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Learning=>Sad Dream in D
01:59
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we're all learning
we're all learning
as we go
we teach each other
we teach each other
and you might not think so
but you've learned to think so
yes, you've learned to think so
so let it go
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let me open up this door for you
and explore this tiny world with you
for as long as our eyes meet
on some random park street
allow me to demonstrate virtue
by not saying a word to you
and we'll both avoid tangles
and the heartbreak
and minds that we mangle
and we'll just be the dream stuff
that never gets messed up
and though you'll probably forget me
you'll never regret me
and if we just stay strangers passing
there won't ever be that sticky everlasting
or the trials that go right with it
and i won't ever have to be unforgiven
by anyone
and i can be
just a breeze
and aim to please
i could tell you that i'm different
and that i loved you when i saw you
i could tell you that i meant it
i could tell you that we're destined
and when we met it was all planned out in the heavens
but when you'd leave i'd be forgotten
just dropped down by a tree
and left there to be rotten
another soulless definition
of a human that forgot that life is all a competition
and if we just stay strangers passing
i won't have to remember how you looked when you were lauging
or how your eyes they got so glassy when you'd been drinking
or how far away you stared when you were thinking
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i knew who i was when i was a young man
it all starts to fade
you poke holes in your plans
where your dreams were living
i struggled to keep that poor old man alive
i was spinning the plates
i was throwing the knives
from the high rise
into thin air
how i'm sometimes undecided
re-evalute
you're good people!
i know i am such a mess some ways
if you'll allow it
i know i'm gonna prove my worth to you
am i getting through to you?
babe, i need a rescue
you were handcuffed and led through a cardboard parade
i was there when they let you out
there for the save with the Honda
we drove my apartment
then walked to the ocean
and sat there and basked in the orange of sunset explosion
the salt wind softly
blows my hair back as i sit and wonder
re-evalute
you're good people!
i know i am such a mess some days
i kinda like it
i know i'm gonna prove my worth to you
am i getting through to you?
babe, can you hear me?
i need a rescue
i don't know what i want
i don't have any plans
i just stand there and wait with my hat in my hands
as the car pulls away
i think i'd rather walk there anyways
how i'm sometimes undecided
re-evalute
you're good people!
i know i am such a mess some ways
if you'll allow it
i know i'm gonna prove my worth to you
am i getting through to you?
babe, can you hear me?
i need a rescue
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4. |
Fire Drill
03:17
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if you couldn't talk
i wouldn't speak for you
cause i know you'd hate that
you'd say that it was rude of me to presume
for some sweet relief
from this evening heat
i will wheel you in
to the shallow end
til we rust completely
now and then we do a fire drill
when you come at me swinging
babe, there ain't gonna be a fire
my old girls such an igniter
oh i love her but i fight her
oh oh oh
i half fall asleep
as the window breathes
you reach and brush the ache away
and then you say
"we're not lost completely"
now and then we do a fire drill
when we both stop our singing
babe, there ain't gonna be a fire
go to sleep now aren't you tired?
it's your fight i so admire
don't you know?
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5. |
idk250
00:44
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is this a renaissance?
everyone's a critic
people's words are so destructive
but the photo's all look so terrific
i have taped up my computer camera
i've been shopping for a Faraday
we're shadow figures
high perched up shooters
it's getting hard to look the other way
one day i read this one
good American reporter
writing from somewhere in Rio de Janeiro
where there's no one trying to pin him
for reporting
they gather all my searches
my Mom's forwards and emails
my WebMD hypchondriacal obsessions
prescriptions, all the details
they think they know me from this
they think they know me from lists
i used to have great powers
i've been sapped of all my energy
and the skyline had mighty towers
they're just pictures in our memories
reflected by the one good American reporter
writing from somewhere in Rio de Janeiro
where there's no one trying to pin him
for reporting
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i've got a box that is labeled
"don't look at these"
its filled with old pictures of you and our memories
and pictures of an old head wound i received
documented for police
now i sit here all night
and i throw little things at the wall
its been quite some time
since anything's stuck at all
i'm such a waste
broken legged wild animal
all of the traces are now barely visible
my mind erases you
i keep on tracing you
won't you sing back the tune?
why do i bother you?
you were so nice
now you won't even answer to plea's
i was so strong
but now look at me down on my
i had a vice
and now its become everything
i had a voice
but now no one's listening
now i sit here all night
and i throw little things at the wall
it's been quite some time
since anything's stuck at all
i'm such a waste
broken legged wild animal
all of the traces are now barely visible
my mind erases you
i keep on tracing you
won't you sing back the tune?
why do i bother you?
