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How've You Been?
03:17
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How've you been, Little Star?
How I've wondered how you are.
Well, you do when you live all alone
And a moment from the past creeps up on your real fast—
Anyway I thought I'd call you up and ask you-- how've you been?
Have you changed? Hope not much.
I've been trying to figure out just when we fell out of touch
But I'm glad you picked up
And even though I'm stumbling to tell you I've been wondering
How've you been?
It was nice checking in
Wasn't sitting here and fantasizing things that might've been
Now I know how you are...
Didn't think about what I would say if talking got this far
But in the silence I can feel the hesitation on the line
Will you tell me you've been waiting for this or just say you're fine?
Nevermind.
Maybe one of these days
We can grab a bite and fight about who pays
And if you let me win
And if you open up your eyes and let me in
If it's not too overwhelming, then you can finally tell me—
How've you been?
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2. |
Departures
01:37
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I've told you a thousand times before
I'll tell you a million times more
The good part of goodbyes
The teardrops in her eyes
They turn and know there'll be no next 'hello'
Arrivals and departures!
This world needs its archers
But the battleground is at home
Arrivals and departures!
Stay home to be marchers (yeah fight the power...)
Now the battleground is at home
And the big one comes from a strange sound in your phone.
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3. |
Just A Guy
03:06
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4. |
In Love Again
03:05
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5. |
If I'm Alone
02:39
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If I'm alone then I'm the problem aren't I?
Just something that I do.
If I'm about to feel this way again, it must be true
If I'm alone then it's a sign
That I'm too late and out of time
And if I'm about to be that one I know I'll be fine
'Cause I was born alone
And if you're just here to spoil my day
Then I didn't need you anyway
And at this point you can't say I have to change to fit your life
It's why I'll suddenly find myself smiling
At jokes you wouldn't get
Like how jagged keys and locks find some way to connect
I'll be the one you love to hate
You're just one more who can't relate
I'll close up shop and lock my gates again
'Cause isn't everybody great?
Yeah, isn't everybody great?
If I'm alone, I'm fine alone
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Sometimes I'll just sit in the car and let my mind go away for a while
Wherever it wants for however long
Until it's time to call it back from distraction, the faces from the past
The last interactions, raindrops on the window slip and fall backwards
Racing in reverse, remember those last words
"Oh my oh my did I lose track of the time again?"
Sometimes I'll just lie awake and let my eyes lose focus in the darkness
So they don't know if they're open or closed
Until the tiny variations and shades in the shadows make shapes that can fool my mind into thinking that I'm still awake
But I see the silhouettes of a strange landscape and the red sunrise of a time and space I'm a stranger to.
Sometimes I'll just stare into the eyes of the person across from me
Whoever it is, for as long as they'll allow.
Until the moment freezes and they open up the dusty covers of their constructed autobiographies, unaware the observer sees
The secret pains and pleasures of an animal intelligent to know they're alone on a big blue ball
And all they can say is:
"Sometimes I don't know what to say in the moment,
And it feels like I'm on the spot, a lot.
Like maybe something that's supposed to be expected
I feel weird and disconnected from what's socially accepted.
I'm like a fraud, my face is a facade
You know, sometimes I wish I still believed in God"
Sometimes I'll just sit in the car and let my mind go away for a while.
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7. |
Everyone's Auntie Vee
01:44
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Switch on the smile! I have to be a source of light!
You all have to believe I do everything right!
Is everyone looking at me, when everyone's on tv?
I used to joke in supermarkets on surveillance cameras
"Look at me Auntie Vee, yeah look at me on tv"
Don't know who's watching but I have to make it fun,
Make sure I'm current and appeal to everyone.
I'm real important, so my job is never done
Gotta make a guest appearance at a party scene tonight
And all my famous friends will tell me I'm the most polite
'Cause I always hold my tong when I think something controversial
But the reason there's no ads is 'cause
We all live in one long commercial and
I just can't change the channel
Everyone's on TV and Everyone's Auntie Vee
I just can't change the channel
I'm on my best behavior
Watch what I say
I'm watching you
You're watching me
It's always on
It's always free
Everyone's Auntie Vee.
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8. |
Limelight
03:14
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You laugh at one of the flies advancing toward a lantern when it dies
To you, it never comes as a surprise
You're never taken in by the glow.
And yet if every light turned green, we'd all go
Running toward the limelight
Kiss for luck and a safe flight
Don't even notice the stage fright
Before you know, you're taken in by the glow
LIMELIGHT.
But the limelight fades
Before you've even sipped life's lemonade
You're only chance to show them something great
The people came for a show, so let them into the glow of the
LIMELIGHT
Running toward the limelight
What'd you do with your fifteen minutes?
Did you even realize that you were just in it?
Every second could be sublime once you realize all we have is time.
I see you running toward the limelight
But the limelight fades before you even sip life's lemonade
Your only chance to show to show 'em something great
Are they in for a surprise when you change the color of the sunrise?
Running toward the limelight
Kiss for luck and a safe flight
Don't even notice the stage fright
Before you know you're taken in by a glow,
Limelight
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9. |
Give a Fuck
03:43
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10. |
Easy Street
03:17
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11. |
End of Side One
00:10
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12. |
The Pointilist
02:25
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13. |
Eyes of a Liar
03:36
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Lie to me. Just lie to me.
