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Temporary
03:24
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Facedown in a new arrangement
It’s only just as well
Down the street you can hear the sirens
On for someone else
They rattle the walls
I thought I heard screaming
Somewhere down the hall
Please don’t change it, rearrange it
Very very temporary
All my failures made me stranger
Bring my knees to the floor
Could be anyone putting their keys in the door
Make believe, spend all of your wages
Walk the bridge alone
I don’t believe somethings never change
the trains hardly run at all
If I’m up to no good
I hope it doesn’t cross your mind
When you’re out for blood
and you’ve turned off your phone
and you’re a little bit too stoned
some nights you wonder how you ever made it home
If you have an answer, let me know
Please don’t change it, rearrange it
Very very temporary
All my failures made me stranger
Bring my knees to the floor
Could be anyone putting their keys in the door
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2. |
Sicker
02:45
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You left the motor running
Several times
You used to drive around all night
You were unhappy in the usual way
Pulling cards on everybody you hate
Sometimes it works out right
Sometimes it don’t work out right
You left the motor running
Several times
I can still hear it in my mind
I know that nothing is wrong
Don’t want to be hurt anymore
I know it’s nothing to get sicker and sicker
I know that nothing is wrong
Don’t want to be hurt by anyone
I know it’s nothing to get sicker and sicker
You meet new lovers everyday
You have a list of all their names
You ought to be taking better care of yourself
You know I don’t give a damn about anybody else
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Everybody else is going out dancing
I'm not taking any chances, there's no courtesy in your lies
Maybe you've been drinking, now you're under suspicion
The look in your eyes, how you advertise
Everybody else is doing it
Tell me what you want to believe
I try to be myself but I can't go through with it
Unless I'm doing it on TV
I can see them baby they're doing it on TV
Now the wasted hours line up like empty bottles
There was room at the start to make demands on the market
Now I can't talk, my friends all understand me
They know exactly what I'm saying, we've been up all night
Everybody else is doing it
Tell me what you want to believe
I try to be myself but I can't go through with it
Unless I'm doing it on TV
I can see them baby they're doing it on TV
Don't stand there and lecture me
I know about love and I know about TV
I don't think it's wrong, I just think it's making me crazy
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4. |
Given Time
03:15
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The magistrate closed the gate
the hurricane touched down on the cape
the Beaujolais was trembling in the glass
Another planet we're on now
for a limited time
I tell me my friends not to wonder
and that's fine
I'm sure we're be alright in given time
Lights out in every house
all purchased for different amounts
I walked out
My feet wet in the grass
Alright
I'm sure we'll be alright in given time
Just serving the masters
I know they never lie
The animals start to wander
In the viable twilight
I know they're not gonna make it
That doesn't bother me
I'm sure we'll be alright in given time
Another planet we're on now
the animals start to cry
I know we're not gonna make it
I guess I told a lie
I feel the flames start to rise now
And that's fine
When it goes down I won't be alive
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5. |
In The First Place
02:53
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In the first places we were only kids
I try but the time goes
There were moments that made me want to live
We could never get them back, no
You told me secrets, I couldn't hear a sound
You had the radio turned up way too loud
Feeling nervous white knuckles on the dash
You always drive too fast
In the window there's a light
That's not the reason that brought you here tonight
Next to a body, they're all the same
In the morning you forget the names
You left the underside you left the skids
There is a good life but they keep it hid
All the money and all the pain
Was it worth all the trouble that you gave?
