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Great Escape
01:41
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Hey there man
Are you livin’ like you can?
I’m willing to bet that you’re not calling the shots
Hey there son
Know that balance won’t be won
The notion implies that you separate work and life
Five and four and three and two…
The weeks that we just slug-on through
And finding time for identity is impossible
Irresponsible
All roads lead to an agenda
Transcend, honestly man, I commend ya
But the ones trying to sneak out appear to be fools in the game
Caught-up in the commotion all the same
But you go ahead and plan your great escape
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2. |
The Other Side
03:44
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Ever since I've been about thirteen
Everything we've done wrong is all I've seen
Call me fatalistic
Call me pessimistic
Call me cynical – you live in denial
Just look at the ocean
Polar ice is melting
Water level's rising
Has been for a while
Too many of us
And now we're out of luck
Welcome to the other side
Life has never been safer
Yet we've never lived more
dangerously
Risks are so much greater
And it's our fault
Man, it's all our fault
Rainforest is burned
No one seems concerned
So far out of mind
Doesn't fit with busy life
Energy is filth
Cuz fossil fuels are still
Warming the atmosphere
And ruining the future here
We're so much better than this
Welcome to the other side
Welcome to the other side
I refuse to believe that we’re doomed
But everybody has got to take ownership and move
It's our fault
Cuz, it's all our fault
Habitat is cleared
Species disappear
'Isn't that a shame' you say
Under your breath, over your latte
Icecaps melting faster
Methane a disaster
And maybe you're like me
Hyper-aware and anxiously
Judging every day that we don't change
Welcome to the other side
Call me fatalistic
Call me pessimistic
Call me cynical – you live in denial
Just look at the ocean
Polar ice is melting
Water level's rising
Has been for a while
I don’t know if we’ve got the will or if
we’ll ever get the consensus
To reverse the damage forever
And maybe you don’t care but
Hoping I can change that
Problems escalating - can't do this forever
Taking all we're finding
Consuming it blindly
Generations after us will inherit it
Ever since I've been about thirteen
Everything we've done wrong is all I've seen
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3. |
Guncontrolled
02:36
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To stop all the sick violence
As a nation you need to collectively call the problem like it is
Hatred and politics
Racism, ignorance
Bullying and class divide
Misunderstanding presides
The real problem: your guns
And possessed by everyone
And you've got plenty of developed countries as a reference to behold
The land that’s guncontrolled
You know that you’re guncontrolled
A philosophy that’s tired and old
To civilize every soul and realize true freedom
Discipline with temptation is nowhere near enough
Insignificant expressions of sympathy
Highlighted by Presidency
It's time to plead insanity
As you repeat the same old atrocities
Unique mayhem
Your guns are at the foundation
Nothing will change
Especially legislation
No change to legislation
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4. |
Turn it Off
03:06
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Try to find the time
Live a meaningful life
Manage expectations
Promise her vacations
Sometimes the storm won’t blow away
Sometimes the war’s just a bad day
But blue skies always lie above, right?
Optimism never hurts
But rising tides don’t rise enough
Sometimes the shit won’t go away
Sometimes the war’s not worth a thing
So I surrender for the peaceful common good
Not because I should
Maybe I should learn to think
Try to time the find
Try to smoothen the grind
Spread it thicker for flavour
Turn it off and savour
Sometimes the storm won’t go away
Sometimes the war’s just a bad day
So I surrender for the peaceful common good
Not because I should
Maybe I should
Turn it off
Turn if off
Always on
Occupied by occupation
Never enough
Chasing down some prescribed desired moving target
But blue skies always lie above, right?
But rising tides don’t rise me up high enough
Rise me up high enough
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5. |
Parenting
01:25
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Thursday’s coming
It’s getting real
The alcohol is numbing out how I feel
So, I’m kicking out the concessions and raising the keel
I’ll be so thrilled, I’ll do jumping jacks, man
I’ll do fifty cartwheels
Man, I’m stoked
Cuz I don’t want to be anarchy
It’s time for parenting
I don’t want to be anarchy
It’s time for parenting
A grown-ass man
An older Dad
I really hope I can stomach
A rollercoaster when he’s 10
And I’m re-living my youth again
Parenting
It’s time for parenting
Yep, it’s real
The alcohol is summing up how I feel
So I’m backing down from the excessiveness
And the keel that holds this course is gonna be raised
So the rest of my days are revealed
Time for parenting
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6. |
Snooze
03:00
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What? It feels like I didn’t sleep
Snooze today
A luxury of my newfound ways
Cuz I earned it
The rope
It's wrapped around
My throat
Yeah, it’s not so bad I’m just overtired
Feels like I’ve had a really rough all-nighter
Man, I just want more sleep
Pause existence from existing
Stop the world from spinning around
Leap out of of bed
With my foot caught in the stupid blankets
Heart pounding out of my chest
Stubbed my toe - just cranked it
Mornings come as a surprise
Every day to me
How am I employed?
What? It feels like I didn’t sleep
Snooze today
Feels so good
Stuck with it
Now rope
Is wrapped around
My throat
I’ve put the dark days behind me now
I made it through somehow
When those dark days
Shadowed me
I hated everything
But I survived them
With iron will
With repetition until
All of the right things I was doing
carried me out from the wrong
And came together like a song
Man, I just want more sleep
Pause existence from existing
Stop the world from spinning around
Leap out of bed
With my foot caught in the stupid blankets
Heart pounding out of my chest
Stubbed my toe - just cranked it
Mornings come as a surprise
Every day to me
How am I employed?
