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Sleeping With Eyes Open
04:08
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I woke up one night from a dream
I dreamt that I was trying to go to sleep
And I can't see why it seems so hard
When I can fall asleep driving a car.
I've been sleeping all day with my eyes wide open
Did I miss anything? I didn't miss anything.
I fell asleep one day in a chair
My mind didn't feel like it was going anywhere
And right when I felt like I was learning something
I woke up from a deep deep dream.
I've been sleeping all day with my eyes wide open
Did I miss anything? I didn't miss anything.
The path of life is made of straight lines
The lines are very small and the path is very wide
And it winds
You say your life hasn't been the best and it makes you want to cry, you think why doesn't anybody feel the way that I do, why doesn't anybody else just want to die?
Because you've been awake for hours, and they've been sleeping they're whole lives.
You could bury your head and go to bed, or you could live and sleep with open eyes.
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2. |
Leasing My Soul
03:48
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I had a dream once that we were God's dream
But God can dream what he wants, why would he dream of me?
I imagine what I want
Pretend how I feel
But I'm scared like a child
To reveal what's real
And when the sun sets, when I see the moon shine, another day dies, I know you'll all be here when I open my eyes
I know I'm too young to feel this old
Sometimes I feel like I'm leasing my soul
I know I don't have a whole lot left
But for you all I'll never go to bed
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3. |
So Alone
04:17
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You came and you showed me how I’m meant to live my life
But now you’re gone and I’m lonely
You were the one meant to be my wife
You you you told me that I’d never feel this way
But now you’re gone and I’m lonely
And I feel that I’ll never feel the same
My friends they’re all gone
I don’t think I know what to think or who I am
And that sunshine of my life
I don’t think it’s ever gonna rise again
I had a dream in the middle of the night
that we were in love and everything was alright
But when I decided that I had to wake up
I found myself in this nightmare of a breakup
I feel like a skeleton with no bones
Wandering around in this hell of my own
How long does it take for a man to feel okay
I’m like a ghost in my own home
I hang my head, just cry and moan
But I know if you came back to me, I’d never ever have to be
Alone
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4. |
Half a Song
01:34
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If I were to write you half a song
Would you still love me just as long?
If I were to write half a protest
Could I teach the world to get it all a rest?
Would half a song make a whole lot of difference?
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5. |
Politician
02:38
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I've spent far to much of my life
Working hard on wasting time
I've been on my ass all day
I learn a lot that ruins my mind
Life is like a rickshaw
And we're pulling everyone behind
And our back's just screaming
But we tell everyone that we're doing fine
Well maybe I'm always wrong
You know that that sounds vaguely right
I'm gonna tell you the truth
Everything I saw is just a lie
I know that lying's a sin
I'm just a politician
I know what I think's all wrong
But I'd have nothing to think if I changed my mind
I wish I had amnesia
I'd forget before I forgave
And I remember wronging
People that don't even know my name
I don't want to sound complaining
But time seems like a waste of time
We spend our whole lives wondering
How the hell are we going to die?
Well maybe I'm always wrong
You know that that sounds vaguely right
I'm gonna tell you the truth
Everything I saw is just a lie
I know that lying's a sin
I'm just a politician
I know what I think's all wrong
But I'd have nothing to think if I changed my mind
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6. |
Single Celled Organism
04:42
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Try and put your life into perspective
When you miss your respective
Girlfriend, boyfriend -- it never ends
Loneliness when you're not alone
And you say that you can't get a job
They gave it to some lazy slob
But everyone's getting laid off
Fuck off if you think I'm wrong
Well you could have been
A single-celled organism
On some far off planet
But you're not
You want to go to some far off place
Because around here you can't show your face
To the losers, the boozers, the stoners and whores
They're not worth your trouble anymore
You tried so hard to fall in love
And you try so hard to keep your love
The fighting, the lying, the crying, the dying
All worth it after all
Well you could have been
A single-celled organism
On some far off planet
But you're not
You try and master the art of living
But you're multi-celled, and it's hard
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I’ve never had a birthday where it didn’t rain
But I realize in life, you’ve got to go through some pain
To distance yourself
And stay insane
I was born the oldest least favorite child
And even though it’s taken me quite a long while
I now know how lucky
I am
I’ve tried so hard to be but it’s not easy when the rain keeps falling
I’ve tried to be good, I just get walked over
God why can’t people see that I’m not just some dirt
I’m a child inside
And it hurts
I make fun of the people from my nowhere hometown
But the reason I sing and I act like a clown
Is ‘cause I don’t know
Who I am
I’ve tried so hard to be but it’s not easy when the rain keeps falling
I manage my friends to have a good time
And I managed this lyric to make up a rhyme
And I manage a smile to pretend that I’m fine
But would someone please manage me
Maybe I’m the devil who doesn’t know he’s done wrong
I’ve tried and I’ve tried to make up for the times that I lied and I made someone cry
I know that I’ve tried but I’ve hurt so many people in my life so what’s the use of trying
I know you’ve been crying for so long but I’ve got to move on, I’ve got to make my own life
Maybe I’m the devil who doesn’t know he’s done wrong
But does the devil have to know that he’s evil?
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8. |
Interlude
01:00
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9. |
In Love
02:19
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I've got this feeling in my head
My ears are still wringing from what she said
Different flavors of alarm clocks in her dreams
But in her conscious mind she dreams of me
I'm in love
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10. |
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A dirty bill of health it seems has taken its toll on me
My body is just giving up when I feel I haven't lived enough
Joints like an old man and pain in these artist hands
My bones they don't properly work, dear God why must you be such a jerk?
Because you always get what's coming to you
Let me understand the logic if that's true
Even if you're nice you still pay the price
For all those fucks that get by on luck
So karma's just a bullshit theory made to deal because clearly
A man's only as good as the backs that he's stabbed
I'm a hypochondriac, a hypocrite, insomniac
And I've driven myself insane obsessing over the mundane
I don't know whose life this is, this God-fearing atheist
But when God stopped believing in me, oh lord I was set free
No I'm not a pessemist, not trying to be negative
And no I will not change creed, God no you won't change me
But Christ I've been doing the best that I can, still looking out unselfishly for every other man
And when you only serve a part in someone else's plan well can't I get pissed off now and again?
People walk around so selfishly and they say to their friends would you please pray for me
And oh God please just give me some strength so that this week I just might pay
For smart phones and designer t-shirts -- God, I ask what's it worth?
I'd rather be one of your damned souls than my mind by an ignorant, gaping hole
I've got to tear my eyes from this screen so that I might attempt some sleep
And while my aching muscles finally get some peace, my faith is just as sore as the rest of me
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11. |
Little Flies
03:22
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Matt Coggins New York, New York
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