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SUCKER
02:30
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its been a real long time
but ive been here before
cackling in the dark
they say youve made it once the sun goes down
but thats really when it starts
cuz all the shapes go change inside my head
when i find myself alone
and so i scream your name like an epithet
cuz i know youre always home
so go ahead
eviscerate me
watch me bleed out on the floor
you drive me crazy
but it’s nowhere that i haven’t been before
you’re a sucker for a martyr
and it’s the closest thing i am
to really seeing what i’m made of
when you’re cutting me in half
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2. |
Lose It
02:31
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3. |
Be Cruel
02:49
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how about
we go down
and get that greasepaint off your face
again
how about
we step down
our cruel illusive tenure never
has to end
be cruel
don’t be kind
to me
too many have tried
this chemistry
isn’t in you
so be cruel
hey now
don’t look so down
it took me twice as long to know nothing
at all
hey now
get it out
if you have something to say then say it
again
so be cruel
you're not tied to me
be as cruel as you can be
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4. |
Play So Rough
03:44
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im getting bad reception here
im coming up on a hill
maybe ur voices will break even then
maybe they wont!
maybe they will
im getting no connection here
my voice is breaking up inside my ears
maybe next time they’ll catch us when they fall
maybe next time they’ll be there
but you want
what you want
a gold star isn’t enough
and i would bleed
if i could
if you just wouldn’t play so rough
there’s a misconception here
that what you are is who you’re with
i wish that wit was true for me
maybe it isn’t
maybe t is
there’s a missed connecton here
i can hear you leaving i can feel the fear
maybe next time they’ll be there when we call
maybe they won’t be there at all
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5. |
Fog of War
03:08
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6. |
Red Pen History
02:18
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7. |
Almost as Blue as You
03:42
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she said can i bum a smoke or two
and a light
i don’t usually ask these kinds of things
to people like you
i said it’s alright
we got to talkin
we had next to nothing in common
except a tendency to do
what we shouldn’t do
and that’s alright too
then we went drivin
i thought i might be dyin
sittin next to you
all this blue light’s
making a fool of my right to be blue
almost as blue as you
she said can we go walking instead
in the dark
i dont usually stay up this late
with people like you
but its a good night, isnt it?
we found us a rock
that we could gossip on
trading pasts and half-truths
she said she liked the way the vines
would curl around her hands and mine
if we could just sit still
and all this talking is getting in the way of the truth
and all this sleepwalkin is showin our cards too soon
and holding my breath makes me think of the deep blue
almost as blue as you
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8. |
Love Adjacent
01:36
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9. |
The Middle Distance
03:50
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10. |
Coming Back to Me
05:19
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11. |
CRUSH
03:10
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Pour yourself a drink
I'll sing you a song
Don't worry about the money, honey
I got a tab a mile long
Bathe me up in light
Call me when you drown
I can wait all night
I've spent my whole life
A little less up than my downs
I know a secret everybody tell
Who goes to heaven, who goes to hell
And I know one thing sure is true
I never kept a secret
I got a crush on you
You're everybody's dream
Out on the schoolboy yard
They tumble like an injury
Just about you all night long
All night long
And there was a fire
In your breast and in my brain
Your fingers on my fingertips
Making lines in the windowpane
I know a secret everybody tell
Who goes to heaven, who goes to hell
And I know one thing sure is true
I never kept a secret
I got a crush on you
If you should go there before I do
God's gonna trouble the water
Tell all my friends that I'm coming too
God's gonna trouble the water
Sometimes I'm up, lord, and sometimes I'm down
God's gonna trouble the water
Sometimes I'm almost level with the ground
God's gonna trouble the water
If you should go there before I do
God's gonna trouble the water
Tell all my friends that I'm coming too
And God's gonna trouble the water
Sometimes I'm up, lord, and sometimes I'm down
God's gonna trouble the water
And sometimes I'm almost level with the ground
God's gonna trouble the water
I got a crush on you
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i was standing there
running my fingers through your hair
you always look better in black and white pictures
taken by somebody who cares
and you
always wanted to believe that was true
but you wanna be saved
from a grave past its due date
and i have to say
that that just aint gonna be you babe
it aint gonna be you
i was standing there
but i was running scared
you always look worse for wear when nobody’s awake enough to care
the feeling started to creep
that the water is deeper than it looks
and honey i shook
and honey i
i was on the street
i was in the crowd
somebody handed me my cards
but they were upside down
and i couldnt read em so i started to weep
i started to weep
and you
wanted to fight away these blues
don’t wanna be a slave to a grave past due
and you just had to say
i can tell from lookin at you
that you tell the truth most days but babe
but babe ——
it just aint gonna be you
it aint gonna be you
i was standing there
running my hands through your hair
you always look better when nobody’s there to scare you
to scare
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13. |
Dillinger
02:37
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14. |
You Died Last Week
01:30
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you died last week
i spent years waiting for the right time to speak to you
but if i had a chance i know i’d do the same thing
and i know you would too
they turned your cot into a stretcher
songs that meant a lot to a lot of people on the radio played low
while they wheeled you away forever
there was oxygen enough between the measures
the moment never came cuz i kept it inside
the plane didnt get to taxi it never arrived
the roads never got to rollin
the silence was never broken
i never had the time of my life
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16. |
Song to Ranger
00:31
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ranger
hey buddy
ranger
good boy
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17. |
Sugar Rush
03:44
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18. |
Sunspot
02:46
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The Acid Rains Edmonton, Alberta
i write songs, play guitar and sing
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