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Now
06:21
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Now
I am very tired it has been a long day
I was up very late the hours slipped away
I had hoped to achieve working on my dreams
but I slipped away I fell into a well
has the hour ever changed? ever changed
or was I sat looking out upon the ledge
of some holy thing
your last day
your first
think your last day
your first
There was no way I could have known
your answer machine never heard my dial tone
rancid and realign
my body upon your space in my time
the first and last
my time the first and last
back in your arms at last
back in your arms at last
make me something less than dirt
animate the matter from its hurt
I want only to sleep in your arms
give me that and I'll never
call you out for your putting me in this haunt
I want only to live and die in your time
make me one with the answer machine in time
and the river of Styx
watch that my day would know
watch that my day would know
I quiver my lips as I look at the page, my landslide
that dances the dream back over me, give me that time
lord oh lord its easy to hide your heart
lord oh lord its easy to hide your heart
and maybe people will love you
for someone you aren't
lord oh lord its easy to hide your heart
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2. |
I Am Tired
03:34
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Hell would be iron
and love would be glass
heavier than more
depths of that
in the black
in the black
I have no ambition or freedom
to disavow me is to tell
my lover of her lying
and I am the black in that
Dog left at the wheel
and the windows are up
the windows are up
the windows are up
Easy to remember
hard to forget
walking through town
walking through town
walking through town against
the tide of people
the tired people
are we not all tired people?
I for one
I for one
I for one
I for one
I for one
I for one
am tired
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3. |
The World Is False
06:28
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Forgive me I over stepped
like I sometimes do
but just what if no fingers are pointed but me
that would be fair
and then all this wrong in the world
is because I have turned
lay
lay with me if you don't
lay with me if you do
love is the water in a test that you have turned
Whose to say insanity
we've really no way to compare
but what if this game is here
to test if you truly are?
do you care more for her than you do yourself?
I am lost in the wind
I am lost in the wind
I am lost amongst the valley of my childhood dreams
and I am growing old
fluff out of the seams
magic is boring after the tricks are explained
I'm terribly alone
on an island in the cold
waiting to be seen
What if I don't water the weed
it does not die
there must be another way
I have seen
I have seen your smile
Lay then all your cards on the floor
lay then something for nothing down
with these white lace curtains
white lace curtains
white lace curtains keep out
me and my friends
me and my friends
after I am dead
You are your puppy dog eyes
I should have said something
there's a lump in my throat
you're certainly charming
you're certainly charming
let there be some way
everyone just wants to hear the truth
they don't care how it's sung
or how
or what it is
the world is false
the world is false
I must be the only thing that isn't
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4. |
Answer Me
02:37
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Back in town again it's like
when I visit home
nothing fits and I am lost in scripture of my own
but it can't be that way or my deserted heart would be yours
be that way or my deserted heart would be yours
and there's no time for that here
because I'm getting old
This is the only thing I have left
so give me some freedom and I will let you in
there is body
there is soul
there is heart
there is mind
and all of those things wrestle for priority most of the time
give me your love
and I'll give you my life
answer me this
and I'll answer your desire
As long as you love me
oh baby get my demise
it's easy to forget
but that which you turn from
then answer me this
or answer me none
tell me baby why is it you run?
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5. |
To Go For A Drive
03:12
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It is sung
time is coming
from over there
where?
where?
there's no reasonable response to anything
because everything is happening against your will
I've no reason to go on
yet I do
because it's terribly scary after
questions like
where?
where?
where?
where?
and it is my birthday
my birthday
right here
right now
I feel so fine
what a joy to be alive
My shoes don't fit
tell my why
it's so hard
to find shoes that fit
is there a reasonable hour to go for a drive?
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6. |
Take My Heart
03:52
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As I have done
as I have done
do not do as I have done
because I have run
Ishmael
answer your phone
do not do as I have done
Canvas wet and the ink wont dry
I've been walking in the water
my feet and my mind seem disconnected
and last week
I heard you sing again
and last week
I've been over this
and last week
I fell in love again
I'm done pretending
White wall down
my back against
I held you like a scripture that would name
Kitchen sink
and the bottles that slip
off the side when the stacks get too encumbered
I could die
or a holy dying bird
give me me
or give me in
Ishmael pick up your phone
I've been over this
there's a well in me
veins to the sea
take my heart
or let me
take my heart
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