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The Panic And The Rust
04:57
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Better put your helmet on
It’s dark outside
Gotta stay protected
Beware the things that hide
Beware pretenders
Gotta stay protected
Walk carefully
Beware the ones that say
Everything’s all right
Gotta stay protected
Don’t touch don’t taste
Don’t even look
Don’t even think about it
Walk carefully
The fear is here
The fear is here
The fear the fear the fear is here
The fear is here
The fear is here
The fear its here its hear its here
Walk carefully
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2. |
Light Switch
06:09
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I’m the candle trying to jump off the cake
I’m reality choosing to be fake
I’m the coat of many colors refusing to be sewn
I am the simple mystery refusing to be known
I’m the record begging to be broken
I am the ties that would not bind
I am the playground the children tried to burn down
I am the eye that’s begging to be blind
I can’t find the light switch
I can’t find the light switch
I can’t find the light switch
I can’t find the light switch in the dark
I’m the matchstick refusing to be lit
I’m the fighter choosing to be hit
I’m the wall that plans to fall down
I’m the swimmer choosing to drown
I can’t find the lightswitch
I can’t find the lightswitch
I can’t find the lightswitch
I can’t find the lightswitch in the dark
Take, take it all away
Say what you have to say
Take, take it all away
I’ll pay what I have to pay
I’m the prayers that try not to be spoken
I’m the songs only for the deaf
I’m the inheritance left upon the table
I’m rich but I’m living like I’m poor…
I’m rich but I’m living like I’m poor…
I’m rich but I’m living like I’m poor…
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3. |
Becky Smiles
05:14
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Becky goes to Sunday school
Becky stays up late
I watch her run like an ant between the buildings and the cars
Cuz she never learned to wait
Becky smiles and says isn’t it wonderful
Just leave it all to fate
But I can’t leave this way
With so much unsaid
Christopher is waiting at her door
I’m waiting in the wings
But my pair of wings are back in California
I guess it’s just one of those things
Becky smiles and says isn’t it wonderful
Just leave it all to fate
But I can’t leave this way
With so much unsaid
(solo)
Christopher is probably at her door
Kissing her goodnight
I wish I wasn’t flying back to California
Right now nothing feels right
I can’t leave this way
With so much unsaid
I can’t leave this way
With so much unsaid….
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4. |
A Million Suns
04:34
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A Million Suns
Look for me in the mirror ball
You’ll see clearer than you think
Spied in angles round the bend
Heard through wires unseen
We’ll shine like stars
With open arms
Give to me these three things
Your eyes your hands your heart
And I’ll build a fire to walk upon
And I’ll make the waters part
We’ll shine like stars
With open arms
Like a million suns
Like a million suns
Kiss like it’s the answer
Give like the beginning
Touch like it’s the reason
Love like it’s the end
We’ll shine like stars
With open arms
Like a million suns
A million suns
Kiss like it’s the answer
Give like the beginning
Touch like it’s the reason
Love like it’s the end
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5. |
Man On Fire
05:10
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Compress the years that line my face
Regret that no one else can taste
Ambition took my gun and held it to my head
Now I know the dance of a man, a man on fire
Impress everyone but me
Confessed but swim the salted sea
Ambition took my gun and held it to my head
Now I know the dance of a man, a man on fire
These city streets they wrap me up
Bandages the kindest cut
Filling all the holes inside of me
It fills my lungs with life again
Covers me like porcelain
Reminds of a time when I’ll be free
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I’m the candle trying to jump off the cake
I’m reality choosing to be faked
I’m the coat of many colors refusing to be sewn
I am the simple mystery refusing to be known
I’m the record begging to be broken
I am the ties that couldn’t bind
I am the playground the children tried to burn down
I am the eye that’s begging to be blind
I can’t find the light switch
I can’t find the light switch
I can’t find the light switch
I can’t find the light switch in the dark
I’m the matchstick refusing to be lit
I’m the fighter refusing to be hit
I’m the wall choosing to fall down
I’m the swimmer who chooses to drown
I can’t find the light switch
I can’t find the light switch
I can’t find the light switch
I can’t find the light switch in the dark
Take, take it all away
Say what you have to say
Take, take it all away
I’ll pay what I have to pay
I’m the prayers that try not to be spoken
I’m the songs only for the deaf
I’m the inheritance left upon the table
I’m rich but I’m living like I’m poor…
I’m rich but I’m living like I’m poor…
I’m rich but I’m living like I’m poor…
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