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1. |
Don't Blow Me Away
04:15
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[Verse 1]
We're the oceans, rivers, lakes, and seas
Our devotion is your apogee
[Verse 2]
We were soldiers on our bended knees
Now we're older, wandering the streets
[Chorus]
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
[Verse3]
We are always fighting for something
That is ours -- pacing cages, pacing
[Chorus]
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't blow me away, hеy, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hеy, don't!
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[Bridge]
La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la
[Chorus]
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
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2. |
Madonna
03:25
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[Verse 1]
When you are in need of someone
That you can stand beside
I will reserve my judgment;
I won't be of two minds
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
[Verse 2]
Don't let my darkest moments
Define everything I've done
Only the worst you've noticed;
It isn't what I've become
[Bridge]
The pain I have given can't be forgiven
You have to live in hurt
Let's not repeat this
Let's end before these bridges have all been burnt
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
{Outro]
Hey my lady
Hey my lady
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3. |
Strangers
04:24
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[Chorus 1]
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have no time to heal ourselves
We have no time to heal ourselves
[Verse 1]
You say you don't give your name out to strangers
You feel that it's safer that way
I say, "I'll just call you 'Lois' and hope that we meet again
Someday
When the pain has gone away."
[Chorus 2]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
Wе have our scars, we wear thеm well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
[Verse 2]
Love is sad
She said the ink I'd collected were signs I'd accepted the pain
She's had
It went over my head in the moment
But I knew I'd understand someday
[Bridge]
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
[Verse 3]
I lay next to a beautiful stranger
Ignoring the danger I'm bound to face
If I could just let go, release my will, accept my fate
The pain would go away
[Chorus 3]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
[Outro]
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
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4. |
A Gentle Art
05:08
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[Verse 1]
Who are we? A gentle art
Feathering a deck of cards
Who are you without me?
And who am I supposed to be?
Who are we but what we are?
Flickering like burning stars
Who are you without me
And who am I supposed to be
Whenever we're apart?
[Verse 2]
Here we stand, where we stay
In an unfamiliar place
Here with all that I never sought
Here are all the things I've...
[Chorus 1]
Lost
Such a gentle art
[Verse 3]
Who are you now that I am gone?
Have you learned to be someone
Never weak, seldom strong
Tell me that you'll carry...
[Chorus 2]
On
Such a gentle art
[Post-Chorus]
A gentle art
A gentle art
[Bridge]
Everything has fallen apart
Should have known it right from the start
Only had one hand on your heart
Everything you do it my...
[Chorus 3]
Fault
Such a gentle art
Such a gentle art
As I tear your heart apart
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5. |
After
05:21
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[Verse 1]
Have a hand on control
The other reaches the unknown
The space between, is where I float
Expectations, TV stations
I am blind -- you don't see
[Chorus]
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
[Verse 2}
"Tell me what you've done to the man I loved."
"Well, I killed him, a year ago."
"Give me every lettеr that you never thought I'd read
Not еver."
"Sorry I made you love me."
[Chorus]
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
[Bridge]
I cannot stand to look back and say
"What if it happened like that?"
You say, "Don't worry, you need not."
I cannot stand to look back and say
"What if it happened like that?"
You say, "Don't worry, you will not have to..."
[Chorus]
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
[Outro]
I cannot stand to look back and say
"What if it happened like that?"
You say, "Don't worry, you will not have to...
You will not have to."
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6. |
An Evening to Myself
02:29
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[Verse 1]
I needed to want her
I could not do better
I wanted to need her
But I had just met her
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Verse 2]
I wore my pink t-shirt
Thought I’d get in for sure
She schooled me like a teacher
Then said, "Hey, it's my pleasure!"
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Bridge]
Ankle-deep in tributary streams
Grace upon her throne
I can’t help this force of habit
I can't be on my own...
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Outro]
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep, you idiot
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep, you idiot
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7. |
Jenny and Maurice
04:17
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[Verse 1]
Sittin' on cement on Carroll Street
Is Maurice
Three papers heroin and speed
Waitin' for daddy
Jail was always more forgiving
Every sunrise makes it worth living
From the ground he looks up to heaven but
Highrises gleam
[Pre-Chorus 1]
"Here I am in my disparity
You can have my life if you can make it
Spare a little bit of your charity?"
