1. |
You're on Fire
02:41
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Hi, I forgot your name
Whatever
My point is
Hi, your head's on fire
Oh damn, you must've got one of them
Combustible heads
I read an article all about them
You're on fire
You're on fire
I won't lie
You're on fire
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head
Hey, how's it going
Is that your car they're towing?
I'm pretty sure that's your car
No, you can't park there
Whoa, your head's on fire
Oh damn, you must've got one of them
Combustible heads
I read an article all about them
You're on fire
You're on fire
I won't lie
You're on fire
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head (I won't lie)
Combustible head
The lights are low
The music is extremely loud
You're hard to get to know
But you're easy to spot in a crowd
As I'm sure you're aware
You've got one of those rare
Combustible heads
I read an article all about them
You're on fire
You're on fire
I won't lie
You're on fire
Oh damn, you must've got one of them (Oh damn)
Combustible heads (You must've got one of them)
I read an article all about them (Combustible head)
You're on fire (Combustible head)
You're on fire (Combustible head)
I won't lie (Combustible head)
You're on fire (Combustible head)
I won't lie
I won't lie
I won't lie
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2. |
Nanobots
02:45
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(Grow the nanobots up)
Grow the nanobots up
(Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk)
Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk
(Wind the nanobots up)
Wind the nanobots up (Wind them up and ask them a question)
Wind them up and ask them a question
(Raise the yellow bots up)
Raise the yellow bots up
(Raise them up and make them respect us)
Raise them up and make them respect us
(Wind the marching bots up)
Wind the marching bots up (Wind them up and wish them away)
Wind them up and wish them away
What with all the hullabaloo
We very nearly forgot about you
Now all the old troubles will soon be at an end
And all the new ones will begin when we send the signal
To the newborn citizenship
Of the micronations
Sleeper cells awaken, now this is your time
Hear the voices calling to their confederates
See the tiny figures testing their limbs
Stand back and watch them
Grow the nanobots up
Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk
Wind the nanobots up
Wind them up and wish them away
The sun is rising in the wrong place
I would decorate the room but there's no more space
All I see is pictures of matchstick men
I turn my back for two minutes and they've grown again
Rearranging beds
Eating what's available
In some hand-me-downs
Making do with leftovers
Bunking up, sharing comic books
Sitting three-deep on each other's laps
In a van stacked up on other vans
Driving on a tidal wave where they
Grow the nanobots up (Grow the nanobots up)
Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk (Grow them in the cracks in the sidewalk)
Wind the nanobots up (Wind the nanobots up)
Wind them up and wish them away (Wind them up and ask them a question)
Raise the yellow bots up (Raise the yellow bots up)
Raise them up and make them respect us (Raise them up and make them respect us)
Wind the marching bots up (Wind the marching bots up)
Wind them up and get them to send a signal (Wind them up and wish them away)
To the newborn citizenship
Of the micronations
Sleeper cells awaken now
This is your, this is your time
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3. |
Black Ops
03:11
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Black ops
Black ops
A holiday for secret cops
Black ops
Black ops
Dropping presents from the helicopter
It's been a long year
We've been so far from home
Too many people here
Here come the drones
We take the best of it
And make a mess of it
Ripping up some lawn
And then we're gone
Black sites
Black sites
A thousand miles from day or night
Black sites
Black sites
The story will remain unwritten
Before we make you gone
You'd best be running on
Stick to the music, child
Don't get us riled
Hey, there's a spot we missed
I see a Communist
And there's another one
And his dumb son
Black ops
Black ops
Little vials filled with knock-out drops
Black ops
Black ops
Maybe leave you in your old gym locker
A thousand miles from day or night
A story told before rewriting
There's a passport here
But it could disappear
Tarmac to landing pad
Don't look so sad
We fly to Amsterdam
And in a little bit
We'll sing our special song
And this is it
He'll be standing when the music stops
We're not worrying about the optics
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4. |
Lost My Mind
02:50
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Lost my mind
Left somewhere behind
Must've put it in amongst
The things for throwing out
Nowhere to be found
Probably buried underground
I'd go try to dig it up
But I don't want to waste my time
To summarize, this whole planet is elliptical
In short, I am both the bag and the boxing glove
So I'll apply this wet transfer tattoo showing
A finger pointing at the other one that says I
Lost my mind
Left somewhere behind
I must have put it in amongst
The things for throwing out
Nowhere to be found
Probably buried underground
I'd go try to dig it up
But I don't want to waste my time
Floating down a lazy river is my mind
Circling an unknown baggage carousel is also my mind
Do you ever even think of me?
