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Nuclear Tuxedo
04:31
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NUCLEAR TUXEDO
A life that’s so demanding so
Alone how can you stand it
When we were just barely aligned?
Survive the pool your standing in
The light that you’re drowning in
Circle the drain and stain the sunrise
//
We were shutting the blinds
on the paranoia
Losing our minds
but that’s all we’re made of
Buried alive
But we hear the call out
//
All rise! The curtain closes the show
Surprise! This kind of standing ovation
needs a different kind of applause
That’s right! The stage you’re standing on
The crowd you’ll never see beyond
Falling in love with all of your flaws
//
We were shutting the blinds
on the paranoia
Losing our minds
but that’s all we’re made of
Buried alive
But we hear the call out
So we’ll dress to the nines
And we’ll dance to the fallout
//
We can’t pretend
This toxic meltdown
Is just a trend
Cause I know how this one ends
So start the countdown
//
I keep falling, I keep falling out
I keep falling, I keep falling down
I keep falling, I keep falling out
(We’re running in circles and we’re turned around)
I keep falling, I keep falling down
(We know how it ends but we keep falling down)
//
So start the countdown
//
We can’t pretend
This toxic meltdown
Is just a trend
Cause I know how this one ends
So start the countdown
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Yellowmoose
03:39
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YELLOWMOOSE
Swept under the rug again
But it’s always about how we come out in the end
Set em straight on a course for confusion
Think they’re lost but they’re already losing
Technicolor kids with their eyelids wide
Wear it on your sleeve like a punch drunk pride
So tell me why, so tell me why
//
I break down I break down a little
And I fall in time
About time about time to give it up
I shake down I shake down the middle
And I’m feeling fine
I’m so fine I’m so fine with giving up
I’m giving up, I’m giving up
//
So you’re giving up, so you’re giving in
Yellowmoose, you’re always what you’ve always been
Hide in the trees, shaking your knees to your
Own beat but they change the station
They’re bind to what they need to hear
Stay deaf to sounds you’re seeing clear
Turning the dial to a new found frequency
Wish you’d come clean, kill the green screen couldn’t we?
So tell me why, so tell me why
//
I break down I break down a little
And I fall in time
About time about time to give it up
I shake down I shake down the middle
And I’m feeling fine
I’m so fine I’m so fine with giving up
I’m giving up, I’m giving up
I’m giving up
//
I break down sometimes
(I break down a little)
I break down sometimes
(I shake down the middle)
I break down sometimes
(I break down a little)
So tell me why, so tell me why
(I break down sometimes)
//
I break down I break down a little
And I fall in time
About time about time to give it up
I shake down I shake down the middle
And I’m feeling fine
I’m so fine I’m so fine with giving up
I’m giving up, I’m giving up
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3. |
Tranquil Tension
04:21
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TRANQUIL TENSION
Well it’s
Hard to breathe on my knees just at the thought of it. It’s
So unique, so it seems this is the perfect fit. Let’s
Tesselate, recreate. In my veins I feel thunder.
Lifting me up, holding it down. So tell me how
Can I keep from going under?
(Can I keep from going under?)
//
Understand what we have is not a new obsession
Kill the lights, set my sights on trading tranquil tension
I know you want it know you thought it was a fantasy
But now you got it come and get it you’re alone with me
So here we have it had a feeling this is something more
So strike up a chord
//
It’s not a mistake
(It’s not a mistake)
So just how much can you take
(So just how much can you take)
Let’s bend till we break
Been my style for a while
And so I’ll keep on keeping calm till it drives you crazy
(Can I keep from going under?)
So I’ll keep on keeping calm till it drives you crazy
//
I can’t breathe on my knees keeping it in
Kill the lights set my sights where to begin
Tesselate, recreate, hesitate, oh what for?
Lift me up, hold it down, never felt like this before
//
Be my dream musing on what could be
Come there’s no need to pretend its a means to an end
As the world fades away we can feel this thing out till we say
//
It’s not a mistake
(It’s not a, it’s not a)
So just how much can you take
(So just how much can you take)
Let’s bend till we break
Been my style for a while
And so I’ll keep on keeping calm
(Just keep calm)
But how can I keep from
(But how can I keep from)
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4. |
Eden
04:52
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EDEN
Why’s we start a fire in paradise?
