1. |
Show Up and Be Nice
02:28
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I’m feeling kind of burned out ever since the marathon
I thought I would just come back strong
But I used up all my thoughts
These days my life is boring so I don’t have much to write
Well how’d I get this writing done
No wonder it’s all trite
It’s not enough to sound good or to show up and be nice
It’s not enough to pander or to use these basic rhymes
These days my life is boring so I don’t have much to write
Well how’d I get this writing done
No wonder it’s all trite
And now that I have done the thing
I wonder is it good
I wonder if it’s worth a thing
And how long until it’s old
So I’m cutting cutting cutting
It all goes on the floor
It all goes on the video
It all will turn to more
These days my life is boring so I don’t have much to write
How’d I get this writing done
No wonder it’s all trite
I used up my ideas and I tried to clean my drafts
But high becomes the pile left
I’d rather turn to theft
So ideas from the past come back
I stole them from myself
Ideas from the past, you hack
Left undone on the shelf
So writing isn’t doing
You can still evade your cause
This isn’t you confronting God
You’re just writing down your thoughts
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2. |
Get Messed Up
03:13
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Hey let’s get messed up
I’m feeling super-rough
We’ll get real hungover
And then we’ll both throw up
They sell forties all night
That’s why I bought you five
So thanks for coming over
And for still being alive
Hey let’s get messed up
My house is clean enough
My life’s already over
And I don’t want to grow up
Hey let’s get messed up
I don’t have any drugs
So bring whatever over
And we’ll put it on our blood
We’ll punch holes in our walls
We’ll chat like know-it-alls
We’ll burn like coals and smolder
But at least we’ll feel alive
Hey let’s get messed up
I don’t miss feeling loved
We’ll get real hungover
And then we’ll both throw up
Hey let’s get messed up
And forget what we’ve done
We will rest upon our shoulders
And then we’ll both throw up
Hey let’s get messed up
And forget what we’ve done
We’ll rest upon our shoulders
And then we’ll both throw up
Hey let’s get messed up
Cuz we’re not good enough
Thanks for coming over
And for bringing cough syrup
And they sell forties all night
That’s why I bought you five
Thanks for coming over
And for still being alive
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3. |
My Chosen One
03:11
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I’ve weathered storms like this before
With false-hope rain and I’m insecure
I’ve tried to run
I’ve tried to fight
And now I feel I’m dead inside
And you can have a seat inside my empire
I’ve killed your friends
But you’re the one
I’ll have you in my castle and we’ll have lots of fun
With knives for teeth and gas for suns
I plant my flag and I raise my gun
And you can have a seat inside my empire
I’ve killed your friends
But you’re the one
I’ll have you in my castle and we’ll have lots of fun
Ho-ho my chosen one
I pray for rain and I pray for sun
The fields I’ve sewn have all gone numb
You’ll have to fight live on the run
I’m alive tho
And you can have a seat inside my empire
I’ve killed your friends
But you’re the one
I’ll have you in my castle and we’ll have lots of fun
Ho-ho my chosen one
You can borrow guns
Help me kill my sons
We’ll have so much fun, my chosen one
I live for this
I want nothing more
My family should have so much joy
The people born far down the line
Should have these things
And you can have a seat inside my empire
I’ve killed your friends
But you’re the one
I’ll have you in my castle and we’ll have lots of fun
Ho-ho my chosen one
And you’re the one
My chosen one
And you’re the one
My chosen one
And you’re the one
My chosen one
And you’re the one
My chosen one
So the important thing to remember, no matter how great your kingdom is upon this Earth
It’s never gonna be perfect
And you’re gonna be searching for your place on the teleprompter
As your brain melts
And uh that brings us to our next song
Kingdom on the Earth
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4. |
Kingdom on the Earth
03:49
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I will have the skies
I’ll have the heavens
You will have a kingdom on the Earth
Nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
No no no no
Nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
And on the Earth your kingdom’s made of toil
And yet for all your life you live on dirt
And it’s not so much the nutrients in soil
If you want to grow the blood you must return
I’m floating
I’m floating in the sky it’s just so comfy
It’s lovelier than you would ever know
I see the birds outside
You hang a picture in the sky
And yet the sun sets down upon the Earth
And I will have the skies
I’ll have the heavens
And you can have your kingdom on the Earth
Nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
No no no no
It’s nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
I’m sinking through the blue
It’s just so heavy
So heavy that no god could lift me up
I see the fish that learned to fly
I hang my shelf up way so high