The way I'm always thinking of you
With a glassy-eyed stare
Knowing somewhere out there
It walks the earth
Separated at birth
Terrorizing villages
With intelligent remarks
Lost my mind
Left somewhere behind
I'd go try to dig it up
But I don't know where
Because I lost my mind
(Lost my mind)
Lost my mind
(Left somewhere behind)
(Must have put it in amongst the things for throwing out)
The one I left behind
Nowhere to be found
Buried underground
And I would dig it up
But I just don't have that kind of time
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5. |
Circular Karate Chop
02:56
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Never took a class before in
Self defense
Never looked at you before with
Common sense
Gird myself for a short sharp shock
Trace myself in sidewalk chalk
I'll shut my mouth, you do the talking
You're so proud of your circular karate chop
Afternoons in the mirror doing pop and lock
From the junk shop to the truck stop to the big big top
Detention hall, name on the wall and
Locker dent
Never mind the withered words of
Encouragement
Pulling off my anorak
Dumping out my black backpack
Take what you like
I'll keep on walking
You're so proud of your circular karate chop
Afternoons in the mirror doing pop and lock
From the junk shop to the truck stop to the big big top
You're still bragging about your telescoping roundhouse kick
You're still looking for your Commodore's old control stick
So myopic, stay on topic
And this world is sick
Three rules from your sensei:
One: Outsource your feelings.
Two: Limit your training to be task-specific.
Three: Assign regret to those accountable.
Detention hall, name on the wall and
Locker dent
Never mind the withered words of
Encouragement
Pulling off my anorak
Dumping out my black backpack
Take what you like
I'll keep on walking
You're so proud of your circular karate chop
Afternoons in the mirror doing pop and lock
From the junk shop to the truck stop to the big big top
You're still braggin' about your telescoping roundhouse kick
You're still looking for your Commodore's old control stick
So myopic, stay on topic
Man, this world is sick
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6. |
Call You Mom
03:06
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I think I'd like to call you Mom
'Cause you remind me of my mom
I'm gonna go put on my sailor suit
And we'll go out on the town
Why don't you let me call you that?
You're acting so much like my mom
She didn't like it when I called her name
You and her are the same
When we go out
You'll know someone is there
You will feel someone staring at you
You're on my mind
As I dream of the game
Where I'm rolling a hoop
And I turn around to find that you are gone
Which was exactly like my mom
And I will go hang up my sailor suit
And lie face-down on the lawn
When we go out
You'll know someone is there
You will feel someone staring at you
You're on my mind
As I dream of the game
Where I'm rolling a hoop
And I turn around to find that you are gone
Which was exactly like my mom
And I will go hang up my sailor suit
And lie face-down on the lawn
I see you moving towards the door
'Cause you don't trust me anymore
I need to find someone who's nice to me
The way that you used to be
And then I'm gonna call her You
'Cause she'll remind me of you
I'm gonna dress her in a sailor suit
That would look very cute
When we go out
She'll know someone is there
She will feel someone staring at her
She's on my mind
As I dream of the game
Where she's rolling a hoop
And she turns around to find that I am gone
Which was exactly like her mom
And she will go hang up her sailor suit
And lie face-down on the lawn
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7. |
Tesla
02:04
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Tesla
Brought the X-ray photo to the world
Brought the AC power to the world
Here is a mind
That can see across space
Here is a mind soaring free
Sound turns to light
And light turns to waves
And waves turn to all things perceived
Maybe that knowledge would drive one insane
How can that knowledge be tamed?
Tesla
Ushered the radio wave into the world
Ushered the neon light
Into the world
The Hotel New Yorker
He's dead on the floor
The body of Nikola lies
With just his papers
No family to tell
Out of the windows birds fly
Under an X-ray of Mark Twain's skull
The plan for the death-ray's design
Tesla
Brought the radar detection to the world
Ushered remote control
Into the world
Ushered the bladeless turbine
Into the world
Ushered the neon light
Into the world
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8. |
Sleep
00:42
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Each (ahh)
Time (ahh)
I (ahh)
Sleep (ahh)
I'm (ahh)
Sad (ahh)
I (ahh)
Will be replaced by somebody else
In the morning
Exactly like me
Going around, drinking all my drinks
Kissing my wife
Thinking what I think
Making me resentful but
Each
Time
I
Get up in the morning I'm glad
I
Took
Someone else's place
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9. |
Stone Cold Coup d'Etat
02:57
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The stars got together and extinguished the moon and sun
And they reigned forever in the night sky they had won
The words assassinated the book
The kitchen cooked and ate the cook
Aw yeah, what is that certain je ne sais quoi?
