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Eno Fo Ecneidua Na
01:11
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The only expectation is they’re going to disappoint you
The only realizations are your disbelieving eyes
The only expectation is they’re going to let you down so
On the rare occasions that they don’t
You’re pleasantly surprised
I know
I know they’re hurting
I know
I know they’re damaged
I know
I know they’re selfish
I know I know they’re starving for attention fucking famished
Yes I know
I know they’re empty
Desperate to be full
Put on your seatbelt babe ‘cause in the end it’s no excuse
The only expectation is they’re going to disappoint you
The only realizations are your disbelieving eyes
The only expectation is they’re going to let you down so
On the rare occasions that they don’t
You’re pleasantly surprised
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Zinc Blanket
01:29
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Thank God for that zinc blanket
That boy was sick as a dog
More than a boy should ever be
Should ever be
Thank God for that zinc blanket
That boy was sick as a dog
More than a boy should ever be
Should ever be
Thank God for that zinc blanket
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N (and sometimes D)
01:15
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Lennon
Dylan
Harrison
Wilson
Streisand
Simon
Townshend
Wyman
Clapton
Morrison
Morrison
Zeppelin
Billy Preston on the organ
Robertson
Hudson
Anderson
Elton
Wakeman
Anderson
Fagen
Rundgren
Chilton
Lifeson
Zevon
Boston
Van Halen
Jackson
Copeland
Attraction
Jackson
Farndon
Clayton
Mullen
Revolution
Garden
Cobain
Corgan
Billy Preston on the organ
Billy Preston on the organ
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5. |
Same Strange Boat
01:27
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The joke is that we’re all just in the same strange boat
Sure there’s better cabins at the top
But if this boat goes down
No one will be left around
To tell that captain maybe he should stop
The joke is that we’re all just in the same strange boat
Thinking we’re so different when we’re not
The soul tries to inform us that the ocean is enormous
May have known it once but we forgot
It’s all forest for the trees
It’s all tragic comedies
It’s all opportunities to learn and grow
It’s all cheap excuse to hate
It’s all blaming it on fate
I just hope it’s not too late but I don’t know
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This Is The Feeling
01:53
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This is the feeling
I don’t want to explain it
I don’t want to overthink it
I just want to feel it
When I’m in your presence
Or should I say
You are in mine
This is the feeling
This is the feeling
This is the feeling
I don’t want to explain it
I don’t want to overthink it
I just want to feel it
When I’m in your presence
Or should I say
You are in mine
This is the feeling
This is the feeling
A thousand lifetimes
Kiss of eternity
It burns in me the wanting
To feel this way for always
To touch the source forever
However long it takes
I will remember
And I will be there
Because
This is the feeling
This is the feeling
This is the feeling
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7. |
High Enough
01:45
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High enough
High enough
High enough
This is high enough
Up on a mountain
Drinking the air
I can feel something
Waiting there
Waiting for you
Waiting for me
Anyone who wants to see
High enough
High enough
High enough
This is high enough
Somebody’s lying
To everyone here
Everyone’s buying
Into the fear
Up on a mountain
You don’t have to fly
You go any higher
You know it’s a lie
High enough
High enough
High enough
This is high enough
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Learn It Easier
01:46
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The lesson learned is hard and that’s the way it is
And if you get it wrong you don’t retake the quiz
Please
Stuck with disappointment and all these sour memories
Wondering if you even grew from all the indiscrepancies
Living it every day amidst the what ifs and the maybes
Wish there was a way to learn it easier
Easier
Easier
Start off thinking it’s a breeze
And everyone should love you
Sucking nectar from the trees
The bluest sky above you
Now you’re just an addict for it
Nothing else agrees
Please
Nothing else agrees
Please
Nothing else agrees
Please
Nothing else agrees
Please
This one enduring weakness is the lesson and the tease
And though you know you’re gonna learn it every day
Just like Achilles
Wish there was a way to learn it easier
Please
Wish there was a way to learn it easier
Easier
Easier
Easier
Easier
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9. |
Look For Me
01:52
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If I go first
Promise me
When you get there
Look for me
If you go first
I promise you
When I get there
I’ll look for you
Of course I’d rather go together
Seconds of each other
At the end of one hundred and twenty
Tell me, is that asking too much?
Asking too much?
