1. |
bird and the bees
04:41
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read the news in california
hope my family’s okay
looks like those beaches are as full as ever
just another perfect summer day
an old boyfriend called from arizona
said he was sick but no complaints
asked if i could sing a song right over the phone
so i sang him “purple rain” and he coughed and sang along
lately there’s an old man
smoking on my doorstep
when i leave my house for work most days
says don’t judge me for smoking honey who am i hurting now
this air’s gonna kill me anyway
this air’s gonna kill us
this air’s gonna kill us all anyway
so tell your boyfriend that you love him
and tell your girlfriend you wish her well
‘cause the birds and the bees they’ve all come to agree
that no one’s gonna save them now
and tell your mother not to visit
there’s no more use in going out
‘cause the birds and the bees they’ve all come to agree
that no one’s gonna save them
no one’s gonna save them
no one’s gonna save them now
standing at the corner deli
a girl asked me out but i decline
but underneath my mask i smile as big as ever
hope she knows that i was flattered by the creases in my eyes
reminds me of a song i’d written but forgotten
the chorus goes we’re all together but alone
sometimes a nod is all that i can manage
before returning to the lighthouse of my phosphorescent phone
we are beloved
stranded here in space
we are beloved
i wish i said it to her face
alone together, and together we’re alone
we are alone
alone
so tell your mother that you love her
and tell your boyfriend you wish him well
‘cause the birds and the bees they’ve all come to agree
that no one’s gonna save them now
and tell your best friend not to visit
there’s no more use in going out
yeah the birds and the bees they’ve all come to agree
that no one’s gonna save them
no one’s gonna save them
no one’s gonna save them now
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2. |
pop the placebo
04:10
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my friend clio doesn’t care if its placebo
if you open up her mind
really let the blood flow
she talks in crystals always sitting down to give ya unsolicited advice
tarot cards and rainbows
and my friend wheeler
he’s been talking to a healer
ever since his wife left home
and now when i visit
he speaks in dialects of mystics ‘bout the prospects of my soul
says he knows more than i’ll ever know
mmmmm
if you say so
‘cause i don’t care how i get there darling
name the cure and i’ll come running
i don’t care how i get there darling
say the words with enough conviction
‘cause i don’t care how i get there
as long as i arrive
and i met a surgeon said he’d rather work on patients
who believe they will survive
grateful for all they got
and just the same the perfect medicine won’t save you
if you’re confident you’ll die
if you made your mind up
‘cause i was taking sugar pills
and i didn’t even know it
‘til the doctor finally told me
he said i had to prove you didn’t need those drugs at all
and someday soon you’ll thank me
he said you’ll thank me for lying
and i thanked him for lying
what a thought
thanked him for lying
for lying
for lying
‘cause i don’t care how i get there darling
name the cure and i’ll come running
i don’t care how i get there darling
say the words with enough conviction
i don’t care, i don’t care
i don’t care how i get there
i don’t care how i get there as long as i arrive
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3. |
the muse
03:27
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you woke me while you were sleeping
when i heard you talking out loud
i heard just what you were thinking
better than you knew it yourself
said you were the playing the muse, babe
and now it was time to move on
this was all just a ruse, babe
just to have your name in a song
everyone’s singing, someone’s singing
everybody’s singing along
you only call me to break my heart
so i could write your name in a song
so you wanna be famous
a name that’s ringing some bells, hun
wanna get with an artist
make a hit before you kiss and run, run
you perfected your smile, babe
making love for your turn in the sun
was it worth all the guile, babe
just look at all the damage you’ve done
everyone’s singing, someone’s singing
everybody’s singing along and was it all worth it, nobody knows
just to have your name in a song
and everyone’s singing i hear someone singing
everybody’s singing along