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7. |
A Passage
00:29
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8. |
One World Trade
03:01
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It's a lot
To digest
It's a truth that never lets us rest
It's a landmine
And it enlists
It's the reason that One World Trade exists
Carefree days
Riptide of change
Against our will
Against our sensibilities
Carefree ways
Has its hostages
Against their will
But no one really knows what's going on over there
Get them out of here
Cuz I don't want to live in fear
Always wondering if it's gonna be where I live
There's a trench of global disdain
And it gets deeper every time
There's a lot that we all want to say
But we're scared to cross the line
And so we lose our peace of mind
Subjectivity in reports
Xenophobic mindset distorts
Anger and intolerance
Extremist actions don't make sense
Our culture continues to thrive on
While terrorists degrade true Islam
The problem isn't easy to fix
Get 'them' out of here
Cuz I don't want to live in fear
Always wondering if it's gonna be me this time
It's a means
Without an end
It's a horror story that impends
It's a vampire
It's amiss
It's the reason that One World Trade exists
There's a trench of global disdain
It gets deeper every time
And there's a lot that we all want to say
But we're scared to cross the line
And so we lose our peace of mind
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9. |
Run Down
04:05
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Suddenly we’re way over here
On the wrong side of what feels like 20 years
Speeding backwards into time
Despite the rising waterline
But, man, it's good to be alive
Too late to be preventative
Too much wrong with how we live
Denial everywhere
Disrepair now
Days of pretending like
Lives playing out despite
Clearly we're not that bright
Selfish and short in site
Heads stuck into the sand
La la land
With an obvious future
Oblivious present (it's shame that the)
Sins of past are here to stay
Can't make them go away! No
Say that you will
But you do nothing
Now the battle's all uphill
Caught-up in a rundown
Choices that we make
Planet's getting run down
Our mistakes
Ample opportunity
For folks like you and me
Take the diving industry
Man, are you kidding me?
Lady Liberty
Neptune's new squeeze
Sandblasted Caribbean
With cat-5s on the rise
Phoenix, a real burning bird
In the new desert
Say that you will
But you do nothing
Now the battle's all uphill
We’re caught-up in a rundown
Choices that we make
Planet's getting run down
Our mistakes
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10. |
Something More
02:37
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Yeah! Man, I want something more than wanting something more
Yeah! Like being guided through a lifelong IKEA store
Yeah! And there's no real choice, just what's laid out on the floor
Yeah! Every phase of life pre-designed around the corner
I can't be who I want to be
I'm strapped for time
Waiting in line
But I can be lame efficiency
Trapped inside
Mostly confined
Yeah! Man, I've got so much more than what I'm working for
Yeah! But so does everyone - it's the same across the board
Yeah! That's just the way it goes, routine and small rewards
Yeah! And what's in-store for your life is always in a store
No one said this life would be easy
But nobody told me that me that there would be so much of the same
This game, it doesn't give the players much of a break
And this world, so much to see
So much to do, so much to live
Infinitely
Here on earth
Struggling for
Something more than wanting more
All the time that's divvied up unevenly
Where cards fall
How the cards fall
And your mind longs for something far more interesting
Wanting something more than wanting
Wanting something more
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11. |
Summer
03:35
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Put it all aside
And enjoy my life
You can't please everyone
Too many dimensions
I'm slowing this train down
Reverting to hometown
Cruising altitude
My spirit is renewed
So nice to...
So nice to see you
So nice to take my mind off of my mind
And see you
So nice to see you
So nice to see you
So nice to take my mind off of my mind and breathe
Weather's finally here
Shift to lower gear
Man, I'd rather be swimming
Inspired by the days
Big skies and highways
Sunglasses on and I'm grinning
So nice to see you
So nice to see you
So nice of you to take my mind off of my mind
See you
So nice to see you
So nice to see you
So nice to take my mind off of my mind and breathe
Wild flowers, greenery
Mini-skirts and great scenery
Drinks on patios all the time...
I love it
The simple things that matter most
Despite how expectations turns out
Endless burnout
Put it all aside
And enjoy my life
You can't please everyone
Too many dimensions
I'm slowing this train down
Reverting to hometown
Cruising altitude
My spirit is renewed
So nice to see you
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12. |
*BONUS DEMO* Company Man
03:28
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Just like a soldier
On the front lines
Would you die for this?
And if the answer is no, then
You'll just end up pissed
Often sedated on the weekends
Leaves you wanting more
Cuz once you give in
To the rhythm
Monday's just next door
Comfort
Steadfast
And conservative
Conform
Manage
That's the way it is
Surfaces
Cultural fraud
You gain a life but you give a lot
And generally
Okay, partially…
You get to do the things that you want
And that's why I, oh I'm a company man
A German sedan
Company man
And that's why I, oh I'm a company man
Company man
The outskirts of the days
Where dreams outrun the nights
Company man
The brimstone and the fire
Fate of the lost majority
The only way to safely aspire
Just like a soldier
On the front lines
Would you die for this?
And if the answer is yes, then
You're an idiot
Cuffed by delusions of grandeur
Leaves you wanting more
Cuz once you give in
To the rhythm
Sadly, you're done for
Comfort
Steadfast
And conservative
Conform
Manage
That's the way it is
Surfaces
Cultural fraud
You gain a life but you give a lot
And generally
Okay, partially…
You get to do the things that you want
And that's why I, oh I'm a company man
A German sedan
Company man
And that's why I, oh I'm a company man
Company man
The outskirts of the days
Where dreams outrun the nights
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