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Ziploc
02:44
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i've got a headache and it's running down my legs
i've got a wallet but it's filled with rotten eggs
i've got a list of fears, a ziploc on my brain
i've got a car i don't remember to maintain
i've got a feeling i'm the voice inside my head
relegated to the couch while i'm in bed
i want a new guitar to distract from the morose
wanna be magnified 'cause people get too close
broken neural pathways firing
i'm running from disasters, not getting any faster
late realizations don't mean a thing
i've tried looking backwards
and i've tried taking back words
losing touch has got me feeling clean
if i wanted to see you
then i'd go out and see you
late realizations don't mean a thing
i've tried looking backwards
and i've tried taking back words
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$200
01:36
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unprompted messages
job opportunities
the paparazzi are approaching me in threes
i hear a ringing sound
they want me on tv
hardback or paperbound? the talk show's hosting me
it's all in flux
two hundred bucks
that's all i need
a one time fee
unsettled differences
are taken to the street
i hate to say it but you're just playing off beat
so take this air guitar
this life is not for me
i can't believe i wasted sixteen years of sleep
it's all in flux
two hundred bucks
that's all i need
this one time, please
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3. |
List of Fears
01:07
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- dying alone
- answering phones
- spinal injury
- tall stacks of loans
- hair falling out til i go buy a wig
- standing too close to strangers at gigs
- wasting time
- spending time
- losing my spot in the grocery line
- becoming so sick that i lose my friends
- having to start my life over again
- losing myself and losing you
- all the things i forget to get to
- waking up early
- waking up late
- post-lobotomized debate
- waking up sweaty in a hot car
- forgetting who my parents are
- people in bands,
- people on screens
- being a terrible human being
- getting lost in shopping malls
- a life of making judgement calls
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4. |
Come And Get To Know Me
03:32
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incapable sincerity
a water gun
the cllip empty
a subtle sign of symmetry
when i fight back at you
ineffable security
the moat around
the bridge to town
is pulling up away from ground
when i fight back at you
thought waves from my brain space station
reach out for the satellite's mouth
the operator's on vacation
and now nothing's coming out
impossible viscosity
a wild one running free
a subtle false belief in me
and now i'm seeing twos
commendable philosophy
you won't tell me just how to be
you won't tell me what's wrong with me
so now i'm mad at you
thought waves from my brain space station
reach out for the satellite's mouth
the operator's on vacation
and now nothing's coming out
i'm losing it slowly
come and get to know me
i need you to hold me
comfort and console me
i'm losing it slowly
now you'll get to know me
i need you to choke me
smother and control me
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5. |
Surf's Low!
02:31
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Carrie (Jaded)
01:45
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carrie said to me she thinks she's jaded
but i try not to feel that way
i told her i think that's overrated
i would read her column every day
it's hard to find a love when you wanna
but girl, i know you're talented, okay?
carrie said tonight she's been frustrated
but i don't ever feel that way
i'll like her lights whenever she's deflated
whenever she's just having a bad day
it's hard to find a love when you wanna
but god, we need to find a better way
carrie said to me she think's she jaded
carrie said she can't take all the waiting
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7. |
Reflections In Mud
03:28
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lived through the earth shaking, dams breaking, the subsequent floods
i've spent the past three years looking for reflections in mud
if i never hear the sound of my boots stomping puddles again it would be too soon.
i pulled it together, 'cause now i'm alone - i didn't have much of choice
i've been tuning from station to station searching for the sound of a human voice
i've never been religious but after the disaster i prayed to the moon
and now i've got some things that belong to someone else, but they're dead.
i guess i'd say i'm coping but i'm also far from content.
and now i've got a place to live by myself, but everyone's dead.
i guess i'd say i'm coping but i'm also far from content.
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8. |
After All
00:40
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after all we've done for you
how could you repay us so?
after all that we've been through
how could you betray us so?
sometimes you've gotta toss your life from the top of a parking structure just to see how it explodes.
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9. |
Better Dog In Show
01:37
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patronize me cap'n
i wanna be talked down to by somebody new
explain it to me better
i wanna know what happens inside your big brain
i'm looking for an expert
i'm looking to feel dumb about something i don't know
explain it to me again
maybe say it slower and i'll figure it out
i'm not the best at picking up on subtle signals
i'm not the brightest bulb i know
i'm not the best at picking up on subtle signals
i'm not the better dog in show
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Why Dogs Why Los Angeles, California
guitar rock tunes by AJ, Nicky, Cory, and Bijan
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