you only call me to break my heart
so i could write your name in a song
got my attention then took it for granted
on a good night gone wrong (i hear)
got my affection then took it for ransom
on a good night gone wrong (i trusted you, trusted you, trusted you)
you’re an expression a representation
of a good night gone wrong (da da da da)
got my attention then took it for granted
it’s a good night gone wrong
(i hear everybody singing along)
everyone’s singing, someone’s singing
everybody’s singing along
was it all worth it nobody knows
just to have your name in a song
everyone’s singing, i hear someone singing
everybody’s singing along
you only called me to break my heart
so i could write your name in a song
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4. |
thirsty
03:43
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thinking of you makes me twitch
makes me itch
and now i’m sick in all the wrong places, kid
‘til it stings like a bitch
and your fingerprints
are faded tattoos on my porcelain skin
when i feel like a guest in my own queen bed
when i soak and i scrub
but i’ll never forget you
despite all my friends and their better judgments yes
nevertheless, i’m still thirsty, thirsty, thirsty
thinking of you makes me twitch
makes me itch
and now my pants don’t fit like they used to fit
and i feel a bite like your teeth in my side
and i can’t heal the wounds even if i try to
think that you’re tame
or you moved far away
i can see your face even when i’m half-baked
and it’s not even fair what i feel down there
when i’m trying to feel so easy, easy, easy
but i’m thirsty, thirsty, thirsty
you wrecked my heart
said you’re sorry first
you spilled my drink and looked up my skirt
your feigned honesty means shit to me
i think i’d prefer an insult
want another kiss then you’re outta luck
you know i can’t stand a pity fuck
if this what you call making up
well god knows you’re not worthy, worthy, worthy
but i’m thirsty, thirsty, thirsty
thinking of you makes me twitch
makes me itch
and now i’m sick in all the wrong places, kid
‘til it stings like a bitch
and your fingerprints
are faded tattoos on my porcelain skin
when i think of all the time i wasted on trying
it feels like a lifetime spent doing nothing
oh my my, it’s just so damn appalling
when god knows you’re not worthy
worthy, worthy, but i’m still thirsty
you wrecked my heart
said you’re sorry first
you spilled my drink and looked up my skirt
your feigned honesty means shit to me
i think i’d prefer an insult
want another kiss well you’re outta luck
you know i can’t stand a pity fuck
if this is what you call making up
if this is what you call making up
you wrecked my heart
said your sorry first
you spilled my drink and looked up my skirt
your feigned honesty means shit to me
you know i’d prefer an insult
want another kiss well you’re outta luck
you know i can’t stand a pity fuck
if this is what you call making up
well god knows you’re not worthy
worthy, worthy, worthy
but i’m thirsty
i’m still thirsty
i’m still thirsty
i’m still thirsty
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5. |
together, alone
05:00
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when did it happen
i still can’t recall it
life wasn’t enough
until after i typed it
tell me a secret
i still won’t believe it
‘til after you shot it
‘til you make it public
and you said, elizabeth
i am just phoning it in
quite literally
i lost the poetry
texting without feeling
a song without meaning
a dog without a bone
i’m talking without speaking
together, alone
together
my brain is connected to my hand is connected to my phone
one more photo of a wedding or a picture perfect home
lying in bed
late in the evening
you’re never alone even when you are sleeping
my brain is connected to my hand is connected to my phone
i fell in love with a boy on the screen
he looked so real in my digital dream
i heard the sound of a bluebird singing a song
closed my eyes when i woke he was already gone
flesh and blood when i look at the sun
not just a fact, but a figure to become
closed my eyes all the people were singing
i once wrote a song to the sound of your heartbeat
da dum dum da dum dum
do you remember the feeling?
da dum dum da dum dum
of a true heart beat
do you ever think that you’re too young to be complaining ‘bout your memory
i’ve often wondered
do you ever think that you’re too young to be forgetting where to go
i’ve often wondered
does your potential make you feel bitter?
