1. |
Mouse-pusher
03:08
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I do not worry about the drama
It seems a little overblown to me
It's not like when national trauma
Set up in number nine on Downing Street
I know it seems a little cold
Cold
I do not have any strong feelings
About the latest on identity
This kind of fuss is unappealing
Since the specifics are unclear to me
I know it seems a little cold
Maybe it's got to do with who we are
Maybe by signing out I've gone too far
But I will take a chance, though it might seem
A little cold
Cold
I've gone for cover in big swathes of slate
Dressed in my category, a reprobate
The way you would expect, though it might seem
A little cold
Cold
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2. |
No take, only throw
03:12
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They and I are not alike
They've got it easier, their names are like halos
They are gentry, I'm low life
And now I wonder how they make all that shale flow
I'm jealous
Who will know when I die
You surely won't see my name in the papers
Why complain when I get by
At least down here I cannot fall out of favour
There's something comfortable
About not trying to be a giant
It isn't worth the trouble
Not worth the trouble, no
I just want my kids to love me
But I'm fine with mere respect
Don't mind staying below the heavens
As long as I'm above contempt
I just want my kids to love me (I just want my kids to love me)
But I'm fine with mere respect (But I'm fine with mere respect)
Don't mind staying below the heavens (Don't mind staying below the heavens)
As long as I'm above contempt (As long as I'm above contempt)
There's something comfortable
About not trying to be a giant
It isn't worth the trouble
Not worth the trouble, no
When they place us side by side
Try as I might, it takes me back to dreaming
Oh, yeah
There's something comfortable
About not trying to be a giant
It isn't worth the trouble
Not worth the trouble, no
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3. |
Trouble is ...
03:50
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I know, I can tell, you haven't had it very easy
'cause the irony police is close on your heels
Disquotation makes you flinch, so
This stanza isn't serious, though you don't know how good it would feel
That's where we left it
That's where we left each other
That's where we left it
That's where we left each other
That thing you just said, it sounded so familiar
You're done with the close-ups, they're just not your style
Remember when we zoomed in, faces made of ceresin, and weaknesses held under seal
'cause the fallout would get awkward, so we never let it get real
That's where we left it
That's where we left each other
That's where we left it
That's where we left each other
Kiss me goodnight
And then be gone
I wanna be screaming and flaring like feral fireworks
So, I'm gonna do it all over
That's where we left it
That's where we left each other
That's where we left it
That's where we left each other
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4. |
Ritual abeyance
04:06
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I'll drive my nostrils bloody
'cause I wanna be somebody
I wanna be somebody to love
I strive for picture-perfect
But is it ever worth it
When the best is never good enough?
When you're touching the sky and you're pushed to go higher
Do you feel the pressure pulling you under?
It's in my demographic
To slash through heavy traffic
And haul the reindeer home come evening
Yeah, I was born to win
Bullets bouncing off my skin
But there's a crown for only one king
When you're touching the sky and you're pushed to go higher
Do you feel the pressure pulling you under?
One step away, and then I'm pretty liminal
Which will it be, mogul or petty criminal?
Will I see my name writ large in an obituary?
I'll be too far gone to savour all that empathy
Rise with the sun at five
Sixteen hours on the grind
Nobody said it would be easy
When you're touching the sky and you're pushed to go higher
Do you feel the pressure pulling you under?
When you're flying so high that your wings are on fire
Do you feel the pressure pulling you under?
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5. |
New dusk
03:02
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Once again, you were gone from here
Poured it in, then you disappeared
Chipped your teeth in a predictable brawl
They don't matter to you anymore
One night to lose your mind
And then wake up away
From all you know, but it’s fine
‘cause tomorrow’s another day
Sunshine burning through the sheets
Screaming match ringing in the streets
Blood spinning like a fairground ride
In the end, you'll be out there again
One night to lose your mind
And then wake up away
From all you know, but it’s fine
‘cause tomorrow’s another day
One night to lose your mind
And then wake up away
From all you know, but it’s fine
‘cause tomorrow’s another day
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