1. |
Evident In Better Days
05:30
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I folded up my life
on every dotted crease
and tucked away the corners you released
and it's just something I don't talk about.
I've seen it all before
that subtle sign of fear
that clings itself to everything that you hold dear
and it's in irony that we relate.
you have them all convinced that I'm to blame
the rhetoric is set to meet your claims
just let the cowards tell you what you need
it's evident in better days
shout it loud
keep on shouting until your coughing blood.
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2. |
Conscious Design
04:09
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Found on the floor when the others arrive,
you smile through the grate as I walk away and hide.
it never felt so right
will you head back home to find the way I tried
to see that your soul feeds your conscious design
that never leaves you and serves as your guide
but if you leave this place to find what you've lost
it's all on display
transfixed, these images will cover up their names
I've been staying up all night
trying to find the words to keep it alright
and I've been lying to myself
because I can't hide this anymore
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3. |
All I Can See
05:27
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You tamed him
stole the fire from his eyes
and what I saw
I could never leave behind
it's hung me up
bound and cornered with
hands behind backs
patience is wearing thin
it's hung me up
acts you circumvent
came across as cruel intent for me now
because if I try
I'll feel it more now
than ordinary men
and if I try to
I'll feel it always
I've wasted my time
wondering away
from what I've been told
I could never regain
I see it in my dreams
feel it in my bones
I hear it from the sidelines
every time it calls
I brought him to the water
looking toward the waves
and if there was another
I knew he'd be the same
it's all I could be
it's all I could see
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4. |
Under The Lights
06:38
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5. |
Cadence Into Codes
06:53
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the cause
the day
I'm caught in the angles I see
but it isn't me
and how
the daylight spills out
and wraps around my door
but I can't see it anymore
and if I go
away from here
I'll miss the many things I've grown to love
and if what you found
was better left unknown to us all
the wait
the cadence into codes
left unfilled
the wait
I'll follow you until
our way is paved
we'll pause
and wait a moment
to hear the sounds of
the proles, they're calling
"away they go and where they lead us
we will follow"
with miles left ahead
no place to rest our heads
we wait to be repaid
we plead, we pray
and though I was a fool to leave
I know I've never been deceived
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6. |
Black Gold (bonus track)
05:09
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You take me to the highways
That lead us toward the black gold
I see you on the way out
You're talking like a soldier
I’ve left a bigger mess than the cannons down your streets
my children beckoning for the one that they can't see
they worry about the ghosts that haunt them in their dreams
and you think the same of me
no need for second best when there's aces up your sleeve
I'll cleanse the mother tongue from your mouth as you speak
the struggle only lasts as long as you please
and you'll know that you've been wronged
I hear the rhythm drone over shores of disbelief
a vicious serenade that will swarm in waves of heat
and in this emptiness of searching for relief
I'm confined to what I signed
five years in desert sands, I've returned where they found me
all my friends stayed behind in the warmth of their routines
these colors washed away the light inside of me
it leads me down a lonely road
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