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2084
04:33
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On the day I was born
you could've called me a fool
I was dancing to the old new years tune
I wanted to hear your heartbeat
so I turned towards the sky
and they cut me out like Caesar from the womb
Chorus:
in 2084
do you have to close the door
or do I get another shot on the dance floor
a 100 years away
will I be laying in my grave?
Or will I live to dance another day?
turn me upside down
and mop the floor with me
problem is it won’t get all that clean
watch me watch me go
I’m repeating all the grades
Why be in such a rush to graduate?
CHORUS
I’m alive to love ’til my last day
with my roots in the ground
and my branches in the sky
I want another chance to make things right,
to feel the breezes of spring,
watch the sun set in summer
how many times I’ll wind and spin
I wonder!
there’s a brain in my heart
and a soldier in my brain
marching out of step with the brigade
are we all connected
if you left me all alone?
I won’t be weighed down with that charade
CHORUS
Or will I live to dance another day?
yeah I’m alive to love ’til my last day
in 2084
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2. |
Before and After
03:49
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Sometimes it feels weird to make some good go on. Bb7#9
but you grimace the second things go from right to wrong.
You keep complaining how you're always in a rut.
But if you're gonna make a change you gotta get up off your butt. (Bb7 C7 C#7 D7)
Chorus:
Come on take a picture so you can see just who you are. Eb9. % . Bb7#9. % .
Sonny that'll be the before F9. Eb9 Db9.
and after you'll go far (be a star) Bb7#9. *.
Yes it could feel weird to make a move on that girl.
You say you got no money to buy that girl some pearls.
Everything in your life always falls apart.
But you ain't dead until you're dead so make a brand new start.
Chorus
Solo
There's something basic that you don't understand.
The only way to fail is to never take a chance.
There's nothing to fear but fear in itself.
Ain't nothing stopping you so boy, step out your shell
Chorus
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Everything, everything starts with you
It could end, but doesn’t start without you
I won’t stop, won’t stop till I have you
Because Everything, everything starts with you
oh I’ll bridge the break cuz the river is wide.
It's a force to be reckoned with, it's the great divide
The flood keeps raging on but to stay is to die
I won’t be defeated by the enemy inside.
chorus
From me you’ve found the best place to hide.
Across the boundless but laying in plain sight
The voice I seek is my only guide
I won’t be defeated by the enemy inside.
the enemy inside
he'll pull you under
if you give up the fight!
chorus
Everything. Everything starts with you
Everything starts with you
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4. |
Cloud 9
04:14
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[V1] Can I slowdown can I stop it can I turn around?
Can I get back all the years in the lost and found?
The slopes are getting steeper
and the end is underground
no direction to go but down
[Interlude]
[V2] Can I drive it can I take it where I want to go?
if I want it it always seems to move so slow
With all these levers and pulleys
the illusions of control
turns out the track is just a circle...
[C1] I know it's just a state of mind
or a game of seek and ye shall find
The days without self consciousness
pure inspired innocence
tryin’ to get back on cloud nine
[V3] I wanna cross out all your orders and make my own
I wanna throw the king aside and take the throne
we can play the blame game
and I know I'll get hit with stones
but I need to find the child that’s long been left alone
I need to get back on cloud9
whatever happened to cloud 9?
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5. |
Identity
03:46
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identity
who I’m meant to be
a riddle asked but are you listening?
identity
the living mystery
a mass of strangeness forged into being
who do you think I am?
yes I try to stay the same, but I can’t
who do you think you are?
yes we try to change but rarely get too far
yes we try
Identity - a kind of destiny
guilty of the crime of believing
Identity - a self in scrutiny
when will I decide to be or not to be
chorus
an animal out of the wild
your divinity in denial
uncover you and never be alone
your shape could be a sculpture
rise above this run-down culture
time to put the chisel to the stone
who do I think I am? who do I think you are?
who do I think I am?
who do you think I am?
who do I think you are?
who do you think you are?
who do I think I am? who do I think I you are?
who do you think I am?
who do you think you are?
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Fix Me
04:09
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I came here in trust, can you do something to help me?
I'm not feeling well is there something you can tell me?
The thoughts that I'm thinking are sorrowful and unhealthy
Help me lift my pain cuz my heart is heavy and hurting
Don't just tell me I'm broken
and you've got nothing to fix me
I hear you all saying that I'm broken
but I’m just trying to fix me
I hear it from my friends, my lovers, my family, society
It slices up my mind and now I'm feeling anxiety
I came here in trust but all you've got is pills to sell me
You say they'll numb the pain cuz your heart is destined for hurting
Chorus:
Don't just tell me I'm broken
and you've got nothing to fix me
I hear you all saying that I'm broken
but I’m just trying to fix me
You know I've always felt like I'm not enough
Lost in my head and feeling stuck
in a place of doubt - am I a lost cause?
I won't let it make me crumble all the way
Mother, they're picking me apart
Lover, help me fix my heart
I can't be beyond repair
Someone, help me fix my heart
You did all this prying
and left me cryin'
but I'm still tryin' to fix me
Chorus
I'm just tryin' to fix me
I'm still tryin' to fix me
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Bliss
04:02
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You won't lose sight - of your soul's truth.
Your inner light - the bliss inside of you.
See the veil - let it fade - you need nothing now.
Your spirit's sound – let it grow - the bliss inside of you.
No need to hide - from the storm passing through.
Dance in the rain – with the life inside of you.
See yourself - let all go - you need nothing now.
Live today - dance in the rain - with the life inside of you.
Don't fear for the future
Let go of the past and all its strife
I only need to see the real you.
Step into this moment,
Step into the bliss inside of you
See yourself - let all go - you need nothing now.
Your spirit's sound – let it grow - the bliss inside of you.
The bliss inside of you.
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8. |
Stuck in My Ways
03:10
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Stuck in my ways
Stuck in my ways
Stuck in my ways
On principle I don't wanna do what I'm told
I'm young and I'm reckless but they tell me that's gettin' old
Chorus:
Stuck in my ways
Stuck in my ways
Been doing the same thing for most of my days
You point your finger and tell me to change
but your ways are just as strange
Stuck in my ways
They tell me how to run and how to stay still
I'll never be perfect, so let me do what I will
So give me space without your right and wrong.
Away from the hustle, the birds can sing along.
All I need is time, but only for so long
to find what means most to me
Stuck in my ways!
Well I've made it this far in spite of your doubts
You can't force a thing no matter how loud you scream and shout
Stuck in my ways!
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9. |
What's the Reason?
04:22
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In my lifetime
I've been swept through the gamut
I try to make sense of it all
Plotting data - looking for answers
I want the theory to be true
Everything happens for a reason, for a reason
Everything happens for a reason
In my hard times I want to know the cause
but I'm gripped by the effects.
In all this madness, there are lessons I could learn
at least that's what the wise will say.
What's the reason? what's the bright side?
what's the reason for the blindside?
There's a reason - there's a bright side!
There's a reason I won't give up on this life!
In serene times - I'm turning over stones
in every corner of my mind
endless darkness - at the edge of knowledge
I ask questions to the void
Everything happens
Everything happens
Everything happens for a reason, for a reason
There's a reason I won't give up on this life
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scraggo Chicago, Illinois
prog-rock fusions
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