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Do You Wanna Be In Love?
01:11
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Do you wanna be in love
With the world again?
Have you ever been?
Remember Love
You Set The Scene
This is the time
It is a dream
Do you wanna be a God?
Have everyone believe
In you again?
Remember Yes
Close To The Edge
Seasons will pass
Don't let 'em last
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2. |
Heartbreaker
04:11
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I just started something
I don't need a reason now
I'll follow you to Portland
Can you hear me comin'?
Your back alley dreamer
Shadow as the sun falls down
Follow you unspoken
Can you hear me comin'?
But you know I'm a heartbreaker
And you wanted somethin' better
Are you feeling hunted down
Every time I come around?
I can get anything I want
You can put me back together
In the valley of broken hearts
I can't stay here forever
Nothin' come between us
Nothin' separate us now
I'll follow you to Vegas
Can you hear me comin'?
CHORUS
Your back alley dreamer
Shadow as the sun falls down
Follow you unspoken
Can you hear me comin'?
But you know I'm a heartbreaker
And you wanted somethin' better
Are you feeling hunted down
I can get anything I want
You can put me back together
In the valley of broken hearts
CHORUS
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3. |
River
04:26
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Every summer is still the same
Will you remember my name?
If this is some video game
Then the cracks are starting to show
The cracks are starting to show
Another river of tears
Is all I have
For the years
I've not spoken your name
Another couple of beers
Might dry my fears
But I know
It just isn't the same
It's another ghost song
For a love I let go wrong
Every night I'm up till dawn
Wonderin' how long I'll hold on
How long I'll hold on
Every moment's just a dream
Maybe nothin' is what it seems
Always somethin'
I should've been
And someone you'll never know
And yet I can't let go
CHORUS
Will I see it all?
Before I fall?
If I build a wall,
Could I even hear your heart call?
CHORUS
Mm hmmm...
La da da da da
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4. |
Never On Time
03:58
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Why don't you feel
Just like I do?
Shakin' like when
I first met you
Rushin' up with flames
Inside her eyes
Breakin' down what I've been tryin' to hide
My love was never on time
And that's alright!
Waitin' for the sun
To take it away
What was in my head
Has strayed away
In my dreams I see
A smiling face
One I could never replace
My love was never on time
And that's alright!
My love was never on time
My love was never on time
And that's alright!
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5. |
El Camino
04:21
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Let's go out tonight
Don't worry now
We got it made
We might regret everything
We do today
Write a lyric
Throw it in the fireplace
Tape kicks in now
Breathe it in
We're in space
No decisions
Don't say no
No more talkin'
It's time to go
El Camino
The tank is low
It's all we got
Drive a straight line
The windows down
The lights are off
I feel nothin'
Is wrong with you
Or wrong with me
I have nowhere
To be today
I am free
Turn the corner
Don't park the car
Keep on goin'
Never stop
Memory is where we live
Every day
I'll keep dreaming
Till I fade away
Fade away
Stay up too late
The sun will rise
Another time
I remember everything
Everything
This night will never end
It never ends
It never ends
Let's go out tonight
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6. |
Do Monstra Triste
00:55
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Instrumental
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Ocean
04:06
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In search of love
I show my face
But no one wants to see it
I draw my breath and sing along
But no one wants to hear it
I'm treading water
In an ocean of you
Filled with doubts
That I'm trying to undo
I feel it's time
To make this clear
Fuck, you all know why I'm here
The broken hearts
Were never fun
And every time I found the one
CHORUS
I circle back and ride it out
And once again
Fill up with doubt
I get on track and live without
Your heart of love
Keeps calling out
I'm not looking for a friend
Just to mask this pain again
The last one took
Too much of me
I can't escape his gravity
CHORUS
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8. |
In The Middle Of It All
02:22
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What made you feel
Like you couldn't understand
The words I sent you
Straight from my heart?
Was it the words
Of another stupid man
By design
Sent us drifting apart?
Are we blinded by the actions
Of some charismatic clown
Unable to see truth
In the charade?
Are we left forever doubting
Nearly everyone around?
Tell me, how do I escape
The world we've made?
I've read of Kings
Listened to Queens
And all the rebels in between
Welcome my son
To the machine
I'll tell you
Everything, I've been
Trying to put the world in place
Maybe you'll save the human race
Don't act too proud
Or they'll never believe you
Don't be too shy
They'll never see you
Somehow in the middle of it all
I know you're fated to be
Bigger than their ceilings and their walls...
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9. |
Madman
04:15
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All of the madmen
If I could just make them talk
They have been there, man
Long before I could walk
Oh, and the winners
We should grow up to be
But we're just beginners
Who forgot how to dream
And as we grow
It's me you'll know
But if I break
I'll be...