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8. |
Drain You So
03:07
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the sun comes in and wakes you up
as you follow to your coffee cup
and i don't know why i drain you so
you sip it as you look outside
and you're happy when the sun don't hide
and i don't know why i drain you so
no i don't know why i drain you so
you know i love you
but i'm still no good for you
i'm still no good for
a girl i never thought i'd have
even loved me when her days were bad
and i don't know why i couldn't let it go
the girl i had was good to me
only worried what she'd never be
and i don't know why i drain you so
no i don't know why i drain you so
you know i love you
but i'm still no good for you
i'm still no good for you
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9. |
In Just Two Steps
03:39
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in just two steps
we'll give the world something to eat
we'll be filling the ocean with cream of wheat
we are pulling the weary back to their feet
we are turning our heaven into our street
yeah
we are giving directions to every soul
how to get to where you want to go
how to get there nice and slow
without walking over people for your personal goals
i am smiling at your success though i've admitted defeat
i'm a member of a choir but i'm conducting my own suite
and the old walls that divide us will topple to our feet
and every single person in the world gets a piece
today
what a remarkable day
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10. |
Alabama
01:46
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11. |
Soul
04:09
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i was standing at the edge of the tower
watching as the waves crashed below
wondering why everything goes
from the top of our heads to our toes
and everything you'll know an hour from now
sadly it wont change a thing
nothing to this earth can you bring
and nothing from this earth you'll take out
and it don't matter what route you can route
nothing from this earth you'll take out
we're forced to watch as time slowly takes
we put it off with plastic and fakes
and all of our best qualities break
and our hand to our mouth starts to shake
and everything that made who you are
is covered up by wrinkles and scars
but our soul
is still our soul
is still our soul
is still our soul
its still our soul
its still our soul
its still our soul
its still our soul
its still our soul
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12. |
Emerald
03:30
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you can categorize anything
everything needs a label
you are one or the other
you either are or you're unable
you're either her or you're not
i think about these things a lot
is there a plan i'm supposed to follow
give me the pill i'm supposed to swallow
i put the pressure on
i'll make a diamond out of glass
or gold
or emerald
and then you'll be what I forgot
I think about these things a lot
does that make me evil?
now here's a film of how to see
everything more brightly, differently
and this will make you more like me
chip off the excess, keep the beauty
i put the pressure on
i'll make a diamond out of glass
or gold
or emerald
and then you'll be what i forgot
I think about these things a lot
does that make me evil?
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13. |
I Can Be Anything
03:36
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i am gonna go out and get a life today
its still morning in town
i'd like to try something profound
and i would probably be a good intern or something
but i'd just like to hang out
maybe work on some sound construction
sometimes it feels like
to grow up you've gotta learn sometime
you're gonna lose something
i've survived many falls
betrayals!
and i can be anything
(i've survived many falls)
i can do anything
i'm outta breath just trying to pass my interview
the boss is playing along
waiting for the curtain to fall
and i should probably learn this program here
i'm fumbling
but there's a glitch in the code
and i don't wanna blue screen
sometimes i fear that
you sign off your life to be fed to a corporate machine
i've survived many falls
betrayals!
and i can be anything
(i've survived many falls)
i can do anything
once that i've got my cash stacking
then i can be myself again
by then, all of your thoughts have been filtered and bought
and you lack all the courage just to run and dive in
i've survived many falls
betrayals!
and i can be anything
(i've survived many falls)
i can do anything
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a train whistle careens
through the silence of the morning
and even though i wanna go to sleep
there's no relief
she only brings good things
but my heart does no protecting
so mind is still suspecting
i just wish that it would let me
cause i don't wanna second guess
your motive
no i don't wanna second guess you
i like to think i know your heart
and i don't wanna second guess
your motive
she thinks she's earned her key
but i haven't granted amnesty
see the sea in her eyes compete
with any wave that's wildly crashing
and i think she knows the code
now my mind is set to overload
cause i never wanted anyone to know
the code!
the code!
and i don't wanna second guess
your motive
no i don't wanna second guess you
i like to think i know your heart
and i don't wanna second guess
your motive
and what's the call for judging you?
