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My Concern
03:41
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My concern is that we don't burn before we've discovered fire
Ain't gonna let a little thing like love come between us
I don't have a death wish or a life wish either
I just want to get along with whichever is easier
Everything's so hard right now but those good days were the worst
Chapter, chapter, chapter, verse, chorus, verse
My concern is that we don't burn before the fire's extinguished
Ain't life just about life and death, things we ignore, more or less?
I don't care much about sex lifes of celebrities
Or anybody else who's having more fun than me
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2. |
Plenty of Perfume
02:20
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Ever since you found religion
There's a devil in our bed
You know I'd go along with your salvation
But I ain't so easily lead
The world will be enough for me
Until I get to leave
But I ain't going nowhere
Even you can plainly see
Plenty of perfume, plenty of soap
Plenty of room, plenty of rope
Plenty of perfume
I apologise if your parents don't
Accept the pain I've lived with
What can be done with people like that
Don't even know they're blessed
I know they'd rather
People like me
Just shut up
And clean up their mess
With plenty of perfume, plenty of soap
Threaten you with doom
Dangle you false hope
And plenty of perfume
Guilt merchants on the phone
Guilt merchants at the door
Guilt merchants in the mail
Guilt merchants on the street
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3. |
Sadly But Irrelevantly
02:50
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Ain't nothing good was ever done with a helmet on
Universal? ha, your universe is just a planet
I think I'd rather stay asleep because even my nightmares
Even my nightmares are better
Than my reality
Sadly but irrelevantly my opinion don't much matter
And the last time that I checked they weren't asking yours either
It was an average tragedy, the cops put on their gloves
Making out at the bus stop, it's the end of something new
It's easy enough to believe,don't ask too many questions
Don't ask too many questions, it all makes sense
Sadly but irrelevantly my opinion don't much matter
And the last time that I checked they weren't asking yours either
Your universe is just a planet
Your universe is just a planet
Your universe is just a planet
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4. |
Equestrian Days
03:15
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It was such a gentle fall
Hardly noticeable at all
And one more thing was through
Misfortune even happens to you
Only the memory remains
All the horses exchanged names
You must hang up the reins
On your equestrian days
You used to ride and ride
With everything inside
Nobody could touch you
And everything was true
Only the memory remains
All the horses exchanged names
You must hang up the reins
On your equestrian days
It was only you who knew
It was never that hard for you
Everything would just flash by
As you gave gravity the lie
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5. |
Never See Again
03:11
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The slot machine at the retirement celebration
Where dear old dad fell apart spit out
A thousand little chrome toys we scrambled to
Put in boxes without too much noise
The image was still in the mirror
In the house we were moving out of
While I struggled in mild frustration
To remove my rubber glove
I was in lust with someone
Might never see again (blind)
I was in love with someone
Might never see again (blind)
Trying to shut the bathroom door
On you and everything surrounding
With all your weight loss sadness covered
In flaking white body paint
The image was still in the mirror
In the house we were moving out of
While I struggled in mild frustration
To remove my rubber glove
I was in love with someone
Might never see again (blind)
I was in lust with someone
Might never see again (blind)
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Other people seem to like me more
Than you and your hate-filled sister
Tired of all this either/or
And my soul's starting to blister
On the day she left us
I guess you could say I missed her
But I've never been known for my aim
Or that shot would have kissed her
Now I get along with everyone
Who gets along with me
But you and you and you and you
Should really let me be
Nobody seems to want to change me
'Cept you and your hate-filled sister
And yeah, you're free to disagree
But me, well I dismissed her
On the day she left us
I guess you could say I missed her
But I've never been known as a marksman
Or that shot would have kissed her
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7. |
They're Your Bridges
01:56
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You say watching the news keeps you informed
I say it's rubbernecking
I'm an intelligent man
I don't deal in moral outrage
Drive your four wheel drive to the recycling centre
Let's wash the horse shit into the river
We won't drink the river 'til later
They're your bridges
You can burn them if you want to
I'm not gonna be the one tells you
What not to do
I don't know what's worse
The fact that you spout parables
That you think I won't understand
Or the fact that I don't understand
Weakness wears morality's mask
Like a condescending umbrella
Let's wash the horse shit into the river
We won't drink the river 'til later
They're your bridges
You can sell them if you're able
I'm not gonna be the one holds you
Until you're stable
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8. |
Prematurely
02:45
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Of course I'm embarrassed to be alive
I don't know why you're not
The derelict fire truck next to
The flaming oven mit
We're as stupid as we ever were
But we know a whole lot more
An ordinary day for me
Raise the dead, do the laundry
I guess I should apologise for leaving prematurely
Suppose that that was impolite
Though not a big surprise now, surely
Possibly better than had I stuck around to get drunk and surly
Possibly better than had I stuck around
You don't always get to die
Just precisely when you want to
Soot covered woman kissing her construction hat
The kitchen's empty, the alley's full
I got no place left to go
Punished for integrity
Well what did you expect to be?
