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My Museum
03:50
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You'd cut your head off
To save your brain from cancer
Your very means
Defeat their ends
You say you're weak
I think you're stronger than you know
You're strong enough
To break this heart of stone
See you at shows, I smile, tenderness suddenly outlawed
You face the band, I slip out, stumble home to my museum
Things are just as you left them: apples rotting in the kitchen
A box of condoms sits upon my shelf collecting dust
Sleep on the floor, cat litter sticking to my face, unshaven
The bed's a fucking tundra since you took my sun away
Just put your trust in me
I'll help you see this through
Just put your trust in me
There's nothing you and I can't do
One thing my father taught me
You can't steal second base
Unless you're willing
To take your foot off first
It makes no sense to steal
What you already own
Like it or not my duckling
You'll never be alone
See you at shows, I smile, tenderness suddenly outlawed
You face the band, I slip out, stumble home to my museum
Things are just as you left them: apples rotting in the kitchen
A box of condoms sits upon my shelf collecting dust
Sleep on the floor, cat litter sticking to my face, unshaven
The doorknob jiggles, I wake up, and you walk in
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Bedrock
02:36
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Build a structure with no function
Lead a mission without vision
In need of repair, a bridge to nowhere
Dig for the--
The cables tightened, our load will lighten
The gears start turning; the torch is burning
With steel and timber, we'll cross that river
Dig for the bedrock
Dig for bedrock
Dig, dig, dig
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Unseen forces conspire
Cacophony consumes the choir
The conductor can no longer hear
If a conductor ever was here
Two paths converge as though by design
Oblique trajectories swiftly align
A phone call unanswered, departure as scheduled
The slightest delay, he'd still be here today
Objects in mirror may be closer
Than they appear--oh no!
Myth becomes clearer 'neath the red light
No blueprint here--it's chaos
Asphalt soaks up dreams unfulfilled
No testament, no will
Illusions of order evaporate
Faced with a friend you can't defibrillate
Religion and science can't relate
The randomness with which we operate
Objects in mirror may be closer
Than they appear--oh no!
Objects in mirror may be closer
Objects in mirror may be
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Catholic School
04:25
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I remember the open coffin
The pain two years of pills couldn't soften
Back to school the next day with a dozen reporters
No mountain of medicine will make the days any shorter
I stayed for as long as I could
The sisters told me g*d did it for the good
Senseless bloodshed blasted doubt through every crack
My faith was shattered; sweep the pieces in a stack
‘Cause I'm never coming back
No, I'm never coming back
Burned on your TV screen is Kevin Bacon
Though it's been a decade, the earth's still shakin'
Can you feel those tremors? Each night, I go for a stroll
Pray the ground will open up and swallow me whole
I stayed for as long as I could
Sisters told me g*d did it for the good
Senseless bloodshed blasted doubt through every crack
My faith was shattered; sweep the pieces in a stack
‘Cause I'm never coming back
But--
I stayed for as long as I could
Sisters told me g*d did it for the good
Senseless bloodshed blasted doubt through every crack
My faith was shattered; sweep the pieces in a stack
‘Cause I'm never coming back
No, I'm never coming back
And they'd never take me back
No, I'm never coming back
Catholic school will fuck you up
As I drank blood from the cup
All my friends were getting high
One by one I watched them die
To tell the truth I don't know why
I never gave it a try
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5. |
Wake-Up Call
03:49
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While you lie
Waiting for dreamless sleep, counting sheep
Stare at the
Ceiling and know somewhere I'm doing the same
Leadership vacancy
This flock is headed for slaughter
Go back to sleep
For four more years
The campaign's over
Go back to sleep
Butter up, butter down
Eat up false dichotomies
Patriot or terrorist
Depends who wins the war
Don't be shocked
When your voting bloc gets shipped to Iraq
Go back to sleep
For four more years
The campaign's over
Go back to sleep
Go back to sleep
Forever
The charade's over
Go back to sleep
Here's my war plan:
Choose a fall man
Lives to barter
Make a martyr
This is your
Wake-up call
Seize the day
If you snooze
Please don't wait
Four more years
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6. |
Rewrite
02:10
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If I could travel through time
I'd take you to see
All you read about in history
Where you sat behind me
And if I could travel through time
I'd buy you some earplugs and take you
To see the Big Bang
But it's just as likely
