1. |
All Good Things
02:40
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I feel it happening
Two becoming one
Orpheus don't look back
Or I'll have to write this song
All good things are made in a vacuum
All good things are made in a test tube
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2. |
My Day Was
05:08
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Everything is falling down
All the towers that we constructed will drown
And I knew that eventually
This would happen once it's found
You took the switch off the back of the monster that you created to last
But I think you don't know how long things will last
I'll never let you down
As long as I'm around
I want you to know
I'm never letting go
The mountains are finally falling
So the windows scream out loud
What in the world is going to happen now?
I know that things will be bad
That's how life goes
I guess I gotta stop
Looking out to the sea
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3. |
Quentin
06:33
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Don't fear the big waves
They wash in and intimidate
But they are not here to stay
They reach shore and disintegrate
And the water's cold
You lost your way
And you run away from the shore
Because there's always a big wave
Run away from what's coming
To the nearest place where you can hide
The mossy graves will never give you away
This is where you'll hide
Your time has come
Your time has come
Your time has come
Your time has come
Your time has come
Your time has come
Your time has come
Your time has come
(some random talking)
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4. |
Foreign Film
02:25
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I'll take my chances when I'm free
I'll close my eyes when I'm free
I'll shoot, you're stiff, you're not free
You've blackened eyes, scream at me
These neon lights
No free time
I disclose my crimes
You blacken my eyes
These dead eyes are not what they seem
This foreign film doesn't bother me
I peel it off and drop it at my feet
There's nothing beneath me
I worship what I pretend to read
These words close my eyes and fulfill me
Faulkner left me feeling less empty
Solace in his chaotic families
These neon lights
No free time
I disclose my crimes
You blacken my eyes
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5. |
Family Reunion
06:02
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Dirty dishes in the sink
Please excuse me while I blink
Talking about nothing
I don't want to hear about my cousins
Names and faces blend together
Let me step outside, I like the weather
I took my wet socks off at the door
I didn't bring my shoes when I walked with my brother
I can't tell if you want to talk or not
I can't tell if you are in love or not
What are these things you want me to remember?
I could've sworn it was December
I promise I'm not rude, I just have nothing to say
All these things I'm interested in aren't suitable
Day to day
Looking in passing mirrors inspecting my hair
Cursing God for giving me this stupid hair
Holding another human is the weirdest thing
Warm flesh on warm flesh, helpless offering
I don't like this
Take her away from me
She has dead eyes
I don't smoke but I'd love to have a smoke
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6. |
Fear the Sun
06:05
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What are you worrying about?
Isn't this turning
Just like we expected it to be
I don't know what to say
With each and every passing day
Things will eventually change
It's been known
For years
I know
Don't fear
Breathe in
One touch
Of skin
A star has gone out
A million years ago today
And we just got the memo
There are millions left to be observed
So who cares in the end?
That's just how the world works
It's been told
In the books
Of old
Homer
And Plath
Faulkner
Milton
Don't fear
The sun
If your course is run
One touch of skin
Breathe out
Breathe in
One touch of skin
Breathe out
Breathe in
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7. |
On A Good Day
01:52
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(ALL LYRICS BY JOANNA NEWSOM)
Hey, hey, hey, the end is near
On a good day you can see the end from here
But I won't turn back now though the way is clear
I will stay for the remainder
I saw a life and I called it mine
I saw it drawn so sweet and fine
And I had begun to fill in all the lines
Right down to what we'd name her
Our nature does not change by will
In the winter, 'round the ruined mill
The creek is lying flat and still
It is water, though it's frozen
So, across the years and miles and through
On a good day you can feel my love for you
Will you leave me be so that we can stay true
To the path that you have chosen?
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8. |
No One Knows
05:18
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Time stretches on
Your life stretches on
The light stretches on
Your time, kick it out
The wine washing down
The signs crawling out
Your mind, it's dumbing down
The wine showing how
Everything I say is coming to a boiling point
And there's no stopping it now
Everything I want to do is slipping out of view
And time, there's no time
No one knows the real you
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9. |
Smoke
02:19
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TIme keeps moving and there's nowhere you can go
You'll hide and hide behind great pillars of smoke
But it all eventually fades away
The light penetrates your hiding place
Will the people I love remember
All the time we used to spend together
Actively blowing back the weather
Lacing all of our drinks with heather
Because no one even tried
We didn't even think about dying
The park never seemed so bright
Our pupils held the perfect size
Adie's syndrome is taking hold tonight
The shadows will creep into your dying light
Quentin's time has finally come tonight
The broken watch avoids the light
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10. |
Mausoleum
17:07
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I'm taking care of myself
Are you taking care of yourself?
I'm doing the things I love
And talking to people I love
Although I'm discontent
I'm a little less discontent
Than I was at one time
It feels so sublime
I hope you're doing fine
I know I'm doing fine
I hope you're doing fine
I know I'm doing fine
The world is changing fast
And there's so much lost in the past
So turn your head up
There's only one thing you need to ask
What will you do today?
Explore some new and secret place
Discover more about yourself
Because all you have is yourself
I'd say something bad about you
But I'm too scared to even write your name
But that's okay because I only care about what's left
When we all fall down
Because the world will change
Doesn't mean you have to change
At least in a negative way
Look ahead and seize the day
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