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Better Planet
01:23
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A better planet is possible
But we're too damn greedy
Corporations are seedy
And the CDC says that
I got to stay home now
I wonder what it's like in my hometown
Every day is a different story
You'd think it be boring, but it's kind of nice
Amidst a crisis, I finally have free time
For another week or so
For another week or so
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Remedy
02:29
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Club lock the wheel
To your shitty minivan
Tell others to steal it
If they can
Alarm your house
So the cops can say,
"There's nothing we can do now"
There's nothing we can do now
'Cause your remedies are reactionary
Your remedies are reactionary
If you hit your children,
They will hit others
You can figure this out
But nobody bothers
Don't like your neighbor
So you put up a fence
When someone breaches,
Who will come to your defense?
'Cause your remedies are reactionary
Your remedies are reactionary
We could teach our boys empathy
Instead of hoping for clemency
We could teach our boys empathy
Instead of hoping for clemency
But your remedies are reactionary
Your remedies are reactionary
Your reality could be revolutionary
But your remedies are reactionary
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Baggage
01:52
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Rip it up
Brick by broken brick
Stick a forklift in it
It's done
Foundation sullied and rotten
Bedrock too, too unsolid
Baggage
The baggage check
Let's check ours
What a fucking mess
I'm all out
Three outs, that's the game
I need a timeout
Needed just a little break
But what I got
What was handed to me, you
Showed me the door
And your middle finger, too
Baggage
The baggage check
Let's check ours
What a fucking mess
Didn't I
Didn't I see you
Your eyes
Bloodshot, so blue
Didn't we
Didn't we need this
Didn't I
Didn't you
Baggage
The baggage check
Let's check ours
What a fucking mess
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Trying
03:05
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Raised well, well I was raised well enough
Some words could hurt my self-worth, but I was loved
Though not abused, I took abuse and I don't know
Just how to carry that shit with me as I go
But I wish something would deliver me
Or slow the pain of atrophy
I'll spend some time and money once a week
Working through shit you never meant to give me
Time's been wasted, or at least it's been misused
And nothing's guaranteed, so I've got nothing left to lose
But I can't help but turn an eye
To what's been taken from my life
And I will try not to be bitter, though at times I may succumb
I will try to rest my head and keep from being fully numb
You've told me all my life that just to try is an excuse
And I'm happy that's worked out for you, but
Sometimes trying is all that I can do
I've inherited your trauma with my own
You won't be proud of me for how I've grown
I am fixated on a future when I'm fixed
Ignorant of the implications that exist
That I'm broken
That I won't be
That I am nothing currently
And I will try not to be bitter, though at times I may succumb
I will try to rest my head and keep from being fully numb
You've told me all my life that just to try is an excuse
And I'm happy that's worked out for you, but
Sometimes trying is all that I can do
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If Me Dies, Me Dies
02:04
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It's quite amazing
The circles we've been racing
Flirting with the sentiment
But getting stuck in wet cement
But I am tired
And somehow pretty wired
The time is now
You've gotta face it without a doubt
But I'm so bored
While you've been looking for a reward
You produced a plan
So only you can stand
But I'm so bored
While you've been looking for a reward
You produced a plan
So only you can stand
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Mirror
03:05
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So I've been a little upset
I played a song and I wrote a poem
Made some art, but I don't know where to start
But that's okay
We'll be out by Memorial Day
And I'm sorry
I'm a little bit angry, but I
Must apologize
While you look for someone to criticize
Take a good, hard look in the mirror
Take a good, hard look in the mirror
Seems some of us have jumped the gun
If I could, I'd be on the run
We're waiting at the starting line
While you're celebrating a race you thought you'd won
But that's okay
We'll be out by Thanksgiving Day
And I'm sorry
I'm a little bit angry, but I
Must apologize
While you look for someone to criticize
Take a good, hard look in the mirror
Take a good, hard look in the mirror
It's a question that's been age-old
Can a human be bought and sold?
Many think it's alright to sacrifice the weak
Their morality plays hide-and-seek
But that's okay
We'll be out by Valentine's Day
And I'm sorry
I'm a little bit angry, but I
Must apologize
While you look for someone to criticize
Take a good, hard look in the mirror
Take a good, hard look in the mirror
So we've been here for a year
Have you learned your lesson? Have you faced your fear?
We've paid for parties in your pool
Are you still hungry, or is your stomach full?
