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1. |
Lost in the Woods
04:26
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Shuffling through the debris the next explosion is inevitable
The limits and the boundaries we impose on ourselves are merely theoretical
Trying to whittle down infinity it's like trying to wave away the air
Or to wake up in the morning after falling through your dreams
Unsure if you'll ever land
We are lost in the woods and I keep searching your face
All the feeling is gone if it even existed in the first place
They say the obstacles we face are merely symptoms of the baggage we keep
Don't it kinda make you wanna grab em' by the throat and hold em' under
'Til you're sure they'll never breathe again?
Trying to whittle down infinity it's like trying to water-down a stream
Or to wake up in the morning holding onto all the things that you found in your dreams
I'm lost in your song but I can't find the beat
I think the notes are all wrong, the bridge lay in the street
We are lost in the woods and I'm still searching your face
All the feeling is gone if it even existed in the first place
Take me home... take me home... take me home
Nobody said this path would be a piece of cake
I'll go back to being lonely you go back to making stupid mistakes
I am lost in your song and I can't find the beat
I think the notes are all wrong, the bridge lay in the streets
We are lost in the woods and I'm still searching your face
All the feeling is gone if it even existed in the first place
Mama, take me home… Take me home... take me home...
Take me home... baby, take me home... take me home
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2. |
The Pattern
03:04
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Same golden brick-wall up against the same fool head
Same reasons to turn around and do anything else instead
When will we learn? When will we learn?
Same old dark clouds through the conscience rising
You're drawn in with the dust at event horizon
When will we learn?
As our history goes on repeating
The pattern is burned into the fabric that our hearts are feeding
It's the same worried looks and haunting advice
When you don't think once how you gonna think twice?
Same golden brick-road twisting back into itself
It's like the flag with the snake
He's got his own tail in his mouth
When will we learn?
As history goes on repeating
The pattern is burned into the fabric that out hearts are feeding
Over and over and over... over and over again
Over and over and over... over and over again
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3. |
The General Store
03:57
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They got furniture and ammo, candy and flannel
There's 34 people in this town and they all love guns
Lawnmower gears and sandals, coffee brandy handles
There ain't much holding them together but work and fun
In the middle of the woods you find a general store
Selling everything that you could ever ask for
They sell dirty magazines, cigarettes and bedsheets
There's 34 people left and they all have needs
There's brands of food you've never heard of, greeting cards to send love
Everybody here missing somebody that had to leave
In the middle of the woods you find a general store
You can buy the fish or you can buy the fishing lure
You can find anything you want at the general store
If you know to ask they know how to score at the general store
At the general store... at the general store... at the general store
Brutal honesty, twisted humor, gossip-mill spinning rumors
Around the lunch-counter and it's aways the same old fools
They got Band-Aids and bug spray, jumper-cable and shoelace
Even they can look around the place and see something new
Out in the middle of the woods you find a general store
You can buy the tire or you can buy the whole damn car
You can find anything you want at the general store
If you know to ask they know how to score at the general store
At the general store... at the general store... at the general store
Under a mountain of bric-à-brac is a TV with a fat back
They sold you almost everything you own
And before you buy the farm they're gonna sell you the stone
Before you buy the farm they're gonna sell you the stone
Yeah before you buy the farm they're gonna sell you the stone
At the general store... at the general store... at the general store
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4. |
This Big House
04:32
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This big house is gonna make you lose your mind
This big house is gonna do it to you every time
Every time I open a door
There’s a room I’ve never seen before
And every time turn my head
The furniture rearranged itself
In this big house you're gonna lose your mind
This big house is gonna do it to you every time
And every time I fall asleep
I’m awoken by the strangest dreams
And every time I hear a sound
I cover my head and I hit the ground
In this big house you're gonna lose your mind
This big house is gonna do it to you every time
Can you see the eyes inside her walls?
The breath whirling through her antique halls
Beneath the weight of her ceilings
The windows are slowly darkening
In this big house you're gonna lose your mind
Every time I talk out loud
Something tells me to keep it down
And when I try to step outside
The door slams shut and is locked up tight
In this big house you're gonna lose your mind
This big house gonna do it to you every time
Oh this big house gonna make you lose your mind
Yeah this big house gonna do it to you every time
Oh Well this big house... gonna make you lose your mind
Yeah this big house gonna do it to you every time
This big house gonna make you lose your mind
Yeah this big house gonna do it to you every time
Oh in this big house... you're gonna lose your mind
Yeah this big house... gonna do it to you every time
Well this big house... gonna make you lose your mind
Yeah this big house gonna do it to you every time
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5. |
Magnetic Fields
04:54
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We both stepped in and held on
And then burst open wide
Exploding stars are helpless
The edges are always undefined
And now I'm turning wrenches
Far from what needs fixing
But your world contained no fences
Full of beauty and suffering
Still I'm waiting for the colors to return to the scenery
Your allure was pulverizing
Absorbing light and slowing time
Just how could I brace for impact
In the garden of your poor design?
