1. |
Violent
03:23
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Your culture's so violent
That’s what you say
So how can I stand it
Day after day?
Well, I say
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Well, I say
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You gesture defiant
‘Oh, that is insane…
You don’t wish to stop it…
Living this way?’
And I just say
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
And I say
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
An opiate
Is what you seek
In the form
Of everything
A brave new world
To kill the pain
So you can’t feel
Anything
My culture’s too violent
I used to complain
But now I embrace it
Day after day
And we say
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
And we say
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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2. |
Ineffible You
03:22
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A lovely ending
To a lovely script
How can I believe in
This storybook shit?
My cynicism
Shows all to well
The lengths I go to
To twist things around
But I can’t explain it
I can’t understand
It’s just there
You’re just there
I flip through the pages
Of this magazine
To take my mind off
These feelings
To ask for another
To need someone else
I said that was over
I promised myself
But I can’t explain it
I can’t understand
It’s just there
You’re just there
No need to explain it
No need to defend
It’s just there
You’re just there
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3. |
Nondescript
03:21
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I’ve traveled so far
East to west and back again
My maps and charts
Fail to show where I’ve really been
This is where I am
This is where I’m meant to be
On a nondescript city street
Where concrete crowds the trees
And freeways extend for infinity
A nondescript home for me
How do I describe
A space so expressionless?
Only sun on the walls
Calms the doubt, stills the wariness
This is where I am
This is where I’m meant to be
On a nondescript city street
Where concrete crowds the trees
And strip malls extend for infinity
A nondescript home for me
This is where I am
This is where I’m meant to be
On a nondescript LA street
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4. |
City of Demons
02:33
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They come from far and wide
These lost pilgrims of pride
To make their mark, to be a star
They got their head shots
And agents and audition spots
Oh time will tell, we wish you well
But I know
This ain’t the city
Of loving angels
It goes way down
And it’s the city
Of angry demons
You got your hopes and your dreams
And it’s here that you’ll see
That there’s a price for everything
Like a price for your
Self-love in excess
But if you choke, there's plenty of coke
I know
This ain’t the city
Of loving angels
It goes way down
And it’s the city
Of greedy demons
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5. |
Evens Out
03:01
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So add ‘em up
Who’s got more?
Isn’t life about
Keeping score?
Turning art
Into sport
Calculating outcomes
Like never before
Well, all that you lose
And all that you gain
It all evens out
You find out one day
It’s a ruse
Can’t you see?
That type of thinking
That way to be
We only trade
This for that
No one gets everything
And there’s no going back
‘Cause all that you lose
And all that you gain
It all evens out
You’ll find out one day
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