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Coastline
02:28
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2. |
Atmosphere
04:28
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I can't remember
when I've ever felt this cold
winter time set me free
turn my lead to gold
atop the tower
see my signal going through
I try to forget
all those things I thought I knew
winter time set me free
look at me looking back at you
my head is lost in the atmosphere
I can see your house from here
I can't remember
when I've ever felt this old
I was a young man
never thought I'd feel this old
more to come where this came from
let's get on with the show
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3. |
In Between
03:30
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live a life of hunger
desperation clawing at your seams
live a life of shelter
no one talks you out of your tree
live a life of danger
fight the fight with no remedy
what you gonna do with the in between
living for tomorrow
plot the distance as far as you can see
living for the riches
too much lap in your luxury
living for nostalgia
locked away with your memories
be a sole survivor
or make the contact to set you free
yeah oh, we come in alone
what you gonna do with your in between
yeah oh, we go out alone
what you gonna do with your in between
i've lived my life a prisoner
but black and white weren't enough for me
i've lived my life in sorrow
but there is only so much you can bleed
i've been a sole survivor
but alien sky was all that i could see
now i see the future
we're all we've got, you've gotta believe
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4. |
Velvet Elvis
04:46
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it's been a couple of weeks since it all went down
i've been talking to ghosts, walking the town
i need to give it all a rest
my world is a postcard, wish you were here
they tell me that i've got nothing to fear
but these times haven't been my best
i'm an altered state, but when i walk this street
stranger things have happened to me
summer came a little late this year
fortune and glory whispering in my ear
hey, things will fall in line
but now when i talk, it feels like a job
gotta pay old debts while life strings me along
in this dustbowl
while giants mark the time
at night i dream of uncharted space
change the channel and my signal fades away
it's another day with my velvet elvis
to keep me warm in my plastic pool
another way to keep my head above water
it's another night walking home alone
pretending i'm a regular joe
but i can see the world, i can see forever
it's been a couple of weeks since it all went down
watching the ghosts take over my town
they still spin around in my head
but it's all just smoke, a shot in the breeze
good cops, bad cops, and guys like me are free
we're free, but i don't wanna be
it's another day with my velvet elvis
maybe i should have stayed in school
gotta find a way to keep my head above water
it's another night on the cow road alone
fortune and glory take me home
i can see, i can see the world
forever
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5. |
Still Believe
04:17
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my god's bigger than your god
cross the line and you die
set the holy land free, it's still not free
killing for the pricne of peace
weaponizing empathy
slay the sinners, we're the sinners
do you still believe in the lord above
one true faith, or the golden mean
to bring you peace, show you hope
do you still believe
bullets ripping through my sleep
safety pins and info creep
it's me or him, no one wins
chose their side of history
poisoned by conspiracy
they're killing me, i'm killing me
if you still believe in common ground
keep an eye to your brother's humanity
rebel kindness can save the day
if you still believe
where do we go from here
how we gonna reconcile
now that we know, tell me tell me
how do we let it go
in spite of all the danger
i keep asking
do i still believe
gone AWOL from the culture wars
nothing there worth fighting for
that ain't love, that ain't love
do you feel the spiraling
don't know what tomorrow brings
you're afraid, we're all afraid
and i know we'll change
there are no guarantees
but i still beleive we'll find our way
i still believe in the world we say
i still believe
i still believe
i still believe
in you and me
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a long while seems to have passed
whodathunk this thing would last
to be standing here with no fear
after all this time
there's still so much to say
we can't throw it all away
we came to play, never gone astray
and we found our reasons through the rhyme
illuminations old and new
embrace the deja vu
take me back to the river
take me down to the shore
take me back to where it all began
and let's see what the future has in store
calm and peaceful is my sleep
rocked in the cradle of the deep
and i still hear the thunder roll
but i can justiy my soul
illumination sends me up the stream
it's like some metatextual dream
take me back to the river
take me down to the shoret
take me back to the future that we planned
lead me on and on and on and on...
