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Elevation
Is the key to flight
You won't fly nowhere
Without much height
So go ahead
Climb as high as you can
And don't look down just
Grab the wind with your hands
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2. |
Everybody Has to Die
02:23
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Wind, rain, smell of grain
Run about these open plains
Weeds, grass, run to class
Down the hill through Miner's Pass
Trip, fall, loudly call
Broken leg, you start to bawl
Hear, look, throw your books
You just bit the grizzly's hook
Dark, light, dead of night
Shadows in the bright moonlight
Call, rip, crack the whip
Forget it all and jump the ship
Bear tracks, just relax
You've lived your life up to the max
Eat, sleep, not a peep
Keep your thoughts that run so deep
Go, leave, never grieve
Keep in mind you must believe
Wait, try, never cry
Everybody has to die
Everybody has to die
Everybody has to die
Everybody has to die...
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3. |
My Friend George
02:05
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Let me tell you about
My friend named George
He has a dragon sword
It's not a practice sword
It's a real sword
Razor sharp edge and all
He says he's studied karate
And three types of swordfighting
But now he's in jail 'cause
He brought the sword to school
Let me tell you about
My friend named George
He said his lawyer is
Gonna get him out
And let him do community service
And whatever it takes he'll get out
'Cause he has got to come back to church
It's part of what he thinks he has to do
To be a better person
I think they think that he's insane
'Cause he's going to some doctors
By taxi and he won't be back
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Collapse is a part
Of nothing that can go away
But must be kept until completed
Unless the load weighs low
And hundreds fail to fill it
Its job a waste, a crime
To steal unwanted time
For sure is the sacrifice
Of unimportant, unbargained-for success
Unmatched in its revered way of haste
Which sharpens the axe of superiority
Progress is what drives
Forces us beyond our will
To learn, to teach
To try and leave our faults behind
Denial of our fears
Takes us home to rest
With strength we pass the test
And move up
The ladder of trial and error
The ladder of trial and error
The ladder of trial and error
The ladder of trial and error...
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5. |
Somewhat Something
01:30
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Despite the right to give
You fell and slipped and stood
Reverse draws quickly forward, backward
Into the nothing
Climbing diagonally upward
Away from the entrance
Of all that rests
Of all the best
Here goes everything
Here goes nothing
Here goes somewhat something of a feeling
It flees to its own hiding place
You've overcome
In your hiding place
You're home
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6. |
Try and Get Along
02:36
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Hello, goodbye, you're welcome, get lost
Constantly changing your mind and my thoughts
What I do isn't important to you
So long as it's what you want me to do
Well spare your kindness unless it's true
'Cause consistency or nothing are my rules
Listen and you might hear what's inside
Shun me then wonder why I lied
Continue to mold your image of me
Perfect it since that's what you're good at doing
Later you'll see that I'm not what you'd hoped
Sorry to disappoint, but you won't cope
With the fact that I'm not run by control
Alas you realize how wrong was your role
You see, but you don't look
You hear, but you don't listen
You do, but you don't help
You ask, but you don't try
See what you wanna see
Hear what you wanna hear
Do what you wanna do
Ask what you wanna ask
Time will tell who's right and who's wrong
But now we just need to try and get along
Yeah now we just need to try and get along
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7. |
I Love You
02:37
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Hello, I'm feeling low
And I don't know what to do
I want you to know I love you so
And all I want is you
So please don't leave
Don't run away from here
Don't take me and break me
Just hold me near
I looked at you
You smiled at me
And it was then I knew
That I love you
So now I'm wondering
What's wrong with you dear
Show me, please let me see
Just tell me and I'll hear
Then I'll help you remember
All the things that we've shared
And then you'll discover
What was wrong has disappeared
I looked at you
You smiled at me
And it was then I knew
That I love you
I love you
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8. |
Same Difference
01:39
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Allow yourself some time to think
Careful though, 'cause before you blink
Life as you know it may end, that stinks
If only it was so easy, but it is
Remember it all, confused and misled
Drawing back, your faith is dead
You can't stop now or so you believe
The beating of red still staggering
Drop to the top
Rise to the bottom
It's all the same difference
Release frustration, uncover it so
Who cares about the past, it's all over
Begin today, don't end tomorrow
Though mistakes are assumed
Failure is consumed
Rise to the top
Drop to the bottom
Now you know which way to go
Now you know which way to go
Now you know which way to go
Now you know which way to go...
