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I Don't Sing
02:22
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I don't sing
I don't sing
I don't sing
Because there is no-one to sing to anymore
I don't sing
I don't win
I don't win
I don't win
Because there's no game I feel playing anymore
So I don't lose either
I don't want to be an underachiever
But I don't wanna be a worker bee either
I don't live
I don't live
I don't live
Amongst people that I can call my own
But that's okay though
I don't have
I don't have
I don't have
What you might call a psychotic genius
But I would quite like to
I don't want to be an underachiever
But I don't wanna be a worker bee either
And I don't want to wear no heavy crown
But I don't want this palace to fall down
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Ego
02:40
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I've got to get out of this town
The people and buildings keep on pushing me down
You said I don't need to move to the city
In order to find somebody pretty like you
And yeah it's good advice but if I'm not mistaken
Everyone interesting seems to be taken like you
I guess I should make some sort of pact
With the Devil to teach me how I should act
You said I think way too much and I'm actually quite normal
It's all in my head I refused to see your point of view
Yeah but it's hard to ever turn off your brain
But it's nice to know that we're all the same as you
You said I don't need to move to the city
In order to find somebody pretty like you
And yeah it's good advice but if I'm not mistaken
Everyone interesting seems to be taken like you
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3. |
Cars From The 70s
03:11
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I drove cars that looked like they came from the 70s
I saw hearts beating inside the chests of my enemies
I've lost friends due to geographical inconvenience
I've woke up mornings and thought to myself it makes no sense
So when do we go?
When do we go home?
When do we know
That we're not alone?
I've seen the future, the past and the present, it's all the same
We'll go to spaces and stay there and give the place a name
We'll grow kids there and we'll send them to school
It gets big there, we'll decide that it's time to move
So when do we go?
When do we go home?
When do we know
That we're not alone?
I split my eyes open and left the land of sleep
I get so tired I forget what it's like to not be weak
I sink through the couch and into the sea
Drive through deserts in cars from the 70s
So when do we go?
When do we go home?
When do we know
That we're not alone?
When do we go?
When do we go home?
When do we know
That we're not alone?
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Veteran's Day
03:16
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He's not ugly
He's just going through a rough time
Thinks that he's a joke
Because he never earned his stripes
The teenager
Paints his thoughts upon the road
The change won't come
But it's where he hangs his hopes
Smoking cigarettes
On the balcony
Fill those lungs for me baby!
Breathe them into me
The managers
They are turning into fascists
Hate in their hearts
Amateur dramatics
Some things we can't control
We live in such a sad world
And long ago
We really had something
Or at least that's what
The veterans told him
A silhouette
High up in the window
She disappears
As the curtain draws to a close
Some things we can't control
We live in such a sad world
Some things we can't control
We live in such a sad world
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Wager
02:40
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Well the Devil came along
And asked for my time
He turned to me and said
Come along and play my game
And I'll make it worth your while
This decision, I regret
Well, I can't afford a car
And I'm going nowhere
I'm drowning in my sin
So I took him for his word
And I bet away my love
But I could not win
They always said
That you should not mess with evil
You cannot exist
But I can't resist your golden hand
Now I'm drunk and I'm afraid
And I paid the price of pride
It lingers overhead
Turn the taxing into simple
For the cost of my life
And you will tempt again
And you will tempt again
And you will tempt again
And you will tempt again
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Oblivion
03:17
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We're falling down
And we'll never hit the ground
So why should we fear
Anything at all?
At all
I used to worry
That I'd die feeling sorry
But then I wasn't even here
Ever at all
At all
So I kept my eyes closed
I fell out the window
I made a mess in the snow
I've never felt so sure about anything I was doing
Woah
It's the same old, same old
Everything I am told
Everything I don't know
Was not even ever worth knowing
So why do we need to know
Anything at all?
At all
At all
At all
At all
At all
At all
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High
02:21
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I know it's easy
To please me
Just leave me
We're in the good times
I'm feeling fine
I've got life
But if you want to talk
Please pass me by
I just want to rock
And get real high
If you want to talk
Please pass me by
I just want to rock
And get real high
The night is not scary
It's eerie
And freezing
The day is the real beast
Because thousands of people
Are at the feast
But if you want to talk
Please pass me by
I just want to rock
And get real high
If you want to talk
Please pass me by
I just want to rock
And get real high
And if you really want
To see me die
Work me to the bone
For the rest of my life
If you really want
To see me die
Work me to the bone
For the rest of my life
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Moth Eaten
02:04
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Everything's lying
Next to me and I
Feel alright
For the first time
Fall asleep as I
Overheat but I'll
Take this
Over lonely nights
And these days I do some things
Where before I didn't
And I hope that I'm not a drag
Moth eaten
Everything feels like
Doom and gloom in the world
Except for when
I am with you
All my day spending
Far too much time online
Except for when
I chat to you
And these days I do some things
Where before I didn't
And I hope that I'm not a drag
War ridden
And these days I do some things
Where before I didn't
And I hope that I'm not a drag
Moth eaten
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Tortoise
02:04
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I feel like I'm in a tortoise shell
Trapped in a solitary hell
Sometimes I feel like a trillionaire
But today the world just does not care
I don't know what we're coming to
What is the matter with you?
What's the matter with me?
Why can't we be like we used to be?
If you want to stay with me
Well then honey just stay with me
If you want me to go away
I wish that you just would say
I don't know what we're coming to
What is the matter with you?
What's the matter with me?
Why can't we be like we used to be?
It's hard to know what you should think
Things sometimes just fall out of sync
Blinded by the fork in my eye
The important thing is that you were right
I don't know what we're coming to
What is the matter with you?
What's the matter with me?
Why can't we be like we used to be?
I don't know what we're coming to
What is the matter with you?
What's the matter with me?
Why can't we be like we used to be?
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10. |
Feed My Disease
04:57
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Starting over again
I just have to laugh
I guess it's not so bad
Time keeps moving on
I'm tired of this chair
And I'm tired of being here
Doing the same things
Saying the same things
Opened up new doors
But the new room's painted beige
The expected way
It's another day
I value all my time
And embrace it when it is mine
But the tap always runs dry
Feed my disease from afar
Why should we even start
Feeling strong in our hearts?
Is it enough to go on?
It's a chance to belong
Soldier on to the start
So what can we do?
It's time that we stop playing
This dumb fucking game
Throw it all away
And build a whole new town
Burn the old one down
I hope it's better now
I am trying not to drown
But what if it goes bad?
Well bad is where we are at
So I guess that
Except with one less plan
We'll do it on our terms
With everything that we have learned
The planet will still spin
Feed my disease from afar
Why should we even start
Feeling strong in our hearts?
Is it enough to go on?
It's a chance to belong
Soldier on to the start
Feed my disease from afar
Why should we even start
Feeling strong in our hearts?
Is it enough to go on?
It's a chance to belong
Soldier on to the start
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Okay
An old friend of mine called me today
Told me that I should come by his way
And I never found a reason until today
And I'm sick and tired of people saying
That I should decide which game I'm playing
And I never found a reason until today
Yeah, my whole life lacked reason until today
And in this world you've got to sell yourself
Well sir, I gotta tell you that's no good for my health
And I never found a reason until today
I don't anything
I don't speak, I only sing
And I never found a reason until today
Yeah, my whole life lacked reason until today
Yeah, I never found a reason until today
I think that'll do
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GOD RIBBON Brighton, UK
Indie solo artist from Brighton
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