1. |
Roam (Never Never)
03:18
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Roam (Never, Never)
My sister plays violin
She’s practicin’ and my door don’t close that tight (la la la la!)
The notes go high as a kite
That’s just as high as the ceiling
We never never roam (doo doot doo doo)
I tease the dog
The dog eats the cat and
The cat cannot escape that
My mother’s pies pile high as the skies
Pile higher than my ambition
(roam if you want to, roam around the world)
We never never roam (doo doot doo doo)
We never never roam (doo doot doo doo)
Little bro is teethin’ on my schoolwork
It’s not my homework
‘Cause school is now home
My mom is bakin’ instead of skyping with the president
My dad is rakin’ not bankin’ with half a bra over his piehole
We never never roam (doo doot doo doo)
We never never roam (doo doot doo doo)
I love you two
I love you three
I love you four
I… I love you more
(roam if you want to, roam around the world)
I love you five
I love you six
I love you seven
Eight, nine ten, eleven
I love you all
I love you all
We never never roam (doo doot doo doo)
We never never roam (doo doot doo doo)
We never never roam (doo doot doo doo)
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2. |
Diamonds
02:45
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Diamonds
If the world is pressurized
Cauterized, exorcized, flatlined
If we’re all in black-and-white like
So much splatter of myopic paint
If our quietnesses are silences
And our kindnesses are
Shouts in this new world of ours
Let’s hope the pressure
Let’s hope the pressure
Makes us diamonds
I’m sorry people x2
For when I get jealous
Or go down the upswing
Forgetting that you’re human too
If the world is pressurized…
I’m excited, people x2
To see you face-to-face
To feel the pressure of your handshakes
And your embrace
If the world is brighter now
Let’s hope it’s brighter because we’re aware
Because we’ve got another step absorbed
As to how we get to where
There’s a rainbow connection somewhere
Somewhere over itself
And we can put away the posturing
And just be ourselves
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3. |
Impostor
02:38
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Impostor
I’m a shadowy figure, yeah yeah I
Live in the shadows
You tryna take my spotlight
Won’t take it any faster
I’m the real deal
I’m the dude like no other
I’m the king kreel
I’m the primary impostor
I see what you’re saying but but
You really can’t touch me
I see the little kindnesses
I saw you call your mother
I saw the thing you made
Because you wanted to help them
And now you say you failed because
You couldn’t change the weather
And now you say you failed because you
Couldn’t change the weather
And now you think you’re me and that
All your ships have all sailed
I’m a four-foot-flaming toaster, no no no
I’m the overripe banana
Your failure’s super cute like
A mini muffin in Montana
I’m the fat cat
Gravitation’s suckin’ up the ether
I’m the queen rat
Taking your mom to shows to please her
I hear what you’re signing but
Your signals are fading
That joke you told, it took hold
Human stocks are trading
I heard you whisper a secret
I smell the cookies you’re baking
I feel the song you sing under your breath
All of the giving you’re taking and
Now you think you’re in my league and
You’re the one who’s faking
You’re the one who’s faking
You’re the one who’s faking
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4. |
Marble Hats & Gowns
02:32
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Marble Hats & Gowns
I come out in the dead of night
Looking for a haunt
Looking for a way home
I used to be a circus clown
I used to be a tap dancer
You might remember me from the
Way that stack of newspapers made you sneeze
You might remember me
From the way your grandma rolled her stockings
Down below her knees
I’m flitting between the stones
I’m really beneath your nose
I’m finding new ways to
Get my hands solid on things again
I’m flitting between the stones
I’m really beneath your nose
I’m finding new ways to
Get my hands on solid things again
Come dance with me
Put on your marble hat
Come shake the ground
In a party dress made of
Ghostly linen
We’ll have the best night ever
Rattling the townies
We’ll ascend together
Queen and King of the mausoleum!
