1. |
Intro II (The Hands)
02:08
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I had a dream one night
I had the hands of a god
I tried to reach down and touch the earth
But I was frozen in fear
From far, approached a figure
The Homeboy Aurelio
He took my hand in his, knelt,
And pressed it to the ground.
He said:
Think of moments where you felt not broken
understanding left unspoken
loving every lost sensation
pain and pleasure, numbness spreading
letting go of everything
you left behind you
anything you think is
waiting for you now.
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2. |
Distance
04:38
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I can't say that my love won't fade
So I choose to go the distance
Moments come and moments they go
So it's hard hard to know an instant
Give me bread and give me coffee
Then I can go the distance
Driving fast while sleep is thin
In this life don't wanna miss it
We spend so much time
Keeping it together
I just wanna let it all come untethered
Two hands on the wheel is all keeping me here now
I could really lay my cheek down on the bare ground
I am big but then I am small
I have tried to hide the stretch marks now
Swimming with sharks and minnows
I can’t stop from getting hooked now
Pull me up above the water
I’ve seen the sun but never felt it
Swimming fast while sleep is thin
In this life don’t want to miss it
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3. |
Shellfish Guy
04:18
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The time I spent with you
Was the least lonely I'd ever been
I should be grateful
I should look back and grin
But I just feel angry
That you're not with me
I find my hoping, find myself praying
That you' hurt and cried, bled and died,
Suffered really
I'm a shellfish guy. Guess I'm just a shellfish guy.
Just not a very good guy.
I hope that you
Hurt just as much as me
And I feel paranoid
That some other guy's making you happy
If I had my way
You would be alone
And I'd find another
It should be known
...
What happened? How'd we get here? My stomach drops whenever I see you and I wonder how you could be so SHELLFISH to hurt me? And I wonder that because... I'm a shellfish guy.
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4. |
Snow Falls
00:42
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Snow falls
Quiet kiss
Clenched jaw
Tenderness
Hope I don't fuck this up!
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5. |
Follow
03:49
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The rain was falling
You were calling
My name from above
She said to kiss her,
Then it hit me,
I would be alone.
What are we? Spinning leaves?
(Come on and...)
Follow me!
I can't ignore it
It's a portent
And I'm losing myself.
'Til this consumes me
I'll pursue you,
What a beautiful hell.
Two long years--what are we doing?
Who am I without you?
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6. |
Where She Goes
04:48
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She doesn't need powder or pills
To go to where she's going
It's a no-frills type of thrill
She leans back and let's the silence spin
He tends to confuse her wandering mind
With a booze-filled stupor
Or the dead time blues
She doesn't need so much from him
He wanted to know
Where she goes, when she goes
He just wanted to know
Where she goes, when she goes
Dreaming all day long
Where she comes,
Scheming
Can't conceive to be wrong
She watches the flame as it eats at the wax
And the wax dribbles down into rivers on her arm
Rivers keep her from going back to sleep
He grabs the candle away from her hand
But doesn't stop the flame or stop the wax
From where it lands, meets her eye
He doesn't need to say
"Take me with you"
(Chorus)
Darkness
It could make you laugh or cry
How much are you filled with?
I'm up to my eyes
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7. |
Think / See
02:56
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I've got to say it's very hard to think about
Anything that is not right in front of me
So I try to look outside myself
But no matter how hard I look
I only ever seem to see me
Everything just seems to look like me
I don't think of anybody except myself
Those around me I can't understand
Though I always think I can
But I think they're many just like me
I've got to say I find it very hard to
Feel anything that is not touching me
But I hope you can feel more.
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<Recap of intro>
I wanna know what we're doing 'bout this!
(What we're doing 'bout this)
How do we bring them together again?
(Whoa oh oh!)
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9. |
Lonely Jim
03:51
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Lonely Jim, lonely walking
Shotgun in the crook of his arm
Black dog follows
This man is going nowhere
But he's got to be somewhere dark
Shoots at streetlights
Every breath he takes
Is one breath closer
To his last
He knows in his heart
The sheriff's coming
To clear things up for him
In the newspaper too...
Hidden script on the street sign
He pauses to read into it
It just confuses
Remembering soft caresses
Raina in her silks and dresses
Cause things seem so far...
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Every time I think I stroke my beard
Every time I think I stroke my beard
And if growing up's as pointless as I feared
At least I can hide behind this beard
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11. |
Anxious Heart
02:39
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You tried to see me with your eyes
Couldn't see me with your heart
You tried to listen with your ears,
Couldn't hear me with your heart
I feel blind sometimes
When I try to see between the lines
Can't leave me room
To wonder and assume
No I can't be trusted
To get it right
That I put you out
With my questions and my doubt
Why can't you see
Just want you?
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12. |
Anthem (Sands)
03:59
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Somebody told you to write in blood
They didn’t know it would be a flood
Were they there when the levee broke
Needed a word that you couldn’t choke on
The curse was more than we bargained for
Didn’t know it would start a war
I didn’t say I want it this way
Wish they could see the light of day
We all need a mantra
Ready to save us
When we are mislead
Make it anthem
Sing it to no one
But play it in your head
Couldn’t save what you never made
So you got lost in the escapade
Something mystic in the devotion
All the fire you were never shown
When the fire burned it was blue and white
The hottest pyre to cut through the night
If I told you would you believe me now?
Just a little blood to renew the vow
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13. |
Better Than Him
02:53
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I can't say I'll make you laugh harder than him
I can't say I'll provide better than him
But I'll try my best
To make you happy
I can't say I'm the most experienced at love
I can't say I'm the most beautiful
But I'll try my best
To make you happy
Every night I wonder where you are
I wonder if you think about me
I know you don't
I know you don't
You don't think about me
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14. |
Stretch My Legs
02:33
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In conclusion
Think it's time
To be leaving
Salted the earth
Nothing said, nothing to say
You are blocked
But remembered
Riding for that feeling
Always denied
Never articulated
Nothing to say
Stretching my legs!
Please just drown
Be silent and fade
To begin
Think it's time to settle down
To wait
Bore in a hole
In the back of your head
I hunger, always dreaming
Riding for that feeling
'Til I rush
Salt the earth
Nothing to say
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15. |
When She Knows
02:45
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When the rain falls upon the snow
That's when she knows
Little rivers flowing over stones
Marrow in her bones
Come on, let's talk
About these walls
Leaving more than I'm coming back
Barely even unpack
I need more than a little time
To unwind my mind
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Homeboy Aurelio Vermont
Homeboy Aurelio is Gabe, Alex, and Lucas, the triumvirate from space.
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