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Masterful
04:55
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When I was assembling my language
I smudged some symbols with my hand
It's still masterful at some things
Like bleeding ink on the page
Or getting the last word in every time.
If you don't communicate too well
You might be better off with someone else
I will only obfuscate the truth
I will only leave some scraps for you
That's enough to leave anyone confused
When I was preparing to leave high and dry
I discovered I control the water lines
They're still masterful for some things
Like keeping ships out of port
and shipwrecking my own last resort.
If you won't communicate, oh well
I've never been one for the soft sell
I will obfuscate the proof
In scraps of testimonial for you
See what bit of good that would do.
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2. |
Sweat It Out
03:04
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Trial by fire
I'm at the end of my wick
I'm all used up
And if the parts
That I wanted to keep safe burn
I've had enough
Tired, I've been tired
But this is no way to sweat it out
Made this mistake before
Burned myself and not the evidence down
And if the parts
that I wanted to burn won't
I've had enough
Tired, I've been tired
But this is no way to sweat it out
I wasn't left out here unaided
I've got a map that I can't read
And better lines could be drawn
And better songs could be sung
But not by me
Tired, I've been tired
But this is no way to sweat it out
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This is my first night
Moonlight as a walking stick
so forgive me if I start to break
In the moments you are frail
I will try my best to be
More than just a mirror
You were not enough
To stop our bulky baskets
From falling in the river
I was not enough
To stop our lazy futures
From ticking away inside our heads.
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Indiscriminate
01:36
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Not enough to last in perpetuity
I thought it was
Now I know it's not the last
Until it's time for time to pass.
There's a sea change coming!
I've been indiscriminate
But when it comes right down to it
I know that I know my role
And I will one day have to finish it.
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5. |
Cowards
02:32
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I don't wanna be part of the problem
I want to do as little as possible
I don't wanna be part of the problem
I am not that strong
I've got a penchant for misleading
Hey, could you take this grain of salt?
I've got an idea
Let's go out and be cowards
I've got a penchant for not listening
Hey, could you please repeat yourself?
I've got an idea
Let's go out and be cowards
I don't wanna do part of the bleeding
You can hold on to my tourniquet
I don't wanna do part of the bleeding
I can't stand the sight
I've got a penchant for misleading
Hey, could you take this grain of salt?
I've got an idea
Let's go out and be cowards
I've got a penchant for not listening
Hey, could you please repeat yourself?
I've got an idea
Let's go out and be cowards
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6. |
Awful
02:12
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Didn't expect it to be effortless
All the time but I've gotta have a break soon
Didn't know if I was even part of the equation
Because I'm not known for my thinking ahead
Didn't know if I would feel welcome
And I guess I still don't
But that could be any number of things
That I know I don't know
I'm already making excuses
For things that won't happen
Mostly awful at directions,
I won't go where I am told
I was only an accidental part of this
So I don't know if anyone is sticking around
To see if there is anything inside of me
That is even actually worth figuring
out
Mostly awful at directions,
I won't go where I am told
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7. |
Rustlers
02:40
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8. |
Doppelganger
03:50
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Just like me
Tribulations tossed at my feet
Unfortunately I was drawn here
I wouldn't double for a body
From the way that mine's been done
And I wouldn't tell anybody
If the wolves have room to run
Just like you
Strung me up for something I'm supposed to do
Unfortunately I was drawn and quartered here
I wouldn't double for a body
From the way that mine's been done
And I wouldn't tell anybody
If the wolves have room to run
And if I seem put through my paces
Know that my bare feet
Have doubled the path between here and fate
And accepted their defeat.
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Blank-faced millennial, always a part of it
Scare quotes starving, scare quotes artist
Salt-soaked in the new age
Pit-stained Joy Division shit on my ribcage
Never an apology
From the brazen part of me that's hard on me that's harboring
Synapses shouting "ghost town"
Gotta get it before it's gone now
Excise the rough sides
Born making moves in the dark
I got a tough hide
And from a single look at me
You can reconstruct how it's supposed to be
I used to think that the skin of my teeth
Was enough room to get by
I would believe in almost anything
If it would take my time
But not a day goes by
I won't waste my words
I'll just sing another dirge for you
I'll indulge in my own tragedy
Through and through
(I won't tamper with the situation
I'll just make my leave)
I used to think that the skin of my teeth
Was enough room to get by
I would believe in almost anything
If it would take my time
But not a day goes by
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10. |
Warships
04:19
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The warships are headed home
With nothing in their keep
And all I've got to show
Are these weary arms
And the blood of my enemies
The voice of someone I know
That I carry like a bible
Echoes in my head
And it threatens to fall out
It says "son, from where you are
You are never that far
You're always a bad week away from a drought"
Like that is something that I could figure out.
The warships are headed home
Beleaguered from the trip
And worse than I've ever know
Are the poisons I've brought along with them
The voice of someone I know
Because I recognize my idols
Rattles in my head
And it finally falls out
It says "son, from where you are
You are never that far
You're a warship away from a broke man."
Like I would stop it now that I can.
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