1. |
I'm Just A Civilian
03:23
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My brain's consumed by the numbers once again
Connectivity crumbling too soon and then
The proper plans always fall to your bin
I'm just a civilian at the incorporation
They need to come up with something on the spot
Conquistadors stab you with a splotch
Ever something coming through and then
New hires walking through the door
Each by noon to bring
Perspective applications, thinking big
They're wondering bout everything was missed
Know it's futile, looking grim
They don't wanna step away just yet
One more week could do the trick
I'm just a civilian at the incorporation
I'm just a civilian at the incorporation
I'm just a civilian at the incorporation
My brain's consumed by the numbers once again
Connectivity crumbling too soon and then
The proper plans always fall to your bin
When your mind is full of storms
And your vision sets your luck
The skies above are looking rough
Don't send your letter it might rust
I'm just a civilian at the incorporation
I'm just a civilian at the incorporation
I'm just a civilian at the incorporation
My brain's consumed by the numbers once again
Connectivity crumbling too soon and then
The proper plans always fall to your bin
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2. |
New In Green
02:49
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You're talking to me in the first place
Left a message in order to relay
Consequences were part of my last name
And you can't feel that
Each second you talk leaves
Just a little more room left to walk
From the door on the roof to the hall
Can you tell me why
I don't know how
You came to this conclusion
And I don't know how
You stay afloat in the present
It's just a game
To pick my resolution
So please teach me how
To claim my restitution
Hung a note with a tack
And then took a while to get myself back
When you dress like you know how to slack
But you can get up
I'm not out of control
I just can't remember which side I deplore
And that's easy to make about war
When you still think that
I don't know how
You came to this conclusion
And I don't know how
You stay afloat in the present
You know how to change
And you know I've seen you do it
It's still a game
But now I
Think I'll see if you wanna go
And try to figure this one out
I'm not alone anymore
Repurposed and searching for something to do here
Duck and try to roll
Escapists trained slinging another dumb song
Respect is a gamble though
And silence necessitated or I'm fucked
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3. |
Naming System
02:38
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Each time the clock hits fifteen know you're keeping pace
Hell comes to ring a note and helps me tie my lace
Dispute a power surge and please update your grade
Miss out on learning, eat your heart, and save the date
Collecting payment for where you want to go
Even I can comprehend that truth
Behind a series of dysfunctional blues
Above the rest
A ring of nonessential tragedy
Hurts to hear when its not out of me
We join to better understand
What is the need?
I've come to recognize the face you never make
Extend an arm to meet a hand you'll never shake
Drift off to somewhere far away and call your bank
Here comes the naming system just to take your place
Collecting payment for where you want to go
Even I can comprehend that truth
Behind a series of dysfunctional blues
Above the rest
A ring of nonessential tragedy
Hurts to hear when its not out of me
We join to better understand
What is the need?
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4. |
It's Beneficial
02:40
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All I need is something to occupy my mind
To think is just to die
And can you show me how it's done
All I can do is go on
All I need is something to occupy my mind
To think is just to die
And can you show me how it's done
All I can do is go on
And you may think it's easy but it's not
Find a way to think it back or stop
They can really tell you how it's not
They can really tell you how to be
It's complicated properly
Thing is you've got to succeed
All I need is something to occupy my mind
To think is just to die
And can you show me how it's done
All I can do is go on
All I need is something to occupy my mind
To think is just to die
And yesterday wins you over every time
And I'm not finished not just yet
Too many things off my chest
There's a way forward can't you see
And I don't know just what they'll say
They'll leave tomorrow never pay
It's beneficial anyway
All I need is something to occupy my mind
To think is just to die
And can you show me how it's done
All I can do is go on
All I need is something to occupy my mind
To think is just to die
And can you show me how it's done
All I can do is go on
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5. |
Reference To Death
04:41
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Repeat enough to try and exist
Toss the ball in and call it a pitch
Board meetings will often come with a twist
Now I'm not saying what comes to mind when you play it
What gives the feeling that you're earning
A disc won't save your fortune
Better compensate if you've got one
As for me I'll practice what I'm preaching
I'll blanket everything that's sea-shaped
Chime in when i forget my knee brace
Regulations only made for murder
The curtains swept prefer just one side
Sleeping eyes are hidden online
Another breath will make me lose awareness
At least that's what I'm thinking
We're separating now
Me and the blanks that have lingered for too long
I need to cough it out
The raincoat on my back just to get down
The ricocheting line
I'm lugging around on a plate - wait you'll see it
Keep riding solo and
You'll get it, you'll get it, you've got it, don't let it go
Spinning around to see which move will make
Me drop my guard - appreciate
Those shades left lying on my face
And you've never heard a thousand pieces of glass
Unless you save for the song with the long address
Public speech don't offend the crowd with stale lessons in crime and class
Illuminating one by one tells a shaker to run
My heart only stood a chance until your knife tried to pull out a gun
Question a laugh at a reference to death
Choking on a cherry stem to get me upset
Asked if you were busy now I'm writing down instructions for chess
We're separating now
Me and the blanks that have lingered for too long
I need to cough it out
The raincoat on my back just to get down
The ricocheting line
I'm lugging around on a plate - wait you'll see it
Keep riding solo and
You'll get me, you'll get me, you've got me, don't let me go
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6. |
Viewmaster
02:38
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There's a line outside of the only bar
That would let you in
No time to check your chin
I'm staring from the car just to see who wins
Go get your money's worth
I'll stop listening
Cause you hardly notice the wrapping paper
The steady light in the pouring rain
Not when you're too focused on what's up later
A reputation, the climbing ladder
Was it what you pictured when you were lonely?
