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The Dirt Road
04:21
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The dirt road
Cracks under the tires
Two shovels roll
In the back of his old red pickup
We say nothing my head heavy with sleep
As we roll down the road to a sign that reads
PRIVATE PROPERTY
We shovel
Until my hands start shaking
Smooth the lines
Make it look like
Nothing was taken
We say nothing my arms heavy with sleep
Two more miles back to a bed don't belong to me
And he says nothing
But "Go back to sleep"
I dream of running away
But he takes it out on your body
and private property
and private property
and private property
and private property
We say nothing
and we say nothing
We say nothing
Private property don't apply to me
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I can cut my arm
Or get drunk in your car
Throw up in the backseat
It's OK to forget
Or lose consciousness
I nod off
I wake up periodically
Only half asleep
And only half sleeping
My only one life away
And in this moment it's OK
It's OK to live
Like the Devil's chasing you
Cause he is
It's OK if he catches you
(It's OK if he catches you)
It's OK to run
Like the Devil chases you
Cause he does
It's OK if he catches you...
He's going to
If I can't tell a life from a lie
Then I can fuck my life
And it's OK
And I'll do jumping jacks
And I'll do somersaults
Out of this crippling depression
Might as well jump
(JUMP!)
Go ahead and jump
(JUMP!)
It's OK to live
Like the Devil's chasing you
Cause he is
It's OK if he catches you
(It's OK if he catches you)
It's OK to run
Like the Devil chases you
Cause he does
It's OK if he catches you...
He's going to
Clutching your heart and your mind
If he compels you to take your own life
Pills, razor, warm blood in warm water
A slow death of lung cancer
A slow death of lung cancer
The slow death of lung cancer
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3. |
Sending Out a Dove
02:55
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I heard the ocean starting to give up
We took all the fish
Replaced them with plastic
I heard the voice of God above
A promise to destroy everything on the earth in his flood
And so I'm sending out a dove
And I'm trying hard to see the rainbow
Outside my window
Right there in the street
Giving me reason to go out there
But the dove keeps coming back to me
I saw clouds
Of industrial waste
Displace all the air
With garbage and mercury
And in the heaven's seven angels of blood
And I understood the things
that I thought that had passed were to come
And so I'm sending out a dove
And I'm trying hard to see the rainbow
Outside my window
Right there in the street
Giving me reason to go out there
But the dove keeps coming back to me
I don't care about his drug years
I don't care that his mother didn't love him
I don't care that he watched his best friend die
He's still sleeping on the couch as I creep on by
And I'm trying hard to see the rainbow
Outside my window
Right there in the street
(Giving me reason)
And so I'm sending out a dove
But the dove keeps coming back
The dove keeps coming back
The dove keeps coming back to me
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4. |
I've Got Your Blood
04:44
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You ride your bike around the navy yard
You lie about your age so you can join the first world war
I heard that you can talk to anyone you meet
Well I wish that you could talk to me
When I was born you were already dead
So you ride your bike around the navy yard in my head
And I’ve got your blood inside of me
We’re not the same, but probably close enough
So when 70 years have turned to stone
And I’m living with your blood
It means you’re not really gone
You smash your brother’s head and bury him
But when God asks you, you say “I don’t know where he is”
You dig a trench, you hold the line, you fire ‘til you’re spent
You try to forget
When I was born you’d already drank yourself to death
But you keep digging up holes in my head
And I’ve got your blood inside of me
It’s how I know, that I’m not good enough
For millions of years you killed to live
And I’m living with your blood
Now how am I supposed to love?
