1. |
Real Life
02:03
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When I think about you as a kid
I could never make sense of it
I was too happy, I was too sad
Too full of life to understand
Now the story makes total sense
You gave your life to the government
And the elites that bought them off
While you were busy getting off
Who wants to live now?
When I think about you as a kid
I could never make sense of it
I was too happy, I was too sad
Too full of life to understand
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2. |
Morning Person
04:04
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No one told you what was coming
Life is simple in the morning
The only way you’ll ever change
Is if you learn from your mistakes
But that is not your way
In the morning you're an asshole
Only doing what you have to
The only way you’ll be okay
Is if you give your life away
And count your lonely days
Why’d you wake me up?
I’ve got nothing to do
I don’t wanna scroll
Through the morning news
I remember when you said
There's nothing we can do
Like a wolf hunts down it's prey
Or a burning summer's day
I don’t wanna get out of bed I wanna stay with you
I don’t wanna have to try so hard, to roll over and get up
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3. |
Deep Dive
03:39
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I feel a deep dive coming on
I’m learning how to make memories to hold
You didn't want to get into
Now I know what you’ve always meant to me
We had our speeches planned
Everything as its supposed to be
I was a foolish man
I didn’t know that I was mean
No one wants to help the one who's losing
When and why did life become survival
All I got is my instinct now
A perfect plan is for those that have the time
My skill is watching the clock tick down
Learning how to maintain a stable mind
Didn’t wanna let you know go
Didn’t have the time you know
Didn’t make it easy now
Just made it simple
No one wants to hold the hand that's dying
Wondering how your life became a lie
No one wants to mend a selfish chance
To finally go finally go out and change your life
No one wants to live in no one's shadow
You go through life without a second thought
A child in the body of a killer
Shocked as all of us when you get caught
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4. |
Bloodhound Elite
03:01
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They smell the weakness in my blood
That grew up in my childhood
A little crazy and unchecked
They love the power in their hands
To live without a ruling hand
To crush your desperate demands
What kind of monster have you made?
The one with perfect teeth
Dripping with the blood of children
Dripping with the blood of billions
Don’t talk about that shit right now
I need to get my sorry life sorted out
For mum and dad and myself and my children
And now you wonder what you’ll do
When they have nothing left to lose
When death is all you have to choose
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5. |
Blue Enough
02:46
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This little thing we have
It sleeps away so fast
I wonder where you’ve been
Well you've been right here
It took a little time but we found it
Don’t think there’ll be a nice way around it
(I only wanted to be your love, living on a knife’s edge)
Don’t think I’m thinking straight
Maybe it's not too late
But we’ve been out so long
It seems those days are gone
I try to understand but we’re different
Your doing what but you're slipping
Your blue enough for the both of us
And your broken hearts always open
I wanna vanish into your dark
And forfeit this life I have broken
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6. |
Glittering Prizes
03:28
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I see the money in your fancy home
Nuclear family that’s made of bones
I smell the carbon in the atmosphere
I’ve got no future so I’ve got no fear
They're gonna take that money from your hands
They're gonna be that money in their hands
Oh daddy put that money in my hands
Oh baby put that money in my hands
They're gonna take that money from your hands
They're gonna be that money in their hands
They're gonna put your money in their hands
Oh brother put that money in your hands
They said it’s not the way it’s going down
They put the money in your bank account
You give the money to your dealer Cal
That's what the government should always do
Finance the habits of despairing youth
Or else they’ll take that money from your hands
They're gonna put that money in their hands
They're gonna take that money from your hands
Oh mumma put that money in my hands
They said it’s not the way it’s going down
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7. |
What a Life
02:58
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I never thought I’d be with you
Thought I’d find something to do
I see a tower over there
Half constructed, no one cares
And every time I turn on my screen
I see a desperate working bee
I never thought I’d be so lucky
I trained for so long
Like a dog without a bone
And every smile breaks my mouth
Every heartbeat turns me south
What a dream
This life you’ve given me
Don't think I’ll ever come round
So much hate inside this room
Want to slip out for the afternoon
Need a distraction from the doom
Want you to say it won't be soon
Buy my stuff so I can buy your stuff
My stuff is the love my mum never gave up on
The rich will call out the poor
And millionaires will lead the cause
What a dream
It's all turned out to be
Don't think I’ll ever wake up
What a joke
This life turned out to be
Don’t think ill ever grow up
Don’t leave so soon
I didn't say no
I’m so alone
I’m so afraid
I’m like a child
Never grew up
I’m stunted now
Just don’t please go
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8. |
Juno Insomnia
02:54
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Wide awake
I know I’m not the only one that feels far away
I’m always looking for your forgiveness
No one ever taught me to be kind
Like a dog without a bone
Left outside for days alone
You wouldn’t feed that to your cat
But you’ll give it to the food bank
Fast asleep
I find some time to be my true self, not a pretty side
You can't get by living a lie
Sick in the head
Almost dead
Like a god without a prayer
No one even knows your there
Criticised for being born
Ignorance made me forlorn
Like a dog without a bone
Left outside for days alone
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9. |
All I Got
02:42
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You say we will be alright
Every word is another lie
Hold on to the dreams you have
No one knows a better way
I wanna love ya
Like a brother
Cos we're all we have
But we never speak
And I need your here
Seven days a week
I wish I had a time machine
Change the course of history
We found a glimpse of love
Beauty like I never thought
Take me with you
In your pocket
I wanna be your
Power socket
I wanna hold ya
Like a beer
Cos you're all I got
But we never talk
I need your love
Anything that you got
Yeah you're all I need
But we never speak
And I need you here
Maybe three days a week
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10. |
Levi Nation
02:23
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I know you're hurtin’
I know it's there
And your waiting for someone to say that they truly care
Some days it's a self fulfilling prophecy
Living inside our bloodstream
It ruins today
Tomorrow it's gone
Like water on rock your break
It's never too late
Until it's too late
Trying to change my ways
But now look at ya
I let you down
Something's gone for good and it never will be found
Taken from you long before you were here
Like a fawn from a deer
I have it with me
Don’t you want it?