I guess I should apologise for leaving prematurely
Suppose that that was impolite
Though not a big surprise now, surely
Possibly better than had I stuck around to get drunk and surly
Possibly better than had I stuck around
I should apologise for leaving you so soon
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9. |
Civilised Animal
02:36
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When the messenger is lying
And all those lies self-serving
One can only hope that
He'll get what he's deserving
Sometimes I'd like to kill you
But I'm a civilised animal
You're the only grown up I know
With a personal enemy
Can't you say no?
Why can't you say no?
Of course everything is fatal
Some are just too slow
Everything might need a push
So look out below
Sometimes I'd like to kill you
But I'm a civilised animal
You're the only grown up I know
Who should never have been kissed
Can't you say no?
Why can't you say no?
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10. |
Somebody's Changed
02:13
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You want me to say you're right about
Things you don't believe yourself
You're only trying them on
The latest from off the shelf
I can't remember why I ever
Thought I needed this
I know that I felt worse before
Doesn't help a bit
And you don't want me to patronise
But you know you don't want the truth
You think I should just nod my head
But listen, what's the use?
No one can offer anything
Nobody's gonna try
No reason for explanations
No point explaining why
I think maybe somebody's changed
It doesn't matter now who
Nothing that I care about means anything to you
I think maybe somebody's changed
It doesn't matter now who
Day to day things remain the same
They remain the same
While we internalise
Each others' blame
I try to pretend everything's okay
While I wait in hope for a fatal disease
I always do what I have to do
You do what you please
I think maybe somebody's changed
It doesn't matter now who
Nothing that I care about means anything to you
I think maybe somebody's changed
It doesn't matter now who
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11. |
Make Life Better
03:16
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Love happens like the weather
And like the weather changes
Let's agree to believe
This particular nonsense
No one cares and I don't too
Nothing cool about it
I just always do the right thing
It'll never make my life better
I can't keep up with myself anymore
Smell like a drugstore
Just a little bit sore
It'll all end in tears
But in tears therein lies a song
I'm so used to being treated
Like gold-plated shit
Right on time is late
Shake the rice out of my hair
Just always do the right thing
It'll never make life better
I can't keep up with myself anymore
Smell like a drugstore
Just a little bit sore
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I mean I knew that anyway but it was nice to hear you say it
Unspoken but obvious not worth the time to fake it
An obstacle you feel affection for, promised nothing at all
I resent the fact you resent me
Dragged a scissor blade across my belly
But your name stuck with me longer than your memory
Thinking 'bout not thinking, don't think you're anybody's victim
Victim or recipient, what's the difference to him?
One of us on either side promised nothing at all
Sincere or trying hard to appear
Hard to appear sincere
But your name stuck with me longer than your memory
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13. |
Good-Natured Hatred
04:41
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Everything you say sounds like blackmail today
I wish I could remember everything I know
I don't own a thing but that's alright
You know I like to steal
Maybe I don't know the difference beyween morals and self-interest
But I admit I'm gonna do whatever feels the best
And yes I do recognise how hard it is for you
And I suppose I'm sorry you don't know what to do
Your September turns out to be December
I wish I could remember anything I knew
Been alone in tandem so long
I feel like a Siamese twin
When I drink I drink to die
It ain't my fault the shit's defective
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