1. |
Outside In
03:41
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Something is wrong inside my brain
I've been going on too long
I can't see the pain
I'm inside myself
I deny myself the insight
Don't need outsight
I need insight from the view outside
Fot to see the end of myself
so look
Outside in. Things start to spin.
You can't look out. The air's too thin.
Look outside in. Things start to spin.
You can't look out from the inside.
So look outside in.
Park parallel. I can't see.
Someone help me.
I can't see behind me,
I can't see ahead.
If I can't see from the outside
I'm better off dead.
To end this I need some kind of philosophy.
If I can't see from the outside
I can't even listen to me.
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2. |
Ashamed
04:48
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It’s known the system could be better
still it’s just not worth the effort to change,
you rearrange what you wear.
I don’t understand.
And you look for the blame
but you can’t seem to pin it.
You know you’re not the same.
What makes you such a big name?
You’re graveling to keep it underground.
You should feel ashamed.
The best way costs us so we’ll cut, we’ll skimp,
and something simple will not do,
it’s good, that’s true,
but how will it benefit me?
When things grow rancid,
our plan said we would make out well.
You know it’s best although it smells.
I don’t understand.
And we justify what’s right when we know it’s wrong.
We’ll stand for what we can
but when we can’t, what’s there to live for?
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3. |
Image
04:10
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Minding my own business
when a thought of your thigh strickens me dead.
I’m running up, I’m running down,
your hair settles on your scary gown.
I look, I’m seeing double,
seeing one, two, three, four.
I’d give up my life for you.
Your image haunts in my head.
I see a ghost standing at the top of my stairs.
Your pretty image haunts me.
Shaking off the webs,
I try to run but there’s your thigh before me.
I keep running from this image,
just a victim of your stare.
I look, I’m seeing double,
seeing one, two, three, four.
Try to touch.
I can’t see. I can’t hear.
Seeing double, spinning double,
seeing one, two, three, four.
I see a ghost standing at the top.
It’s just you back to haunt me.
I don’t know if you still want me.
Your image haunts in my head.
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4. |
Heartbeat
05:30
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5. |
This Ride
04:25
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I can’t get this feeling from my head.
To know that when that line goes straight I’m dead
and I won’t come back.
I’m running inside me.
I’m running away.
Don’t want to know those things keep me alive;
My skull, my brain, my veins, my nerves, my spine.
Don’t remind me.
I can’t stand this ride.
Stop the world, I want to get off.
Stop the world from spinning too fast.
No matter how I turn I feel my life-blood pulsing.
I’m much too aware of what’s inside and outside of me.
I can’t stand this ride.
Stop the world, I want to get off.
Stop the world from spinning too fast.
It’s all gotten so snide.
Trip the wire and let me get off.
Trip the wire I’m grounding at last.
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6. |
Stupid Beast
03:56
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How many stupid beasts
use all their smarts to cause
so many stupid things
to take place in their world?
Trying to build a better place than this one.
Although there'll be no place to build it on.
I'm scared in the summer, I'm scared in the fall,
scared that what we've done might catch up to us all.
When will the world catch on?
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7. |
Ashamed - '92
03:31
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It's known the system could be better,
still it's just not worth the effort to change.
You rearrange what you wear.
I don't understand.
And you look for the blame
but you can't seem to pin it.
You know you're not the same.
You know you're not the same.
What makes you such a big nam?
You're graveling to keep it underground.
You should be ashamed.
The best way costs us so we'll cut,
we'll skimp and something simpe
will not due...it's good, that's true
but how can it be?
I don't understand.
We'll stand for what we can
but when we can't,
what's there to live for?
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Todd Mikkelson Minneapolis, Minnesota
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