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you draw and dance and drink your heart out
your heart can't give anything else
you think that if you stop it's done
you think, right now, of just yourself
but there was a time when you thought
you and me was all you'd want
I took what you said and I took it to heart
but you said stop
and it was done
I try to sing and laugh and drink you out
to hide my sad quiet with a happy loud
I never thought that we would stop
but your happy loud needed us done
but there was a time when you thought
you and me was all you'd want
I took what you said and I took it to heart
but you said stop
there was a time when you thought
loving me, oh it wasn't hard
but I took what you gave and I took it wrong
so you said stop
and it was done
it was done
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Artifacts
02:28
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it's rained way too much this fall
I couldn't shake this cold at all
three long months of raspy coughs
that kept my voice so small and dull
I couldn't muster up one song
about the love I had and lost
such trying times left un-described
for lack of any impetus
because what good's a sombre tune
if there's no convincing you
to change your tone and come on home
forget how I was cold and cruel
I know exactly where I stand
I know that there's some better man
your shining star who owns a car
a decent late-model sedan
and he'll drive you 'round the 'burbs
pick you up from school and work
and as you go, his radio
plays some song I've never heard
but I'm sure it's one you'd love
some top 40 piece of junk
that I would loathe, but even so
for your sake, I'd take as much
but this is all that I have left
just some ancient artifacts
your smiling face so poorly framed
by shaking hands on some VHS
and that'll have to do
in lieu of you
it's rained way too much this fall
I couldn't shake this cold at all
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New Vision
02:30
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it's a painful switch from black to grey
it's value mostly in the name
the turning of a century
to be rid of old hauntings
but I was disappointed by how little really changed
broken windows to a broken soul
replace semi-annual
protection from the lively beams
subjected voluntarily
but I was disappointed by how little they all mean
the invention of a milestone
rotating places you call home
but you will not incur a fee
this new vision's complimentary
but I was disappointed by its weak effect on me
purchase its weak effect on me
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Noble
03:53
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"boy's on a mission" how he's tearing down the platform
fresh off his first transfer with three more until her dorm
she's crying watching cartoons on a bed covered in stuffed toys
with everything she's losing, she's turning to her oldest joys
it might well be thought that he's rushing to show her support
but that would be wrong
no, he's not so noble
"boy's on a mission" and he really thinks he's doing right
but it's just a ruse, a poor excuse to spend the night
he watches while she's talking but he's not really listening
just hoping more time passes so he might get an opening
he does want to help but still notices her legs in those shorts
he knows that it's wrong
but he's not so noble
a million conversations lost for a night on your floor
but it's not so wrong
because I was not so noble
I was not so noble
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Rhythm & Rest
03:18
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we're coming up fast on the end
and the stars have grown weary
but everyone who bought a ticket
won't appreciate them sitting
but what are they owed?
our strategy or their show?
there's no way to know
the best way to go
no one likes questioning Pop
but his won't be the last word
no, it's coming down straight from the top
from the lips of Lord Silver
and here's his decree:
the stars will stay on their feet
unless they're sickly
then they'll earn their fee
it's entertainment: heroes and stories
but with a bad ending they won't pay for it
it's entertainment: heroes and stories
but if we end badly...
it's a fine balance between rhythm and rest
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Quiet Eye
06:13
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it's none of my concern how you're getting by
but I can't help myself and I don't know why
so through a telephone and with a quiet eye
I only want to know that you're doing fine
I won't make a fuss, won't make my presence known
so please just show me what I need to know
just want to know you're fine
just want to know you're fine
so with a quiet eye
I'll see what I can find
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