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The Dark Tower of Babel
03:41
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this is the place your fathers built
a tower of schemes
you could be king
we are saying the same words
but we don’t mean the same thing
for you the sun in the sky is a reminder
you're gonna die
for me another reason why i should live
there is life
you could race to the top
once you start you won’t stop
once you’ve climbed to the top
you hear the crowd below they say jump
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Bottoms Up
04:36
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you got blown away by a wicked game
face after face is chewing your mistake
it happened so fast
you’re here so raise your glass
can you make it last
monkey see monkey do
whatever he wanted to
you’re not even phased
sleepwalking on your grave
her name is blame and she’s married to you
it felt wrong but you needed proof
it’s happening
you never felt like this before
you never been so sore
we got cellular phones to tell them how we’re bored
we got hbo for broken homes
we can see the world through a fiber optic cord
but we’re so alone
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American Dream
04:17
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is it just me
is everyone lonely
the tv don’t care and who else is there
to smoother you clean and dust off the saline
and if you bleed you’re the life of the party
and as God sees will He believe me
the american dream
will He believe me
there’s always something that i can’t make safe
i’ve had enough
i’ve had enough
i could break through or just pretend to care about you
i can be cruel
what happened to me was it my family
sesame street
i bet it was money
but i love you
do you believe me
don’t you believe me
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Bloomville
05:01
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amber went out to the party
the last thing i said was stay warm
no one could tell how it started
she never meant no harm
we haven’t seen her for days
maybe she moved away
or maybe she found what she wanted
she had her hopes beyond here
no one could say how she parted
how can someone just disappear
we haven’t seen her for years
what happens when love disappears
i hope someday i’ll see her
at her old house in bloomville
i dont wanna talk about amber
i want her here with me still
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Escape
03:11
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it hurts me so that you’ll never learn
and you’ll never grow
another kind of suicide
it was a show more than you’ll know
your debt was already paid
think of the broken hearts you made in the years since you went away
you’ll never change
it’s such a great escape to say that we are not made
you could have fought it we could have worked it out
you didn’t want it and now you will never change
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A Gift for Lorna
02:11
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i made a cage for the bird that i love
her song falls in linoleum halls far above the flood
see it from her windowsill
we all taught her to be still
come what may come what will
fountain or an oil spill
it is better to restrain
clip her wings to be safe
come what will come what may
see it from inside her cage
i saw a change in the bird that i love
she never flew we never knew what she could become
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Spin the Outside Durham, New Hampshire
"Spin The Outside certainly veer towards the prolific, yet the controls are firmly set on quality not quantity. Combine this with the quiet magic of discovering a new band, then realising there is a catalogue to discover, to swim in like a sonic lake made by Willy Wonka, then Spin the Outside may become one of your favourite new bands." - Jay Wilkinson - Chartburst ... more
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Our very own Nick "Mo-Town" Morrison's solo album. He knows how the bass works.
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