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Down & Out
03:16
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Down & Out
View from a softer high
Fluorescent lullaby
Sitting perfectly still til we’re out of breath
They say ‘get out while the gettin’s good’
Man on the moon looks a little spent
I’d take him home but he’d miss his friends
But that might be a good thing
I think it might be a good thing
Nobody cares when you’re down and out
I’ll see you again in the movies
Song on the air when the lights go out
Sing it again like you’ll miss me
Another hideaway by the railroad tracks
We go we go we go
Torn at the seams but stuck in the only words
I know i know i know
And if you’re leaving, don’t even say
We’ll notice after a while
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Good Enough
03:09
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Good Enough
Out of the cosmos and through my head plays your favorite song
A righteous expression of Freud’s regression, we sing along
Reality leaves behind what our dreams might like to see
It’s not for everyone but it’s good enough for me
Escaping wisdom has left its imprint upon your heart
Abandon ambition, roll up your blankets and fall apart
Time moves forward while you hang your head in shame
You’re a failure but I love you, I still love you just the same
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St. Augustine’s Cosmic Joke
I guess I’ll have to admit I’m a hypocrite
Too bad I guess
Misanthropic, idealist, irrational
God, what a mess
I pass this judgement on to you
And you’ll pretend that you don’t judge too
Eukaryotic, innate psychotic
We’re everyone
Devoid of grace, the human race
But ain’t it fun
If there’s anything left to commiserate
I’m too inept to care
All my righteous ideals can evaporate
And I’d be unaware
A new obsession with more of the same
Consistent score in a changing game
A moral abstraction with chaos in action
Around and ‘round
A sonic vibration, a subtle sensation
Lost and found
Your inner dialogue is all that you can hear
But are you still listening?
Hallucination, our only friend
As soon as it’s over, we’ll start again
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You’re looking quite rough my friend
Who’s it your waiting for?
Close your eyes and we'll all pretend
We've reached the other shore
All the cool kids are taking their time
Til the morning light
Skipped beat of the heart I’m breaking
Shakin’ all over, shakin’ all over
Backseat to the mess I’m making
And the mess I’m taking home
Off ramp to the stars, we ride
Carve out another name
Heaven knows it was dark outside
But look how far we came
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Shadowflame
04:36
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Shadowflame
Got up on the wrong side of myself today
I know I managed to talk to you
But I had run out of meaningful things to say
You were running and I was trying to settle down
We were both dreaming
Of finding a new way to reach the ground
Is this the way we end up?
Or can I dream again tonight?
I’d like to say I’m sorry
For the way I’ve acted the last few months
You’d understand this behavior
If you had broken your promises more than once
It wasn’t escaping, it was just moving on
And you weren’t the reason
You were the hardest thing for me to part myself from
I thought I’d blown it this time
I thought I’d thrown you all away
I took a small piece of my apathy
I wanted to link it up to your empathy
If it’s all the same
I’d like to start again
Please resume your positions
Back to the last time we thought it was going to end
So here’s to second chances
Starting all over is such a drag
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Post Monk
04:02
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Post Monk
The doors are open but there’s nobody home inside
The day is dawning and there’s a brand new place to hide
Anything is music here if it’s golden and divine
Anything is music here and there’s room for yours and mine
But laughter dies in silence and all the walls are empty now
The window reflects sadness for all the stars that shine somehow
Whatever happens to all the pictures in the hall
I can’t remember why they were ever here at all
Count your change and say your prayers
We’ll be here for a while
The minister has shed a tear
And gone away in style
But who would ever notice another world a block away?
Keep your lanterns shining because we’ll all be there today
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Nervous Monks Florida
Cerebral indie rock quartet from Broward County, Florida
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