1. |
Bliss
01:17
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Bliss
can come
and go
so fast
That you might not realize
Until it has passed
Happiness can disappear
Sometimes you can’t count on what you hold dear
Believe in yourself
Do what you feel
No harm can come if you follow what’s real
Don’t base your life on the moods of others I’ve learned
Because people are so transitive
You might get burned
Can’t trust bliss
You just can’t trust bliss
You just can’t trust bliss
You just can’t
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2. |
Gyroscope
01:52
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Keep my head on straight
Keep my brains intact
Keep my marbles inside
Show me how to act
Keep me in control
Of my situation
My gyroscope inside
It’s all mine
Shrink my head down
If you can
Find out what makes me a man
Get your periscope, and peer right inside
Get your notebooks out
Tell me what you find
Keep me in control
Of my situation
My gyroscope inside
It’s all mine
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3. |
Home Detainment System
01:18
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You stare at a screen
Searching for something
A distant dream
You’re left with nothing
Look within yourself
Instead of falsehood
Improve the faith
Let yourself achieve what you can
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4. |
Regret
01:28
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5. |
PBJ (1988)
01:24
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We're all here together on this bread that we call life
Holding each other up, attempting to survive
Until that silly human decides to take a bite
It can happen anytime
But I hope it's not tonight
Tonight we live - Tomorrow who knows or cares
We're on this bread, who knows or cares
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6. |
Spite
01:24
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Once upon a time
There was a man ruled by hate
In the way of spite and anger
Was all he could relate
Such a boring existence
Looking for a fight
No more than temporary happiness
For 6 feet of spite
6 feet of spite
No I am not talking
About peace and love
Cos this is New York City
With there fly no doves
I’m just saying be a little more tolerant
Cos might ain’t always right
It’s time to stop being a dick
Grow up and be a man
And not 6 feet of spite
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7. |
Dead Edge
02:14
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And I’ve still got to see you through
Because now you’re lying in your box under grass and dew
Lying with a flower in your hands
Dead from being the living death
You're... Dead… Edge
I don’t wanna be like you
Powder and needle was your rule
Cough it up – Slash and hack
Vicious circle stabbed your back
As you wrenched from lack of air
Died not knowing I always cared
I watched you die from this plague
Another victim of this age
Am I mad at what you did?
Or what was left behind?
Everything we always had
Blown away in one high
I get scared you’re only one
Burning up from having fun
With your addiction to the pain
Your loss was someone else’s gain
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8. |
Journey
02:35
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A thousand little needles prick into to my legs
I’ve been walking forever and my road never ends
There’s nothing I haven’t seen, nor experience uncommon
The knowledge that exists today is less than I’ve forgotten
But I’m on the last leg of my journey,
My time I fear comes fast
But I go with solitude
For I am the past
And there just ain’t no place for me
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9. |
Just Another Word
00:38
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When will you realize
You won't to change the world with just an X on your hand
When will you realize that unity is just another word if you don’t follow through
These walls that you build between us could be broken down
If you just open your mind
You alienate me with your attitude
When will you realize?
You cast me off, you could be my friend
You’re just so cool in your ways, you self-righteous man
This dilemma we face we can face it together
If you just open your mind!
When will you realize?
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10. |
Lay Down and Die
01:05
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I won’t lay down and die
I won’t lay down and die
You must never, never lay down and die
All my life I’ve always got shit
From every single person that I've ever met
I’ve been put down and I’ve been pushed around
But I haven’t given up yet
I stand behind my values – I know you don’t
I stand behind my beliefs – I know you don’t
I stand behind my words – I know that you don’t
Because I believe in myself
I won’t lay down and die
I won’t lay down and die
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11. |
95 Averege
01:49
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You’re so good with your theories, mathematical equations
You can tell a car's telemetry by sensing the vibrations
Geometry and calculus – in every book you’ve curled
Too bad you never learned about the world
With your 95 averege
Your stupid 95 averege
You learned every word that they put into your head
Step out of your house you’re gonna wind up dead
You memorized every sentence that they told you
But you’re in the real world now
You don’t know what to do
You’ve learned about electrons
Microscopic furry things
Computers and geology
What mixing chemicals brings
Placed on the honor roll
With an averege of 95
On the streets what are your chances of being alive
With your 95 averege
Your stupid 95 averege
You get a 95 in every class
But in the test of life I don’t think you'll pass
You won’t hang with me you have too much class
It’s just too bad you’re such an ass!
