1. |
Universal Band
03:29
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Universal Band
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
Oh my my my, flying in the sky
I’m turned right heading west
Looking for the future, leaving the past
All the news from the avenues
Was coming out of my skin
All their tricks and illusions wearing me thin
Then I woke I was playing in the band
Felt my world move in ways I could finally, finally understand
Unprepared, tried to breath the air
The heat was pouring down
Sweating so, used my shirt to wipe my brow
Got in the line, last car was mine
But all the windows wouldn’t roll down
Turned on the air but nothing ever came out
Then I woke I was playing in the band
Felt my world move in ways I could finally, finally understand
The bass man he was feared,
Lead guitar was so severe
And the drummer, well that cat
That cat, he had a different gear
Then I woke I was playing in the band
Felt my world move in ways I could finally, finally understand
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2. |
Lonely Now
04:09
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Lonely Now
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
Oh lordy lordy, I see a crowd and they are coming
So far away but they feel so near
I think they got bad intentions just how they appear
And It feels like somehow it started yesterday
Like a dream that you can’t recall what was said
But here soon, you’re gonna be on your own in bed
Everyone is looking at me now
But they seem happy with what’s gone down
Most times it feels like you’re the only one in town
And thank God, you finally started coming around
And I wonder how we are all gonna survive in the fall
They make us feel like there’s something to hide
Like a misfit trying to make his way outside
And it seems like it’s always just a mystery
How it starts out okay then it turns to injury
They hear what I say then turn it all around
And now they’re calling me out
They all think that they have a right to know
My quiet thoughts that I don’t ever need to show
They want to point you out in the smallest crowd
So everyone’ll feel lonely, feel lonely now
There’s only one thing that you need to do
Hold your silence like the final truth
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3. |
What If I Told You
04:43
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What If I Told You
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
What if I told you I was dying
Wasn’t gonna make it through
Would you think that I was lying
Just unable to tell the truth
Sounds like something I might do
But what if this time it was really real
And you and I could have made a deal
Would you have unpacked your things and stayed
Would you believe that I had changed
Or would you still just think I’m strange
What if I told you the moon was falling
And the sun had lost its glow
Would you think that I was crawling
Into the dark rooms of my soul
Cause that’s the place I always go
But what if this time it was really real
And you and I could have made a deal
Would you have unpacked your things and stayed
Would you believe that I had changed
Or would you still just think I’m strange
What if I told you I was flying
And like Daniel put a plane in spin
Did it all while I was smiling
Even when the trees started coming in
Would you notify my next of kin
But what if this time it was really real
And you and I could have made a deal
Would you have unpacked your things and stayed
Would you believe that I had changed
Or would you still just think I’m strange
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The Way the World Ends
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
It’s been a good long ride
But it’s coming to an end
All the population turning over
There’s just no way to win
I feel so empty handed
But no one is to blame
That’s the way the world ends baby
With a whimper not a bang (just floats away)
Look at all these lakes and rivers
And trees fall without a sound
Try to hold that water in your pocket
But it keeps on running out
I feel so empty handed
But no one is to blame
That’s the way the world ends baby
With a whimper not a bang (just floats away)
Can’t see all the charts and numbers
Cause no one’s reading the books
Spend your precious time while you got it
Cause we’re all just walking the hook
It was so good when it started
And you know it’s such a shame
That’s the way the world ends baby
With a whimper not a bang (just floats away)
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5. |
Always Good In My Heart
06:25
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Always Good In My Heart
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
All along the boulevard way
People walking in and through my soul
I don’t have the time to mind now
Everything I had has turned so cold
And was it only make believe
It seemed so real to me
Many times I walk this way now
I can see how far off we had gone
When you arrive all in the black now
When you go it’s all just red and bones
And it’s always good when it starts
But you’re still always good in my heart
All I do is pull apart days
Try to write but nothing comes to mind
How I’d like to feel you in me
I feel invisible and undefined
And it started off so well
Or is that just a story we tell
You were always where I fell
On the bus I travel on now
See the city all washed out in gray
I don’t know if I can handle
All the years that will come around
In the short side of the angle
Life’s forcing me down on the ground
And it’s always good when it starts
But you’re still always good in my heart
Time gives me a pass now
Find myself out and moving around
I can see the shadows nearing
But I try to head for higher ground
And It seems like they’re all chanting
Something I can’t keep recanting
But it’s always good when it starts
And you’re still always good in my heart
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6. |
Until We Lay It Down
04:11
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Until We Lay It Down
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
Mr. John Henry can you hear me
I’m calling out your name
You won the race
But lost it all the same
We played a little ditty in Kansas City
Hoping for a break
But they all moved on
Now I’m not sure what it takes
Just like an old familiar sound
It’s always hanging around
Until We lay it down
Emily, Emily can you feel me
I’m feeling so alone
You were by yourself
And never left your home
I’m fighting an opponent, every moment
That never will been seen
But it seems to be a comfort
In having a routine
Just like an old familiar sound
