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Light From the Moon
01:43
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I am sitting on a cloud
Staring at the moon
Hoping my luck won't run out
All that soon
Watching the world go by
Letting my chances fly
I am sitting on a cloud
Staring at the moon
Wondering where I ought to be
Come with me
See if my life will lead me there
That mythical place without a care
I am sitting on a cloud
Watching my fate fly
I am sitting on a cloud
Casting to the sky
Watching them shout out loud
As I sit on a cloud
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Manthem
05:03
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Like
01:29
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Superplex
03:59
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Life is a blur
When do I relax
I am so sure
But when will I come back?
You are the law
You are my king
You are my god
You're everything
And on this Tuesday at 6:03
It's just me
Northern light
Fill my soul
Northern light
You are the one I adore
Northern light
Come apart
Northern light
Like midnight moon, you fill my dark
Smoking like a diplomat
Looking like James Dean
Walking around the Superplex
Looking kinda mean
Talking like an astronaut
Pointing to the stars
Cruising around the parking lot
Driving your new car
Hey there Mr. Rain
I don't know about you
You haven't been buying much from the shop
And you've been talking like a fool
I'll remember you if you remember me
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Just Bloom
03:57
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Ain’t it funny when you try so hard
and everything you have goes up in flames?
It’s like a nightmare or a house of cards
It wakes you up or knocks you down and you’re sweating all the same
Better get used to the road
Maybe use this time to grow
Just bloom, just me
No room in my family
Just bloom far from the tree
My doom is my destiny
I’m too unique to them
I’ll just bloom
Ain’t it funny when the rain pours down
Suddenly your tears all go away
It’s not a lesson that deserves a crown
Or one that makes the sky less grey or turns this night to day
Better get used to the rain
Maybe use this time to change
Just bloom, just me
No room in my family
Just bloom far from the tree
My doom is my destiny
I’m too unique to them
I’ll just bloom
No matter what, no matter when
You said you’d stand behind me
Now I’ve lost my way again
Sister come and find me
Just bloom, just me
No room in my family
Just bloom far from the tree
My doom is my destiny
I’m too unique to them
I’ll just bloom
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If ever I could dream again
I'd need a time to learn
The perfect song of nightingales
To play with your return
I wasn't lonely
But I wasn't free
Until the chance came
That I could see you again
If even just a sight
A glimpse I've lacked too many years
And countless empty nights
I've shared my room
I've tried to move on
But I can't dream when you're gone
If ever I could dream again
I'd need a time to plan
The perfect string of words to say
Become the perfect man
I'd take your hand
You'd feel warm and whole
But then I would wake
Alone in the cold
And that's why I choose not to dream anymore
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7. |
Tell Me Why I'm Wrong
03:02
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Listen to me if you can
You'll only get lies from a man
The story you hear is really nothing
That is like the truth
Listen to me my friend
It all will work out in the end
You will be told lies
But do not despise the person you're listening to
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Just listen close
I'm not in the ghost of you
You
Listen to me if you please
Sometimes you are down on your knees
It may seem wrong but just sing along
It'll all work out for you
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Just listen close
I'm not in the ghost of you
You
Ooh
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Will you tell me why I'm wrong?
Just listen close
I'm not in the ghost of you
If I was then I'd probably break right through
Now there is nothing that you can do
And I don't really care
No I do not care
No I do not care
No I do not care
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If you have heard each passing song
I've been singing all along
Then listen as I sing
I do it for you
If you listened to the chords
Maybe you would hear the words
The words I couldn't say
To your face
And if you really wanted
You could learn to fly
And if you really wanted
You could give it a try
Spread your wings and fly, love
Spread your wings and fly away from me
It's okay by me
I want you to go
A better life awaits away from me
If you go then tell me
What is springtime like down there?
