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takin' my own advice
02:55
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you won't see my face tonight
at the graveyard karaoke
cuz i'll be on the farm til the cows come home
and the cows are movin' slowly
not quite sure how long it'll last
but i know for a fact
i'm takin'
my own
advice
i'm takin'
my own
advice
i'm tired o' regrets, big truths, and destinies
pour me another glass o' wine
i'm doin' what feels right
however i decide
that's right, tonight
i'm takin' my advice
welcome to the utopia
come meet your silhouette now
well i've been on the outside lookin' in
but now i'm inside lookin' out
not quite sure how long it'll last
but i know for a fact
i'm takin'
my own
advice
i'm takin'
my own
advice
i'm tired o' pep talks, deep thoughts, and destinies
pour me another glass o' wine
i'm doin' what feels right
however i decide
that's right, tonight
i'm takin' my advice
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cock-a-doodle-doo
01:48
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the sun can run
but it can't hide from you
tomorrow is the day that today decides
so shut the hell up and help it decide
cock-a-doodle-do
cock-a-doodle-do
cock-a-doodle-do ya know the day won't wait for you?
but the day will wait for me
you know that i'm busy
not doin' anything
i know what's best for me
i'm stubborn as a mule
and sharp as a peach
the sun can run
but it can't hide from me
yeah, the sun can run
but it can't hide from me
i said the sun can run
but it can't hide from me
cock-a-doodle-do
cock-a-doodle-do
cock-a-doodle-do ya know the day won't wait for you?
cock-a-doodle-do
cock-a-doodle-do
cock-a-doodle-do ya wanna waste the day with me?
my sweet hypocrisy
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3. |
schrödinger's cat
01:41
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curiosity killed schrödinger's cat
the box is the pulse and the panic attack
i'm singin'
somebody broke the washin' machine
and i've got a pile o' clothes i need to clean
so pour me a cold vodka soda
and fall into a midsummer's coma
watch me sweat, sweat, sweat
schrödinger's cat is out of the bag
the box is the bag and the bag is the box
i'm singin'
don't go and break the washin' machine
cuz i've got my favorite shirt i need to clean
so pour me a strong vodka soda
and fall into a midsummer's coma
watch me
sweat a little bit
fret a little bit
i'm a little bit of a lotta shit
i don't know what you want from me
so let me give everyone everything
i'm a schrödinger's cat
out of the box
i'm talkin' to you but you barely talk
so talk to me
and watch me struggle not to sweat
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4. |
hayride
02:34
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we're on a hay ride to the other side
too many stops, i can't ever decide
everybody's sayin' that the next stop's great
well let me talk it over with my friend called fate
well we talked too long that we missed the stop
all the passengers left for the new gift shop
after everyone leaves, there's a hundred more
just none quite like the other ones before
there's a steady stream of people
they're crossing paths with me
well hey, my name is zachary
what's yours?
and if i open myself up to you
i hope you do the same
'cuz this life's just too much
not to care
we're on a hay ride to the other side
don't know the driver, but we know how he drives
everybody's sayin' that the ride's too slow
they'd rather go by foot so that they're in control
so they hop off like baby birds from a nest
but their wings don't open, and they fall on their chests
after everyone leaves, there's a hundred more
just none quite like the other ones before
there's a steady stream of people
they're crossing paths with me
well hey, my name is zachary
what's yours?
and if i open myself up to you
i hope you do the same
'cuz this life's just too much
not to care
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5. |
the weather
03:01
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i'm too boring
and you're too kind
so let's talk about the weather all night
lay with me, stay with me
just don't relate to me
that would be too much to ask
i couldn't tell you if
my words are blowin' this
i'll just keep talkin' away
some people can talk about anything
some people are afraid to say anything
some people just need something to say
i'm too nervous
and you're too shy
so let's talk about the weather all night
i might offend you
though i don't intend to
oh i just need something to say
tongue-tied at twilight
i freeze in the spotlight
"tomorrow they're callin' for rain"
some people can talk about anything
some people are afraid to say anything
some people just need something to say
some people can talk about anything
some people are afraid to say anything
some people just need something to say
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6. |
horizon
02:35
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oh what a thought
i just hope that it stays
well most come around for
a minute or a day
what do ya say?
a little getaway
well we can get acquainted
while the others sit and wait
i'm just distracted
vices are active
but i know what it feels like
to feel like i want to
i've felt it, i'll feel it again
what's that thought i had again?
went to outer space again
whose idea was that again?
went to outer space again
(repeats)
my mind is socializin'
with the thoughts on the horizon
why can't you pick one of them?
why can't you choose?
my mind is socializin'
with the thoughts on the horizon
why can't you pick one of them?
why can't you choose?