No no no no no no no no
It ruins today
Tomorrow it's gone
Like water on rock your break
It's never too late
Until it's too late
Trying to change
But you’ll never change
You‘ll never know
How the ending will go
I’ll be taken
And you’ll be the same
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11. |
Truth Decay
03:27
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I never thought I’d see it happen
In slow motion on my phone
Now you found your great expression
And you're fighting all alone
In a prison for your mind
In your world you're always right
It's the logic of the ruler
It keeps you poor and insecure
Don’t go out on the street and talk
Stay inside and use your thumbs to fight the war
In the world your screen made up
Cos you don’t know how to tell the truth apart
Please I need you to explain this elementary truth
You want a place to feel safe and lonely
From the comfort of your home
As the dying world gets closer
Feeling righteous and absolved
Rich kids advocate for change
Then in private play the game
They're hoarding houses for their future
Keeping you poor and insecure
A statue crumbling into the past your former life is a myth you hold to like a child's toy but now you begin to accept it was never there, it was invented as reality you could habit in which you could do no wrong but also be forgiven, and when you touch the threshold it got into your blood
and never let you go and you were always here for thousands of years and your memories are in your blood and in your tears.
Don’t go out on the street and talk
Stay inside and use your thumbs to fight the war
In the world your screen made up
Cos you don’t know how to tell the truth apart
Please I need you to explain this elementary truth
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12. |
Childself
05:17
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Running from myself again
Hiding in the lion's den
Violence was my only friend
I still tumble now and then
Found myself upon your floor
All alone forever more
Broken heart and tortured soul
Hatred big and courage small
How did you turn into me?
Broken child running free
Did you feel and did you see
Were you given what you need
I dreamed you died
Right by my side
Said it's hard for me to love
Cos i’ve never been loved
Cos i’m never enough
And it's a life
I can never leave
I can never lead again
Something so good
That you found on your own
On your own, all alone
She closed her eyes
Old and wise
Started to cry
And said good night
Do you see
What you’ve done?
How it moves
I know its hard
But I told you so
I waited for your love
Running from myself again
Hiding in the lion's den
Violence was my only friend
I still tumble now and then
Found myself upon your floor
All alone forever more
Broken heart and tortured soul
Hatred big and courage small
And it's a life
I can never lead
I can never leave again
Something so good
That you found on your own
On your own, all alone
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13. |
The Best of Both Worlds
04:44
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I place my hand upon the earth
I wonder what I’ll do now, in this lonely universe
They could see I was lost
Running late for someone
I had nothing in my head
I had nothing good to wear
They said you gotta try and work it out on your own
There's no one there you gotta figure this out all alone
You got more fortune then your dad ever had
And he’s fine, yeah he’s fine
I guess I’ll never understand
Yeah I thought I played my cards right, thought I had a winning hand
I was one step away
From a life of violence
I had nothing in my heart
Till you stopped and helped me up
I sad you gotta try and help me up
I had stumble at the finish line
It's all I know
It's all I have
I guess I’ll do my best to work it out on my own
You left me here to try and figure it out all alone
I never wanted to make it a problem so it's fine
Yeah it's fine
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14. |
Industrial Artform Jive
03:04
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Said there's gotta be another way out of
They said there's not enough time
Well what the hell’s time?
I feel my cushy little unearned freedom slipping away from me now
I think their might just be another door out of this place
Another little 1,2,3,4,5 hiding space
Be on time and get in line
I don’t care how you do it, don’t care why you do it, don’t care who you do it with
Just be on time, and get in line
Drink some wine, cos I just don't have time
I know I lost it but everything will be alright
I know it looks bad but you haven’t even tried to fight
You're on the ropes now and nobody’s on your side
I think I saw another funny thing on TV
It went doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
You should have been there
Be on time and get in line
I don’t care how you do it, don’t care why you do it, don’t care who you do it with
Just be on time, and get in line
Drink some wine, cos i just don't have time
You took my artform and you turned into an industry
You took my dream and then you turned into reality
You gave me hope/freedom and then you took it away from me
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15. |
Utopia
01:19
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This could be a utopia
This could have been a utopia
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16. |
Concrete
02:42
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You took me in and you gave me a bed
You held my hand and you rubbed my head
You gave me food and some money to spend
You let me stay didn’t charge me rent
Always longing for something concrete
Cold and lonely
My one and only
Now I know we are one and the same
Your a part of me, that will never change
Our love is improvisational dance
It's in our eyes and it's in our hands
No we can wait for a turning point
Or we can live in uncertainty
He’s never had to explain himself
Or tell you what he really means
So hold me baby
Down on the concrete
See you one day when
Life's not so crazy
It's all you do
To stay with me
I know it's not so easy
It's what you need
It's what you need
I know it's not so easy
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