throw your computer in the hudson river
oh, my brain is connected to my hand is connected to my phone
‘cause no one stops anymore
always ready for that next big thing
no one rests anymore
always searching for that new beginning
so worried about what could be missing
that we miss out on the life we’re living
and the kiss you’re about to give me now
and the kiss you’re about to give me
now, now, now, now
i fell in love with a boy on the screen
he looked so real in my digital dream
i heard the sound of the bluebird singing a song
closed my eyes when i woke he was already gone
flesh and blood when i look at the sun
not just a fact, but a figure to become
closed my eyes all the people were singing
i once wrote a song to the sound of your heartbeat
la da da da da da da
the sound of your heartbeat
la da da da da da
the sound of your heartbeat
too tired to speak
to bored to go home
too apathetic to listen
too brash to be bold
i think i’m just phoning it in
and i don’t even know it
let’s all yawn in unison
together, alone
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6. |
sweet chariot
04:21
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being human is a rare a condition
get in line now, here’s the test
to have patience, when your ambitions
must surrender to the truth at hand
to get it right is a contradiction
to act as tough as you’re fragile within
but little lady, i know someday
you’ll rest easy, easy in your own skin
da da da da
da da da da
does your soul have a cold?
rest easy, let it be known
that the high and the low
it don’t last forever, sweet chariot
from the moment that you opened your eyes
i knew i’d love you ‘til the day that i die
we swing high we swing low
but i’ll always be there, sweet chariot
ba ba baba baba badada
ba ba baba baba badada
ba baba bababa bada
being human is a rare condition
even for you, my perfect little one
just one false move, you’ll start believing
you’re not so deserving
of the ones that you most love
this might sound strange
but long after you suffer
i bet you’ll miss the pain when it’s gone
‘cause every heartbreak
brings you one step closer
to the kind of person
you’re truly deserving of
does your soul have a cold?
rest easy, let it be known
that the high and the low
it don’t last forever, sweet chariot
from the moment that you opened your eyes
i knew i’d love you ‘til the day that i die
we swing high we swing low
but i’ll always be there, sweet chariot
does your soul have a cold?
wise up, let it be known
that the high and the low
it don’t last forever, chariot
chariot, chariot
it won’t last forever, no
chariot, chariot
but i’ll always be there, chariot
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7. |
sha-la-la
03:28
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me and my tokyo we go out walking
walking the block sundown ‘til sun up
dog and his mama collecting cans
out by the freeway a girl and her best friend
we don’t make a killing
but it’s still a living to me
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la-la
me and my tokyo we go out walking
walking the block sundown ‘til sun up
it’s only a burden when we think too much
about his cup verses our cup
their luck verses our luck
then again what isn’t
if you look hard enough, i say
we don’t make a killing
but it’s still a living to me
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la
and in the morn when we go down to bed
we snore so loud we could scare off the dead
la-ya-ya-ya
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la-la
me and my tokyo walking the block
collecting cans sundown ‘til sun up
greetings manhattan, you smell like the weekend
we’ll get our paws dirty then cash all our chips in
and out on the boardwalk the kids call you skinny
but you just ignore them
you’re the king of the city
and we don’t need anyone to think we’re pretty
guess i don’t need much if i got you, baby
you and the big new york city skyline
that’s all
my kinda something
‘cause we don’t make a killing
but hey, it’s still a living to me
don’t make a killing
but it’s still a living to me
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la-la
to me
sha-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la-la
sha-la-la-la-la
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8. |
this rose comes to life
03:22
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lilacs and perfume laces and linens
the touch of a silken scarf on his head
late in the evening when everyone’s sleeping
he stands in the mirror and holds out his hands
standing before him is a beautiful woman
sharing his heartbeat, his almond shaped eyes
his lips are a palette, his body a canvas
these are the moments
this rose comes to life
these are the moments, these are the moments
this rose comes to life
these are the moments, these are the moments
this rose comes to life
these are the moments, these are the moments
this rose comes to life
these are the moments, these are the moments
this rose comes to life, this rose comes to life
sometimes he dreams of red roses in summer
imagines his wife like a child in the sun
she says dear peter, i’ll now call you petra
as petra’s the true name of the one that i love
and when he awakens he still tastes the summer
smells of daisies she braided like beads in his hair
can’t tell her today, but we’ll tell her tomorrow
for now it’s the hum of new hope in the air
these are the moments, these are the moments
this rose comes to life
these are the moments, these are the moments
this rose comes to life
these are the moments, these are the moments
this rose comes to life
these are the moments, these are the moments
this rose comes to life, this rose comes to life
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9. |
apocalypse in A major
04:28
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if by chance or an accident
a comet fell down on this fair continent
golden embers fill the sky
and cut through the tunnel between you and i
armoires, footstools, grandfathers clocks
parade down that river accepting their lots
while old cowboys sit in their old cowboy towns
dug deeper and deeper into the ground
all is meaningless suddenly meaningless
would you know to find me?
