1. |
Eye Captain
04:28
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Eye Captain
I work all day
I beg for change
I pay and pay
I’m burning toast
I’m cooking bacon naked
My brain is eggs
It’s dusted off from the attic and in the basement
I kept and saved it
Give me swagger give me soul
Tell me that it’s rock and roll
If you didn’t before than now you know
I fling my shit
Sinks' full ‘o dishes
I sin and lick my fingers
We are the same
We worship Satan
and all creation
we are at odds
we worship God
I’ll bet his head is shaking
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2. |
Can You See?
05:02
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Can You See?
Wet like water
Dry like ice
Cold as shoulders can be
Bothered hot
Outta the inside
In the shadows
In the dark
Can’t quite make the shapes out
What they’re up to
What they are
Hard to focus
Hard to say
One went one direction
Another way
Any moment now
The flare should find
Whatever was or wasn’t there or otherwise
Can you see?
With this light
It’s like waking from a bad dream
Close your eyes
Oh so tight
And you’re living off your last dime
Crystal vision
X-ray eyes
Bulbs fluorescent buzzing
Overexposed
Over the line
When it dances
And cascades
All the colours flooding
Everywhere
And every shade
And as it flashes
It shines so bright
What’s been dying
Comes to life again
Any moment now
The flair should find
Whatever was or wasn’t there or otherwise
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3. |
I Am A Builder
04:46
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I Am A Builder
I build with my hands
I’m ready to start
I work with tempered tools and so I’m using my heart
I’m framing a home
The base is cement
I’ll need a concrete plan and so I’m using my head
Yeah
(chorus)
I am a builder and I will build you up
When at time s our own lives will be under construction
We are pillars
The strongest of structures
We are all builders
And our work is not done here
To carry a load
I’m making it easier
I’m watching my back and so I lift with my knees yeah
The sites’ a success
When no materials’ wasted
If put through inspection
Anything that I’m faced with won’t crack my foundation
(chorus)
Layers upon layers are stacked on top of one another
They will not fall
They will not topple
From the smallest shack
To the highest tower
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4. |
Show And Tell
03:41
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Show and Tell
I thought I had it backwards
I turned myself around
And pulled myself together
And turned it inside-out
If only now
If only now….
I should have seen it coming
Can’t say that I was shocked
They said they saw me running
Before I hit the rocks
What would you do now?
If I have things to be told then tell me
If you think I’ve things to see then show me
I am listening here my eyes are open
Show and tell me
I wobble and I wonder
Who pays for all my sins?
My knees they knock together
I’m talking to my limbs
Don’t fail me now
Legs don’t fail me now
To finish what I started
I’ll finish when I’m done
We’ll settle on the payment
And settle on the sum
What would you do now?
If I have things to be told then tell me
If you think I’ve things to see then show me
I’m am listening here my eyes are open
Show and tell me
Caught me on my back foot
Done my homework
Like a long-lost friend
Finally and I see it
So help me now
Or I’ll do it again
I’ve felt it
I’ve held it Inside my hand
Vitamin e and aloe won’t help me now
I can hardly wait to give my heart a break
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5. |
Break Up Break Down
03:58
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BREAK UP BREAK DOWN
You were before but now you’re not so sure
Because what you thought is not what you want anymore
Bridges were blown up and the sirens sounded
We tripped the alarm and started the break up break down
Maybe to you the truth was a hard sell
But it’s got me confused
Is it still a lie when you’re lying to yourself?
When the wires were crossed the signal started breaking up
And the message was lost communication broke down
But you talk with your hands a string and a can
To cut through all the static and snow
But when the word gets through you thought you knew
But know you know
If you never talk you’ll never start breaking the skin
When your lips are locked
I aint talkin’ ‘bout kissin’
And you never spoke the words right outta your mouth
To get what you both need
So you can figure yourself out
So hungry but you’ve lost your appetite
And you don’t wanna eat no
Because you know what it tastes like
Thought I dialed the number right
As if that was all it took
Oh but you’ll never get through when the phone is off the hook
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6. |
Half/Whole
03:42
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7. |
Trophy Lives
04:40
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Trophy Lives
In the morning in the evening and the afternoon
On a park bench at the office in the bedroom
Taking shits and talking business talking on the phone
Pushing carts they live in boxes and in warm homes
In the city, in the country and the in between
In a galaxy
Paying taxes, stuck in traffic stuck in a groove
Taking breaks then back to workplaces back to school
Lives carry on
And I can be found living some of them
Where are they now?
Some will give in and some will try
Put their feet up and break their spines
Taking and giving and living trophy lives
BBQ - ing buying new shoes watch the news
Selling vacuums, soccer practice, eating a meal
Sleeping dreaming keeping secrets keeping it real
Lives carry on
And I can be found living some of them
Where are they now?
Some will give in in and some will try
Put their feet up and break their spine
They've got theirs and I've got mine
Participating and living trophy lives
There's a light on in my house
and it fills the rooms the windows too
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And if it burns out I change the bulb
It's good as new!
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8. |
I Know You Know
04:27
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9. |
The Knife And The Needle
04:10
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10. |
Engage The Core
04:35
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Engage The Core
So you've found the source now find the center
Then press down and hit enter
Engage the core
Make it so
With isolated muscles working
You'll see results if you feel the burn
And the sets and the reps and the sweat drips wet
but it's worth it
And it's not working out and you're not ready
You try and pick up the pace but the weights too heavy
So sore your energy stores are strained drained and empty
Your condition says t resist this training
but you push through cause it's a good kind of pain
You're gonna feel it tomorrow and even more the next day
Then it's back for more to engage the core
And I wish you the best yeah I wish you luck
As you squish through the shit and you swim in the muck
You can get dirty quick but you sure clean up nice
Cause it suits your style for so many reasons
That lived-in look is in this season
And you wear it out so you can wear it in
You rush to the stores and you don't mind the tags
Restock the shelves cause they fly off the racks
And you didn't before but know you just gotta have 'em
Then it's back for more to engage the core
Every time I see it go down
Sure enough it comes around again
Even when I think it's through what does it do? A little more
Every time I see it around
Lo and behold it let's me know
Everything has a way of coming around
So it's back to the start after the finish
It's all happened before and this'll happen again
We've reached the end and so it begins...
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11. |
And Ever On
04:15
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And ever on
In the night
In the cold cold night
The river runs
But the rivers’ wide
And on the bank
Along abandoned shores
The river ran
But not any more
And the memories seem to stick around
Like a doormat that’s worn it’s welcome out
And the melody stays inside your head
When the song it’s from has already ended
And you can try to hold up the seting sun
But it’ll burn your hands
It can’t be done
And if it’s not yours to hold
Don’t cling so tight to it
You gotta let it go
And let dead dogs lie
And the memories seem to stick around
Like a visitor who’s worn his welcome out
And the melody plays on and on
Till you can’t recall what song it’s from
In the light
In the soft warm light
It overflows and the waters’ nice
And on the bank of newly discovered shores
The river ran
But not anymore
And the memories that you’re making now
Are the ones you won’t soon forget about
And they’ll hang around as long as you let ‘em last
(bridge)
In the night in the cold cold night
The river runs but the rivers’ wide
When fairs’ not fair and it doesn’t seem right
You know it’s never wrong to endeavor on
What’s done is done
And ever on
And ever on
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