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Oh General
03:43
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If everyone’s a ghost
Floating through their morning
Just thinking about their money
How was I to know?
Caught a bit of your show
Now there’s cracks in the corner of the tv glow
Wonder what everybody knows
Oh General
Oh General, I don’t want to go
Oh General, I don’t want to go
Oh General
General, don’t want to go, oh general
Hard to see the light
You hope they’ll hold you to it
Its hard to admit you blew it
The timing wasn’t right
Thats the crazy thing about tides
Now there’s cracks in the corner of the tv glow
Wonder what everybody knows
There are some things you still won’t show
Now there’s cracks in the corner of the tv glow
Wonder what everybody knows
There are some things you still won’t show
You were a liar, I was a ghost: transcendental
I was for hire, but you’re a bad host: so temperamental
Oh General
Oh General, I don’t want to go
Oh General, I don’t want to go
And those things you said
You can’t take em back
Oh General, I don’t want to go
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2. |
The Darkness
03:37
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Open up – just a stranger in the darkness
Call it off – just to watch em burn
Strong enough, but you never learn
Hear you walking down the hall
Eyes pick up and then they fall
Not sure I was there at all
Didn’t know who to call
Its alright, I’ll drive you to that scary place
Even if the doctors don’t know their way
Round + round + round they pace
So hard to see what can be saved
Oh my god its almost done
Hurry hurry brain of thorns
Will the medication work?
Will you be here in the morn?
Hard to steer the ship to land
Hard to find a lover’s hand
They no longer understand
Crazy woman crazy man
I’m alive, but still kinda doubt the morning
Call you over here, just to feel your skin
My episodes are wearing thin
My anger was a pounding din
Hear you walking down the hall
Eyes pick up and then they fall
Not sure I was there at all
Didn’t know who to call
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Your heart sounds like a symphony tuning
Some fool chose 442
My world spins unassuming
Merri-go-round, buckaroo
I’m a head case in open water
You look stunned, I seem bothered
The fight isn’t worth the slaughter
Hold on tight till they find her
Until they find her
Chorus
If I’m lonely
Let me be lonely with you
If I’m lonely
Let me be lonely with you
You studied so hard to see what it takes
Packed it up, put it away
All that promise laid to waste
Are you still struggling with the flame?
Are you still struggling with the flame?
Chorus
And if we’re lonely
Can I be lonely with you
And if we’re lonely
Can I be lonely with you
If we’re lonely
What else are we going to do
If we’re lonely
Can I be lonely with you
Chorus
If I’m lonely
Let me be lonely with you
If I’m lonely
Let me be lonely with you
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4. |
Better Off Alone
03:25
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Just because you and me don’t fill the need
You’re holding your breath, what do you see?
You’re waiting here
Down on your knees
Placing the pieces so carefully now
Chorus
Surrounded by friends who won’t ask why
They just assume that you’re doing fine
I’d never stand in your way
When it feels like tomorrow could stand for today
There’s nothing you need that can’t never be changed
So I check the message just to hear your name
Hold it and never ask why
Its okay if you need to cry
Chorus
Surrounded by friends who won’t ask why
They just assume that you’re doing fine
Get out. Go home. Better off alone.
Take your time
Wait until you’re right
Feeling it hard, down on the floor
Staring at the ceiling, wanting more
So hard to shake what the void adores
I could use a friend to walk through that door now
Chorus
Surrounded by friends who won’t ask why
They just assume that you’re doing fine
Get out. Go home. Better off alone.
Take your time
Wait until you’re right
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5. |
No Easy Way Out
02:41
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Hold it all together - don’t know what I need
So scared of everybody knowing whats inside me
If I could feel so sacred I know I’d believe
Put it to my face, I still won’t see
There is no easy way out
You feel it, you find it, you suffer in silence
There is no easy way out
Get your feet back on the ground
Something everybody always knew was wired
A bird in every kitchen crying Fire! FIre!
