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shine
02:53
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they want you to break the rules because there ain't truth where there is numbschool
and everyone is gonna die and you don't even have to try and while yer armies falling and the oceans boiling will you kindly open a window to the back of your mind
and i'ts ok to imagine why we climb up here to shine
they don't like you yeah so what's new
besides you have proof, and you don't suffer fools
it's okay to imagine why we climb up here to die
but we can't die tonight no way
the open air is silent on the verge of deafening
and what's in my mind is violent, it's clawing to be free
but we can't shine tonight, we can't die tonight no way
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2. |
hold me down
02:09
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ain't no man gonna hold me down
it's there for all the world to see
the hard part is getting the world to agree
and time ain't on our side
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solitary life
02:23
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what ya gonna do about your solitary life
did you think it through enough or was this by design
you're beautiful the way your are
you're always gonna be a star
a simple life isn't too afar
you're beautiful the way you are
no i don't believe you
i think you like the solitary life
down here outta sight
from their eyes
i'm dying inside thanks to the solitary life
what ya gonna do about the creeping in of light
you had the noose around the neck but not too tight
i'm never gonna lose or pout or blame you for my lies
i was just confused in doubt how long have i been confined
oh yeah you're beautiful the way you shine
yeah yer beautiful you and your solitary life
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4. |
washing away
02:07
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we're washing away
all the filth and decay, it's washing away
sometimes it tends to take all day
thats all i'm gonna say about that
you all know the brat got the baseball bat to the face
and now it's washing away
i can tell by the way you wear your face
over heavens and hells into outer space
i've been waiting for you like a loner off his horizon and down one day
it's washing away
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5. |
harness the moon
03:31
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the bottom is soft and the darkness is smooth
we offer our bodies to all of the brood
then travel cross country on beer and junk food
an eternal hobby we harness the moon
and leave all the riches for some other unlucky goons
oh we harness the moon
the boredom is off and the drugs are gone too
we're halfway to nowhere the van has no fuel
the universe is cruel
that's why we harness the moon
we're down to the wire now at the venue
soundcheck was dire the sound guy was rude
but i gave him a fiver for seeing it through
because you have to admire the work these folks do
down to the wire
harness the moon
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ancient applause
02:55
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never come a day when i'd ever talk back or insulate your attic with the memories of ancient applause the map just shows a beaten path where the garden grows where the avalanches forever an a day where the over react i put your face on the small of my back and clapped away the boredom and shame isn't it strange when the song seems to change oh yeah
and there's nothing we can do about it
the world can be so cruel
so clap away
never come a day when our strings wouldn't over lap instead there was a gap in the memories thought intact these are darkly days logic is out of range friends are lost enemies are made if you ever wanna play you know how to make contact or fill my head with static in the attic of ancient applause the clap the sound inside the blast i wore it fast but the took the mask away
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7. |
built to spill
02:06
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this isn't a drill/we're out of good will/we're pushing uphill/we're waiting for still/ why don't you remember/and closer to kill/it's already december and now it's gone down to the landfill...
if you've got a good heart we'll tear it apart
ain't love a thrill?
or was it just built to spill
if you've got a good heart we'll tear it apart
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8. |
winter garden
02:47
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fall down in the winter garden
you bother us with impotence you father guilt and pain
then burn a book and sleep all day
you gathered up the only witnesses and offered them your name
the one you took from the soft parade
now that you've seen behind the pale blue eyes
you cover up our innocence we suffer under blame
it's time we looked into the pain
another happy ignorance at least i'm not afraid
i'm feeling blue but that's ok
now that you've seen behind the pale blue eyes
behind the disguise
you'd rather hide out in the open
then risk it all for the prize
and if your heart isn't broken
just give it some time
you offer up a sad defense you thought you had it made
but the world it shook in disarray
you shoulder up to violence yet claim that you've been saved
i know that you can't stand up straight
so fall down in the winter garden
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reach for the sky
02:40
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reach for the sky teach them before you shoot them dead
lets just see what's in your head
after all we did together
digging holes in stormy weather
and love they say it lasts forever
another new dance is on the rise
a person's gotta survive you got the nerve to exist so enjoy the ride
i could tell by the look in your eyes
you were in hell and i was just another firefly
reach for the sky hold em held high don't move them
simply comply no foolin'
i can see by the look in your eyes
that you mistook my sincerity to abide
so now i'll kindly ask you to reach for the sky
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all aboard
00:51
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take me away take me today just you and me and our kitty we're goin away
just us three and all aboard before the storm gets any worse who knows what all tomorrows parties may play
we'll go down south and make our way up north and east and west!
take me away take me today
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11. |
truce
02:00
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save us from the truth
there's no use in having proof
the evidence is mute i'm sleeping on the roof
i'm dishing out the juice
does it really matter where i lay my head for it to be a home
pushing out the bottom to the bone
save us from the truth
there's no time left to lose
we're putting it back on you
would you settle for a truce
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12. |
heat o' the moment
01:48
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i once had nothing to say about these fears
now i've found that some things are worth their pull oh the heat of the moment
i once had nothing to show for these years they go on and on and on friends are lost
and yet i'm still here
my choices ring loud within the noise i reappear
only to have my head filled with questions
i see no end
oh the heat of the moment
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Storie Grubb Portland, Oregon
My name is Storie Grubb and I have a tale to tell...
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