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Let you down
04:09
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I really wanna let you down
really wanna let you down
see if you’re still around
I really wanna let you down
you’ve been enthralled
with nothing at all, no
And I want you to tone me down
you really should, just put me down
‘cause I’m much too proud
I really want you to
nowhere to fall
nothing at all to calm me
I’d rather be an ugly bastard any day
than having all those moron’s morals in my brain
we don’t belong to any place, babe,
don’t look the same as anyone around still how we waste
I really wanna let them down
really wanna let them down
staring with a frown
they’re really gonna hate me
but I can cope
with all of their scorn, I know
I really wanna let them
I’d rather be an ugly bastard any day
than having all those moron’s morals in my brain
I’m tired of walking their damned line
and be somebody or be nobody it doesn’t make much change
I really wanna let you down
I really wanna call you up
and go underground
I really need to call you now
I’d rather be an ugly bastard any day
than having all those moron’s morals in my brain
we’re flowers on concrete
grown under the acid rain, we’re beautiful lost causes flashing
woah-oh, we’re misfits darling
woah-oh, we’re misfits darling
woah-oh, we’re misfits darling
woah-oh, we’re misfits darling
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2. |
Many times
03:58
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Many times I have lost face
Many times I’ve been a disgrace
Many times I’ve just felt blue and low
Many times I lost my voice
Many times I had no choice
Many times it was just noise
I’ve been off the rails
trying to find another pain
covering what it hurts
Many times I was to fall
Many times it was my fault
Many times I just didn’t know
I was out of my head for days
trying to give my loss a name
but I can go without it
I’ve felt alive above all
I’ve felt alive above all
I’ve felt alive above all
I’ve felt alive
Many times I’ve lost my faith
Many times I’ve seen my fate
Many times I’ve laughed at it as it were a joke
that I can take
and I can fill the empty days
though not sure just what for
but I’ve felt alive above all
I’ve felt alive above all
I’ve felt alive above all
I’ve felt alive
many times
so many times
many times
so many times
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3. |
Another another
03:46
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So dumb of me
oh, I’ve not made my plea
and I won’t ever get away with this
Feel I’m out at sea
oh, baby, let me be
I forgot the whys that keep me at bay
still I just play the game
Show me how you do
walking in this world like you’re nobody’s fool
facing down the world like I’m told that I should
oh no, I’ll never be this good
And I just live in a dream
sorry, I wasn’t made to be
but another another in a day
already ready to fade
Show me how you do
walking in this world like you’re nobody’s fool
facing down the world like I’m told that I should
They sell fakes of what real life is
I go crazy, it all explodes in my mind
our times are just exploiting our time
Baby, can’t you see
the torn halves of me
running free
Tell me how you do
walking on thin air like nobody could
modeling the truth like nobody should
They’re fakes of what real life is, I know
I shout, I wanna be out of control
I’m blind, the daylight’s too much in the night
and I’m crazy, it all explodes in my mind
our times are just exploiting our time
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4. |
San Francisco
03:24
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I should miss someone,
I must have forgotten.
Here, over the red bridge
is the gate of heaven
opening for me?
I saw the season
bring in the flowers
and show its face to the sun
no one gets today
what’s here tomorrow.
And I forget about myself
and the things that I have not done
and now it’s easy to let go
in San Francisco
San Francisco.
“I wonder if this place
has ever been new”
and I almost heard the switch in my heart.
You just said something
“better know what you’re doing”,
that’s leaving a life in pieces
with dust around.
Let’s be free now,
alive in the air.
And I can even forgive myself
now I don’t wanna be someone else
I lose myself in the bay’s mist
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco.
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Acid in the air
corroding a grey sky
you know someday it’s going to fall on us
I open my umbrella
don’t wanna see it coming
have to find a good place to hide
Gimme some hope - like it really mattered
Gimme some hope - no, I’d rather not
Gimme some hope - I guess we can learn
Gimme some hope - if we get untied
Gimme some hope - don’t know what it is
Gimme some hope - it’s better to act
Gimme some hope - I’ll give you a warning
Gimme some hope - we better start thinking fast
We’ve been slowing our brains
but we blame the lack of time
Would you mind if I say
it’s not fine, it’s not right?
Goes another day
beyond a pinky sky
suggesting us it’s gonna be fine
but I’m calling up for help
to a better sun outside
I wanna scream but I must be dumb
Gimme some hope - we don’t really need it
Gimme some hope - we just want some lies
Gimme some hope - do we need affection
Gimme some hope - or something to buy
Gimme some hope - don’t know what it is
Gimme some hope - some thing of the past
Gimme some hope - I’ll give you a warning
Gimme some hope - we better start thinking fast
We’ve been slowing our brains
but we blame the lack of time
Would you mind if I say
it’s not fine, it’s not right?
Wonder what to do with ourselves
what to do with our lives
Wonder if an alien would care
or think we’re a waste of time
Gimme some hope - like it really mattered
Gimme some hope - no, I’d rather act
Gimme some hope - I’ll give you a warning
Gimme some hope - we’re gonna start sinking fast
We’ve been slowing our brains
but we blame the lack of time
Heard the news that in space
they’re vomiting on us
Wonder what to do with ourselves
what to do with our lives
Wonder if an alien would care
or think we’re a waste of time
Wonder what to do with ourselves
what to do with our lives
Wonder if we get lost one day
wouldn’t mean shit
wouldn’t mean shit
or would mean something to some?
