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Off The Top Of My Head
07:25
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Off The Top Of My Head
You know, you know, you know what you know
And you feel something real as it tugs at your soul
Oh you know, you know, ya you surely do know
At least a couple of things well
So you go where you go and you know that it’s wrong
But you do it anyway because you feel that you don’t belong where you’re at
and you’re sad
You just figure that you’re bigger than you were before
At least that’s what you tell yourself so you can get right through that door
for more
Oh you know what you know and you know that it’s wrong as hell
But you go over still and you spill yourself on the floor
You want more, you want more
Oh she knows what you know and she gonna keep that to herself
Cause she also wants the same damn thing that you keep on bringin’ to her
And she knows if she told it to the world it might go away for good
And she couldn’t live without that right now
Oh I know what I know and you know what I know
And we’ll keep what we have under wraps for as long as we can
Cause we like this lie that we keep together
But it’s taking us apart, piece by piece, day by day
And it’s gon’ take us down to the grave one of these days
We might need to get gone this lie and find a new way to get by
Or the more that we’re takin’ will not take us any higher
Ya it’ll take us apart, apart
This thing that I know I want it to go
I think we should let it fall
This thing that you’re keepin’ that I keep on givin’ out
I think it needs to fall
But I don’t want such a beautiful thing to run away
Cause I’m sad, I’m sad, I’m so damn sad
I just hope I can make it to you again someday
But for now I must go, take this thing I know to the grave
I’m gon’ die today, I’m gon’ die today, let it die today, let it die
Let it die today, let it die today, let it die...go away…
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Short Story Of The Mighty Axe
It's all over now, the mighty axe fell
Welcome to this temporary hell
You'll be prisoner as long as it hurts
As long as it breaks you down, as long as it burns
Words, words are worth nothing now
Not after all the words we spoke that broke us down
In a perfect world, this would all be solved
In a perfect world, this would all be solved
In a perfect world, this would all be solved
In a perfect world, this would all.......
It would all be solved
In a perfect world, this would all be solved
The politics would not matter
The benefits would pay to save what shattered
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3. |
This Old Man
04:55
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This Old Man
This old man, he played one
He lost his cool in the blazing sun
Over-easy all the way down
He hitched a ride on a rain cloud
He was just wondering what your name was
Forgive that he dropped his jaw and his glass cup
I was just overly shocked by
The reflection of me in your eyes
This old man, he played two
He lost his love for a different view
He saw what he was meaning to see
But lost the person that he used to be
This old man fell into the sea
To ride the waves as a nobody
But it all comes back around
Ya, it don't stay kept forever
And the fog that was so thick and suffocating
It's a pawn that will fall at the hand
At the hand of your king
This old man broke his back
Imagining what he ought to have
But that's o.k. because the story goes
He just relaxed and got ten-fold
He got just what he needed
It's not all about perfection
To shape a man it takes mistakes and mending
The endless drag will not be my ending
Oh the endless drag will not be my ending
No the endless drag will not be my ending...
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4. |
Wednesday's Away
02:55
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Wednesday's Away
Honestly,
What did you believe was Wednesday's point?
Did you think that it would lead some place?
Did you know that it would slap you in the face?
I bet you weren't expecting that.
Wednesday's away, Oh, Wednesday's away...
How could you have known that it would be like that?
You couldn't have known that it would hurt so bad.
You could have died!
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5. |
Calm Amongst Storms
02:12
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Calm Amongst Storms ~ Instrumental Song
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6. |
Between The Steam Lines
04:06
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Between The Steam Lines
The cold got in through an open window
In the morning, soft and gray
She got up to make her coffee
She takes it black, she's sweet already
Mr. Newsman, where's the paper?
How am I to pass the time?
I guess I'll read between the steam lines...
For what it's worth, they read the same
And after all the black is inside
Eyes dilated, body charged
She grabs her orange hooded sweatshirt
She leaves the kitchen and goes outside
Down the alley to the train station
Up the stairs, across the bridge
Down to the water so full of stories
So full of moving mystery
The wind won't keep its static voice down
The lake like glass in a blender
Ain't no water holding focused pictures
Trees stripped of summer leaves
She plays follow the leader
Snakes between the heaving lakes
She follows a red leaf to a chain link fence
And then climbs over into the cemetery
She walks alone down the aisles
Of carved stone and towering statues
They mark the past that we'll all be a part of
Bodies trapped in dirty coffins
No more worry, no more breathing
No more sadness, no more pain
She takes off her hooded sweatshirt
To feel the cold pouring rain, rain, rain, rain
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An Open Case
03:47
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An Open Case
An open case,
An empty carrier for the lover that holds me whenever I need her to
So for a moment I forget life's sad
As I bleed from my fingers the worries I had
Oh it all gets so heavy and more so when you are not here
I meant what I said, every word of it, world
The flat mediocre is crushing my shoulders
I need to feel the rain on my face
The look upon your face is hidden in a the bedroom not too far away
I'll be there someday, I know
But for now I must go, I must just go to sleep
So that I can wake up for work tomorrow
And I'm not late, oh it's important baby
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8. |
Darling (bonus track)
02:13
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Darling ~ (bonus track)
Darling
I really like your make-up
I'm not talkin' bout mascara
I like what your mind's made of
Your personality
Oh and you're pretty
Pretty swell for an actress
Reaching deep to wow us
Keeping up the drama
Weeping like you're not wrong
Oh who am I kidding?
This song is me bidding
You farewell my dear
Darling
I really hate to leave you
But that is what I must do
I can stay no longer
Darling sadly it's over
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Matthew Inkala & the Hostages Minneapolis, Minnesota
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