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Egyptian River
03:17
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There’s snow up in the mountains
And we’ll be giving it all away
And water in the rivers again
And we’ll be giving it all away
There’s food down in the ground my friend
And they’ll be giving it all away
We were lost in search of dreams that found us
Giving it all away
So don’t worry bout the money
Cause we’ll be giving it all away
I know it may sound strange to you
But we’ll be giving it all away
And when the pyramids are snow capped peaks
We can float on a raft of stone and clay
All the gold and treasure buried beneath
They’ll be giving it all away
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2. |
The Weather
03:22
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Whatever happens online
I feel free
Whatever happens online
I feel free
So if there’s a record of me
I don’t mind (yeah yeah)
The weather’s changing all the time
But I feel free…
The weather’s changing oh man
Do I feel free?
I don’t believe everything that I see
On the world wide web (Yeah yeah)
So if there’s a record of me
I don’t mind (uh huh)
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3. |
We Are Enough
04:31
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The world is on fire these days of rage
It’s hard to deny, that we are ablaze
When all these technical wonders are not enough
And all this stuff we got, it’s not enough
Someday we’ll make it right but not today
That’s what the future’s for right? Just to delay
And if the present moment is not enough
Let’s fan the flames tonight, cause I’ve had enough
Uh-huh, Uh-huh
Something isn’t right but it’s unstoppable
We know a better life is still possible
When all these technical wonders are not enough
All this stuff we got, it’s not enough
Someday we’ll make it right
Why not today?
You know if science could save us
It would have done it already
And if the present moment could be enough
Let’s fan the flames tonight
We are enough
Uh-huh, Uh-huh
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4. |
Anything But Me
03:50
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Everybody wants to love somebody
But nobody knows how to love themselves
You gotta love somebody somebody
So I’m gonna have to love somebody else
Everybody wants to love somebody
But I never really knew how to love myself
You gotta love somebody somebody
So I’m gonna have to love somebody else
Now won’t you give me something to look at
Just put it in front of me
Anything but the moment
Anything but me
The good life belongs to someone
Those other lives I wanna lead
Anything but the moment anything but me
Someday you’re gonna have to be anyone
“Not me”
Someday you’re gonna have to be
Somebody Somebody
You know I’m searching for something to witness
You know I’m searching in the screen
Anything but the moment anything but me
Someday you’re gonna have to be anyone
“Not me”
Someday you’re gonna have to be
Somebody Somebody
Everybody wants to love somebody
But nobody knows how to love themselves
You gotta love somebody somebody
So I’m gonna have to love somebody else
Everybody wants to love somebody
But I never really knew how to love myself
You gotta love somebody somebody
So I’m gonna have to learn how to love myself
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5. |
So Foreign
02:54
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I’ve lived a life so many times
And now that I find myself falling out
I heard the sound of old echoes
They’re calling me home
But it’s so foreign to me now
I hit the ground and then I run
But I’m followed by the sun
It’s so foreign
I’m not who you think I am
I’m more like a spirit
I’m not who you think I am
I’m more like a feeling in the air
When I am found I move around
I live a life out loud
And I’m not lonely in this town
I’m moving forward
Without a doubt
With out a doubt
I’m moving forward
I’m not who you think I am
I’m more like a spirit
I’m not who you think I am
I’m more like a feeling in the air
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6. |
Distance
04:23
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I can’t hear you on the phone tonight
Maybe it’s the distance, breaking up the line
When I’m not near you I lose the old insight that you give me
So I’m on the phone tonight
It makes no difference to a satellite
But there’s a distance and we’re along for the ride
My voice is a traveller
My heart is full of wires
But there’s a distant light
In the corner of the sky
Aw yeah
I can’t hear you on the phone tonight
Maybe its the distance growing ever wide
The canyons tumble oceans turn to fire
For that distant light
In the glory of your eyes
Aw yeah
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7. |
Baby Bird
04:26
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I’m running along a ledge
I run parallel with the edge
And all the while I can’t help but smile
I feel just as light as a fledgling
