1. |
Open Heart Keep Me Safe
01:28
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2. |
Bad Vibrations
04:10
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Can you feel the bad vibrations
Stretching out across the nation?
Get your sunblock
and your armor
Pretty toxic
Getting stronger
I don’t know what you’re saying
You don’t know what I’m saying
I’m tired of explaining
You’re tired of explaining
This nowhere conversation
It’s causing bad vibrations
I want to party with nerdy thinkers
Michael Pollan, Steven Pinker
Fair and balanced
Invite the dumb ones
Wear your earplugs
It’s gonna be fun
I don’t know what you’re saying
You don’t know what I’m saying
I’m tired of explaining
You’re tired of explaining
This nowhere conversation
It’s causing bad vibrations
We had a good thing going
We had a good thing going
I don’t know what you’re saying
You don’t know what I’m saying
I’m tired of explaining
You’re tired of explaining
This nowhere conversation
It’s causing bad vibrations
Throw out expectations
Bad bad bad vibrations
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3. |
Never No
03:06
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Betty has a list growing in her head
Cities in the world she could like instead
She stacks 'em up, all the pros and cons
She been thinking so much, could’ve been long gone
But she can’t pull the trigger with no guarantee
She'll be waiting here forever if that's what she needs
You never know till you up and you just let go
Humming to a tune on a hammock swing
He's got beer in his belly and a Cracker Jack ring
She laughs at him like he’s Dave Chappelle
But he keeps second guessing how it’s gone so well
He should probably wait another year or two
Cuz everyone is telling him it’s way too soon
You never know till you up and you just let go
A simple song to spur you on…
A simple song…
You got a gut feeling that there’s more to life
Than waiting for the moment when luck will strike
You can try, you can try very best you can
But most of it, no, it ain’t in your hands
You can fly, you can fall in the open air
Only one way to find out if you dare
You never know till you up and you just let go
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La da di da dum
La da di da
We shall overcome
Isn’t living fun?
Isn’t living la da dee da
Walkin on fire
Walkin on fire
Don’t see anybody flinchin
Anybody flinchin
They just walkin on fire
Walkin on fire
They just focus on the mission
Focus on the mission cuz….
It only hurts if you let it hurt
It’s a choice, not a voodoo curse
It only hurts if you let it hurt
I’m trying not to let it but it hurts
Got a plan but it never works
I’m a man, can I say it hurts?
Goddamn I just wanna burst
I’m trying not to let it but it hurts
Bee bop mm bee bop bum
Bee bop mm bee bop
Pound that big ‘ol drum
Hold it together, son
Hold it together
It’s not over
We’re bending but not breaking
Bending but not breaking
Try to smile until you make it
Smile until you make it
Are you tired of complaining?
Tired of complaining I got myself in training
Got myself to saying that…
It only hurts if you let it hurt
It’s a choice, not a voodoo curse
It only hurts if you let it hurt
I’m trying not to let it but it hurts
Got a plan but it never works
I’m a man, can I say it hurts?
Goddamn I just wanna burst
I’m trying not to let it
But it gets so hard to shed it
Yeah, it hurts
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5. |
The Upside (Down)
03:05
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You gotta breathe
You gotta breathe
You gotta breathe out
It’s gonna be
It’s gonna be
Be better somehow
The energy
The energy
It’s what you put out
My honeybee
Sweet mon ami
Just let it go now
Looking on the upside
Looking on the upside (down)
You’re on a roll
You’re on a roll
Only when you’re loving
But you never know
No you never know
When it’s ever coming
Make a big mistake
One every day
It’s gonna happen
But you gotta keep
Positivity
Keep the people clapping
Looking on the upside
Looking on the upside (down)
Aren’t you tired of where you been?
It’s time you got a win
Looking on the upside
Looking on the upside (down)
Aren’t you tired of where you been?
It’s time you got a win
Looking on the upside
Looking on the upside (down)
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6. |
What the Hell
04:43
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Enter the world
Looking up to
Those here before
They know the rules
It all makes sense
When you are young
When adults have control
The children have fun
But those who seem grown
Well, they never grew up
They appear to have moved
But only are stuck
Was all a mirage
Now it’s a mess
When those leading the way
They only guess
Does anyone know
What the hell they’re doing?
Does anyone know
What the hell they’re doing?
I want to improve
To better my craft
I watch videos
I join a class
The teacher she leads
With a personal touch
But what works for her
For me not so much
Does anyone know
What the hell they’re doing?
Emerson wrote
The crowd separates
For the person who knows
Their purpose and way
Something like that
I just paraphrase
The gist of it is
If you’re real or you’re fake
Just do it your way
Do it your way
Do it your way
Do it your way
Cuz nobody knows
What the hell they’re doing
Nobody knows
What the hell they’re doing
Nobody knows
Hold on to what you know is true
The rest of it is no use to you
Only I can know what the hell I am doing
What the hell I am doing
I alone
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7. |
Shine
04:41
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In my house I have a desk
On the desk a pile of notes
On the notes are promises
Promises and desperate hopes
I hope I learn the lesson soon
If you have to write it all down
It isn’t worth remembering
It's a little piece of truth that I’ve found
Found a warm and fuzzy girl
The girl was down for lifting me up
I should have been agreeable
But having fun it can be tough
When you can’t forget yourself
You can’t get outside your web of needs
I am a pretty hopeless case
But I still believe
I can’t keep my head screwed on tight
I replay regret at night, oh my
I still want to make things right
I still want a chance to shine
Met a guy who volunteers
Teaches writing Saturday nights
Invited me to come along
I said I really think I might
And I swear I meant it all
But I put it off a bit too long
If I ever saw the guy
I think I’d break into a full speed run
I want to run a hundred miles
But I’ve yet to run just one
My head gets all the exercise
So much it almost turns me dumb
I can’t believe how late it is
Maybe I should call it quits
But really what else would I do?
