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MY BAD
04:05
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jesus save the jesus freaks
some nights i bleed right through the sheets
and through to the ceiling underneath
jesus save the jesus freaks
heaven help this heavy heart
help it empty out before the party starts
and will you help me fill this hollow head
have you guts to spill
have you hopes to spend?
i don't believe that you're really so unconcerned
can't you see how the cloud of our dominion billows and burns!
if you are patient i'll save you a place in the sun
everyone's famous here, everyone praises everyone
jesus save the jesus freaks
mother never told me there'd be days like these
god bless the child who's got his own greed
jesus save the jesus freaks
i don't believe that you're really in head-splitting pain
and if it's true i'm confused--why we are hosting this party again?
when you are wasted you'll laugh in my face 'til i'm numb
everyone's racist here, everyone prays for everyone
hey--mea culpa.
hey--mea culpa.
mea culpa. mea culpa. mea culpa. mea culpa.
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AUGUST SONG
05:04
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when it gets dark
the mosquitoes eat away at us
it's not too late for us
when it gets dark
queasy feelings lie in wait for us
my mother prays for us
and when it cools down we'll feel much better.
one of the best friends i've ever had
he has a very very small brain
i could hold it in the palm of my hand
even so even so
i know i know
he understands.
no one understands why kittens purr
or why people cry
no one understands why
no one understands
no one understands
no one understands
no one understands
no one understands
no one understands why.
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FLICKER FLAME
03:42
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Busted screens and rusted cars
flaking paint and razorwire
Porch swing sways in a twisted rain
scorched my face in a flicker flame
Somebody told me
this world was mine
they lied, they lied
Somebody sold me
a new family line
it died, it died
Somebody hold me
it's so cold tonight
it's so cold, it's so cold, please hold please hold me tight
Heavy hands and feathered tongues
I think I saved the band when I ate our young
Until I lost our plans in a bargain bin
Now I'll be damned but I don't know when
Somebody told you
the past was gone
they were wrong, wrong
Everyone knows you
and your protest songs
well right on, right on
Nobody owes you
for your righteous rage
You got paid, you got paid, you got paid move on move on.
Rusted dreams and busted bones
Love songs screamed into telephones
Futures lost in a summer spell
Summer's past and it's just as well
Summer's past and it's just as well
Summer's past and it's just as well.
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LDS
04:31
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Move back toward the microphone
Scary, beautiful man
Sing that line again
Sing that line again
Your high-class contemporaries
I felt I was a fool in their eyes
Last night I tried so hard to not try hard
I was starstruck
I said too much I didn't say enough
I was starstruck
I pushed my luck I pushed my luck
Move back toward the microphone
Angry, penitent man
Sing that line again
Sing that line again
Tell the camera all about your faith
righteous latter day saint
Did your God imprison you
when He envisioned you?
If you're the anti-christ
where does that leave your wife
Oh, to the two of you, and your secular friend
I could listen all night
I am awestruck
With every spin
your songs cut deeper & deeper
I am awestruck
I am a dumbfuck so-called nonbeliever
With your eyes closed all the time
you might get lost
and never find your way back
Sing that line again
Sing that line again
A docile breeze is floating through my house
A piece of my mind just turned black
Sing that line again
Sing that line again
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GHOST PIGEON
04:05
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i am
a privileged man
i was loved as a child
and my love has grown wild
and my wants have grown plenty
when my cup is empty
it is easily filled
and when blood is spilled in waves
i may cry for days
but its swirling eddies
never reach me
i am not ready for whatever it is you are trying to teach me
i am not ready for your clever attempts to beseech me
i am stubborn and petty i am stubborn and petty
and i am not ready
i am not ready
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SNOW GLOBE
05:25
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Spastic captive
what makes you think you're not to blame?
Blue flares bear witness
It's time you find yourself a new claim to fame.
Fairweather feather
Our time's run out
We won't feel better
when the winds of change have changed to lazy clouds
Red flags at half-mast
Fresh spores to kill
Dream house in splinters
Pink pills will help us to sleep and sit still
Surefooted captain
Your jokes are first-rate
The press pool ripples with laughter
As robot planes shoot flames and take lives away
Filthy window
Go on, pretend that you can see
Guilty rainbow
We'll never be the way we used to be…
If you're somebody nobody wants to be around
Where do you go at night?
When you don't want to be alone anymore?
When you don't want to be alone anymore
And if you're someone who wants to be alone
What do you when you're miles away from home
Where do you go when there are people everywhere you go
What do you say to someone you'll never know?
If you're someone who cares a lot about the problems of the world
What do you say to the other boys & girls?
Do you try to play it cool?
Or do you dare ask if they care along with you?
If you shake real fast
It might float to the top
You might see it through the glass
But if you stop shaking it will surely drop
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AFTER THE BOOM
03:31
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what is this terrible distance?
only yesterday i saw myself in your eyes
now i only see dollar signs
euros
ones and zeros
what is this terrible distance?
only yesterday
i was your favorite band
am i today singing in tongues you don't understand?
life is grand when you know who are
life is grand when you know who are
and when you know that the stars are
impossibly far away
impossibly far away
after the boom
ash trees and asters in bloom
and the party balloons
rocket up to the ceiling
we don't seem to feel anything
the moon is in flames
and our names are unfinished
we see almost everything
but we don't seem to feel anything
we see everyone
but we don't seem to know anyone.
we see everyone
but we don't seem to know anyone.
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9. |
SOFT EYES
06:19
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[i played and played and played and played and played
and i played and played and played and played and played]
fireflies under the water
16 years in the sun
skin cracked & boiling
wait for my letter
starfires under the water
3000 nights in the cold
shivering half-dreams of terrified godheads
and souls trapped in amber
[i prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed
and i prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed]
white flags into the slaughter
5 or more lifetimes locked in a cell
poems and christmas cards, greetings from desperate meetings--
"stay strong / keep on keepin' on / take care / hope you are well"
[i paid and paid and paid and paid and paid
and i paid and paid and paid and paid and paid]
soft eyes under the water
one sickly flame in the dark
can there be hope when there are no more illusions?
can a candle burn bright enough to bring back vision?
bring back my vision
take me from my mission
make me someone good.
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Roommate Chicago
Roommate began as a Kent Lambert solo project in NYC in 2000 and has been an ever-mutating Chicago band since 2004. The band's 2015 album MAKE LIKE was described by [sic] magazine's Tim Clarke as "astute, economical, meticulously performed and produced, and deeply affecting, both lyrically and musically." ... more
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