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Dreaming
04:21
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The frost that’s climbing up my windowsill
Is the same thing keeping these heartstrings still
Camoflauged in chamomile
Sleepless but I’m dreaming still
Sleepless but I’m dreaming still
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Do what you want
Do what you want
Do what you want
You do you
(Repeat)
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Do what you want to
Get what you need to
Do what you want to
Get what you need to
Need to, need to
(Repeat)
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Aftertaste
05:30
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Look around the world today
See the great divide at play
Leaves a bitter aftertaste
Woke up got the news today
Sins we can’t pray away
Breakfast with an aftertaste
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Magnificent living
1% tripping
Pools atop mountain tops
Irony dripping
Profit and loss balance sheets
Primates and parakeets
Not at war, not at peace
Heaven just out of reach
Hypocrites and alibis
Problematic, paralysed
Megalomania
I feel powerless
Close my eyes
Hold my breath
Count my blessing
Pay my debts
Pop my pills
Pat my pets
Irony and envy and
Enemies painted black
Caricatures making sure
Always press the attack
We’re played off each other
Sisters and brothers
A system so sick
So much of us suffer
Uproot make a move
Make it better
Sow the seeds, plant the trees
Sow the seeds, plant the trees
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Look around the world today
See the great divide at play
Leaves a bitter aftertaste
Woke up got the news today
Christchurch at war in flames
Breakfast with an aftertaste
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What am I supposed to do?
I don’t understand
I’m just one man
Sit or take a stand
No plans to speak of
Come take a leap of faith with me
What am I supposed to be?
Visionary?
Part of the machinery
Scripture erase sand
When will we learn from
Why do we play dumb
Come read a book with me
What am I supposed to do?
I don’t understand
Just a little ant
Sit or take a stand
No plans to speak of
Come take a leap of faith with me
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3. |
Change
04:38
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Prayer beads
Birds of prey
Words of war and peace
Ironies
Socrates
The question at his knees
Falling trees
Rising seas
Mania meets abandon
Through aimless means
Icarus wings
An eagle comes crashing
Sowing seeds of discontinued dreams
That’s the game
Giving just enough for you to get a taste
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A starry-eyed pantomime
Dedicated performer
Suit and tie, get in line
Contemplate like the others
Against the grain
Too ashamed to own his own existence
Different shades, tidal waves
Wash over with persistence
Anchor me in this dream
In the here and now
When it all ends
The world won’t make a sound
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The cosmos do conspire
So keep your matter next to mine
Our minds they are our fires
We are the stars who make the signs
And all the symbol’s all but simple things
What burns behind your eyes
A burden beyond birds who sing
Songs to make you cry
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Present participle
This is so difficult
Why so indifferent
Counting out sins again
I thought you wanted the world to change
A starry-eyed pantomime
Making the best of time
Suit and tie, get in line
I thought you wanted the world to change
Change
(Change, change, change) x 3
Present participle
This is so difficult
Why so indifferent
Counting out sins again
I thought you wanted
Change
(Set us free, set us free, set us free)
Change
(I thought you wanted)
Change
(I thought you believed in)
Change
(Got any spare)
Change
(Penny for your thoughts)
Change
(I thought you believed in)
Change
(I thought you’d fight for)
Change
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