1. |
A Way With Satire
01:53
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I've been around and I feel just like I do
Trapped inside a world thats made for two
Coasting along on the edge of something new
Damned if I don't try to make a move
Everyday I'm trying hard to live outside my bounds
I don't care if I get lost 'cuz I know I'll get found
I have got a way with satire
Oh how I admire the view
Terrible times are behind us all for now
We've moved out of the way of down and out
You are a muse without shadow of a doubt
We're the ones that they will talk about
Everyday I'm trying hard to live outside my bounds
I don't care if I get lost 'cuz I know I'll get found
I have got a way with satire
Oh how I admire you all
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2. |
Victoria West
02:53
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The characters are coming in
The cast is set to go again
The story comes to them in stages
They don't, they don't, they don't, they don't understand
Artfully crafted by their authors awesome hand
They are thrown into a world that he has planned
The paperweights are falling off
They catch the lines before they cross
Caroline
She reads her line
The story comes to them in stages
They don't, they don't, they don't, they don't understand
Artfully crafted by their authors awesome hand
They are thrown into a world that he has planned
Mary
She gets ready
The story comes to them in stages
They don't, they don't, they don't, they don't understand
Artfully crafted by their authors awesome hand
They are thrown into a world that he commands
Victoria
Victoria
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3. |
Margaret Lee
03:59
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It all started back in '23
A broken bottle in a run down factory
Her kids were hungry
She'd given up on all her dreams
Till he pulled up in that fancy limousine
He would promise her the world
As long as she would be his
Girl you've got to get out while you can
Margaret Lee she got trapped so easily
And her times of despair let her down
And now she's never getting
All she sees is his life so full of greed
As he sits atop the world she's on the ground
And now she's never getting out
The day Jimmy got back from war
He saw a sight he'd never seen before
No place to go no one to see
No friends left and no family
His chance for work was getting mighty slim
He saw some teary eyes looking right at him
From the passenger seat of a brand new car
He said 'honey I don't know who you are
But you should get out while you can'
Margaret Lee she got trapped so easily
And her times of despair let her down
And now she's never getting
All she sees is his life so full of greed
As he sits atop the world she's on the ground
And now she's never getting out
She told herself she'd never be alone
She swore someday she'd leave this broken home
She told herself she'd never be alone
She swore someday she'd leave this broken home
Girl you've got to get out while you can
Margaret Lee she got trapped so easily
And her times of despair let her down
And now she's never getting
All she sees is his life so full of greed
As he sits atop the world she's on the ground
And now she's never getting out
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4. |
King For A Day
03:31
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Its Winter
And Autumns gone
The change is routine
Like night into dawn
And anything can happen
Skeptical
And cautiously
I'll pick up a pen
And I'll write a decree
I'm not a perfect person
But I can be
And If I was the king for a day
I would cast a spell for the age
Like an ancient mystical sage
I would say all that I can say
But I won't get carried away
I can't be
Dependent on
All the stories I've told
Or the pictures I've drawn
'Cuz all the pretty colors
Came from me
I'm obsessive
Yet disciplined
I just checked my own pulse
And here I'll check it again
Just to make sure I'm alive
And I am
And If I was the king for a day
I would cast a spell for the age
Like an ancient mystical sage
I would say all that I can say
But I won't get carried away
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5. |
Time Enough At Last
03:16
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I need a vacation from my head
And I'll buy a ticket just for one
I'm off to build a time machine
Out of steel and a flux capacitor
Could you help me Dr. Brown?
Because I'm playing out loud for this crowd
When the lights kick off and the band is ready to play, OK
Here's a song so say all the words and clap to the beat
Sing along and stop taking things so seriously
When you talk my mind goes "do do do do do do do do do"
Over every word that you say
I had a crazy strange little thought that if I were a robot made of lead
I would set my looks to stun
Because I'm playing out loud for this crowd
When the lights kick off and the band is ready to play, OK
Here's a song so say all the words and clap to the beat
Sing along and stop taking things so seriously
Help me out if you find the time
Marty we can fly and we don't need no roads
I am in another messed up situation
I keep laughing at myself in twelve dimensions
How do I keep living it up?
Because I'm playing out loud for this crowd
When the lights kick off and the band is ready to play, OK
Here's a song so say all the words and clap to the beat
Sing along and stop taking things so seriously
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6. |
Save The World
02:55
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I look around me and it seems my world is falling apart
I try to tell you but I wouldn't even know where to start
I'll watch the sky and I just pray for rain
Look to the city as the whole thing goes up in flames
Say we're going to run tonight
Going to leave it all behind
I want to be everywhere you are
Anywhere you are
As I'm standing here the ground it starts to violently shake
I try to pinch myself but I know I'm already awake
The lights go out and we're left in the dark
Everythings gone black and all that we can see are the stars
Say we're going to run tonight
Going to leave it all behind
I want to be everywhere you are
Anywhere you are
Say we'll be free tonight
Say we'll make it out alive
I want to be everywhere you are
Anywhere you are
And I won't back down
I can save the world and be the hero
But I don't know how
I'm an ordinary fool without a clue
Say we're going to run tonight
Going to leave it all behind
I want to be everywhere you are
Anywhere you are
Say we'll be free tonight
Say we'll make it out alive
I want to be everywhere you are
Anywhere you are
And I won't back down
I can save the world and be the hero
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7. |
You LOST Me
03:29
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It started with an eye opening experience
Where nothing good can last
We fell out of the sky
Where everything was ripped apart
Survivors from a crash
And we'll flashback to where we used to be
I miss the way
You'd hook me in
You got me again
You had me
You LOST me
I'm here to say
You'd have me again
If it didn't end
You had me
You LOST me
When destiny calls
Will you be there to answer?
