1. |
Look Around
05:00
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we are way past the dark ages
way past protest songs on stages
if you don't know where we are....
look around
the disillusioned dream
is poisoning the stream
so take a stand for what your told to believe
or look around
it's getting old
and it's getting boring
I don't care for it anymore
just what are you waiting for?
when will you just tell the truth?
cause there are no winners
in this game we don't know we're playing
hearts only get broken
and they don't even know it
so used to the feeling
so used to the sound
I was once so incredibly ambitious
then I forgot to come around
everything I knew
I gave it up
went back through it again
cared again
got hurt again
was king for a day
lost it all on the way home
now I don't know
now I don't know....
what to say
but, I've got to find a way
gotta find a way
Look around.
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2. |
To Blame
03:25
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you take whatever they feed you home
and microwave it
and call it your own
too busy being right
to notice what went wrong
your high horse it ran off
and your high tower is gone
and we've all been waiting
for the big bad guy to show his face
when we only
have ourselves to blame....
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3. |
Tricks
04:02
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all I want to do is be free
but you're playing tricks on me again
the problem isn't her it's me
and you're playing tricks on me again
point the finger at me fellow man
you're playing tricks on me again
I'm so confused about where I stand
you're playing tricks on me again
[Chorus]
my only enemy
always playing tricks on me
false accuser
everyone the loser
playing tricks on me again
you're playing tricks on me again
I tried to beat you with my hands
you're playing tricks on me again
I only hurt an innocent man
you're playing tricks on me again
I chose a side and I took a stand
you're playing tricks on me again
only lies both sides of the fence
you're playing tricks on me again
[Chorus]
the closest I've ever been
(you're playing tricks on me again)
to no longer be deceived
(you're playing tricks on me again)
to finally be free from you
(you're playing tricks on me again)
is when I got a good look at you
(you're playing tricks on me again)
and you looked just like me....
(you're playing tricks....)
and I didn't want to see anymore....
I've never been so humbled.
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4. |
Keep Going (inst.)
04:12
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5. |
Just Like This
04:21
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you get the light
what do you do with it?
get a box
write it down
try to explain it
have weekly meetings
and you tell me you've found it
you got the answers
if I stick around and follow the rules....
you always say that "it's just like this"
you always tell me that "it's just like this"
You always try to prove it exists
"just like this"
"it's just like this"
"see it my way,"
you always insist
"it's just like this"
but, in the end
what you thought you found
doesn't exist
it doesn't exist
you missed the mark
looked for the sun until it got dark
it's never enough
enough to start....
you always say that "it's just like this"
you always tell me that "it's just like this"
I see you running up the stairs
you're working hard
I'm soaking up the sun
I'm not really that far
if I could tell you what I felt
then you would know it
but, I really can't
I can only show it
you always tell me that "it's just like this"
"see it my way," you always insist
everybody thinks they know what they really don't
everybody thinks they know, but they really don't
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6. |
So Fast
02:59
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you're running so fast
like you'll outrun the past
but, you can't outrun the past
no, you can't outrun the past
you're spending so fast
like the money will last
but, the money won't last
no, the money won't last
and you're changing so fast
like you can change your past
instead just face your past
cause you can't change your past
but, you don't have time to stop
cause your walk
don't match your talk
and you don't have time to think
just pour up another drink
when you're living like that
you think you'd have a free pass
but, you don't get a free pass
no one gets a free pass
when you're talking like that
you think you'd have a looking glass
but, you don't have a looking glass
no, you don't have a looking glass
and when you're looking like that
you think you'd know the truth
but, you don't know the truth
you just do what you're told to do
nothing you say on screen is real
but, you tell us how to feel
act like you did the work
but, you only took the deal....
and you're going so fast
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7. |
Be Real Too
05:04
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you
you're always faking
hair-dyed blonde telling everyone
"it's how God made it"
you never tell the truth
I've been knowing you
you'll get over on your friends
to impress a stranger or two
but, I still love you
I still believe in you
I still believe you can improve
I still love you
I still believe in you
I still believe you can be real too
I know you're not the wisest
I know you're not that smart
I know you'll
eat out of the hand that feeds you
and tells you whatever you want
I know you like to debate
I know you like to philosophize
I know you like to
take another's idea and tell everyone
this is mine
[Chorus]
and I'm wondering
why you're always faking
why are you trying so hard
you think that your image will save you?
maybe you just don't know who you are....
I'm wondering
why you're always faking
why are you trying so hard
you really think the praises will save you?
maybe you just can't face who you are....
[Chorus]
I really know you to well....
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