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White Noise
02:36
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Something had to give now we're never gonna get it back
We can put the pieces in their place we're always gonna see the cracks
A shell and a game and a bottom dollar bet
With a barker who'll take everything and not a penny less
A record for the times, well it's a shattered one at best
Will the future be the past 'cause we couldn't put the ghosts to rest?
Guitarist can you play a little music of the spheres?
'Cause I'm wrung out by this white noise that's been ringing in my ears
I can't help thinking that it's all we're ever gonna get
A nasty moon is on the rise before the sun has set
Regret for what's about to be but hasn't happened yet
I can't put it into words, do the Germans have a word for it?
You're looking at a picture from your traveling days
With open fields and open skies, so little was at stake
You might as well have taken it a hundred years ago
We like to get dressed up but there's no place for us to go
Pained in a corner now we're keeping our heads low
Will the future be the past 'cause the present didn't want to show?
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Sink Your Teeth
02:51
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Sink your teeth into a rhyme
String a pair along and then you've got a line
Sooner than you know there'll be a story there
When the fire starts it could go anywhere
Sink your teeth into a verse
Trying to decide what will or will not work
Giving it a shape, now it's in your head
Think about the fire now you've lost the thread
Sit down anywhere you like
At the counter you can stay all night
The shadows fall a little strange
The customers they never change
So sit down anywhere you please
The couple is a mystery
Together, alone, or something in between?
Sink your teeth into a rhyme
String a pair along and then you've got a line
Giving a shape, what you want to say
Think about the fire, now you've lost your way
Imagine you could say it all
With a child and a parasol
Every stroke a point of light
Every stroke exactly right
Reminding you when you once new
Shadows in the afternoon
The picture shows you what the world's come to
Sink your teeth into the page
Looking at the universe inside a cage
You know enough to throw away the tricks you've learned
When the fire starts you're gonna let it burn
Sink your teeth into a rhyme
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Slow Dance
01:51
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Naked eye, decisions seem to float right by
A slow advance
Everybody likes a slow dance
Opportunities are kicking down the door
Possibilities will keep you holding out for more
A perfect line goes in and out one ear
A perfect joke to dance around the fear
Fear of missing out
Perfect and pristine
Winning in a rout
Erase it all and make it clean
Fear of no control
Standing at the gate
Fear of being bold
And all we ever do is wait
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4. |
I Go to Sleep
03:04
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5. |
Now That I Have You
04:13
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Watch the money see where it goes
Watch the water see where it flows
You shouldn't have to talk that way
Watch the people empty their heads
Listen for what's left unsaid
You shouldn't have to play that game
They're asking you for twice as much
For something you can't even touch
You shouldn't have to wait in line
You shouldn't have to play both sides
For a silver apple
I waited so long I was about to give up
And now that I have you having isn't enough
Some friends I've make never were meant to keep
These dreams I've been having, well they're best left asleep
As it was
They gave me why but no because
As it was
They gave me why but no because
And now I confess
I've sucked the marrow, eaten all the flesh
And nothing was left
But what I wanted
Ashes and waste
The old excuse is that they'd do the same
And none could compare
To a silver apple
I waited so long I was about to give up
And now that I have you having isn't enough
Some friends I've make never were meant to keep
These dreams I've been having, well they're best left asleep
As it was
They gave me why but no because
As it was
They gave me why but no because
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Timothy Ward Esquire Raleigh, North Carolina
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