1. |
Not For Nothing
02:57
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Goddam, Jeff Mangum
Need your direction at this time
Im blind enough to hear it
Let it in my life
Signing off sincerely
The cynic in my mind
I would volunteer but
I am waiting for the opera
The opera to ignite
In the still
A beaming light
Shine in the still
A beaming light
Shine in the still
A beaming light
Everyone tries
To Codify
The miles and the smiles
So sing this oak
And climb this hymn
Don’t die with a million
Songs in your head
Goddam Jeff Mangum
Please leave your bedroom
and take flight
To find the nonbeliever
Inculcate their mind
Wire up their receiver
And dedicate both sides
To all the insecure
Who say they can
That they will
But they won’t
And they don't
And they cope and they just resign
In the still
A beaming light
Shine in the still
A beaming light
Shine in the still
A beaming light
Everyone tries
To cauterize
The miles from the smiles
So sing this oak
And climb this hymn
Don’t die with a million
songs in your head
Don’t die with a million
songs in your head
Don’t die with a million
songs in your head
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2. |
Lockstep
03:34
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We are ghosts
We are ghosts in the wars
That break out
Between hammers and rocks
And I'm here
I'm surprised as you are
And I'm here
I can't stress that enough
You look good
Shake your black combat boots
You look good
When you're staging a coup
Now I want
To tell everyone new
To get on top
Of your little soapbox
Here we go
We go round
On the street
We go through town
March our feet
Cant go round anymore
Wipe your face at the door
It's a boon
It's the brightest balloon
Seen in weeks or in days
Either real or cartoon
Floating up to the gates
And into his room
What do we say
To the man on the moon
We say UCHIKOWASHI
Come down to our zoo
And see life through the eyes
Of a fly
In a dream
I was crowned
I was king
Lord knows I'm bound
For great things
Till you outsource the job
To the hills and the flocks
To the newly reborn
Give em half the reward
Just give them
Millions of ways
To get it out of their head
Millions of ways
Millions of ways
Write your song
Say your peace
To only your friends
Now I'm here
By your side
To sing the blues
Cause we feel like we do
Oh I swear
I've been making heaven and earth collide
Since I learned how to march
Push on through
Cuz it's time for our due
Suffer fools
And we’ll crash in pursuit
Oooh Oooh Ooooh
I'm just one in a million
What chance do I have
The boy who ran from the herd
Is on his way back
I just came for the money
Just put it in a sack
And drape me in linens
Rub oil on my back
Now I get how you'd be livid livid
Now I get it get it get it get it
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3. |
Straw Man
02:26
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We can talk talk talk
We’ll never figure it out
We can talk talk talk
We’ll never figure it out
You can hold my nose until I wake up and shout
I’ll suck your blood until you faint or pass out
Picture me
In Athens Georgia
Sipping tea
With Prester John
If you knew me
You’d all be wrong
But we’ve got four more years
Four more years
Stop Stop Stop
I wanna push you
Stop Stop Stop
I wanna push you around
Cause if i take the high road
Still call me a cuck
Oh oh oh
Picture me
In Alto, Georgia
Crisp new jeans
With one hand heil in the air
If you choose me
We won’t go wrong
We’ve got four more years
To bleed the PAC
We’ve got four more years
To lead them all
We’ve got four more years
To lead them on
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4. |
Weaponize
03:29
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Be my be my killer
Be my calf
Would you strum on my heart
Strum on my heart in B
Be my be my killer
Be my calf
Would you rattle my heart
Like you’re strumming on a magazine
Be my be my killer
Be my calf
There’s a light going off
A light going off that you can’t change out
You’re a poison in the waterstream
That I cannot strain in the bath
You’re a poison but you’re drinking me
I wanna feel this right now
I don’t think it could do much harm
If you pop me like a bag of blood
Eaten by an animal
Be my be my killer
Be my calf
Would you stop all our thoughts
Stop all our thoughts from breeding
I tried I tried I tried I tried I tried
Not everybody wants a brain
Be my be my killer
Be my calf
Be my killer be my calf
Be my killer and calf
You’re a poison cause you wanna be
You’re a one word chain of command
You’re an orphan on a losing streak
I wanna feel this right now
I don’t think it could do much harm
If you pop me like a bag of blood
Eaten by an animal
I wanna feel this right now
Does everybody own a gun?
