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I'm struggling
Will you help me through?
If you're struggling
I'll help you, too
Living is hard to do
Is living hard for you, too?
Everybody needs somebody to hold his hand sometimes
Everybody needs somebody to hold her hand sometimes
I worry, "Can I make it through?"
I'll make it, if you tell the truth
It's not that I'm weak
I just need a friendly hand
Tell me what you think
It can only help me in the end
Everybody needs somebody to hold his hand sometimes
Everybody needs somebody to hold her hand sometimes
Hold his hand
Hold her hand
Hold its hand sometimes
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Telosphobia
03:14
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How many times I've wanted you to know the truth
My words would fail entirely, so crude and so obtuse
No valid explanation, nothing that I say
Could pull the knife blade out and wipe clean yesterday
Chorus:
I will not be last or be passed by
Or be overtaken in the sky
I'll never stop hurting or stop hurting you
Even after we have gone and died
Pull back the many layers, what might you unearth?
The death of innocence is a moribund birth
The demons in my closet have grown more ever since
I started writing verses for my song of experience
Chorus
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la x 4
Chorus x 2
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3. |
This Lust Is Killing Me
03:51
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I've been saving up for this
My sex drive is bottomless
You say you don't mind this shit
But I wear the burden of it
Chorus:
This lust is gonna kill me
What can I do?
This lust is gonna kill me
And kill you, too
Self-maintenance does nothing
It just leaves things lingering
I want to be free
But this lust is killing me x 3
Chorus
Ooh x 3
Doo doo doo doo x 6
John Christensen says fun rules x 2
Fun rules x 2
I'm feeling better about it
I'm gonna lubricate the social environment
Just change the way I think about it
And spread my sexual enlightenment
This lust isn't gonna kill me
Nor you, too
This lust isn't gonna kill me
It means I love you
Ooh x 3
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4. |
Blacking Out the Stars
04:14
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They shine so brightly in the sky
Yet reason seems to pass them by
Faces on every screen - on every magazine
Before they rise too far - I'll hunt them down
And black out the stars
Chorus:
You know what time it is,
What time it is, what time it is now
You know I'll find you,
Yes, I'll find you, yes I'm right behind you
No matter what you say now,
I'm gonna make you pay now,
I'll hold you down, I'll hold you down,
I'll hold you down now
Mascara running down her face
Debauch and beauty in one place
Rape and pornography - love and pure artistry
A mole atop a scar - I'll carve it out
And black out the stars
Chorus
Young man - he's angry and concerned
The fire inside smolders then burns
He stands atop the world - until below he's hurled
Held by this strength we are - I'll break his back
And black out the stars
Chorus
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Beautiful
03:31
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I can help you eat
And I can help you drink
But I can't tell you what to think
I can help you walk
And I can help you talk
But I can't tell you what you want
Chorus:
But you're beautiful
Yes, you're beautiful
Oh, you're beautiful
Inside
I can help you count
And I can read aloud
But I can't tell if you hear a sound
I can take you here
And I can take you there
But I can't tell if you even care
Chorus
Everything seems to take so long
And you don't know what you're going to use
Sometimes I don't wanna try
But then there's you doing what you do
Clapping your hands
Shaking your head
Kicking your shoes off as you do your dance
Grabbing my ears and not letting go
And da da da the only song you know
Da da da x 4
I can help you eat
And I can help you drink
But I can't tell you what to think
I can take you here
And I can take you there
But I can't tell if you even care
Chorus
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The Body
05:22
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You said that you'd be my one and my only,
but here I am sittin' in the dark so lonely
What does it matter,
'cause that was six months ago
I waited around for signs of resuscitation,
but never received my invitation
If you never speak
is that a yes, maybe or no?
My heart is on the run
Did you think I'd go away?
I'm waiting for you to say
Chorus:
Touch me x 4
You entered my dreams without my permission,
my waking life was filled with perdition
I had to find you,
no matter the risk involved
When I finally found you, you were lost and forsaken
I offered my help, but none was taken
and now that I think back
this mystery's finally solved
This waiting's not much fun
Did you think I'd go away?
