1. |
Playland
02:01
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sleep by the ocean
the clouds won’t settle down
skies under my feet
I’ll rest easy now
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2. |
Water Sprinklers
02:33
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I’ve been waiting on the porch
I lost track of time
Did you run off or lose your way?
or have you moved on?
It’s been hard to breathe
and my chest is hurting bad
because the trees refuse to grow
the clouds won’t settle down
until they see you coming back
and I’ve been worried sick
At first I start to wonder why I’m feeling this way
and then at once it’s clear that you’ve runaway
and I realize that I’m stuck in this place
and you have moved on
you have moved on
how could you move on?
i can’t move on
You have moved on
You have moved on
You have moved on
I can’t move on
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3. |
Koi Pond
03:33
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Koi Pond, I’m staring at your insides
aquamarine and the death of a beauty
Koi Pond, this is what you’ve shown me
a fish in the lake and a tragic ending
and so it goes
it isn’t something that i would go out of my way for
i just need a few drinks to get loose
oh the night has fallen in isolation
and so it goes
Koi Pond, we’re falling underwater
conversation is the start of a drowning
Koi Pond, I’m looking past the surface
and I ask myself “could I ever get out of here?”
and so it goes
it isn’t something that i would go out of my way for
i just need a few drinks to get loose
oh the night has fallen in isolation
and so it goes
and so it goes
it isn’t something that i would go out of my way for
i just need a few drinks to get loose
oh the night has fallen in isolation
and so it goes
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4. |
Misfit Alley
04:49
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You, you’re the enemy: controlling air I breathe, instilling fear into my heart in the still of night
It’s the only thing I feel
but I love the way you walk when your body talks
and it’s telling me that I want you more than ever before
I’ll take what you give me, I’ll savor everything
I know I go crazy when I see her, but she satisfies me
Oh, can you tell that I crave for the lovely sensation!
Magic Man had the sleight of hand to catch my heart in a trance, oh would you dance with me?
Would you dance, dance, dance with me in Misfit Alley?
Promenade, serenade to this endless song of death!
Here is the truth: she’s just not into you!
She’s the only one I love
Here is the truth: she’s just not into you!
It’s the only thing I feel
Here is the truth: she’s just not into you!
I’m broken inside, there’s nothing to hide!
Here is the truth: she’s just not into you!
Obsessed I confess: I’m a mess because of her!
I know I go crazy when I see her, but she satisfies me
Oh, can you tell that I crave for the lovely sensation!
Magic Man had the sleight of hand to catch my heart in a trance, oh would you dance with me?
Would you dance, dance, dance with me in Misfit Alley?
Promenade, serenade to this endless song of death!
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5. |
Bedside Poetry
03:00
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Lost inside the Playland once again...
In this dream,
The forest wind brushed my face at night
I woke up with more than I could understand
The space in between each respiration
was more than I could handle
The vindictive hand touched the water and turned it black, the leaves fell to decay
She said “You must bring them back! Give life back to us!”
but the deed is done, don’t battle this authority
I’ve already won
“You’ve taken all that I had
the beauty of my life will never return!
I know because I’ve watched this happen before!”
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6. |
Rover Shore
03:48
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Everyone comes from somewhere
At this point, we’re strangers
I wanted to meet you ‘cause
something screamed interesting and personable too,
Your image was clear to me
Maybe some courage would push me to stand up
and find out if we were alike in thinking
We talked of our childhood
We slept in the living room
We walked in the rain
and sang under our umbrella
even though it was only meant for one single person
I fell in love with you and your presence did satisfy
but something went wrong and then nothing felt right
you let go of the handle
and ran somewhere else
none of it made sense
oh, it wasn’t so clear
and since then I’ve waited for your image to walk by
since then I’ve waited through autumn and winter
since then I’ve shivered through everything cold
since then our umbrella broke free from our hold
I’ve been showered in decay beneath watered down leaves
my friend, you’re unaffected and unfazed?
I wanted us to go back home, but you had wandered away
Oh, I’ve reached out to you! Yes, I believed we were close
so tell me, what else would my thinking consider?
I found you at the shoreline, I’ve been looking for years
For someone who never existed outside my brain
I never left Rover Shore
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7. |
Emerald
03:40
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Who am I?
“unrecognizable.”
and I’ve been so estranged from my rage
but I’ll spend some time with you
because i know you’ve been lonely
and I still feel love
Speak up when I look at you,
you know i’m standing here
so quietly
with this company in my head
the one that I’ve confided all my secrets to
I’ve put my trust in everything you do
and yet I’m scared of you right now
could you tell from my face?
Here we are
in this room
with guilt on my hands
I fucking blame myself again
Do you think that I am proud of what I am and what I've done
Who are you?
“unrecognizable.”
and I've been so estranged from your rage
I can’t spend my time with you
even though you’ve been lonely
because I don’t feel love
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8. |
Julianna
03:38
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and I’ve been listening to the stereo
as the rain falls down my window
and I think there’s something I can say to liberate us from this wreckage
oh, don’t be so naive we’re always
stuck like this forever because the truth is
the art can’t express how we feel
and I don’t know what to sing for you
‘cause I’ve been so out of touch with you
the art can’t express how we feel
the art can’t express how we feel
and I don’t know what to sing for you
‘cause I’ve been so out of touch with you
the art can’t express how we feel
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9. |
Red Lover
02:41
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Red Lover!
I saw you go around the corner without you knowing that I stood out in the cold to escape your eyes, your atmosphere
this discomfort.
The silence that exudes this conversation is enough to show that I don’t understand a single thing about your thinking, so...
Poison me.
Sleep by the ocean
The clouds won’t settle down
Skies under my feet
I’ll rest easy now
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