You can hold the keys to life
Anyway you won’t
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5. |
Now I'm The Bad Guy
01:48
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Hold your head up
And be proud to be a man
Pain and struggle
The worlds smallest violin
I dont know
I dont know that i was wrong
But i know where I went wrong
Youre the product
Im not my father
Not his dad
But Im
I'm giving in
I'm giving in
Release is the worst way to hold
I don't know that I was wrong
I don't know that I was wrong
I don't know where I belong
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6. |
In Bad Faith
03:54
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We can spin a word on a dime
We can spin a word on a dime
Yes we can say what we want to say
Never waste a piece of our mind
I would go to bat
I would die or go hungry
I would go to bat for your right
So you can spew what you’re gonna spew
Tell me why it seems like the knifes in your hand
We can spin a word
Pull out all the stops
We invent the cure
Then we let it drop
We can spin a word on a dime
But don’t be upset when the world
Kicks your ass cause you spout off in bad faith
I was unaware of the price
I was unaware of the price
Thought I could do what I wanna do
Never serve a day in my life
Tell me have you heard that the drafts in session
Tell me that you were first in line
Stake your claim while the others play
Let them hurl their words at the world in bad faith
We can spin a word
Pull out all the stops
We invent the cure
Then we let it drop
We can spin a word on a dime
But don’t be chagrined when the world
Kicks your ass when you spout off in bad faith
Hope you don’t catch cold
We can spin a word on a dime
We can spin a word on a dime
I hear you
I hear you
Let me back in to the world
I promise I won’t go off in bad faith
Let me back into the world I flipped upside down
Let me back in to the world
I promise I won’t go off in bad faith
Let me back into the world I shitkicked
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7. |
Legalese
03:38
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All of these drips add up to tsunami
Nothing but paper postcards
Incumbent on me two-fold
None of these bills are worth any money
Nothing but paper postcards
The legalese goes on
Ideally no
I would not hope
To chart my highs and lows
To the bone
What if our kid grows up to be Bundy
What if our pets and toaster
Take over the second home
Why do we care what Pat had at Sonny’s
Nothing but paper postcards
You’re better than me
So what?
Ideally no
I would not hope
To plot my highs and lows
To the bone
Tables and typos
Atonement so byzantine
A crate of blue binders
Has vanished mysteriously
I know you did it
Lied tried to hide it
Androids and iPhones
A courthouse cacophony
Cuomo’s and chyrons
A stepdad menagerie
Its payback
We’re even
When we pack it to twenty three
You did it
You did it
I know you did it
Lied tried to hide it
You did it
You did it
But I can see right through
To the other side of you
I can see right through
To the other side of you
I can see right through
To the other side of you
I can see right through
To the other side
The legalese goes on
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8. |
Getting To Yes
04:42
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It’s good and right to sing on every holiday
And find the source
Cause we won’t make it on our own
I can see a wave is coming through
Open your mouth and sing
I think that somethings coming true
Its good and right to save the date
And change your name down at the court
Cause we won’t change it on our own
I can see a wave is coming through
Open your mouth and sing
You can’t have faith without some acts
It isnt real its virtual
You either take them or you dont
I can see a wave its tried and true
Open your mouth and sing
You think that somethings coming true
It’s good and right to sing on every holiday
And find the source
Cause we won’t make it on our own
I can see a wave is coming through
Open your mouth and sing
I think that somethings coming true
We’re not lazy
We’re just looking for a light
Cause there’s nothing but this day now on the line
You’re not the only one
Who draws a line and says what truth
I think the signals coming through
We are moving
Onto somewhere
Onto somewhere that we’ve been before
We are moving
Onto somewhere
Onto somewhere that we’ve been before
We are gonna move
Right out the door
We are gonna move
And make this work
We are gonna move
Out of the ICU
We are gonna move
And take what's ours
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9. |
Goliath
05:33
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Lift up your hands
Make them feel small
Ready to burst
Yes we’re ready to burst
Half of this plane is on fire
But the other half
Just makes light of it
Let's start a band
Let's write a song
We’ll call it ready to burst
Cause we’re ready to burst
Why must the meek be so quiet
Cause the other half
Won’t shut up bout it
Take your chances on blue
Take your chances
Or watch the whole keep halfening
Whole keep halfening
A pox on both sides
No thats not whats happening
A pox on both sides
No no that's not quite facurate
But if we don’t try
We’ll never make it alive
We’ll be forever doomed to posting the same meme
Well this is our time
Act deliberately
This is a rescue mission
Let's bring our world on back from the ledge
This is a sign
This is a vague religion
Don’t waste your words on the book of the dead
We’re in our prime
You look your age
Give us our trophy now get out of the way
This is our time
This is our place
This is our world
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10. |
Free Reality
04:45
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Let’s show her we can do this
If we ever followed through
Everytime
First glimpse at the prize
So precious then pitiful
God even sighs
Don’t let the reason
You hate cake
Be she got married on your birthday
You think that's justice
Gotta bridge on ebay
You think there's justice
Then a crime is a beautiful waste
We form a chorus that they can’t deny
We say we're here and we have ears and eyes
I’ll be your buttress if you’ll be my spire
There is no echo in a silent mind
Silent mind
Silent mind
Let's show her we can do it
We took our eyes off you
Arrested on sight
Agents were nice
Bring her back home honey girl at her side
Know your doula
She’s not to blame
That you were born before the clocks changed
Come on swan take the T-bird away
Come on swan yes a crime is a beautiful waste
To all the buzzards off the other side
You’ve made it clear that you have chosen lies
The truth is vicious and its always right
There is no echo in a silent mind
Silent mind
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