[Verse 2]
Jenny, in a condo, waterfront
Lounging on snakeskin
Martini, T3, Tramacet
Daddy's gone again
[Pre-Chorus 2]
"Look at me in my prosperity
You can have my life if you can fake it
I don't waste my time on charity
You can have my life if you can break it
[Chorus 1]
If you can make it
If you can take it
If you can fake it
Come on and take a hit!"
[Verse 3]
Jеnny crosses town on the rarest day
Runs into Mauricе
"Lady, could you spare some charity
Before you call the police?"
They carry on, neither turns around
Hope to never see the other again
Twenty steps away, they say
"You may be just like me."
[Pre-Chorus 3]
"Here I am in my disparity
You can have my life if you can make it
Spare a little bit of your charity?
You can have my life if you can take it."
"Look at me in my prosperity
You can have my life if you can fake it
I don't waste my time on charity
You can have my life if you can break it
[Chorus 2]
If you can make it
If you can take it
If you can fake it
[Outro]
You wanna take a hit?
You wanna take a hit?"
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8. |
Can You Hear Me?
04:56
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10. |
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[Chorus 1]
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have no time to heal ourselves
We have no time to heal ourselves
[Verse 1]
You say you don't give your name out to strangers
You feel that it's safer that way
I say, "I'll just call you 'Lois' and hope that we meet again
Someday
When the pain has gone away."
[Chorus 2]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
Wе have our scars, we wear thеm well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
[Verse 2]
Love is sad
She said the ink I'd collected were signs I'd accepted the pain
She's had
It went over my head in the moment
But I knew I'd understand someday
[Bridge]
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
[Verse 3]
I lay next to a beautiful stranger
Ignoring the danger I'm bound to face
If I could just let go, release my will, accept my fate
The pain would go away
[Chorus 3]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
[Outro]
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
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11. |
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[Verse 1]
In a world without a mirror
Every story that you hear
Is ceremonial: the more it's told, the more's revealed
Cleopatra's on her bed, waterdrop on her hip
Like an oasis in the desert where we slip
She said she didn't have a heart
So she'd etched one on her chest
And as I kissed her there
She said, "I think it's coming back."
How do we appear in our mirrors
Through the shame of our lies?
Tonight, we're beautiful in one another's eyes
[Chorus]
Dance like no one's watching
Sing like no one's listening
Dance like no one's watching
Sing like no one's listening
[Verse 2]
What you may not want to hear
Could be what you're looking for
What you hate and fear
Could be standing at your door
In a world without a mirror
Other senses lend themselves to perception
She says, "I'm simply your reflection..."
[Chorus]
Dance like no one's watching
Sing like no one's listening
Dance like no one's watching
Sing like no one's listening
[Post-Chorus]
And we'll say:
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
We are so lovely
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
We are so lovely
[Outro]
I am simply your reflection
I am simply you
I am simply your reflection
I am simply you
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12. |
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[Verse 1]
Wait alone in the clubbing line
Try to find a familiar mind
Daylight makes it seem condemned
Pass the bouncer, get my stamp
It says: "Marriage is like a prison cell
A television with just one channel."
Check my coat, get a drink and see
Every eye isn't where I want it to be
[Chorus 1]
Though I've tried to hard to fight
I am in your arms tonight
20/20 hindsight
I am in your arms tonight
Loneliness is never cured -- only the lonely understood
Maybe now I should just once, or twice, or even thrice:
Remember that I've made this sacrifice
[Verse 2]
Everyone knows everybody here
They touch and hug, yell into ears
I'm ignored. You've already slept
You've come to terms with what I can't yet accept
[Chorus 2]
Though I've tried to hard to fight
I am in your arms tonight
20/20 hindsight
I am in your arms tonight
Loneliness is never cured -- only the lonely understood
Maybe now I should just once, or twice, or even thrice:
Remember that I've made this sacrifice
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus 3]
Though I've tried to hard to fight
I am in your arms tonight
20/20 hindsight
I am in your arms tonight
Loneliness is never cured -- only the lonely understood
Maybe now I should just listen to my own advice
So unmatched but so alike
And while the city sleeps so tight
Know that I'll be coming home on the night bus
[Tag]
(wait alone in the clubbing line)
Know that I'll be coming home on the night bus
(wait alone in the clubbing line)
Know that I'll be coming home on the night bus
(wait alone in the clubbing line)
Know that I'll be coming home on the night bus
(wait alone in the clubbing line)
Know that I'll be coming home tonight
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13. |
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[Verse 1]
All the world's shoes are so hard to fill
Anything was possible when everything changed
Hard to know exactly who's responsible
A skinny man from Estevan humbly used to say that
[Pre-Chorus]
"Your life's a debt that you can't repay
And when you reach the end of the reel...