I need to know the answers
Its just a leap of faith
If we don't live together we'll die alone
I miss the way
You'd hook me in
You got me again
You had me
You LOST me
I'm here to say
You'd have me again
If it didn't end
You had me
You LOST me
I'm no Shepherd I'm not Locked inside my fate
I'll climb Jacob's ladder at my own damn Pace
(Don't don't don't tell me what I can't do)
I miss the way
You'd hook me in
You got me again
You had me
You LOST me
I'm here to say
You'd have me again
If it didn't end
You had me
You LOST me
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8. |
Still
02:35
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Tell me a secret
I promise you that I won't tell a soul
Make it a deep one
Deeper than the ashes at the core of the earth where
I'm in love
Oh I'm in love
With something about you
Tell me a story
Void of any realistic theme
Give it a plot line
Set in a contemporary scene
With a part where
I'm in love
Oh I'm in love
With something about you
Could time stand still
Could time stand still
Could time stand still
Could time stand still?
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9. |
The Traveler
02:56
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I've sailed on every sea
I've dined with kings and royalty
Oh what I'd do to be with you
I've been to distant lands
I've trekked through snow and white hot sand
Oh what I'd do to get to you
With cards up their sleeves
These fortune tellers are thieves
They can't tell me what I'll do
I'd fight through monsters and men
I'd walk the earth to its end
If it would bring me back to you
I've drank the finest wine
I've cheated death a million times
Oh what I'd do to be with you
I swam the oceans wide
And climbed a mountain twice as high
Oh what I'd do to get to you
With cards up their sleeves
These fortune tellers are thieves
They can't tell me what I'll do
I'd fight through monsters and men
I'd walk the earth to its end
If it would bring me back to you
They'll tell these tales of me for many coming centuries
And right after the story ends they'll ask to hear the parts again
Where you and me
We found our everything
With cards up their sleeves
These fortune tellers are thieves
They can't tell me what I'll do
I'd fight through monsters and men
I'd walk the earth to its end
If it would bring me back to you
I've sailed on every sea
I've dined with kings and royalty
Oh what I'd do to be with you
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10. |
Spin
03:05
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Once in a lifetime you'll find
Planets will align
They're floating on
Just hanging and dangling
From ropes invisible
They spin
They spin
They spin
They spin
Caught in a backdrop of stars
Planets chasing cars
Around a fire
Slowly they go with a bright little glow
Propelled by luck divine
As we marvel planets high
They spin
They spin
They spin
They spin
They're telling the sun
"We've got you surrounded
Theres no way around it we've won
We've got you surrounded
Theres no way around it
What have you to say?"
And he smiles as he screams
"You fools are all hopeless
Has anyone noticed
Has anyone seen?
You fools are all hopeless
Has anyone noticed
Who's pulling your strings?"
And he laughs at their delusions while
They spin
They spin
They spin
They spin
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11. |
Tales Of Someone Else
03:29
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I made friends and enemies
Brings out the best and worst in me
Theres a million ways to say these things
But the basics stay the same
I don't have a story to tell
Even if I did it wouldn't sell
I'm always getting caught up in the tales of someone else
I've seen accounts of chivalry
And evil men controlled by greed
Theres a million ways to say these things
But the details tend to change
I don't have a story to tell
Even if I did it wouldn't sell
I'm always getting caught up in the tales of someone else
Enamored as the conflict unfolds
I can feel the writing in my bones
I'm always getting lost in all the thoughts I feed myself
I know you think its simple but I'm caught up in the middle
Theres a million things I wanted to be
And you'll discover when you look under the cover
There was nothing ever written for me
I don't have a story to tell
Even if I did it wouldn't sell
I'm always getting caught up in the tales of someone else
Enamored as the conflict unfolds
I can feel the writing in my bones
I'm always getting lost in all the thoughts I feed myself
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12. |
Ghosts
02:44
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I tend to shy away from topics I don't know about
Thats why you've never heard the words 'I love you' come from my mouth
My mind is eloquent
But thats irrelevant
When I can't find a person I can share my inner thoughts with
But I'll tell you now
I want to say
I don't want to feel the way
I feel right now forever
I feel like getting better
I want to be ok
I used to carry words and let them out all free and easy
But lately I've been hurt and lost my voice almost completely
My mind is eloquent
But thats irrelevant
'Cuz I can't find a person I can share a single thought with
But I'll tell you now
I want to say
I don't want to feel the way
I feel right now forever
I feel like getting better
I want to be ok
I want to let you know how much you mean to me
But I've been talking to ghosts again, again
I want to let you know how much I care for you
And how I wish it weren't pretend
I want to say
I don't want to feel the way
I feel right now forever
I feel like getting better
I want to be ok
I want to say
That I want to feel the way
I feel when we're together
I'd feel like that forever
I'm going to be ok
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