
running for your life
We’re running out of time now.
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Vacancy Chain Chicago, Illinois
Vacancy Chain are 3 vertically un-impaired humans from Chicago and Milwaukee.
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