[Chorus]
What you had to say
Everything you did
And the money that you made
Well, they don't mean a thing
What they take away is how you made them feel."
[Verse 2]
When the moon is just another streetlight
Broken hearts are mendable
Wounded knees will heal
The only thing we have to lose is our lives
Everything is visible, you think you can conceal, 'cos
[Pre-Chorus]
"Your life's a debt that you can't repay
And when you reach the end of the reel...
[Chorus]
What you had to say
Everything you did
And the money that you made
Well, they don't mean a thing
What they take away is how you made them feel."
[Verse 3 / Breakdown]
When the moon is just another streetlight
Broken hearts are mendable
Wounded knees will heal
The only thing we have to lose is our lives
Everything is visible, you think you can conceal
[Chorus]
"What you had to say
Everything you did
And the money that you made
Well, they don't mean a thing
What they take away is how you made them feel."
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14. |
Jenny and Maurice (demo)
04:07
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[Verse 1]
Sittin' on cement on Carroll Street
Is Maurice
Three papers heroin and speed
Waitin' for daddy
Jail was always more forgiving
Every sunrise makes it worth living
From the ground he looks up to heaven but
Highrises gleam
[Pre-Chorus 1]
"Here I am in my disparity
You can have my life if you can make it
Spare a little bit of your charity?"
[Verse 2]
Jenny, in a condo, waterfront
Lounging on snakeskin
Martini, T3, Tramacet
Daddy's gone again
[Pre-Chorus 2]
"Look at me in my prosperity
You can have my life if you can fake it
I don't waste my time on charity
You can have my life if you can break it
[Chorus 1]
If you can make it
If you can take it
If you can fake it
Come on and take a hit!"
[Verse 3]
Jеnny crosses town on the rarest day
Runs into Mauricе
"Lady, could you spare some charity
Before you call the police?"
They carry on, neither turns around
Hope to never see the other again
Twenty steps away, they say
"You may be just like me."
[Pre-Chorus 3]
"Here I am in my disparity
You can have my life if you can make it
Spare a little bit of your charity?
You can have my life if you can take it."
"Look at me in my prosperity
You can have my life if you can fake it
I don't waste my time on charity
You can have my life if you can break it
[Chorus 2]
If you can make it
If you can take it
If you can fake it
[Outro]
You wanna take a hit?
You wanna take a hit?"
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15. |
Strangers (demo)
04:14
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[Chorus 1]
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have no time to heal ourselves
We have no time to heal ourselves
[Verse 1]
You say you don't give your name out to strangers
You feel that it's safer that way
I say, "I'll just call you 'Lois' and hope that we meet again
Someday
When the pain has gone away."
[Chorus 2]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
Wе have our scars, we wear thеm well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
[Verse 2]
Love is sad
She said the ink I'd collected were signs I'd accepted the pain
She's had
It went over my head in the moment
But I knew I'd understand someday
[Bridge]
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
[Verse 3]
I lay next to a beautiful stranger
Ignoring the danger I'm bound to face
If I could just let go, release my will, accept my fate
The pain would go away
[Chorus 3]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
[Outro]
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
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16. |
Out of Mind (demo)
03:52
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[Verse 1]
Everyone locked themselves away
For a storm, and it never came
I wonder what you and I would say
If we were to meet again
Tell your stories, I'll tell you mine
Don't be sorry for the lost time
I'm here before you, it's now tonight
Into your heart, out of mind
[Chorus 1]
Can you sit with me in Alaska's current
Leave your surface behind?
Nothing's as i important as being kind
Into your heart, out of mind
[Verse 2]
Take my hand now, we'll walk away
Find ourselves in a better place
Which may just be where we are today
I wonder what we would say...
