It's been too long since I looked anyone in the eyes.
I am working on the record of the loneliest life.
I am ready to come down from the mountain,
I will face the crowd and tell them loudly what I learned.
This type of life needs movement.
You need to find some body in front of you.
I need to find some body in front of me.
I want to look some body in the eyes.
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I'm drawing figures in flight
they're so high in the night
you can't see them with the naked eye
dust off your telescope
hand me binoculars
so i can read them so slow on my mind
I'm willing to eat in the car if you'll drive me back home
they built a robot to push me around
"hand over the contents of your pockets," it growls
it snorts in the corner with ninety-nine sounds
yeah, they built a robot to push me around
I only came to visit
please don't get so explicit
I don't want to get busy
don't you know how to listen?
(empty the contents of your pockets)
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the phone doesn't ring so you drag your fingers across the chimes
You've made thirty hours of overtime but there's nothing to spend it on
muscle shirts and drive thrus
there's a few who get up and look for the car with the powerful bass
that powerful powerful powerful bass; who is is that car with the powerful bass?
you are the complete set
you are perfection in excess
nothing can go wrong
so much preparation into your coastline but the coastline is still compromised
you find yourself lost in the brush fires wondering why all your therapists lie to you
shots of cold tequila and lines of hype in your heart, a chimney and breakfasts of misery light
television radiation, you've got some new fuses in a plastic bag
a set of lungs you keep in your chest next to a love that you still have
yeah, you still have it
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baby, it is obvious there's other people in your life
you're too vital of a girl to give one person all your time
honey i ain't asking you to stay with me or be my wife
honey it is obvious there's other people in your life
baby you're so beautiful, tell me what i need to do
who do I need to shove around in order to get some time with you?
i ain't threatened by those other men
i could beat them all
if any those guys go and throw a fit
baby just give me a call
baby, you're incredible, tell me what I need to do
who do I need to shove around in order to get some time with you?
yeah, just point 'em out!
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when i was younger i was frightened of demons
now that i'm older i am frightened of myself
i chase after things that may or may not exist
i am angriest when you try to help
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(yeah, we're gonna throw them off)
no you can't come in 'cause the president is praying.
he's making the service
he is praising Jesus
he does it to please us yeah
he's the most zealous
the people may be dying but the president is praying.
the bullets might be flying but the president is praying.
the waves might be gaining but the president is praying.
the army is invading and they're planning on staying
yeah he's got a calling
he's got knowledge
he's got service to his country
he's got realizations, honest
he's got several years in a military college
he's got the bomb!
we can't lose 'cause he's got the bomb!
I've got news for you dude! he's got the bomb!
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television and wine
thoughtless, wasted, on time
busted ceiling and floor
broken window and door
you rent the room to strangers
you're distracted by the famous
you're guilty by the names of the blameless
they've thrown their stones full blown at their own reflection
well damn, woman, who's left?
they've all gone home
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you've got my stars aligned
will you read my palm tonight?
my love lines run a thousand lines
they lead my eyes into your eyes
you're really put together
can i interest you in putting me together too?
tell my future to me straight
com 'on baby, I can't wait!
tell my fortune and my fate
i need your love to help me concentrate
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i know it's a bad idea
i can't trust anyone when there's a war
I won't see the sky anymore
i stay inside i lock up my doors
I won't trust anyone when there's a war
but i'm so lonely i will take an enemy's face under my roof
for days and days and days i could hide you
I know it's a bad idea
we could eat my food
we could share a room
you could scold me as i misspend my youth
you could tell me lies
you could make them true
i would never challenge you or demand some proof
do i come as a friend or as entertainment?
do you want an end to all this bloodshed?
are you a lover who can keep the beat?
are you here under cover and incomplete?
will you kill me in my sleep?
my eyes are hiding a secret
my lips will never keep it
i'm touching unlocked codes
I'm mapping unseen roads for you
little do I know who you really are
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orange blood pollution
herbal substitution
let me drink your poison
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You're tracing a heart over again onto newspaper with your pen.
You're ripping through the newsprint.
You're kicking to get out of the nets.
Jesus is sitting on your steps.
Well, let him.
Let him stay out there all night.
Traitors are born everywhere.
Page by page, the newspaper tears under the weight of your heart.
You're saying, "Where's your saving grace, Jesus?"