I thought its something sacred, I dunno what I see
So I’m locking up the cage, it never flew to me
There is no easy way out
You find it, you feed it, you fuck up the markets
There is no easy way out
Fooling em down in The South
There is no easy way out
You feel it, you find it, you suffer in silence
There is no easy way out
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6. |
All My Worries
03:08
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Head road winds a magnet coil
Workers sweat, workers toil
I whisper ‘gainst the engine roar
Burning eyes are peeling holes
Now some have it easy, some have it tough
I spent my whole life waiting for your touch
Don’t need much else to stay alive
Engine oil for a midnight ride
I keep it all inside
The secret is in my eyes
Now all my worries
All my worries
All my worries are my own
All my worries
All my worries
All my worries are my own
If all I get is suit and tie, marching on
I won’t ask why no one else felt this way
I guess I messed it up again
If they won’t stick around or see this through,
then fuck this town
Waiting for the guilt to end
Were we ever even friends?
Now all my worries
All my worries
All my worries are my own
All my worries
All my worries
All my worries are my own
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7. |
Born Lucky
03:19
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Your perfect parents raised you good
We knew they would
God said it, you called it wise
In the cul-de-sac of your quiet heart
You finally found your disguise
I was out there somewhere, walking around
Feeling my way through the mist, yeah
Skateboarding with my heart
Hanging off of my wrist
Born lucky
You never stop
Chasing what you want
Until its gone
Bone lucky
You never saw it
You talk it up
Well, I walk it off
You want the oil, but not the blood
The rivers, but not the flood
The space to raise them with good taste
But there’s already tracks in the mud
Was I wasting my time with you?
Walking round
Thinking “oh, I could never be changed”
Well, somebody called my bluff
So easily they mark you strange
Born lucky
You never stop
Chasing what you want
Until its gone
Bone lucky
You never saw it
You talk it up
I walk it off
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8. |
Listen
04:09
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Surreal
This is how I know it’s for real
And not just for show this time
Call me up, say it once
Put your lightning in a cup
I never wanted much
I never wanted much from you
Just call me when I’m down
Open open up my eyes
Stay and warm my guides
Through the woods – I’m counting sheep
The deer are gone
The bears asleep
The owl above can’t see me
Where do I go?
What do you need?
Just listen
Just listen
Every time I doubt it, well my baby wants me
And she’s glad I’m home for a little longer this time
And if I could just keep her
Not push her away
Like I do everything
Like I do everything
Just call me when I’m down
Open open up my eyes
Stay and warm my guides
Through the woods – I’m counting sheep
The deer are gone
The bears asleep
The owl above can’t hear me
Where do I go?
What do you need?
Listen
I guess all ever wanted was to release myself from things I cannot see
All I know is that somewhere deep inside - now it shows - there’s something wrong with me
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9. |
My Generation Knows
02:07
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My generation knows!
My generation knows!
(x4)
It’s the same heart with the same truth
If they can, they’ll break you
Its the same ones it happened to
Try to find something new
Came back here to change myself
Raise the voice
Ring the bell
My generation knows!
My generation knows!
(x4)
All your secrets laid out on the lawn
Privacy is a precious little song
You don’t really give a shit
What’s right? What’s wrong?
I see we’re getting stuck with the bill
I see you’ll never get your fill
Trying to get me to stand still, yeah
Not much left but my will
My generation knows!
My generation knows!
(x4)
Who knows? Well I know. I know.
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10. |
Hold On
02:06
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My world is on its knees
Trading heartstrings
If you just do as you need
Might not hear em calling
How em I supposed to answers all the prayers
From the ghosts in the window
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
Just a little more time
Just a little more light
Justice breaking your heart
Just you burning inside
Do you even know where to turn
When the feelings grow
For the ghosts in the window
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
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Touching Winnipeg, Manitoba
Born on a boat in a storm a long way from home. Now turning forests to feathers.
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