[Chorus 2]
If you sat with me in Alaska's current
Left your service behind
Nothing's as i important as being kind
Into your heart, out of mind
[Chorus 3]
You said once, to "Remember
Every stranger is somebody's child,"
It's nice to meet you, it's been a while
Into your heart, out of mind
[Chorus 4]
Can you sit with me in Alaska's current
Leave your surface behind?
Nothing's as i important as being kind
Into your heart, out of mind
[Outro]
No one gets left behind
Into your heart, out of mind
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17. |
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[Verse 1]
In a world without a mirror
Every story that you hear
Is ceremonial: the more it's told, the more's revealed
Cleopatra's on her bed, waterdrop on her hip
Like an oasis in the desert where we slip
She said she didn't have a heart
So she'd etched one on her chest
And as I kissed her there
She said, "I think it's coming back."
How do we appear in our mirrors
Through the shame of our lies?
Tonight, we're beautiful in one another's eyes
[Chorus]
Dance like no one's watching
Sing like no one's listening
Dance like no one's watching
Sing like no one's listening
[Verse 2]
What you may not want to hear
Could be what you're looking for
What you hate and fear
Could be standing at your door
In a world without a mirror
Other senses lend themselves to perception
She says, "I'm simply your reflection..."
[Chorus]
Dance like no one's watching
Sing like no one's listening
Dance like no one's watching
Sing like no one's listening
[Post-Chorus]
And we'll say:
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
We are so lovely
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
La da da da da da da
We are so lovely
[Outro]
I am simply your reflection
I am simply you
I am simply your reflection
I am simply you
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18. |
Life (demo)
04:14
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[Verse 1]
The first time I saw your smile
You had just turned 25
You had just started doing time
And I had abolition on my mind
You saw so many die
I could never fathom what that would be like
In a jungle where only the strong survive
Time just could never seem to fly
Who gets to decide: five years, ten years, or life?
They don't know you, man, they only know your file
They've never felt your smile
[Chorus 1]
Or even cared to hear you speak --
They think they know your mind (and "your kind")
[Verse 2]
The last time I saw your smile
You were 40, still inside
And I just wanted to keep your voice alive:
Your story through your eyes
But somehow your words became mine --
Wasn't what I'd had in mind
Such a wasted institutional pantomime
Ironically the crime
{Chorus 2]
Is that one again your future lies
In a stranger's hand
One who hasn't lived your life
And could never understand
[Bridge]
You're still breathing
And I've long since died
Hoping life would love you on the outside
If that's where you are today
I guess I'll never know
Watching you survive
It helped me see
How to live a life of harmony
{Chorus 3]
Even if the cards are stacked against me
[Outro]
I wish you peace
I wish you peace
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19. |
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[Verse 1]
We're the oceans, rivers, lakes, and seas
Our devotion is your apogee
[Verse 2]
We were soldiers on our bended knees
Now we're older, wandering the streets
[Chorus]
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
[Verse3]
We are always fighting for something
That is ours -- pacing cages, pacing
[Chorus]
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't blow me away, hеy, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hеy, don't!
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[Bridge]
La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la
[Chorus]
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
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20. |
Madonna (demo)
03:51
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[Verse 1]
When you are in need of someone
That you can stand beside
I will reserve my judgment;
I won't be of two minds
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
[Verse 2]
Don't let my darkest moments
Define everything I've done
Only the worst you've noticed;
It isn't what I've become
[Bridge]
The pain I have given can't be forgiven
You have to live in hurt
Let's not repeat this
Let's end before these bridges have all been burnt
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
{Outro]
Hey my lady
Hey my lady
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21. |
A Gentle Art (demo)
05:03
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[Verse 1]
Who are we? A gentle art
Feathering a deck of cards
Who are you without me?
And who am I supposed to be?
Who are we but what we are?
Flickering like burning stars
Who are you without me
And who am I supposed to be
Whenever we're apart?
[Verse 2]
Here we stand, where we stay
In an unfamiliar place
Here with all that I never sought
Here are all the things I've...
[Chorus 1]
Lost
Such a gentle art
[Verse 3]
Who are you now that I am gone?
Have you learned to be someone
Never weak, seldom strong
Tell me that you'll carry...
[Chorus 2]
On
Such a gentle art
[Post-Chorus]
A gentle art
A gentle art
[Bridge]
Everything has fallen apart
Should have known it right from the start
Only had one hand on your heart
Everything you do it my...