Are you laughing now cause you know that I feel the same?
The chatterbox with the leather lips
Greeting innocence without an ounce of spit
You were teething on the newest path to fit
Making every move to get you on the list
Well,
The protein powder you're spooning all night
Has no idea what the riddle means
That's a fucking bottle you're studying
We wish we didn't have to keep the story lean
Was it what you pictured when you were lonely?
I've been lying hard cause I know that we feel the same
But you don't know how this seems to me
I'm whining just so you disagree
This wasn't what it was supposed to be tonight
Oh I,
Saw you standing by waiting for an answer
From your imitation of the proctor shopper
The mirror's alright at saving face
But they want a fool not another fake
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7. |
Aureus
02:30
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8. |
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I waited sixteen years for a tambourine
Just to get a tom
Pressing go at a red light cabaret
Just to get it on
I don't know how much I'm supposed to take
Can you help me out?
I waited nineteen years just to get up late
And I'm full of doubt
My best friend wants to kiss
I'm the one she don't wanna miss
Number one charlatan
That ain't me girl don't pretend
Fucking up every rhyme
Laughing each and every time
Take a bow for the night
I don't wanna get it right
She said, "take one now then take a break, for an hour or two"
I saw you in the shadow of the parking lot
Giving me the cue
Well if the twisting glove don't fit your hand
Do you really think he'll understand
The rat's trying to be a gator now
He's gonna get the boot but I know
My best friend wants to kiss
I'm the one she don't wanna miss
Number one charlatan
That ain't me girl don't pretend
Fucking up every rhyme
Laughing each and every time
Take a bow for the night
I don't wanna get it right
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9. |
Superhouse
03:20
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The story of excitement
Starts off
On the quiet streets
People meet
And I'm seeing things here
Cause I'm seeing things here
The stories happen everyday
Unexpectedly
This I've seen so far
This I've seen so far
I'm gonna quit the institutions
No more time to get me down
I'll get political
Show the big wigs whose boss
It only takes a little will to change direction
I'm gonna buy a house
Get stuff moving in
It's gonna be super
Superhouse
I'll read a lot
Understand the literature
Nothing more to say
They won't help me anyway
They won't help me anyway
When someone cheats the system
Or breaks the wheel
You best believe you'll know what's to come
I've just been commandeered
The small town skyscrapers with no one in 'em
I'm starting at the junction
There ain't no remedy
I'm more than names
More than nothing
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10. |
Like Riding A Bike
05:00
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I read the rules
And they didn't convince me
You can tell 'em you wanna go
But they don't have to listen
Giving out your hand for the first prize
Getting out your head on a white lie
It's only diction
And all Les Halles can get the fix in
It's just like riding a bike
It's just like riding a bike
If I could trace over the image
You'd see me sooner
If I don't get it all together
I'll see you later
I'll see you later
The key can be elastic
Cooperative acting out
You think you'll just forget it
You think you'll never talk about
The day you met yourself
And left the shelf
To hear the tick of a clock
The smooth stone in the well
Is anything but breaking down
It's just like riding a bike
It's just like riding a bike
You always fall
But you get back on again
You always fall
And you never see an end
It's a mechanical reaction
The slinky stole attention
A blithering attraction
You can't stop
It's a mechanical reaction
The slinky stole attention
A blithering attraction
You can't stop
It's just like riding a bike
It's just like riding a bike
It's just like riding a bike
It's just like riding a bike
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