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Magic
03:34
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MAGIC
Magic
It’s magic till you know how it works
Nobody wants to see how you do it
The secret is all that you’re worth
So they smile and clap right through it
It took so many years to plan
And just a second to do
To open up my hand
And show everything to you
Magic
It’s magic when you know how it works
‘cause even if you find the location
You know all the numbers and words
But you’ll never guess the combination
It takes so long to understand
and just a second to do
And if you figure out which hand
I’ll give everything to you
Magic
Don't show me how you do it
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2. |
Searchlight
03:13
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SEARCHLIGHT
I was outta my mind
and I didn't wanna answer the door
They tried again a couple of times
but I didn't wanna know any more
Something here don't seem right
Trouble around me, trouble around me
Sun feels like a searchlight
Trouble around me, trouble around me
Something here don't seem right
Trouble around me, trouble around me
Sun feels like a searchlight
Trouble around me, trouble around me
I was stuck in a line
so I made a little bed on the floor
Just looking for a one of a kind
but I couldn't wait around any more
Creeping through the dark night
No one around me, no one around me
Sleeping through the daylight
No one around me, no one around me
Something here don't seem right
Trouble around me, trouble around me
Sun feels like a searchlight
Trouble around me, trouble around me
What could make it feel right
Trouble around me, trouble around me
What could make it real life
Trouble around me, trouble around me
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3. |
It's A Boy
03:05
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IT'S A BOY
"Let's start with the baby's gender.
Do you know what you both want?"
"Well, we discussed it and we're pretty sure
we'd like to have a boy."
"OK, that's fine..."
"6'2" with perfect vision,
good teeth and even skin.
Block the addiction gene
and quarantine his temper if you can..."
"OK, we'll see..."
"He needs a homing chip put deep inside his wrist
in case somebody tries to steal our little prince..."
"You're not the first in line
and I don't have a lot of time.
If you look, I'm sure you wouldn't mind
to pick one of our stock designs.
I'll leave it with you..."
"He shouldn't have to go to school
like all those people off the grid.
He needs a good head start
like every single other normal kid.
I'm sure we'll find a way to pay...
He needs a humor chip, put it second on the list -
for when he's old enough to realize where he is.
And if we can't afford to give him what he's worth
just make sure that he's strong enough to work..."
"You're not the first in line
and I'm running out of time.
I can recommend a friend of mine
who deals with our low budget line.
But if you want to make him right,
so he has a better life,
you can sign us back his human rights
and get him now for half the price.
It's a pretty good deal..."
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Stamp Your Name On It
02:12
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STAMP YOUR NAME ON IT
A beached up skeleton
horsefly compound
seaweed catfish
dead crab sugarsand
backdrop
An underground stonewall
cockroach shithole
no food no sleep
headquarters greasycheap
backdrop
It's all the same
write your name
It's all the same
Stamp your name on it
Stamp your name on it
Stamp your name on it
Stamp your name
An ivory mica
cornerless bookcase
wheelchair stereo
skinny lamp window
backdrop
A gaseous blue hot
light beam wagon wheel
aimless weightless
faceless nameless
backdrop
It's all the same
write your name
It's all the same
Stamp your name on it
Stamp your name on it
Stamp your name on it
Stamp your name
Stamp your name on it
Stamp your name on it
Stamp your name on it
Stamp your name
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5. |
Solo Mission
03:06
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SOLO MISSION
You know I didn't even try, just sat there
I figured it would happen by itself
And I didn't even mind, yeah
until I was alone up on the shelf with the medicine
"This could've been anyone's life..."
Empty space always there to take your place
Solo mission, no matter how many friends
Solo mission from beginning to end, I know
Sick of sitting on the side, just watching
and taking it like everybody else
and now I'm running out of time, yeah
I didn't listen til I heard it go missing
It's getting dark in your eyes
No escape, the tornado taking shape
Solo mission
No matter how many friends
Solo mission from beginning to end, I know
Solo mission, even if you came along
Empty space always there to take your place
Solo mission, no matter what we pretend
Solo mission from beginning to end, I know
Solo mission, even if you came along
even if you came along
even if you came along
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6. |
The Same Two Places
03:08
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THE SAME TWO PLACES
You were running out of believers
living underground
where there's no one to keep you down
Wouldn't listen to your innocent girl
you were falling out of love with the world
going back and forth
between the same two places
And is it all a waste of time
you can't decide
And is it only in your mind
you can't decide
You were running out of believers
in another town
watching the leaves turn brown
Tunnel vision to the end of the world
you were falling out of love with a girl
No place feels like home
you're quiet on the phone
she wants to know what's wrong
And all the people on the train
should know your name by now
but they don't
And is it all a waste of time
you can't decide
And is it only in your mind
you can't decide
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7. |
Someone
03:00
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SOMEONE
I was laying in a parking lot
You were praying on a mountain top
Til nothing felt the same
Hold my shoes, let me walk the coals
Television full of bullet holes
But still I can’t forget my name
You gotta be someone, somewhere, sometime
you gotta be someone, somewhere, sometime
Let me out, I want to feel the cold
Gotta borrow back what I sold
Don’t really need what I’ve been after
Spent time with a lunatic
he told me that you never get used to it
but if you listen close you hear the laughter
And it’ll take you so much time
To get nothing on your mind
You gotta be someone, somewhere, sometime
You gotta be someone, somewhere, sometime
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8. |
All Is Holy
03:25
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ALL IS HOLY
This song's called All Is Holy
because I want it to be true
Today I spent the whole day
doing things that I don't wanna do
And I know that no one owns me
but still I'm in this place
Feel like a slave
who's never seen his master's face
And even if the door swung open
would I go
Would I turn right back inside
I don't know
This song's called All Is Holy
even if it isn't true
Won't anybody show me
a way to make it all feel new
And I know that no one owes me
and people got it worse
but still it feels like I'm just kneeling in the dirt
waiting for the word
And even if I heard it come
would I know
Would I make it out alive
I don't know
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9. |
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CALL THEM BROTHERS
That's it, it's split, it won't recover
Just frame the halves and call them brothers
Find your fathers and your mothers
If you remember who they are
Over and over they call us their friends
Can't we find something else to pretend?