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7. |
The Big Truth
05:07
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wasting my time, stealing myself
my mind keeps playing tricks on me
night after night i've tried to let it go
but these restless times won't let me be
i wanna breathe in a million stars
i wanna separate the truth from the lies
i wanna jump clean over the moon
and exhale pollution from my mind
day by day i tell myself i'm getting stronger
what i want, all i want is getting smaller
the power and the glory, reduced to soundbytes
the brain is living but they've cut out the heart
the old cliches are all i'm hearing
mumbling mantras to myself in the dark
don't sweat the petty things, don't pet the sweaty things
don't let the bastards grind you down
i wanna believe we can save the dream
and it's not too late to turn the ship around
i lay awake while the world is sleeping
overdose on solutide again
i lay awake and wonder where i came from
i hear the birds sing to me at night
so if the truth is out there, here's to the future
here's to proving that it can't be denied
but business is business
and time has never been on our side
day by day we tell ourselves we're getting stronger
what we want, all we want is getting smaller
day by day the big truth is getting smaller
day by day, every day
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8. |
We Are One
04:25
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9. |
Nine Lives
04:19
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bill the cat knows where it's at
prowling round town, no responsibilities
kicking the cans, knocking the fences
master of his destiny
don't try to tie him down with
balls of yarn, brightly colored
cause he'll be slinking round
looking for another bowl of milk
and he'll pretend to love you
cats have nine lives
but i wonder why they even try
after wasting three or five
cats have nine lives, so they say
gotta stretch their paws and fly
gotta catch them birdies in the sky
ain't too concerned bout where he goes
where he's been or who he knows
ain't gonna take no job just sitting lookng cute
it ain' right for a tomcat, plaing puss n boots
don't try to dress him up with
pretty bows, brightly colored
don't you call him baby
he's a fighter, not a snuggler
need more than thirty seconds
well that's your problem
don't try to tie him down
no balls of yarn, no pretty bows
don't try to dress him up
ain't gonna love you back for sure
cause he'll be slinking round
you're just another bowl of milk
and your curiosity will kill you
cats have nine lives
still i wonder why we even try
after wasting three or five
cats have nine lives, so they say
gotta spread their paws and fly
gotta catch them birdies in the sky
NO CASTOR OIL!
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Poison Ivy
05:13
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watch out for poison ivy
she'll start a fire in you
the itch will burn you wildly
and there's nothing you can do
nothing you can do
altered states within my system
i chase a dream far from home
beside myself i sit and listen
evil within takes control
she took my soul
i hope to see you in the morning
i hope to see you in the morning
what heaven that would be
to wake up with you next to me
i hope to see you in the morning
like a babe lost in toyland
a child in a candy store
you fell into that watseland
but you wanted so much more
wanted so much
a sketch artist drew me a picture of you
but the cat's eye offered a different view
it's a conspiracy of love
like Bogie up above
play it again
i think i'm in love with you
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11. |
Join The Club
07:30
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I don't see you anymore
long ago we lost the time
you don't know me anymore
I've been out of sight and out of your mind
we were brothers way back when
songs like these were just a dream
a muse that was our staff of life
day and night they could hear us sing
this time will be remembered
till the day that all are one
join up and hold on
to your piece of the song
these things have higher callings
no-name bands and mischief clubs
join up and hold on
to your piece of the song
I don't live for yesterday
time that's gone without a trace
you could say I've seen the light
it's all right, I've found my place
still I wonder, still I dream
I think about what might have been
remember when you ever hear this song
you're free to join in
god bless the bigger brothers
send my love to "bob & thus"
join up and hold on
to your piece of the song
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Sons Of Nothing Los Angeles, California
Singer-songwriters Thom Bowers & Matt Meldrum (along with a host of friends and collaborators) make music that bridges the gap between pop-rock punch and art-rock extravagance.
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