If you really loved me
You would know how much I cared
Spread your wings and fly like a bird
You're the only one I've heard
Tell me that you'll miss me so
You must go but mustn't go
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
And if when I try to hear you
No one sings
I will have to find you
I'll spread my wings
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9. |
Summer's End Blues
08:10
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We’re no longer the basement dwellers
We deluded ourselves to be
We’ve long since exited our cellars
And dragged our domdaniel deity
We’re not a secret club, we’re just telling lies
Hold my hand — these aren’t golden skies
When memes mummify
it’s time to change or time to die
Castigate bandwagoners, form an elite
Cringe at their hats as cats croon and compete
We chose our scapegoat to abuse
We lost our “cool” when we got conceit
From the summer’s end blues
A girl’s comin’ to the stable
She’s the first of her kind
(Give her a new label
Examine her from all sides)
We see her weak and emotional so our mystique is devotion for
Our unwritten bible of hypocritical laws
Agents of change may respond to articles of abuse
But won’t repaint our violet hues (or our silence, or our flaws)
If she must (and she will) join our pack
Don’t just cringe and turn your back
Act under guise of equine news
We disguise holes as little cracks
With the summer’s end blues
We didn’t set out with a mission, we blindly fell into this game
And nothing could stop us rolling on
We didn’t have any plans or vision, we gathered moss, garnered fame
And then we did a con
And then came two, and then came five
we’d never felt so alive
’til that night in Vegas — the day the sun died
They ran off to Tijuana
With their money to hide
But we launched an inquest all for free
Paid back the staff at Doubletree
Sure we thought we paid our dues
Is this now where we want to be?
It’s the summer’s end blues
Pink dominated discussions
Forest burned from a spark
You started seeing more news of abuse
Than talk of plots or story arc
A cause so loud you couldn’t hide
Broke our laws, full-split divide
No matter what hand you play you lose
We made a young girl want to die
I say we, that’s you and I
We all helped tighten up her noose
Did we learn nothing about friends?
Is the guise so broke it bends?
We all mined and consumed our muse
But there’s no letters left to send
With the summer’s end blues
Hold my hand, I just want to fly
Hold my hand, I just want to hide
Our memes are mummified
Our memes have mummified
It’s time to change or time to die
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10. |
Better
04:12
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You're doing so well
Not missing my smell
As far as I can tell
Your shits not that bad
I hope that I badgered you
To react to
Madness inside you
So that something better
Better better better comes through
Better better better better make do
Like a cloven kid
I dance on your bridge
When Shane does the bit
That makes Ryan cry
It's not the pain
Its the surprise
I live in fear
That you'll come back
Dressed in black
A knife
Two predator eyes
Better better better plan a good heist
Yeah it happens
Yeah it happens
Yeah it happens all the time
Girls like me hit
Something tragic
And it's like we never died
I would kill for
A bit of magic
If it meant a better life
Yeah I had it
Yeah I had it
But six seconds it rewinds
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Maya Angelou
01:26
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You were an accidental kind of friend
But someone that i could trust
Don't give into those condescending thoughts
They're given to divorce
Maya Angelou
Sitting outside of Newark museum
On a November afternoon
The day after the 2008 election
The city had went to June
Maya Angelou
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Northern California
03:43
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I wanna live in northern California
I wanna live with no one but myself
I'll get no phone, I'll get no address
I wanna be with no one but myself
Yeah I was feeling like a plague dog
With that bandage on my head
I tried to get you out of my thoughts
But there was nothing that I could do
I'm just dying for attention, yeah
You drive me home from the mall
I think I'll go have myself a drink
Or just don't drive home at all
We used to be like Terror Twilight
But now we're less than Pacific Trim
Give it a Day helped me back up
But it was nothing compared to... yeah.
I wanna live in northern California
I wanna be with someone but myself
I'll be with you, I'll be with someone
I wanna be with someone but myself
Yeah
I'm just dying for attention, yeah
You drive me home from the mall
I think I'll go have myself a drink
Or just don't drive home at all
I wanna live in northern California
I wanna live with someone but myself
I'll be with you, I'll be with someone
I wanna be with someone but myself
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Empty bliss
You dream of thoughts and memories
Some will wed and some will kiss
But some stay trapped in memories
I sent invitations
Everyone will be there
Why do we keep meeting up like this?
You’re perfect again!
I wanted to show you
I could be like you
Maybe you would see
My empty bliss
I dream of thoughts and memories
Some will wed and some will kiss
But I will live in memories
The Lord is my shepherd
I shall not want
He makes me lie down in green pastures
He leads me beside still waters
He restores my soul
He leads me in right paths for his name's sake
Even though I walk through the darkest valley
I fear no evil for you are with me
Gone amiss
Find comfort in your memories
Some will grow a mask that fits
But some stay locked in memories
Empty bliss
Dreams of fading memories
It’s surely fine to reminisce
But some get lost in memories
You said you’d always be here for me
You promised
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Jeff Burgess Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Jeff Burgess is a musical chameleon, and a pretty talented one at that…overflowing with fun and energy and a pure, raw confidence.” - Margaret Welsh, Pittsburgh City Paper
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