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Oh here you are, there's nothing left to say
Touch me now and I don't care
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
I never put you down, I never pushed you away
Is there anything to feel?
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
I never put you down, I never pushed you away
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Said you're burnin' up inside, no one seems to tell
Life is pretty easy when it's from my easy chair
Said you had enough this time, cause time don't treat you well
Life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair
Try to take my hand tonight, I'll show you where to start
'Cause every word that left your lips is like a needle through my heart
And life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair
Yeah I'm fadin'
Weighed down
Yeah I'm hiding
Weighed down
You're naked inside your fear
Inside your head
You're naked inside your fear
Flat top intervention
A television war between the cynics and the saints
Sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing
And it's fallin' all around us
The tabloid generation's lost
And conscience keeps us quiet while the crooked love to speak
A visionary coward says that anger can be power
And it's fallin' all around us
And my dirty dreams all come alive
And it's fallin' all around us
When I was three feet tall
Watching life in Oz Thanksgiving eve on Grandma's old TV
Impersonality
Momma's in a shop
Scooping up the coins
Never got to know you
Think of all the time lost
Impersonality
And even though the moment passed me by
And now we're grown up orphans
But if you could hide beside me
The scars are souvenirs you never lose
We grew up way too fast
I won't tell em' your name�
I think about you all the time
I'll open up my head awhile
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I'm talkin' to myself again
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
Little pictures in my head are turnin' inside out again
Well, you used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one
Well they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
And it's not like me to feel so important
Well I see 'em working round the block till six a.m.
And it's not like me to feel so important
And it's not like me to feel so important
Could you talk to me
'Cause all we are is what we're told
Someday you never made it
Now I feel unknown
I'm burned out on some empty reasons
Someday you never made it
See I'd love to be you
You're everyhing, I wanna have a try
Someday you never made it
Don't take much lookin' back to know I took my coffee black then
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
So long
Don't take much lookin' back to know I faked that heart attack then
I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
So long
Oh so long, oh so long
I gotta get back to where I belong
Long
So long
I'm a fortunate son of a fortunate son
I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole
Eyes wide open, I can't see
I don't take the bus and I never walk too far
I wanna take control, wanna make it all mine
Eyes wide open, I can't see
You never ever know
I'll get what I want if I make up my mind
I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole
Eyes wide open, I can't see
I don't remember it doesn't ring a bell
I tend to forget about the times we had
I've been disconnected
We've paid the price and now we're both alone
I've been disconnected
Cause, I've been disconnected
Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know
For sixteen years she's been hangin' around
Don't save me when I startin' to drown
Well I hear a strange noise as I lie in mybed
'Cause you moved me when I was takin' my time
Well, you got me in the bondage of another age
So join my chain gang play along with me
You're not supposed to be that way
Did they push you out? did they throw you away?
When you take me I'm not there
Almost human, but I'll never be the same
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
You're not supposed to be that way
And anything you want, there's nothing I could say
Is it pain that makes you real?
Cut me off before it kills me
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Take another piece of me
Give my mind a new disease
And the black and white world never fades to gray
Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone
Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
Burnin' Up
You're living from a personalized manual from hell
And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares
You always cried coincidence, while I drew parallel
And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
burnin' up inside and you hurt me!
And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
burnin' up inside and you hurt my eyes
cause you're burnin' up inside
Hurt my eyes
cause you're burnin' up inside
Hurt my eyes
cause you're burnin' up inside
Naked
And I call out
No one hears me
Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word
Safe now
You're naked inside your fear
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
in the fallout
Now I'm wasted
They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say
Safe now
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
No one's there
And I don't think I'll ever be
And I don't care
You can't take back all those years
The shots in the dark from empty guns
Are never heard by anyone
Never heard by anyone
By anyone
By anyone
Flat Top
Bringin' home the new invention
See it there in pieces on the ground
Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
Look at all the washed out hippie dreams
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
Choking on it's fear
Used to be that's all we had to fear
There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street.
As long as there's a victim on TV
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
On my TV screen
And assasination plots
Show me what I haven't got
Show me what I love, and who I'm supposed to be
Show me everything I need
Show it all to me
Show it all to me
Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us?