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I'm glad you got out
But I miss you
Poor is what we shared
But love too
I'm glad that you got out
But I miss you
My frittering away somnambulist days
You held on through
And I'm glad that you got out
But I miss you
I wish I'd never made you feel like shit
When you got sick
We couldn't pay for it
I wish I'd never made you feel like shit
Stray feelings rest like a quiet un-death
I'm glad you got out
But I miss you
Poor is what we shared
But love too
I'm glad that you got out
But I miss you
My frittering away somnambulist days
You held on through
And I'm glad that you got out
But I miss you
At 2 a.m. he's coming through your door
I lay in bed
I don't wanna get hurt no more
I wish I'd never made you feel like shit
Stray feelings rest like a quiet un-death
You got out
But I miss you
Poor is what we shared
But love too
I'm glad that you got out
But I miss you
My frittering away somnambulist days
You held on through
And I'm glad that you got out
But I miss you
And I'm glad that you got out
But I miss you
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6. |
Rushing Lattice
05:07
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Five more days
The week like a meadow
I'm still here
Subtle in the background
No one there
To help you pick your battles
But I'll still be casting a shadow
Rushing lattice
I came to you with open arms
Rushing lattice
Do me no harm
Rushing lattice
I came to you without regard
Rushing lattice
Do me no harm
Your charms break
Subtle in the background
I'm still awake
The spark like a flash now
I'll be here
To help you pick your battles
But peace comes to light without a shadow
Rushing lattice
I came to you with open arms
Rushing lattice
Do me no harm
Rushing lattice
I came to you without regard
Rushing lattice
Do me no harm
The sun drops on the lake
Trash drifts in the sea
I'll show you what it takes
To set just one soul free
Garbage in the sky
Fire in the air
I'll show you what it costs
But I don't think you care
Rushing lattice
I came to you with open arms
Rushing lattice
Do me no harm
Rushing lattice
I came to you without regard
Rushing lattice
Do me no harm
Rushing lattice
I came to you with open arms
Rushing lattice
Do me no harm
Rushing lattice
I came to you without regard
Rushing lattice
Do me no harm
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7. |
No Kind of God
03:46
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Still sad
We packed up and left
You moved us into a house that smelled like cigarettes
My real dad
Only three months dead
I can't remember the last thing he said
I took drugs
I drank 'til I threw up
I left you in the dust as soon as I grew up
And that's when
He tried to take your life
I can't imagine what that must have been like
But you'd pray to God to redeem him
To give you the purpose or meaning
But a god that only gives you sufferin' is no kind of god
No kind of god to believe in
Thank you for another beautiful day
And this endless expanse of nothing
The distance doubles my doubt
The fuck was that about?
There's something people say
Something "heart growing fonder"
"What kills you and what makes you stronger"
But you'd pray to God to redeem him
To give you the purpose or meaning
But a god that only gives you sufferin' is no kind of god
No kind of god to believe in
No kind of god to believe in
No kind of god
No kind of god to believe in
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Megadeth Tee
05:28
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I cleaned the floors
In your used car
For your date night
With your high school sweetheart
I had a dog, a borrowed jacket
Covered in fur, interwoven
Just a kid on Doolittle Lane
I sang angry "angry again"
Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?
And how could anyone love me?
Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?
We were in love
But we were a mess
We had a dog
But we were manic depressed
I punched through a wall
I cried on the phone
I moved to New York
Low and alone
The last one riding the L train
I sang angry "angry again"
Is it not cool to wear this Megadeth tee?
And how could anyone love me?
Is it not cool to wear this Megadeth tee?
And how could anyone love me?
And along the road
All the dogs have died
They're here then they're gone
All the dogs have died
They were all friends
They were good friends of mine
And all of their bodies left behind
Wherever you go
Whenever you die
If you believe in the lord
They say your soul stays alive
In a palace or shack
But I don't really care
If I can't see my friends
Then I don't want to live there
The last one to leave Heaven's Gate
I'll sing angry "angry again"
Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?
And how could anyone love me?
Is it not cool to wear this MEGADETH tee?
And how could anyone love me?
All the dogs have died
And how could anyone love me?
All the dogs have died
And how could anyone love me?
All the dogs have died
And how could anyone love me?
How could anyone love me?
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I was a dirt road kid
Happy that you were my friend
You never judged me for being a weirdo
Or for anything that I did
(for anything that I did)
Hello me, it's me again
I can't remember what it's like
To feel so small
But in a good way, mostly
In this world
That's so impossibly big
To feel beauty that's rare and beyond comprehending
To be sure
To get lost in it
Your tail was broken
You were always so scared
And you saw it all fall apart
My bed used to be on the floor of my room
And you'd lay down right next to my heart
Hello me, it's me again
I can't remember what it's like
To feel so small
But in a good way, mostly
In this world
That's so impossibly big
To feel beauty that's rare and beyond comprehending
To be sure
To get lost in it
I walked through the door
With you in my arms
Happy that you were my friend
Your eyes were so tired
Your face so gray
I held your hand as you faded away
Hello me, it's me again
I'm having a hard time tonight
You looked so small
In a box for a sweater
XL from a store in the mall
Your eyes, they don't close
When you lay down forever
And I hope God can find a place for you
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