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Time Goes
05:13
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As we walk along the shoreline just at dusk
The shadow of an arrow falls on us
I resist you, but your heart is in the right
We were lovers in another frame of mind
We are looking at ourselves through a wax lens
That are humbly enforcing our amends
I've got a brother somewhere in the night
We is wading through the river to the light
Hell fire running through the open beaches
Surf boards draining denim leaving wilted leaches
High up on a pedestal the empty preaches
Hark, away
Up all night staring at the ink soaked page
A ladder reaching upwards to a muddy haze
Of minds that just emptied and floated away
Left us dishonest and vague
The time goes when you're doing nothing
With your camera through intoxicating light
Trying to trap the world inside your gaze
We reclaimed some of ourselves from all the blaze
That meanders through our minds on colder days
With tunnel vision when you run towards the soul
Of whatever imaginary you may know
Plot's unfolding in the lonely eve
Perfect nights bled away like ink
Dishes rotting in the babbling sink
Run away
Wash your mouth out until the words dissolve
Scream and kick and fight until the lightning stops
Think in third person until your eyes get gone
Dream, dream on
The time goes when you're doing nothing
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2. |
Sabotage
03:50
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You have siphoned all my best
That's ok, we'll just trash the rest
Fuel yourself on your ego
It's so bright
You are a star that shines
I tell you all the time
Be assured, rest assured
You tell me go home to get some rest
Because I'm not thinking straight, everything is just a test
In the meantime, you're rolling on the floor
In the wealth you earned
But the wealth you forged
Be assured, rest assured
I tried to end this
Like breathing, we need it
Lifeboats like magnets
We puncture to bury ourselves
With our fingers deep in the ground
And our faces covered in mud
Watch our homes be born out of sand
With our hearts we rise
All these roofs of denial
Be assured, rest assured
I tried to end this
Like breathing, we need it
Lifeboats like magnets
We puncture to bury ourselves
Sabotage
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3. |
Stick Stone
03:45
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don't know how to word this
like the first time you heard it
don't lose it's meaning
you're absence always haunts me
is this what we wanted?
stick stone just distance
I'm tired of holding hands
girl hold my heart
I'm trying to be a man
but it's hard when we're apart
can't wait to be back in your arms
see I used to worry
thought it's too much for me
I can't take the heart ache
that look is never blurry
it says 'boy don't worry'
our hearts touch the ceiling
I'm tired of holding hands
girl hold my heart
I'm trying to be a man
but it's hard when we're apart
can't wait to be back in your arms
can't wait to be back in your arms
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4. |
Pillar
04:11
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Look at the people outside
They're beautiful
They're all the things I'd like to be
Always hiding from the wild
We're kind of pitiful
I would like to cross but quietly
All these loves to reconcile
I'm under control
But it feels as though no one lies next to me
Well, we should look at how we frame it
But I don't care, I just wish to escape it
And you didn't notice when I was getting home
And all these things we build just to break them
And all these lives we fake just to take them
And you didn't care, we were on our own
Take a look at your unpredictability
And now you don't look twice at me
Tell me who is your pillar?
Because now you are no longer family
Well, we should look at how we frame it
But I don't care, I just wish to escape it
And you didn't notice when I was getting home
And all these things we build just to break them
And all these lives we fake just to take them
And you didn't care, we were on our own.
