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Telepathy
03:54
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Telepathy
Riding a bike at twilight
chasing the flight of sunlight
standing around at midnight
just waiting for the morning light
Imagine a game so amazing
you forget you're playing
I know a girl so all alone
she thought she was the only one
in the world without telepathy
I know a girl so all alone
she thought she was an alien
from a planet of one
where she was unwelcome
Tomorrow we'll tear it all apart
with some snotty eight year old remark
but love even when neglected
arrives when you least expect it
Scanning the horizon
waiting for an omen
feeling frozen just like a stolen poem
Imagine a game so amazing
you forget you're playing
wings stretched out
over the endless
a raven rose into canyon mist
I know a girl so all alone
she thought she was an alien
from a planet of one
where she was unwelcome
When she saw him across the room
looking at her like someone he knew
it was like telepathy
it was like
Tomorrow we'll tear it all apart
with some snotty eight year old remark
but love even when neglected
arrives when you least expect it
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2. |
Monarchs of California
02:52
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Civilizations rise, empires fall
until wasteland surrounds us all
how many times we gonna do this y'all?
Ladies I'm speaking especially to you
historically we know who gets screwed
historically speaking it's me and you
Butterflies, monarchs of California,
helicopters fly, over fields of soldiers.
Garden to desert, peace to war,
how many times have we done this before?
Whatever your name for God
are you praying for rain
cuz expecting different
doing the same
definition on insane
Butterflies, monarchs of California,
helicopters fly, over fields of soldiers.
Doomed to repeat the history we don't know.
How many of the awake does it take
to make this thing go?
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3. |
Gone Too Far
04:20
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Gone Too Far
He asked what would you give for peace?
She asked what would you give for love?
He asked what you give to be released
from never having enough
She said some people never feel safe anywhere
she said some people feel like they own everywhere
most people don't even seem to care
he said or worry their way to nowhere
She said everybody's got a resentment
He said everybody's got an excuse
She said everybody's got a reason
He said everybody's been abused
She said fate can conspire
a forest fire from a star
you don't know if you've gone far enough
until you've gone too far
We all live in our own life long shows
every villain knows he's the true hero
What doesn't kill love makes love stronger
People like what they know
but they don't know what they like
they don't know what's wrong
but they know something ain't right
You don't know if you've gone far enough
until you've gone too far
We all live in our own life long shows
every villain knows he's the true hero
What doesn't kill love makes love stronger
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4. |
Ghosts of Laurel Canyon
04:09
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Ghosts of Laurel Canyon
In case there's anybody out there
In case there's anyone left listening
The day she became Julietta
in her own operetta
memory with a vendetta
whispering something's gonna get you
what she didn't know left a hole in her soul
And maybe it's time to take a different street
In lonely rooms where screens glare
all she does is stare in there
and dare herself to not be scared
of her desire to declare
now is the way to anywhere
no one's ever seemed to care
In case there's anybody out there
In case there's anyone left listening
The sacrifice of the summer gods
goes unnoticed while the crowd applauds
squads of frauds with square jaws
who pretend they're ruled by law
what they don't know leaves a hole in their soul
And maybe it's time to take a different street
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5. |
America Ask Russia
03:57
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America as Russia
America is Russia
America ask Russia
America is Russia
Ineffective and neglected
exasperated and full of hate
better watch out what you say
what ever happened to you, ese?
America ask Russia
Everybody's poor behind locked doors,
Rich people only want more
America as Russia, a fleeced state
what ever happened to you, ese?
Our leader is a billionaire
all we care about is his hair
America as Russia
a karmic ricochet
what ever happened to you, ese?
America ask Russia
America is Russia
America ask Russia
America is Russia
Oh oh oh oh oh
oh say can you see?
Emmanuel, it's all gone to hell,
no one cares, they just stare
and so Macbeth sees the ghost
then we become what we fear most
America ask Russia
America is Russia
America ask Russia
America is Russia
Law and order
searchlights and borders
bullies and stoolies
cameras and recorders
we pretend to work
they pretend to pay
it's May Day every day they say
One thing we know
nothing is true
at least both flags
aren't red white and blue
so we obey
or they'll say
whatever happened to you, ese?
Oh oh oh oh
oh say can you see?
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