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Orange Lazarus
05:13
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Looking down the only road I see, it was there it was right in front of me.
And a guess is the best I'll do, but then it always comes to you.
And the wolves are knocking at my door and I pray for just a little more of the time that has yet to pass, but all the flags they are hung at half mast.
And it's taking a toll, yeah it's taking a toll.
Don't look at me with the daggers.
But I feel temptation at my back, I brace myself for another sneak attack.
What in the world has this done to me?
And my eyes can barely see.
then they came to plant a seed of doubt and they took the words right of my mouth.
But the best is yet to come and I know I'm not the only one.
And it's taking a toll, yeah it's taking a toll.
Don't look at me with the daggers.
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2. |
On The Marquee
02:50
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Okay, I can see the sun sometimes.
Finding something useful on my mind, but before it hits me, things start randomly.
And you, looking like a bird on a wire.
Say you want to talk about desire.
But first you'll have to climb down from your balcony.
And you are so young and free, and me, I'm just trying to be alive and I want to see the truth on the marquee.
You've got a funny way of showing how you feel, blurring all the lines of what is real.
All you can imagine is a twisted fantasy.
But hey, I can see the sun sometimes.
Finding something useful on my mind, but before it hits me, things start randomly.
And you are so young and free, and me, I'm just trying to be alive and I want to see the truth on the marquee.
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3. |
Black Tom Cassidy
03:53
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Black Tom Cassidy, he's walking through the door.
Black Tom Cassidy, and we will settle the score.
And I can see his bitter hand, you know he's just a lonely man.
And will you go and say to him that you will be his only friend?
Black Tom Cassidy, he's hard to ignore.
Black Tom Cassidy, and he will start the war.
And he will make his final stand, you know he's just a modern man.
And will you give your heart to him and will you be there til the end?
I won't be your Banshee, and I won't be your friend.
Black Tom Cassidy, he's walking through the door.
I won't be your Banshee, and I won't be your friend.
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4. |
Secret Origins
02:42
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Well I'm feeling like a turtle who has lost his shell.
Fretting day and night, don't want to go to hell.
Nothing to show for all the things I bought.
No dishes eating off the table cloth.
I keep recalling nightmares of a bitter past,
old man why's you have to go so fast?
I'm waking up early at the crack of dawn and every night I'm chewing my fingers to the bone.
I never cared about your secret origins, I only said that you were my best friend.
Eyes reflecting sparks you gotta pay your dues,
whoever you are you have to go through you.
Some drunk driver took my grandma.
No I never met her but I heard a lot.
The kids were in the backseat scared as hell, feeling like turtles who had lost their shells.
The thing about life is that it never lasts,
old man why'd you have to go so fast?
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5. |
In The Water
03:45
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We're in the water but our ship is sinking.
How will we get help, oh how will we get help?
Will we find a place to die?
Who will tell all our friends goodbye?
Life is so scary, scary when you're so ordinary.
Take when you're given nothing, steal.
They will debilitate all the things that you create, but when you lose your head we still...
We're in the water but our ship is sinking.
How will we get help, oh how will we get help?
Will we find a place to die?
Who will tell all our friends goodbye?
By God, you give me hell but on a smaller scale.
Deny your flesh and we're still steady screaming out your name.
Our attempts are just in vain.
When will we make amends?
We're in the water but our ship is sinking.
How will we get help, oh how will we get help?
Will we find a place to die?
Who will tell all our friends goodbye?
We're in the water
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6. |
The Seam
03:22
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Indecision swallows me
Everything's not what it seems
Take me to a place I know
If you want to run, I'll go
Sick and tired of f*ckin up
And I know it's not my luck
Wish I could adjust the past
I'd set the time and take it back
And I'm taking my time
I am taking my time to grow
Everyday I'm carefully trying to just mend the seam
Keeping eyes on all details
And riding the train on the rails
And you know it's easier
Feeling much more comfortable
Until it begins again
And you know it never ends
And I'm taking my time
I am taking my time to grow
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7. |
Bum
01:55
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Never gonna live up to the legend
Never gonna be that boy again
You curse this thing I have become
Rude, selfish, hateful, lazy bum
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8. |
Stop Running Juggernaut
02:45
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Stop running juggernaut
You're not as fast as them
Awaiting mercifully
You're never getting sleep
A ticking time bomb
Of ancient travesty
Where will you find a couch
To lie there recklessly
You're in a sordid class
Of indescretionry
Like legend visionaries
Of molten fantasy
Who will you be today
behind your vacant face
Like death of chivalry
You are a mystery
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9. |
OJ and The Isotoners
04:31
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I don't want any of your apathy
I don't need any of your sympathy
I don't want to be your princess
I just want to be your dog
I don't want to be your multi-tasker
I don't want to be a drunken master
I don't want to be your french tickler
I don't want to be a rule stickler
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10. |
The Diamond Sea
03:09
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Time takes its crazy toll
and how does your mirror grow
you better watch yourself when you jump into it
'cause the mirror's gonna steal your soul
I wonder how it came to be my friend
that someone just like you has come again
you'll never, never know how close you came
until you fall in love with the diamond rain
throw all his trash away
look out he's here to stay
your mirror's gonna crack when he breaks into it
and you'll never never be the same
look into his eyes and you can see
why all the little kids are dressed in dreams
I wonder how he's gonna make it back
when he sees that you just know it's make-belief
blood crystalized as sand
and now I hope you'll understand
you reflected into his looking glass soul
and now the mirror is your only friend
look into his eyes and you will see
that men are not alone on the diamond sea
sail into the heart of the lonely storm
and tell her that you'll love her eternally
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Concrete Animals Florence, South Carolina
From the remains of The Dirty White and The Bathory Boys came Concrete Animals.
Hailing from Florence, SC, their music
treads the delicate balance between art rock fury and pop sensibility.
Despite their short existence, they have made the rounds regionally and garnered praise in local press.
Their debut album, Resonator, was recorded in 24 hours at Face of God in late August 2011.
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