Aw yeah, it's a stone cold coup d'état
Stone cold coup d'état
Stone cold coup d'état
The orchestra conductor has been captured and tried and killed
And the viola now occupies the throne that he formerly filled
The bark now commands the trees
The queen is overruled by the bees
Aw yeah, it has a certain je ne sais quoi
Aw yeah, it's a stone cold coup d'état
Stone cold coup d'état
Stone cold coup d'état
But if history is any guide
It cannot be understood
When you're not on the winning side
Around the dinner table, a family says grace
And the son sees the secret signal on his sister's face
Dad smiles at his wife
Daughter reaches for the knife
Aw yeah, it has that certain je ne sais quoi
Autumn leaves will burn (Yeah yeah)
As the seasons turn (Yeah yeah)
Nature's red in tooth and in claw
Aw yeah, what is that certain je ne se quoi?
Aw yeah, it's a stone cold coup d'état
Stone cold coup d'état
A stone cold coup d'état
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10. |
Sometime a Lonely Way
02:40
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Not everyone you've abandoned
Is still standing by
Not everyone who is lost is
Wondering why
Sometimes a lonely way
Taking your name down from the Jumbotron
Find a new place to stay
And a new home for the trumpeter swan
We can see it now, the scratches
On the back of the door
We can see it now, no mistaking
What you're better for
Sometimes a lonely way
Taken alive in an uncivil war
Trophies in glass displays
Rehearsals for third place, forever more
Bah bah bah bah, bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah, bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah, bah bah bah
Not everyone you've abandoned
Is still standing by
Not everyone who is lost is
Wondering why
Sometimes a lonely way
Taking your name down from the Jumbotron
Find a new place to stay
And a new home for the trumpeter swan
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11. |
Destroy the Past
00:15
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Let's go backwards to destroy the past
How long will your oxygen last?
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12. |
9 Secret Steps
01:56
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Throw away the thing that tells you
Not to throw the thing away
You'll forget to rue the day
You went ahead and threw the thing away
Nine secret steps
To the key to the door that you'll
Throw in the well and let go
Of all your thwarted dreams
And visions of success
Amputate the thought that says
You shouldn't ever amputate a thought
You'll be overwrought until
You go ahead and amputate the thought
Nine secret steps
To unlock the potential
To forgo the knowledge
Of what can be attained as long
As nothing's ever gained
I can't tell you what's in secret step five
You will know when you're no longer alive
Inhume your gloom within a tomb
Confine your mind behind a line
There's only doom outside your room
Confine your mind behind a line
Nine secret steps (Nine secret steps)
To the key to the door that you'll (Key to the door)
Throw in the well and let go (Throw in the well)
Of all your thwarted dreams
Let go of all your thwarted dreams
Let go of all your thwarted dreams
Of all your thwarted dreams
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13. |
Hive Mind
00:06
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Hive mind
Hive mind
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14. |
Decision Makers
00:15
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Decision makers
Deciding for me
Decision makers
Decide
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15. |
Nouns
00:17
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Everywhere around this burg
They're running out of verbs
Adverbs and adjectives
Everywhere around this town
They're running out of nouns
They're running out of nouns
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16. |
There
00:09
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There!
Near the borderline
Right between two countries
There!
Near the borderline
Right between two countries
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17. |
Insect Hospital
01:30
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Walking down to the Insect Hospital
To set the insects free
'Cause we are like literally, literally
Walking down to the Insect Hospital
To set the insects free
'Cause we are like literally, literally, literally (Walking down to the Insect Hospital)
Literally, literally, literally (Walking down to the Insect Hospital)
Literally, literally, literally (Walking down to the Insect Hospital)
Walking down to the Insect Hospital
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18. |
Tick
00:11
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If it wasn't for that tick
We would not be in this predicament
Not be in this predicament that we're in
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19. |
Replicant
02:55
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Doot doot doot doot
Doot doot doot
doot doot doot doot doot
Doot doot doot doot
Doot doot doot
doot doot doot
Replicant, replicant, where have you been?
Replicant, what is that stuff in your hair?
Replicant, why do you lie on the ground?
Shoveling handfuls of dirt on yourself
You've got his eyes
Same exact smile
Doot doot doot doot
Doot doot doot
doot doot doot doot doot
All that he has
All this will be yours
Doot doot doot doot
Doot doot doot
doot doot doot
Replicant, someone is waiting outside
He says you did something wrong to his friend
Look at me when I'm talking to you
What have you got there behind your back?