But that's okay
(That's okay)
That's okay
We'll be out one of these days
And I'm sorry
I'm a little bit angry, but I
Must apologize
While you look for someone to criticize
Take a good, hard look in the mirror
Take a good, hard look in the mirror
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7. |
Fall Again
02:49
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Your lips and gums were stained a sickly
Shade of green and grey from the whiskey that you drank
And for the fourteen blocks that we walked home
I swear to God, that stain spread right across your face
That walk home in my memory
Will forever smell to me
Like fresh fallen rain and disappointment
And I remember wondering
If this was the first day of spring
Or if we were just back to fall again
I wondered if we were back to fall again
I wondered if we were back to fall again
The reservoir had thawed but
Sidewalk cracks beneath our feet seemed awfully threatening to me
While you showed off your new tattoo
I think it was your cat or a racoon
And while I watched what I imagined slip into the night,
I closed the door on what we had
Those tree-lined streets stretched on forever
Years and miles later, find ourselves in the same place
That walk home in my memory
Will forever smell to me
Like fresh fallen rain and disappointment
And I remember wondering
If this was the first day of spring
Or if we were just back to fall again
I wondered if we were back to fall again
I wondered if we were back to fall again
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8. |
A Good Time
03:29
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Blurred into the faces
In this city
I hallucinate your features
Right past the parish
Beyond bodegas
Into the nosebleed bleachers
A little accent; that voice I know
It hung on words that gave me hope
I hope you're proud; I think you'd be
We had a good time, didn't we?
And though I never
Knew you here
It's plain and easy to see
That in your youth
And on your porch
You might've dreamed a kid like me
A little accent; that voice I know
It hung on words that gave me hope
I hope you're proud; I think you'd be
We had a good time, didn't we?
Blurred into the faces
In this city
I hallucinate your features
And though I never
Knew you here
It's plain and easy to see
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Chalk Outlines
02:23
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This is my bad idea, don't you take credit
Back up from the scene
Leave the caution tape alone
This is my masterpiece, let it be said of it
That nothing burned as bright
Or poured as many fumes into the ozone
Stick every bit of ink and paper
There's not a word we know made for such a eulogy
Dot every "i" like it's not you and it's not capitalized
Distance yourself while you still can
Attend the man's funeral, I'll be the man
This is my life's work and my work's life
Being that they own each other,
I can't be sure if either one is mine
Was I the one who drew the shapes or spilled the blood
Encircled by the white of this chalk outline?
I will regret, but I will miss
The way it felt to work at nothing else but this
The long hours, the longer rides
To the buildings all outstretched and sitting riverside
Stick every bit of ink and paper
There's not a word we know made for such a eulogy
Dot every "i" like it's not you and it's not capitalized
Distance yourself while you still can
Attend the man's funeral, I'll be the man
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Pardoned, Forgot About
02:10
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Nothing will happen to the president
Like nothing happened to the cops
Like nothing happened to the banks
Seems like we're turning back the clocks
But boys will be boys will get you on the court
To be convicted
Pardoned, forgot about
Pardoned, forgot about
Why are you still confident in our judicial system?
Try to send your kids to school, but they won't listen
You'll ask her what she's wearing and who she's dating
And not why this good boy spends his nights out
But boys will be boys will get you on the court
To be convicted
Pardoned, forgot about
Pardoned, forgot about
Pardoned, forgot about
Pardoned, forgot about
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Fix Your Shit
01:25
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There is no future
We build the present in real-time
So why delay when we can see the cracks and fault lines
"All grown up" is a white flag, it's a defeat
You're giving up on being good as you can be
Yeah, you're a product of your culture
But you've enforced its shitty rules
We are both victim and perpetrator
Let's put our hearts to better use
It'll eat me up, but I will turn on you the day you give me cause
I don't believe in loyalty
Yeah my support, it lends you credibility
So fix your shit or watch me go
I swear, I'll leave
Yeah, you're a product of your culture
But you've enforced its shitty rules
We are both victim and perpetrator
Let's put our hearts to better use
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12. |
Chemical Change
03:19
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There is a flaw in the redemption arc
People don't tend to wait up for you
To figure out how fucked up you are
They can change too, and they usually do
It's a chemical change
It'll never be the same
There is a hole in the narrative
The third act's a mess; there is no closure
Loved ones grow and don't wanna relive
Things that barely happened that are definitely over
It's a chemical change
It'll never be the same
There is sand in the microchip
Such a finely-tuned instrument totally broken
It can not do what we expect of it
In my deepest depths, I think I've always known it
It's a chemical change
There is a flaw in the redemption arc
People don't tend to wait up for you
There is a hole in the narrative
There is sand in the microchip
It'll never be the same
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Longfriend Timefriend Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Caleb: guitar
Em: guitar
Pete:drums
Louie: bass
everybody sings sometimes
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