[Chorus 3]
Fault
Such a gentle art
Such a gentle art
As I tear your heart apart
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22. |
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[Verse 1]
I needed to want her
I could not do better
I wanted to need her
But I had just met her
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Verse 2]
I wore my pink t-shirt
Thought I’d get in for sure
She schooled me like a teacher
Then said, "Hey, it's my pleasure!"
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Bridge]
Ankle-deep in tributary streams
Grace upon her throne
I can’t help this force of habit
I can't be on my own...
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Outro]
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep, you idiot
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep, you idiot
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23. |
Can You Hear Me? (demo)
05:17
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[Verse 1]
Hello, I'm the one
Who has shed the blood
Who has bled the skies
When I killed your son
It hit everyone
Right between the eyes
[Chorus]
Take my life, take your hand
Bury anger in the sand
You and I've got a story that
A passerby won't comprehend
Take a moment, lend an ear
We will not appear on late night TV, or AM radio;
We are not what they are wanting to hear
[Verse 2]
Hello, my dear friend
By you I will stand
Spill another tear
Is it our last chance
To exchange amends
To erase the fear?
[Chorus]
Take my life, take your hand
Bury anger in the sand
You and I've got a story that
A passerby won't comprehend
Take a moment, lend an ear
We will not appear on late night TV, or AM radio;
We are not what they are wanting to hear
[Outro]
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
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24. |
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[Verse 1]
Wait alone in the clubbing line
Try to find a familiar mind
Daylight makes it seem condemned
Pass the bouncer, get my stamp
It says: "Marriage is like a prison cell
A television with just one channel."
Check my coat, get a drink and see
Every eye isn't where I want it to be
[Chorus 1]
Though I've tried to hard to fight
I am in your arms tonight
20/20 hindsight
I am in your arms tonight
Loneliness is never cured -- only the lonely understood
Maybe now I should just once, or twice, or even thrice:
Remember that I've made this sacrifice
[Verse 2]
Everyone knows everybody here
They touch and hug, yell into ears
I'm ignored. You've already slept
You've come to terms with what I can't yet accept
[Chorus 2]
Though I've tried to hard to fight
I am in your arms tonight
20/20 hindsight
I am in your arms tonight
Loneliness is never cured -- only the lonely understood
Maybe now I should just once, or twice, or even thrice:
Remember that I've made this sacrifice
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus 3]
Though I've tried to hard to fight
I am in your arms tonight
20/20 hindsight
I am in your arms tonight
Loneliness is never cured -- only the lonely understood
Maybe now I should just listen to my own advice
So unmatched but so alike
And while the city sleeps so tight
Know that I'll be coming home on the night bus
[Tag]
(wait alone in the clubbing line)
Know that I'll be coming home on the night bus
(wait alone in the clubbing line)
Know that I'll be coming home on the night bus
(wait alone in the clubbing line)
Know that I'll be coming home on the night bus
(wait alone in the clubbing line)
Know that I'll be coming home tonight
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26. |
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27. |
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[Verse 1]
Have a hand on control
The other reaches the unknown
The space between, is where I float
Expectations, TV stations
I am blind -- you don't see
[Chorus]
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
[Verse 2}
"Tell me what you've done to the man I loved."
"Well, I killed him, a year ago."
"Give me every lettеr that you never thought I'd read
Not еver."
"Sorry I made you love me."
[Chorus]
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
[Bridge]
I cannot stand to look back and say
"What if it happened like that?"
You say, "Don't worry, you need not."
I cannot stand to look back and say
"What if it happened like that?"
You say, "Don't worry, you will not have to..."
[Chorus]
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
[Outro]
I cannot stand to look back and say
"What if it happened like that?"
You say, "Don't worry, you will not have to...
You will not have to."
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28. |
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29. |
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[Verse 1]
Who are we? A gentle art
Feathering a deck of cards
Who are you without me?
And who am I supposed to be?
Who are we but what we are?
Flickering like burning stars
Who are you without me
And who am I supposed to be
Whenever we're apart?
[Verse 2]
Here we stand, where we stay
In an unfamiliar place
Here with all that I never sought
Here are all the things I've...
[Chorus 1]
Lost
Such a gentle art
[Verse 3]
Who are you now that I am gone?