i'm just distracted
vices are active
but i know what it feels like
to feel like i want to
i've felt it, i'll feel it again
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7. |
corduroy man
03:15
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i'm on a suede couch
in a suede room
in a suede house
oh boy
and when i open up the door
i'm a runaway
so i run away
oh boy
marchin' to the beat of an offbeat drum
i'm a corduroy man on the run
on the run
i'm a corduroy man in a world of suede
i'm a corduroy man on the run
on the run
marchin' to the beat of an offbeat drum
i'm a corduroy man on the run
on the run
i'm a corduroy man in a world of suede
i'm a corduroy man on the run
on the run
can i be honest for a minute?
corduroy's hot when i'm in it
and i'm sweatin' like a pig
in a sauna in the middle
of the summer
what a bummer
but it's all i know
it's my labor of love
to keep lovin' it
even if
i shouldn't
love it at all
still i'm marchin' to the beat of an offbeat drum
i'm a corduroy man on the run
on the run
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8. |
put me out to pasture
02:33
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nothin's as thrillin' as it was once before
so put me out to pasture when you're bored
you want
something
i can't
give ya
put me out to pasture when you're bored
take a good look at you and me
before we're finished vanishing
we'll be ghosts of good intentions cause
good intentions can't hold your attention
you're a strong little gust of wind
blowin' past me and my hesitation
i'm a hesitator hesitatin' hesitantly
i'm the hesitator hesitatin’ hesitantly
the fire in your eyes doesn't burn like before
so put me out to pasture when you're bored
you need
something
i can't
give ya
put me out to pasture when you're bored
put me out to pasture when you're bored
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9. |
pavlov's dog
03:02
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right on time
dinner is served
a greeting from you
that i don't deserve
but maybe i'm busy
maybe i do things too
(but maybe he's busy)
(maybe he does things too)
look at me drool on my old ass cardigan
hope that you're flattered 'cuz i'm fallin' apart again
i'm hypnotized
i'm paralyzed
(he's hypnotized)
(he's paralyzed)
my drool forms an ocean and i sail out to sea
the sea of embarrassment and me
well i'm the captain of my own ship
a ship on the sea of embarrassment
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
if the old dog's brain ain't wired for it
why
am i
so
attached to everything?
dinner's served on time again
a greeting from you
well i just checked my calendar
i've got nothing to do
i've got
nothing
to do
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10. |
eggs for dinner pt. 1
01:26
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eggs for dinner
again
again
eggs for dinner
again
again
again again again again again
we've been eatin' eggs all week
sittin' at the same old seats
we've been eatin' eggs all week
watching as the days repeat
we don't wanna eat eggs for dinner anymore
we don't wanna eat eggs for dinner anymore
we don't wanna eat eggs for dinner anymore
we don't wanna eat eggs for dinner anymore
but they're so damn easy to make
and we know just how they'll taste
i guess it's eggs
for dinner
again
again
it's eggs
for dinner
again
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bb gun
03:12
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watchin' cartoons from a casket
my daily funeral practice
the internet says that i'll surely die
i'm terminally ill with life
death never dies, it's immortal
we talk, but it doesn't feel cordial
as crazy as it sounds, i never
had a doubt i'd live forever
doc, am i dyin'?
wanna be alive, but
agin' is a virus
livin' to defy us
jeepers creepers
it's the mean grim reaper
he's coming for my hair and my knees
well, my bb gun's loaded
in my hands, i'm holdin' it
shakin' like a tambourine
i'm shake-shake-shakin'
i'm shake-shake-shakin'
i'm scared but i don't why
well, death is takin'
it's take-take-takin'
it's take-take-takin'
its time
the supplement store is a mile away
i should walk there, that's what the experts say
just remember to look both ways
oh what a beautiful day
drowning in all the sun's cancerous rays
even death can be warm, too
doc, am i dyin'?
