1. |
Catch My Drift
01:45
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I used to roll 'em up and stare at my own reflection
I put down the smoke and mirrors, got a new direction
And while I wonder if I'm needing to explain my shift
Right now I'm waiting till you catch my drift
Don't wanna water down my feelings or bend my facts
I want my songs to be as cultured as Henrietta Lacks
Cause everybody's trying to make me be a perfect fit
But I’m still waiting till you catch my drift
*solo*
So sit back and let the sounds of these machinations
Rearrange your inner life to make a new creation
Cause everybody’s trying to make me be a perfect fit
But I’m still waiting till you catch my drift
Yeah I’m still waiting till you catch my drift
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2. |
Oh, Fransisco!
03:20
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Four months and seventeen days
Since the grand reveal of Francisco the Great
And while showcases promise that wonder awaits
He wonders if now is the time
Criss-crossing lavender stripes
Match the flip of his cape to the flare of the lights
But the vanishing act he’s performing tonight
Is one trick that they’ve never seen
Oh, Fransisco!
Where did this go
That you missed the mark on me?
Your illusions
Just confusion
That nobody seems to see
Kids watch with weight in their breath
As the conjuring cryptic comes up from the depths
Bridging the gap between life and his death
Every step that he takes
Quiet and anxious they wait
To discover the mood of the magic man's fate
But now that he realizes it’s much too late
Opens his mouth for a plea
“I have no escape
I have no one else to escape from”
His shameful eyes look away
Awaiting the boos of his viewers’ dismay
He can’t see what they've allowed him to say
And how it allowed them to live
So on the dais of his life
His fanfaring act was a wonder alright
Standing ovations and off with the lights
A night filled with magic again
Oh, Fransisco!
Where did this go
That you missed the mark on me?
Your illusions
Just confusion
That nobody seems to see
Oh Fransisco
Did you not know
The mystique of fallacy?
That illusions
Are confusions
That nobody needs to see
I have no escape
I could not even escape if I wanted
I have no escape
I have no one else to escape from
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3. |
Send in the Clowns
04:00
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4. |
Backseat Ride
02:37
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Driving round outta town taking in all you can feel now
Windows down hear the sound rolling off everything real loud
Power of the air
Running through your hair
Coloring everything coming in over a big cloud
Nowhere to hide
Taking in the world on a backseat ride
Come again bring a friend, have some fun, run to the shoreline
Taking in medicine of the sun under the warm shine
Battle every wave
Get back what you gave
Pelicans coming in fill the sky making it feel fine
Friends by your side
Taking in the world on a backseat ride
*solo*
Nowhere to hide
Taking in the world on a backseat ride
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5. |
Don't You Get Tired?
03:10
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Don't you get tired?
Of making it a fight
Of pitting them versus you
Of always being right
Just who appointed you the spokesman of this moralist brigade
And what a shame that all this time you don't get tired
Don't you get tired?
I know that we do
Of having to defend
Our inner thoughts to you
Since when did tolerance for difference disqualify the sane
But all the same when all this time you don't get tired
How do you think we’ll sing along?
If you can’t negotiate the words to your own song
How do you think we’ll sing along?
The chorus is just us
The chorus is just us
Don’t you get tired?
Of forwarding the plot
Of filtering the facts
From everything you’re not
And did you really think that we would stop believing in our god
What a facade that all this time you don’t get tired
We’re all going down the same path
Chasing stars collecting stones
And you only make it harder
Pretending you’re alone
*solo*
Can't you hear us sing along?
Shouting out for all to hear the word to our new song
Can't you hear us sing along?
The chorus is just us, the chorus is just us
The chorus is just us, the chorus is just us
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6. |
Caroline
03:26
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There was a time
When words were still free
When I could be sure
That they came from me
Filling papers with these things that shaped her
Chasing a life
That I couldn’t see
Falling in line
To follow a dream
Indicating what I thought was waiting
Each day
Hoping to play
The song for Caroline
Now that I feel
Every note
See all the lies
Hear all the tropes
I'm obeying these things that you're saying
Toeing the line
Of thoughts that I know
Forcing the sign
Making a show
I’m still dealing with these things I'm feeling
Close my eyes
Feel the world
Pass me by
Every time
That I try
To sing for Caroline
Now that I know
The touch of your skin
Smell of your clothes
Smile that still
Lingers forever, now more than ever
I can just feel
The wind in the air
Cut through the the trees
Run through my hair
When you take me, shape and erase me
Breathe out
The story about
A girl named Caroline
One for the road
One left untold
One for Carolina
One for Caroline
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7. |
Quicksand
04:19
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She's a rover and a pleaser
Says she knows you when she meets you
Shifts her shape to match the void you want her to fill
Breaks you down with misdirection
Builds it back at her discretion
Decorates your world without a thought of your will
That girl is quicksand
She’s got her tricks and
She’ll draw you into her spell
So here’s your warning
That when it’s morning
She’ll drop the saccharine shell
Feel the colors pull you nearer
Catch you in the funhouse mirror
Stretch you out to fill the mold you never did cast
What’s her name you don’t remember
Is it May is it December
What mementos disappeared again from your past
She’s before you with the lights out
As she infiltrates your hideout
Weaving with the fabric of the night
A dreamcatcher pulled tight
And as she climbs upon the table
Shaking loudly, so unstable
You cry out for someone else to see
The man you used to be
That girl is quicksand
She’s got her tricks and
She’ll draw you into her spell
So heed my warning
And when it’s morning
Get out, away from your hell
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8. |
I Could Fly
02:02
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I could fly if you just saw my wings
I could try if you just let me sing
Come away, come away to your dreams
(x2)
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9. |
Rectangle Mind
03:39
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Crystalline connection
Lying nested, undetected
As your images projected
Into form
How I reach the other side
Just traveling along the guide
Is something I don’t know
But still perform
For you and your rectangle mind
Sheet of glass to fill the height
Arrest the shape, refract the light
To change the distant flight
From me to you
Look into the glass and see
The shadows you have left on me
Retracing all the details
That you drew
Sure that I understand
Sure that you’re misunderstanding
Are you sure you’re comfortable
Inside this box around the world
Just magnifying lighting
Into fact
Could you look outside and see
Another life for you and me
Reflect across your dream
And not come back
(I could fly if you just saw my wings
I could try if you just let me sing)
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10. |
Wrong Shade of Blue
03:19
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She sits in the back
Grasping the bags she is carrying
Still bearing the weight
Of everyone pointing and staring
One stop till she’s there
She’ll wash out her hair
Clean out the trace of the man that she sees in the mirror
She gets to the house
Quicks dumps out all the clothes she has bought
Spreads out on the bed
All of the times she escaped what she’s not
She’s caught in a war
Can’t move any more
Like a shirt destined to never be sold from the store
Incomplete and overdue
Wearing the wrong shade of blue
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11. |
Meditations
02:17
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12. |
Sail Off the Storm
04:54
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Saltwater tide
Pulse at your feet
Weight of the air
All you can see
Canvases flap
Whipping the wind
Fighting the dark
At it again
Well It’s time to prepare for the night
And sail off the storm
The ocean is cold
But soon you’ll be dry
For now it’s enough
To just be alive
When it’s time to prepare for the night
To sail off the storm
No man is an island
When the waves take you away
Take on the shape of your memories
And call you by name
So now it’s our chance
We’ll get back on course
We’ll all rest our heads
A few miles north
So it’s time to prepare for the night
And sail off the storm
Now don’t you forget
This air that you breathe
When one day you’re lost
When one day you’re me
When you finally command your own flight
Look around while it’s all still in sight
When it’s time you prepare for the night
And sail off the storm
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