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Settler's Song
03:43
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Oh the times are hard and the wages low!
Brother, where you gone to?
I'm gone to make mistakes tonight.
Don't do nothin' that I would do!
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On the isle of loneliness and isolation
I bring forth a brand new nation
So far from home and old relations
This last resort is no vacation
I set sail and seal my fate
A sailor in need of a first mate
At the sight of land I will let my guard down
I've got nothing to lose and nothing to gain
OK, good enough
It's only forever
I guess I'm settling
And it's better than nothing
I'll take you and me over marooning out at sea
For the glory of the throne
I want someone to call my own
I'll scorch the earth and mark my home now
Dying by the sword is dying alone
I used to have great expectations
I accept this life of damnation
One of strained and loveless relations
Settling for you is no vacation
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2. |
Old Fashioned
04:07
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There was one night, 40 drinks ago
I remembered our song, how it used to go
I feel happy again
I won't play this time
I didn't think I'd like you too sweet
But too sour
After 10 old fashioneds, you're not a bad idea
The morning after, I regretted you
But with my decision, I stuck through
Somehow managing to feel again
I didn't think I'd like you too sweet
But too sour
After 10 old fashioneds, you're not a bad idea
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3. |
Estella
03:42
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A young man raised against his will
Taught to learn to love someone so chill
He looks her in the eyes
Expectations on decline
A pit in his stomach when he realized
He loved her against reason, against promise, against peace
Against hope, against happiness
Against all discouragement that could be
To love is to compromise
This was just a web of lies
Spun by the queen of toxicity
Pip, you're a young man
You've got lots going for you
I know you can help it
We wanna see it through
This was just the final straw
He was gonna leave it all
The pain he once thought he knew
And he said:
I love her against reason, against promise, against peace
Against hope, against happiness
Against all discouragement that could be
I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace
Against hope, against happiness
Against all discouragement that could be expected of me
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4. |
Field of Blue
03:43
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Sprawled out in a field of grass
Watching the sky and the clouds as they overpass
Thousands come and go everyday
Do we fixate or let them blow away?
There are two stances to take
Above or below, unconscious states
Looking down on it all for a change
What a relief, only for a day
I only sleep just to dream
When I'm awake I wanna be
I just want to exist with you
In our little field of blue
Minds race at a mile a minute
On and on but I won't win
There's no point and there's no use
In being unaware and bored and uninspired
You'd fit so well among the stars
The brightest body to my mind's eye
Am I wasting time too late?
If I'm too soon then I can wait
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5. |
Today
03:20
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Today while walking through the park
I found out how to break your heart
The crunching leaves beneath my feet
Trudging through the winter's heat
The songs of birds filled the air
Dreaming of you and your silken hair
Today I found where I went wrong
I was flying with you but singing a song
The tree we planted once bore fruit
Winter held it and turned me against you
As branches fell, so did the leaves
The ones that once helped me breathe
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6. |
Heartless
04:01
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I have such envy when lives work out like they're on TV
And I'm going gentle into yet another night
You can ask how a day went, as pointless as it may seem
It's quite apparent that I'm in need of repair
When did I become so numb?
Stagnant time, you have won
I'm so careless, so selfish, so heartless
Dancing in darkness shouldn't leave strings attached
That's why here only I can let myself down
The only way I know I'm getting home is when I go alone
I want to believe that this is a bout with bad sleep
If it can't be a dream, then oh, what a cruel reality!
When did I become so numb?
Stagnant time, you have won
I'm so careless, so selfish, so heartless
Dancing in darkness shouldn't leave strings attached
Only I can let myself down
I'm so careless, so selfish, so heartless
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7. |
Day Job
03:01
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I've got this movie in my mind that I shot and directed
I thought I was the start 'til my scenes got deleted
I'm just a face in the crowd, pretty soon I'll go missing
Don't go looking for me
I'm in the wrong scene, I'm on the wrong stage
Not on your big screens, how disappointing
The people said I was a terrible actor
So I won't quit my day job
I tried to do as the Romans but it was all Greek to me
When I feel so small I keep on shrinking
We can drown our sorrows in cheap beer and whiskey
There'll be hell to pay
Public humiliation
Reputations don't even mean a thing
Kick me out your door
I was planning on leaving anyway
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Havisham
06:06
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This was never about her
This was always about you
The pain endured through torture
A girl trained to destroy you
Old white dress, an untrue ring
You gave Estella the chance
To treat him to an untrue fling
Which ending will this one be?
Do you think he you'll let him free
Havisham, what's wrong with you
You can't teach an old book new tricks
No matter how hard you try
She just wants to get her fix
Just to watch you crumble down and cry
Is this the timeless classic that Estella didn't read?
It sure feels like a repeat of some Dickens history
Pick up a book
Learn to read
That's what set me free
That's what Ms. Havisham expected of me
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Sunshine
03:54
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You are my sunshine and I think I'm goin' blind
Had my eye on you for far too long
Rain's on its way to wash my hopes away
My sight is gone and it's time I move along
Well I guess I couldn't see all the space between you and me
This night is getting longer and it looks like I'm a goner
I'm shoving off and it's time I move along
I'm trading all my blues away for a sky painted black and grey
These colors won't mean a thing if your sunbeams never shine on me
I guess I couldn't see all the space between you and me
If there's no light soon, I can howl at paper moon
Don't you take my sunshine away from me
Now I'm only getting sadder as my pupils are getting blacker
You took my sunshine away from me
Oh you took my sunshine away from me
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