1. |
Golden State
04:25
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I look out
from inside me
across a long
stretch of sea
a sea of fabric
of bedding made
of painted walls
and window shades
and I'm afraid
I see my mother
finger raised
I see my father
in a daze
a ring of keys
in his hand
and at his feet
a golden band
a wasted land
a sea of sand
he puts the car in gear
and he's gone
in days of wonder
golden state
suburban promise
real estate
your California dream is done
the party's over
had your fun
the west has won
forget your son
he puts the car in gear
and he's gone
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2. |
Camera Action
03:34
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another day under the sun
another field of green to run through
and when the filming crew is done
a brittle shell to wander into
she always hides the pain she knows
a shadow looming in the window
cheap shot
camera action
and she was riding in your car
the world from inside of a bubble
and she will wear it like a scar
she didn't mean to cause you trouble
now all her charms are overflown
what strength she has left over
is her own
cheap shot
camera action
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3. |
Until It Hurts
03:11
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made for the real world
you're made to last
hot as the sun
and reinventing your past
a silver spoon
prying open your mouth
and everybody thinks
that you go without
your house is on fire
overlooking the sea
I can hold a candle to you
until it hurts you to dream
I can't believe how desperate
you make me feel
because there's nothing in you
I can call real
but I can't help
but gaze at you all the same
you love the way it sounds
when I call your name
your house is on fire
overlooking the sea
I can hold a candle to you
until it hurts you to dream
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4. |
Block Out the Sun
03:38
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swimming in your simulated water
lying on the burning sand of your dream
buried alive . . .
tiny boxes
full of games
and all of Rome in flames
block out the sun
block out the sun
burning edges of your family picture
closing in on you and me
burning alive . . .
throat is dry
heat surreal
barely can grip the wheel
block out the sun
block out the sun
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5. |
Slow Winter
03:17
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you say that your wildness is enough
but it's not
to warm the empty spaces that you wrought
but it's not
it's been a slow winter
in these lowlands of aging grace
and in the lines upon my face
read the warnings
read the warnings
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6. |
The Rift
04:28
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wander through your frozen landscape
pressing down to smother these wounds
I will never walk it back
fingers scrape down the wall
spit your name into the air
still feasting on spite
as I fall . . .
shaking ground opens before me
stretching out in both directions
carried to the edge of the rift
I will never walk it back
fingers scrape down the wall
spit your name into the air
still feasting on spite
as I fall . . .
sometimes
after all that I've been through
I can't seem to decided
if it's me or if it's you
maybe
if I let someone inside
they could explain to me
which I is I
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7. |
Spyglass
02:38
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I know what you know
I see where you go
I walk the firelight
into the dark night
it's all a-gleaming
what we're all dreaming
and I know now that it's over
in water wide
on every side
stretch out to see
bring you to me
I know you
can't see me
I bring you
to face me . .
and i know now that it's over
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8. |
Wicked Seas
04:15
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wind the wind up
stir the sea
make one in to three
on deserted island
grey eyes
of the morning dove
I'm dreaming of . . .
bring the players
from my past
the ones who didn't last
to deserted island
make them witness
of my hollow soul
unable to console
so
wicked seas
chasing after the moon
blanket all of us
in vaporous rain
your gentle breath
must fill my sails
or else my project fails
to escape this island
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9. |
Siren Song
04:07
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you've got rags of skin
on your bones
shiftless without
any way home
moving so close
to voices in the air
drawing closer
to voices in the air
I look out
from inside of me
across a long
across a long stretch of sea
and then it hits me
the sirens of the city
you are troubled
troubled as the tide
you hear them singing
here are you and I
you hear them singing
here I am come to me
I look out
from inside of me
across a long
across a long stretch of sea
and then it hits me
the sirens of the city
the many lives
of countless passersby
on nearby highways
streetlights bleeding
all over the room
a wellspring
of unforgiven bloom
I look out
from inside of me
across a long
across a long stretch of sea
and then it hits me
the sirens of the city
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10. |
Losing Streak
03:34
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I left my luck in your lost and found
buried my honesty underground
I'm fully conscious inside of the wreck
but I've broken my neck
wanted to be someone I wanted to be
I finally became him and he became me
there must be something more for us to discuss
this couldn't happen to us
with all of Rome in flames
I call your name
in all the empty rooms
and I'm at my peak
on a losing streak
I'm not supposed to play
the game this way
my tolerance is weak
but I'm at my peak
on a losing streak
like an old movie without any sound
I cannot hear their feet hit the ground
I'm drawn to where the sound should be
the silence is me
with all of Rome in flames
I call your name
in all the empty rooms
and I'm at my peak
on a losing streak
I'm not supposed to play
the game this way
my tolerance is weak
but I'm at my peak
on a losing streak
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11. |
Swim Away
04:56
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so here I am again
a hillside melting in the rain
a stray dog sinking in the porous clay
a dead fish wishing I could swim away
a room that echoes with the sea
that's so empty of orange light
vibrant like piano keys
that no one plays
I can't take it anymore
so it was an accident
a train I thought I could outrun
like river horses running wild
over an unsuspecting sun
the canyon looked serene
the western sky seemed so blue
the ocean opened up its arms
and called to me
I can't take it anymore
so here I am again
a hillside melting in the rain
a stray dog sinking in the porous clay
a dead fish wishing I could swim away
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12. |
The Flood
05:23
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endlessly you run
under the sun
under the hard shell
you build just to destroy
a broken toy
forgotten as you
gaze in to the blue
expanding sea
a fitting way for you to
go home
crashing in to me
the angry sea
scratching my eyes
and filling up my lungs
reminding me
I'm so alone
when I'm with you
wash the world away
wash the world away
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The Shadow Principle Los Angeles, California
Nohl Takahashi: Vocals
Reza Moosavi: Guitar
Marlin George: Drums
David Tomkins: Bass + Vox
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