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A Stranger Too
04:37
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Racing home against the sunrise
I gotta rest my head, gotta get some shuteye.
I need to find a dream before the morning light
breaks through my blinds.
By nine am if I’m still tossing and turning
still rolling not snoring I need to decide
do I get out of bed, do I lay on my side
or put up the good fight?
Missing out on the days can turn a man insane.
I need to take a new lead change my routine
and find a better way.
I’m a stranger to the afternoon
but a friend of the moon
and all the distant stars in the sky
could never outshine these city lights
at least not in this night time.
No control I’m awake until the end
for the waves and the moon have their hold.
And the streets are too loud for me to find a cloud,
so I just wait for later to come now.
Do I rest on my back? Should I lay on my face?
Do I turn on my side? Drink more of the cheap wine?
Buy new sheets? Keep counting sheep
and maybe drown them with whiskey.
Missing out on the days can turn a man insane.
I need to take a new lead change my routine
and find a better way.
The evenings are less pleasing
when you're leaving
sometimes I wish the world
would stop turning.
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They Lie
03:33
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Gemini's they lie.
Well they certainly are a certain kind of breed
and honesty is honestly a language they don’t speak
and sure they are a whole lot of fun
but stay away if you’re looking for love.
You can read it in their eyes.
It’s written between their thighs.
No need to be surprised
of course there are other guys
and as long as you don’t mind
you can have a good time.
Their mirror and camera reveal vanity
cause pictures and reflections reflect insecurity.
Never boring but they get bored easily,
so best be careful they don’t care when you bleed
May mercury make a mockery of their dishonesty
and curse them to be lonely for eternity.
May mercury make a mockery of your dishonesty
and curse you to be lonely for eternity.
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Muse
04:34
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Inspiration she comes and she goes.
When she returns you never really know.
Get high then feel low.
May of closed a door
but I opened a window
Need a muse, I need a muse
someone cruel who's just like you.
someone new who's just as blue.
anyone who's anyone but you.
Motivation she comes in waves,
try to keep up but she moves at her own pace.
The sail's set go against her tide.
May I wipe out twice should I survive?
Someone with your brown eyes
to send shivers down my spine.
Someone with your same scent
so strong it brings down my guard.
Someone.
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4. |
Destroyed
03:16
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If I bring the wind will you bring the rain?
You have me pinned down my little hurricane.
And when our blue sky fades to grey
only time will tell if this house we built shall remain.
Destroyed
You shake my ground.
Oh how low the rumble sounds.
Oh what a ruined town my little disaster.
And when these clean streets start to bleed
only time will tell if this house we built shall remain.
Destroyed
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