1. |
Broken Ground
06:38
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See them come and go, their greed is so obscene
Now everybody's dreams are hopeless
Broken by design, couldn't fix it if you tried
Knew it all along something was wrong and shined us on
Holes in your shoes are letting water run in
Will you serve your whole life, or search for meaning
The end is coming much too soon
Time immortal will resume
Live an hour like a day
I may never sleep again
Though we don't know
We're jesters in the court
They starve us poor
And march us off to war
The eminence grise
Wants your money and your life
So cowardly he hides
The voice behind the lies
What makes you go
What keeps you going
I want to believe you
I cannot believe you
You got too much to hide
Too many dimes
Stacked so high
They block out the sun
Pull on the tides
Shadows wide
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2. |
Tether
08:07
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Unknown fate
You're the hook and I'm the bait
A sacrifice
I didn't offer
Do what's right
Try to show the way
Troubled skies keep us grounded
Hold on tight
Fight your fear
Thoughts subside
Mind stays clear
Neon light
A sickly pall
Here to stay so I hide away
Look outside it's all bad weather
Heart is frozen it's so cold
We don't know we're on a short tether
Going nowhere
Do things your way
Never ending
Rats race the maze
But never climb the wall
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3. |
The Meaning Escapes
07:31
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So you're the one, the only one
They say you can hear me
From the top, from the summit I fall
For you to catch me
Words, so seldom heard
A genuine meaning
The truth or more lies, I don't know where one ends
And the other begins
It must be over my head
On the verge of sinking
You'd better start drinking
But if you swallow the ocean whole
We might notice it missing
Misery mistaken for love
A gambler hoping for luck
But he'll never get it
Because the harder he tries, the harder it gets
It must be over my head
Inside what you say
The meaning escapes
All over your face
A fool may stop and stare
With no understanding there
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go?
Would you throw it in the deepest hole?
I don't think we'll ever know
How a harvest so plentiful
Gets lost in the fray
Closed mind, gold mine
Old light, unkind
Shepherd cliff-side
Far below the low tide
Only one needs the courage to jump
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