Scorch the Earth, skating on thin ice
So say your piece know that I’ve made mine
Choke on your words, fumes from your gaslight
//
Punctuate the elegant reasons to
Suffocate on smoke that we’re breathing so
Cultivate a garden of eden and burn in to the ground
//
Writing on the walls around us
Waiting for the fall to ground us
Take your time when you dig my grave
Gave up the ghost when you walked away
Footprints on the skies you pray to
Searching for a sign to save you
One foot in the grave
You walk away
You walk away
//
(I’m not one to run)
Don’t run away from the thought of this
(Keep me in your thoughts)
And keep me on your lips
Tip of the tongue there’s a toxic trace
Of all of our past mistakes
(I’m not one to run)
So keep me from my own grip
So tell me is it
//
Comfortable? The choice that we’re making?
Untouchable? The pining and aching?
Corruptible? The backs that we’re breaking? So
Punctuate the elegant reasons to
Suffocate on smoke that we’re breathing so
Cultivate a garden of eden and burn in to the ground
We’re burning it down
(There’s no time now)
//
Writing on the walls around us
Waiting for the fall to ground us
Take your time when you dig my grave
Gave up the ghost when you walked away
Footprints on the skies you pray to
Searching for a sign to save you
One foot in the grave
You walk away
One foot in the grave
You walk away
//
Take your time and wait to dig my grave
//
You never meant to
You never meant to
You never meant to take this all the way
Burn it down or stay
And it was never meant to end this way
But here we are again we make the same mistake
Walk away
//
Cause I thought you would remember
All the things we’ve weathered
So spark the funeral pyre
Why’d we start this fire?
//
Writing on the walls around us
Waiting for the fall to ground us
Take your time when you dig my grave
Gave up the ghost when you walked away
Footprints on the skies you pray to
Searching for a sign to save you
One foot in the grave
You walk away
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
//
I gave you everything I had to save you
One foot in the grave
You walk away
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5. |
Gatekeeper
03:35
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GATEKEEPER
Boxed into a corner
Think they’re gonna help you out? Well, they won’t.
It’s something that you fight for
So find your own way out
Locked into a prison
Indecision’s tearing down to the bone
Whatever you desire? The fire’s burning out.
//
Stuck here caged in, always waiting
For what? Oh, for what?
Shifting, turning always yearning
For what? Oh, for what?
//
Can’t fight it, try to keep it quiet
The voices shouting give it up
Just reeling, nothing but a feeling
Emotionally tripping up
Gatekeeper, dig a little deeper
It’s never gonna go away
Can’t fight it, so hear me when I say
//
I’m a tough act to follow,
Choking on the truth is such a tricky pill to swallow
But we found a way out
To redefine the kind of thing you sing about
Oh yes
(Oh yes)
Oh no
(Oh no)
The voices in the crowd are in control
Cut those ties say your goodbyes and go
//
Can’t fight it, try to keep it quiet
The voices shouting give it up
Just reeling, nothing but a feeling
Emotionally tripping up
Gatekeeper, dig a little deeper
It’s never gonna go away
(Never gonna go away)
Can’t fight it, so hear me when I say
//
Stuck here caged in
Always waiting
Shifting, turning
Always yearning
//
So this is what you came for?
Show show me what you came for
Show me!
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6. |
Bad Hand
05:35
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BAD HAND (feat. Carousel Kings)
All In on a losing hand
Won’t you hit me with another cause you know where I stand
Call it all according to plan
Cause the cards, they never fall they fall the way you want them to land
//
I, for one, can’t keep on betting - It’s so useless, so depressing
Ante up and double down again
I, for one, can’t keep on hearing old excuses always veering
All these wagers all lead to the end
//
Questioning the bluff dealing cards that turn to dust
In an endless game of luck
What are you waiting for? Take it and run
//
All In on a losing hand
Won’t you hit me with another cause you know where I stand
Call it all according to plan
Cause the cards, they never fall they fall the way you want them to land
//
Oh whoa
Fold me like a crease
Regret roulette replete with disbelief
It’s time to name names and call a spade a spade
We are the same same but play different games
//
Questioning the bluff dealing cards that turn to dust
In an endless game of luck
So let’s end this enough is enough
//
Place your bets and hold your breath
//
I’m one hand away from losing everything
I’m one hand away from losing everything
//
All In on a losing hand
Won’t you hit me with another cause you know where I stand
Call it all according to plan
Cause the cards, they never fall they fall the way you want them to land
//
All in hold on let me raise
The stakes a bit before we fold the future away
Calling cause I’m not afraid
To take it to the limit winning all I can take
//
All in on a losing hand
(I for one can’t keep on betting oh)
All in on a losing hand - hit me with another
//
Cause I’m one hand away from losing everything
I’m one hand away from losing everything
From losing everything
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