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The Price
02:39
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Who really knows these days?
Tally ho, and anchors aweigh
Counting backwards from five
I could stall, but for how long?
It all feels inevitable
What a joy to be alive
Does it feel the way
it ought to feel? Are you OK?
The price we pay
You'd be mortified
to know I know
and I know it all.
Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow
feels so horrible
I agree it's a drag.
Does it feel the way
it ought to feel? Are you OK?
The price we pay
Decadence, decay
All the good eaten away
The price we pay
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2. |
Mt. Fog
03:41
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Let's climb Mt. Fog it's a beautiful day now
But this goddamn sunshine is burning my eyes out
And I'm not afraid of the dark anymore
Let's climb Mt. Fog it's a beautiful day now
But this goddamn sunshine is burning my eyes out
So let's go where we know everything is gonna be all right
So I've got nothing left to do
And I've got nothing left to prove
How'd you know?
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3. |
Behind Closed Doors
04:09
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Space
you're kinda fixated on this
could never get the taste out of it
could never see very far
This is the place
even though it never seemed clear
could never find a way out of here
could never see who you are
and all your life has been behind closed doors
you never need to be afraid any more
when you turn into a shot in the dark
chances are you're gonna miss your mark
So uptight
you wish away each slice of life
cuz even if the price ain't right
the coast is clear
Hey, tonight
oh, I hate tonight
maybe cuz I can't breathe right
and the end is near
And all your life has been behind closed doors
You never need to be afraid any more
When you turn into a shot in the dark
Chances are you're gonna miss your mark
and they're gonna take the big top down
and they're gonna take the big top down
and they're gonna want to push you around
keep your nose close to the ground
Take a stand
close a fortune cookie in your hand
cuz everything will go just as you planned
like it's written in the sky
You're in a trance
you're a victim of circumstance
worthy of a second glance
and humble pie
And all your life has been behind closed doors
You never need to be afraid any more
When you turn into a shot in the dark
Chances are you're gonna miss your mark
Miss your mark
I don't want to be the one who waits
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4. |
The Other Way
03:04
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We're wasting our substance with riotous living
When the world goes to work and your eyes are still spinning
Can't find sunglasses dark enough for this town
Just look around
And you want it to be one way
It's the other way
All people on the sidewalk, people in cars
And the cold light of reason are the fading little stars
Getting after it, with hammer and tongs
And the pillars of the church are held up by songs
You want it to be one way
it's the other way
A Pyrrhic victory, a loss in disguise
it's an open secret of obvious lies
Now I'll be off to sunnier climes
But I only go out at night
You want it to be one way
it's the other way
Psychic isolation
Words can't describe
But you - you were wearing the white flower of the blameless life
You want it to be one way
It's the other way
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5. |
Flames and Waves
03:56
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Scan the tree lines search the bay
How'd you hit me from half a mile away?
You don't see rainbows every day
I see a orangey glow a half a mile away
Ooh, the flames are raging now
Soon, the waves will put them out
You're always smiling
Pretending not to know
how every grain of sand eventually falls below
Ooh, the flames are raging now
Soon, the waves will put them out
We're friends with no-one, we play our violins all the time
addressing scars, the wounds you don't wash with iodine
we're smooth, we're cool, we're paying off our debts
you became The One, but no one has told you yet . . . no one's told us yet
Shade my eyes from the sight,
I'm not disassociating, I'm alright
They offered to bring us too
Should we have gone?
All the sepia-toned people are dead and gone
Ooh, the flames are raging now
Soon, the waves will put them out
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Sitting at the table with your eyes closed
Consuming all the news that's fit to be disclosed
They built a wall around you
Letting nature run its course
Do you ever feel like you are broken?
What's it like to realize you've awoken?
Pull all the shades down
Letting nature run its course
Let's burn this motherfucker to the ground
And let nature run its course
Do you ever feel like you are broken? (Fell off the wall)
What's it like to realize you've awoken? (To nothing at all)
I'm angry all the time.
Frightened all the time
1st thought is super sane
2nd thought: covfefe brain
3rd thought: avoid all pain
last thought: run away
We've all got our confessions to make
Suit yourself, I'm not a goddamn liar any more
I talked myself out of it
I can see you're still alive
Red with indignation
Yellow streak down your back
Feeding off our aggravation
Let nature run its course
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7. |
The Modern World
02:51
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Running downtown to the supermarket
You gotta make way for the coupon army
Turnaround jump shot made in traffic
Easily executing every transaction
10 and 2 you got your hand on the wheel
Got a hand full of cards and it's time to deal
I can stand in line for over an hour
And never lose faith in my fellow consumer
Hey Hey
Something close to nothing in the modern world
Sometimes you stop and you try to make sense
Of the sign in the hand of the man in the tent
Adjust your seat for maximum comfort
Consider your options for a carefree retirement
And sometimes the light shines right in your face
Lower the visor and you try to escape
The snapshot flash our eyes connected
Broke away fast new target selected
Hey Hey
Something close to nothing in the modern world
An armchair tournament and you were triumphant
A tour of the neighborhood around the circumference
I'm always on the lookout for a female companion
And maybe next summer we can hit the Grand Canyon
And making it home is only half of the battle
A 4 o'clock drink and a 5 o'clock shadow
Maybe you'll walk before we all feel awful
Break away fast new target selected
Hey Hey
Something close to nothing in the modern world
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8. |
Fades In The Sun
03:46
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You know the sounds in between the pauses?
Vile things only dogs can hear
Everything fades in the sun
Everything floats til it hits the bottom
We can put our fingers to our lips
But you will clasp your hands over your ears
Everything fades in the sun
Everything floats til it hits the bottom
Do you think you've got the guts
to choose between the trap and the saw?
He was half finished with his story when he realized
No one was listening at all
Everything fades in the sun
Everything floats til it hits the bottom
Every hour of every day, everybody, everything
floats away
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9. |
Gone
03:16
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We used to believe in secretive schemes
And a virulent summer
We got cars without gas and flags at half mast
And ain't life a bummer
Can I see you tonight I need you tonight and I ain't no runner
So I clicked on your page, hey, we're the same age,
But you were a goner
You were gone
Long gone
And your face on my phone won't leave me alone
At our graduation
But the lines on your face and the size of my waist
That blissed out vacation
You were gone
Long gone
Gone
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10. |
Inside The House
03:36
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Picture me and you
In a well lit room
Wearing the black clothing
Of impending doom
Everything we hear is just an opinion
We're up in arms
We're up against it
We are under a cloud of undetermined origin
Everything we hear is just an opinion
Everything we see is just a perspective
The call is coming from inside the house
It's time to get out
Picture me and you
in a darkened room
Everything we feel is just a sensation
Everything we know, imagination
The call is coming from inside the house
It's time to get out
I don't mind
You don't have to stay
I live like this
Every day
We're up in arms
We are immune
We are hope despite the times, shaking through
Everything we do has already been done
and everything we say has been said by someone
The call is coming from inside the house
C'mon let's get out
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Patsy Decline Providence, Rhode Island
Patsy Decline materialized from the mist of musical experimentation and enlightenment, propelled by Wm. Gorman (vocals, guitar), the lyrical alchemist: Ray Memery (vocals, lead guitar), a virtuoso of aural abstraction; George Sullivan (bass), the sonic sculptor; and Jack McKenna (drums), the rhythmic enigma. ... more
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