1. |
Knife
03:03
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How can you take part in such an empty sport?
How can you be so naiive?
You talk about nothing
How can you? You don't know
How can you not see the life
Draining from your body? You hold the knife
How can you waste your stay?
How can you spit it down the drain?
How can you? You don't know
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2. |
Somethin' in the Water
01:42
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You said it was there behind the woodshed
In the shadow just outside the door
You said it woke you from your sleeping
Heard the footsteps creakin on the floor
Maybe you were scared of nothin
Maybe it was just an apparition
Maybe it was somethin in the water
How can you be sure
You said it whispered your name
In a voice that chilled you to the bone
You said it reminded you of mother
You said it reminded you of home
Maybe you were scared of nothin
Maybe it was just an apparition
Maybe it was somethin in the water
How can you be sure
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3. |
Bread and Buttercups
01:05
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You had a dream that you were dead
And David Lynch was in your head
And cinema in black and white
Played on the moon all day and night
You have no Polaroids to prove
That Stephen King was in your room
And minotaurs that smoked cigars
Laughed and danced among the stars
And carnies with their wooden eyes
Let you go free on all the rides
You saw Houdini do a trick
And make you well when you were sick
And you ate bread and buttercups
And sang to God till you woke up.
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4. |
Icarus
02:14
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You silly little girl
You don't have a pair of shoes
Your feet are beautiful
But they need protection too
Maybe you need a tourniquet
To cut off the flow of blood
You tease the untame animals
You don't wanna see the face of God
Icarus you came too close
Unaware you're far from free
Look down, the ground is further than you know
Angels have the sharpest teeth
Please shut up the muses
Put em on cruise control
Made a mess on the furniture
Can things go back to how they were?
Maybe you need a tourniquet
to cut off the flow of blood
You tease the untame animals
You don't wanna see the face of God
Icarus you came too close
Unaware you're far from free
Look down, the ground is further than you know
Angels have the sharpest teeth
You silly little girl
You don't have a pair of shoes
Your feet were beautiful
But now they're black and blue
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5. |
Eight
00:53
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6. |
Dust to Dust
02:51
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From dust we were created
And to dust we will return
And that makes since because I feel like dirt
It hurts, this pain inside of me
And even though you feel it too
I know I'm not the same as you
Two pairs of feet on different paths
Beating ceaselessly into the past
Ooh...
From dust we were created
And to dust we will return
I'll bury this beneath the ground
Where moths and rust will eat it now
And even though you feel the same
I will not try and shift the blame
It's both of us, it's you and me
Drifting far away to sea
Ooh...
From dust we were created
And to dust we will return
I'll say goodbye until we die
When you and I will be as one again
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7. |
Silver Cord
02:14
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I don't wanna sleep
Cause I don't wanna dream of you
In multicolored lights
Syncopated to
Our sentimental songs
That came from our brains
And floated up to space
And dwell above the nebulas
On this piece of paper
I wrote your eulogy
But you can't read it
With pennies on your eyes
But I wrote about the truth
The truth of you and me
And the things we couldn't see
Like wind and thoughts and God
You're in a chariot of fire
Dancing with a Silver Cord
I'll try not to cry
Cause you're not crying where you are
What made you wanna leave
What made you long for home
I'll try to understand
But the universe is bigger than my head
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8. |
The Edge
03:19
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Shadows of the afterlife
Creep into my bed at night
And tickle like a feather in my ear
Things too good for me to know
Like making angels in the snow
It's cold, but it's wonderful and weird
Making wishes in a well
I'm a child again, it's show and tell
I wanna see what's in the bag
But dreams will tease and fall apart
They're fading faces in the dark
Cheshire grins that leave me feeling sad
And I, I don't know
How close to the edge I wanna go
And I, I don't know
How close to the edge I wanna go
I'm jealous of the birds in flight
Direction is engrained inside their bones and ligaments
The green light is a hologram
It's careless, and it's reprimanding me
For nothing
And I, I don't know
How close to the edge I wanna go
And I, I don't know
How close to the edge I wanna go
There's nothing here to tie me down
I could leave now with just the sound of
Fluttered pages when I skip to the end
I don't care about my body
I don't care about anybody
But when I get there, will I find a friend?
And I, I don't know
How close to the edge I wanna go
And I, I don't know
How close to the edge I wanna go
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9. |
Maybe
01:48
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Maybe you saw me there on the mountaintop alone
Maybe you thought I could use some company besides my own
Or maybe I'm here by choice
Maybe you should shut up so I can hear my voice
Maybe a part of me wants to be with someone else
Maybe a part of me kinda hates myself
Well maybe I need to heed my flesh and blood
Or maybe in sacrifice I'll learn to truly love
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10. |
Insomnia
03:38
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You were you were you were my skin
I curled up real small and crawled right in
You were you were you were the words I was reading
I read them until they lost their meaning
You were you were you were my favorite sweater
Comfortable and familiar
You were you were you were my mother
Hey I know I've been a bad kid
I said I hate you to your face
And you, you were all along
But I, I guess I read you wrong
And you, you were all along
But I, I guess I read you wrong
You were you were you were my insomnia
You were you were you were my sleep
You were you were you were my shouts of laughter
You were you were you were my screams of pain
And you, you were all along
But I, I guess I read you wrong
And you, you were all along
But I, I guess I read you wrong
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11. |
Star
01:29
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When I was young, I made a wish on a star
The star was bright, and it was perfect to me
Then I looked up and saw the star wasn't a star at all
It was an airplane, it was an airplane
But oh, it's still a star to me
And oh, it's still a star to me
And on that day, I wished for you, I wished for you
I don't know if it came true
All I know is that it might someday
That bit of hope pulls me through
And oh, it's still a star to me
And oh, you're still a star to me
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I Happy Am Fort Worth, Texas
I Happy Am is the rockin' experimental project inspired by the dreams of artists Rebekah Elizabeth, Zachary Zanetich, Joe Tacke, and Houston Holtman. Their lo-fidelity lullabies and art rock rambunctiousness will register high in the pleasure centers of your brains. Get ready for a foot tappin' good time. ... more
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