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9. |
The Time Ran Out
01:57
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The time ran out tomorrow
When you wasted all your lies
No more places left to hide
You're scarce as plaid disguise
We faulted you, but you saw through
Our frantic, forced attempts
To set you straight, alone we wait
To free you from contempt
You pushed, we shoved, you rose above
And left us here to stare
After that we tipped our hat
In it you through a snare
You locked us up, then let us out
When you had our last dime
Your lies ran out tomorrow
When we wasted all our time
Your lies ran out tomorrow
When we wasted all our time
Your lies ran out tomorrow
When we wasted all our time
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10. |
Upside Down
01:05
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I think the world would be kinda cool
If it were upside down
Mice would have no chance
If they got out of their holes
Because the cats would get them too fast
All major sports would no longer be
You could throw a baseball
And it would casually float up to the clouds
And not come down
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11. |
Help Me
02:03
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You say I don't care
There is nothing there
Well life is more than fair
'Cause nothing is everywhere
You're cryin' help me
You're dyin'
Help me
You're cryin' help me
You're dyin'
Help me
You say no matter what I do
There's still a lot of things to explain
And they won't just go away
You're cryin' help me
You're dyin'
Help me
You're cryin' help me
You're dyin'
Help me
You're cryin' help me
Help me
You're cryin' help me
You're cryin' help me
Cryin' help me
Help me
Help me
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12. |
Drowning in the Deep
01:28
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Goodbye, how are you?
I thought we were through
Put down your weight and rest
you know that it's the best
That you could ever do
No matter feelings blue
You mustn't kill what's true
For time will prove results
And nothing goes untold
So hang up all the bore
Your feelings become sore
And lose a night of sleep
You're drowning in the deep
Lose a night of sleep
You're drowning in the deep
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13. |
Before and Now
02:10
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I don't want to go away
'Cause if I do, I know you'll stay
Although I can't remember why
I thought I heard you say goodbye
Time after time you run and hide
Alone you wonder why I lied
Before it seemed that you were fine
Now your heart's as sore as mine
I don't want to go away
'Cause if I do, I know you'll stay
Although I can't remember why
I thought I heard you say goodbye
Time after time you run and hide
Alone you wonder why I lied
Before it seemed that you were fine
Now your heart's as sore as mine
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14. |
The Day You Left
03:08
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Every day we laughed and we played
Good were those times that we spent there
I never would have thought you
Would go away so soon
Time is no longer to spare
But no, it was your time to go
Someway, somehow
I want to see you again
I want then, not now
Back to where it began
It seems that all that you knew
Was everything but the truth
Like the things I said
On the day that you left
Day after day it's gradually okay
'Cause I never think about it anymore
I wish you were here
It'd give me one more chance
To show you what our life was meant for
But no, it was your time to go
Someway, somehow
I want to see you again
I want then, not now
Back to where it began
It seems that all that you knew
Was everything but the truth
Like the things I said
On the day that you left
I wish you were here
Come back
I wish you were here
Where'd you go?
Where'd you go?
Come back to me
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15. |
Happy Makes You Sad
02:16
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Softly they have the flavor it gave
Return to the norm what you chose to save
Hold tight to the rail, your arms mustn't flail
Over in the box, give up now you fail
Happy makes you sad
Just as lovely makes you mad
Your moods are getting old
And you don't do what you're told
Fall far and unglue, too late to be new
It's time to move on is anything but true
Cast down your will, it's what you have still
Freedom waits late, your mind must rebuild
Eruption comes to mind
But it is not the time
To let your anger go
Or let your true side show
'Cause that way people know
The kinds of seeds you sow
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16. |
Too Late Is Now
02:22
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High upon the hill
We fight for our cause
Suspended as so because
We all forgot what that was
Too late is now
For we ended our useless struggles
To save this soil from itself
And though we're eager to win
The games begin
And we tell ourselves
No, not now
It can't happen yet
We've wasted too much
Too long have we said we won't
The loneliness streaks our bodies
While crazy thoughts fill our frustrated minds
And the hesitation relays that we're unsure
Of what is to come of all this work
Depending on us
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17. |
Vultures
03:59
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Costly decisions lead to
Costly consequences
Worlds torn down, ripped apart
Effaced from existence
Blot it out, erase the pain
White-out takes it all away
Destroying hope, ending chances
Sorrow begins, it's playtime again
Just run away
Dodge the attacking vultures
You can go away
You don't have to be a soldier
Acknowledge patience of predators
Dreaming without minds
Of what will soon become a silver platter
Don't try to fly, caring not to cry
Forced to live a lie, corrupt you'll die
Reaching far, you come up short
Hands are sweating, but they shut the door
But you can run away
Dodge the attacking vultures
Just go away
You don't have to be a soldier
They are trapped, unable to help
You place a bet, but it favors extinction
Obliterate thoughts
You can't let them out
'Cause somehow you know
That you need them
Block it out, cut it off
Flip the switch and let it go
Block it out, cut it off
Flip the switch and let it go
Block it out, cut it off
Flip the switch and let it go
Block it out, cut it off
Flip the switch and let it go
Just run away
Dodge the attacking vultures
You can go away
You don't have to be a soldier
Just dodge the attacking vultures
They don't want you for a soldier
No, they don't want you for a soldier
They don't want you for a soldier
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18. |
The Time Has Come
02:00
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The time has come to say goodbye
How I wish it were not true
And though we may not understand why
We both know that
It's the best thing for us to do
And we know someday
That our paths may cross once again
But our time has come to an end
And we know someday
That our paths may cross once again
But our time has come to an end
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