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Amber
05:23
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Everybody thinks they know me
I’ve never been understood
And all the lies they tell about me,
It’s no wonder they think I’m no good.
When you showed up in my life, and I looked up to your eyes
I didn’t know who you could be so I tried to run, run, run, run, run away
from the running man
Everybody thinks they know you
You’ve never been understood
And all the lies they tell about you,
It’s no wonder they think you’re no good
When I showed up in your life
You knew the chance you had to take
A one way ticket to paradise, but I had to run, run, run, run, run away
Spotlights search the sky
Fighting to survive the night
I need you, you need me to make it out of here alive
I need you, you need me to get out on the other side
I’m the running man
Fighting this electric opera
Racing from scene to scene
Were gonna make it through this nightmare
Like nothing you have ever seen
They tell us that we’ll never make it out
But I know that you’re the one
Together we can face tomorrow, we’re gonna
Run run run run runaway
You’re the running man
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Wavelengths
06:16
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Sending out our signal, to the furthest reaches of space.
A message asking why, without a reply, floating endlessly.
All of the faces that pass in front of me,
All of the solid colors that make up the how and why of you and me.
Time moves back and forth but never in a same space
Traveling so fast but never moving from the same place
All I can I ask for is a different metaphor for this
All of these different facets of the planets moving in retrograde
We are, who we are, can’t travel back to figure it out
But how great would it be, if we could go back to change anything
We get what we get, can’t travel back to rearrange it
But how great would it be, if we could go back and rewrite everything
Looking to the stars, for the answers, and the questions, to all thats been
Retrieving all the data-streams, from all these tired screens
All I can answer, is there’s chance were, all alone
All of the wonder torn asunder and like a child has captured me
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JOI
04:56
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I’m dancing for you
I wear just what you want
Wanna be real for you
I live in a dream
But it’s not my own
Wanna be real for me too
You choose my every move
What I say and what I do
My body is a slave, suited to your every mood
I live my life for you, try and be real for you, I give you everything I do
Try my best to escape, like a rat caught in a maze, I give you everything I am
Wanna walk the city streets
Feel the concrete under my feet
Wanna be real for you
I want to be free
Can she do that for me?
Wanna be real for me too
I choose her every move
Want you to feel what I wanna do to you
Wanna see the setting sun, and share a kiss with someone
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Sliding Doors
06:05
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The scent of night blossoms on the open air
All the memories that it conjures there
So sweet, and unfair, The best and the worst of all of my time there
When I used to lie, when you used to take flight, when the summer sun never died outside
When we moved away, started new lives, and the sliding door always takes you back in time
All the palms trees sway back and forth in the breeze,
All my thoughts and words seem to flow with ease.
So serene, this high, winding this Cadillac up the canyon tonight.
When we used to fight, when you used to lie, when the conversation never died on the vine,
When we moved away, started new lives, and all of these parallel worlds they collide.
These Streets of rage, with no consequence, in the neon light, so beautiful tonight.
These Streets of rage, with so much to say, in the pale moon light, everything looks so strange tonight.
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Hyper Sleep
05:47
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A rush of cold air, this careless whisper
A distant siren, tearing through these darkened streets
Cold water drains down, breaking the sound of silence
A distant, siren tearing through the center of me
Subway train, taking me away, I’m gonna do what I’m gonna do, without you
Subway train, taking me away, I wanna do what I wanna do without you.
Free, and unfair, we’re all alone, All alone.
Free with no cares, we’re all alone, all alone,
All flush with fever, enjoy the silence
A distant siren blaring through this alley way
Vents are steaming, smoke fills the night air
A distant siren, tearing through my revelry.
