1. |
Intro: Dog Heaven
02:44
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Intro: Dog Heaven
Towers of boxes
Bottles and ashes
Of dead pets and high hopes
I know that you find it distasteful
You reject the notion
That there is a special place we all go when we die
But Dog Heaven is real, and it’s beautiful!
I’ve seen it in my dreams at night
Everybody says so
Wishes are just little ghosts
Floating and rising into the empty sky
You don’t have to worry my friend
It’s not the end
There’s no such thing as time
Just keep on believing
There has to be meaning!
When you’re gone you’re not gone
you’ve simply closed
your
eyes
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2. |
End Of Daze
04:28
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End of Daze
What’s your problem?
Is it so bad you have to
Run run away
Run away as fast as you can?
You’re already so gone
Gone
A stranger’s eyes have found a home inside your
Weary head.
Deep inside you the city burns
I don’t know what it is about this place
That everybody seems to be fine
Just killing time until the end of days
Sleep to forget
Sleep to dream about anything
Anything at all
Sleep will save you
From all the monsters that await your waking
Like the executioner awaits the gavel’s fall
What’s your problem?
Is it so bad you have to
Lock lock yourself away in your dreams?
Count your heartbeats
As long as you’re inside this cage
You will never truly know
What it is to be free
Just keep on believing
There has to be meaning
When you’re gone you’re not gone
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3. |
Any1 But U
02:33
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Any1 But U
Our house is a mess
And I don’t sleep at night
But I love you the best
Even when the money’s tight
Who am I to question
Seasonal depression?
Let’s get some rest
We’ve been worrying an ass-ton
I’ve got a band
And one day we’ll hit the big time
You’re gonna write
The novel that defines
This generation
Kerouac and Chrissy Hynde
But until then
We’ll find a way to
Get high
I wouldn’t want to spend my life with
Anyone but you
You’ll never need
To rescue me
Like a knight in shining armor
You understand
That I am
My own hero and savior
If we fight
It’s side-by-side
To ensure maximum destruction
You’re the only one
Who’s ever been able
To endure
Cohabitation
My life wouldn’t be half as fun
With anyone but you
And I probably did it wrong
I’ve never written a love song
For anyone but you
Our house is a mess
And I don’t give a shit
I love you the best
And I don’t care who knows it
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4. |
Panic Pt. 2
03:55
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Panic Pt 2
Last night I dreamt I was alive
I tried to hide
But they all could see
They all could say
Today I found that I am found
Among the ashes of
The life I was living
Broken and bleeding
I took my chances on a lark
Thought I was ready to embark
On a journey
Nothing could hurt me
Besides who needs a reason
When you’re lost at sea
When you’re up a tree
When you know they all can see
Being uninvolved is such a drag
Spend my time just fighting back
And listening to you
And wishing for something to do
I’m so bored I can’t stand it
The ship is going down
But I can’t abandon it
The ship is going down
But this is no time to quit
The water’s freezing cold
But I can hardly feel it
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5. |
Ravenous High
03:33
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6. |
Relativity
02:55
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Relativity
Peeling my face off
And putting it back on the
Shelf where it belongs
Until the next time
Feeling the spaces
Between my organs filling
Up with dark matter
From my collapsed star
Your love is fleeting
A sugar high
It gets me by
When I’m fiending
And brings me relief
The more that you feed me
The more this supermassive
Black hole inside me
Grows out of control
A prison in my own head
Gluing my face on
So smooth and plastic
To conceal imperfections
Lying within
Do you think the universe
Requires validation
To confirm
Its own existence?
Celestial bodies
A figment of collective
Imagination
A vision so strange
Oh, what a burden
Carrying the weight of
God and Creation
In our human brains
A prison of our own design
The faces we hide behind
But space and time see with human eyes
Peeling my face off What do you see, what do
And gluing my face on You see, What do you see
God and Creation What do you see, do you see
Oh what a burden! Do you?
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7. |
Let Them Eat Cake
04:12
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Let Them Eat Cake
I’m trying as hard as I know I can
To avoid making plans
But this grind is a raw deal
And I’m caving in
I’m being crushed by this
Box that I’ve
Put myself
In
Stumble through to the next midnight special
Push past the threshold
Of what’s right
And what’s in
Ain’t it a good time
To wait in line, my friend?