when you don’t believe anything
would you know to find me?
when heaven comes down
and if by some celestial plot
we miss that whole showdown
by one lucky shot
inside a plane that soars so high
we reach out our hands as the comet flies by
and just like that we know it is done
we have survived but the rest of them gone
looking out at the celestial tomb
all we once had of all we once knew
just like that we are two lucky accidents
would you know to find me?
when you don’t believe in anything
would you know to find me?
when heaven comes down, down
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10. |
the stranger
04:08
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when did it start
when did it start to change
when did i notice
something was kinda strange
you shuffle through the kitchen
staring off, sipping at your cup
where lies the difference
between you and the one i loved
‘cause i’m staring at the light
but i’m seeing darkness
staring at the light
but i’m seeing darkness
who’s that taking my love hostage
who’s that taking my love hostage
must be a stranger standing in your place
i can’t recognize a single word that you say
it’s all upside down
and i went to bed with a dozen roses
went to bed with a dozen roses
woke up they were dead and frozen
woke up they were dead and frozen
all the neighbors seemed to run away
what did you do to them what did you say
straight from a stranger’s mouth
you’re not the anti-hero
and this is not a film noir scene
or so i’m meant to think, yeah
or so i’ve been led to believe
but what’s coming down the airwaves
yeah, the floorboards are shaking again
who’s flipping switches
and who’s stopping up this dam
‘cause you’re yelling at the tv
like the box is listening
just pass the chicken
when you’re done blowing up at me
‘cause you’re tossing in your sleep
like a stranger in my dreams
what’s the stranger look like
are you lying right next to me
‘cause i don’t need no encore
keep holding your bouquet
i’m troubled by the worst of you my darling
‘cause i’m staring at the light
but i’m seeing darkness
staring at the light
but i’m seeing darkness
who’s that taking my love hostage
who’s that taking my love hostage
must be a stranger standing in your place
i can’t recognize a single word that you say
it’s all upside down
and i went to bed with a dozen roses
went to bed with a dozen roses
woke up they were dead and frozen
woke up they were dead and frozen
all the neighbors seemed to run away
what did you do to them, what did you say
straight from a stranger’s mouth
it’s straight from a stranger’s mouth
it’s straight from a stranger’s mouth
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11. |
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my old hope my pal my sometimes friend
i was sure you’d gone and left me for dead
remember when you said
before you left last spring
think more with your heart
and less with your head my darling
hope, my sometimes friend
my old hope, my pal, where have you been
i say luck is not enough when the wolves dig in
in my darkest hours
when the moths eat at both ends
where am i to find you
when my thoughts are just spiraling hope
hope, my sometimes friend
oh, my old hope, my record’s all worn down
for years the same old songs until i barely made a sound
since you’ve been away
oh, my heart is black and blue
don’t give up on me, no
and i won’t give up on you
hope, hope,
hope, my sometimes friend
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12. |
love always wins
05:15
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you can tell me, i will understand
try and break me, i’ll take it best i can
you let me down dear
time and time again
but love always wins
yeah love always wins
you can tell me, i have not a tear
‘cause the more you hurt me
i guess the more i know you care
‘cause nothing’s lawful in this lost affair
but love always wins
love always wins
and if we’ve lost our chance to act
like starry eyed young silhouettes
skating cross the surface of the wind
let your bruises show their colors
i would never love another
even if it makes no sense to bid
i know in the end
love always wins
so, you’re the only
one it hurts to feel
just squeeze me harder
and i’ll squeeze harder still, still, still
i know you’re sorry, let’s wait it out until
i know you’re sorry, let’s wait out, let’s wait it out
i know you’re sorry, let’s wait it out until
the night creeps in
oh once again
guess love always wins
mmm, mmm
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