Ooh one of the madmen
Ooh one of the boys
Ooh gimme a hand man
Ooh make us some noise
All of the madmen
Deep inside of me
They are still there, man
Which one shall I be?
And as he grows
It's me you'll know
But if I break
I'll be...
CHORUS
And as I grow
It's me you'll know
But if I break...
Ooh one of the madmen
Ooh one of the boys
Ooh check out my band, man
Ooh make us some noise
Yeah make us some noise!
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10. |
Alien
03:48
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Born to be the alien
Outside looking in
Shouldn't we be freeing them?
What if you were him?
I am just a stereo
Echoing what you hear
I am just a video
Showing you what you fear
Born to be a game to you
Turn me off, turn you on
Born to be a shame to you
Outside lookin' on
CHORUS
I'm the criminal alien
Outside looking in
Shouldn't we be freeing them?
What if you were him?
CHORUS
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11. |
The Way I Look Tonight
03:08
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How do I lay down the vibe
I'm no different from you?
Feels to me that we don't jive
No matter what I do
Something that I did
Is it what I say
Is it how I chose
To go about my day?
Everything's okay
Nothing black or white
Is it just the way I look tonight?
Seems to me there's something wrong
The way we look around
I'm inside here looking out
But you're out looking down
How do I begin
To be seen again?
If I'm just a symptom of the world
You're living in
Am I another day runnin' out of light?
Or is it just the way I look tonight?
Why can't we ever be
Who we really are?
Too much time to get in line
And never get too far
How do lay down the vibe
I'm no different from you?
Sometimes there is nothing right
No matter what I do
Are you just afraid?
Not knowing what to say?
Hoping you could never lose and yet you found the way
Are you seeing through
The face I turn to you?
Or is it just the way I look
The way I look tonight?
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12. |
For You
04:01
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I'm no star
But my love life
Always feeds the press
We didn't get far
But we got into
A fucking mess
We chase the dream
From different views
And I'm afraid for me
That I'm the one for you
It was love
When we turned our backs
Shut out all the rest
It's not love
When you always had
To be the best
CHORUS x 2
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13. |
Open Your Eyes
04:33
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If you find that you are down
Another friend
A voice is soon to call you from within
The forces we percieve are in our head
Though you feel sometimes
You're better dead
Are you listening now?
Will you open your eyes?
We could fight this feeling
If we still have the time
The fate you feel is all but set in stone
It's only made by you and you alone
And every little victory you'll find
Was made by one who bravely
Changed their mind
CHORUS
La la la la
Da da da da
CHORUS
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14. |
Pleasant Surprise
02:46
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Who am I to say
"Feel alright today"
I thought that you were the one
Always comes a time
Everything is fine
And again, we are undone
The venom within
Starts to sink in
We better wake up or run
What comes after this?
After so much bliss?
You were supposed to be the one
Another compromise?
A Pleasant Surprise?
I find it hard to hold on
I've climbed so many walls
I can barely crawl
Once again
You were supposed to be the one
This was supposed to be the one
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15. |
Do You Wanna Be A God?
04:13
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Tear down your wall
Tear down the wall
Do you wanna be in love
With the world again?
Have you ever been?
Remember Love
You Set The Scene
This is the time
It is a dream
Do you wanna be a God?
Have everyone believe
In you again?
Remember Yes
Close To The Edge
Seasons will pass
Don't let 'em last
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16. |
Keep Lookin'
04:16
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Keep Lookin'
I told myself
If I ever got here
I would have somethin' good to say
I wouldn't just play
Just to piss it away
Cos people like me
We need to believe
Need to see somewhere to be
For them and for me
And everyone between
And it's okay to be shy
And have nothin' to say
Don't let anyone make you speak your mind
You'll be perfectly fine
When you live your own way
Cos if we keep doing things
As they've always been done
We'll just keep runnin' the races
That we've already run
Not to say we can't learn from what came before
Just don't let it keep your heart or mind from
Lookin' for more
Keep lookin' for more
Cos there is always
A better way
It's why things keep changin' every day
And you can use your own pain
For your own gain
And there is never a perfect truth
You just do what's right for you
But remember that friends don't let friends
Spend their whole lives thinkin'
Of how the world will end
Cos if we keep doing things
That we've already done
We'll just keep runnin' the races
That we've already won
Not to say we can't learn from what came before
Just don't let it keep your heart or mind from
Lookin' for more
Keep lookin' for more
Yes if we keep doing things
As they've always been done
We'll just keep runnin' the races
That we've already run
Not to say we can't learn from what came before
Just don't let it keep your heart or mind from
Lookin' for more
Keep lookin' for more
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