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When We Were Young
05:53
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When you were young, with so much left undone
The light of the sun on her skin as the waves crash in again
When you were young, making little umbrella drinks for everyone
the cool of the shade, goose bumps and lemonade
If only for the last time
If it only lasts for today, It lives on my mind in every way
If it only lasts for tonight, I’ll make sure to hold on tight
If it only lasts for one day, It lives on my mind everyday
If it only lasts for tonight, I’ll make sure to hold on tight
When we were young, sailing out around the the Gold Coast
The ocean breeze moved us along with gentle ease
All the memories
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Ghosts of Miami
04:40
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The mall has closed its doors, so long, for good, a for sale sign on your childhood
the high school looks different, and so do I, a rusted out Midwest lullaby as the years fly by
Catching up, cresting through our love
A make or break moment of your life
Cameras record your brightest light
You do everything you can to make it right
Chasing the ghosts of Miami nights
Driving down the street, where you used to live, see the old play ground, where you tried your first cigarette,
The beach looks different, but so do I, moving to a future time, as the years fly by.
Catching up, cresting through our life.
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Parkway Tropics
05:52
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Got my first summer job met her the very first day
Hard to concentrate on washing all these cars with my breath taken away
We’d double up on my mongoose bike, and she’d stand on the rear wheel spikes
With a pocket full of cash, on a first date, Innocence is romance
While the world watched on, as the challenger tried to go to space.
Shock and awe and unbelievable sadness on every face.
But we never ever afraid and courage was the fix.
Because we were the adventurers of 1986.
I wonder where she is right now
I wonder where she is this fantastic life
I can’t understand how much I still care about the past
I can’t let it go, as I grow older it all seems far away, so far away
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Aquamarine
03:16
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Shadows On Mars
04:42
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Abandoned satellites up above us
the search for life, and the ones that live among us, planet earth and the larger giants that surround us
constellations and all the lights of the galaxies
Does the size and shape of it all make you feel insignificant and small?
Faces on mars, among the rocks and red sand
what we are and how we came to be where we are
the rings of Saturn and scattered brain patterns, as we consider our eternity
Does the size and shape of it all make you feel insignificant and small?
Along the way, up in space
In the milky way, so far from home
Where we Burn the sky, as we ascend to new heights and live new lives.
as the decades passed, and I’m an old man
sitting alone outside in the sun, outlooks changed
as my mind starts to fade, the wonder of youth begins to stray away
Does the shape and size of it all make you feel insignificant and small?
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Sorry In Advance
04:40
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The silhouette of her, walking away
No more talking and the cleanest of breaks
Traffic lights and city sounds, the whiskey drinks dull the pain down
but they never take it away
I’m so excited I’m finally free
I’m terrified by the end of you an me
I’m so excited, it’s the end of controversy, in love
A beautiful day becomes majestic night
All my old fears, shed as winters tears
Summer sun, washes away whiskey drinks dull pain
But they never take it away
And all the way down the rabbit hole we go,
Take the high or low road no matter which way you go.
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Escape From LA
04:42
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Surreal and unreal, excited for the future, and a record deal
I found myself, lost in a book, somewhere In Hollywood
Stuck in la la land, drowning in the ocean and the sand
clarity slipping away, spending money that wasn’t ours while we waste our youth away
Summer, break, can’t help myself, the chance we all would take
A soul to break,when we’re all just trying to escape from LA
Summer, break, it’s all I can’t take, this soul to break
All of my mistakes, when were all just trying to escape from LA
A bitter end to all the dreams I had, but worst of all they weren’t mine
Where all my friends became the industry, we used to like
All things I’d do, and I’m so sorry for what I did to you
Serenity, there’s gotta be a way, paying back money that never belonged to me
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Misery City Skyline
04:04
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The Sunlight, hiding inside the clouds
So beautiful, and so trivial
When were Walking down the boulevard
The rain falling down fast and hard
When kids were dreaming of being stars and riding around on the handle bars
Hoverboards and these virtual arcades
Misery loves this company
Machines move us through our destiny
Bright screens stacked and ugly technology
When we would walk outside under the sun
Shining down on each one of us and everyone
When we’re dreaming of our future stars, and driving around in electric cars
Hover trains and these virtual parades
Misery loves our company
Misery City Skyline, more than a fresh tag line
I can’t go back there, I won’t go back there
Misery City Skyline, more than meets the naked eye
I can’t get back there, I won’t go back there
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