1. |
Same Same Same
04:18
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Shapes and colors in my eyes
Say I will be your skinny guy
Watch my body slowly die
'Cause I don't feed it anymore.
Just with cigarettes and coffee
I just sit while people watch me
Catatonic
As the fever lingers on.
Kaleidoscopes and arichokes
That I collect from simple folks
Who say your name as though a joke
I don't find funny anymore.
And then a choir sings your name
At the same time that I'm reminded that
The same same same
The same same same
The same same same life that's gonna give me
Life that's gonna give me hell
Is gonna love me in your arms.
Inquisitive yet positive
That you are gonna see me live
And shake this fever that resides
In the corners of my mind.
The shapes and colors in my eyes
Turned out to be some fire flies
Blinking on and off their lights
In the darkness that I hide.
Tried talking wise through skin and bone
To shake my fever on the phone
But all your words seem all alone
And don't hear them anymore.
Then the fire turns to rain
At the same time that I'm reminded that
The same same same
The same same same
The same same same life that's gonna give me
Life that's gonna give me hell
Is gonna love me in your arms.
Just tell me all the things that I think that are gonna make me insane
Is just me thinking about too much of the day.
Thinking about too much in the rain.
Thinking too much la-de-da. Thinking too much la-de-da.
Thinking too of it all.
Because the same same same
The same same same
The same same same life that's gonna give me
Life that's gonna give me hell
Is gonna love me in your arms, Is gonna love me in your arms
Your lovey, lovey dovey arms.
It's all the same same same.
Shapes and colors in my eyes
Say I will be your skinny guy
And take this fever that is mine
Until the day I finally die.
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2. |
Dandelions
05:15
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You're covering more ground.
Running from the sound of my voice
I love you but I guess you're not coming back home.
Waiting patiently.
Imagine I'm a bee buzzing around your mind.
Your thoughts are honey that I bring back home.
Then your hand says goodbye yet again.
And you say it's been alright then you snap our love like a rubber band
and you make me feel like I'm the guilty man.
But because I still love ya
because I still love ya
because I still love ya...
When the seed of my soul is ready to go
I hope you plant dandelions.
Then I'll be everywhere,
in fields where you roam and you'll think of me when you cry.
Sweet dandelion.
Sweet dandelion.
Sweet dandelion.
You're coming back around.
Feeling dumb and proud yet with nothing left to say
because your black tears bring it all back home.
And by now all bones are just dust in the breeze.
While you're shuffling through my ashes and the dead autumn leaves
just to find your words.
But sorry is much too late and I'm on your mind.
Then your hand says goodbye yet again.
And you say it's been alright then you snap our love like a rubber band
and you make me feel like I'm the guilty man.
But because I still love ya
because I still love ya
because I still love ya...
When the seed of my soul is ready to go
I hope you plant dandelions.
Then I'll be everywhere,
in fields where you roam and you'll think of me when you cry.
Sweet dandelion.
Sweet dandelion.
Sweet dandelion.
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3. |
Pull Me Down
02:41
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When orbs of light are moving through your brain
And somebody's picking up those signals miles away
Then they know you better than your friends who failed to stay.
Then you lean a little backwards in your chair
Too far you're falling and the floor's not even there
But you don't care because it's life that isn't fair.
So pull me down
Something has gotta be much firmer than the ground.
Pull me down
'Cause something has gotta be much firmer than the ground.
A night I walked a strange path I chose
And someone in Phoenix Park just punched me in the nose
And then I swam the river just to get away and say,
Then I leaned a backwards in my chair
Too far I'm falling and the floor's not even there
But you don't care because it's life that isn't fair.
So pull me down
Something has gotta be much firmer than the ground.
Pull me down
'Cause something has gotta be much firmer than the ground.
What is this
A little something in your mouth to make you float away
And then you're coming back and it's still going on.
What is this
A little something in your mouth to make you float away
And then you're coming back and it's still going on
Going on
And I sing,
Pull me Down
Something has gotta be much firmer than the ground.
Pull me down
'Cause something has gotta be much firmer than the ground.
