1. |
Canvas
03:44
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Silence of emptiness
Lies often soften what you've found
I love/loathe the emptiness
I don't need anybody now
Sigh and say
Hats off to those perfect strangers
Science says what you want
It to say
Is it gone
Is it gone
Isolation, violation
On the canvas, splattered paint
Reservations, oscillations
Is it gone
Open windows, shattered panes
Is it gone
Isolation, violation
On the canvas, splattered paint
Is it gone
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2. |
Painted Figurine
04:20
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Enchanted by the pretty girl of your dreams
Anxious, hard to figure out what this means
Stay down, painted figurine
Stay down, painted figurine
Enchanted by the pretty boy in your dreams
Lately, hard to figure out what they mean
Stay down, painted figurine
Stay down, painted figurine
Wait for the day
You won't remember
You won't remember
It all goes away
That's when you decide
You decide
It's not as you like
That's alright
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3. |
Autopilot
03:00
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4. |
Focus
05:33
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Now please shift your focus, focus
To alternative hocus pocus
Please direct your outage, focus
On the scapegoat's, scapegoat, scapegoat
What
About
But what
About
But what
About
But what
About
But what
(what) is on your mind, keeping you anxious but what
About
This situation keeps you caught up
But what
(what) is it you find that's so atrocious but what
About
This other thing without context
But what
(what) is wrong with you deserve the ire of mob rule
About
(about) today, about today, about tomorrow and yesterday, about next week, about next verse, you know the rest, yeah you know the words
But what
About
Burn the witch
Please respect your host and hostess
Don't forget your pitchforks and torches
Why's it so hard focus?
New information, flies in your face
Got a second? No, headlines need reactions
What's your problem? It's a modern generational thing
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5. |
Ambulation
03:45
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I need something to save me
I need something to keep me
Grounded again
Grounded again
Found it again
Found it again
I need more
Ambulation, escaping
Adulation to make it
Farther again
Farther again
Harder again
Harder to end
I need more time
I need something to save me
I need someone to save me
I'm no more
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6. |
The Cycle Continues
03:37
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Won't see the whole if you don't add up the parts
Clean up the kitchen, lord knows that's a start
Do mountains of laundry, exposing the floor
And let current events affect my daily score
I don't know why
This cycle continues to go on
Segments on politics and finance reports
Headlines of calendars confirmed to the courts
But convinced that we're great again, pretending we're better
Guys wearing t-shirts saying "women for whoever"
I know it's wrong
But I won't pretend to understand
They're not taking it slow
Should've known this was coming, now you'll see how it feels
Imprints of platforms cause they've dug in their heels
No time for the facts if they don't like what they see
But at least we have the TV
I don't know why
This cycle continues to go on
And the cracks start to show in the mines
Given time you can find
That the world has moved on
Yes I know, it's not taking it slow
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7. |
Pirate Radio
03:08
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Helpless, find yourself a home
Waiting, but you're never gonna know
Everybody has their faults
But it's my fault, it's all my fault,
It's my fault, it's my fault
Logic error, off by one
I'm here all week, no, you're no fun
You're no fun, you're no fun
Setback, find yourself alone
Burnout, haven't thought about a job
Logic error, off by one
I'm here all week, no, you're no fun
You're no fun, you're no fun
Everybody has their faults
But it's my fault, it's all my fault,
It's my fault, it's my fault
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8. |
Pidgin Language
01:57
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9. |
Desire Paths
04:00
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Voted most likely to bend to anxiety's blows
The violence is everything, balancing everything you know
But tonight
I don't see it
There it goes
There you go
There it goes again
But tonight
I won't see it
Fight invasive
Fight invasive thoughts
Don't lose control
Solace in comforting lies about uncertainty
The financial envy of everyone, you'll never be
And tonight
I can see it
Reservations
Oscillations
Fight the status quo
Rigid stalwart
There you go
Frigid karma
There you go
Fight invasive
Fight invasive thoughts
Don't lose control
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10. |
End of the Night
05:34
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My body goes wherever it wants
My body doesn't go out very much
And accidents can weigh down on your soul
It's best to know when to let go
Let it go, boy
Let it go, boy
Nobody wants to be this way
Imparted with pointless blame
And every night I lie awake
And every day plays out the same
Practice portion control
And leave the rest for the road
Fallen from the shelf
And dragged through the mud
Tried it for yourself
But it wasn't that fun
Oh
I won't see unless you
Save the best for last
Find it through the looking glass
Confined to the middle, resigned to take it
One more problem and another in the making
Oh
I don't see it but the
Drugs won't fix your mind
The drugs won't make it fine
The drugs won't make you better but it's worth a try
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11. |
Hanoi
06:01
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Now it's over, the week's been wild
Procrastination's poster child
Was it really worse than what came before?
Mind and map out conspiracies,
Red yarn to what makes us be
The way that we are
Find it punctured with safety pins,
Forms patterns amongst the strings
Affixed to the wall
That's just how it goes
That's the way it goes
Biting cold numbs extremities
And lines the amenities
With transparent spines
Find that shadows stretch further now
The sun's setting earlier now
Once again, a surprise
That's the way it goes
That's the way it goes
Alright
That's how it goes
That's how it goes
Sure, skipping straight to the reward sounds rather nice
But I don't really need it, I don't really need it
I tried so hard again, it's happened to me twice
But I don't wanna see it, I don't wanna see it
What a terrible thing to remind so many others, remind so many others of
And it all goes the same
What goes around and comes around, it comes around and goes around again
That's how it goes
That's how it goes
Your science says everything that you want it to say
And what goes around and comes around, it comes around and goes around again
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The Birdwatchers Columbia, Missouri
Combining pop songwriting with layers of distortion, often melancholic lyrics, and a complete disregard for genre boundaries to provide a uniquely challenging listen, The Birdwatchers are an experimental rock band based out of Columbia and Kansas City, MO ... more
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