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when will we dream this thing to sleep?
why do we ask for all the things we cannot keep?
when will you get into yourself
and get over everybody else?
this is a song for all the songs already written
this wouldn't have any sound
if no one listened
this is a song for all the songs already written
i may be the only one who knows
just which way upside down it goes
you should have someone to sing your heart out
maybe somebody that you're not
when the tables haven't turned yet
and you're stopping on a dime
and it feels like it's forever
yet we're running out of time
why would we wait another day?
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have you ever been a fool fooled by imitation life?
have you ever drooled a pool
or lit a light when there's nothing in the pipe?
it makes me feel that way again
have you ever kissed the back of your hand,
thinking hard for home?
have you ever missed a party but did something better on you own
it makes me feel that way again
gwendacine
california sunshine
smiling mickey mouse blouse when it's clean
gwendacine
a million sloppy kisses
in the happy ending machine
what keeps me going, going, going down to gwendacine
is what keeps me going, going, going down to gwendacine
disney world when you're young
and bingo night when you're old
mp3's when you're young
and photo albums when you're old
it makes me feel that way again
have you ever wanted something so bad
you just kept resisting?
have you ever left someone you wanted to leave
and yet you still miss them?
it makes me feel that way again
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that word
03:30
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that word, that word
slips right off the tongue
that word, that word
belongs to the young
that word, that word
sticking to your guns
that word
that word, that word
so hard to say
that word, that word
giving you away
that word, that word
to swear and to pray
that word
and if the time does not allow to stay
say that word is not occurring
then i'll be on my way 'til another day
when that word is all but certain
that word is all but certain
that word, that word
illuminates a glow
that word, that word
you can tell and it shows
that word, that word
no one needs to know
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why you gotta go?
I don’t know anymore
I was just thinking of having another myself
why don’t you join me with a glass?
a toast to those gone
why don’t you join me?
tomorrow we’ll be home
it cannot be denied
innocent pleasures in the night
if no one sees, no one knows
innocent pleasures
and where the time goes
can’t you feel it now?
the wordless shadow, the worthless line
the perfect timing
it cannot stay away
innocent pleasures
tender prey
decide today
innocent pleasures
do you want to play?
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heal the distance
01:23
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one by one
heal the distance
one by one
dismiss resistance
one by one
heal the distance
one by one
one by one
heal the distance
one by one
resist dismissive stances
one by one
heal the distance
one by one
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bachelor of hearts
03:08
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I graduated early
with a bachelor of hearts
I broke so many I minored
in the darkest of arts
you got extra points for cheating
the head of the class
was on a beer now listen here
we did much worse than that
if you don’t know
you don’t know how it feels to not feel
I was the teacher’s pet, you bet
a bachelor of hearts
sometimes I pretend to be dumb
sometimes it just smarts
last september my love was none
better than one to one
it’s better now that you know
now I can tell you why
now I can tell
I plagiarized the play
I wrote you in twice
I made it seem like we had dreams
larger than life
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skeptical believer
02:50
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though there was nothing there before
it was something, yeah, to behold
there was no one in your shoes
couldn’t see you point of view
a different side of you
when all the lights were dead
there was a light bulb off in your head
you thought to yourself
maybe tonight
you made a believer out of me
a skeptical believer
you say you know what it means
to say you don’t understand
if the spirit moves you now
to places you can’t stand
with aces in your hand
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devastating
04:47
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this has no perfect ending
this came out of the blue
this one was probably written for you
this has no perfect ending
everything you want to
happen to you comes true
everything wants to be close to you
everything you want, too
as surely somewhere
someone is synonymous with light
you look so devastating tonight
only sometimes something is said
perfectly right
you look so devastating tonight
unofficially a theme song
for every dreamer to dream on
we know the wounds are mending
just in time to tell
we dance punch drunk and wait for the bell
this has no perfect ending
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cassettiquette
00:50
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i float a trial balloon up to the sky
i have an answer to every question but why
can’t you see the me
i’ve always wanted to be?
there are a thousand moons marooned in the night
there’s only one way to break my heart right
all right
can’t you see the me
i’ve always wanted to be?
my secret identity
is evidently blown
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x number
01:48
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a song never written
04:15
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it’s all atmosphere in here
there aren’t any doubts
at all about what it’s all about
how do you sing a song never written?
how would it sound in another?
when will we hear the words which remain hidden?
why won’t you give us all that you once gave?
what are you saving yourself for?
so, you were too sincere
endeared yourself to those who crank the gears
as if the motor of love could be steered
last night you could say is still happening today
all you ever wanted is all I ever wanted was for you to stay
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turnaround tornado
04:25
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the summer set is upon my bed
somersaults inside my head
no sooner than you’d least expect
no longer now than you suspect
I fall into the same pattern
each fall
inside the turnaround tornado
the something said you can’t take back
the kiss you dread, the technique
the nothing is better than this now
the everything you need not speak
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I’ve seen you turn around a few hundred times
inside that turncoat
I’ve seen all sides and sizes of you
don’t sugarcoat what you’re on
it’s what you’re on
sometimes it’s gone
this time you’re on
dig it bottomless
there was a chimpanzee and a cockatoo
there were brains up front
but not enough glue
cool aid stains on my fingers
bakin’ a pot of beans
my horse ran off with a sailor
but he says it ain’t what it seems
they could tie my tongue
but still read my lips
I wasn’t going down with just any old ship
goddamn, what a waterfall
goddamn that waterfall
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threatening
03:59
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I concede there’s a lot like me
who don’t like me in the know
no, not at all
I can plead for a fresh reprieve
I can stand against a wall
and believe I’ll watch the fall
you can feel it coming
you can feel it coming
you can feel it come on in
threatening
we sat outside and watched the fireworks die
killing time and hanging around for more
I know the sound of letting down
the sigh of defeat
cross the victory line complete
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nothing to the girl
04:01
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pretend the night is over now
what would you do differently?
imagine there’s no space between you and me
they’ll show how that one’s done some night
they’ll reveal but remain aloof
what you might have been today
was right there in your youth
there’s nothing to fear
and though it may seem pretty clear
you’ll notice that means nothing to the girl
you’ll know then that there’s something to the girl
this poignant moment brought to you
by where the winds of change will haunt
are you certain what you need is also what you want?
i like to take it day by day
i’d like to make it feel okay
i like to stick it to the man
i’d like someone to understand
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some serious emotion
04:13
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that’s some serious emotion
pouring down on us
as if we must
that’s some serious emotion
can’t you hear it in the night?
we shouldn’t fear it out of sight
that’s some serious emotion
an empty clearing, the landing life
a disappearance in the limelight
what do you learn from it
when you return to it
that’s some serious emotion
giving your heart the runaround
given your heart
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