Have you learned to be someone
Never weak, seldom strong
Tell me that you'll carry...
[Chorus 2]
On
Such a gentle art
[Post-Chorus]
A gentle art
A gentle art
[Bridge]
Everything has fallen apart
Should have known it right from the start
Only had one hand on your heart
Everything you do it my...
[Chorus 3]
Fault
Such a gentle art
Such a gentle art
As I tear your heart apart
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30. |
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31. |
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[Verse 1]
When you are in need of someone
That you can stand beside
I will reserve my judgment;
I won't be of two minds
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
[Verse 2]
Don't let my darkest moments
Define everything I've done
Only the worst you've noticed;
It isn't what I've become
[Bridge]
The pain I have given can't be forgiven
You have to live in hurt
Let's not repeat this
Let's end before these bridges have all been burnt
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
{Outro]
Hey my lady
Hey my lady
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32. |
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33. |
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[Verse 1]
Hello, I'm the one
Who has shed the blood
Who has bled the skies
When I killed your son
It hit everyone
Right between the eyes
[Chorus]
Take my life, take your hand
Bury anger in the sand
You and I've got a story that
A passerby won't comprehend
Take a moment, lend an ear
We will not appear on late night TV, or AM radio;
We are not what they are wanting to hear
[Verse 2]
Hello, my dear friend
By you I will stand
Spill another tear
Is it our last chance
To exchange amends
To erase the fear?
[Chorus]
Take my life, take your hand
Bury anger in the sand
You and I've got a story that
A passerby won't comprehend
Take a moment, lend an ear
We will not appear on late night TV, or AM radio;
We are not what they are wanting to hear
[Outro]
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
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34. |
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[Verse 1]
We're the oceans, rivers, lakes, and seas
Our devotion is your apogee
[Verse 2]
We were soldiers on our bended knees
Now we're older, wandering the streets
[Chorus]
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
[Verse3]
We are always fighting for something
That is ours -- pacing cages, pacing
[Chorus]
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't blow me away, hеy, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hеy, don't!
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[Bridge]
La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la
[Chorus]
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't
Don't blow me away, hey, hey, don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
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35. |
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[Verse 1]
Sittin' on cement on Carroll Street
Is Maurice
Three papers heroin and speed
Waitin' for daddy
Jail was always more forgiving
Every sunrise makes it worth living
From the ground he looks up to heaven but
Highrises gleam
[Pre-Chorus 1]
"Here I am in my disparity
You can have my life if you can make it
Spare a little bit of your charity?"
[Verse 2]
Jenny, in a condo, waterfront
Lounging on snakeskin
Martini, T3, Tramacet
Daddy's gone again
[Pre-Chorus 2]
"Look at me in my prosperity
You can have my life if you can fake it
I don't waste my time on charity
You can have my life if you can break it
[Chorus 1]
If you can make it
If you can take it
If you can fake it
Come on and take a hit!"
[Verse 3]
Jеnny crosses town on the rarest day
Runs into Mauricе
"Lady, could you spare some charity
Before you call the police?"
They carry on, neither turns around
Hope to never see the other again
Twenty steps away, they say
"You may be just like me."
[Pre-Chorus 3]
"Here I am in my disparity
You can have my life if you can make it
Spare a little bit of your charity?
You can have my life if you can take it."
"Look at me in my prosperity
You can have my life if you can fake it
I don't waste my time on charity
You can have my life if you can break it
[Chorus 2]
If you can make it
If you can take it
If you can fake it
[Outro]
You wanna take a hit?
You wanna take a hit?"
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36. |
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[Verse 1]
When you are in need of someone
That you can stand beside
I will reserve my judgment;
I won't be of two minds
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
[Verse 2]
Don't let my darkest moments
Define everything I've done
Only the worst you've noticed;
It isn't what I've become
[Bridge]
The pain I have given can't be forgiven
You have to live in hurt
Let's not repeat this
Let's end before these bridges have all been burnt
[Chorus]
Hey my lady
Why believe in heaven?
'Cos you and me
Can believe in what we see -- it's all we need
{Outro]
Hey my lady
Hey my lady
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37. |
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38. |
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[Chorus 1]
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have our scars, we wear them well
We have no time to heal ourselves
We have no time to heal ourselves
[Verse 1]
You say you don't give your name out to strangers
You feel that it's safer that way
I say, "I'll just call you 'Lois' and hope that we meet again
Someday
When the pain has gone away."