And yet the sun will rise up round the Earth
And I will take the skies
I’ll take the heavens
And you will have your kingdom on the Earth
Nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
No no no no
Nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
And on the Earth the people build the rivers
And the workers there make water flow
For now you’ll be indebted to a long-lost wiki-edit
If you want to rise above you must become
I’m floating to the sun
It’s just so roomy
It’s cozier than you could ever know
I see the jets outside
You hang a picture in the sky
And yet the sun sets down upon the Earth
And I will have the skies
I’ll have the heavens
And you’ll just have your kingdom on the Earth
Nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
No no no no
Nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ahhhh
Nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
No no no no
Nothing but a kingdom on the Earth
Let us return to a more plebeian, down-to-Earth perspective
Not a god but just someone who maybe meets one
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5. |
Planets
04:21
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You came down from the mountains
You have oceans let me count them
You are livid with the peppermints
You’re corpulent I know
I ran into a person
Or perhaps they were an ocean
Anyway I got to know them
I’m gregarious you know
If you made the planets
Then don’t say
Don’t say it
And if you’re late
Keep waiting
I can’t keep waiting
Built the world to always need you
So yeah the world needs you
And it would crash if you shrugged your shoulders
So yeah the world needs you
And that was when the clouds came back
And they absorbed all my lakes
I dumped all my good surplus on the Earth
And when my children returned from the afterlife
I turned them
I placed them on the mountains
Lo, my finest piles of dirt
If you made the planets
Then why is it like this
Why is it like this
Why is it like this
You know why
Built the world to always need you
So yeah the world needs you
And it would crash if you shrugged your shoulders
So yeah the world needs you
Yeah the world
Woo hoo
Ah yeah yeah ya ah ah ah ah ah ah ooh
Yah ah ah ah ah ah ah ooh yeah
The world needs you
Thank you
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6. |
Song of the Strengths
04:02
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The meekest ones have tread too long and sunken underfoot
We built them up
We made them tall
It’s for the common good
Oh look we’re really growing
Oh look we’re really good
We’re savoring the flavors
We must be so understood
My face was in the corner
Memorizing grains of wood
I’m stronger when you yell at me
We’re so misunderstood
I used to believe nothing
But now I’m not so sure
If I didn’t make up something
I’d have needed something more
So we know we’re really good
Yeah we know we’re really good
We’re savoring the flavors
We must be so understood
It takes two minds to do this
Yeah it takes too minds at once
The system and the soul all try to be the same at once
I do it for myself but I will say I need your help
The “we” is no priority
We’ve all got our own hells, yeah
You see we’re really growing
Yeah you know we’re really good
We’re savoring the flavors
We must be so understood
Look we’re really growing
Oh look we’re really good
We’re savoring the flavors
And we’ll be so understood
Hey your glory’s in the place where once there was the sea
You make it so the craters shine with things that honor thee
Your idea’s on the pile that we’ll get into some day
It only takes a while but we sometimes let things change
So we know we’re really good
You know we’re really good
We’re savoring the flavors
We must be so understood
The inner sanctum always glows with godly polished spots
It takes two kings to have this
See they’ve got to argue lots
We built so many systems but they fall apart in time
We can still live in their castles
We can cover up their crimes
So no we’re really growing
Yeah yeah no we’re really good
I promise you the taste is real
We’ll be so understood
Ohhhhh
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7. |
Seashore Valley
04:06
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Oh oh
On the hills of Seashore Valley
All the turtles smile big
The rivers shine like golden eggs
But laid by normal hens
The eagle flies down to your bed
Laying fish beside your head
Demanding explanations or you’ll wish you were dead
And in the palms of people yearning
Smiles big like you’d expect
Saying that they love themselves
But they’re not even friends
My spirit’s fake my soul’s not real
I don’t need them to feel
So with the eagle’s talons
I tear myself to shreds
One million new birds
Painting rainbows in between
Throwing rocks at stars
And singing like they’re Queen
It’s times like this I fear I’m not
But other times I am
I’m screaming deep from in my heart
I don’t wish I was dead
It’s times like this I fear I’m not
But honestly I am
I’ll disregard what’s in my head
I don’t wish I was dead
Hidden deep inside yourself are treasures to your friends
The people all beside your side
Who love that you’re not dead
The eagles say don’t spend so long just thinking about yourself
So get out there and strut your stuff
