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1. |
After
03:30
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We talked a mile
Sun kissed and scathed
I held your tongue
To keep honest faith
Can’t concentrate on
The still moment’s stance
Filling in the gaps
For a blinded chance
What have you been after?
Thought that you were mine
What have you been after?
Think of what you said
Far from what you meant
What are we now after?
After after after
I don’t know
I don’t know
Found a new nowhere
Where dead oceans talk
Occupying dreams
With an endless thought
What will we be after?
Thought that this was mine
Where is all my time
Is that what we’ve been after?
After after after after after
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
I don’t know
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2. |
Cigarette
02:34
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red bull and a cigarette
coffee and a cigarette
leather jacket cigarette
nose ring and a cigarette
baby stroller cigarette
pickup and a cigarette
adidas sandals cigarette
dirty laundry cigarette
crack a smile cigarette
produce and a cigarette
birdshit Honda cigarette
iPhone 7 cigarette
empty car with the radio on
don’t why it is
digging through trash
lookin for a chance cigarette
everybody on their ash
lookin for a cigarette
everybody’s livin with
no regrets
no regrets
no regrets
cigarette
chemo and a cigarette
gold hoops and a cigarette
abercrombie sweater
headin for the deep end
payin 99 cents for a
motherfuckin cigarette
fountainhead cigarette
fluff and fold cigarette
huff and puff cigarette
daddy’s home cigarette
drunk and unconscious
lying on the street cigarette
empty car with the radio on
don’t know why it is
modelo and a cigarette
fork and knife cigarette
gold badge and a cigarette
cap and gown cigarette
everybody’s livin with
no regrets
no regrets
no regrets
cigarette
no regrets
no regrets
no regrets
cigarette
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3. |
Cam Girl
02:42
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cam girl
i love you
cam girl
i love you
you always know what to say
you know how to make me blow my brains
when i hear you callin out my
cam girl
you see me
you under-
stand me
i’ll find you
and make you make up your mind
cam girl
would you be mine?
my cam girl
make up your mind
cam girl
will you be mine?
will you be mine?
i’d have you all the time
will you be mine?
i’d have you all the time
set my
alarm for
cam girl
is coming
this kind of love is strange
cause i’ll never know your real name
you’ll never see my face
i’ll find you
and make you make up your mind
cam girl
would you be mine?
my cam girl
make up your mind
cam girl
will you be mine?
my cam girl
make up your mind
cam girl
will you be mine?
will you be mine?
I’d have you all the time
will you be mine?
we’d have all the time
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4. |
Let Me Know
04:53
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is this one more attempt
at being over again
is it over again
let me know
i’ve got all of it to lose
and it’s all up to you
should i come over or not
let me know
don’t wanna rock any boats
i don't want a promise
i just need some collateral
i just need some insurance
wait for the call
wait for the call that
i’m sick of it all
i’m coming over now
the weight that it carries
is over my head
you have one word to say
and i’m staring into space
should i stay or should i not
let me know
i am starting to forget
how this started again
maybe we’ll be better off
let me know
don’t wanna rock any boats
don’t want a promise
i just need some collateral
i dont need a guarantee that
wait for the call
wait for the call
the weight that it carries
is over my head
wait for the call
wait for the call
i’m sick of it all
is it over now
the weight that it carries
is over my head
over my head
over my head
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5. |
Elevator
04:43
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let me simmer down
let me suffer
let me play the part
tear my eyes out
now I’m losing bars
in my broken
elevator ride
let’s see who survives
terminal speed
laying in on me
i don’t wanna know
what you really are
i don’t feel the same
human condition
aren’t you afraid of the
great down under
elevator ride
let’s see who survives
terminal speed
Hades receive me
I don’t wanna cheat it
I don’t wanna cheat it
there’s no way to beat it
that’s the way I want it
I don’t wanna cheat it
I don’t wanna cheat it
there’s no way to beat it and I
know I won’t succeed
so why on Earth should I proceed
and how on Earth do I perceive
the way I always knew that
I don’t believe
I don’t believe
let me cheer you up
let me offer
let me take a sponge
to your human condition
now I’ll boil down
all your suffering to an
elevator ride
no one will survive
terminal speed
Hades receive me
you can be afraid
of all your sins
you can’t see yourself
breakin mirrors
climbing through the shaft
see what’s coming
elevator ride
no one will survive
terminal speed
Hades receive me
I don’t wanna cheat it
I don’t wanna cheat it
there’s no way to beat it
that’s the way I want it
I don’t wanna cheat it
I don’t wanna cheat it
there’s no way to beat it and I
know I won’t succeed
so why on Earth should I proceed
and how on Earth do I perceive
the way I always knew that
I don’t believe
I don’t believe
ooo
I don’t wanna cheat it
I don’t wanna cheat it
there’s no way to beat it
that’s the way I want it
I don’t wanna cheat it
I don’t wanna cheat it
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6. |
93
03:47
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into a deep red sleep
go where you’ve learned to keep
all of your options clear
all of your big ideas
who is it asking you now
curious
how’re you gonna fuck it up this time
ready the guns at will
aiming inside hold still
you can’t just take things back
you don’t get cut any slack
what is the point in this all
if you know
how you’re gonna fuck it up this time
mmm
look at the things you’ve done
all of the things overcome
and look you’re still nowhere now
obvious
how you’ve gone and fucked it up this time
curl up and rest your head
it’s a lot of asking you to be
some way that is hard to see
but at last you finally agree
what do you mean to me?