I'm waiting for you to say
Chorus
Chorus x 3
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7. |
Plug Me In
02:28
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Go ahead and plug me in
I can't take this distance thing
Look alive, I'll turn you off
Nothing happens in silence
And I'm not so uncomfortable,
But you're not so comfortable
Plug me in x 2
Plug me in to your system.
The date was set, but now it’s passed
And we've made a fucking mess
Clean it off and live the dream: the park bench by the water
And I'm not so uncomfortable,
But you're not so comfortable
Plug me in x 2
Plug me in to your system x 4
What do you think on the wire?
It's bleeding through
Don't wash it off
I'm feeling better about the share
There is no share to buy and sell
The rest have quit; it's one-on-one
And nothing could be better
And I'm not so uncomfortable,
But you're not so comfortable
Plug me in x 2
Plug me in to your system x 4
What do you think on the wire?
It's bleeding through
Don't wash it off x 5
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A blanket of security
Lost instead of given up
Makes you insecure
About the ones you love
Chorus:
‘Cause a friend is what you need,
So a friend is what I’ll be
A friend is what you need,
So a friend is what I’ll be
I know it’s hard
Don’t let me bring you down
Don’t be afraid to ask
Me to help you out
Chorus x 2
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Indiscretion
03:27
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He's out the door
He's always begging me for more
He's underneath my skin
I'll never let him in –
A calming space
The most dark and sacred place
Come to play inside
With the one you try to hide
Chorus:
I appreciate your discretion
In these matters of the heart
Another rendezvous, another confession
To be continued when we part
Up against the wall again
Eyes flashing while the color spins
You can hear it without listening
Oh, where have you been?
To be the one to plant the seeds
The sunshine from below
To be the secret servant
To make the flowers grow
Chorus
To be loved by everyone
To love yourself too much
To be loved by everyone
To never love myself
Chorus
To be continued when we part x 2
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10. |
She's Undone
03:49
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She's undone
Standing in the street
She touches her face
Trying to get clean
Pre-Chorus:
Clean off the feeling
One that you left
You cut the deepest
Deepest one, yet
Chorus:
And she's feeling incomplete
Feeling incomplete
She's alone
Drowning in deceit
She touches her face
Trying to get clean
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Please don't go x 4
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11. |
Dreamgirl
03:23
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I realized late one morning
What's got me blue
There's someone who I'm missing
And I'm missing you
You were my one and only
But I held too tight
I was so scared to lose you
And then I lost you in the night
Pre-Chorus:
I can't believe
I let you slip away
'Cause you run through
My dreams - both night and day
Chorus:
You are the girl of my dreams
And all I've ever wanted in my life
The bee's knees, the cat's meow
And I'm gonna get you back somehow
Dreamgirl, dreamgirl
Wake me from this sleep
Place your hand on my heart
So we can start to turn this fantasy
Into reality
I know I pushed you from me
My darling sweet
I've heard how insecurely
My heart can beat
I was so young and stupid
So much I lacked
And now that I've grown older
I need to feel your hand
As you touch my back
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Swim in the oceans
Climb the mountains
Scale the walls
To find the fountain of youth
I will do anything it takes
And I do not care which laws I break
Heart to heart, I'll make my stand,
I will not stop till I
Have your hand in my hand
I realized late one morning
What's got me blue
There's someone who I'm missing
And I'm missing you
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
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12. |
No Big Deal
05:15
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In the summer, I met her
Is she the symptom or the cure?
And I'm hoping
Yeah, I’m hoping she feels it, too
Feels it, too
But am I ready?
Am I ready for her to?
For her to?
There is someone who is gone
And I think she's the one
But I'm wondering
Yeah, I’m wondering if it's true
If it’s true
I could be wrong
I could be wrong about her, too
About her, too
I'd really hate to lose her, but if she goes,
Will the other her let me know?
And just tell me
And just tell me how she feels
How she feels
And if I'm wrong
And if it’s bad it's no big deal
No big deal
No big deal x 6
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