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Chaos
03:52
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a shot across the bough
a moment so brief it would give Planck pause
there's no point fighting now
everything's a mess could it be because
no matter how much time we get in this life
it's a goddamn joke that it's finite
Bob, he said it right
wasted precious time, that's all I'll say
collecting my wage
dollars per hour, no no, it's ok
no matter how much time we spend getting by
it's a goddamn waste, at least we try
an arbitrary line
a framework no one wanted and why would they
it's chaos, so be kind
we're born as flawed creatures trying to make our way
no matter how much time you fret over why
it's a lottery won, so spend it right
no matter how much time we get in this life
it's a goddamn joke that it's finite
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2. |
Front And Center
03:51
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to the shit luck drunk
I bequeath my last tenner, his
tender licks echo all over the block
whatever you do, don’t sell that guitar
maybe sell your soul instead
to the shameful divorcee
finally cutting and running
bring a shovel and dig a little hole
a metamorphosis in your chrysalis
change is all you need
taxidermize all of your failures
place them front and center on your mantle
your own little petting zoo of playing the fool
to the hopeless romantic
constantly meeting the one
you should know that destiny’s a joke
us fleshy meat bags are a dime a dozen
don’t pay more than market price
to the ignorant asshole
I’ve got advice to give, maybe
read a book or leave your home town
the world is lapping you, and laughing at your tiki torch
oh so fragile and frail
taxidermize all of your failures
place them front and center on your mantle
your own little petting zoo of playing the fool
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congressman, something tells me
you're trying to sell me on some shady shit
did your humanity leave overnight
or go bit by bit?
you're boxing us blind, fat stacks of cash
menagerie of spirits and they're all top shelf
you're doling out the cheap stuff
saving the cream of the crop for yourself
you keep holding us down
just don't forget to come on back and
find your heart in the lost and found
just don't forget to come on back and
find your heart in the lost and found
cynical man, picking your stitches
and blaming all the bitches, it won't happen again
can't build you up to a fall or knock down all your walls
if you don't let them in.
you're knocking 'em dead, juggling the names
the numbers and faces rattle 'round your head
each one with a story, but then by morning
want 'em out of your bed
you keep fucking around
just don't forget to come on back and
find your heart in the lost and found
just don't forget to come on back and
find your heart in the lost and found
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The Crown
03:53
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Slip-sliding our way back to the stone age
spin until we're dizzy, stumble and we fall hard
but not you, you've got yourself in check
somebody's gotta be in, someone's gotta be in charge
climb the ranks and accept the crown
just be ready for the blame when it comes crashing down
25 years experience, you got it
will you take a salary of pornographic proportions
you know it don't appear to me
that anybody seems to be paying attention
climb the ranks and accept the crown
just be ready for the blame when it comes crashing down
there's always something to
there's always something to say
about learning things the hard way
there's always something to
there's always something to say
about learning things the hard way
there's always something to
there's always something to
as I was trying to
as I was trying to say
climb the ranks and accept the crown
just be ready for the blame when it comes crashing down
climb the ranks and accept the crown
just be ready for the blame when it comes crashing down
crashing down
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5. |
Brothers
04:07
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like Lego brick from a hereditary box
we're made of the same constituent blocks
I am the starship and you're the automotive shop
you're the castle with the flag floating on top
brothers are strange
brothers we change from what we knew
vastly different paths lead back to freckled faces
playing in the living room
I like to get drunk and wander the orange glow city streets
do you like to do the same? Do you think of me?
the concrete footwork, feeling alive
the sidewalk shuffle, the walkway waltz, the jaywalk jive
brothers are strange
brothers we change from what we knew
vastly different paths lead back to the three of us
watching Saturday cartoons
I don't know when I'll be coming back around
I don't know when I'll be coming back around
but when I do, you'll be the first to know
when rubber meets ground
brothers are strange
brothers we change from what we knew
vastly different paths will always steer us back to
doing what brothers do
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6. |
Junk Love
04:27
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you always have your eye
on the nearest exit
it’s true that I, without fail,
will be the first one to suggest it
we’ll go singing our junkyard hearts out
scribble our thoughts down
with an old can of Axel grease
on the subject of war and peace
you’ll be saying that you’d betray it all
for a shot at the belle of the ball
that’s all it’s worth, and I’d do worse
the reality of love in free fall
hand in loathsome hand
we’ll take on the world or
maybe just fuck a few more times
you know, the things that love is good for
we’ll go dance in our gasoline rainbow
fluorescent lamp glow
a surrogate moon and sky
amore between you and I
you’ll be saying that you’d betray it all
for a shot at the belle of the ball
that’s all it’s worth, and I’d do worse
the reality of love in free fall
junk love
junk love
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listen up and let me tell you about the state of things.