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5. |
City Banks
03:13
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When the city banks empty out
It’s no mystery, the kings and queens
Standing there against the grain
Mathy eyes trained to look away
Paper spindles handing out a sermon
For the age of doubt
Mythic histories leave us bowing in our disbelief
We wait for the fog to lift
In the morning roads of the turning earth
And the discarded gods sit at their altars
In the shadows of the buildings that will ruin our brothers
We try our hardest to disappea behind the words we’ve created
To sedate each fear
When the systems start to run themselves
You take a seat, put up your feet
And watch as your beautiful child lifts a pillow to your face
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6. |
Intuition
03:37
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life without me it is possible
as time grows on it seems logical
to see my face be replaced
all those pictures mean nothing now
all this time you've been asking how
I think you know I think it shows
follow your intuition
follow your intuition
don't cry you know what side I'm on (follow your intuition)
no lies, it's more what you have done (follow your intuition)
(I know you better than anyone ever and I know you'll hold on)
life without me it is possible
as time grows on it seems logical
to see my face be replaced
all those pictures mean nothing now
all this time you've been asking how
I think you know I think it shows
follow your intuition
follow your intuition
don't cry you know what side I'm on (follow your intuition)
no lies, it's more what you have done (follow your intuition)
don't cry you know what side I'm on (follow your intuition)
those scars will show how far you've come
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7. |
Memo
03:44
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Work all day to fall asleep
Just to wake and yawn and eat
The same old shit but we repeat
I don't care
Mom and dad, it's all they want
To live your life all on your own
So bite your lip, there's nothing wrong
I don't care
But my muse is you
No time to lose
The King is dread, wanting his bread
Let's pound our fist into the bed
And get up, get up
Simple minds and bodies meet
We shake our hands and drag our feet
Nodding heads, our smiles meek
I don't care
Days we spend in a dream
Living modestly within our means
These lines are drawn, draw you away from me
What is there?
Air
But my muse is you
No time to lose
The King is dread, wanting his bread
Let's pound our fist into the bed
And get up
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8. |
Change
04:55
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Neck craned and feeding off the bones of the conquered
Set to depletion of the heirs
Feet planted firmly in the graves of ancestors
Distance undid despair
And we all fall
Sickle's expectant at the head of the table
Messiahs are suckling what is bare
Parades plague the peasants in the dirt of the stables
Northbound they soon shall fare
Where ill fed billionaires go bravely to their death
The frontier left
And they all fall
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10. |
Drugs and Gin
04:26
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what's going on in that head of yours?
you're so quiet I can see that you're growing
remember that one time you told me?
sometimes people see you for who you really are
don't go crazy, if you feel lonely, know that I'm not that far
let your clarity hold you up
it's so blinding makes me feel like forgiving
be the first to see let your heart see
no holding back you're just warming up
let all your stories make your words sting
and let your voice ring and your chords sing
sometimes people see you for who you really are
don't go crazy, if you feel lonely, know that I'm not that far
sometimes people see you for who you really are
don't go crazy, if you feel lonely, know that I'm not that far
sometimes people see you for who you really are
don't go crazy, if you feel lonely, know that I'm not that far
you do your drugs n' I'll drink my gin
at least you're not lonely
you do your drugs n' I'll drink my gin
at least you're not lonely
you do your drugs n' I'll drink my gin
at least you're not lonely
you do your drugs n' I'll drink my gin
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11. |
Center Street
04:07
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Running from what you know
Thinking one hit and you can go
It was what he did
Not what you thought he'd say
Friends all around me are pulling out their teeth
Just can't figure out: boy, what's your misery?
Run to where you're noticed
Is it all a game?
Emptied out my pockets
Just to help you feel safe
Worried you're going to pull a fast one
Please, don't run away
No, you shouldn't of said that
No, you shouldn't of done that
But here I lay, crying at your feet
You hurt me, okay
Please, let me say
I will not admit defeat
Friends all around me are pulling out their teeth
Just can't figure out: boy, what's your misery?
Run to where you're noticed
Is it all a game?
We are your family.
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12. |
House on Fire
03:10
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so the truth it comes out
a little booze and he comes out
it's more about you and how she can't live without you
his confidence builds him
how much can confidence give him?
it's more about you and how she can't live without you
he plants his fears like tumours
don't be afraid to lose her
this house is on fire
you can't hide your desires
this house is on fire
you can't hide your desires
so the truth it comes out
a little booze and he comes out
it's more about you and how she can't live without you
his confidence builds him
how much can confidence give him?
it's more about you and how she can't live without you
and if I played like jimmy
maybe you'd pay to see me
this house is on fire
you can't hide your desires
this house is on fire
you can't hide your desires
now that I am gone and free
can't blind us with your charity
I'm done with insincerity
so don't you fucking lie to me
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13. |
Under the Cloud Cover
04:17
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Century Thief Toronto, Ontario
Trash Lounge Folk Prog Rock featuring three principal songwriters. A blend of introspection and energy, sometimes soft, sometimes noisy experimental indie rock featuring brass, woodwinds, keys, guitars, bass, drums and multi-layered vocal harmonies.
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