I'd show up alone
With a fire extinguisher
And end it all, before it begins
‘Cause I
Can't bear the thought
Of you
Leaving me
If I could travel through time
I'd visit your ancestors
And fill their pockets with gold
That way I'd provide
More than I could
In just one lifetime
But it's just as likely
I'd track down my own
And murder them
Preventing my birth
‘Cause I
Would prefer to never have been conceived
Than to see the pain in your eyes when I have to leave
If I could travel through time
I'd rewrite this song
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7. |
Pez Dispenser Head
03:35
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I don't even know your name
I'd reckon you've forgotten mine
From the outside of the envelope I stamped with my last cent
I'm not writing to complain about the price of gas
Or the carporations derailing public transportation
You harangue hypnotically
While they buy and bury green technology
I'm not writing to complain about the plastification of our culture
The living Kens and Barbies
The Starbucks, the McDonald's, or the Arby's
The landfills that won't decompose
[Or] the fact that the emperor's
Wearing standard issue army clothes
Pez Dispenser Head
Before you open your mouth
With your perfectly molded hair
Before you unhinge your jaw, force-feed me endless sugar pills
I've got something to say
Pez Dispenser Head
I'm not writing to complain about how you sold our airwaves
We've lost control of the information
That pounds this transfixed TV nation
You've all but sold off the very air
To be filled with shit that I can't breathe but you don't care
No, you don't care, Pez Dispenser Head
So now you must be wondering why
Why I've written you at all
It's the anthrax on the envelope that's making you feel sick
You've had a good run
There's time for one last phone call
To sell ad space on your coffin
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Stand By
04:01
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1, 2, 3, 4
I can't stand by
They say the world is watching
But I've got my doubts
For every peaceful protest a knee in the back
My whole lifetime
Eclipsed in a single heartbeat
Time was never on our side
Stand by
Someone else is working on it
Go home--the streets are empty
Go home and watch it on TV
1, 2, 3, 4
I can't stand by
Well, I might be going too far
But at least I'm going somewhere
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread
Well, I might be going too far
But at least I'm going somewhere
If you're a cog on a wheel then I'm a wrench
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Testaverde
03:47
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Intercepted again
Bring on the defense
Testaverde
You got a bad rap
Intercepted again
You're bouncing passes
Off the hands of stone men
Intercepted again
Put up the billboards
You got a bad rap
The fans can be so cruel
You got a bad rap
Testaverde
You got a bad rap
What more could you expect
From a colorblind quarterback?
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Sea Shepherd
02:55
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1, 2, 3, 4
Pointing that harpoon at me
And blowing fish all over the sea
For all you animals marine
We are the Royal Navy
Eff your wine and cheese
Enjoy your PCBs
Taste that mercury
And find you lost at sea
Your vessel is our target
No more whales to market
No more dolphins slaughtered
The ocean has a shepherd
Pointing that harpoon at me
And blowing fish all over D.C.
For all you animals marine
We are the Royal Navy
Pointing that harpoon at me
Now we watch you all on TV
And now we're making history
As whaling loses viability
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My people are leaving
Replaced by these buildings
The Tree That Owns Itself
Ambassador to humankind
The Tree That Owns Itself
My kingdom, uprooted
Dust settles, I'm alone
Mother says man and tree are siblings
Begs man, "Don't forget the trees, son"
Years pass, and the world is concrete
Mother won't forget the treason
Survivor, enshrined
The Tree That Owns Itself
Belongs to no one else
Arboreal emancipation
Underwhelming reparations
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Washington, DeCeit
02:29
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Welcome to Washington, DC
Capital of the land of the free
Can't you see the irony?
In the hometown of democracy
You can't even vote
You're gonna hate it here, my dear
We've got taxation, no representation
You're gonna hate it here, my dear
While the roof is caving in, the architects are cashing in
When the next wave occupies the city
Will we fight, torches aflame?
Or will we heavy with self-pity
Resignedly proclaim
“You're gonna love it here, I fear
This is your playground
Feel free to throw your weight around”
Welcome to Washington, DeCeit
We've set a precedent: they don't have to meet
Any minimum requirement for honesty, integrity
All throughout the government there's no accountability
Instead we get entitlement [while] they plunder the economy
Would you still like to vote?
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