I think this is it
I can’t keep my head screwed on tight
I replay regret at night, oh my
I still want to make things right
I still want a chance to shine
Since I was a little one
Something big was mixing in me
The need to set myself apart
And the fear it never would be
Now I walk with headphones on
I never hear the caged bird sing
Table tennis dialogue
With all the many versions of me
Want to be someone else
Want to be someone new
A little less worrisome
Maybe someone just like you
Want to make lemonade
Some days are just too hard to take
I want to be okay
I can’t keep my head screwed on tight
I replay regret at night, oh my
I still want to make things right
I still want a chance to shine
Shine
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8. |
Eagle Eye
04:20
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Nothing gets by you
Where the facts are concerned
You love to pick a fight
With someone who should learn
You make them look stupid
But now it’s your turn
It’s getting kinda lonely
Always being right
Maybe make some room
For a little surprise
If you want to get close
You gotta compromise
Eagle eye
Turn away tonight
Your mind’s not right
Let your heart be your guide
Eagle eye
Everything is perfect
Perfect on paper
But nothing ever goes
Like it does on paper
I know you like to see it
It makes you feel safer
But the world’s gone dark
It’s time to be braver
Eagle eye
Turn away tonight
Your mind’s not right
Let your heart be your guide
Eagle eye
It’s getting kinda lonely
Always being right
Maybe make some room
For a little surprise
Maybe make some room
Maybe make some room
For a little surprise
A little surprise
A little surprise
Eagle eye
Turn away tonight
Your mind’s not right
Let your heart be your guide
Eagle eye
Turn away tonight
Eagle eye
A little surprise
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9. |
Leave
04:27
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If you have to leave
Make it quick and clean
I don't open my heart
For just anybody
If you have to go
I want you to know
You will never break free
From the memory of me
Started with a bang
No pun intended
Had me rearranged
My arms extended
I was under a spell
Your magic was new
So hard to see
Right in front of you
In the everyday
We began to sputter
We forgot to talk
Were silent lovers
Even that got old
All good things do
Now I'm waving my hands
Right in front of you
If you have to leave
Make it quick and clean
I don't open my heart
For just anybody
If you have to go
I want you to know
You will never break free
From the memory of me
I’m pretty sure I hide
The baddest temper
And it only gets worst
Middle of November
When the days are short
And the nights are blue
So hard to know
What's right in front of you
Stop sneaking a peek
In the neighbors garden
Cuz whatever you see
Is just a pretty mirage
Love is very sharp
It'll cut right through
Can't you feel the scars
Running over you?
If you have to leave
Make it quick and clean
I don't open my heart
For just anybody
If you have to go
I want you to know
You will never break free
From the memory of me
Now I'm wasting my breath
For such a meaningless fight
Cuz I’m not even sure
If anyone can be right
I just want to fend off
The terror and the gloom
That will take your place
When you leave the room
What's done is done
Better now than later
Even childhood friends
Turn into traitors
Gather up your faith
For what you can't prove
Never pay no mind
To what's in front of you
I could you pick you apart
Make a list of errors
Try to land your friends
Fill your life with terror
Rather disappear
Start something new
So you will miss
What was in front of you
What did you think
Would really happen?
Break into a cheer?
Start wild clapping?
Read all about it
Here's the breaking news
I'm the only person
Still here for you
I'm fine, I'm fine
I'm barely shaking
Don't worry about me
I have awakened
Everything you said
Is the bitter truth
Everything you said
I should have said to you
If you have to leave
Make it quick and clean
I don't open my heart
For just anybody
If you have to go
I want you to know
You will never break free
From the memory of me
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10. |
Raging Bull
04:05
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Darling
I’m feeling blue
Not sure
I should be telling you
Darling
I’m feeling blue
Not sure
I should be telling you
Been one too many times
Where I nearly lost my mind
Now I don’t wanna say
Something to make you not wanna stay
But I know I gotta trust you
Or I lose you either way
You've got your
Hands pretty full
Now here I come
Like a raging bull
I see a lack of steadiness
is making you sick
Try to pretend it’s not me
But we both know it is
Been one too many times
Where I nearly lost my mind
Now I don’t wanna say
Something to make you not wanna stay
But I know I gotta trust you
Or I lose you either way
Darling
I’m feeling blue
Not sure
I should be telling you
You've got your
Hands pretty full
Now here I come
Like a raging bull
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11. |
Have At It
06:20
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You got both arms full
But it’s still not enough
You have all of their love
But still you don’t trust
Why not have at it?
While you still have it?
Can you learn how to freeze
While the world races forth?
Can you learn how to laugh
Without asking what for?
Why not have at it?
While you still have it?
Time to put all your hurt away
It won’t be far if you need it some day
We both know that you hate cliches
But sometimes they’re the truest things to say
Why not have at it?
While you still have it?
An open heart will keep me safe
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