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Should I Get Started?
03:01
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preamble:
"i must address
i did not check all of them
cannot make promises
about the gun"
are you high yet?
are you surprised yet?
are you to die for?
should i get started?
have you heard yet?
no you don't know
i'm missing words, yes
and there is every chance i'll never tell you so
are you surprised yet?
have we arrived now?
landing gear down!
think we need a new town!
tear this one down!
should i get started?
"don't slow down
cuz it's too loud..."
don't back your way out as you turn
if you don't catch it now then it just burns
have you turned yet?
of course not, no
i'm missing your head
and there is every chance i'll never tell you so
are you high yet?
are you surprised yet?
are you to die for?
should i get started?
should i get started?
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chained up, restrained not that you could tell
not that you are well
so i dove into the avalanche when i heard the crash
nothing opened
nothing you'd hope for
when you're groping your way to the door
when you're staggering down to the floor
when the least you could is more
when the teeth hit the lip and you finally flip the lights on
standing orders keep em at full bore
it's inside
around you, no-one surrounds you but the sounds of all you want and more
when the least we can do is nothing more
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3. |
Trying Everything Once
03:01
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happenstance happens once
everybody gets one try
second chances for everyone who ordered one
you can do it if you try
tell the truth you die
when you hide yourself you lie
i'm lying
i'm trying everything once
they're crying
since they've eaten it's been months
they are eating all their young
and i think that you would too
if you didn't have the food
and when i have a son
i'll tell him he should run
if the cupboards bear
building character
and i'll watermark him get your own goddamn kid
don't copy off of this
don't copy off of this get your own goddamn kid
i'm stronger than you
i can be smaller too
i can be smaller too
yeah i'm the greatest dad no kid's ever had
and my kid's never bad
though he wears a black hat
it suits him well
it suits him well
and i brought hell to an atheist fight
on a starless night
they hear my yell
"it is divine!"...
i can't hear time
busted clock was right
for once in my life
yeah
it said you'd stay
i threw it away
got a new one next day
this one does what i say
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4. |
Black Ice Ballerina
02:59
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I slowed down
the mile long drive thru
i'll have what it's having
to get you
down black ice
there was a bad one night
on the turnpike
if you heard about it you heard right
looks like there'll be another bad one tonight
black ice ballerina
you should have seen her
so full of love
pumped full of drugs
black ice ballerina
you know now
"too late to touch the brakes"
i'll be what i'm being
to get to you
to save you
black ice
"so nice"
see it's not nice to me
bad for the company
shutdown undersea
merger murder
merger murder you know me
merger murder
merger murder you know...
black ice ballerina...
yeah i slowed down
mile long drive thru
i'll have what it's having to get to you
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stepped on a cat
felt bad about that
"it was an accident" i scream
i woke up hot
i'm so cold
somebody left me here alone
she likes me more on drugs
when i'm blue
she likes me more when i'm drunk
i do too
alright it's about you babe...
you twisted my arm
twisting my arm yeah
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6. |
I'm Exhausting
02:49
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i'm exhausting
corresponding with long forgotten kings of never
they've never been better
they want you to know
i'm exhausting
exonerating priests for what they didn't do to me
and what do i believe
seven hells for eve
fracture and blur
it's exhausting
what's it costing you?
if you want you can call me
you can give me a ring...
if you want you can call me
i'm exhausting
i'm exhausting (what's it costing you)
go back to bed (what have you been through)
i'm exhausting
(you're exhausting too)
watch them see red (are you always blue)
i'm exhausting (you counting one or two?)
get back in the bed (what's it costing you?)
(what have you been through)?
i'm exhausting
go and rest my head
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7. |
Selective Amnesia
04:03
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i'm not really a musician, mary
i just had to learn to write you this song
you're good
you're fine
don't beat on yourself
you're alright
we may have selective amnesia all the time
you're not so scary
i'm not so scary this time
i don't like tradition, lord
it suits me too well
i don't want no trouble, lord
i just get bored as hell
you're good
maybe we're fine
don't beat on us we got selective amnesia all the time
i get selective amnesia sometimes...
can't see in a st raightl ine
head full of missing parts thinksimple rhymes
be patient they should make it a crime.
i'm not really a musician, mary
in no position mary
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instant coffee
tastes like shit
i’m too lazy
i want to talk you over it while we drink instant coffee
crack her neck
not “some other time”
im sore too
we won’t drink to this one
but there’s so much to see
with remains to pick over another day
and wrecked fuselage is effect and cause
that is our law
she hears/hurts like you
my back hurts, though
my heart is beating strangely slow
we won’t drink to this one
(we won't drink to this one)
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9. |
How About Next Year?
02:43
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yknow its good to cry
if it’s been awhile
maybe you dance and think
maybe you dance and drink
maybe you drink and dial
maybe the other end
your wrong-number friend
just smiled
you’d never know
telephone wouldn’t tell you so
say “in a little bit
later i’ll deal with it
and how come i feel like shit
and how come it’s always cold”
yknow its good to try (lie?)
if you aint fucked up in awhile
maybe you ice the rink
maybe you ice the sink
maybe you sink right in
trying to sink and swim
maybe the other end
tastes just like revenge
building my reputation lately
as a giant baby
don’t get religion maybe
but christ you gotta save me
if im on my knees?
if i say pretty please?
get me outta here?
dirty looks so clear?
(maybe we grab a beer?
how about next year?)
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The Acid Rains Edmonton, Alberta
i write songs, play guitar and sing
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