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Maybelline
04:03
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She was born on a Leap Day
Fresh fried baby with a new name
Maybe she's born with it in her genes,
Maybe they called her Maybelline
Maybe's got a future in sales
(she) knows the ins and out of retail
knows we want what we don't got
a loving father or a new yacht
Maybe you can do it
Maybe you'll get through it
Maybe, get some sleep at night
You were entranced
with another advance
I was just another guy
and all I want
is to be like Maybelline.
Maybe's got this fresh, unique way
Of seeing everyone's unique traits
Even if you're nothing to no one
Maybe will think that your time has come
He was born in an armchair
steady diet of a dead stare
steadily dying while he sits there
and on the screen,
he sees Maybelline.
Maybe you can do it
Maybe you'll get through it
Maybe, get some sleep at night
You were entranced
with another advance
I was just another guy
and all I want
is to be like Maybelline.
Her hair was dressed in white
and her eyes were made of blue
But the facts remain
and the people stay the same
old habits die hard
and so will you
Maybe kicked it up in high gear
She lived and died herself, a Leap Year
extra time for cheap tears
a campaign promise for
some cheap beer.
Maybe you can do it
Maybe you'll get through it
Maybe, get some sleep at night
You were entranced
with another advance
I was just another guy
and all I want
Is to be like Maybelline,
I wanna be like Maybelline.
I wanna be like Maybelline.
I'll never be like Maybelline.
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2. |
Everybody's Bigger
03:45
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Everybody's bigger than I used to be.
Everybody's bigger, everybody's better.
The things that you tell yourself constantly.
Everybody's bigger, everybody's better.
When you make your bed,
do you sleep in it?
Or is the wisdom that sustains us just
the same that rearranges us?
You were in the yard,
with your tarot cards.
Does the past surround the future?
Is it stuck in a computer?
Everybody's bigger than I used to be.
Everybody's bigger, everybody's better.
The things that you tell yourself constantly.
Everybody's bigger, everybody's better.
But then I called your name,
from an empty stage.
There were mirrors on the ceiling,
but reflections hide the healing
I was a lonely car
on a dead end street.
The headlights in the valley show
I'm not the way you found me.
But I hope to be someday.
Everybody's bigger than I used to be.
Everybody's bigger, everybody's better.
The things that you tell yourself constantly.
Everybody's bigger, everybody's better.
Our Hero descends
on another weekend.
There's nowhere to go;
the screen beckons.
Everybody's bigger than I used to be.
Everybody's bigger, everybody's better.
The things that you tell yourself constantly.
Everybody's bigger, everybody's better.
But it's not that way.
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3. |
We Are All Pinecones
03:47
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I was cool, I was down
I drove my car to the edge of town
Where the grass never seems to die
It just shrivels up to stay alive
And you, you were there
Without a worry, without a care
You told me that the grass could be
A symbol of our frailty.
And I know
I know we are all just pinecones
On the trees and then the
Leaves start to fall
Then we will crawl
Where is the gardner
We loved as the father?
The carbon in air has
Superceded all affairs
They say the next 20 years
We could realize the terrors
The Self-driving cars
Will self-drive us to the bars
The robots will quietly
Lead us to the singularity
And I know
I know we are all just pinecones
On the trees and then the
Leaves start to fall
Then we will crawl
Where is the gardner
We loved as the father?
Maybe we could be
The ones the kids don’t blame for the pain.
And I know
I know we are all just pinecones
On the trees and then the
Leaves start to fall
Then we will crawl
Where is the gardner
We loved as the father?
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4. |
The Ladder
03:33
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The old, the new
don't get confused.
A story told in interludes.
Oh, who could know
to throw the book was fun?
I called you late
up on the phone.
It rang all night, no one's home.
Oh, please pick up
I can't stay all alone.
Because all I sing
are memories
of lives that never came to be.
I could've stayed.
I could've died.
I live in coulds,
don't live in tries.
