1. |
Jack's Song
04:00
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Wake up!
Yeah, insomnia's got nothing on me.
I'm the bastard child of logic and insanity.
I'm your self-esteem, I am the wall.
I stole the glue that holds you in
Yeah I stole, I stole it all.
Shy away and cower when someone crosses your path
You're two feet tall and now you're shrinking fast
I didn't recognize you with all those footprints on your face
You've swallowed your pride now it's gone without a trace.
See your standing with that blue sun dress.
And you cry and moan but you love the lonliness.
Forget all that - 'cause I've got something else in mind.
You've been the nice guy and now you're just getting tired.
Well, you're looking for salvation and you set your gaze on me.
I'm not the guy you want, I just play him on TV.
"If not you, who will show us love, life, and bliss?"
It's America baby - money buys happiness.
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2. |
The Fine Line
03:13
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Forbidden rest and tattooed chests
will set the tone this evening.
With thinning blood he calls her up
because now his heart is bleeding.
"Hey now, how have you been
and why'd you decide to run?
I can replace you with
a fist full of ones."
"So let's muse on our love
Bitch about our trust
and what's come between us.
And though it's a bust..."
Chorus:
"I gotta know -
where do we go from here?
I'll be honest
so you tell me loud and clear.
I'll spill the beans (Hey! Hey! Hey!)
and tell you just how I feel
because tonight
my heart is lethal like a steering wheel."
Now all his cash and all his class
are rapidly depleting.
At 3:00 AM he calls again,
some things just bear repeating.
"Hey now, are you asleep?
It's really not that late.
Hey now, get up, let's meet,
we've got to set this straight."
"So let's muse on our love.
Bitch about our trust
and what's come between us.
And though it's a bust..."
Chorus
He listens to dead men's music to feel alive
'cause he can hear them remembering what that's like.
And through broken rhythms and slanted rhyme
he slurs "there is no life left to find."
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3. |
Desire
04:56
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The coldest night my skin has ever felt
I reluctantly warm up to you.
The feeling is strange, one I've never felt.
Make old bones seem new.
An open heart like I've never felt
No longer frozen blue.
This open heart that I've never felt
Can never let you through.
Chorus
Desire
For what I'll never be
Desire
For what I'll never see
Desire
Forbidden lovely
Desire
For no one that desires me.
I play the part, one I've never known.
An actor content with you.
But my mind wanders, where? I'll never know
But I have a clue.
To her touch, a touch I've barely known
Her prints stick to me like glue
But now she's gone, where? I'll never know.
But I found something new...
Chorus
You cling to me and I don't say a word
It's more than I can take.
You make big plans, and I don't say a word
I'm planning my escape.
We sing and dance and I don't say a word
Don't know how much I can fake.
And I'll keep running - never say a word
Will I stop for heaven's sake?
Chorus
And I feel strange
You may feel the same
I won't self-destruct in fear of something new
And I don't know why
You won't say "good-bye"
Are you worried that the world will steal me from you?
Yeah, I'm worried, too.
Desire for you
Desire for you
Desire for you
And I'm worried, too.
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4. |
St. Ann
06:08
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She wants everyone
And she's always done
By church on each Sunday.
And she kneels and their shoes
Like she kneels in the pews
But sometimes she looks my way.
I should make a move.
What have I got to lose?
But I don't want to rock the boat.
See, I'm not all that smooth
And every line that I use
Gets mangled in my throat.
Is it all in my head
Or am I scared instead?
Sometimes a look is just a look.
Are they flirts? Are they taunts?
Does she know what she wants
From what she reads in the good book?
When she says...
Chorus
"St. Ann, St. Ann, won't you send me a man?
One who is good and true."
Well darlin, here I am, I hope you understand
That I'm good enough for you.
She tosses her hair
And she winks, and I stare.
Is she this way with all her friends?
And it all seems fake
But my knees, they still shake.
No it never ever ends.
So I was a man
And I took a stand
To tell her how I feel.
With a poem to read
And a rose at her feet,
Her heart was mine to steal.
But she texted me to
Say "I dont luv U,"
And the "you," it only had one letter.
And every night
When she turns out the lights
She prays for someone better.
She prays....
Chorus
And I'm right where she wants me
That's only as friends.
But I keep on hearing again and again....
Chorus
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