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Somedays We Sin
03:08
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Hang Up
There's nothing left to see here,
Our trial's over
and you've been
released on your own recognizance
You sail a sea
Fifty cameras deep, that’s all
I get to notice
that my head
hasn't been screwed back on straight
Why now?
I ask so many times now.
You think I'd see a cycle now.
But then he turns around
We could never survive this,
It's going to take everything we've got just to hold our punches
We have got to be blind
Somedays.
I’m burning down
Fists trembling uncontrolled
We're getting nowhere
and the party line
Doesn’t cut it now
Why now?
I ask so many times now.
You think I'd see a cycle now,
but then he turns around
and says, "Somedays we sin, man" cuz
We could never survive this,
It's going to take everything we've got just to hold our punches.
And we have got to be blind
if we
think this'll work now
We could never survive this,
It's going to take everything we've got just to hold our punches.
We have got to be blind.
Somedays.
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These shoes have seen it all
And I imagine them appalled
But still they follow
like a lemming to my fall
I’ve been labeled second best
All lights are comin' red
But I'm in trouble
It's the clearest thing you've said
By this time tomrrow
there's a bounty on my head.
See, bad news
Follows
I'd try to
apologize
but no one has ears
A sad you
just hollows me out
till I'm bonless
and petrified
And who has time for all of that?
Not me.
In a barely noticed grave
We can learn how to behave
but don't bathe in sorrow
it's a path we shouldn't pave
By this time tomorrow
There's no question that I'll stay
See, bad news
It follows me
and I try to
apologize
but no one's got ears
A sad you
just hollows me out
till I'm boneless
but never really petrified, see
I'm all about this now
(You're a fool for coming here)
I'm such a crowd please, now
(You're embarrassing yourself)
I'm all about this now
cuz after all, it's midnight
and we'll have time for all of that
You'll see.
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I closed my eyes and turned my head
to a warmer sigh
I block out all the cold
I feel old.
So I downplayed all the hype
These scenes replayed in rewind
in which everyone's a criminal or dunce
at least once
Graceful
You thought I'd be stable
but I'm a handful
and these things that I know now kill
Every I hope I smashed in my tomorrow
I've got a meaningless weight trollin' if tomorrow never comes
and this treasure trove of course explodes in my face
Always
cuz there's one way out
and I failed her
I raced by all the warnings
Like
I hadn't done it before
My blood pressure shoots high
It's goodbye
So I downplayed all the hype
This “first-come-first serve” ain't right
I mean, Yesterday I Watched The World Collapse
On my back
Faithfull
A word that we made real
but I'm a handful
and at least I can say with pride that
Every I hope I smashed in my tomorrow
I've got a meaningless weight trolling if tomorrow never comes
When I say "enough", let's get out of here alive
cuz there's one way out
and I failed her
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Next
In Line
Heartfelt smiles
I'm forcing ‘em down and
This place is
Praising the faceless
In ways I never thought I'd have to explain
Surrounded by
neatly tucked shirts
Oh how it must hurt
when
Time
Stops
and I wouldn't change a thing
I can barely see through this hazy grin
That's slapped on my face
Now everything's great
If only just for eight hours and
This can't last, we do it for now
This can't last, we do it for now
What's that all about?
We're bright second class citizens
This can't last, we do it for now
This can't last, we do it for now
What's that all about?
What's that all about?
Next
In Line
You seem amazed
When we're out of our cage
And this place has
Addled me senseless
A cubicle alternative is no help.
If you’re surrounded by
neatly tucked shirts
Oh how it must hurt
with
Lines long
and I never miss a beat
I can barely feel through
this mask of defeat
on deafening ears
It's not a career
It's only just for a few years but
We're not done, we're givin' up now
We're not done, we're givin' up yea
What's that all about?
We’re like second class citizens
and
This can't last, we do it for now
This can't last, we do it for now
What's that all about?
What’s that all about?
This can't last, we do it for now
This can't last, we do it for now
what the fuck is that?
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5. |
Making Circles Square
05:39
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Lift my bloody face
off the table
You're readin' it wrong
We're all in this together
We're all in this as feathers
Up and Away.
So roll me up a cliff
that isn't stable
It's so precious how
Impossibility's nurtured
When our volatility's perfect
Up and Away
and I thank those who came first
So I go in town to find
a new start
The hooker's polite,
but
I'm not interested darlin'.
I've got a pattern of fallin'
Up and Away
So I thank all those who came first
'cuz they've no idea what they've gotten into.
I try but I fail consistently
There's gotta be somethin' I'm missing,
Should we call it a day like that?
cuz I feel
sicker than hell
and I know we aint done yet.
It's like home on the range
High again,
The stones in my brain
Stop readin' the bad news
and don't hide in the bedroom
From your scars
So lift my battered face
off this table
and calm the fuck down
I don't get why we care
We're making circles square
aren't we?
and I thank all those who came first
cuz they've no idea what they've gotten into
I try but I fail consistently
There's gotta be somethin' I'm missing,
Should we call it a day like that?
cuz I feel
sicker than hell
and I know we aint done yet
I know we ain't done yet
and I thank all those who came first
cuz they've no idea what I'm
about to do
I try but I fail consistently,
There's gotta be something I'm missing
Should we call it a day like that?
Like that?
Like that?
I feel
sicker than hell
and I know we aint done yet....
....tell me why we aint done yet?
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Curious Quail New Haven, Connecticut
Curious Quail is an orchestral + chiptune indie collective with members in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Pacific Northwest and southern New England that mix fuzzy guitar rock, orchestral instrumentation and music made with Nintendo Gameboys.
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