wanna feel alive, but
life is a virus
dyin' to defy us
jeepers creepers
it's the mean grim reaper
he's coming for my hair and my knees
well, my bb gun's loaded
in my hands, i'm holdin' it
shakin' like a tambourine
i'm shake-shake-shakin'
i'm shake-shake-shakin'
i'm scared but i don't why
well, death is takin'
it's goddamn takin'
it's take-take-takin'
its time
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12. |
eggs for dinner pt. 2
02:05
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well i tried to stomach it today
a plate full of rotten eggs
"if i cook them long enough
they should be fine"
well rotten does how rotten does
it took from me the eggs i love
and replaced them with these
deadly yolks of poison
i'm not eating eggs for dinner anymore
i'm leaving, i'm going to the store
i'll pick me up some celery and cereal and soup
the cat's in the cradle but this dog's on the loose
on the loose
on the loose
look at 'em go
down the aisle
that he never goes
three steps, two steps
one box of cheerios
look at 'em say
somethin'
that he'd never say
"hi" to the cashier
"hi" to the bagger
i'm not eating eggs for dinner anymore
i'm leaving, i'm going to the store
i'll pick me up some gingerbread and gelatin and juice
the cat's in the cradle but this dog's on the loose
on the loose
on the loose
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grazin'
02:54
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grass
green grass
green grass grazin' while the chickens pass
it's a steady life
on a way one flight
i bought a ticket, now i'm grazin'
i could be sweatin' in a suit
or stylin' up my hair
but instead i'm out here grazin'
on the earth until it's bare
maybe i just don't have self control
maybe i just wanna lose control
grass
green grass
green grass grazin' while tornadoes pass
just around the bend
in oblivion
come join me now, i'm grazin'
just around the bend
in oblivion
come join me now, i'm grazin'
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14. |
fortune cookie
02:09
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your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded
our fortune cookie god has made his decision
maintaining the garden of his perfect vision
and the grandest effigy
requires energy
so let's burn up, burn up, burn up
in the eternal flame
let's burn up in the eternal flame
our fortune cookie god said he wants it that way
so let's burn up, burn up, burn up
so let's burn up, burn up, burn up
in the eternal flame
so let's burn up, burn up, burn up
so let's burn up, burn up, burn up
in the eternal flame
your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded
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pesticide
03:20
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you barely know me
but you've got a gun to me
my finger on the trigger
firing squad fantasy
another silly dream
where nothing means anything
except to me
me
me
but i love you so much
i just wish we'd coexist
and when the stars shine brightly
sure i'll make a wish
but just look at how dumb i can be
can't tell an orange
from a tangerine
can't tell a minute
from eternity
i'll live a million years
but the years go the same
only brave people change
kiss me now, awake i'll be
a temporary reality
and when the black curtains close
sure i'll make a wish
i am a pest
you are the pesticide
so do as you please
we know it's justified
evolution ran in reverse
with me (i'm short circuiting)
lays down drunk in the dirt
with me
i'm an experiment
oh, the human experience
but i love you too much
a poison that i cannot resist
and when my heart can't take it
sure i'll make a wish
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water under the bridge
03:33
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i bumped you
i did it
i meant it
let's call it
water under the bridge
you rubbed me
the wrong way
no mistake
let's call it
water under the bridge
i'm a calm boy before the storm
and when it rains, it always pours
but rain slips away
down an infinite drain
cuz somewhere in the middle
it's all water under the bridge
i messed up
i'll do it
again but
let's call it
water under the bridge
you stung me
i felt it
it hurt but
let's call it
water under the bridge
hallelujah
kumbaya
look another piece
to the old jigsaw
it's a water under the bridge kinda day
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memory museum
02:21
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the memory museum
is open for the season
where every exhibit
is no less than exquisite
yes, i am the memory maker
yes, i am the curator
i've got space for a small set o' memories
only the finest for the critics and the pedigreed
let me soften up their edges just a bit
this one's a little hefty
this one doesn't fit
only pristine exhibits in my memory museum
only happy, happy faces in my memory museum
we're happy, happy, smiling, happy, happy all the time
we're so happy, smiling, happy, happy, smiling all the time
would you look at that?
it's the night i was crying in my bed
oh wait, never-mind
i was smiling from my head
to my -toes, no no
i was chokin' on a cold
good-night
that's right, we were laughin'
gettin' high-
sharing memories
like summaries
that read so very easily
no land mines
just finish lines
these memories
go peacefully
yes, i am the memory maker
yes, i am the curator
i've got space for a small set o' memories
only the finest for the critics and the pedigreed
let me soften up their edges just a bit
this one's a little harsh
this one doesn't click
only pristine exhibits in my memory museum
only happy little faces in my memory museum
we're happy, happy, smiling, happy, happy all the time
we're so happy, smiling, happy, happy, smiling all the time
only pristine exhibits in my memory museum
only happy, happy faces in my memory museum
we're happy, happy, happy, happy, happy all the time
we're so happy, happy, happy, happy, happy all the time
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18. |
a clever song
01:18
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this song is the cleverest song
this song is a serious song
"you gotta do what you've gotta do"
what a pep talk i'm giving you
"you are a golden sun"
wait no, someone took that one
walk down to the metaphor store
pick me up a metaphor
not one, maybe five or a dozen
my god, another album's comin'
this song is an eloquent song
honestly
there ain't no honesty
just half ideas and similes/symmetry
and vagueness sprinkled carefully
this is fraud/art
and it's mine
"truth" means shit
if it doesn't rhyme
this song is a beautiful song
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19. |
the actor
02:16
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feels like i'm followin' a script
a script that i’ll never quite get
let me read off my lines
one by one
let me read off my lines now
one by one
oh yes, sir
yes, ma'am
take a little bit o' my freedom with ya
oh yes, ma'am
yes, sir
tell me how to say my lines just right
direct my entire life
feels like i'm actin' on a stage
a stage that nobody sees
will ya write me another scene
tell me what will ya write for me?
let me read off my lines
one by one
let me read off my lines now
one by one
oh yes, sir
yes, ma'am
take a little bit o' my freedom with ya
oh yes, ma'am
yes, sir
tell me how to say these lines tonight
direct my entire life
direct my entire life
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20. |
end of album
01:26
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goodbye
farewell
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