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Fog of War
02:10
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Hello, my friends, are you out there?
I’m singing loud, lost in clouds,
Or maybe the fog of war
Hello, my friends, I’m screaming
I’m in a rut, a house that’s shut
And I’ve locked myself in
A piece of me is fading fast
Lost in clouds
Or maybe the fog of war
Hello, my friends, I’m trying
To make it seem the grade A seam
Is holding on
But I’m barely trying to be
My normal self, a rock in health
Holding against the flood
A piece of me has faded fast
Lost in clouds
Or maybe the fog of war
Hello, my friend, were you waiting
For me to say the other day
That its been too long?
A couple years can seem like more
Different plains can’t stay the same
In the fog of war
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This is Where I Hide
04:10
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My sister is lying on the front lawn
Another boy has gone and broke her heart
She’s screaming and crying
And throwing a fit
Breaking her down has become
A sick piece of art
Dad and Grandfather are fighting again
Where I’ll go to college
And what I’ll do with myself
I’m a battleground for their own self doubt
Comparisons can be made between their anger
And my mental health
This is where I hide
This is where I want to go
To get away from here
At least I know I tried
My best friend has not been himself
Impressing some bitch with pearls
And track lines on her arms
Talking him down has been less than a success
Farther and farther
He’s gone, he’s gone
This is where I hide
This is where I want to go
To get away from here
At least I know I tried
I think I have fallen in love
With someone that wants to be alone
But she can’t stand to be with no one but herself
It’s bringing me down and I’m just not myself
I’m gone
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3. |
Glass Houses
04:20
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The sirens tear me apart
I clench my fist and breathe it out again
A rush of blood and blackout
Makes for a heavy fix
Blinded eyes and nervous sighs
To make your soul go sick
Mistaking rainbows for clouds
Spins my head around
Throwing rocks at a house
Hoping the glass won’t break
Why could that be?
Why could that be?
The sky’s on fire
The final pyre
A call to arms that no one will sound
A wave of tones and greyed out drones
To douse your moral sense
Abandon knowledge and common ground
As you build your fence
Mistaking rainbows for clouds
Spins my head around
Throwing rocks at a house
Hoping the glass won’t break
Why could that be?
Why could that be?
Somewhere in a made up time,
I thought we found our place
What’s so wrong with being wrong?
Is that so out of place?
Somewhere in a made up time,
I thought we found our place
What’s so wrong with being wrong?
Is that so out of place?
Mistaking rainbows for clouds
Spins my head around
Throwing rocks at a house
Hoping the glass won’t break
Why could that be?
Why could that be?
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4. |
Oculus
03:42
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Fluorescent lights and blinding sights
All to make us feel safe and sound
Monuments to heaven and stars above
Leaps and bounds, over and out
Oh I swear I pray each and every day.
Marked my page to read what to say.
I’m down on two knees riding the sins away
I say I’ll do more then nothing at all.
To the eye in the sky
We have failed to comply
Save our failing minds
Abandoned, no reply
The eye in the sky
Oceans of iron, static waves
Echoes of ghosts...
I’ve given myself to the larger cause
The want to be safe and never be free
Red, orange, and yellow dye
Colors of the fourth of July
Save our failing minds
Abandoned, no reply
The eye in the sky
I have heard the tolling bells
Countries of steel afore me fell
I am prepared for the journey home.
I have seen the hand of God
Covered in wires, gears, and cogs.
Hurry up now for the journey home.
Take control and lead me on...
Red, orange, and yellow dye
The colors of the Fourth of July
Save our failing minds
Abandoned, no reply
The eye in the sky
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Rain
04:41
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The rain falls
Sheltered in beneath a small wooden house
The sky brings
A fear within the mind, a dark reality
It’s hard to see
When going in blind and suffer painfully
Please don’t worry, speak very softly,
Keep your head high, and you’ll be alright
I hear that dogs howl, “let us out.”
I hear the kids scream, “break unto the dawn.”
The radio is scratching, “is anyone there?”
I hear the ground pound Zero
“This is no safe place.”
It continues to fall
Bright sunny days, illusions of the eye
Cold, cement walls
Keep my body warm, safe away from harm
Please don’t worry, the world shows some mercy
Keep your head high and you’ll be alright
Call me in a little while
When the rain does pass
Just to let me know that you’re alright
I remember calling
When I saw the rain pass
Hoping I would hear that you’re alright
I know you said that you would call
But you’re not home
Standing in the pouring rain, “I’m alright.”
I hear that dogs howl, “let us out.”
I hear the kids scream, “break unto the dawn.”
The radio is scratching, “is anyone there?”
I hear the ground pound Zero
“This is my safe place.”
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There always comes a year
When death becomes
A familiar friend to all my friends around here
It brings back sad memories
Of singing songs and watching sights
Of all the captains bow, bow their heads and sing,
“Good bye, good bye.”
Your friends will come and go
Never to be replaced
But that doesn’t mean that the time well spent
Hinged on words that I never meant
Unstable as your were, I was sporting the same coat.
Like smoking your last cigarette,
Watching your life float right on by
We told you many times that this could be the end
“Good bye, good bye.”
There always comes a year
For one whole day
One lonely minute
One damned second
When the hero has gone and died,
With no one at their side,
There’s a shrine in my throat
For a breathtaking suicide
“Good bye, good bye.”
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7. |
Tower of Babel
04:40
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Nostalgia bleeds
Out the eye, in the nose,
Through the weeds I pull
Among the wreck
Pedestals that I built
Lay down at my feet
As long as Babel still stands
As long as I can see the top
I will carry on
I’ve got workers hands,
A struggling heart pushed passed
The point of repair
We have met before
In different dreams, familiar face
Shakes me to the core
As long as I can see the vines
Stretch its spiny hands across the rocks
I will
I will carry on
Doubt settles in
As it always does
Doubt settles down
It blinds the way again
As long as I can make it fall
As long as I can start again
I will
I will carry on
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Nick Cove & The Wandering Lancaster, Pennsylvania
A quirky coalescence of alt rock, grunge, and singer-songwriter finesse.
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