And mind your mental health
Eight million new birds
Painting rainbows in between
Throwing rocks at stars
And singing like they’re Queen
It’s times like this I fear I’m not
But honestly I am
I’m screaming deep from in my heart
I don’t wish I was dead
It’s times like this I fear I’m not
But other times I am
I’ll disregard what’s in my head
I don’t wish I was dead
Eight billion new birds
Painting rainbows in between
Throwing rocks at stars
And singing and singing
Probably won’t find it this time
Eight billion new birds
Painting rainbows in between
Throwing rocks t stars
And singing and singing
My head says I don’t value love
But my heartache says I do
And I wish that I believed in things bigger than me and you
Eight billion new birds
Painting rainbows in between
Throwing rocks at stars
And singing and singing
It’s times like this I fear I’m not
But honestly I am
I’m screaming deep from in my soul
I don’t wish I was dead
It’s times like this I fear I’m not
But honestly I am
I’ll disregard what’s in my head
I don’t wish I was dead
Eight billion new birds
Painting rainbows in between
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8. |
Leaders (Rise Above It)
03:00
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You can rise above it
Yeah you know it’s true
There’s something true inside you
And you know it’s cool
You’re everything they wanted
If they only looked and noticed
Yeah you’ve got it all and flaunt it
You’re so cool they just get jealous, yeah
You can see them standing
On the rolling green
The brightest pair of headlights
That you ever seen
And if you’re standing still
You’ll take all the force that’s coming
It’s a bitter pill to swallow but that’s just how they want it
Yeah you’re everything they wanted
If they only looked and noticed
Yeah they got it all and flaunt it
They’re so cool they just get jealous
You can see them fearing what you’ve always been
The brightest pair of stars just like a movie set
And if you face it head-on you will send collisions running
It’s a bitter pill to sit on but well you don’t have to take it, yeah
You can rise above it
Do you know it’s true
There’s something good inside you
Well is that still cool
They can see your beauty on a little screen
The brightest little panel in the fingers of a stranger
And they notice that they’ve done it
And they’re acting kinda stunted
It’s a bitter pill to swallow but it’s you who makes them do it, yeah
You can rise above it
Do you know it’s true
There’s something good inside you
Well is that still cool cool
You’re everything they wanted if they only looked and noticed
Yeah they’re coming now to get it cuz glamor is a weapon
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9. |
Words for Dorks
03:07
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When our land is illumined with liberty's smile
And a foe from within strike a blow at her core
These fools alone so far have shown
They feel no thing
No pain's too real
They pay to be where someone is
They eat their flesh I guess
Until you find the evidence
We can only guess
And so suppressed and so hardcore
Can we prepare to win this war
These words for dorks they mean no more
So meet me in discordant plains
Where nothing happens anymore
Meet me out in no-man's-land
We'll die out there for sure
And so much more it's all so sad
Can we prepare to feel that rad?
These word for dorks they mean no more
But we're prepared to win this war
So rise up from the melting pot
The nothing here is all we've got
We'll kill the Hessians in their sleep
As soon as the rivers freeze
These words for dorks they mean no more
But we're prepared to win this war
So meet me out in no-man's-land
Where nothing happens
And meet me out in no-man'-land
We'll die
And meet in the fallow lands where nothing happens anymore
And nothing happens anymore
And nothing happens anymore
And nothing happens anymore
And the rocket's red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
Over the land of the free
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10. |
Freedom
03:00
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Thank you
Well the whole time I was under your eye
The door stayed shut but I know you’re behind it
The whole time there was a hell and you know it
A dungeon and steeple because I’m a demon
You can break out with me
It only takes forever
And someday in dungeons, deceased
It only takes forever
I’ll teach you what you need to know
And then we will see how far you’ll go
And I know you’ll be bigger than anyone
But freedom belongs to me
And sunsets on islands for everyone
But freedom from me to me
I’m all out of time
I had to decide
I guess I have to live if I don’t wanna die
If you suffer enough you can earn it
Cuz all of the pain pays off
You suffer enough you can earn it
Maybe don’t cut your family off
And I know you’ll be bigger than anyone
When freedom belongs to me
Sunsets on islands for everyone
But freedom from me to me
Freedom from me to me
Freedom from me to me
Freedom from me to me
Freedom from me to me
And I’ll teach you what you need to know
And I guess we’ll see how far you’ll go
And I know you’ll be bigger than anyone
When freedom belongs to me
Sunsets on islands for everyone
But freedom from me to me
