Long Way Down
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Oh here you are
There's nothing left to say
You're not supposed to be that way
Did they push you out?
Did they throw you away?
Touch me now and I don't care
When you take me I'm not there
Almost human, but I'll never be the same
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
I never put you down
I never pushed you away
You're not supposed to be that way
I'm anything you want
There's nothing I could say
Is there anything to feel?
Is it pain that makes you real?
Cut me off before it kills me
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
I never put you down
I never pushed you away
Take another piece of me
Give my mind a new disease
And the black and white world never fades to gray
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
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Burnin' Up
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Said you're burnin' up inside, no one seems to tell
You're living from a personalized manual from hell
Life is pretty easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares
Said you had enough this time, cause time don't treat you well
You always cried coincidence, while I drew parallel
Life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
burnin' up inside and you hurt me!
Try to take my hand tonight, I'll show you where to start
'Cause every word that left your lips is like a needle through my heart
And life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair
And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
burnin' up inside and you hurt my eyes
(cause you're burnin' up inside)
Hurt my eyes
(cause you're burnin' up inside)
Hurt my eyes
(cause you're burnin' up inside)
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Naked
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Yeah, I'm fadin'
And I call out
No one hears me
Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word
Weighed down
Safe now
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
Yeah, I'm hidin'
In the fallout
Now I'm wasted
They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say
Weighed down
Safe now
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
Inside your head
No one's there
And I don't think I'll ever be
And I don't care
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
By anyone
By anyone
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Flat Top
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Flat top intervention
Bringin' home a new invention
See it there in pieces on the ground
A television war between the cynics and the saints
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
Sleepin' on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing
Just look at all the washed out Hippie dreams
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're tryin' to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
The tabloid generation's lost
Chokin' on it's fear
Used to be that's all we had to fear
Conscience keeps us quiet while we're quick enough to speak
There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street
A visionary coward says that anger can be power
As long as there's a victim on TV
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're tryin' to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
And my dirty dreams all come alive
On my TV screen
And assasination plots
Show me what I haven't got
Show me what I love, or who I'm supposed to be
Show me everything I need
Show it all to me
Show it all to me
And it's fallin' all around us
Is this some kind of joke they're tryin' to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
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Impersonality
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When I was three feet tall
I loved 'em all
And lived life for myself
Fallin' down for laughs
Your photograph
Some puppets made of felt
Watching life in Oz Thanksgiving eve on Grandma's old TV
Dancing roundabout I'd twist and shout for everyone to see
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
Momma's in a shop
Watching little sister by myself
Robbed a wishing pond
In a fleeting bond
Vowed to share the wealth
Scooping up the coins
A warning shot from some authority
Doesn't matter now but I'll shout out loud for everyone to see
Never got to know you
Did you ever wonder why?
Now it's nice to know ya
And I'm glad you're doing fine
Think of all the time lost
Was it really lost at all?
Now I'm so proud of ya
I'd love to tell you all I see
Listen hard to your realities
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
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Name
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And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
Cuz all the dreams ya never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Get lost and thrown away
And now we're grown up orphans that never knew their names
We don't belong to no one, that's a shame
You could hide beside me, maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name
And scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did ya lose yourself somewhere out there
Did ya get to be a star
Don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are
We grew up way too fast
Now there's nothing to believe
Reruns all become our history
A tired song keeps playin' on a tired radio
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name
I won't tell 'em your name
Mmmm
Mmm mmmm
I won't tell 'em your name...
I think about ya all the time
But I don't need the same
It's lonely where you are come back down
And I won't tell 'em your name
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Only One
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I'll open up my head a while
Its been dead for years
Musta been a victim of my peers
One is for my happiness, the other for my health
The last is somethin' bigger than myself
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
I'm talkin' to myself again
I'll just start a fight
Nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right
An anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse
A thousand other suckers are tryin' to fill your shoes
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
Little pictures in my head
Are turnin' inside out and again
This fuckin' up takes practice, I feel I'm well rehearsed
Because the past is a bully and the future's even worse
Tell me what ya fear cuz I can feel it like a curse
Well, you used to be a folk singer
Now you're just a joke singer
Ain't no smokin' dope singer
Swingin' from a rope singer
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one to say
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Somethin' Bad
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Well they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
And they're holding up for cheaper Chinese food
If I'm older now and have a tainted attitude
Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Well I see 'em working round the block till six a.m.