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5. |
May Day
02:51
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May Day
I know this will push the bounds of your imagination, I know it’s
Highly theoretical
But imagine that you had a moment
Imagine you had an hour
Imagine you had a day
That was not with others
You may be sayin’ that that is exactly what you’re having now
May day
It isn’t may day
April day
June July and August
May day
It isn’t may day
May day
May day
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6. |
Quaran-Teen
03:46
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Quaran-Teen
I don’t mean to be rude
I don’t want to cast aspersions
There’s really no way
I can say for sure
Because I’m in the same boat you are
Quaran-Teen
But your mom seems to be up to something
She may be a little mean (too)
While we have our chat on astrophysics
While we play D&D
While you make your manifesto
While you get real green
She’s in the background
Sharpening her teeth
She’s in the background
Saying please
Oh my yes, oh my yes
This is the mighty moment of our lives
We’re clambering up trees
That were made
That were made for you and me
Oh, I can tell
That everything from here’s
Gonna be swell
There’s gonna be years
I don’t mean to be rude…
While we have our chat on metaphysics…
Oh-oh-oh-oh
It’s the moment of our lives
We’re mightier now
We’re more potent
As a people
We’ve come together
In unity and power
We have things to say
We’re somebody, collectively
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7. |
No ------- Words
01:51
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[no words]
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8. |
Go Soft
02:00
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Go Soft
Mm-hm you say it’s how it’s always been forever
Mm-hmm you say it’s out of your hands but
You call the shots
Mm-hm you say it’s nothing personal
It’s only natural
It’s the cream rising to the top
You’re the lucky one you are
You’re the lucky one
And there’s no blame to cast
You can’t help it
You can’t help it
But pack your bags
All bets are off
Get that wooden stick with the bag on the end
Your skin is thin, the gloves are off
There’s a new thing rising
So why don’t you go soft?
Why don’t you go soft?
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9. |
Everything Is Broken
02:21
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Everything is broken
Everything is broken
This is a dissonant chord
The chord’s not even in the scale
Everything’s broken
This is a dissonant chord
It’s not even in the scale
I remember smiles
I remember one-liners
I remember how you look in the showers that
Always came down
Never made us frown
Never took the day away
Everything is broken
This is a dissonant chord
It’s not even in the scale
Everything is broken
This is a dissonant chord
It’s not even in the scale
We never were afraid to walk in the sunlight
We never wore masks
There was a halo of purity on
Everything we ever asked
This is a room of dissention
It’s not even in the scale
We’re standing up for what we think is—
This is a room of dissention
We’re standing up for what’s—
I don’t think we’re so far away
That we can’t… find
I don’t think we’re so far away
That we can’t find each other
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10. |
Swamp Rats
02:03
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Swamp Rats
I see you bob your head now to the groovy beat
You got a new tattoo and your girl has tiny feet
We packed the place again and I can almost think
But there’s a nail in my skull and it’s all aflame
We’re the Swamp Rats
Look into our eyes
We’re the thing that scares you
We’re like a million tries
When your mind fails you and
Your legs rot away
We’ll pull you down with us
You can hear us say
We’re the Swamp Rats
Look into our eyes
We’re the thing that scares you
We’re like a million tries
Dickie’s been dead for almost six weeks and
The tour bus rolls on and we… picked up a freak
And his eyes were all glazed and they’re suddenly clear
And he’s like “Gentleman and lady,
It’s time to fear.”
We’re the Swamp Rats…
I say the words again
Though I can barely see
Hello Phoenix / Chi-town / Cleveland
I can’t hear you, can you hear me?
Dickie plays bass like he’s stealin’ a train
Glow stares while she drums like she’s froggin’ insane
Beast plays guitar like he beats a storm drain
And I climb a billion steps to bring this screamin’ from my brain!
We’re the Swamp Rats…
Dickie’s been dead….
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11. |
The Same
02:38
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The Same
I miss the world
I don’t always miss the world
I want it back
I don’t always want it back
I get excited, I get tired
I get hungry, I get wired
I see you in the mirror and the
Likeness is convincing
I’m convinced x2
I’m rocket-fueled
I’m atom-sized
I’m the same
I’m the same
I’m the same
100 years ago you x2
Wouldn’t know me
If you saw my picture in the paper
You couldn’t show me
You wouldn’t come to my house
Bringing what you brought with you
And we’d never know you’ve
Got someone to talk to
Fence is painted, dishes are done
I’ve done my taxes ‘til 2031
I’m coming to terms with the way its always done
I zoom like a man from the future
Wouldn’t touch her if I knew her
I’m convinced
I’m convinced x2
I’m rocket-fueled
I’m atom-sized
I’m the same
I’m the same
I’m the same
100 years ago you wouldn’t know me….
(same same same same same same, same same same, etc.)
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12. |
Behemoths
03:42
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Behemoths
We don’t want to come out yet
Not (even) for a buck
And we also kinda like it in here
Chasing our luck
You can tell us all day
How there are bootstraps to polish
And widgets getting cold
But we are right on in here
With everything that matters
We close the shutters
Block the sound
Of your voice getting old
Everything I need is here
In the sound of our voice
Lions roar, beasts roam the world
Behemoths smash our bridges
Crush the Wonders of the Earth
And I know
We’re enough
For now I can see
Better here than ever before
In my ivory tower
Even if it’s
Creeping farther from shore
We close the shutters
Block the sound
Of your voice getting old
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13. |
Castle
02:27
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Castle
I just keep building
My sugarcube castle
And the rains come down
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