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Today We're Believers
04:23
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Shoots of green creeping up above the winter's casualties
Emblems of the force that through the green fuse drives the flowers to sing
We get richer everyday by staying here, alright?
The melodies that cue the leaves will pollinate with their refrain
Today we're believers
Come along to the river, swollen up
The bridge has flooded again and spring is heaving
See the little bird with a heavy wing
Fly dead into the wind, still believing
We hit the streets like fugitives
Getting lucky in the park where your daddy lives
Holding your hand just like a teenager
From the cul de sac to the boulevard
You'll be pushing on the pedals till you stop...
Hard as you try you'll never be a stranger
Today we're believers
We're not leaving until at last a flower pushes up above the tiny garden
Open petals filling bright with color as they wait to catch the collar of the wind
Returning and then again a flower pushes up above the the tiny garden
Open petals filling bright with color as they wait to catch the collar of the wind
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2. |
Hold on to the Metal
03:54
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Don't forget to focus close on the air above your nose
Let the watercolors bleed down the aisle of sandy feet
And out across the sugarcane through the mountains' swelling veins
All the earth is coming free - it's a river running to the sea
Hold on to the metal
Collide with the arms beside you
Be afraid of what's behind you
Get inside of what's inside you
Roll out the thunder
Let's fling some water at the ground
No hesitation
You got to push the air to make a sound
Don't you slip on the flatbed
You'll wake up on a rooster shed
Sweating every vibration
Choking on your cries
Bouncing baby is dancing
To the rhythm of the rattling
Had a conversation with the devil in his eye
Had a revelation, you're never gonna die
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3. |
Just Enough
05:44
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We've got nothing to hide
Watch our skin lighten up
Curious little ghosts
You don't peek, no you don't
Water washes off your back
Everyone's reflective
Need I mention
We all knew it wasn't far away
Cool cats standing looking fine your way
Ooh, I found a way uh-huh
Pay attention
No one's really swimming anyway
Someone's talking in a regular way
And I'm forgetting what to say
We show, show just enough
Every tremble is a code
We're not alone in the dark
This is how we assemble
Crawling back with the tide
Shallow hands side-to-side
Fingers burrowing below
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4. |
Exodus of the Year
03:51
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Up in my room, working it out
Trying not to make a sound
Chasing another arrow of light
It's always the same somehow
Flat on my back, afraid to admit
That I'm getting older now
It's calling you out, calling you out
Calling you out at night
Shaking in the cold oh so gallantly
The advantage of withholding your honesty
Most of my friends got the fuck out
In the exodus of the year
It's just me and you in dim winterlight
Straining ourselves to hear
Those three stupid words, I haven't said
While calling you out at night
Shaking in the cold oh so gallantly
The advantage of withholding your honesty
Shaking in the cold oh so gallantly
The advantage of withholding your honesty
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5. |
Bathtubs
05:51
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Hot little rhymes shot off the wall
Spitting on the ground, hoping for more than just a vibration
We've had our time, yeah we've seen it all
That's all just a lie 'cause there's still a degree of celebration
Flavors of the mind flow sweetly but sour
Softened by the touch of the fingers that rub up-up-up-upon it
And all that remains is the feeling in your chest
It's a phantom in the room and you can't get a grip unless you grab it
The bathtubs in the hallway are here to stay
The bathtubs in the hallway are here to stay
One for every bedroom where the tenants used to bathe
The bathtubs in the hallway are in the way
I dreamt
I dreamt we
I dreamt we gave into the pulse
I dreamt we gave into the pulse, my pulse, your pulse, pulse, pulse
The bathtubs in the hallway are here to stay
The bathtubs in the hallway are in the way
A dusty organ keeps them company
A dusty organ keeps them company
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven missing keys
Our dusty organs keep us company
Holed up with the rookies who turn it up
Hallelujah, it's gonna get much brighter
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6. |
Button Fumbla
04:53
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Rollin in the Corolla
Only sipping the cola
All your lonely friends
They be making amends down in Espanola
Gonna rip the seat off
Even turn the heat off
Backroads with roses on the mound
Where your cousin veered off
If we ever get through the rushing water
I know, I know, I know we'll make it all the way
Holy water in the tumbler
Forgetting names like a mumbler
I'm getting humbler
Oh, she's a button fumbla
Up above me soars a rumbler
There's miles to stumbler
Nobody ever took home a grumbler
Your mother don't give a damn what your father bought her
She know, she know, she knows that we went all the way
There's the clatter of a king-can clanking the ground
Twenty stories up, you still hear the sound
And the sun's up on top of the world
Touching our faces in all the delicate places
And there's all this beauty just screaming out
It's like a goddamn forest 'bout ready to sprout
It's cracking them floors and the grout
I feel my tongue making shapes in my mouth
I couldn't help but look down
At my feet rocking back beneath me
I wonder if they know how
My heels could crush the city
How the feeling in your body fills you up
With joy
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7. |
Show Me Your Eyes
03:16
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There's no doubt that you're in rotation
Making pitch until you're spun dry
The floor is shaking and I don't have a partner
It's just a wonder how high you'll go
You show me your eyes
Show me your eyes
Show me your eyes
Show me your eyes
Soft rockin to the tick-tock at the sockhop
Time's crunching like a carnivore
I see you see me sneaking javelin glances
It almost feels like we've done this before
Oh oh, don't try to catch it
It can't last, won't last long enough
Oh no, your only chance is
To get close, get close and show me your eyes
You show me your eyes
Show me your eyes
Show me your eyes
Show me your eyes
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8. |
Birthday
03:44
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Why you go on talking?
