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Ghostboy
02:57
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mama says a ghostboy's hiding in the sheets
says he whispers all his secrets in her ear
daddy is a ragdoll tearing at the seams
saying 'what am i doing here'
and i'll be gone
is something wrong?
daddy tucks me in and then he stares at the wall
while mama's out there lying on the floor
i hear it in my pillow and i feel it in the sheets
but daddy says 'dont open the door'
and i'll be gone
is something wrong?
daddy i'm not playing
daddy i can't see
now you aren't speaking
don't leave me alone
i don't wanna go to sleep
used to be a hellhouse halfway down the street
where the rain would come and sweep her off her feet
daddy was a ragdoll tearing at the seams
but he never cried 'woe is me'
and now it's gone
there's nothing wrong
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Where It's Safe
03:55
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In the morning, no time to lose
Locked and steady, he knows what to do
Through the window and out the door
Perfect footsteps are coming to shatter the dawn
Hurry you
Have they told you the streets are paved with gold?
What they tell you could never mean more
And all the buses and all the trains
They will take you through the maze
Let me through
That way, they've got machine guns
We'll stay right here, where it's safe
I've got sunspots in my brain
Burning sunspots in my brain
Burning sunspots
Good morning
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Shine
02:49
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while you were keeping marks on everyone who broke down,
you held the calling card for fools, did you feel cool?
you needed reason to be better than everybody else
but it was you who made the rules
when did it start? when will it end?
you're never wrong, just as long as you're following
the latest trend
i saw you walking like the sheriff of a ghost town
where all your friends were made of wood, did they do you good?
how about you take a bow for breaking every whimpering vow
by acting tougher than you were?
it's not enough to wave their flag
so play your part, count your stars
and dissolve in what the rulebook says you should
for when the sun don't shine your way
and there's no one for you to blame
all the people that you bought and owned will no longer talk you up
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Whoever You Are
02:02
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although i can't explain the ways i'm empty
someday these days will be through
and though i know the ways i'm gonna miss them
i could stay another day with you, whoever you are
and now your head is sitting in nothing
you can say what you will but you know
you've fallen through and there's something that you're missing
you can do what you want to do, but you're reaching too far
got to go, do you know where to go?
got to go, do you know where to go
do you know?
no
although i can't explain the ways i'm empty
someday these days will be through
and though i know the ways i'm gonna miss them
i could stay another day with you, whoever you are
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Lie
02:22
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Took apart all you knew for the who-knows-where-you’ll-go
All you could see was your time being torn
Left to follow your reason, left to endure the storm
Everything that you knew was a lie
In your heart was an old thorn that tore deep into your core
How can I live and escape what I know?
All your marks have a reason; you bend forth from the show
Made for the day that your pain would be gone
All will fall when you can’t see another way
But you can say that you were just a lie
All will fall when you can’t see another way
But you can say that you were just a lie
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Steady Me Down
03:46
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oh won't you steady me,
steady me down
i look around and all i see is green
and the sun coming to stare me down
all i can hear is the roar of machinery
feel the tremor of an angry frown
won't you come to me and steady me down
oh won't you turn an ear,
turn it all around
you feel the ground underneath your feet
as the earth is one and stars are sounds
the grace at your heels has taken the liberty
to prepare me for a world unbound
won't you come to me and steady me down
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Things I Don't Remember
05:05
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all the things i don't remember, i remember not remembering
life's a fight that you surrendered, when you broke down on a bender
with an insecure contender, prepossessing moneylender
start a race but can you end her?
making sure not to remember it
and you know that i remember making sure not to remember
all the things i don't remember
now you're hanging from a cable, with your broken ultimatums
lovers left under the table, with the lies that you enable
people hope that you can save them, but you only hope to faze them
and you dulled down all your razors, and just put it all off for later
and you know that i remember making sure not to remember
all the things i don't remember
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