1. |
Rust in the Rain
03:48
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I wanna be special, like everybody else
I want opportunity but I don’t want help
I wanna mature but I don’t wanna age
And I know I never wanna forget how to play
This is the age of constant distraction
we dive into screens hunting around for the action
desperation’s always close at hand
but I wonder what it really helps us understand
what it helps us understand
Leave me alone until I’m over this
when it’s nice and convenient I will share with you my bliss
so love me like nun, love me like a whore
give me everything I want and keep me wanting more
keep me wanting more
but what if what I want puts me through hell, oh well
I won’t decide when it’s still too soon to tell
I’m open to your pleasure open to your pain
cuz if I steel up won’t I also Rust in the Rain?
and you can’t stop the rain
I’m hopin’ for your treasure I’m tellin’ you plain
I’m not the man of steel cuz I don’t wanna Rust in the Rain
and you can’t stop the rain
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2. |
Bliss of This
04:02
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Wading through the bliss of this admit that there is something to your happiness
might be sappiness
the facts you lack don’t hold you back you’ll cut it right when the measurements are
not exact, it’s a winding track
with goggles colored rose, pull poetry from prose, it’s magic I suppose
I’m a poor man driving golden roads
hopin’ every princess is still seeking a toad
kiss me before I grow old
should I stay dumb to keep the fun?
running every race as if I’ve already won
as if I’ve already won
Stumblin’ through the bliss of this I’ll wish for truth but I’ll settle for some magic tricks
cuz they’ll get me kicks, and that’s all
so I’ll stay a poor man driving golden roads
hopin’ every princess is still seeking a toad
kiss me before I grow old
should I stay dumb to keep the fun?
running every race as if I’ve already won
as if I’ve already won
caught in the bliss of this
the ecstatic Sisyphus
They can’t blame ya, for this mania no
Caught in the bliss of this
the ecstatic Sisyphus
I got no chip on my shoulder, pushin’ a boulder
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3. |
Singin' to an Empty Room
04:56
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Singin’ to an empty room, something told me that’s where I would find you
You’d hear it and you’d come on through, my song would be the rod for your lightning
nothing ever ends too soon, love has its own sense of timing
singing to an empty room, at least no one can say you’ve been hiding
every little hint of you brings back the sex and the fighting
if every day we start anew, then how come I’m hung up on rewinding?
singin’ to an empty room, something told me that’s where I would find you
but I’ll barely even notice you, blinded by the spotlight shinin’
I need more friends, more beginnings less ends
more love, less drugs, warm bodies fittin’ snug
cuz that’s the core of love and war, it’s what we’re always fighting for
but I’m only me, I’m only me, I’m only me, and you’re gonna go ahead and do you
nothing ever ends too soon, love has its own sense of timing
singin’ to an empty room, at least no one can say that you’ve been hiding, or say you’re not trying
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Ruby
05:30
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Of course I think she’s beautiful
if only it were only me
she’s got what we want
what the eye likes to see
guess you could say she once was mine
technically
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
Ruby
The shiny, swirling, sultry gem that I’ve been known to linger on
She’s one way and I’m the other but there’s still something I can’t put my finger on
We really ain’t got that chemistry, but there’s plenty of pheromones
I guess I like a little mystery and she digs the baritones
She’s exotic, tragic beauty
She was named for precious jewelry
She wears black, she wears patchouli
and somehow she just runs right through me
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
Something about you cuts right through me
I may not love you but I want you truly
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
She’s what you’d call a suicide girl
but she won’t kill herself for me anymore
it rained the morning after
but we weren’t dry indoors
we made what is not love without remorse
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
When I was younger and people were hooking up I was always so quick to judge it
It’s just cheap thrills but that’s economics when you’re on a tight emotional budget
I really don’t need much sympathy when there’s writhing and pumps and moans
I guess it shouldn’t be a mystery why she’s got me jumpin out of my bones
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby,
Something about you cuts right through me
I may not love you but I want you truly
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
I’ve always seen myself as the earnest romantic
but then you come along and my mind jumps to tantric
Don’t we still want touch even if it doesn’t mean that much
It’s not the real thing, but does it have to be a crutch?
I’m opening up to easing my restrictions of the heart
cuz you don’t give a damn about where the hell I am and that’s the easy part
I’m opening up to easing my restrictions of the heart
cuz part of me wants you more than love and that’s the hardest part
ohh
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5. |
Watch Me Try
03:26
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I’ve been figuring out where I belong
I can sit still and kinda pay the bills until the balance is wrong
and I have been beholden to my shame and
squandering my energies just to avoid the blame
but I can rise and feel the high of the beauty that I have inside
watch me try and I will fight to turn the darkness into light
watch me try and I will fight to turn the darkness into light
watch me take what’s left and make it right
and when it’s clear there’s something here I’ll shoot off to the stratosphere
I will make a dent before I die
I’m not always a lover but I’m often a friend
I don’t have the heart to mess around town, but how I love to pretend
aren’t I pretentious and so fake well
who really needs this inspirational bullshit anyway
hello doubt, hello pain
if I gave into you, what would be to gain?
where is the line between, confidence and vanity?
all I know is that I try harder when someone’s watching me
It helps me rise and feel the high of the beauty that I have inside
watch me try and I will fight to turn the darkness into light
watch me try and I will fight to turn the darkness into light
Watch me take what’s left and make it right
and when it’s clear there’s something here I’ll shoot off to the stratosphere
I will make a dent before I die
die
Our senses tell us what’s really alive
mine tell me we’re not just here to survive
so watch me try and I will fight to turn the darkness into light
light
Our senses tell us what’s really alive
mine tell me we’re not just here to survive
so watch me try and I will fight to turn the darkness into light
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