1. |
Shade
02:51
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Face to face in the maze
Strange not to be afraid
And just high
Underneath the crane
As sunlight
Tries to catch the shade
Place to place, day to day
Change in the same old way
That’s just time
Time spent in the maze
As sunlight
Tries to catch the shade
You, you’ll be fine
That can wait
Put that aside in the shade
Shade
Shade
Shade
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2. |
Antidote
03:57
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Well I was slipping
Through the city
Nothing with me
Spun my head ‘round
Breathed it in
And it was something like an antidote
The people shining
As they’re climbing
Silver linings
Spun my head ‘round
Breathed them in
And it was something bright
But I can’t get here sometimes
Well I was slipping
At the table
We were stable
Spun your head round
Breathed it in
And it was something light
But I can’t get here sometimes
No I can’t get clear to shine
And it was something like an antidote
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3. |
Gleam
02:34
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There’s the gleam
That I need
In the grime
Of the night
Hurry now, you’re late
There’s the gleam
Cold and clean
Right on time
Get in line
Hurry now, you’re late
It’s coming
Hurry now, that closing door’s still open
Here’s hoping
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4. |
Warmer
03:44
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Took my place
Down the parade
Lept off the lean
I’d been on
Since I got green
Climbed on down the
Two sided things
Some days bring
Haywire morning
Wayside’s never been warmer
Warmer
Made my way
Lay where you lay
Set in the scene
Joy’s on stage
Dread’s in the wings
Thicket mind’s
Slowly clearing
As they sing
As they sing
Haywire morning
Wayside’s never been warmer
Haywire morning
Wayside’s never been warmer
Warmer
Never been warmer
Warmer
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5. |
Big Air
03:26
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Sinking’s just fine
Now I know the lake
I can’t feel nobody else
I can’t feel no pain
I got big air
Flew and landed strange
Now even though the noise is gone
Still the echo stays
Sunshine on your face
In this goldmine
The blue of the flame
I can’t hear nobody out
I can’t feel no shame
I got big air
Flew and landed strange
Now even though the noise is gone
Still the echo stays
Sunshine on your face
Grab some while you wait
I got big air
Flew and landed strange
Now even though the noise is gone
Still the echo stays
Sunshine on your face
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6. |
Tightropes
03:02
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Lost a sea bird
To a sea mist
I kept driving
Now you’re carsick
Found an old friend
In a new low
Hung our whole hearts
On the same pole
All fine in time
It’s a big past
I can’t find me
But I’ve found you
In that black sea
Where we burnt down
And you looked up
With our whole hearts
In the same cup
All fine in time
Lost a sea bird
To a sea mist
I kept driving
Now you’re carsick
Some will shatter
Me I’ll melt slow
In this circus
On this tightrope
All fine in time
In time
All fine in time
All fine in time
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7. |
In the Red
03:39
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Few smiles stick out at me
Like the one in your bag
Dim lights lit up the scene
Where the record was set
Life’s just chasing your mind
‘Round the body you get
Time spent
‘Til we’re all
‘Til we’re all in the red
First time you had all night
I had nothing to say
Days passed
And some got caught on the way
Life’s just chasing your mind
With the body you get
Time spent
‘Til we’re all
‘Til we’re all in the red
‘Til we’re all
‘Til we’re all in the red
Feels like
Feels like
Seems like heaven to me
Feels like
Feels like
Seems like heaven to me
Feels like
Feels like
Seems like heaven to me
Feels like
Feels like
Seems like heaven to me
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8. |
Hand in Hand
02:59
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Way down within
I felt it win
Big pale moon was up and hanging
Off a sunbeam rail
We would watch the city squirming
Wrapped in winter’s tail
Way out with you
I split in two
Half of me was right there finally
Thawing at the core
Half of me was outside lying
On a sunless porch
And now you wave
I turn the page
Cut through the waste
You lead the way
When twisted kites fly in the night
I let them sway
And now you wave
I clean the slate
Cut through the waste
You lead the way
Two twisted kites
Fly in the night
Hand in hand in hand in hand in
Hand
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9. |
Cut the Ribbon
03:56
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Back to back and side to side
The houses full up on the rise
A three car crash up on the pass
An open sea of glass and I was home
Clinging to the coast
I put my ear up to the shell
Heard brighter tolls from older bells
I cut the ribbon, reeled them in
Sat back and let them win
And now I know
Exactly who I owe
Back to back and side to side
The houses on the rise
Back to back and side to side
The houses full up on the rise
I cut the ribbon, let it win
Sat back and reeled it in
And now I see
Why it ain’t for me
Back to back and side to side
The houses on the rise
Everybody knows
It’s sinking in slowly here
Everybody knows
It’s sinking in slowly here
All day
Sinking in slowly here
All day
Sinking in slowly here
All day
Sinking in slowly here
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10. |
Teeth
02:20
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Blue sky’s in a black case
No one’s left to chase
Us teeth in the wide smile of the cold plain
Now I’m in the game
Heading out of frame
You chimed up as I strayed
Deciding to wait
Big sky like the wildfire that I can’t tame
Now we’re in the game
Circling the drain
Now I’m in the game
Biting down again
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11. |
The Crater
02:31
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I swing
Swing all day
Test my chain
‘Til it breaks
And I land in a well
With the only love I’ve felt
I rust
Turn to dust
Stretch my trust
Just enough
In the crater where you fell
With the only lie I tell
I swing
In the crater
In the crater where you fell
With the only lie I tell
I swing
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12. |
Spiel
05:22
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I was starting to fray
Strange clouds up on the bay
Big gold sun stuck in clay
Wind came, blew it away
Now that time and that place
They’re the shapes that I trace
Guess some waves never break
Guess some waves never break
Guess that’s what I weigh
I was starting to fray
Strange clouds up on the bay
Big gold sun stuck in clay
Wind came, blew you away
Guess that’s what I weigh
Guess that’s why I wait here
Big gold sun was stuck in clay
Big gold sun was stuck in clay
Sorry for the spiel
I just wanna feel real
Sorry for the spiel
I just wanna feel real
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