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Stranger at Home
03:13
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Not two but six eyes lookin at me
& I'm afraid they don't know me
And I'm just waiting for someone to say to me
You're needed more than you know
But I'm still 20 miles from home and
They don't even know me
I wear you
the look on your face
It's in your bones
It's in your heart
It's Inside our home
You don't care to know
Who I am
Hurling your stones
How long can this last
Go
Get on
Get on with it
Run
Run away from it
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2. |
I Couldn't Be Him
03:49
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My hands cripple
My neck has a tick
the knots in my mouth
They're heavy as brick
The name's on the edge
Some days it slips
Somedays it fools
As I wash it down with my spit
Pretend (I tell myself)
I couldn't be him
Pretend for once (I tell myself)
That the world is good
All the time is spent in my head
When I preach there's pains
crooked from the mess you left
Everything you ever said
Means what now that you're dead
& when they come and they go
Ill have no pieces of me left
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& I'm dancing in the mud, trying to stay clean
But I taste love on the tip of my tongue
I can't even try no longer care no longer numb no longer love
Underground where millionaire mayors shove you around
Downtown where money talks and the people are drowned.
Not near the hour & thoughts conspire
To break what we've made and settle for weight
And all I know, is wherever we go, its gotta be now,
I spend my day like a bird on a breeze underneath my wings
& I aint seen the sun in 7 days
And I don't think I ever will
We've all heard stories of your youth
We know who you are and what you do
You can't drown if your heads above the water
But I took the over & she put me under
It paid big and I bought her a bracelet, a jacket, a new pair of shoes lost it all on the back end
But what can you do
Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose
& Sometimes when you win you still lose but man
You can't drown if your heads above the water
And the water's so cold
So I might step in the ocean but only go as far as my toes I'm not crazy man everyone knows you can't
You can't drown if your heads above the water
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4. |
She's An Idol
05:08
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The wolves are at your door, they will want more, they will.
They will, they will.
Just when you thought you had the answers
She knows your secret
And even though you didn't answer
She would still keep it
I get into my car and i drive to my city
Where I'm paid to look pretty
Where I'm made to look silly
These people eat themselves up
Do you feel my hand to your hand and mine
Is it worth the time a time before
I lost control, control's deserted me
& I can't do that again
The wolves inside your house with the taste of blood in their mouths. They will, they will, they will.
I took her to a party & she thought it was forever
Little did she know I'm however
I guess I'm flying east to shed all these feathers
And the lake washed out the letters
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5. |
S A D I E
04:43
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In the house on the Hill where the kidnapped kids sleep real still
they don't care to know which politics help them grow
Sadie, please won't you stay the war is beneath us today is victory day-and we'll tell lies to the American people will win this war I guarantee you.
Sadie, no he wasn't the best I guess his 9 to 5 it took him and I guess your love it never did but war is on his chest
In the house on the Hill where the kidnapped kids sleep real still
they don't care to know which politics help them grow
I'll buy a round you buy a round
we own tonight only tonight
your hiding out all by my side
we're always, on the go now
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6. |
Catch Me Up
04:00
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So much younger then, had a bit of time
We were so much stronger then, if only in our minds
So much younger then, come on catch me up
See I tried before
Picked up all my pride
I took a ride before
No one by my side because I wanted more
C'mon catch me up
& Your love gets me high, higher than I've ever been
This shit makes me sick
fake the fuck, lose some sleep
This love shit talk is cheap
But goddamn my knees are weak
Just scratching the surface peak
locked up I barely eat
Expect me to run with no feet
You get me?
You understand me?
Put the money in the bottom of the fucking bag, times are hard
They're shooting bums out in the street man, you hear me?
They're shooting bums out in the street man
The airs so thin so high & I can't breathe round here
Flying too close to the sun you're the one that makes me
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7. |
El Perdido
04:04
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I lie quiet in the passenger seat
she sleeps she breathes
Lie still next to me
see baby I can see
see baby I believe
she waits for my dreams
She screams
Call to me and I will answer
I'll show you hidden things, things you have never known
I'm right there
next to me
All my dreams I believe
They're all so sweet
They all know your name
Remind me to worry
No need to rush
There's no hurry
There's time for smiles
There's time for fame
Can't say I never told you
Kind and gentle you
I'll show you hidden things, things you have never known
I'm right there
next to me
All my dreams I believe
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8. |
Amelie
04:24
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I try, try to see in the dark
My hands stretched out n i can't see a fucking thing
She grows, outside of this place
There's some things that I won't say
There's some things that I won't do
I still feel the dirt under my toes
This heavy earth is hollow below
Any given moment this world explodes
And my only daughter she'd never know
There's some things that I won't say
There's some things that I won't do
I tried it to be a better man
It's coming in good waves
Much closer to dryer land
I fight it, stones slowly placed
I can't fight it my chest caves in from the weight
I fight it
I fight it
When all the world's changed around you
Yelling at strangers about the things that haunt your dreams
Tough boy running
I'll make it easier
I'm not running
I'll make it easier
Blinded
Blinded
Flying
Blinded
I'm no good tonight
Blinded
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9. |
Queen of Remember When
04:53
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She was the queen of remember when
She knew everyone way back then
She swore she sailed the seven seas
Spoke to God for fare thee well
The saddest song – dance and wept
The ship was later lost at sea
The body soon turned into rust
And sunk into caverns below the crust
And souls turned into kerosene
Classic case of holy rollers dancing with their godless feet
But this place is not for me
Like the fields of Gettysburg the ghosts haunt your lonely streets
The widows walk still sing to me
She was the queen of remember when
She knew everyone way back when
Could swear she was a celebrity
She took a cab to God knows where
I heard she sailed the London sea
Fuck knows how hard this can be
her body soon turned into rust
Her whole life she turned to luck
But we always drink for free
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10. |
I Float, I'm Free
05:30
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Lately, I'm a little bit shaky and don't know what I'm doing
Maybe. I'm caving. Whom I fooling
Whom I foolin
The thought it feeds my failing
Tell me what I'm doing
Running, tumbling
Whom I foolin
I sleep
I dream of frightening things
You won't believe the ghosts I've seen
I can't believe it's up to me
I take it in, I float I'm free
As be long as we've got gasoline
We'll fire it up, we'll drive for weeks
They're gaining ground, they're gaining speed
We're breaking up, it's hard to breathe
They tell me regularly I'm running from my essence what a mess a death sentence it seems
Serene
To me
It seems serene to me
Happens to happen that there's no looking back
It is what it is that's a fact
Letters to your kin
Ashes in the wind
Swirling in your spin
Where do I begin
You're floating away
You're breaking up, I can't hear what your saying
You're floating away
You're breaking up, I can't hear what your saying
Never repeated
They tell me necessarily it's not a bad thing that I see and talk in my sleep some things that never should be repeated
Never repeated
Everybody has a dream until they grow up and see what it means to exist
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The Sweeps Chicago, Illinois
On their new self-titled release, The Sweeps found themselves employing an unexpected approach to their music due to the sudden passing of their beloved front man, Bob Dain in 2016. Filled with grief, the remaining trio, Santiago Torres, Chris Dye, and Sam Bakken, were left with nearly forty demos that featured Dain’s voice, guitar and spirit. This album honors the last remnants of his music. ... more
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