[Chorus 2]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
Wе have our scars, we wear thеm well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
[Verse 2]
Love is sad
She said the ink I'd collected were signs I'd accepted the pain
She's had
It went over my head in the moment
But I knew I'd understand someday
[Bridge]
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
Oooo, ooo ooo, ooooooo
[Verse 3]
I lay next to a beautiful stranger
Ignoring the danger I'm bound to face
If I could just let go, release my will, accept my fate
The pain would go away
[Chorus 3]
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
We have our scars, we wear them well
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
And take some time to heal ourselves
(Why don't we throw them away?)
[Outro]
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
Oooo, ooo, ooooooooooo
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39. |
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[Verse 1]
I needed to want her
I could not do better
I wanted to need her
But I had just met her
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Verse 2]
I wore my pink t-shirt
Thought I’d get in for sure
She schooled me like a teacher
Then said, "Hey, it's my pleasure!"
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Bridge]
Ankle-deep in tributary streams
Grace upon her throne
I can’t help this force of habit
I can't be on my own...
[Chorus]
"Taking tequila and cigarettes
Will help you to sleep,"
That's what she said
Taking the gist of her request
Making an evening to myself
[Outro]
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep, you idiot
Go to sleep
Go to sleep
Go to sleep, you idiot
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40. |
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[Verse 1]
Have a hand on control
The other reaches the unknown
The space between, is where I float
Expectations, TV stations
I am blind -- you don't see
[Chorus]
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
[Verse 2}
"Tell me what you've done to the man I loved."
"Well, I killed him, a year ago."
"Give me every lettеr that you never thought I'd read
Not еver."
"Sorry I made you love me."
[Chorus]
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
[Bridge]
I cannot stand to look back and say
"What if it happened like that?"
You say, "Don't worry, you need not."
I cannot stand to look back and say
"What if it happened like that?"
You say, "Don't worry, you will not have to..."
[Chorus]
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
After the smoke clears
You know I will still be here
Once all the dust settles
I may be forever
[Outro]
I cannot stand to look back and say
"What if it happened like that?"
You say, "Don't worry, you will not have to...
You will not have to."
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41. |
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42. |
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[Verse 1]
Who are we? A gentle art
Feathering a deck of cards
Who are you without me?
And who am I supposed to be?
Who are we but what we are?
Flickering like burning stars
Who are you without me
And who am I supposed to be
Whenever we're apart?
[Verse 2]
Here we stand, where we stay
In an unfamiliar place
Here with all that I never sought
Here are all the things I've...
[Chorus 1]
Lost
Such a gentle art
[Verse 3]
Who are you now that I am gone?
Have you learned to be someone
Never weak, seldom strong
Tell me that you'll carry...
[Chorus 2]
On
Such a gentle art
[Post-Chorus]
A gentle art
A gentle art
[Bridge]
Everything has fallen apart
Should have known it right from the start
Only had one hand on your heart
Everything you do it my...
[Chorus 3]
Fault
Such a gentle art
Such a gentle art
As I tear your heart apart
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43. |
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[Verse 1]
Hello, I'm the one
Who has shed the blood
Who has bled the skies
When I killed your son
It hit everyone
Right between the eyes
[Chorus]
Take my life, take your hand
Bury anger in the sand
You and I've got a story that
A passerby won't comprehend
Take a moment, lend an ear
We will not appear on late night TV, or AM radio;
We are not what they are wanting to hear
[Verse 2]
Hello, my dear friend
By you I will stand
Spill another tear
Is it our last chance
To exchange amends
To erase the fear?
[Chorus]
Take my life, take your hand
Bury anger in the sand
You and I've got a story that
A passerby won't comprehend
Take a moment, lend an ear
We will not appear on late night TV, or AM radio;
We are not what they are wanting to hear
[Outro]
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
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44. |
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45. |
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Paint Toronto, Ontario
"Rockstars and entertainers with a sincere change-the-world-with-heart attitude" (Midnight Matinee), Toronto's Paint have earned their reputation as one of Canada's hardest-working and most genuine indie bands with their infectiously energetic live performances, pop hooks, and lyrical depth. ... more
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