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Be Nice To Yourself
03:29
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Be nice to yourself
Be nice to yourself
Be nice to yourself
Be nice to yourself
'Cause if you are never nice
And don't believe in yourself
Yeah if you are never nice
Then how in the hell
Are you gonna be nice
To anyone else?
To believe in yourself?
To get out of your shell?
To treat a friend well?
And to throw away lies
That your mind might tell?
And to ring that bell?
So think twice for yourself
Think twice for yourself
Think twice for yourself
Think twice for yourself
'Cause if you never think twice
You will never live well
Yeah if you never think twice
Then how in the hell
Are you giving advice
To anyone else?
To believe in yourself?
To get out of your shell?
To treat a friend well?
And to throw away lies
That your mind might tell?
And to ring that bell?
So be nice to yourself
Be nice to yourself
Be nice to yourself
Be nice to yourself
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Potential
02:14
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I've got potential
Written on my wall
I've got credentials
That show my potential has evolved
And it's not accidental
That my heroes live in fog
I've got potential
But that's all
I'm masquerading
As the princess at the ball
I'm fast degrading
And I'm dripping down the wall
I'm tax evading
While I'm laying down the law
I've got potential
And that's all
I'm never going anywhere with y'all
The shortest guy in the bunch is still too tall
Towering over my soul
Think I'd rather just let the Lord take control
'Cause you know I've got potential
Bouncing off the walls
It's evidential
That my potential gives me pause
And it's so essential
That I focus on my flaws
I've got potential
And that's all
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When you're halfway out of your mind
And you're feeling kind of blue
When you think you're on the decline
And the cause you never knew
When you're searching for a sign
And you're not sure what is true
That's when I am offering you
A distinctly distorted worldview
When the weasels get in line
And they say they're coming through
But they say that all of the time
While their salaries accrue
When they come for your last dime
And they take your honor too
That's when I am offering you
A distinctly distorted worldview
I can't see far in front of me
But some figures stick out
Like a sore thumb protruding from the ground
When you know that something is wrong
And you're picking it apart
You can put it into a song
Or you can make a work of art
When you feel you don't belong
And every day is deja vu
That's when I am offering you
A distinctly distorted worldview
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4. |
You Appear
00:57
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You can appear
At almost any time
You disappear
At the first warning sign
But if you hung around that would be just fine
But if you hung around that would be just fine
You move around
Following every whim
I'm in the ground
Growing another limb
But if you hung around I would let you in
But if you hung around I would let you in
But if you hung around I would let you in
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5. |
Being, Living It
03:10
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Being, living it
Falling, feeling it
Aching, mending it
Breaking the piggy and spending it
Aging, cursing it
Raging, nursing it
Gauging, guessing it
Taking your time and assessing it
Loving, losing it
Leaving, choosing it
Living, breathing, wanting, needing
Craving, feeding, resting, relieving
Testing, cheating, trying succeeding
Living, being it
Living, being it
Locking, freeing it
Stocking, saving it
Taking your flag out and waving it
Tripping, trilling it
Slipping, slurring it
Whipping, whirling it
Blending the mixture and serving it
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6. |
Study #1
01:33
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Memory
04:32
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The memory is a place
Chock full of mistakes
I was searching for a face
But the memory was erased
So I looked in a different place
I was thinking of a friend
If I would see them again
It had been nine years or ten
But I couldn't picture them
There was only a mannequin
Don't you wanna tell 'bout the things that you did
And the ways that you lived unaware
I can only tell you where I've been in a my head
And I'm not confident that it happened
I was visiting the past
And the past was made of glass
And the glass was cut in half
And the first half made me laugh
On the last was an epitaph
Don't you wanna tell 'bout the things that you did
And the ways that you lived unaware
I can only tell you where I've been in a my head
And I'm not confident that it happened
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8. |
Sell Your Shit
01:09
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Sell all your shit
Just get rid of it
I don't care what you think you have
But you haven't got it half bad
Sell all your shit
Or throw it in a pit
You can get rid of that old t-shirt
That doesn't fit
With the hole in the pit
Now you see
There's nothing really wrong with me
Just because I don't hang on to everything
I see
Thing I see
There's nothing I can keep
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9. |
Moo
03:52
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Who make me woo
Make me coo
Make me moo
Only you do
Make me woo
Take me to
Inner exposure delighted and new
If you don’t believe me
Come along and see me
Detonate completely
You can try and piece me
Back together neatly
Celebrate defeat and put it on display
Who make you woo
Make you coo
Make you moo
Only me do
Make you woo
Take you to
Inner exposure delighted and new
If you don’t believe me
Come along and see me
Detonate completely
You can try and piece me
Back together neatly
Celebrate defeat and put it on display
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10. |
Terrible Things
02:13
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Terrible things keep happening
God awful things keep happening
All the time
So I sing these terrible things
A grisly lullaby
And hope that all those terrible things will die
Terrible things, terrible things
Don't you think they should go extinct?