You know how it'll end
No one's really listening
But we can all pretend
There's movement in the water
And we're all getting out
You've been there while you're dreaming
Haven't you?
Don't you know it's inevitable
But if you call it too soon you've got to both show, both show
Where you go when you're closing your eyes on your birthday?
It only comes true when you don't say, don't say
It's not about you, it's gonna happen without you
So careful when you smile
A perfect little bend
It's just a flexing of a muscle
But we can all pretend
Don't you know it's inevitable
But if you call it too soon you've got to both show, both show
Where you go when you're closing your eyes on your birthday?
It only comes true when you don't say, don't say
It's not about you, it's gonna happen without you
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9. |
Nightcrawlin
05:44
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Stay out of my shack
Can't you see I'm busy?
I got a lot to tackle
I wanna fill up my deep freezer
For ya
My line, it ain't been taut
In a long, long while
But this is the spot
Where I carve out a castle
I'm a warrior
Nightcrawlin
And the way she goes
Been holding me, holding me
Down low
There's a chill in my bones when the moon don't shine
It's getting heavier
The ranger, he roams and whines
Like I'm rolling in confetti
The destroyer
I don't need science
Don't wanna sift through a mountain
For diamonds
It's all a distraction
From exploring ya
Nightcrawlin
And the way she goes
Been holding me, holding me
Down low
Shadow on my shoulder nightly
This could be a working holiday
You don't say a word, you're dreaming
Of something for our hands to do while we wait
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10. |
Stemming
04:40
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Part your lips, let your tongue touch fresh air
Feel it giving up and swirling down
Grab the rain as it rolls from your wet hair
Everything is slow, slowing down
No words to say
In the heavy light
Our bodies shake
Shifting weight with the drum on the rooftop
And for once we're all, we're all alone
Fussy clothes growing damp 'til they drip-drop
Show my hands where, where they go
No words to say
In the heavy light
Our bodies shake
You lift your eyes
Our fingers pace
And move to take
Oh, here we are
On the rise
Glowing white
Close your eyes
Let your body know you care
Well she's already figured out
Baby getting back here
Steal some light
Stemming
Set your body on fire
Baby getting back here
Steal some light
Stemming
Let your body know you care
Gone is the language
We both knew so well
We're standing on the wall now
Listening to our sounds
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11. |
Light
02:59
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Do we have time to learn
The syllables born of our tongues
And left for the air?
Let's say them back enough
Let's say them back enough
Let's say them back
Make them hold on
Make them hold on
Make them hold on
Make them hold on
Make them hold on
Light
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12. |
If I Had a House
06:27
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If I had a house I'd board it up
Shake it up now, shake it up now
If I had a house I'd board it up
Shake it up now, shake it up now
I wrote a letter, but I tore it up
Spit it out now, spit it out now
I wrote a letter, but I tore it up
Spit it out now, spit it out now
Don't you think about, think about it
Don't you think about, think about it
Don't you ever think about, think about, think about it
I'd rather carve it into my arm
Serenade the poor boys at the disco
Gonna rip the hands off of all the clocks
Don't you ever think about, think about, think about it
I wash my clothing in the evening
Drip-drying, leather-sleeving
I was warmer when the nights were younger
Don't you ever think about, think about, think about it
You had a chance, but you fucked it up
Fuck it up now, fuck it up now
I had a chance, but I fucked it up
Fuck it up now, fuck it up now
I wore a fire in the pouring rain
Didn't stop, didn't drop, didn't roll with it
I broke a sweat and then I broke it again
Understand - no man's got a hand in controlling it
Oh, oh no, oh no you don't
You're so po-mo, you probably won't
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13. |
Bloodrush (Bonus Track)
04:17
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I was in the air for days
When I saw the earth deflate
When your arms lost their levity
And your tongue began to taste
You got a look on your face
Like you’re not gonna die today
You’re not gonna die today
Yay
Bloodrush
Bloodrush
Up above, the stars would ring
Like a billion bells wobbling
My eyes, they spun like carousels
Trying to catch up to everything
You got a look on your face
Like you’re not gonna die today
You got a look on your face
Like you’re not gonna die today
Bloodrush
Bloodrush
Bloodrush
Bloodrush
When you finally go
When you finally go
When you finally go
You're gonna explode
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14. |
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Summer sweat
Dripping from our silhouette
I could probably go a little longer yet
Why don't we do it again?
Another touch
Would never be too much
But don't forget to press hard enough
I want to feel it again
Shadow's growing in the evening
Crawling up on the wall
To the beat of the night
The beat of the night
Every feeling that you thought we would feel
We're gonna feel em all
In the heat of the night
The heat of the night
Summer sweat
Rolling like a cigarette
We gotta get on, get on with it
Why don't we do it again?
Sister, you
Should show me all your night moves
I don't know if I want to go on after you
I'll have do what I can
Shadow's growing in the evening
Crawling up on the wall
To the beat of the night
The beat of the night
Every feeling that you thought we would feel
We're gonna feel em all
In the heat of the night
The heat of the night
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You ask me if I really need you
I try to look away
There’s a hundred things I wish I could say to you
But the conversation strays
Wide awake
Wide awake
Strong as you are, your eyes are still heavier
There you go drifting away on the bed
Caught in a loop
Where the closer you come
The faster I’m spinning
And I can’t see no end
And I can’t see no end
The room always fills
With the light shining in
From another beginning
And I can’t see no end
And I can’t see no end
Wide awake
Wide awake
Wide awake
Wide awake
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