And you're still thinking it will be alright
And it's ok
Because the voices in your head will stay just one more day
Pull me down
Something has gotta be much firmer than the ground.
Pull me down
'Cause something has gotta be much firmer than the ground.
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4. |
What You Want To Be
03:17
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Played three chords a day as I pissed away what they said was education
I say standard evaluation
And I'm going to write about it
I'm gonna write about it, now.
Smoked three bowls away on a garbage day
Looking out the window I hear mama say
Hey son, you don't wanna be like them.
Well, maybe I do
I hear they pay you quite a bit of money
She didn't think that was funny when I said
Remember what you told me back a year or three
You said hey there son be what you wanna be
But that's so contradictory to what you just told me
And I said hey mama
Maybe I wanna write a wrong or write a song about the earth and the sky
Or maybe the sun
Or maybe about the bottle
I just broke my tongue and I won't write home home if you don't leave me alone.
Your love is all around because you break it up so sweet
When it hits the ground it just climbs right back up your feet
And when there's nothing left everyone scrambles for a piece
I want somebody to save the day before I got nowhere to stay
Because I got some wishing left to do on this earth
And I won't give up on you and it hurts to know
That everything you want ain't the way it goes and I'm all alone
Hey there son be what you wanna be
But that's so contradictory to what you just told me
And I said hey mama
Maybe I wanna write a wrong or write a song about the earth and the sky
Or maybe the sun
Or maybe about the bottle
I just broke my tongue and I won't write home home if you don't leave me alone
And I've got two words that I forgot to say
That I forgot to say
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5. |
Say We Had An Accident
05:42
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I've never had the right connection
People always take my actions wrong.
While there's so many conscious ways to understand
but they all think the same.
The curtains rise as people grow and 800 million people show
The curtains rise as people grow and 800 million people show
The curtains rise as people grow and 800 million people show
and everyone always leaves at the same time
and everyone always leaves at the same time.
I'm sitting on top of my own little world
I'm the king of the trees
I'm the king of the sky
And when people walk by
And they ask me if I'm high
I say and I repeat
I say and I reply:
Please buy me a round
While I'm climbing on down
And I summon the people that live on the ground.
Will make them all happy.
Make them all happy.
Make them all happy now.
Let's say we had an accident
Let's say we had an accident
Let's say we had an accident
And everyone's always sympathizing up to a certain point
And then you're all alone all again would say
Would say na-na-na-nice
Would you say na-na-na-na-nice
Yeah
Arms across the table and everyone here gets a gun.
Yes a love embrace with steal will get a bullet in your mug.
Two words we never say to those who leave and never stay.
So whatcha gonna do when the fire comes this way...
We'll say we had an accident
Let's say we had an accident
Let's say we had an accident
And everyone's always sympathizing up to a certain point
And then you're all alone all again would say
Would you say
Would you say
Say
Say
Say
Would you say
I never have the right connection.
People always take my actions wrong.
The curtains rise as people grow and 800 million people show
The curtains rise as people grow and 800 million people show
And everyone always leaves at the same time
And everyone always leaves at the same time
Lets say we had an accident
Lets say we had an accident
Lets say we had an accident
And everyone’s always sympathizing
Up to a certain point and then we’re all alone all again
Would you say
Would you say
Say
Say
Say
Would you say
Would you say
Would you say
Would you say
Lets say we had an accident
Lets say we had an accident
Lets say we had an accident
And everyone’s always sympathizing
Up to a certain point and then we’re all alone all again
Would you say
Would you say
Would you say
Would you say
Would you say
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6. |
Medication Nation
03:12
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We were all brought here by dust and dreams
While someone in the kitchen was waiting to see
What we brought to the table besides bones and water
We are not free.
We are not free.
I'm just another fountain
Buried in the heart of a notorious old mountain
Doomed to fall apart and it's a loaded gun.
It's a loaded gun.
I'm looking out for brains with souls
I can not find them
When so few and far between
I can't remember what I've seen.
Today you can't survive without a little bit of medicine
And everybody's taking it no matter what you say to them
They're already gone.
They're already gone.