Or at least come back another time
When there's not so much on the line?
Terrible things keep happening
God awful things keep happening
Terrible things
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11. |
Pass Thru Time
02:25
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I'm passing through time
Crossing my arms I'm hoping everything's fine
I'm waiting in line
Hope I make it home for my show in time
I'm looking at you, you're helping me through
Everything and you don't even mind
2001 was a good year when I went to Japan with my friends
And I bathed with old men in the onsen
I'm passing through time
Hoping that I can see my waistline
I'm passing through time
Crossing my arms I'm hoping everything's fine
I'm waiting in line
Hope I make it home for my show in time
I'm looking at you, you're helping me through
Everything and you don't even mind
2005 I went to school and I finally got my first kiss at the age of 19
In my dorm room
I'm passing through time
Trying to wake up well before 9
I'm passing through time
Crossing my arms I'm hoping everything's fine
I'm waiting in line
Hope I make it home for my show in time
I'm looking at you, you're helping me through
Everything and you don't even mind
1998 my family moved to Virginia
And I missed my cousins and cried every night for a whole year
I'm passing through time
Learning to love the people I find
I'm passing through time
Crossing my arms I'm hoping everything's fine
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12. |
Study #2
02:12
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13. |
Turnstile
02:40
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I don't know what I'm looking for
But I think I'm in the wrong part of the store
I was dropped off by that man
In the yellow minivan
I'm trying the samples, I'm checking the sales
And I think that I could really go off the rails
No one taught me how to deal
With the existential feel
Turnstile
Turning me once in a while
Turnstile
Turning me out of style
But it's good
To feel that click sometimes
Yeah it's good to feel that click inside
I'm betting my future and saving my past
And I'm skeptical of how long it's gonna last
I was dropped off by a man
With no purpose and no plan
I'm counting my blessings and saying my prayers
And I'm hoping that I'm never caught unawares
No one taught me how to deal
With the ever-turning wheel
Turnstile
Turning me once in a while
Turnstile
Turning me out of style
But it's good to feel that click sometimes
Yeah it's good to feel that click inside
Oh it's good to feel that click sometimes
Yeah it's good to feel the click inside
Yeah it's good to feel that click sometimes
Oh it's good to feel the click inside
Yeah it's good to feel
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14. |
A Poncho Saved Me
03:34
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Make my dreams come true
Make my dreams come true
Crippling panic
As I planned it
All day raining
A poncho saved me
Another cold shower I'd like to forget
The cover slips over and no one gets wet
Not yet
I hammer the gavel and puncture the navel
I finish my dinner but I'm still unstable
The records are keeping their history hidden
I might not be driving but I am still driven
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Untying
03:19
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You grow all over the walls
You can give my life a pause
Make me wonder
I get tangled in the vine
But I get out from time to time
Then sucked back under
There may never be a use
In escaping this abuse
I’m entangled for life
Old lies buried in the truth
You can try and find the proof
I’m not buying
Those ties are a little loose
But you could give them a new use
By untying
Listening for a deity
To impart a peace in me
I’m accepting
I can behind a myth
It can drive me off a cliff
Misdirecting
There may never be a use
In escaping this abuse
I’m a zealot for life
Old lies buried in the truth
You can try and find the proof
I’m not buying
Those ties are a little loose
But you could give them a new use
By untying
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16. |
Life Is Beautiful
01:31
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Life is beautiful
When you meet the right people
If not you might be miserable
And become extremely cynical
Life is beautiful
When you love someone that's beautiful
And they tell you that you're beautiful
And you love as long as feasible
Life is beautiful
When you lose someone that's beautiful
And the sting is very painful
But you see them in the rainbow
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