It’s always hanging around
Until We lay it down
Just like an old familiar sound
It’s always hanging around
Until We lay it down
Then there’s Vincent, so eccentric
Never knew his fame
He found stars in the night
While he slowly lost his brain
I stopped pretending, it’s never ending
Just paint the love you see
And for a 100 mill
Maybe you will notice me
Just like an old familiar sound
It’s always hanging around
Until We lay it down
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7. |
Hey Gurl
05:00
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Hey Gurl
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
Looking all around for an unkind hero
You’ll burn all your heart away
Trying find a new one just like the other one
You’ll never see the light of day
And there’s no need to find it
It’s already heading your way
Don’t need a single thing, the one and only hottie queen
This is gonna be your day
You’re looking at the radar, the weather’s severe
Better start making due
I was talking to the cleaning lady, she’s concerned
She wants to get her hands on you
And there’s no need to find it
It’s already heading your way
Don’t need a single thing, the one and only hottie queen
This is gonna be your day
Head into the next phase, gonna happen anyways
You won’t have to make it alone
Stayed at a hotel, airport was living hell
Still trying to make it home
Later on I dreamed I heard a cry in the night
Headed out to see what I see
Never thought I find a bride, down by the riverside
Taking all those pictures for me
When I got my bearings, I had to start preparing
She saw me, made an awful scream
So I tried to get away, my feet were slipping in the clay
I woke up wondering what I’d seen
No sir! Officer, that wasn’t me
Now that just isn’t fair
Not sure what you heard, don’t believe a single word
I wasn’t even there
And there’s no need to find it
It’s already heading your way
Don’t need a single thing, the one and only hottie queen
This is gonna be your day
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Make A Difference (Serenity)
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
Seems like I was always missing
Coming in at the oddest times
Always had a perfect reason
To let our moments slip on by
When I walk in alone now
I think about heading your way
But it all just got so backwards
And there’s nothing I can say
I want to love what I can’t change
Have the courage to rearrange
I want to learn which way to choose
Hang on to my dreams
Let go of the schemes
Make a difference
Now I still can’t get the timing
Chance left while I was waiting
All my long bets are finally gonna pay
And it won’t end up the same
I want to love what I can’t change
Have the courage to rearrange
I want to learn which way to choose
Hang on to my dreams
Let go of the schemes
Make a difference
Even now I’m still in the same cloud
Same voices in the same crowd
Bleeding promises all run red
Same pounding in my head
I want to love what I can’t change
Have the courage to rearrange
I want to learn which way to choose
Hang on to my dreams
Let go of the schemes
Make a difference
Make a difference with you
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9. |
Wonder
04:09
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Wonder
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
Walking down my road today
I swear I found myself waling back the other way
When I turned to ask myself
Hey! Where you going? He just turned away
It's a wonder
How I get along these days
It's a wonder
No one hears a single word I say
Have you ever met someone who you let
Get to close to your soul
And after they took away all your good words
They left you down in a hole
It's a wonder
How I get along these days
It's a wonder
No one hears a single word I say
It's a wonder
How I get along these days
It's a wonder
No one hears a single word I say
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10. |
I Rarely Do
03:41
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I Rarely Do
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
Hauling ass for cover, it’s another freight train
I wanna be real but it’s always a game
Wanna get through
But I rarely do
Another forty days coming down on me
I wanna stay strong, I wanna be free
Wanna get through
But I rarely do
Look into my eyes and what do you see
Look around the corner and you just might see me
Every time I think that I got it made
It gets a hundred twenty right in the shade
Wanna get through
But I rarely do
I see another chance, see another blank frame
Gonna high score but it’s always the same
Wanna get through
But I rarely do
Look into my eyes and what do you see
Look around the corner and you just might see me
So many scenes that I wanted to re-route
‘Member all my lines then it all fades out
Wanna get through
But I rarely do
Way back when, thought I’d be ringing the bell
At the end of the day, got nothing to tell
Wanna get through
But I rarely do
Look into my eyes and what do you see
Look around the corner and you just might see me
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11. |
No More
07:23
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No More
Bolter/Bell/Matteson/McMillan
Early in the morning, nerves start to churning
They’re all calling me to move
Everyone’s insistin’, that I need to listen
Facts they tell without no proof
All I know
I don’t need it in my life no more
So If you’re looking for the man
I can’t be the man, no more
Later on this afternoon, tell you what you do
Look outside your window
Tell me about the view
What do you see
Do you see me or you see you
So If you’re looking for the man
I can’t be the man, no more
Come in late at supper time
Ain’t gonna get you fed
When you look into my eyes
Your face starts turning red
You know I see
And I’m not wondering no more
So If you’re looking for the man
I can’t be the man, no more
Look there in the shadows
Running out beyond
Stepping on what’s hallowed
Perhaps they lived too long
You know it’s easy
It’s easy when you slow it down
Take your pretty eyes off the road
You won’t need pretty eyes no more
Everyone’s got opinion
Got to take a side
Thinks it gives dominion
But the whole damn thing’s a lie
Running away
And hide what you say
When it finally comes together
None of It can ever make it rain
Still won’t make it rain
One more time, you justify
Just playing a role
But inside, you’ve come to find
You’ve lost all control
I don’t need it in my life no more
I don’t need this in my life
So If you’re looking for the man
I can’t be the man, no more
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