1. |
Move On
03:56
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Why don't I care? I mean I know I should.
Maybe it's cause I know crying'll do no good.
I won't waste my time here if you're done with me.
Why stay chained when I'm better off free?
I'm sorry that things turned out this way
but now it's over and I cannot stay.
I think I've been here for way too long,
so I guess it's time that I move on.
Don't think I'm glad that I'm rid of you --
we both know that I wanted to see this through.
But there's better things for me to care about,
so I guess I can learn to live without.
I'm sorry that things turned out this way
but now it's over and I cannot stay.
I think I've been here for way too long,
so I guess it's time that I move on.
Woke up early at two in the morning,
wasted an hour in self-pity and mourning
lying in my bed in the darkness of nighttime,
trying to ignore the things going through my mind.
I'm sorry that things turned out this way
but now it's over and I cannot stay.
I think I've been here for way too long,
so I guess it's time that I move on.
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2. |
Temperature (Demo)
03:50
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The snow falls on a windy,
late February night.
I'm twisting, preparing
my scarf so it's right
and I can keep warm outside.
The cold meets my hot air,
I walk to the theatre,
holding my breath
as I go to greet her.
Am I ready for this now?
When the temperature falls so hard,
you have to find a way to
give yourself enough heat.
And when the temperature climbs back up,
you have to find a way to
bring yourself to the cold.
Attention is drawn from
the screen to her hair.
Pause to think of
whose is not there.
This whole theatre is mined
with popcorn and stained seats
and more things I can't see.
Contemplate attraction;
my body is cheering,
but I dare not make a sound.
When the temperature falls so hard,
you have to find a way to
give yourself enough heat.
And when the temperature climbs back up,
you have to find a way to
bring yourself to the cold.
So sit back and wait for
the signal to begin.
Remember the sight of
such luscious fair white skin -
she's not the first of her kind.
So now I must wait -
at least for the spring styles -
until I can get out
of my head that smile
that's been stickin' around.
When the temperature falls so hard,
you have to find a way to
give yourself enough heat.
And when the temperature climbs back up,
you have to find a way to
bring yourself to the cold.
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3. |
Bored
03:55
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Life could be better
From my point of view
Down here on the floor
With nothing to do
If I had a life
I'd have somewhere to go
But I know no one
So I'll stay here alone
Bored, and tired of living like this
Thinking of everything good that I miss
Bored, and wishing that I could just leave
Because around here it's too hard to breathe
Another great day
For me to forget
All these missed chances
I'll later regret
Just when did I let
My life pass me by?
I'd be out living
If I felt more alive
Bored, and tired of living like this
Thinking of everything good that I miss
Bored, and wishing that I could just leave
Because around here it's too hard to breathe
I watched some TV
But nothing was on
So I just sat there
For way too long
Wait by the phone
To see if it'd ring
Just a waste of my time
‘Cause no one's calling
Bored, and tired of living like this
Thinking of everything good that I miss
Bored, and wishing that I could just leave
Because around here it's too hard to breathe
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4. |
Fredericksburg (Demo)
05:48
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We have won!
Today is a victorious day.
Safe behind a stone wall
on a sunken road,
we patiently waited to kill.
Then every one of us saw
those vandals loot our home;
we eagerly hungered to kill.
Just as they raped our town
we will blast them down.
Today is a victorious day.
Aurora, aurora!
Heaven celebrates us tonight.
And when the next battle comes,
the angels will rejoice again.
We've got walls that no Yank can climb.
6:15,
today's a deleterious day.
We were ordered to cross
that barren expanse;
ate grass as we hid in a hole.
But for every man lost,
there're another ten who stand
back home, though not all will hold.
The rest, this lesson learned,
may see success return.
Today's a deleterious day.
Aurora, aurora!
We have been abandoned tonight.
This bitter battle hymn hummed
by us boys who've now all dug in-
we've got a cause: to end this fight.
One hundred years from now, there won't be a body on the ground
and the blood will have soaked into the soil.
One man knows
today is a laborious day.
Hearing his foes drown out
the celebration,
he flew over that safe stone divide.
He barely touched the ground
running between the men
grey and blue who moaned and cried.
While at first they fired,
all were soon inspired.
Today is a glorious day!
Aurora, aurora!
Humanity rejoices tonight.
Surviving the shots of some,
preserved by only one's actions:
the Angel of Marye's Heights.
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5. |
Leaves (Demo)
02:26
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Everyone falls, broken
and dead, like leaves.
Polychromatic beauty
aged
to faded dust, nothing
save a nuisance
to be gathered
and burned.
But everyone, once, newborn
and green, was whole.
Cherished by men
and women,
euphoric
in their presence, who saw
simple photosynthesis
at work.
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