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Leave It
02:28
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Nothing nice left to say
So take the high road
No color in your eyes
Or your face - leave it
Build it up in your mind
Insatiable hunger
It only bleeds me dry
Nothing special - leave it
Leave it alone
Leave it alone
Life's not a journey, life's not a path
Life is a cobweb
Nothing is safe, nothing's on time
Nothing is certain
Leave it alone
Leave it alone
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Go Out Swinging
03:48
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I could count it all on one hand
From talking trash to their nervous laugh
We all die with a hole in our heart, begging for forgiveness:
"It should have never happened, I should have never said that"
When I was ten, I was throwing rocks at cars
Sometimes one can really show their age
And now I drain rivers just to catch a few fish
I still feel the same way, I feel like a kid
Daddy left and mommy worked, I was raised by no one
Split by belief, and classed by wealth
Everyone in this world will try to sell you something, or push you aside
They'll try to keep you quiet, don't let 'em
You're gonna look for the answers, and you won't find it
Take it from me, you're gonna do the wrong thing
You'll probably be happy, and never know it
So go out swinging, or go out holding secrets
Am I making myself clear?
You gotta go out swinging
Am I making myself clear?
Am I getting through?
You gotta go out swinging
Am I getting through to you?
Don't be like me
Don't go holding secrets
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Ape
01:19
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Before all these things get too far out of hand
Let's address the bad habits now, while we can
We say nothing, and it never stops
Go down with it, and we just watch
You have some kind of reputation to uphold
You have a moral obligation, or so we're told
We say nothing, and it never stops
Go down with it, and we just watch
We're trying to help you out of a jam, I hope you can see
But all you keep asking, is "why here, why now, why me, why me?"
Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me?
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Slow One
03:01
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I just hope that this will strike a chord with you
Like the slow one on Figure 8 really does for me
Now that you know how to place the blame
Call it what it is, as you see fit
(stick a fork in it)
Watching paint dry, and staring at the sun
Trying to get by, like everyone
It's with a heavy heart that I say this
We don't want you around, we just want what's best
We want what's best
It's for the best
We don't want you around
We don't want you around
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Don't You Dare
03:18
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Here it comes down crooked roads, and down the pike
In the mouth of the graveyard, any idiom you'd like
You don't get to walk around here, so you strut
The house leaks from the roof down, but so what?
Live to work or work to live, it's what you leave behind
Only a small amount, does it make you proud?
Some love comes in waves, it's no one's fault
You must protect them, you're the man of the house
First things first, let's soften the edge
Tie loose ends
Let it come to you, and move through your veins
Move through your brains, move through your eyes
And move through your mouth
How dare you
How dare you
How dare you
Don't you dare speak to her that way again
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Sad Old Man
03:30
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You say to pick yourself up
Without ever having to do it yourself
You say there's no free lunch
When your whole life has always been one
You're just the old man yelling
Hey kid, get off my lawn
My future, our future
In your days long gone
What takes you one step
Might take another man a giant leap
We're not asking for a handout
Just to level the field, just to make it fair
(Your time is up, our time has come and passed. We watched you drag it down with you. I hope you had a few laughs, made a few dollars. You'll always have those glory days. I'm sorry that's all. You're only as good as what you did last. Constant contradictions. No morals, no values. I hope you get buried way down underneath, way down underneath the new concrete. Without a herd of sheep, there are no wolves. On the right side of history every time - time will tell. You catch more flies with honey. You get more rights with money. We will not simply accept. Complacency got us in this mess. Constant contradictions. Constant contradictions. Constant contradictions...)
You're just the old man yelling
Hey kid, get off my lawn
My future, our future
In your days long gone
You're a sad old man
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