Trying to
Hold onto
Where it ends
And where you begin
What’s on the other side
For the factory workers with cigarette wives?
The dyed-in-the-wool sleepwalkers dying inside
Their daytime lives?
Watching the news till my eyes wanna bleed
Can’t escape the machine
It’s a war, it’s a massacre, it’s a disease
But it’s fine
It’s all fine
Pour the wine
Won’t you pass the cake please?
Here’s to the morning light
And the drifters who didn’t wake their sleeping wives
The mothers of babies and junkies
Who didn’t sleep again
Last night
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8. |
Bra Song
03:09
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Bra Song
I don’t wanna wear a bra
Ah ah la la la la la la
I don’t wanna wear a bra
Ah ah la la la la la la
I don’t wanna wear a bra
Ah ah la la la la la
Anymore
And if people laugh at me
I’ll tell them to go to hell
They are not the boss of me
And they can worry about themselves
I’m not trying to hold your hand
Or tell you what to do
But come to think of it, too
I don’t wanna shave my le-
Le le le le le le le le le legs
I don’t wanna shave my le-
Le le le le le le le le le legs
I don’t wanna shave my
Le le le le le le le le le le le legs
Anymore
And if people stare at me
I’ll tell them to go to hell
They are not the boss of me
And they can worry about themselves
I’m not trying to take a stand
By telling you what to do
Cuz you’re the boss of you
And you should do what you want
To do do do do do do do do
You should do whatever you want
To do do do do do
Because you know
You are the boss of you
And only you
Women in our society are
Fighting a war
Reproductive scrutiny
And as low as 55 cents to every dollar!
And people think that feminists are prudes
Or bloodthirsty man-hating whores
Well
One thing I know for sure
Is your appearance doesn’t dictate who you are
So remember that it’s your call
And next time you go to the mall
Don’t buy a bra
Ah ah la la la la la!
Cuz you don’t have to wear a bra
Ah ah la la la la la la!
But if you want to you should totally wear a
Bra ah ah la la la la la!
Do what you wanna do
Cuz you’re the boss of you
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9. |
Not So Pretty
06:04
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Not So Pretty
Feeling not so pretty in the middle of the night
I’ve got a glass of wine and a fluorescent light
I’ve got a fridge full of leftovers, feelings and spite
I’ve got a bottle to my left and its contents to my right
And there’s a morning fast approaching
In which the real life lies
But my body isn’t tired
And my brain is stirring fry
And my hands are talking nonsense
As my face becomes my eyes
I don’t know if I will make it
I don’t know if I’ll survive
Woe, it’s swell
Woe, might as well
Woe
They say if you look forward
You can’t see what’s behind
But I’ve been staring at the sun so long
It’s making me blind
Spend my witching hours
Searching the walls for a sign
But my dreamcatchers are empty
And my voodoo dolls resigned
And there’s a morning fast approaching
On the coattails of the night
I’ve got one foot in tomorrow
As the birds begin to cry
And there’s blood all over everything
And I’m sure it isn’t mine!
The night is to the daytime
As hello is to goodbye
Woe, hear the church bells
Woe, hear them swell
Woe
Magic potions don’t come cheap Buy a song and pay with sleep
Buy a song and pay with sleep Magic potions don’t come cheap
Pray the lord my soul to keep Pray the lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
It’s because I didn’t brake
Woe, goddammit
Woe, goddammit
Woe, goddammit
Woe
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10. |
Best Friend Blues
02:33
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Best Friend Blues
All of my friends keep on breaking their own hearts
Breaking their backs
And breaking apart
Forsaking what’s left of
Whatever they’ve got
All of my friends keep on breaking their own hearts
So come on and lean on me
I’ll bear the weight
And should the burden
And stomach the ache
I’ll take the fall so you can take flight
Come on and lean on me
I’ll bear the slight
No nothing’s required
Hey what are friends for?
And when I’m eating dust
In your spot on the floor
Don’t bother to help
I’ll be fine I’m sure
All of my friends keep on breaking their own hearts
And when it’s over
Going back for more
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