The thermometer's at minus five degrees
And I'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes
To her head or towards a shred of dignity
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Go!
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
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Ain't That Unusual
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Could ya talk to me
Honestly?
Cuz I never heard a word ya said now
And I ain't just bein' mean
Cuz all we are is what we're told
And most of that's been lies
It's like a made-for-TV movie
And I just blew my line
Someday ya never made it
and maybe ya never will
Hey, ya never made it
Ain't that unusual?
Now I feel unknown
And it's safe that way
Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared now?
What's that supposed to mean?
I burned out on some empty reasons
And other wastes of time
There's somethin' that I wish I'd said
But I don't think it rhymed
Someday ya never made it
And maybe ya never will
Hey, ya never made it
Ain't that unusual?
See I'd love to be you
Atleast then I'd see you
Sorry I put them words in your mouth
But you wouldn't talk to me
Everything I want I haven't got
I'm sick of everything I'm not
I put my heavy coat on for a while
It's freezin' in the corner of my mind
Someday ya never made it
And maybe ya never will
Hey, ya never made it
Ain't that unusual?
Someday ya never made it
Now ain't that unusual?
Ain't that unusual?
It ain't that unusual...
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So Long
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Don't take much lookin' back to know I took my coffee black then
Nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
Your optimistic views your hundred dollar running shoes and
Carpel tunnel syndrome we all had a laugh about it
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
So long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Don't take much lookin' back to know I faked that heart attack then
And nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
You always spoke the truth from circa disco Abba boots and
All that showbiz talk, oh we all had a laugh about it
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
So long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
I gotta get back to where I belong
Long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
So long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
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Eyes Wide Open
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I'm a fortunate son of a fortunate son
Livin' large on the wrong side of town
Too many friends and the fun never ends
Drinkin' and hangin' around
I wanna own the world, wanna swallow it whole
At least I could kick it all down
I wanna kick it all down
Eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
I don't take the bus and I never walk too far
The furthest I got was my own backyard
With a fist full of cash that somebody else earned
Send me some more when it all got burned
I wanna take control, wanna make it all mine
At least I could kick it all down
I wanna kick it all down
Eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
Never ever ever
Never ever ever
Never ever ever
Never ever ever
I get what I want as I make up my mind
I'm turnin' you inside out
I wanna own the world, wanna swallow it whole
I think I'll just kick it all down
I wanna kick it all down
Eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
Eyes wide open (fades...)
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Disconnected
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I don't remember it doesn't ring a bell
And when you call me everything is swell
I tend to forget about the times we had
And now it doesn't matter 'cause I feel so sad
I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along, yeah.
We've paid the price and now we're both alone
And if you call me you'll find me home
I've found another someone to take your place
Now if you don't mind please get outta of my face
I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along, yeah.
Cause, I've been disconnected
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along
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Slave Girl
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Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know
I drag her around wherever I go
This little woman drives me insane
She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain
For sixteen years she's been hangin' around
Try'n' to bury me in a hole in the ground
Well I think it's time that I even the score
There's only room for one in this cage of yours
Don't save me when I startin' to drown
Don't use me when you don't want me around
Just be my slave girl 'cause that's all I need
So take a little step back to the stone age with me. Go!
Well I hear a strange noise as I lie in my bed
I feel a lotta water drippin' on my head
I look around tried to see through my hair
You left me alone, but do you think I care?
'Cause you moved me when I was takin' my time
You abused me when I'm outta line
You tried to warn me of the danger sign
So watch out! Go!
Well, you got me in the bondage of another age
You drive me to distraction in a primitive way
I can't control my instincts when I hear her say
"Just come around and see me if you lose your way"
So join my chain gang play along with me
I'll be your caveman, it's basic as can be
I'm not insane, man, I'm just outta my dream
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