Down below is a wilderness
I know so well
But I’m not afraid of falling down
Or maybe I already fell
Baby bird I heard you singing
I know my luck won’t run out on me
Baby bird I heard you singing
I know my luck won’t run out on me
Hey baby don’t you cry
You know that you just hit your stride
And I know it must seem wild
The perilous ways we get high
Baby bird I heard you singing
I know my luck won’t run out on me
Baby bird I heard you singing
I know my luck won’t run out on me
We’re running along a ledge
We run parallel with the edge
All the while I can’t help but smile
Sweet little wings made of lightning
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8. |
Goodbye Polar Bear
03:40
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High highs
Lows lows
This might be desirable in a frequency response
Or the arc of a story
High highs
Low lows
God only knows
I could go easier on me
Smoothly now
High highs
Lows lows
Only I’m responsible
For this train come roller coaster
I am the conducter
Our bedsheets spread across two coasts
Up north and down low
Another polar bear’s ghost
You always say bye bye - bicoastal
The world said bye bye - bipolar
Goodbye polar bear
ugh
Up high the wind blows
The light sleeps
The dusk shows
The valley down below
In the shadow of the mountain
High highs
Low lows
God only knows I could go easier on me
Smoothly now
Smoothly now
High highs
Low lows
You know I wish it would go smoothly like a sine wave
Not jagged like a saw blade
I’m run ragged like an ice cap
In the flow of dollars and hand claps
Melt down to something raw and natural
Let me be a resource
Let me be the source
Bye bye bye coastline
The whole world’s bi bi bipolar
We wanna be bye bye bicoastal
The world said bye bye bye polar
Goodbye polar bear
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9. |
What I Want
02:50
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Let’s pretend
That the world’s not coming to an end
Oh Let’s Pretend
And let’s bend
All the rules but they’ll never break
They just bend back again
Salt water!
From my sink
Salt water
All I ever think about is water
So let’s spend
all that money and all that time
As if it would never end
And darling when
the waves come we’ll be fine
Whoa let’s pretend
Salt water!
From my sink
Salt water
All I ever think about is water
And I want what I want
False refuge is the one you choose
What I want
White noise is slowly killing you
Well I may be under the influence
Of social conditioning
What I want what I want
Don't you ever tell me
What to feel and what not to feel
Don't you ever tell me
What is real and what isn't real
Wouldn’t it be nicer, if someone could decipher
What I want, what I want
Let’s pretend
That the world’s not coming to an end
Oh Let’s Pretend
and Let’s send
all those letters to all our friends
and say goodbye again
Salt water!
From my sink
Salt water
All I ever think about is water
you know that
I want what I want
False refuge is the one you seem to choose
What I want
a seldom-broken trance of blues
Well I may be under the influence
Of social conditioning
What I want what I want
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10. |
Annihilation Bossa
04:22
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I found consolation in knowing that even after our
Annihililation there would still be beauty
The light shown through the rubble
The dust is moving now
And there’s no trouble
I found consolation in knowing that even after our
Annihililation there would still be love
There would still be love
Or would there be I wonder
If nobody was around to feel it
Did we create it?
I believe the universe
Is a benevolent place
I can feel a lonely love
When I’m floating in space
I read the news today and it made me cry
But I still believe the universe
Is on our side (Oh!)
Yes I take comfort knowing
That as long two people remained
There could still be love
There could still be love
I feel a weight being lifted
To feel that life goes on without me
No burden to carry
Yes I take comfort knowing
That if a single flower remained
There could still be
Something growing yeah
So please find consolation
In knowing that with or without a witness
There would still be beauty
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11. |
Tend the Flame
03:35
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Baby if you don’t tend the flame
The flame dies down
Baby if you don’t tend the flame
The flame goes out
But the burning embers
They just need a breath of air
All they need is loving care
We gotta learn to build
Yeah the burning embers
They just need your breath
So give whatever you’ve got left
And tend the flames
I can remember the last time
I know you remember
Cause it’s all we got left, yeah
I can remember the last time
I know you remember
Now baby if you don’t tend the flame
The flame dies down
Baby if you don’t tend the flame
The flame goes out
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