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Parallel Lines
01:54
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this is your
monumental home
lying awake
I know you’re not alone
hidden figures
in their own small world
wandering about
with a well-wrought plan
you seem to hide
living on parallel lines
are we too blind
to see those parallel lives
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2. |
Ways
02:32
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you left this straightened road
now you are out on your own
you can’t recall these closed doors
wide apart for boundless ways
the world is your oyster
you wouldn’t have it any other way (but)
quandaries are catching liberal minds
the steps you take reflect another mistake
you are paralyzed
you are running dry
the steps you take reflect another mistake
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YSM
02:50
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staring at this revolver
against the brightest red
recalling an early paragraph
this story’s over and it left no scars
you shot me and I don’t regret
something in me will ever rest
staring at this photograph
with your fake gun leveling at me
you’ve tried to hide
you’ve tried to never mind
dastardly leaving me dead behind
you’ve tried to hide
you’ve tried to never mind
dastardly leaving me dead behind
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4. |
Fading
02:53
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pouring in some of the red
and staring at the flickering lights
I see the local boy who’s been sent away
heading north
said to be chasing the possible ways
climbing high to fall deep down
it is simple to break a man
who cherishes something fading
travailing in a romanticized world
is this the man he’s been picturing
I see the local boy who’s been sent away
heading north
said to be chasing the possible ways
standing tall on tired, aching legs
it is simple to break a man
who cherishes something fading
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5. |
Blood Brothers
02:34
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1930
they are some of the six
fraternizing
and tempting their fate
countless hours on urban highways
walking fearless, seized by a desire for warmth
free 21
already in sight
killing time at “mexico’s” and dwelling on thoughts
where do they go still on their own?
some lead some won’t follow
whom do they trust in the age of the fish?
they are blood brothers
they are brothers bleeding
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6. |
Haven
03:31
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I see you calculating
I see you straightening
pushing the “ordinary run of things”
but don’t you take away
my room to breathe
this is a safe haven
a place to revive the young and the lost
don’t you see they are unfolding and reshaping
off the beaten track
for heaven’s sake
what difference would it make?
this is everything
no one will change these ways
this is our own world made to stay
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Retrospect
03:15
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once again he’s been struck by it
reminding him of all the things he could have done and all the places he could have seen
you are still young but you feel so old
you are still awake but you feel petrified
don’t you retrospect
cut this nervous line
he struggles while his choices are close at hand
embrace the man – the man of old
you don’t grow when you live in the past
please, would you set me free
cut this nervous line
accept what you can’t deny
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8. |
Giants
02:47
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in this place far away from
the darkest alleys the lights are set
making visible what we're longing for
we keep it simple we’re keeping close
our lost souls have set their pace
following another unknown path
simple charm is catching my eyes
and silencing the giants in my head
floating on and drifting away
a few hours that mean the world to us
we’re hanging on
nobody can take this away
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9. |
Atomic Pieces
04:32
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everyone's striving for atomic pieces
that let us get the feel
but you are mute and indifferent
postponing with a panic inside
no one seems to get to shine
leaving out the good sights
this is when we feel what we are
this is speaking to us in a state of slowed down speed
we don't need an echo
all we need is a meaningful response
dismiss the context and embrace the mode
do you hear what I say? and can you relate?
do we still compete or do we resonate?
take up the dialogue
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10. |
On the Inside
02:37
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preconstructed chosen words
is there something that’s you?
no one can see your eyes
you are hiding now in disguise
deconstructed cohesion
there is nothing to build on
we tell a different story
other than what’s on our minds
you keep it like a secret who you are
who wants you to prove?
your heart’s not wrong
what’s left on the inside?
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11. |
Levitate
03:59
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hit by your narratives
i’m stuck between these lines
that set my mind on fire
you give me the cure
you let me dream if I want to
living inside an outsiders’ world
you let me levitate
and I never fall down
i’m yearning for a place to call home
following your steps into the unknown
where are we now and where do we go
you lead the way and let me grow
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