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12. |
Think Think Think
02:07
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It’s a thought
It’s just a thought
It’s nothing contrived - it’s neither sold nor bought
It’s just a ball of kinetics
That leaked from my head
An ecstatic nerve impulse
That has yet to be read
It just hangs around in a helpless days
Maybe waiting to unleash my mindless haze
Or maybe it’s an outreach of another phase
Looking straight forward I am amazed
It’s an idea
That much is clear
It floats through my head through all the hate and fear
I can’t stop it in its endless quest
It’s like a Duracell battery – it never gets rest
It just hangs around in a helpless days
Maybe waiting to unleash my mindless haze
Or maybe it’s an outreach of another phase
Looking straight forward I am amazed
And I sit
And I think
And I sit
And I think think think think think
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13. |
Glue Charged
01:15
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We went down to Woolworth's
And bought some airplane glue
Sit on St. Mark's and mush my brain
Look at the cars going down the Avenue
I see blurs of chrome and white and red
Blurs of chrome and white and red
Cos when glue is in my hand
It means that glue is on my mind
I'm glue charged
I'm glue charged
See my friends with bags on their faces
Horse lizards turning pink
I think I’ve gotten about an hour of feeling great today
Before my worldly vision starts to shrink
I see blurs of chrome and white and red
Blurs of chrome and white and red
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14. |
There's a Fire
00:55
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It really doesn't matter...Just check the booklet. Hahahaha
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15. |
PBJ (1987)
01:29
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We're all here together on this bread that we call life
Holding each other up, attempting to survive
Until that silly human decides to take a bite
It can happen anytime
But I hope it's not tonight
Tonight we live - Tomorrow who knows or cares
We're on this bread, who knows or cares
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16. |
Take a Look
00:44
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17. |
Confused Man
01:45
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Nothing believing
Is nothing deceiving
I step out of my house
And it’s not too relieving
Cross they all surround me
My own mind confounds me
I’m running out of time
And I haven’t yet found me at all
It sits on the train it tears in a plane I am looking around and I see looks of disdain
I’m crushed and I’m battered
I lay here all tattered
I think that I’m dead and I’m not sure I mattered at all
I don’t know what to say
Cos I don’t know what to get
I’ll just keep forging forward
I must never relent
I’m in search of nothing
And that’s what I found
Maybe I should open my eyes when I look around
Cos I look and I don’t see
I search and I don’t find
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18. |
Zip-A-Tone
00:24
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Just cut me out and stick me there
I’ll be the background to your plans
I don’t care where you stick me
Cut me hard but cut me quickly
Zip Zip
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19. |
It Came from Outer Space
00:45
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It came from outer space
And now it’s coming after me
I didn’t tell them to come
They came anyway
I tried to stop them
They shot me with a ray-gun
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20. |
Tanks a Lot
01:57
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To save my life you’ve put me in a tank
I suppose that I should say thanks
To live my life in captivity
To exist and to live but you never be free
Put on display charge admission to view
Watch me flounder around - watch what I do
I suppose it is expected
But this time it’s neglected
I’m forced into this spot
So I’ll just say tanks a lot
Tanks a lot
Take possession of me because my brain is too small
Put me on a leash don’t worry at all
Lock me in your walls so I’ll survive
The pain you cause you never realize
Console yourself you did the right move
Are you preserving humanity or have something to prove?
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21. |
Dream Lover
01:19
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22. |
Finast
00:17
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Change the price
Stock the shelves
Bring in carts
Direct the people
Cut my hand
Bag upfront
Take a break
Eat some food
FINAST - FOODTOWN
FINAST - FOODTOWN
Kiss some ass
Read magazines
Clean up mess
Unload the truck
Sweep the floors
Take out trash
Take a break
Eat some food
FINAST - FOODTOWN
FINAST - FOODTOWN
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23. |
Something Loud
01:41
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24. |
Reality
00:18
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There should be no war
There should be no fighting
There should be no hunger
But there is!
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25. |
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26. |
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Keep my head on straight
Keep my brains intact
Keep my marbles inside
Show me how to act
Keep me in control
Of my situation
My gyroscope inside
It’s all mine
Shrink my head down
If you can
Find out what makes me a man
Get your periscope, and peer right inside
Get your notebooks out
Tell me what you find
Keep me in control
Of my situation
My gyroscope inside
It’s all mine
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27. |
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It’s a thought
It’s just a thought
It’s nothing contrived - it’s neither sold nor bought
It’s just a ball of kinetics
That leaked from my head
An ecstatic nerve impulse
That has yet to be read
It just hangs around in a helpless days
Maybe waiting to unleash my mindless haze
Or maybe it’s an outreach of another phase
Looking straight forward I am amazed
It’s an idea
That much is clear
It floats through my head through all the hate and fear
I can’t stop it in its endless quest
It’s like a Duracell battery – it never gets rest
It just hangs around in a helpless days
Maybe waiting to unleash my mindless haze
Or maybe it’s an outreach of another phase
Looking straight forward I am amazed
And I sit
And I think
And I sit
And I think think think think think
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28. |
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We went down to Woolworth's
And bought some airplane glue
Sit on St. Mark's and mush my brain
Look at the cars going down the Avenue
I see blurs of chrome and white and red
Blurs of chrome and white and red
Cos when glue is in my hand
It means that glue is on my mind
I'm glue charged
I'm glue charged
See my friends with bags on their faces
Horse lizards turning pink
I think I’ve gotten about an hour of feeling great today
Before my worldly vision starts to shrink
I see blurs of chrome and white and red
Blurs of chrome and white and red
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29. |
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Change the price
Stock the shelves
Bring in carts
Direct the people
Cut my hand
Bag upfront
Take a break
Eat some food
FINAST - FOODTOWN
FINAST - FOODTOWN
Kiss some ass
Read magazines
Clean up mess
Unload the truck
Sweep the floors
Take out trash
Take a break
Eat some food
FINAST - FOODTOWN
FINAST - FOODTOWN
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30. |
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