Fallin' all around us
I'll turn my head off for a while
Impersonality
I loved 'em all
And lived life for myself
Fallin' down for laughs
Your photograph
Some puppets made of felt
Dancing roundabout I'd twist and shout for everyone to see
It's leanin' hard on me
Watching little sister by myself
Robbed a wishing pond
In a fleeting bond
Vowed to share the wealth
A warning shot from some authority
Doesn't matter now but I'll shout out loud for everyone to see
Did you ever wonder why?
Now it's nice to know ya
And I'm glad you're doing fine
Was it really lost at all?
Now I'm so proud of ya
I'd love to tell you all I see
Listen hard to your realities
It's leanin' hard on me
Impersonality
It's leanin' hard on me
Name
I still can't turn away
'Cause all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Get lost or thrown away
That never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell em' your name
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there
Did you get to be a star
And don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are
And now there's nothing to believe
Reruns all become our history
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell em' your name
I won't tell em' your name
Mmm, mmm, mmm,
But I don't need the same
It's lonely where you are come back down,
And I won't tell em your name
Only One
It's been dead for years
Musta been a victim of my peers
One is for my happiness
The other for my health
The last is something bigger than myself
I ain't the only one to say
I'll just start a fight
Nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right
Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse
A thousand other suckers will try and fill your shoes
I ain't the only one to say
I ain't the only one to say
Cause fuckin' up takes practice I feel I'm well rehearsed
Because the past is a bully and the futures even worse
You tell me what you fear 'cause I can feel it like a curse
Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin from a rope singer
I ain't the only one to say
Somethin' Bad
And they're holding up for cheaper Chinese food
If I'm older now and have a tainted attitude
Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue?
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
The thermometer's at minus five degrees
And I'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes
To her head or towards a shred of dignity
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Go!
And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
Ain't That Unusual
Honestly?
'Cause I never heard a word you said now
And I ain't just being mean
And most of that's been lies
It's like a made for TV movie
And I just blew my line
and maybe it never will
Hey, you never made it
And ain't that unusual?
And it's safe that way
Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared now?
What's that supposed to mean?
Another waste of time
There's somethin' that I wish I'd said
But I don't think it'd rhyme
and maybe it never will
Hey, you never made it
And ain't that unusual?
Then at least then I'd see you
Sorry I put them words in your mouth
But you wouldn't talk to me
Hey!
I'm sick of everything now I'm not
Put my heavy coat on for a while
It's freezing in the corner of my mind
and maybe it never will
Hey, you never made it
And ain't that unusual?
So Long
Nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright.
Your optimistic views your hundred dollar running shoes and
Carpel tunnel syndrome we all had a laugh about it
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
And nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
You always spoke the truth from circa disco Abba boots and
All that showbiz talk, oh we all had a laugh about it
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Oh so long, oh so long
But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Eyes Wide Open
Living large on the wrong side of town
Too many friends and the fun never ends
Drinkin' and hangin' around
At least I could kick it all down
I wanna kick it all down
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
The furthest I got was my own backyard
With a fist full of cash that somebody else earned
Send me some more when it all got burned
At least I could kick it all down
I wanna' kick it all down
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
You never ever know
You never ever know
You never ever know
I'm turnin' you inside out
I think I'll just kick it all down.
I wanna kick it all down.
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
My eyes wide open, I can't see
Eyes wide open, what you mean
Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
Eyes wide open (repeat)
Disconnected
And when you call me everything is swell
And now it doesn't matter 'cause I feel so sad
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along, yeah.
And if you call me you'll find me home
I've found another someone to take your place
Now if you don't mind please get outta of my face
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along, yeah.
Someone pulled the plug
Oh you're so distant
Nothin's come along
Slave Girl
I drag her around wherever I go
This little woman drives me insane
She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain
Try'n' to bury me in a hole in the ground
Well I think it's time that I even the score
There's only room for one in this cage of yours
Don't use me when you don't want me around
Just be my slave girl 'cause that's all I need
So take a little step back to the stone age with me. Go!
I feel a lotta water drippin' on my head
I look around tried to see through my hair
You left me alone, but do you think I care?
You abused me when I'm outta line
You tried to warn me of the danger sign
So watch out! Go!
You drive me to distraction in a primitive way
I can't control my instincts when I hear her say
Just come around and see me if you lose your way
I'll be your caveman, it's basic as can be
I'm not insane, man, I'm just outta my dream