Freedom from me to me
And I know you’ll be bigger than anyone
When freedom belongs to me
Sunsets on islands for everyone
But freedom from me to me
Freedom from me to me
Freedom from me to me
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11. |
Uranium City
04:18
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They tell a place called Uranium City
The travelers say it’s a perfect city
Where every day is a festival
And no one there has to suffer
One suffers for all
And everyone else is equal
And it’s said this is just for all
Nothing good comes without sacrifice
Nothing good comes without
They’ve all agreed just one
It only takes just one
They’ve all agreed just one
It only takes just one
Orphan to suffer
You might accept this place
Most just accept this place
You could accept this place
The orphan sacrificed of course has no choice in the matter
And some would walk away
They can barely walk away
But only some walk away
The orphan in the dungeon of course has no choice in the matter
I can’t accept this place
I don’t accept this place
I traveled here long and far
To make an ugly city
I’ve come to free the orphan of Uranium City
Here we come
Here we go
Uranium City
Here we come
Here we go
Uranium City
Here we come
Here we go
I can’t accept this place
I don’t accept this place
I’ve traveled here long and far
To make an ugly city
To make an ugly city
They send their wisest guards
They send their bravest out
They send their wisest guards
Those cowards love to shout
Oh do you really care
And could you really care
And do you really care
And could you really care
If things could be this nice
I’d pay a thousand price
But if it takes just one
And if it’s really one
Then would you really try
They say it’s wise to accept Uranium City
Well tell me folks do you accept Uranium City
Nothing good comes without sacrifice
Nothing good comes without sacrifice
But if it takes someone
And it must take someone
Then I guess those city guards paid
And if I took the orphan out
And they just died in my arms
Then tell the people there we paid the price
Uranium City
Oh were we come
Here we go
Uranium City
Uranium City
Uranium City
So what about after you free the orphan and that’s gone uh big disaster for you
You uh gotta be grateful for something
There’s a whole rest of the night
You can’t spend it hating on yourself
There’s a beautiful part
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12. |
The Rest of the Night
02:47
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The silhouettes of everyone that ever wandered by
A sunken little sunset and a splash of outdoor lights
And the rest of the night was everything
That we had ever dreamed
The crest of our lives was twice as long
As we had dared to dream
A surf of moods and vibes to come
The warmness deigns to wave
A darkened sky in times to come
The walls that break the wave
Oh will you know and finally see
Oh what's it mean to you
A silhouette of everyone
Except for maybe you
The rest of the night was everything
That we had ever dreamed
The morning sun saw twice the fun
Than we had thought we’d seen
So don’t mind me
Your vibe checks out
Your vibe checks out for days
You’re welcome now to stay right here
Checked out for days and days
Oh will you know and finally see
Oh what’s it mean to you
A story’s dumb if people like it
But it’s good enough for you
Oh the rest of our nights were everything
That we had ever dreamed
We lived that good for twice as long
As we had dared to dream
And the rest of the night was everything
That we had ever dreamed
Oh the crest of our night was twice the time
Than it had even seemed
And the rest of our night wave everything
The rest of our life indeed
And the rest of the night was everything
The crest of the night indeed
If god were here
Would you let him use your toothbrush
Or would you be worried about the germs
That’s my only question thank you
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13. |
Dixie Cups
02:22
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Illuminated chalice
Oh important paper cup
If I rinse my mouth with this, will I have class enough
Oh you said that’s how I do it
And you’re Roman in Rome
But I hate those tiny Dixie cups
They make me wish that I was home
In someone else’s bathroom
Using someone else’s things
I’ll follow all the rules you set
I can scrub the lime-rust rings
I’ll be somewhere else with someone else
Wasting someone else’s time
I’ll be someone else to someone else
I can use my hands next time
Yeah your bathroom was truly special
The greatest tiles I ever saw
Ever saw
But you bummed me out when you hand me lists
Of commandments and laws
And laws
I’ll be somewhere else with someone else
Wasting someone else’s time
I’ll be somewhere else to someone else
A new toothbrush costs a dime
Oh you want me to keep my shoes on in every room I stand
You know that brings the dirt inside but it’s your land
And I’ve been to many households
And I’ll go to many more
And I will stand for what I am
But I got dirt on your floor
I’ll be somewhere else with someone else
Wasting someone else’s time
I’ll be someone else to someone else
A new toothbrush costs a dime
And ch’yeah
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