1. |
Lost My Rhythm
04:24
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I’m staring out into starry night
It’s been too long since the last
I always thought that to find the light
I had to let go of the past
Cause when I think back to former times
I just see my mistakes
Relationships that I did unwind
Endless not-so clean breaks
I lost my rhythm, tossed out what I was given
In a bid to change what’s me
But the boy that’s hidden by the man who overrid him
Holds the other half of the key
Maybe my salvation ain’t just elimination
Of the who I used to be
To leave this station for self-actualization
I gotta set my old self free
But when I look back at those mistakes
It’s not the whole story
I was a fool to so soon forsake
All of what I used to be
It’s far too easy in retrospect
To focus in on the bad
It’s taken too long to introspect
On all the good that I had
I lost my rhythm, tossed out what I was given
In a bid to change what’s me
But the boy that’s hidden by the man who overrid him
Holds the other half of the key
Maybe my salvation ain’t just elimination
Of the who I used to be
To leave this station for self-actualization
I gotta set my old self free
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2. |
Just Another Day
03:47
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A human race all looking for their fix
A great machine that’s farming all their clicks
The content kings cashing out pain for kicks
A bottomless corporate bag of tricks
An algorithm pushing what’s appalling
An age of viral strangers and name-calling
All screaming that the sky out there is falling
But it’s just another day.
It seems that everybody now is stuck complaining
The outrage is forever self-sustaining
It’s alternately sick and entertaining
Yeah it’s just another day
Depression spiraling out of control
Seven billion problems start to take a toll
So grab the latest meme and bait out all the trolls
Ratio a clown to make your spirit whole
An algorithm pushing what’s appalling
An age of viral strangers and name-calling
All screaming that the sky out there is falling
But it’s just another day.
It seems that everybody now is stuck complaining
The outrage is forever self-sustaining
It’s alternately sick and entertaining
Yeah it’s just another day
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3. |
Keep on Sleeping
04:29
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This dream is nothing what it seems
It is nothing what it seems
It’s only just a dream
Obscene pictures on a screen
It's nothing what it seems
Only just a dream
So keep on sleeping
By me
Even if it’s all a dream
If even it’s not what it seems
It’s everything to me
The cut is never clean
The other grass ain’t green
Though it’s only just a dream
It’s everything to me
So keep on sleeping
This dream
It may not be what it seems
But even if you’re just a dream
You’re everything to me
You’re everything to me
So keep on sleeping
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4. |
Playing With The Fire
04:10
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There’s a sign out in the yard saying stay the hell away.
All who wander may be shot if they come on the wrong day.
No solicitors, inquirers or lovers welcomed here.
If you value what you’ve got, you best keep far away from here.
There’s a dog tied to the tree that’s been waiting for a chance.
He’s been counting down the days til it’s finally time to dance.
If you think you’ve got a shot and you somehow make it through
That angry fed up mutt’s got nothing on what I will do to you.
You’re playing with the fire now
You better run away
You’re playing with the fire now
There will be no escape
If the demon comes to burn it down
To burn it all away
I’ll burn it all away
There’s a switch that mutes the heart, pumping rage into the head.
And the moment that it flips all these eyes will see is red.
Every inch of earth is scorched, every foot of bridge is burned
Until it’s absolutely certain that your lesson will be learned.
There’s a sign out in the yard saying stay the hell away.
All who wander may be shot if they come on the wrong day.
No solicitors, inquirers or lovers welcomed here.
If you value what you’ve got you best keep far away from here.
You’re playing with the fire now
You better run away
You’re playing with the fire now
There will be no escape
If the demon comes to burn it down
To burn it all away
I’ll burn it all away
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5. |
The Puck (acoustic demo)
03:32
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It’s a stagnant point of view
It’s a cultural milieu
It’s a phase we’re going through
A dying way of life we’re clinging to
It’s a profound certainty
Of the way all things should be
A myopic clarity
Without regard for our own history
This paradigm is in transition
And time will win the war of attrition
Uproot your vision of reality
Don’t seek the puck, seek where the puck will be.
It’s a stagnant point of view
Arguments of 1s and 2s
In a system built to lose
A system that today we’d all recuse
Shed all of your certainty
If there’s a way that things should be
It isn’t part of what we see
Your art should not be tied to currency
This paradigm is in transition
And time will win the war of attrition
Uproot your vision of reality
Don’t seek the puck, seek where the puck will be.
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6. |
Ok (acoustic demo)
04:12
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I think there’s something in the air
Between the ceiling and this chair
Because I just can’t shake this feeling
Don’t wanna shake this feeling
I’m feeling ok.
I used to feel like not enough
My self-critiques were far too tough
But none of that stuff is true, man
It's just called being human
I’m feeling ok.
I’m used to feeling kinda mad
Dwelling on bad days that I’ve had
But now I’m ok.
I wouldn’t say I’m feeling great
But more than good enough today is feeling ok.
I'm feeling ok.
I had a narrow point of view
Always obsessing with what’s true
But the "Truth" is an illusion
And being right is an intrusion
On being ok.
There’s so much dissonance around
But I am drowning out the sound
With the song inside my brain
With the music that keeps me sane
And feeling ok.
I’m used to feeling kinda mad
Dwelling on bad days that I’ve had
But now I’m ok.
And if some days I’m not ok.
I’ll find a melody to play
Until I’m ok.
I'm feeling ok.
I'm ok.
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