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All Terrain
03:24
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Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aK008DoWzY
All terrain vehicle, loaded to move fast and escape the world.
Lonely lonely, but I don't mind.
All terrain vehicle, your heart is driving over me.
I will wait here for you
Cause you are waiting for me.
Hopeless , heartless was the boy I used to be.
I will shelter you in these arms of defeat.
Lost in frame but focusing.
Love keeps you guessing like a poker game.
Hold me hold me, till one of us dies.
All the same.
Lemmings them all.
Shoulder to shoulder to shoulder to shoulder
they all follow.
Hold me hold me, till one of us dies.
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You've got a hair lip but I swear it'll feel real nice
Tell all your cute ponytail friends
Ten minutes will suffice
Tell your father as he's sauntering out that door
I promise I won't keep you out late
It's known in certain circles - just takes my eyes to impregnate
Give me...
Give me your lover, or else.
It's like a Bergman film... you think you either get it or not.
A fine toothed comb will purge all secrets - even if they aint in the plot
You want to weigh it up
You say they're aint no worries but it's defined what I've become
Cashing in on my heartache baby is like tasting on your tongue
Give me...
Give me your lover, or else.
I don't deny that its comical to try with my little brain
I don't define what I can't explain
Surely you've witnessed the tireless resistance I won't ignore
I've got to question, "Just what is it for?"
Give me your lover, or else. Give me your love, or else.
You've got the fair skin that I know will feel real nice
The scars you show remind me honey that with passion there's always a price
You want to weigh it up? There aint nothing wrong with me
I don't think I can help it, baby.
It's in my ancestry.
Give me your lover, or else. Give me your love, or else.
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Soft enemies
03:46
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Pay no mind to what I say
I'm gonna make this complicated
I don't want to leave you behind
Don't be so cold, listen when you're told
It don't matter if you're happy alone
Soft Enemies.
You and I will be.
It's you're design to walk and whine
I know I've been used
Don't matter how you play it, I'm gonna find it overrated
Still i want to see you again
I used to think my heart was breaking
This push and pull was all mistaken
and I just want to see you again
Soft Enemies.
You and I will be.
You resign to walk, to whine
I've been here before
Finally stating that it's my will that you're hating
I know I've been used
Don't leave me in the ground. Let up, Let up!
I don't want to see this go down
Don't be so cold, it's the truth that's untold
You don't really want to break my spine now do ya?
Know that what you are to me will end when possibility rears it's head.
Don't you know? I'll forget your name
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Pablo
02:44
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Old and in love but holding out
Luggin your albatross around don't make your premise more sound
Oh the words of prim and pride
Just cause you start a parade don't mean your culture survives
I know you've got to go Pablo
they're coming to take all your family away
There's no doubt that you've been warned
and you're nothing but a voting block
you should expect nothing more in this world of harsh abuses
I know you've got to go Pablo
they're coming to take all your family away
never to see your sweet children again
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You hardly knew her name
03:06
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I know why she told me to look the other way
I swallow and think that I've lost control again
these human games we play get more boring the older I get
Maybe just standing here is the way to go instead
You hardly knew her name... did you?
It's shallow, this feeling i get when i get what I want
That's when my internal dialogue stops
I know why you call me
to reach for something so easy
that won't satisfy the hole you try to feed
You hardly knew her name... did you?
Oh but you expect the same rapport
Surely you know just what you're doing
You'll find out just what it's worth
when you're all alone with your only friend
It's all your fault and that's why it hurts
She's moving on and you're falling down the steps
It's shallow.
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lost
04:51
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Sure, you know his name... so?
Fuss won't be too far behind.
Be prepared to duck the stares you'll find.
It would be a compliment (if you want it), right?
Woe to those who learn late
All that which we have swallowed
One would drink, to refuse to think out loud
Know what you know cause you're dying to show that you are what you are, what you are...
Lost.
Love ain't worth the wait if you want it to feel like... oh!
Because you've elected to Know what you know cause you're dying to show that you are what you are, what you are...
Lost.
Love ain't worth the wait if you want it to feel like...
So how does this sound? It works in theory. Writing words for no ears just makes me weary.
So how does This sound? It works.
Love ain't worth the wait if you want it to feel like love.
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Holding out
03:55
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I must repeat, I'll kick and shove
We could leap right into love but we both know it's not enough
If there's a fault, well I'm to blame
I beg to sully up your name
If it feels right but it just aint the same...
Well I'll just try it once again
Holding out, I won't do without your love
Tell me what you want.
i want my love to tear you apart
What you believe would never start
When the time comes in the dark - I'll bleed the passion from your heart
It's the same as when we were kids
I always wanted to but never did
before it's to late and I'm dead
i want to infiltrate your bed
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Western love
03:51
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you want to hold her down
As I've see it, the worst you've found
It's so sad to see when it's dead in front of me
You wait, she walks
You try, to talk
But you are so obviously not what you try to be
Holding out the final straw - you find the strength to carry on
Hopeless when you wallow into your own
You long to flail about but you're scared that they'll find out
What if you're proven to be
A fraud in sanctity
Undecided unbeliever
Tripping over as you try to leave her.
I know why...
Western love!
Filling in your hollows... Western Love!
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I reject the dim project of living out my days
without compiling compelling things to say
Life has been a warning - everything takes it's toll
I know that's wrong
You own your hard-luck days
You know it's all been done to you
I reply what faith have I to bellyache and moan
Memories are problems that I own.
Scars aren't as attractive when it's you who wields the wounds
Character ain't worth the troubled 'tude
Life has been a warning - everything takes it's toll
Hardships - they will compound when you're old
You own your hard-luck days
You know it's all been done to you
Fasten on your badge, boy. Never let them die.
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Head-ache
04:39
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Raise 'em high
Lost and locked
It will be forgotten
Arching backs
You know what they do to me...
It will be forgotten
You will be forgotten
Love and hope
Few survive
It really doesn't matter
Another face
Faded view
It don't really matter
You don't really matter.
You don't really listen.
Oh it's not my style
'Cause it takes some time
Loaded words to make you mine.
Loser.
I could make you feel alive but...
You don't really listen.
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Break up the fight
04:24
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Lost in your pillow
Shaking, don't you know?
I've been trying to piece together what's left of my life
Impressive, your halo.
But it's loose, and lost its glow
I decided long ago to leave that all behind
After tonight, we'll break up the fight and forget to forgive.
What tomorrow will bring to the table
I've just started learning to cringe
Love is a fine toothed comb
Scraping all that's known
I could take or leave the hollow feelings that comfort me
Already in my grave
I'm testing out its weight
Finally I will be left alone
After tonight, we'll break up the fight and forget to forgive.
What tomorrow will bring to the table
I've long since admired your stare
I've been lost in fear for how long?
It's like a broke dick, Harlem rent trap seething in flaws
You've got hold on but for how?
As long as it takes to show all those detractors they're wrong!
They're still yappin that the choices in love will decide that there's no choice at all
Seems like old times!
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Here's to healthy living
03:27
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Trading up
04:10
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Joseph Melchiorre Philadelphia
Unintended Poshlost.
A broken clock.
A tiger drowning in Vaseline.
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