And they’re already gone.
You're looking out for answers to problems you didn't know you had
Until they brought it to your attention now you think you're ill
They're grabbing for your children and pulling at your heart strings
How can you say no to a pill that fixes everything?
Today you can't survive without a little bit of medicine
And everybody's taking it
Even acetaminophen
They're already gone.
They're already gone.
They're already gone.
Gone.
All alone in this expanding matter
Cosmic reverie.
But all they'll see is the bloody splatter from a murder scene.
Today you can't survive without a little bit of medicine
And everybody's taking it
Even acetaminophen
It’s already gone.
It’s already gone.
It’s already gone.
Gone. Gone. Gone.
Today you can't survive without a little bit of medicine
And everybody's taking it no matter what you say to them
They’re already gone.
They’re already gone.
They’re already gone.
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7. |
River Ghost
04:32
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Sitting by the river and watching it cut through the earth.
Looking at that water and wondering just what it's worth.
Sitting by the river and watching it cut through the earth.
Looking at that water and wondering just what it's worth.
There used to be people.
There used to be crime.
There used to be people raping the earth yes all the time.
Now they're all gone.
Their bodies in Oil.
Yeah, no one will miss them.
Their bodies will spoil.
And it never used to be here it's where we all used to play.
It never used to be here it's where we all used to play.
And now it's all gone and there's nothing left here but dry clay.
How long should I hold my breath until someone else decides to get wet?
While currently holding myself under water,
I've learned that sometimes to breathe you've gotta let go.
The earth was her own nurse without assistance,
No one had permission to take her
Intermittently carried away by man and not love
By man and not love.
Now look what you've done.
And it never used to be here it's where we all used to play.
It never used to be here it's where we all used to play.
And now it's all gone and there's nothing left here but dry clay.
Sitting by the river and watching it cut through the earth.
Looking at that water and wondering just what it's worth.
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8. |
Hello, Goodbye
07:07
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Say hello to violent winds
From brains
That say too little
And think too much.
Say hello
Say hello
Say hello
I said I'd surprise ya
And take out the stains
From my life.
But nothing was working
Not even the lies
So I cried...
Say goodbye to me
I'll take the last medicine.
All gone.
All gone.
Say goodbye to me
And watch my last act of sin.
All gone.
All gone.
A way to solve another problem
You disolve them on your tongue
And maybe you'll be free.
What's it taste like
Bitter baby
I'd believe you but your face is crying
And your eyes are empty holes.
You deserve to
Feel pain through
Your whole life that's nothing new
So go on on your own.
But what does this all mean
I need a sign to
Beat me
Across the face
I know I'm late
I'm trying to understand
But your articulation is a bit of a mystery
And your face is all contorted like a confused puppy
And your finger is up pointed at your bottom lip is lumpy
And you're faking love.
You're faking love.
Yes you're faking love for my drugs.
The eye of Ra will
Send the power
Through geometric patterns in your brain waves
Every hour.
So send me up to higher ground
While I go make communication with the speed of sound
And then I'm feeling all the vibrations
Of all the beautiful people making love.
But what does this all mean
I need a sign to
Beat me
Across the face
I know I'm late
I'm trying to understand
But this drug isn't kicking in
I'm not feeling like Buddha
And there's bears dancing on the ceiling
They're asking me to feed them
While the Keebler elves are baking me cookies
And I'm living in and out of
Yes I'm living in and out of
Yes I'm living in and out of a tree.
But what does this all mean
I need a sign to
beat me
Across the face
I know I'm late
I'm trying to understand
But a capuchin monkey is forming a marching band
And I'm crossing the street
While dancing to the beat
I've got a written invitation to form my meditation
And a beacon of light.
A beacon of light.
Yes a beacon of light shoots from my eye
From my eye
From my eye
Say hello to violent winds
from brains
that say too little
and think too much.
Say hello
Say hello
Say hello
Say goodbye to me
I'll take the last medicine.
All gone.
All gone.
Say goodbye to me
and watch my last act of sin.
All gone.
All gone.
Say hello
Say hello.
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Alexander Clay Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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