I see the way, but I never get that far.
You and me
the dog makes three
a trifecta of lonely.
Oh, who could know
together could feel like one?
Because all I sing
are memories
of lives that never came to be.
I could've stayed.
I could've died.
I live in coulds,
don't live in tries.
I see the way, but I never get that far.
And in the end,
I know we'll die.
and get taken
up past the sky.
and if there's nothing
past the sky,
it'll be okay,
at least we tried.
We see the way, but we never get that far.
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Look at him.
He’s all put together
He’s washed his boots, he’s ready for the weather
rain or shine, whatever comes
look at him, he’s got his chores done
Look at him,
He’s the pride of the boardroom
when he laughs, the whole world swoons
see his graphs, chart his figures
the bars don’t lie, you know he’s a winner
Will I get what I want?
His only question
Will I get what I want
I really need it
Look at him, he’s a been such a good boy
You know, He’s got all the right toys
all he wants is someone to fight for
but don’t you know? There’s no fighting anymore
If you look a little bit harder
Then I think that you will see.
If you look a little bit harder
We can live completely
away from all of the futures
away from all of the screens
If you look a little bit harder
You will see
A life complete
Look at her, she’s got her nails done
I’ve heard that blondes have more fun
Can it be? Where’s the proof?
It’s hard to tell when everyone’s aloof
I’ve been to the other side
I know where the old fears lie
I know the bones in my hand
are the same as my father’s buried in La Grande
If you look a little bit harder
Then I think that you will see.
If you look a little bit harder
We can live completely
away from all of the futures
away from all of the screens
If you look a little bit harder
You will see
A life complete
Whoa, to never be in debt
but you do what you hate
for the rest of your life.
You dream all your dreams
and you tear at the seams
and underneath all the fluff
they don’t mean anything
Feel the sting
of a life without meaning
If you look a little bit harder
Then I think that you will see.
If you look a little bit harder
We can live completely
away from all of the futures
away from all of the screens
If you look a little bit harder
You will see
A life complete
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6. |
Serena Nights
04:21
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Another night in Serena ends
and I hold her sleeping head again.
Her raven hair is enough to show
That there are some things that no one knows
Like how can you find
The one who always takes the harder road?
Another night in Serena ends and
The dark dreams come again
But it's okay
This is the only way
Where do we go when the lights don't show?
You're alive to say
And my heart’s a sea
And you were there for me
What do you find your comfort in?
A rudder sinks, then swims
Another night in Serena ends
and I feel the winters deep descent
The door turns from red to green
And the coffin's turning turning
My false legs
On which I used to stand are gone
Another night and discussions end
with a note on the fridge that says:
It's okay
This is the only way
Where do we go when the lights don't show?
You're alive to say
And my heart’s a sea
And you were there for me
What do you find your comfort in?
A rudder sinks, then swims
These visions
They happen
Every week in passing.
The crust of
the Earth is
spanning both our lives.
It's okay
This is the only way
Where do we go when the lights don't show?
You're alive to say
And my heart’s a sea
And you were there for me
What do you find your comfort in?
A rudder sinks, then swims
It swims.
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7. |
When We First Met
03:16
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When we first met,
I would tell you
What was on my mind and
Where my body was too
And we wouldn’t use
Lots for parking
Just felt a spark and
Drive on through
But I don’t know where we’re going
The car’s not mine to drive
I can tell the wheels are rolling
I can tell my heart’s alive
And I don’t know what to tell you
I’ve been anxious this whole time
I can’t control my body
And I can’t control my mind
And now we find
It is harder
For us to charter
Trips through another view
And me, I zone out
I throw your name into the ground
And I still love you
Could you love me too?
But I don’t know where we’re going
The car’s not mine to drive
I can tell the wheels are rolling
I can tell my heart’s alive
And I don’t know what to tell you
I’ve been anxious this whole time
I can’t control my body
And I can’t control my mind
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