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Hide & Seek
02:38
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I’m looking for my baby
I’m looking for you
What could you possibly hide that’s worth looking for?
What could make me reference maps and local lore?
Just you.
I’m looking for my baby
I’m looking for you
What could coax me away from the world that I know?
What could change my mind about what I’m living for?
Just you.
And if our eyes should finally meet and end this game of hide and seek
perhaps we’ll play again
but until then
I’m looking for my baby
I’m looking for you
I’m looking for my baby
Are you looking for yours too?
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2. |
Never Together
03:47
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Looking back at summer camp where they found crepuscular love
In the twilight of their youth, getting busy at dawn and dusk
Hand in hand at archery, together striking cupid’s bow
Disappear while kayaking until it’s time to go back home
Where they’re never together
Here and now
They’re never together
Here and now
Now her heart skips a beat when her lover answers the phone
Between texts and emojis, it’s hard to read the tone
Oh, what she’d give for restless nights
and dirty laundry on the floor
For arguments over Netflix
or what to buy at the store
They're never together
Here and Now
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3. |
Runaway
03:39
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You're waiting for someone, but I'm right here. Same old song. Tired hands hold you close every time you feel alone. You find it so hard to move knowing we can't stay. Let's runaway.
Let's runaway. Wish we could stay; it's time to runaway.
They say we don't belong, but here we are standing strong. In our eyes. In the dawn. Try again and build our home. It's so hard to move knowing we can't stay. Let's runaway.
Let's runaway. Wish we could stay; it's time to runaway.
Let's runaway.
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4. |
Partner
04:35
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I don’t know how to tell the captain
But I think that he’s wrong about this one
I don’t know if the bullet holes
Match the shells from the scene of the crime
How quickly he dismissed the footprints
That we found hidden out on the trail
Sometimes it feels like he’s trying to sink us
But we prove him wrong time after time
I know you hear the words
They say behind your back
I notice how you hold your tongue
Instead of biting back
I’m so proud to have you for a partner
I’m so glad to have you by my side
I’m so proud to have you for a partner
'Cause I need you to be here,
By my side, cause you know,
What it’s like
To be on the outside
Staring at a body with your morning coffee
It’s the paperwork that’s jarring
To reduce someone down to a sentence
As if it’s proof that they were alive
So we cope by crafting some puns
Oh, your sideways glance when you’ve got a bad one
Helps me with my way to deal
In the silence of our drive
So why does it hurt to see you leave at the end of the day?
We go to empty homes when really we should say
I’m so proud to have you for a partner
I’m so glad to have you by my side
I’m so proud to have you for a partner
'Cause I need you to be here,
By my side, cause you know,
What it’s like
To be on the outside
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5. |
Safe In Your Arms
03:17
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i just want to feel safe in your arms
fall asleep in the back of your car
drive on through to a brand new town
again
where we can out our brand new names
you’ll be Billie and maybe I’ll be Zane
we’ll find a fresh start
where we can try all over
again
i just want to feel safe in your arms
fall asleep in the back of your car
drive on through to a brand new town
again
we can dye our hair so that we don’t
rent a room with cash
and burn our clothes
become the kind of people
that we hope that we could always be
and when it’s all been said and done
we run
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6. |
Countless Sheep
01:53
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Uh oh I can’t sleep
The thought of you is waking me
8 hours to toss and turn
Are you awake in return?
I keep on counting countless sheep
Instead of seeing you in my dreams
Uh oh I can’t sleep
The thought of you is waking me
Deep in the dead of night
My pulse is beating in double time
Reliving every word I said
I can’t wait to see you again
Uh oh I can’t sleep
The thought of you here next to me
Uh oh I can’t sleep
The thought of you awaking
The thought of you awaking
The thought of you awaking
Next to me
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7. |
New Recruit
04:58
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I didn’t think this job would last.
Just a summer gig to keep the car full of gas.
I was like you, so carefree.
Now I’ve got conference calls waiting on line three.
Choking on the words: “Middle management is all I’ve ever wanted”. I just can’t seem to remember my old dreams.
It’s hard being the big boss, making all the tough calls, every hour, daily. To climb the corporate ladder a little faster, you’ll need a friend like me.
I wish I’d learnt how to play guitar, start a cover band, Guns n Roses, CCR. Can’t you picture me on stage, stealing the show with November Rain?
I know what you’re thinking: you see me sinking in the depths of memories. It’s hard not to look back down another path;
would I see a friend in me? I don’t know.
So welcome to team. Here’s your cubicle with everything that you need. And after work, beers on me; meet at the Chilli’s just down the street.
I think that you’re a good fit if you stick with it you’ll go far in this company. And maybe in a few years you’ll replace the seniors and you can be just like me.
I know you feel complacent but if
you’re patient you can see yourself in me.
You’ll be the boss like me.
Can’t you see yourself in me?
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8. |
Hive Mind
03:45
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Sometimes I wonder what it was like
Before the cloud fused our minds
Did we know anything or nothing at all?
My brother has a friend whose implant was wrecked
And he had to wait for hours for the drones to arrive.
So he opened up his eyes and he was blinded by light
And he couldn’t close them even if he tried
The horrors that he saw could not be described
His vocabulary left in the hive mind
No words on his tongue
No thoughts as all
He was as naked as we come
Sometimes I wonder what it’s like
To be lonely late at night
To disappear and leave it all behind
No humming in my mind
No thoughts that aren’t mine
But how can I be wondering this at all?
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9. |
Carry On
03:41
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Sift through the crowd at the station
Sift through your purse for the keys
Feed the cats, talk to the plants
Fall into your routine
Reheating yesterdays dinner
Thumb through the book that you read
At quarter past ten, get ready for bed
Fall into your sleep
Carry on deep into the night
Sing a song that might shine a light
And I hope that you know
You’re not alone
So many people rubbing shoulders
So many faces passing by
Nobody speaks, they all want to scream
or look into somebodies eyes
Carry on deep into the night
Sing a song that might shine a light
And I hope that you know
You’re not alone
You’re not alone
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10. |
Bodybuilder's Lament
02:54
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I try to lift
I push and I pull
I’ll do anything to reach my goal
I’ve always worked hard
I try to live clean
Get a good sleep to follow my dreams
But now that I’m here
It feels empty
Without you
I look in the mirror
and seek symmetry
I feel uneven since you left me
So I try to focus
On my routine
Without you
They say what doesn’t kill you
Makes you stronger in the end
I must be in the middle
Or starting all again
Some days I feel like dying
Some days I wish I’m dead
I feel my beating heart
A muscle on the mend
I regulate
The breaths that I take
Measure each minuscule
Movement i make
I had no control
When you walked out the door
Without me
I always imagined that you’d be so proud
To see my desires cheered on by a crowd.
But what does it mean to be king of the world
Without you?
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