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A Predetermined Realist
02:22
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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's 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
03:38
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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?
Am I crazy or is this it?
And you said resist. You said resist.
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What It Takes
03:15
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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 have to wait
I've tried I swear to you
but this time I'm through
with this peer review
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
but this time I'm through
with this peer review
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4. |
Just Once
03:11
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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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Loblolly
04:00
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Shook off the dust of my old life, and I headed into the cold.
And though the wind 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 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
And 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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Negative Space
03:37
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Nervous Breakdown
05:19
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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 it is, but we don’t dare speak its name
We’ve lost the picture, but we found the frame,
and I’m so tired of hearing myself complain to you
A nervous breakdown into pieces
Well, at least you think I’m funny,
but it always sort of feels like
the joke is always on me
Are you ready? ‘Cause my mood it will change
We both know what it is but we don’t dare speak its name
We lost the picture but we found 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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Running For Your Life
04:27
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Fading chances, backward glances.
Is it too late to save us?
These conversations are placations.
They're all designed to break us.
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.
Hope you don't mind running for your life.
We're running out of time now.
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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