I don’t know but that’s how I would like it to be
If I go first
Promise me
When you get there
Look for me
If you go first
I promise you
When I get there
I’ll look for you
And darling
Sweet darling
Look for me
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10. |
Cool & Delicious
01:35
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The air outside is cool and delicious
Cool and delicious
Cool and delicious
The air outside is cool and delicious
Chillin’ in an early autumn sky
The air outside is cool and delicious
Cool and delicious
Cool and delicious
The air outside is cool and delicious
Breathe it in it gets ya high
Good to hear your voice
I was happy when you called
Taking in a beautiful day
If I had my choice we would see each other more
And it would always feel this way
Cookies & Cream is cool and delicious
Cool and delicious
Cool and delicious
Cookies & Cream is cool and delicious
Watching all the people walking by
The air outside is cool and delicious
Cool and delicious
Cool and delicious
The air outside is cool and delicious
Chillin’ in an early autumn sky
Feel so good I wanna cry
Breathe it in it gets you high
Feel so good I wanna cry
Watching all the people walking by
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11. |
A Little More Right
01:14
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What she did the other night
Was better than any song she’ll write
And that’s OK
Sometimes it’s not about the song
Sometimes it’s finding out what’s wrong
And trying with all of your might
To make it a little more right
What he did the other day
Was better than any song he’ll play
And that’s alright
Sometimes it’s not about the riff
But brave enough to ask what if
Standing tall and strong
To make it a little less wrong
Make it a little less wrong
Make it a little less wrong
What she did the other night
Was better than any song she’ll write
And that’s OK
Sometimes it’s not about the song
Sometimes it’s recognizing wrong
And trying with all of your might
To make it a little more right
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We all say things we don’t mean
We all say things we don’t mean
Except of course that time you said
He was an asshole in his youth
And while there should always be empathy
For every differing reality
However sad you know that doesn’t mean it’s actually the truth
Was it envy? Was it pride?
Something deep that you denied yourself
That maybe you imagined could be beautiful?
Whatever was the case
To say that to someone’s face
Was a very strange thing to do at someone’s funeral
But we all say things darling we don’t mean
Yes we all say things we don’t mean
That don’t make this difficult life any easier to live
Collective goodness buried underneath
Quiet clenching fists and gritting teeth
I just don’t understand why it’s so damn hard to forgive
I just don’t understand why it’s so damn hard to forgive
I just don’t understand why it’s so fucking hard to forgive
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Had to fly to Vegas for the best sex of your life
Greatest thing about it is of course it was your wife
Chose wisely after all and now you’re harvesting the good
And if you had to do it all again you know you absolutely would
‘Cause she’s the mountain and she’s the ocean
And she’s the fountain of your emotion
She’s the answer to the question
And she’s the power of suggestion
And I suggest you get down on your knees
And thank the heavens boy
Thank the heavens boy
Alright
Listen
First part of the trip there you were fumbling and lost
Didn’t have directions yet
But you damn sure knew how much it cost
Nearly fucked it up a dozen times
Especially them beautiful children
Man the way she helped you straighten out
Is totally bewilderin’ to me
But then again
She’s the mountain and she’s the ocean
And she’s the counting of all your devotion
Yes she is
She’s the oil in the engine
And she’s the power of suggestion
And I suggest you get down on your knees
She’s the breaking of the tension
And she’s the power of suggestion
And I suggest you get down on your knees
And thank the heavens boy
Knees and thank the heavens boy
Get down on your knees boy ‘cause
She’s the mountain and
She’s the mountain and
She’s the mountain and
She’s the mountain
Oh
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14. |
Flesh Covered Ghost
01:35
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Are you just a flesh covered ghost?
Are you just a flesh covered ghost?
What is the thing you fear the most?
Are you just a flesh covered ghost?
Are you just a flesh covered ghost?
Are you just a flesh covered ghost?
What is the thing you fear the most?
Are you just a flesh covered ghost?
I don’t want to be afraid anymore
I don’t want to be afraid anymore
I don’t want to be afraid anymore
I don’t want to be afraid anymore
Are we just flesh covered ghosts?
Are we just flesh covered ghosts?
Waving out from two different coasts
Are we just flesh covered ghosts?
Are we just flesh covered ghosts?
Are we just flesh covered ghosts?
Waving out from two different coasts
Are we just flesh covered ghosts?
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15. |
An Audience Of One
01:45
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Happy in your garret
Proud of your paint box
Can’t believe the depth and beauty of the canvases
The bounty and the range
Of the thoughts and the emotions
Oceans of creativity
Bouquets of inspiration
Unhindered expression
A focus self-replenishing
Despite complete indifference
From a world too consumed with itself to notice anything
Humbled by the colors
Grateful for the time
The ease and the purity of the paradigm
The flow, the wide open window and the fun
And all this blessed output for an audience of one
All this holy content for an audience of one
You don’t mind though
It’s more than fine yo
You’ll find your kind and no longer be an audience of one
It’s ok
Someday
Someday
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