Still I'm waiting for the colors to return to the scenery
My desperate words a bleeding fever
While you'd collapse then disappear
Your rising sparks would gather motion
Illuminating the dogs drawn to your fears
On this lonely trail between us
I watch my shadow drag a busted crutch
The only rules of love and battle
To ask for nothing is to ask too much
Too much, too much
To ask for nothing is to ask too much
Too much, too much
Our magnetic fields still pulsing
Bending circles from broken lines
We were only seeking shelter
While all roads are simply searching for a place to die
Still we're waiting for the colors to return to the scenery
To ask for nothing is to ask too much
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6. |
Around the Block
04:33
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I know this girl she loves to be on top
She'll hold you down, she don’t know how to stop
The safe-word don’t mean a thing when you can’t talk
I know this boy he comes right undone
She'll make him beg for mercy just for fun
On and on it goes in the name of love
You fool… she could break Hercules
Oh no... she’ll dry your wettest dreams
She's a hypnotist collector boy
You fool... she ain't never what she seems
If disaster’s what you're looking for
You’re calling out for more and more and more
I know this girl she don't know how to lose
She has more moves than a blind-mans Rubik's Cube
When the lights go down I promise you will too
She’s been around the block before
In and out of every door
I wonder what she's looking for
In this face of mine... and yours
You fool… she could break Hercules
And I know she’ll dry your wettest dreams
She's a hypnotist collector boy
She ain't never what she seems
And if disaster’s what you're looking for
You’re calling out for more and more and more
You fool… she could break Hercules
Oh No... you fool
A piece of ass ain't what you're looking for but
You're calling out for more and more and more
You fool...
You fool… she could break Hercules
Oh no... she’ll dry your wettest dreams
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
You fool... she ain't never what she seems
If disaster’s what you're looking for
You're calling out for more and more and more and more
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7. |
Idiot's Blues
03:59
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Yes I’m an idiot I messed up again
Yes I am stupid just like some little kid
But there's so many more streets to cross
And I need you to hold my hands
Now I’m not that bright
When it comes to certain things
The bell won't always flicker
And the light won’t always ring
If it’s a critical situation
Well I almost always do the wrong thing
I guess that I was born like this
Cause' I don’t have to try at all
The last mistake was a big one
Now I'm feeling so damn small
Any grief I brought to you
It's gonna fall on me ten-fold
I'm gonna keep it even if you don’t
I’m never gonna let it go... no
It’s a small price to pay
But without you I got nothing
I got nothing at all
Yes I’m an idiot can you forgive me?
I’ll try to out-grow it
Oh mama just you wait and see
And I don’t know much of anything
But I do know I’m sorry
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8. |
A Little While
05:02
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Honey let me watch you dance for a little while
Baby let me watch you dance just for a little while
You keep spinning through my mind going deeper every time
And lady I can't sleep not even for a little while
Ain't been feeling much of anything for a little while
Ain't been feeling much of anything for a little while
There ain't no comforts or desire seems to bring me back to life
But with you I could rest easy if only for a little while
Yes if only for a little while
When you let me in I'm a promising
You'll never see me again... never see me again
You'll never see me again... you'll never see me again
I thought about you late last night for a little while
I thought about you late last night just for a little while
Caught you spinning through my mind going deeper every time
But I did sleep easy if only for a little while
Yeah but only for a little while
Oh when you let me in i'll be promising
You'll never see me again... you'll never see me again
You'll never see me again... oh you'll never see me again
You'll never see me again... oh you'll never see me again
You'll never see me again... oh you'll never see me again
And when once you let me in I'm a promising
You'll never see me again
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9. |
Greener Pastures
02:53
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Greener pastures are lined with restless rolling stones
You're falling faster through the void of the unknown
With your heart in your hand and your shoulder to the wind
You'll never be here again
Greener pastures through the wild and the overgrown
Let the road be your master
Let your feet your only home
With your heart in your hand and your shoulder to the wind
You're never gonna be here again
It won't matter how hard we try
It won't matter how high we climb
It won't matter how far we think we're going
Until we learn to love the ride
Greener pastures are are lined with restless rolling stones
It won't matter how hard we try
It won't matter how high we climb
It won't matter how far we think we're going
Until we learn to love the ride
Until we learn to love the ride
Until we learn to love the ride
Until we learn to love the ride
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