All the good times, remember when
Was it real or was it just pretend
You were a true friend, you never lied
If I was evil you'll forgive me by and by
In the window, there's a light
That's not the reason that brought you hear tonight
Next to a body, they're all the same
We could never get it back in the first place
We could never get it back in the first place
We could never get it back in the first place
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6. |
After The Party
03:32
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Just before the sun draws back the curtains
As I stumble home, I'm still uncertain
You never leave the light, you know I have no self control
After the party's over, you say please just take me home
I know every weekend, you can tell that I'm lying
I know you don't believe me, but I never changed my mind
You never leave the light, you know I have no self control
After the party's over, you say please just take me home
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7. |
It's Damage
02:59
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Scream one note it's a horrible sound
Are you dumb or are you stoned
One cigarette to light up the next one
Sure way to make me croak
It's damage
It's culture by the law of averages
Practice real hard, electric guitar
What a fucking waste of time
Turn 17 you buy a couple of records
Sure way to ruin your life
Your faith is tried
Sure way to ruin your life
Demand supply
You can really damage your life
Already full grown, a complete unknown
Am I really still alive
I must have killed the person I was
Cause here I am at the scene of the crime
Your faith is tried
Sure way to ruin your life
I'm sick and tired
You can really damage your life
Sick and I'm tired
You can damage your life
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8. |
If You're Wrong
02:45
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You stayed at home because of the weather
You stay up late just trying to forget her
And even though she left at the wrong time
She's never on the wrong side of a fine line
It goes on and on and on and on
If you're wrong I'm wrong I'm wrong I'm wrong
I never thought that it was meant to hurt me
I never knew about going home early
And even though I left at the wrong time
Nobody knew that I was out of my mind
It goes on and on and on and on
If you're wrong I'm wrong I'm wrong I'm wrong
We left it far behind
And we said it couldn't catch us but we lied
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9. |
Backseat Confession
05:08
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Backseat Confession
The good times have come to an end
Those days are in the past
And all your old friends are gone for good
They’ve turned their backs on you at last
The schoolyard is full of kids this morning
And the streets are full of ash
And all the cities crumble back into dust
Does it every make you feel sad?
Sha la la la la la la la
I’m like a waste
Sha la la la la la la la
I didn’t mean to be so indiscrete with you
I heard this about the law
Don’t put your trust in them
And if they follow you, may you run fast and true
They don’t answer to anyone
There’s a building on the corner
Where you can buy confection
I’m not saying that I know first hand
That’s somebody else’s backseat confession
Sha la la la la la la la la
I’m like a waste
But my sole indiscretion
Is this backseat confession
I’ve been lost on the side roads
I could never follow directions
So take me anywhere you like
Let the meter run all night
I’ve got some notions I don’t dare to mention
Sha la la la la la la la la
I’m like a waste
But my sole indiscretion
Is this backseat confession
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10. |
Nervous Touch
02:06
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Some people are born with the nervous touch
Just saying that is never enough
Will I never change, is it fixed in the blood?
Am I just the same as anyone
Now and then you had your fun
You know when if it's too much
Some people are born in the tension zone
Sometimes love doesn't take you home
Some people are born in the tension zone
Work one out on the way home
As it was in the days of the Roman Kings
Nobody wears that golden ring
Now and then you had your fun
You know when if it's too much
Some people are born in the tension zone
Sometimes love doesn't take you home
And it's such a cruel way
For such a cruel world
Who cares too much about this world
Live your life, forget about love
Hideaway from the nervous touch
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11. |
Second Thought
03:32
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I never did figure out
Who you were anyhow
I guess it doesn't matter anymore
I was half alive
Up until the other night
When you found me at your door
If you walk in a disguise
Tell the truth
Or take a second thought
Don't open up your mouth
If you want to run and hide
You know I do
Just don't tell me that
It's really over now
I can remember you
Sleeping on the roof
How did we let it go so wrong?
Will you still live here
Another ten or twenty years
We've been out of touch for way too long
You're a stranger in my eyes
I've been waiting my whole life
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12. |
Knock
03:02
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You know I talk talk talk
But I don't really know
When I close my eyes
You're out the door
You always wanna be included
With everyone who feels so useless
Down across the line they shout for more
Staying out all night
I guess it's just as well
You know I run for cover
When you ring the bells
The nylon runs
Under a neon sun
You screamed
"Who'll save the last remaining souls?"
For no reason, I know you're leaving
Take it with you out that door
I suppose you're really gone
Before you had the chance to change your mind
The curtain falls again
But this is not the end
When I close my eyes
I already know
Don't forgive me, I can't see it
Dragged along for no good reason
Half a version of a person
Like the years we cast aside
Turn around and wave goodbye
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13. |
I'm Sorry
04:31
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I'm sorry, I don't have a clue
Who I'm serving with things that I do
I faked it, and I never lie
I'm waiting, I never know why
I'm selfish, it's out of my hands
I'm nervous, but it's not that bad
I faked it, but you don't really know
You take me where I don't want to go
I don't know what's best for you
And you're worried about little things I do
I'll come home early, around eleven thirty
I'll be feeling nothing and nothing can hurt me
I'm faded but it's not even noon
I'm singing but I can't hold the tune
I'm gutted, can you give me a ride?
I'm laughing with tears in my eyes
(Chorus)
Did I bury the truth down way too deep?
And it's all that I can do, I wind up on my knees
And I'm turning to you, and I know you're turning to me
I think I'm coming home real soon, like I promised you I'd be
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