You've got his eyes
Same exact smile
All that he has
All this will be yours
I found this when I was cleaning your room
I think you've got some explaining to do
Whatever you did, we'll get through this
Go out the back and I'll deal with the cops
You've got his eyes
Same exact smile
Doot doot doot doot
Doot doot doot
doot doot doot doot doot
All that he has
All this will be yours
Doot doot doot doot
Doot doot doot
doot doot doot
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20. |
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Yes, it's the Darlings of Lumberland
Their voices are the echoes mausoleums turn to sand
Empty hollow sockets freeze the soldiers where they stand
The Darlings of Lumberland
It's getting difficult for a ghoul
Wax museum dreams are so foolish
No rehearsal, no finishing school
It's getting difficult for a ghoul
Hold my cold dead hand for a bit
Just got my cast off, I'm gonna blast off
A little melody if time permits
Hold my cold dead hand for a bit
Yes, it's the Darlings of Lumberland
Pull you off the bank and by popular demand
Drag you by your mind, now you're under their command
The Darlings of Lumberland
Yes, it's the Darlings of Lumberland
Their voices are the echoes mausoleums turn to sand
Empty hollow sockets freeze the soldiers where they stand
The Darlings of Lumberland
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21. |
Great
00:52
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Great, great, hey, Dave
If you have a hundred
Dollars, I can save you two
Hundred dollars
Dave, hey, Dave, hey wait
Dave, where are you going
With that hundred dollars
In both of your fists?
I'm going downtown (I'm going down)
To get you stuff (To get you stuff)
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22. |
Stuff is Way
01:37
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Did you just what?
Is what you yes?
Did you whatever, whatever you
I guess?
The stalking horse
Was hides the guy
And which the pony is a phony was a lie
You say, stuff is way
Way to go
Go away
Who had you was?
I yes you would
It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good
As it the drag
That has you are
Is in the bag
That you drag behind your car
Did you just what?
Is what you yes?
Did you whatever, whatever you
I guess?
The stalking horse
Was hides the guy
And which the pony is a phony was a lie
You say, stuff is way (Is what you say)
Way to go (Is stuff is way)
Go away (So way to go, so go away)
Who had you was? (Who has you was?)
I yes you would (I yes you would)
It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good (It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good)
As it the drag (As it the drag)
That has you are (That has you are)
Is in the bag (Is in the bag)
That you drag behind your car (That you drag behind your car)
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23. |
Icky
02:32
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Everybody saying "Who's that icky guy?
I'd like to get to know him"
"I want to be his best bud"
"No, I do, we can't both be his best bud"
Who's that sucking all the oxygen
Out of the place
First name: Getting All Up in Your
Last name: Face
First name: Getting All Up in Your
Last name: Face
He's coming over to your house and
Isn't gonna leave till you loan him something
You've got a nice pair of slacks which he takes but
Will only return one of them
Who's that sucking all the oxygen
Out of the place
First name: Getting All Up in Your
Last name: Face
First name: Getting All Up in Your
Last name: Face
Here, this is yours
I'm done with it, I brought it back
Don't know anything about some other slack
I only borrowed one slack
Who's that knocking over everything
Within reach?
Full-time occupation listed as "life-draining leech"
Who's that sucking all the oxygen
Out of the place
First name: Getting All Up in Your
Last name: Face
First name: Getting All Up in Your
Last name: Face
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24. |
Too Tall Girl
02:34
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Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Fall in love with the too-tall girl
Deleterious and delirious
Fall in love with the too-tall girl
With her magazine
Dressed in aubergine
Too-tall girl can see
Past the rooftops and the trees
Too-tall girl can see
Past the crosstown mall and townie sprawl
There's no kind of guidebook or catalogue
There's no kind of parallel or analogue
Soon you'll just be playing some tag-along
In the world of a girl in a too-tall fog
Bah bah bah bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah bah bah
Bah bah bah bah bah bah
Fall in love with the too-tall girl
Whispers pretty tones in a megaphone
Fall in love with the too-tall girl
Knows more etiquette
Than Connecticut
Too-tall girl can see
Past the rooftops and the trees
Too-tall girl can see
Past the crosstown mall and townie sprawl
To get to her a boy's got to calculate
To get to her a boy's got to estimate
All the walls to clear and the hills to climb
As the months turn to days in this too-tall time
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25. |
Didn't Kill Me
00:31
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Though she didn't kill me
She didn't make me stronger
Though she didn't kill me
Some parts didn't mend
She shut down the sweet talk
I sure felt like a goner
When she shut down the sweet talk
I thought that was the end
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