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Escape Plan
04:40
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The airbrake fractures my newborn daydream
Can I already be there? Can I already be there?
Already drifting off on a rainy January morning
At the bus stop, and blissfully unaware
My eyes closed and hidden behind a curtain of skin
That chains me to the moments I’m stuck in
So I’ll keep one eye looking upwards and the other behind me
Not sure what in the hell I’m expecting will find me
But I bet it’s gaining fast, oh it’s gaining fast
Oh my God, it’s not even 9am and I need a vacation
Need some unfiltered inspiration
Need a new penny to shine until it glows
And I need a new stage to occupy and a new song to get me high
And an audience like me escaping their woes
Our eyes closed and hidden behind a curtain of skin
That chains us to the moments we’re stuck in
One eye looking upwards and the other behind me
Not sure what in the hell I’m expecting will find me
But I bet it’s gaining fast, oh it’s gaining fast
These stubborn ducks won’t stay in their rows
They’re evasive and they’re dancing in the aisles
And I question every day this future that I chose
And it’s all I can do to crack a smile
So I’ll head up the road just a couple miles
Maybe hang out at Blakes for a little while
I’m gonna sing with my friends and smile
Oh even when it ain’t Monday, I’m used to salvaging some days
With what my eyes see when they’re…
Closed and hidden behind a curtain of skin
That chains us to the moments we’re living
One eye looking upwards and the other behind me
Not sure what in the hell I’m expecting will find me
But I bet it’s gaining fast; please, let it be gaining fast
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Extinction
03:57
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What if it's over tomorrow?
What if they got it right this time?
Their biblical figuring yielded a date
So they sold their possessions and eagerly wait
We laughed it off, so crazy
No wait that it's curtains for mankind, right?
Right?!
But what if 24 hours remain before we beg for more minutes in vain
Let's use what we've got whether or not it's really coming round the bend
Carpe diem, I don't see a miracle saving us from the end
I'm having my best friends over
We're cooking up a feast to see us through
A full stomach to give us reserves
And a little cabernet to steady the nerves
For the winding road to whatever we are due
A journey, a flash, an ascension, a crash
Or just a fade to black and we're through
But 24 hours remain before we beg for more minutes in vain
Let's use what we've got whether or not it could be coming round the bend
Carpe diem, I don't see a miracle saving us from the end
I don't know if our own hands will guide it
Or if we're gonna be squashed like ants
Will it be a rapture from the desert, oh, a real team effort
Or a one-by-one transplant, to a place where our
Suffering's bypassed
Oh, an Eden in the vast
All I've got is this day, ain't nothing worth more, so, hey!
I'm gonna live it like my last... like my last, because maybe...
24 hours remain before we beg for more minutes in vain
Let's use what we've got, ready or not it could be coming round that bend
Carpe diem, I don't see a miracle saving us from the end
Carpe diem, I don't see a miracle... oh, a miracle
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5. |
Safety Dance
02:52
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6. |
--- Stylized Cursing
00:33
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7. |
The Word (WTF)
03:30
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Need a little better aim when I shoot
Times tickin' down and I'm coming from out of bounds
And the play call might be moot
Listen for the sound of a brand new battleground
And all I really need is the word
Secrets unfolding and dreams deferred
And what am I doing here?
What am I doing here (What the fuck?!)
Need a little more whiskey to sleep
(Absence makes the) heart start racing
And the mind seek memories to keep
Just in case you're hellbent on erasing
Every little trace of the word
Motives hidden but suspicions confirmed
And what am I doing here?
What am I doing here (What the fuck?!)
This is not me, cannot unsee
Nor comprehend means to your end
Seeing in dreams where this could lead
Where are you, dear? And what am I doing... here?!
What am I doing here
What the fuck?!
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8. |
--- Ms. Maggart & Me
00:54
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9. |
I Know
04:57
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10. |
--- One for My Sister
00:55
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11. |
Head Over Heels
03:55
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12. |
--- Taoist Reggae
00:08
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13. |
All Your Ills
03:14
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Sure would be nice to be rich someday
I would snap my fingers and I’d have my way
Wouldn’t have to worry about every price I pay
Except what I shelled out to get this way
Amass your wealth, you might sacrifice yourself
Protecting all that money can’t do wonders for your health
I’ve lost my way to center, can’t put my worries on the shelf
A pedestal sure sounds like a nice place
The clouds beneath me and above me only space
The air is clearer and the sun always shines upon my face
What a waste, and what a long long way down to fall from grace
Gave up being holy, forgot being wise
The top of the heap was just the bottom in disguise
I thought it so idyllic, but the same fear applies
Do it for the love, do it for the joy and the thrill
‘Cause being the best ain’t ever gonna cure all your ills
Bring yourself to life, baby, because nothing and no one else will
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14. |
Psycho Killer
03:35
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15. |
--- Too Much Palahniuk
00:43
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Sister Vigilante
03:45
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You need your enemies like you need your friends
And you need world peace like a hole in your head
Salvation, what could be further from heaven sent?
‘Cause God loves a villain, an evil to rail against
Where would all our energy go without somewhere to aim?
Tell me, would we explode without a world to save?
I need a drop of darkness to help discern the light
Everytime I’m wronged I get that much better at recognizing right
And I want to freeze, because melting felt so nice
I’ve got balance and contrast locked within my sights
We’re all rocks bouncing up and down this hill
And the sharp edges fade
With every collision with the ground
We’re closer to perfect and closer to saved
The thief, the terrorist, the murderer, the liar
Slap a target on his back, and crown your new Messiah
No good without evil, no fire without ice
So here’s your sacrificial lamb to save you from your own device
You need cracks to fall through and you need mountains to climb
Does time heal all wounds or do wounds just mark the time?
Where would all our energy go without somewhere to aim?
Tell me, would we explode without a world to save?
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17. |
--- What You're "For"
00:21
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18. |
Deserving
03:51
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There’s a disconnect between what you expect to see
In the mirror’s version of reality
And what stares back, you see only what you lack
All the sub-microscopic cracks
You’ve gotta go easier on you
You think it’s moving you forward but it’s dragging you down
Easier on you… easier…
And would it kill you to feel deserving?
Nothing’s perfect but it’s worth it anyway
Would it kill you to feel deserving?
The impostor at the door, that’s who you’re waiting for
‘Cause the whole world’s gonna know your secret before
Too much longer, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Until it pulls you under
You think it’s moving you forward but it’s dragging you down
Easier… easier…
And would it kill you to feel deserving?
Nothing’s perfect but it’s worth it anyway
Would it kill you to feel deserving?
This tree can’t have grown
From these tiny seeds you’ve sown, you swear
You steal the thunder from
Every lightning bolt that comes from thin air
And so it won’t be long before
A smoking splintered mess is all that’s left there
You think it’s moving you forward…
There's a disconnect between...
You think it’s moving you forward but it’s dragging you down
And would it kill you to feel deserving?
Nothing’s perfect but it’s worth it anyway
Would it kill you to feel deserving?
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20. |
Criminal
04:10
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Joe Hickey Martinez, California
Joe Hickey is a teacher-by-day/rockstar-by-night, moving audiences in the SF Bay Area since
2003.
To his solo music, he brings a love for unusual imagery and stark honesty, and marries it to folk, rock and pop influences ranging from Ani DiFranco to Jethro Tull to Fiona Apple to Gentle Giant to Jeff Buckley, drizzling his pleading but powerful tenor voice all over that potent mixture.
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