you look to hard you'll stare straight through
and what's a worried mind to do?
what's a worried mind to?
and i don't wanna second guess
your motive
no i don't wanna second guess you
i like to think i know your heart
and i don't wanna second guess
your motive
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hey degenerate
just how long can you fake it?
i saw you upstairs dressing down
you're not so tall without your crown
the legend took a while to crack
but it won't bring our dead friends back
took some good folks, you sealed their fate
not bad for a degenerate
ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh
hey degenerate
just how low can you take it?
i know you're feeling kinda fuzzy
you're strapped in your own muzzle, honey
your chin is up when you take flack
when orders come you don't look back
now you're feeling sorta bored
was this what you'd been working toward?
ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh
on the way up to nothing
you're bound to learn something
what will you write home about?
on the way to a morning
you might have a dream
i'm not looking for answers
but you know i'm upset
not looking for meaning
but do you regret it?
hey degenerate
just how high do the stakes get?
i saw you wrestle kids away
from good mothers with bills to pay
you're kinda quiet out at lunch
don't joke around with the boys as much
that tinge you feel its not too late
not even for a degenerate
ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh
on the way up to nothing
what will you glean?
and i cool my self off with my head in the stream
of consciousness
i'm not looking for payback
i'll say at the outset
but do you regret it?
do you regret it?
do you regret it?
do you regret it?
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16. |
World, Win Me Over
02:33
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world, win me over
i've had enough to lose myself
but i wanna be someone that tries
i wanna be someone that tries
i wanna be someone
that finds the good in anything
cause i lost my believer
and i never thought that i'd leave her
but i'm even more evil
than books had made me out to be
but i wanna be someone that tries
i wanna be someone that tries
i wanna be someone
that finds the good in anything
cause i lost my believer
and i never thought that i'd leave her
but i'm even more evil
than books had made me out to be
but i wanna be someone that tries
i wanna be someone that tries
i wanna be someone
that finds the good in anything
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17. |
Going to Chincoteague
04:36
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i see your lovelight
and its shining
with the wind at your back
you float down to our house
when you've finished up your flying
and you're dragging in your good hand
the body of a lion
i hear the whispers in the nightime
i'm like a whale in the deep
listening to whale songs
deriving a new meaning
and thinking the whole way up
that the ocean needs some cleaning
say, that's the memory
going to Chincoteague
i look around as you're driving
and everything is sparkling off the water
i'm in an airplane and i'm flying
opportunities wait
jumping corporate invaders!
i wanna feel like my life matters
and you'll burn your home town down
climbing up the ladders
when they go
to nowhere
and you grasp at your heart and say
that's the memory
going to Chincoteague
i look around as you're driving
and everything is sparkling off the water
say, that's the memory
if i forget everything
i look around as you're driving
and everything is sparkling off the water
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18. |
Numbers Today
02:12
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i think i'm gonna be late
but that's fine
i'll lean against the wall
sunshine warms me
i take a sip of coffee
the numbers today
are gonna have to wait
i'll be so still
that i live in a painting today
the colors of the buildings
look like the 1920s
i think i'll get a bike
that's painted green like money
i smell the beignets
and the city's started talking
i guess i should get to work
i guess i should start walking
sometimes i think i might change
my discipline
i think i'd rather cook a pizza
was it something that i ate?
the numbers today
are gonna have to wait
my boss calls my cell phone
i text him a winky face
the numbers today
are gonna have to wait
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idk251
01:47
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its always raining in the morning
in my heart
i watch a cloud snag a tree line
and break wide open
as the industries start
all around us
determined not to adjust
i'm always happy in the evening
in my sleep
and then i wake and you're missing
it makes it hard to start my week
when every morning
seems so bleak
i've learned nothing ever stays
long enough
no, nothing ever stays
long enough
i'm in a big empty parking lot
in my dream
i'm in love with the things that you're not
and will never be
so it seems there's still a fissure
when you're just my mind's old picture
i've learned nothing ever stays
long enough
no, nothing ever stays
long enough
use a map
you've always used a map
but i've never really known
what you were getting at
i'm rife with fears
they crop up so easily
but i've never really known
what was bugging me
i know nothing ever stays
long enough
no, nothing ever stays
long enough
use a map
you've always used a map
but i've never really known
what you were getting at
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