what do you need from me?
what do you see in me?
do you believe in me?
will i always ask myself
curious
how’re you gonna fuck it up this time
mmm
will i always ask myself
curious
how you're gonna fuck it up this time
how you're gonna fuck it up this time
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7. |
Sight
04:48
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honey drip lies
numbing me blind
you were glistening
i knew
better
now every time i see you
looking barely listening
you make an effort not to try
cutting every corner
rounding every edge to
try to fit your face on mine
whisper through the keyhole lines
well i see that
read my mind
you could be the one who
puts me in the mirror
make me see another side
or you could be the one who
blocks my only line of sight
if you’d warned me
i’d know
better
i’d know
better
better
second time around i
ask you how you’re feeling
said let me try yours on for size
empty little meanings
in empty little feelings
sometimes they can blur the lines
you can try your face on mine
let me see your other side
when i hear that
it’s a matter of time
til you cut my corners
put me in the mirror
til i see the nerves end
coming very near
you will be the one who
blocks my only line of sight
my line of sight
my line of sight
my line of
listening
seeing
feeling
being
how does it feel
like it always was
how does it feel
like it always was
how does it feel
like it always was
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8. |
Oh My God
03:13
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who is my god
faith in what above
in me is enough
after dark and light
blinding sight is oh
my god
monkey mind god
empty mind(ed) god
faith is not enough
for me to be alive
here to reckon oh
my god
i am my god
glory in my blood
find my strength in love
when it’s over you’ll see
i’ve been thinking of you always
while we still have today
i’m always thinking
thinking of always
right
right
right
right
right and
i found god
i found god
i found god
in you and me and
i found god
i found god
i found god
in you and me
you and me
you and me
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9. |
Gentle in My Being
03:52
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even if You aren’t here
gentle in My being
I know You are quietly
listening
does it have to be this way?
surrender to this feeling
the comfort You give me is
a barrier
I’m holding You to something
promised Me just one thing
that day is approaching
when You ask Me why
now I’m lost forgive Me
promise You’re still with Me
(but) if You never leave
how can I say goodbye?
this moment’s fleeting breathing on
the everlasting circle
forgives and forgets
and takes you gently
You said something You didn’t mean
gentle in My being
You taught Me how to take
a beating
is it gonna be okay?
I need Your guarantee that
this won’t be something that I
regret
now I’ve found My place I’m
closing in on something
I’m getting too close to You
to survive
gentle in My being
out from underneath me
comes everything in me
just to say goodbye
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10. |
Control
05:26
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we were on the beach
and you told me you would never leave
and my cold wet feet
stepped on a rock to bleed
into the sea
now it’s my responsibility
to make you see
nothings ever gonna become of me because
i cant concentrate
nothings ever gonna become of me because
i can’t find my place
everything is gonna collapse and spiral
nothing’s ever gonna become of me
and it’s out of my con
out of maikon
out of my control
you are what i need
if i’m gonna find the answer
and not make it all about me
cause you make me see the light in
every sight i see
it’s hard to imagine
hard to imagine
something’s ever gonna become of me because
of what I say
nothing’s ever gonna become of me and
that will be okay
everything is gonna collapse and spiral
everything is gonna be entropy and it’s
out of maikon
out of maikon
out of my control
out of my control
if nothing’s ever gonna become of me because
i cant concentrate
if nothing’s ever gonna become of me and
that will be okay
everything is gonna collapse and spiral
everything is gonna be entropy
nothing’s ever gonna become of me
and it’s out of my con
out of maikon
out of my control
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Alex Bloom Los Angeles, California
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