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6. |
Bullied
03:33
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Yeah, I must be so strange
maybe I got an unusual frame
or my brain is all wet
or it’s the way that I dress
Guess I’m weird, a queer, a loon
and I see eyes that seem to doom my life
and I’m having odd dreams
so I am afraid to sleep
Beautiful people are staring at me
their perfect faces, their eyes so green
they’re showing shining white teeth
it’s not a smile, they’re laughing at me
After they chased you in your sleep
this is the usual daily shit,
oh boy, life’s a crook
and bullies you with its rules
And what’s the fuss about being cool?
It’s just a fucking day at school
I’m just too young, I’m just too old
and I hate myself, got nowhere to go
They stomp your mind till you know they’re right
the years have passed they just changed their style
this emptiness that we call kindness
lets monsters grow in the dim light
and I hope that someday you can feel it
sometimes I think that it’s just me
now that I don’t ever get beaten
no, you can’t see it but something bleeds
I’m bleeding now
bleeding now
still bullied
still bullied
Yeah, I must be that strange
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7. |
Nothing to fall for
05:12
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I can feel my rage
poisoning my blood
as it gets closer to the surface
burning up in my brain
dripping down from my eyes
spitting out of my mouth
it’s so real but then why not?
I got nothing to be ashamed of
and you’re swines
it’s your law not mine
and I don’t care, whatever you say
middle finger high in the air
they’re your rules but certainly not mine
You’re nothing to fall for
nothing to fall for
nothing to fall for
you’re nothing at all
Tell me again you’re right
and you’ll excuse me
but all this wisdom makes me puke
I’m not a pawn in your game
oil in your big machine,
do you need someone to blame?
you blame me and my free thought
say that I am ruining this world
and human kind
well, your kind not mine
and I loathe what you say
middle finger high in the air
to your rules and to your life
You’re nothing to fall for
nothing to fall for
nothing to fall for
you’re nothing at all
How would you like to see me a slave
of your sick culture again
you just preach but I’m no child
You’re nothing to fall for
nothing to fall for
nothing to fall for
you’re nothing at all
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8. |
Psyched up
03:08
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I can be nice
in fact I’m the nicest guy
if I remember to smile
I must keep it in mind
Here’s Joe Cool again
spotlight, ‘cause I got that face
so you can really say
that I’m so alive, so alive
I get psyched up for the wrong reasons
and I’ll never figure out how to make a decision oh no
all the wrong reasons
and I’m dressed alright for another season, not this
I’m all messed up, honey, I know
I’m studying
a way to shine
just give me time I’ll be awesome
I’ll make a splash, I know I might
Here’s Joe Cool hanging ‘round the place
I should be dancing but I’ve lost the pace
and music just means nothing lately, no
no, no
I get psyched up for the wrong reasons
and I’ll never figure out what’s the right decision, no no
for the wrong reasons
and I’m stuck now for I have no vision, o-oh
all the wrong people
and I’m dressed alright for another season, not this
I’m all messed up, honey, I know
I’m all messed up, honey, I know
I’m all messed up, honey, I know
Take a chance
Take a chance
Take a chance
Turn me down
I get psyched up for the wrong reason
and I’m a mix of all the blame and concern and derision of the world
all the wrong people
and I’m stuck now, oh, I have no vision, no no
I’m the wrong reason
and it doesn’t sound like I’m the right decision for you
I’m all messed up, honey, I know
I’m all messed up, honey, I know
I’m all messed up, honey, I know
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9. |
This soul in prison
04:58
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The problem is
I just rely
on memories that are too far
faded out somewhere
in badly written poems
no truth in art
I won’t try to live forever
and I won’t try to make this better
I couldn’t change one little thing so
why can’t we all find
new ways to make it right
I’m sick of all the same lies
while my soul’s in prison
And we can waste our whole life
on matters that are cold
and leave us high and dry
you ask me for the reason why
but what do I know?
what do I know?
I know the time is rolling on
it can’t be stopped, so let’s move on
I will play my songs as they meant something
like they were worthwhile
at least they make me feel alive
I may forget this pain
and my soul in prison
I won’t lie to you
no, I won’t lie to get things through
and I’ll play my songs as they meant something to you
least I’m gonna try
to move and make you feel alive
we’re overtaken by the silence
and my soul’s in prison
in prison
this soul in prison
this soul in a fucking prison
if there’s ever been a reason.
No, there’s never been a reason.
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10. |
Mr. Universes
02:35
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Got hurt again but I won’t cry
‘cause I’m too old to show them I am alive
I guess
Another bunch of Mr. Universes
are coming to say our lives
are just pathetic crap
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell I go
Down, down, down in our hell
You will find me
under the rainbow
almost asleep
on a lily meadow
here you come
here you come
here you come
Got hurt again but I won’t die
the Cheshire Cat smiles in the sky
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell with you
Down, down, down, down, down, down we can go
All we feel
doesn’t mean a thing
except for ourselves
we’re useless kinds of dreams
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell
Down, down, down, down, down in our hell we go
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11. |
Stromatolites
03:14
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I won’t settle for this
you know I have to try
it doesn’t matter if I can’t win
if you just stand by my side
and thoughts they go astray
somewhere deep in my mind
and we may even call it happiness
and I need this to stay
as butterflies we float
I need this to stay
but all that comes goes away
Time spares nothing on its way
as I know it must
still pretend that what I’ve cared for
it won’t return to dust
it won’t return to dust
no, it won’t return to dust
and we’re fooled by our own brains
but we can make it alright
and we may even call it happiness
and I need this to stay
as butterflies we float
I need this to stay
if only I had control
stromatolites
hold stories untold
and secrets so defying
of blue and green in a world so young
And though we’re nothing but frail
creatures standing upright
I know that I won’t be afraid
if you’re still here by my side
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