up isn’t up and down isn’t down
but they haven’t just been switched around
a 180 just made too much sense
but we’re long past the point of placating the dense
now they run the show
reality is two dimensional
a liquid crystal rectangle’s optical mixing
it’s all on display
the steel rod of truth, the rebar we use
or, at least, that we used to
has given the floor to feelings-as-facts to perform
well it’s take take take
'til I got mine, to hell with you all
we’re just temporarily embarrassed millionaires
just waiting for the casting call
waiting for the casting call
listen up and let me tell you what the future brings
it comes in a box with a colorful bow
it’s a pill quite easy to swallow
but you’ll get a feeling every now and then
a parallel nostalgia for what could have been
but they run the show
reality is whatever they want it to be
from now on unaffected by old you and me
it’s not up for debate
now thirsting for blood, the vox populi
will pass over the oligarchs and pay them no mind
and drink itself dry
well it’s take take take
'til I got mine, to hell with you all
we’re just temporarily embarrassed millionaires
just waiting for the casting call
waiting for the casting call
whip-smart kids
cut them down
whip-smart kids
cut them down
whip-smart kids we cut them down
and then cut them down again
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8. |
Popple Point
03:32
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there’s a spot on the coast of Maine
a cabin was built there that a family shares
an heirloom in the form of wood and nail
hidden from View, known by few,
and one day soon I’ll meet you there
built by men more worthy of the word than I
Don and Richard, sons of Arthur
torch carried for years, the stewardship passed
I'm dreading the day, it comes my way
there’s a better man for the job, I’m sure
oh, Popple Point, I’ll see when when I see you
with your white paneling, green trim, open door
haven’t felt like going back,
just isn’t the same since Gary passed
standing at the cliffside, red cups raised,
toasting his memory, and thinking how every
single one of us will go to ash
oh, Popple Point, I’ll see when when I see you
with your white paneling, green trim, open door
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Shapeshifter
03:27
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there I go again, changing my face
I never seem to want to stay in the same place
I can bark up any old tree
but whether or not what I want is up there beats me
I can take two steps to the left and
then I'm gonna slither on back to the right again
then I'll take the form of an anthill
you'll get stung, it'll come as a shock, it sure will
shapeshifter, I'm-a shift shapes
got the spine of a slug and the heart of a rat
and each new form I take on is worse than the last
shapeshifter, I'm-a shift shapes
got a truthful gaze, but a liar's tongue
and every breath I take comes from a coward's lungs
here I sit again playing this guitar with
a limp tentacle and a crab claw
I can only sing about what is going wrong
now someone has to get hurt so I can write a song
shapeshifter, I'm-a shift shapes
got the mouth of a mule and the eyes of a snake
in infrared I'll find you and your warmth I will take
shapeshifter, I'm-a shift shapes
got a truthful gaze, but a liar's tongue
and every breath I take comes from a coward's lungs
and every step leads me back to where I come from
where no one recognizes what I have become
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Crashlyn
03:54
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I don’t claim to know a lot about much
but I know about living alone
you think about reaching out, but then
I never cared for the telephone
Columbia, South Carolina
not exactly what you’d call home
but in a pinch, it’ll do as you inch toward
striking out on your own
and you, Ashlyn
finally cast in your own life’s show
before you know it, Ashlyn
you’ll be asking where you go from here
I don’t really do all that much
to get to know who you’ve become
the sheer distance between us now
would freak me out if we were still young
journey back to summer time in Trenton
hitting the Fun Park, riding go karts
smashing fenders, and breaking retainers
a recipe for a nickname
and you, Crashlyn
finally casting off from shore
before you know it, Crashlyn
you’ll be asking where you go from here
you were forever the optimist
now you’re not quite the opposite
but it’s hard to miss your growing pains
and you, Crashlyn
finally passing that milestone
before you know it, Crashlyn
you’ll be surprised by what you’ve come to know
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11. |
Nova
04:11
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cook up some iron and feed it to your dying star
so bright, immeasurable light
make it go nova, spread all its ashes
make a fresh start, it collapses and crashes down
it brings you down
but it’s not your fault
it’s the way things have been for a long time
and it will be dark for a long time
dark like you’ve never seen before
dark like you’ve never seen before
just look for the spark
it ends and begins, the cycle starts again
it’ll work out this time, it’ll all be just fine
oh in the nova, your memory lapses
certainty certainly makes its absence known
maybe you should have known
no, it’s not your fault
it’s the way things have been for a long time
and it will be dark for a long time
dark like you’ve never seen before
dark like you’ve never seen before
just look for the spark
behold the nova
behold the nova
behold the nova
be whole in the nova
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12. |
The Scapegoat
03:59
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pay no mind to the man behind the curtain
his finger clasping, ever-grasping hands,
right there around your throat
and I don’t wanna be the bearer of the bad news
bare-assed, broken, always choking, tripping over myself
just to be the scapegoat
do what you want to, but I can’t get on board
I won’t be blamed for the bullshit, the anxious assumptions
I know you got a lot in store
I give thanks to my self-
deprecation, it’s the key to my success
I wear it like a winter coat
it keeps me warm, by inflicting harm
no one else can get a word in while I’m tearing me down
with a defense like that it pays to be the scapegoat
do what you want to, but I can’t get on board
I may be passive aggressive, but much more impressive
is the way that I walk out the door
ooh ooh
do what you want to, but I can’t get on board
I’ll just say thanks for the lesson, but just one suggestion
don’t make loving you a chore
the goat gets loose everyone once in a while
just go and bring him on back
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My Neighbor Kellan Austin, Texas
Kellan played a driveway show for his neighbor's party. The act was listed as 'My Neighbor Kellan' on the invite. People assumed it was a band name. Now it is. Influenced by the sounds and lyrical stylings of Stephen Malkmus, the riffs and weaving guitars of Built To Spill, and the emotion and vulnerability of Elliott Smith, Kellan makes bedroom music. Often in his underpants. ... more
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