Like nobody's won and we're safe at the end
In the darkness the film machine's spinning
So let's leave it on
We'll be out in the street
before anyone knows that we're gone
That's it, it's split, it can't recover
Just frame the halves and call them a whole
And chip at the bricks and fill up your pockets
With the pieces of the wall that you stole
The hunt is on, everyone's chasing
Everyone's chasing a shot
A shot rings out, nobody wants it
Nobody wants it to stop
That's it, it's split, it won't recover
Just frame the halves and call them brothers
Find your fathers and your mothers
If you remember who they are
If you remember, if you remember,
if you remember who they are
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10. |
You Stayed At Home
02:38
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YOU STAYED AT HOME
You stayed at home
I went to school
in a crowd of decimals
said we’re indivisible
traced a picture of a mule
You stayed at home
I went to work
in a brand new collared shirt
through the field of monuments
ran my fingers through the dirt
can’t remember what we were
Start repeating what you heard
soon you’ll grow to love the words
see the lion kill the bird
use your pen to draw a sword
you’ve become a walking war
Drowning in your history
scared of what you want to be
the future is a mystery
the punch line is infinity
forever out in front of me
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11. |
Pop The Reins
03:41
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POP THE REINS
Hit stop when I hear you talk
what you see and say got no relation
Turn white, I been up all night
and I still can't find your imagination, sir
There's nothing real you've got to fear
just slip the noose and rock the cage
I'll get away
There's nothing real you've got to fear
just kick your boots and pop the reins
And now I think I know what your mother meant
that everybody works for the government
If we don't find a way to pay the rent
I'll say what they want me to say
C'mon
yeah right, yeah right
Everybody gets a shot tonight
Everybody step into the light
Oh wait, no we made a mistake
Duck dive, gotta stay alive
hit 'em one, two, three
with the combination
Came back with a new attack
and that's all she wrote for your generation, son
There's nothing real you've got to fear
just slip the noose and rock the cage
I'll get away
There's nothing real you've got to fear
just kick your boots and pop the reins
And now I think I know what your mother meant
that everybody works for the government
If we don't find a way to pay the rent
I'll say what they want me to say
C'mon
yeah right, yeah right
Everybody gets a shot tonight
Everybody slide into the light
Oh great, now the baby's awake
It's not the truth, it's not a lie
It's just a lullaby
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FALLING BEHIND IN THE GAME
You've been in my nightmares
what do you know
It wasn't that easy
watching you go
And mostly I'm fighting
invisible things
The enemy general
pulling the enemy strings
I'm just a house
I'm just a cow
swirling around
in this tornado
What's a tornado
And what do you do
when you're not in love
you're not in luck
you're not in style
you're not in time
What do you do
Don't feel ashamed
if you're falling behind in the game
It's just chess
it's just poker
it's just twister
I'm always surrounded
by beautiful things
sometimes I get jealous
and I wanna just cave 'em all in
And I try not to worry
too much of the time
watching these assholes
trying to cut me in line
'cause they're just a dot
right next to a dot
in front of a dot
times ten times infinity
What's an infinity
And what do you do
when you're not in love
you're not in luck
you're not in style
you're not in time
What do you do
Don't feel ashamed
if you're falling behind in the game
It's just chess
it's just poker
it's just twister
My late great youth
watch over me
The late great truth
wash over me
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KICK 'EM OUT
I could never pay this debt I owe
I don't have a reason
to stay and so I'm leaving
I'll be glad to go
Yesterday the sky turned black and blue
busted into showers
rained for seven hours
on a mile of road
Tomorrow says believe me
but I won't
Drinking with the TV, saying
"No one gets in, I win"
But even if you make a brand new start
you can't really kick 'em out of your heart
Even if you trade light for dark
you don't really kick 'em out
Been so many days now in a row
and I don't like the spaces
between the celebrations
It's just the same old show
So right away
she takes off all her clothes
still the only currency she knows
and she won't leave
no matter what you tell her
and you don't see
no matter what she shows
But even if she can't find the spark
you don't really kick her out of your heart
Even if you're better off apart
you can't really kick her out
Oh, you make this room a better place
so I pledge allegiance to your face
Oh no, where'd you go?
Even if you make a brand new start
you don't really kick 'em out of your heart
Even if you trade light for dark
you can't find the spark
you're better off apart
Even if you make a brand new start
you don't really kick 'em out
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The music of Jack Dishel.
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