Sweet impossible day, when time slips away, reality melts in the rain
Softly trickling, warm wind whistling, drunken glow of the sunset
Champagne flows through my version of you.
I'd find any way for it to be true
Do your worst, just let me believe in you.
I looked in the eyes of a liar just to fall
Into a dream that was never about be at all
Look in the eyes of a liar and she'll lull you into love
Just licking her lips for all the Freudian slips
Wince once fantasy fades, once logic invades
There's charm in the way she persuades with
More convenient displays explain it away,
Increasingly complex charades—for what?
A dull blade still cuts.
I looked in the eyes of a liar just to feel
Secretly special, I knew it could never be real
Floating in feeling so fleeting it bit,
Drowning and draining to make it all fit in the world
And all for a girl...
....with smeared mascara, lipstick smudged, who the hell are you to judge?
But I looked in the eyes of a liar just to feel
Secretly special, I knew it could never be real
Certainly something is broken inside of me
Desperately wish you could fix with just one little lie to me.
Just lie to me.
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14. |
Twilight's Last Gleaming
04:20
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Imagine no politicians or pundits stoking the fire
A vision blurred by division, so no one knows who's a liar
You can glare at the rockets til the tears in your sockets
Burst through cracks in the whites of your eyes
Oh don't say this is twilight's last gleaming,
That this perilous fight didn't have any meaning.
We've always been free to disagree
When the stars aren't especially bright
I know it's dark. It's always dark before dawn's early light.
Imagine there were no experts telling you what to do.
You'd figure out how the world works and do what works best for you
Give 'em proof through the night that we'll all be alright
That there's still plenty left to be saved
I know it's dark
But there's a home for the free, if you're brave,
Oh don't say this is twilight's last gleaming,
That this perilous fight didn't have any meaning.
We've always been free to disagree
When the stars aren't especially bright
I know it's dark. It's always dark before dawn's early light.
Don't tell me to give up
Don't tell me to lose hope
I never listen to those who've stopped dreaming
Oh don't say that this is twilight's last gleaming
There's just no way this is twilight's last gleaming
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15. |
Snake Eyes
02:08
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It's a roll of the die tonight
But I wouldn't do that
Not a risk just to play the odds
So you're leaving it to chance?
You think no one's loaded your die, but you're rolling snake eyes
You're rolling snake eyes.
Blending in to the wallpaper
The colors are too bright
You wear a different face every night
But when you land on a side, you're rolling snake eyes
Unlucky in love?
Unlucky in love.
Unlucky in love?
Unlucky in love.
You're rolling snake eyes.
Unlucky in love?
It's a roll of the die tonight
You're rolling snake eyes.
Unlucky in love?
Wear a different face every night
You're rolling snake eyes.
When you finally land on a side:
You're rolling snake eyes
They've got you rolling snake eyes.
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16. |
Attack & Decay
02:40
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Have I been forcing a fit?
And is it too late to quit?
I went from yellow to blue trying to be one of you.
I've gotten a peak, of the truth that I seek
The people who speak in
PRIMMARY COLORS AND POLYGONS
MATTER AND WAVES
THE PATTERNS OF DAYS
ATTACK AND DECAY
There's people who feel the correlations are real
Something objective and strange somehow connecting their brains
Will I know what they mean? "The forest ain't green?"
"The truth can be seen in
PRIMMARY COLORS AND POLYGONS
MATTER AND WAVES
THE PATTERNS OF DAYS
ATTACK AND DECAY"
It all can be seen in primary colors and polygons, matter and waves, the patterns of days, attack and decay.
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17. |
One Star Away
04:16
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18. |
Ease the Day
03:54
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Open ended, guess I'll stay
Little late to run away
Hear the heavy storm clouds say to "Ease the day"
And maybe I will, 'cause something 'bout the sunshine is very persuasive
It's the only thing that I can do with thoughts this invasive
Really want to make the most
Before the fog engulfs the coast
Though I may give up the ghost and ease the day
'Cause something 'bout the sunset is awfully foreboding
And the little voice inside me says something worth noting:
"I'll ease the day today. I'll take the pain away. I'll look out from a ledge and watch the raindrops"
You've got all of these people gunning you and the rest of your life right in front of you and they're wondering what you are gonna do...well maybe just take in the view and ease the day.
Ease the day.
I think I've spent enough of my precious time worrying
'Cause something 'bout the sunrise is still reassuring.
Yeah, there's something 'bout the sunrise.
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19. |
Over the Moon (Encore)
02:01
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Baby, I'm feelin' cool
Is this too soon?
Got all your stuff out of my room
And suddenly I feel like I'm
Over the moon
It's not that it was nothing, but I don't feel like suffering again
Heading outside, and I'll settle for a star this time
I'm over the moon now.
Sure it broke through the ceiling, but suddenly I'm breathing again
No need to get even, I got a funny feeling 'cause I'm
Over the moon now
I'm over the moon.
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Andrew Frankel Los Angeles, California
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